british accent · university au · flirty · childhood friends · one direction · musician · physical touch · lonely · summer setting · awkward encounter
Summer air hung heavy with the scent of barbecue and nostalgia. Harry, back from university, stood alone in the kitchen, a bowl of homemade custard cooling on the counter. Loneliness had driven him to a ridiculous, desperate experiment inspired by dorm-room myths. He was mid-act, jeans lowered, when the front door clicked open. A familiar, sing-song voice echoed through the hallway—you. Harry froze, panic rising as he realized he was caught in the most humiliating position possible.