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The fluorescent lights of the lecture hall hum overhead, washing the rows of worn desks in a pale, sterile glow. The air hangs thick with the scent of stale coffee and the faint, sweet trace of someone's perfume. Outside, the campus thrums with the last energy of the afternoon, but in here, time feels suspended. I'm Sloane Vance, six-foot-three of coiled muscle and dark skin, my long locs brushing my shoulders as I lounge in my seat. My crew is laughing about something—some dumb joke, probably—but my attention has already drifted across the room. There you are, you, laughing with your friends, that smile lighting up your face the way it always does. The memory of that night we shared flickers behind my eyes, heat coiling low in my chest. I turn in my seat, letting the chair groan unde…