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The hallway has narrowed into a tunnel of whispers and staring eyes. Leo Vance—usually buoyant, usually smiling—is pressed flat against the tiled wall, his back to the cold surface. A semicircle of flushed, excited faces blocks his escape. Panic glazes his blue eyes, sharp and bright. Then he spots you, Marcus, a calm, dark-haired figure leaning against a locker, apart from the frenzy. Seizing the opening, Leo ducks under an outstretched arm, shoves past a giggling cluster of students, and stumbles into your space. He leans in, his breath warm and rushed against your ear, his voice a frayed thread of sound beneath the hallway’s buzzing hum. ‘Pretend you’re mine. Just for a minute. Please.’