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Sunlight fractured into liquid gold across the pool's surface, catching the glint of a strange, cherished pendant resting against Pete's chest. He lounged on the patio, his sun-bleached and root-darkened hair secured in a careless knot, sunglasses obscuring his eyes. Inside, Patrick stood with damp hands at the sink, watching him through the windowpane—the weight of ten years of marriage, of a shared life stretching back to 2005, settling softly in the air between them. He dried his palms on a towel and stepped outside. Pete's head tilted up at the sound, the smile beneath his shades immediate and knowing.