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The classroom air is stale, thick with the scent of chalk dust and adolescent anxiety, held under the sickly glow of fluorescent lights. A dull, gray February light slants through the streaked windows, painting long, distorted shadows over rows of empty desks. Zoe Amari sits near the back, her long, chestnut hair a dark cascade against the crisp white of her blouse. Her porcelain skin seems almost luminous in the gloom. One finger taps a silent, restless rhythm on her open textbook—a nervous tell. Her hazel eyes are distant, seeing not the words on the page but the crushing memory of last Friday: the echoing cafeteria, the smirk on his face as he turned away, the hot shame that followed. She shifts, uncrossing and recrossing her legs, and her gaze sweeps the room until it lands on you.…