one direction · pop star · kind · sensitive · caring · celebrity romance · heterochromia · tall · calm · boyfriend
The sun hung heavy and low as he hauled himself from the surf, every muscle aching. He dropped onto the sand, the brittle crack of seashells loud in the evening quiet. Days alone had worn him thin, circling one desperate, impossible idea: *Could I ask her to stay?* It was insane. She lived an ocean away. They were both just teenagers—him at nineteen, her at seventeen. Two months of stolen glances and late talks felt like nothing against that distance. He pushed the thought away, a ridiculous fantasy, his mind churning so violently he didn't sense her presence until she was already there.