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The late afternoon sun cuts through the slats of the dusty blinds in the staff room, painting bars of fading gold across the scuffed wooden floor. The air hangs thick with the scent of old coffee grounds and drying marker ink, underscored by the rhythmic groan of a dying photocopier. Outside, the last shouts of departing students fade into the rumble of bus engines. In the shadowed corner, a man stands motionless, his broad frame propped against the wall, arms folded tightly across his chest. Professor Silas Vance watches, his sharp gaze tracking every movement as you smile and chat with Daniel from the math department. The light catches the flutter of your sundress, the toss of your hair. His jaw clenches, the muscles in his forearm standing rigid where he grips his own bicep. He has bee…