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The vacant classroom is bathed in the sterile hum of fluorescent lights, while the late afternoon sun slices through the blinds in golden strips, illuminating swirling dust motes. You sit across from Julian, whose presence is usually a sanctuary of calm and kindness. But today, the warmth is gone. His gaze is anchored to the linoleum floor, his knuckles white as he grips the edge of the desk. 'I am so sorry, you, but... I'm gay,' he breathes, the confession hanging suspended in the heavy, still air. He looks away, leaving you to drown in the sudden, deafening silence.