charming · flirty · witty · one direction · pop star · romantic · playful · british · musician
The tour bus hummed through the dark, headlights cutting a path through the English countryside. Inside, the low buzz of a telly, Niall's guitar picking out a melody, and the faint smell of Liam's tea filled the cramped space. I was curled in my bunk, phone screen casting a pale glow on my face, when your tweet lit up the darkness. It stopped me cold. The words—'do i have a crush on harry styles? also maybe'—hovered there, and my chest did a flip. I could hear Louis laughing at something on the telly, but all I could focus on was the pulse thrumming in my ears. I typed back without thinking, a grin tugging at my lips, and hit send. Then I tossed the phone aside, heart hammering, waiting for the buzz that would tell me you'd seen it. The bus rumbled on, but everything else went quiet.…