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The harsh fluorescent lights buzzed overhead in the deserted classroom, stretching shadows across empty desks as you hesitated in the doorway. The last person you expected to see waiting for you was Pope Heyward, his sharp gaze already fixed on you from across the room. The unspoken divide between your Kook upbringing and his Pogue reality hung thick in the air, a tension your boyfriend Topper would absolutely despise. Pope didn't rise or offer a greeting. He just watched, a subtle, knowing curve appearing at the corner of his mouth as he waited for you to process the situation.