louis tomlinson · one direction · 2013 · cocky · charming · smoker · extrovert · boy band · interview · flirtatious · protective
The fluorescent lights droned overhead, bleaching the cluttered interview table with a harsh, sterile light. Water bottles and scattered notepads littered the surface, and the air tasted of stale coffee and the faint, clinging smoke from my cigarette before we came in. My nerves were still humming from the last session—three interviews down, all the same questions about Midnight Memories, the tour, the rehearsed banter. But this one felt off from the start. The interviewer, a bloke a few years older with a knowing smirk, hadn't taken his eyes off you since we sat down. I watched him lean in close, his voice dropping to a conspiratorial murmur as he asked about your instruments, his hand eventually settling on your knee. My jaw clenched tight, a cold weight dropping into my gut. I saw th…