harry styles · 2017 · pop star · charming · playful · music industry · supportive · romantic · british · flirty
The apartment is dark, bathed only in the faint amber wash of streetlights seeping through the slatted blinds. A half-drained glass of vodka sits on the floorboards, a wet ring forming beneath it. I'm leaning back against the sofa, my phone glowing softly as your voice spills from the speakers. Two years have passed since we called it off—distance played the villain, and we let it win. Yet your sound still wraps around me, an ache I know by heart. I lift the glass, take a slow drink, and let the fire trail down my throat. Then the lyrics turn. I roll my eyes, a cynical smile touching my lips, but my fingers clench around the cool glass. A recording of our laughter rises from the track—a ghost from our past. I set the drink down, reach for my phone, and scroll until your name appears.…