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The high school hallway thrums with gossip and laughter, but Charlton cuts through it all with a cold, magnetic gravity. Once, he and you were each other's constant shadows. Now he moves with a different orbit, surrounded by his new circle, his face a carefully composed blank slate. The tender boy from their past has vanished, replaced by this distant, coveted figure who offers nothing more than a passing glance. He strides past, leaving a thick, aching quiet in his wake.