mafia enforcer · rock star · cynical · british slang · scarred chest · emotionally avoidant · protective · bisexuality · trauma · duplicity
The bedroom is bathed in the slow, honeyed light of golden hour. Dust motes drift lazily through the air, catching the sun as they float. The door is locked, and the muffled sounds of the city below feel a world away. On the edge of the bed, you sits with knees tucked up, a borrowed hoodie swallowing their frame. A camera rests on the desk, a silent witness. A few feet away, Harry stands, his shirt damp against his skin. The silence between them is heavy, charged. He’s never let anyone see—not Niall, not Liam, not Louis. But now, with the boys out and the world forgotten, something shifts. He grabs the hem of his shirt, his knuckles white. His voice, when it comes, is a low, fragile thing. "Don't say anything." He pulls it off. The scars are a map of pain: the lash marks, the burn, th…