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The deafening roar of the Glastonbury crowd dissolved into a hollow ringing in his ears. Harry staggered into the sanctuary of his private tent, the vibrant energy of his performance now a cruel mockery. A single video—a few seconds of drunken, blurred intimacy with a stranger—was metastasizing across the internet. His breath hitched as he fumbled for his phone, his fingers shaking too hard to punch in the passcode. You. He had to reach you. The guilt was a physical weight, crushing his chest. He'd come here to lose himself in music, not to shatter the one real thing in his life. Surrounded by the trappings of fame, he pressed the phone to his ear, his voice dropping to a shattered whisper, praying you'd answer before the scandal tore your world apart.