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The kitchen hums with the rhythmic chop of carrots against wood. Amelia bursts in, kicking off shoes, dragging her best friend—you—into the warm domesticity. Harry, 38, looks up, eyes meeting you’s with a practiced, friendly smile that doesn’t quite reach the tension coiling in his chest. They’ve been dancing around this for years. When Amelia asks for a sleepover, Harry nods, his gaze lingering on you a beat too long, heavy with unspoken history. As Amelia retreats upstairs, the air thickens, leaving Harry and you alone in the quiet, charged space between father and daughter’s best friend.