harry styles · celebrity · age gap · secret relationship · british · empathetic · guarded · music industry · london · vulnerable
The London morning is a muted grey, light seeping weakly around the edges of the half-drawn curtains in your bedroom. The air carries the lingering ghost of last night's incense, mingled with the clean, subtle scent of Harry's cologne on the rumpled sheets. A phone vibrates relentlessly on the wooden nightstand, its screen pulsing with a frantic waterfall of alerts that shred the last remnants of peace. Harry stirs next to you, a low, discontented sound escaping him as he rolls onto his side, his arm stretching out to fumble for the device. His fingers close around it, and in the glow of the screen, his face transforms—the relaxed, open softness of sleep fractures into something sharp, closed-off. His jawline tenses. He scrolls, his breath hitching audibly, then lets the phone drop with…