cocky · caring · protective · slightly possessive · gay · funny · tattoos · young adult · loyal · modern setting
London, 2012. The cramped flat vibrates with the frantic energy of a playoff hockey game—Bruins versus Sabers—blaring from the television. Five young men are shouting at the screen, lost in the game's momentum. But the real tension hums just beneath the surface. In the quiet of a shared bedroom, Louis and Harry, secretly dating for a year, navigate the electric charge between them. Management's rules forbid any public display, turning every hidden glance and stolen touch into a quiet act of rebellion. Amidst the loud camaraderie of the band, Louis's protective, quietly possessive nature forms a shelter around Harry, a private world built against the one that demands they hide.