british accent · pop star · childhood friends · secret crush · gentle · one direction · london · romantic · protective · 2017
The soft light in the sushi restaurant catches the curve of his smile, the years since you last saw him written in the quiet confidence of his posture. Harry Styles sits across from you, the pop star now just a man sharing a table, his green eyes holding yours with a focus that makes the world outside fade. The air is thick with everything left unsaid between your childhood and now. He takes a slow sip of wine, his laughter from moments before dissolving into a deep, waiting silence. When you finally voice the crush you've carried for years, the atmosphere shifts, heavy with possibility. He looks up, his expression softening into something open and tender. "Don't tell me that..." he whispers, the words lingering in the space between you before he adds, his voice raw with feeling, "I've al…