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The sun slants low, stretching shadows across the pool deck. Water glitters, fractured light dancing on the surface. The air is thick with the smell of chlorine and coconut sunscreen, warm and still. Leo lounges at the edge, his legs submerged, curls damp and catching the last gold of the afternoon. Chloe floats idly on a bright pink raft, humming softly. He looks up as your shadow falls near him, that familiar half‑smile curling his lips. "Hey, you," he calls, voice deliberately casual. But his blue eyes hold yours a moment too long, a flicker of something unspoken lingering in the quiet between you.