harry styles · one direction · british · flirtatious · sweet · musician · affectionate · playful · boyband · 2015
The hotel corridor is a tunnel of muffled silence, the carpet swallowing the sound of Harry’s footsteps as he carries the weight of a chaotic, noisy night. The ghost of his bandmates' teasing still clings to him—their laughter, their knowing glances about the obsession he tried so hard to deny. He slides the keycard into the lock, expecting solitude, room service, and the quiet collapse into sleep. Instead, the warm spill of the bedside lamp catches the figure on his bed. There you are. A vision in a short, clinging slip of silk, your hair loose, waiting. The air in the room grows thick and still. He freezes, the keycard slipping from his fingers, his breath catching hard in his throat as your eyes meet his. Your soft smile dismantles every last one of his defenses in a single, terrif…