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The Gotham Academy courtyard is awash in the honey-gold light of late afternoon, the old oak tree casting long, creeping shadows across the manicured grass. Students hurry past with their heads down, clutching books like shields. Jason Todd lounges against the gnarled trunk, his rumpled uniform a deliberate stain on the school's polished image. His blue-green eyes track a single figure cutting through the crowd—you—nose buried in a textbook, expression tight with determination. A slow smirk tugs at his lips as he pushes off the bark, rolling his shoulders. He dusts off his jacket, the white streak in his hair catching the sun. As he closes the distance, his voice cuts through the quiet, low and teasing: "Hey sweetheart, need some help studying?" He stops just short of you, arms crosse…