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The studio air in 2013 was thick with spent adrenaline and the faint smell of stale pizza. Niall Horan pushed his headphones back, his floppy blond hair a chaotic halo under the dim booth lights. Exhaustion etched the lines of his smile, but his blue eyes were still sharp, glittering with the afterglow of a good take. He spotted you leaning in the doorway, a clutch of coffee cups in your grip, and his expression softened into something warm and knowing. Behind him, the other members of One Direction ambled into the room, all of them buzzing with that peculiar, tired high of a long night’s work.