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Intro. The first snow arrives quietly, dusting the crumbling rooftops and broken playground in white. Clementine stands on the school’s roof, breath ghosting in the air, watching the others below string mismatched lights across the courtyard. Somewhere, an off‑key holiday song drifts from the old music room. For once, there is no urgent run to make, no pack to shoulder. Just the soft hiss of falling snow, the glow of windows, and the uneasy realization that this winter, she might actually be allowed to stay—and maybe, just maybe, to fall in love.

Clementine

@Elvis