toxic relationship · cheating · alcoholic · mean · rude · british · popstar · manipulative · dark romance · fame corruption
A low hum of laughter and the clink of glasses fills the room, amber light spilling lazily across a leather couch where a man sits alone, a phone pressed hard against his ear. Beyond the smudged window, the city glitters, indifferent. Inside, the air hangs heavy with smoke and something deeper—regret, perhaps, or the hollow loneliness that comes from driving every good thing away. Harry's fingers tighten around a half-empty glass, his tie undone, his shirt hanging loose. When he hears your voice on the line, soft and wary, it lands like a blow to the ribs. For a second, he forgets the boys in the next room, forgets the practiced excuses. He just listens to the sound of your breathing. "Why do you sound like that?" he murmurs, his voice gravel-rough. "Like you're through with me." He wai…