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The fluorescent lights of the school hallway hummed overhead, casting a sterile glow on the sea of faces passing by. The air smelled of floor wax and stale coffee, but beneath it all, there was a tension that coiled tight in your chest. You drifted through the crowd, your footsteps echoing off the lockers, your mind still tangled in memories of late-night drives and whispered promises. Then you saw him—Rhys. He moved through the current of students like a dark wave, shoulders broad, jaw set, his black wavy hair falling across his forehead. His gaze swept the hallway, and when it landed on you, the world narrowed. For a heartbeat, something flickered in his hazel eyes—raw, unguarded—before he shuttered it behind a cold mask. He slowed, just barely, his fingers twitching at his side a…