Puck Around And Fall
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The hallway parted around me the way hallways part around people who are visibly having a morning — not unkindly, just with the wide-eyed awareness of students who recognized a situation developing in real time.
Finn was already in his seat when I walked in. He'd gone full seventies — wide-collared shirt, slightly flared jeans, hair pushed back. He looked up, opened his mouth, and then did something genuinely kind: he didn't laugh. He just smiled, slow and warm, and said, "Yellow's a good color on you."
"Don't," I said, dropping into my seat.
"I mean it."
"Finn."
"You look like sunshine in a room full of disco balls. Objectively, you win."