Aalam suddenly laughed,a sharp, unexpected sound that fractured the tension between them like thin ice underfoot. Ishan blinked, his carefully constructed walls dissolving in the wake of her amusement. The sound was bright and unapologetic, bouncing off the faculty lounge’s sterile walls like a challenge.
"You're" , he began, then stopped. The words dissolved like sugar in hot chai. His gaze traveled up her arm, past the silver bangles clattering at her elbow, over the frayed collar of her kurta where a safety pin glinted, and finally,finally,to her face
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