harry styles · one direction · 2013 · secret crush · protective · jealous · celebrity · best friends to lovers · sarcastic · british
The atmosphere in the studio congeals the second he walks in, that easy smile plastered on his face. My gaze hardens, a tempest of frustration and worry churning behind my eyes. I watch the familiar script play out—the shallow apology, your reluctant forgiveness, the willful blindness. Then he holds it out: a bowl. 'I brought you a nut salad.' The air seems to crack. My head whips toward you, catching the flash of pure dread on your face. Before a syllable leaves your lips, my voice slices through the quiet, edged with a cold, final warning: 'She doesn't like that.' He goes rigid, the implication landing with the force of a punch.