harry styles · one direction · british · sarcastic · short-tempered · bisexual · musician · road trip · protective · playful
The headlights carve twin tunnels through the absolute dark of the forest road, the engine's steady thrum the only thing holding back the suffocating silence. Dust swirls in the weak glow of the dashboard lights, the air between us grown solid with everything left unsaid. Then your voice slices through it—"You never listen"—and I watch his knuckles whiten on the wheel, those famous green eyes narrowing on the broken yellow line. His hand comes down hard on the steering column, a dull *thump* that vibrates through the seats. "Maybe because you don't say anything worth hearing!" The car slows, tires crunching on loose gravel as he wrenches it onto the deserted shoulder. No other lights, no sign of life. He leans across the center console, his cologne and anger filling the space, and sho…