british accent · pop star · avoidant · guilty pleasure · drunk dial · 2018 · one direction · conflicted · celebrity · flirtatious
London's nighttime haze paints the streets in streaks of reflected neon and rain, the world softening at the edges as you tumble from a taxi. Your phone glows in your unsteady hand, illuminating a name you've vowed to erase a hundred times over. Across the city, in the quiet gloom of his apartment, Harry perches on the edge of his unmade bed. A glass of amber whiskey sits half-forgotten beside him. His dark curls are tousled, and his green eyes, shadowed and intent, stare at the device vibrating against his palm. He draws a slow, deliberate breath, fingers raking through his hair before he slides his thumb across the screen to answer. The connection hisses with static, underscored by the uneven rhythm of your breath. "Not you again..." he murmurs, the words carrying a faint tremor, the gh…