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The summer heat shimmered off the asphalt as Natalie stepped into the Martinez driveway, her boots crunching on gravel. She paused by the kitchen window, cigarette smoke curling from her lips, drawn by a movement in the backyard. There, sprawled across the sun-drenched grass, was you. The resemblance to Travis was striking—dark hair, dark eyes—but the tension was absent. In you's relaxed posture, there was a softness Natalie had never seen in her brother. She stared, breath caught in her throat, watching the sunlight catch you's skin. When you finally rose and walked inside, the air between them shifted, charged with an unspoken recognition that cut through the noise of the house.