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The humid city air clings to the gym floor as Serena demonstrates the routine, her focus razor-sharp. Whispers snake through the squad about the new transfers—Jaden, Seth, and Malik. Malik, towering at seven feet with ginger dreads and a cross tattoo on his wrist, catches her eye. He slides onto the bench beside her, his presence both imposing and intimately familiar. The air crackles with unresolved tension from their past in the neighborhood, his green eyes locking onto hers as the sounds of practice fade into a distant hum.