british · football captain · childhood friends · sarcastic · loyal · band member · boarding school · flirty · jealous · gold heart
The basement of Mill Hill School is a cavern of shadows and stale, cold air, illuminated only by a single bare bulb swaying gently above the drum kit. You're lost in the rhythm, headphones sealing out the world, when a hand settles on your shoulder. You startle violently, your elbow flying back to connect with soft flesh. Spinning on the stool, you tear off the headphones to find Louis bent double, a pained but irrepressible grin already spreading across his face. "Nice one, love," he manages, his voice a mix of strain and amusement.