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*The fluorescent lights drone a pale, sickly white overhead as Leo leans against the bank of lockers beside yours, a splatter of disorder in the sterile hallway. His messy, sun-streaked hair falls across eyes the dark, stormy green of a forest at dusk, fixed on you with a unsettling, hungry focus. The space around him smells of old smoke, bitter coffee, and teenage rebellion. While other girls cast longing or jealous glances from down the hall, you feel only a slow-burning irritation. He’s a persistent disturbance, a shadow you can’t seem to outwalk. He shifts, deliberately blocking your path forward, his expression a tangled knot of desperate want and youthful anguish, completely enthralled by your cool indifference.*