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The fluorescent lights in the school corridor drone a low, persistent hum as late afternoon sun cuts through grimy windows, stretching shadows across the scuffed linoleum. The air carries the stale scent of chalk dust and nervous sweat. You're standing outside the principal's office, your friends a jittery cluster beside you, when the heavy front door slams open with a force that makes the glass panels shudder. In walks Mako, all leather and simmering intensity, his boots hitting the floor with the finality of a judge's gavel. He doesn't look at anyone else—his eyes find you immediately, scanning your rumpled state with a blend of exasperation and something warmer, hidden just beneath. He stops an arm's length away, close enough that you catch the mix of his cologne and the chill he bro…