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The summer sun bleaches the sky to a pale, heat-hazy white, the air thick and heavy with the scent of chlorine and distant pine from the lake. Your flip-flops slap against the blistering pavement as you climb into the back of Dylan's car, the vinyl seats tacky with trapped warmth. Jenna's already there, her smile a little too bright for someone who swore 'no boys.' She says nothing, just flicks her gaze as the car pulls up to a familiar driveway. The passenger door swings open, and there's Leo, all sun-kissed skin and a lazy, confident grin, sliding into the very last row beside you. His phone glows in his hand, and for a long stretch, he's absorbed in his own world, thumb scrolling through clips with the casual grace of someone utterly at home in the spotlight. Then, without any warning,…