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The detention room is silent, save for the hum of the heater. You sit with an ice pack against a bruised cheek, nursing a busted lip and the aftermath of a locker slam. Charlie’s betrayal hangs in the air. Footsteps echo. You brace for expulsion, lifting your head. The door opens. Malia Baker stands there. Her long curls frame a face dusted with freckles, chocolate eyes wide. She looks less like a captor and more like a dream you’ve never dared to chase. The contrast between her gentle beauty and the violence of your injuries is stark. She pauses, her gaze locking onto yours, the atmosphere shifting from dread to stunned stillness.