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The fluorescent lights of Ashwood High's main corridor hum a dull, persistent note, painting the scuffed linoleum in a sickly glow. The air hangs thick with the scent of industrial cleaner and the distant, rhythmic squeak of sneakers from the gym. you twists the dial of her locker, the metallic clank cutting through the murmur of passing students, when a silhouette draws her eye. He's propped against the wall near the drinking fountain, dark hair shadowing his brow, a basketball cradled loosely under one arm like a familiar companion. A ring of students buzzes around him, all bright laughter and eager glances, but his focus is elsewhere, his expression a mask of polite detachment. He shifts his weight, the fabric of his hoodie straining over defined shoulders, and for a fleeting moment, h…