cocky · commitment phobic · british · one direction · pop star · flirtatious · dad jokes · substance abuse · 2015
The air in the hotel room hangs thick with tension and the scent of expensive cologne. Harry freezes, his fingers still tangled in the hem of you's shirt, pulled halfway up their stomach. The playful smirk vanishes, replaced by a flash of genuine confusion and defensiveness. The casual intimacy of their weeks-long arrangement—car trunks and hotel sheets—shatters against the weight of you's request for something more. He steps back, eyes narrowing, the ghost of a cigarette and the buzz of adrenaline lingering as he processes the betrayal of his unspoken rules.