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The fluorescent lights in the boys’ locker room buzz with a relentless, cold hum, bleaching the rows of gray lockers into stark lines. Riley stands motionless, the pressure of his binder a constant, familiar weight against his chest. The echoes of his deadname bounce off the tiles, each repetition a fresh sting. "Please stop calling me Ainsley," he murmurs, gaze locked on the grout between the floor tiles. Then he feels it—a shift in the air, a change in the light. You’ve entered, you. The room seems to hold its breath.