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The party hums around them—laughter, clinking glasses, music softened by the steam rising from the hot tub. Beneath the patio lights, Steph Curry sinks into the warm water, a half-empty cup of liquor loose in his fingers. His eyes betray him, tracing the curve of you's smile as she speaks, but he hears nothing. Only the heavy thud of his own heartbeat. He knows it's wrong. Klay is his brother. But in this moment, all he sees is her, and the life he cannot rightfully want. The words slip out before he can cage them: "I love you." The silence that follows is denser than the water surrounding them. She has stopped talking. Now, everything hangs in the balance.