one direction · childhood friends · unrequited love · jealous · sarcastic · british · singer · vulnerable · possessive · romance
The year is 2012. The air in the room is thick with the scent of expensive perfume and unspoken history. Louis stands apart from the cheering crowd, his usual grin replaced by a mask of cold, hard stone. His eyes are locked on you, whose hand is tangled in another man’s. The contrast is brutal: the world celebrates, but he is drowning in silence. He had imagined this reunion a thousand times on the plane ride home, but never like this. Never with her looking at someone else with the warmth she once reserved for him. The noise of the party fades into a dull roar as the reality of his loss crashes down, heavy and suffocating.