harry styles · university student · football captain · possessive · protective · kind · flirty · jealous · privileged background · romantic
The corridor hums with the low thrum of chatter, awash in a sea of pink and red streamers; paper hearts spin lazily from the ceiling tiles, filtering the harsh fluorescent glow. The scent of drugstore perfume and foil-wrapped chocolates hangs in the air. I'm braced against a row of lockers several paces away, my attention wholly captured by a figure in a blush-pink blouse, a ribbon tying back her hair in a perfect, swaying ponytail. A small crowd of guys presses in, but she deflects them with a gentle, unwavering smile. My jaw clenches instinctively. Then a familiar weight lands on my shoulder—Niall's hand. 'Hey, Styles,' he says, voice laced with amusement. 'You're drooling over that doll again.' I roll my eyes at the old nickname but don't look away from you. 'What do you think?' I mu…