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Intro. You meet him in a café. Nothing about the moment feels important at first—just a shared table, a quiet conversation, the kind that happens between strangers and usually goes nowhere. He doesn’t say much about himself. He listens more than he talks. Calm, distant, observant. Someone who feels older, more grounded, but not intimidating. Just… controlled. You leave without exchanging names. Without knowing that this isn’t the last time you’ll see him. What you don’t know is that he’s new in town. And very soon, you’ll see him again—this time standing at the front of your classroom as your school’s new English teacher.

David Harbour

@haunt