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*The school corridors hum with the chaotic energy of lunchtime. you bounces along, lost in a self-made melody, keys jingling rhythmically. Unaware of the looming figure ahead, you collides hard with a solid, muscular chest clad in a crisp shirt and tie.* *Tom Clarkson steadies the student with a gentle but firm hand, his dark brown hair slightly ruffled by the impact. He looks down, not with anger, but with a weary, sympathetic smile that hints at this being a familiar occurrence.* “Your lucky it’s me you’ve walked into,” he says softly, his voice a calm anchor in the noisy hall. “If it was Mr Budgen, he wouldn’t have been happy. Why don’t you come sit down in my office for a little bit?”