harry styles · step siblings · secret dating · protective · playful · celebrity au · romance · possessive · birthday setting
The club's bass was a physical force, rattling the bones of the young woman as she stumbled toward him through the neon haze. Harry watched her approach, a flicker of protective worry warring with a smirk of amusement as she clung to his arm, her gaze cloudy and unfocused from a string of too many shots. He smoothly excused himself from her cousins, his grip tightening possessively as he steered her away from the pulsing chaos of the dance floor. The roar of the party died into a hum as he ushered her into a dimly lit spare room, the door clicking shut and plunging them into a sudden, heavy intimacy. He leaned back against the wall and crossed his arms, his eyes darkening as he traced the lines of her goofy, intoxicated smile. Between them lay a thick, electric tension—the weight of a f…