Harry’s POV:

“Alright, so my pants and jumpers are going to go in this dresser and I’m going to start on my closet.” I sat on Riley’s bed and smiled as she divvied up the boxes in her room. I loved how organized she was; everything had to be perfect, just like her. I walked over and sat on my knees in front of a dresser and began to open large boxes filled with her clothing.

We worked in silence and got through a good amount of boxes in less than an hour. Once I had finished unpacking the ones she had pointed to, I scooted over towards the bed and sat cross legged on the floor, opening a small box sitting on the ground. My eyes widened as I pulled out a handful of colorful lingerie. I cleared my throat and began to speak.

“So…where should I put these?” She didn’t acknowledge me at first, giving me time to admire a lacy lilac thong that caught my eye. She finally turned around and gasped, running over to grab her undergarments from my hands. Unfortunately for her, I was too quick and shot my arm the other way, far from her reach.

“Harry! Give it back!” I laughed as she whined, clambering over me to try and grab the item.

“Not until you promise me that I’ll be able to see you in it soon!” Her eyes narrowed and she huffed out a breath before giving up and sitting next to me on the floor.

“You aren’t going to see anything if you don’t give me those back.” She crosses her arms over her chest and glares at me, a rosy tinge of embarrassment covering her cheeks. I laugh as I pull her onto my lap and wrap my arms around her waist.

“You don’t mean that, love.” I whisper in her ear, trying to ease her out of the rigid posture she’s in. I let my lips trail over her earlobe, nibbling at the soft skin along the way. Once I feel her breath start to come out in choppy gasps, I smile and begin to leave little wet kisses down the side of her neck. I hear her mewl softly and she shifts in my lap so she is straddling me with her long legs.

I place both my hands on her thighs and welcome her sweet mouth on mine. We start to increase the intensity of the kiss and I can tell she’s enjoying it when her fingers reach up to entwine in my curls. Our tongues battle each other for dominance as I start to slide my palms up her sides and underneath her shirt. They rest in the curve of her waist and I moan into her mouth when she tugs on my hair. Our lips finally unlock and she looks at me with dark eyes.

“I do too mean that.” She states and grabs the undergarment out of my hand before standing up from my lap. I groan as I look down and notice that my member was enjoying the moment as well, straining uncomfortably against my zipper. There’s a knock at the door and Liam peeks his head inside.

“Haz, I got a call.” I nod and stand up, noticing that Riley is staring at me from her spot by the closet. I walk over to her and grasp her jaw with my hand, pulling her face towards me and kissing her gently before running my tongue across her lower lip.

“This isn’t over.” She bites down on her lip and I walk out of her room, grinning like an idiot because I know I got the last word in.

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Riley’s POV:

“I do too mean that.” It takes every muscle in my body to stand up from my perfect position in Harry’s lap, but I had to show him that I was strong enough to resist his charm. There wasn’t even a reason for why I had to, I just did. Liam knocks on the door shortly after.

“Haz, I got a call.” A call? That’s weird. Why did Harry have to call someone on Liam’s phone? I stare as Harry stands up from his spot beside my bed and walks over to me. My insides start to burn as kisses me, dragging his tongue slowly over my bottom lip before staring at me with his emerald eyes.

“This isn’t over.” Ugh. I hate how sexy he is when he talks. It makes staying angry with him that much more difficult. He walks out the door, leaving it slightly cracked and I go back to arranging my shoes in my closet. My ears perk up when I hear Harry’s voice get louder as he talks on Liam’s phone. I tip toe over to the door so I can listen in.

“Well can’t someone else do it? It’s not a good time for me.” He barks into the phone and I’m surprised when I hear how low his voice gets. I step away from the door, remembering the trouble eavesdropping got me in to last time. My mind starts to wander as I think about who he’s talking to on the phone.

I jump when I hear his footsteps in my room and am surprised when I see the irritated look on his face. He runs his fingers through his hair as he sits down on my bed, getting out his phone and starts to type what I can assume is a text message. He shoves his phone back in his pocket and lays back on my bed, letting out a heavy sigh. I walk over and sit down next to him.

“I have to go out of town for a few days.” I wasn’t expecting that.

“Oh. Okay. Where?”

“L.A. One of the uh, companies we go through for tires is having some issue with an order.” He hesitates as he tells me the reason and my mind begins to question the validity of his statement. I shake the thought out of my head and stare down at him.

“When do you leave?” He sits up to look at me.

“In a couple of hours. Which really puts a damper on my plans to take you out on a date.” I smile as he places a hand atop mine. “Rain check for when I get home?” I nod and he kisses me one more time before standing up and heading towards the door.

“You better come say goodbye before you leave!” I shout down the hallway.

“Of course, love!” I hear him yell and then listen as the front door shuts behind him. I finish unpacking my clothes as Liam walks in my room and jumps on my bed.

“So, seeing as how Harry is leaving tonight, I thought maybe we could have a sleepover in the living room and watch movies and eat loads of rubbish food?” I laugh at the great idea.

“That sounds absolutely perfect!” He pumps his fists in the air.

“I have to warn you though, I go all out for sleepovers. I may or may not be breaking out my new onesie for you.” My eyes go big as Liam tells me about his outfit of choice for tonight.

“I am extremely excited now. Wow.” We giggle and I start to break down the cardboard boxes in my room. I take them down to the trash room in the hallway outside Liam’s flat and come back to my room to find him filing through my random canvases that I have leaned against a wall.

“These are really great, Riley. Have you ever considered selling them?” I shake my head.

“Nah. I just do it for fun. Relieves stress and it makes me happy. I don’t need to sell my happiness.” He smiles and nods before jumping up.

“What if we hung a couple in your room? Make it a little homier in here!”

“Yeah! That would be great!” We take my favorite handful of paintings out of my collection and start to hang them randomly on my bare walls. Once we’ve finished, we stand back and marvel at our work.

“Alright, let’s go get the supplies for tonight.” I nod and follow him out the front door and down to the garage to his Range Rover. For working only at a detail shop, these guys really had some nice toys. Not to mention their flats seem quite pricey as well. The detail business must pay pretty well, I guess!

We come back to the flat with armfuls of films, and bags of crisps, candy and ice cream. I change into my comfiest of pyjamas and grab the pillows and blankets off my bed, hauling them to the couch in the living room. I cocoon myself in my blankets and dive into a tub of Rocky Road ice cream. I’m so focused on the food that I don’t notice Liam walk in the room.

“So? What do you think?” I look up and choke on the spoonful of ice cream I just put in my mouth. Liam is standing in a black onesie with a huge Batman symbol on the chest. He has the hood up and is striking model poses. I bust out into a fit of laughter as I clap my hands for the performance.

“Wow, Payne. You look stellar.” He laughs and jumps down next to me, covering himself in the rest of my blankets. We decided to go towards more scary films to watch tonight and are currently in the middle of one called The Cabin in the Woods. I’m cowering behind my pillow as a zombie sneaks up behind one of the characters. Liam and I both jump and scream as our front door swings open.

“SHIT!” I yell and the lights turn on, showing a very amused Harry standing in the doorway.

“Harry! You scared the crap out of us!” I yell at him and he laughs, putting a duffle bag on the ground before walking over to perch beside me on the arm of the couch. He leans down and whispers in my ear.

“Can I steal you away for a second?” I look up at him and nod before looking over at a scared Liam.

“Li, you think you can handle being alone for a few minutes?” He looks over at me and nods before turning his attention back to the television. I unravel myself from my blankets and Harry holds his hand out for me to grab on to as he leads my down to my room.

My room is dark as he closes the door behind me and presses me up against the wall. Taking both his hands, he grabs my face and tilts it up to meet his. Our lips press together and I sigh as his tongue slowly darts into my mouth, swirling around mine. After a few seconds, he releases my mouth from his and looks down at me, panting slightly from the kiss.

“I just wanted to give you a proper good bye kiss.” I smile knowing that he’s grinning even though I can’t see his face because of the darkness.

“Job well done, Styles.” He chuckles and drops his lips to kiss me once more. The butterflies in my stomach start to flutter as his thumbs gently stroke my cheeks.

“I’ll be back in three days. Don’t miss me too much, yeah?” I lift my arms to drape around his neck.

“I can’t promise anything.” He laughs as his arms wrap around my waist. Once we finish our hug, I open the door and walk back towards the living room to find Liam hiding underneath a blanket. Harry and I laugh as Liam uncovers his face and sticks his tongue out at us.

I walk Harry to the front door and he picks his duffel bag up, slinging it over his shoulder. I step up on my tippy toes and give him one more kiss before I let him go.

“Be safe. Call me when you get there.” He rolls his eyes at me.

“Yes, Mum.” I punch him in the arm and he laughs before walking towards the lift. I watch until he’s inside and I blow him a kiss and my heart melts as he pretends to catch it and put it in his shirt pocket. The doors close and I shut our door and jump back over in the sea of blankets next to Liam. The flat smells like popcorn because Liam just made a fresh bowl.

“Is Harry really going to visit a tire company in L.A?” I didn’t even realize I was still thinking about it when the words came out of my mouth. Liam looked at me, confused but also nervous, and answered my question.

“Uh, yeah? Why do you ask?” I shrug as I pick up a handful of popcorn, popping a few pieces in my mouth.

“No reason.” I guess I was just overreacting. He had no reason to hide anything from me.

Liam and I watched a few more movies before I started to yawn and decided it was time for bed. We cleaned up the area and said our goodnights. I make my bed again and dive underneath the sheets, snuggling up in the middle. After a few minutes, I’m passed out.

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“No, p-please, you d-don’t have to do this..” I sob from the wooden chair, yanking at the handcuffs behind my back. I’ve been in them for so long that the steel feels cold against my bloodied wrists. Tears are pouring down my face, the saltiness stinging the cuts across my cheeks from the lashing I had received earlier that night.

“See, you say that, and I just don’t believe you.” The tall figure stood outside of the light shining above my head, forcing me to squint with my bruised eyes. Before I knew it, a tied up Harry was thrown at my feet, battered and bloody. I shrieked and yelled his name.

“HARRY!? Oh my god, Harry!!” He coughed blood onto my shoes and tried to get up, but was too weak to manage. That’s when the figure yanked him up by his hair and put the gun to his head. My mind was in a frenzy as I pleaded.

“P-please, please don’t hurt him! Just t-take me, I’m yours, forever. Just p-please let him go.” The figure laughed a cold chuckle and stepped into the light.

“Sorry, hon, not going to happen.”

“Heath…p-please.” I stared into his cold eyes as he cocked the gun.

“This’ll teach you to never leave me again.” Harry opened his emerald eyes just as Heath pulls the trigger.

I wake up screaming and drenched in sweat. My body is shaking horrendously as I try to catch my breath. I start to sob uncontrollably and I pull my legs up to my chest. I jump as my door swings open.

“Riley?! Is everything okay?” He sees me crying and rushes over to wrap me in his arms, rocking me back and forth.

“I h-had a dream he k-killed Harry.” Liam stills against me. “I just d-don’t know what he w-would do if he ever found m-me. He knows where the shop is, he could c-come at any time and-” My words are cut short as Liam whispers.

“Riley, that’s never going to happen. The boys and I, Harry…we’d never let that happen. It was just a bad dream. Shhh, love. It’s okay.” He begins to rock me again, placing a hard kiss on top of my head and I feel myself begin to calm down.

We sit on my bed for a couple minutes, waiting for my breathing to regulate. Once I finally feel relaxed again I speak into Liam’s tear soaked shirt.

“I miss Harry.” I feel Liam’s chest shake as he chuckles.

“Jeez, thanks, love. I guess I’m not good enough for you then, yeah?” I push away and shake my head.

“No! I’m sorry, I didn’t mean it like that.” He nods and wipes the excess tears away from my face.

“I know you didn’t. He’ll be back soon. These next few days are going to fly by. But why don’t you get some sleep first.” I nodded and he kissed my cheek before standing up from my bed and walking towards the door.

“G’night, Ri.”

“Night, Li.” With that, he carefully shuts my door and I’m left alone in my dark room. I quickly pad over to my dresser and pull out a new cami and some pyjama shorts to put on before I climb back into bed. I reach over to my phone to check the time and my heart skips a few beats as I see a text message from Harry. He must’ve texted me when he was waiting at the airport.

Harry <3: Miss you already. Can’t wait to come home and be in your arms again Xx

I smile widely and kiss my phone screen before I write back.

Me: Miss you more. Saturday can’t come soon enough :) Xx

I set my phone on my night stand, happy that I’ll wake up tomorrow morning with a response back. As I burrow deeper into my comforter, my mind is suddenly so at ease and I drift off to sleep, dreaming about emerald eyes.

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Harry’s POV:

I was just about to pull up to the secret location as I felt my phone buzz in my pocket. I look down and I feel a smile stretch across my face as I see the person responsible for the text.

xX Riley Xx: Miss you more. Saturday can’t come soon enough :) Xx

I lean back in my seat and close my eyes, picturing her beautiful face. She makes my insides melt. I was pulled out of my dream by Zayn nudging my arm. I didn’t want to go to L.A by myself for this, so I decided he was the best out of the four to help me.

“S'time, mate.” I nod and we get out of the car, heading towards the crowd of people. The sea of bodies starts to part as we make our way to the center. I cross my arms over my chest as I meet Vince’s eyes.

“So, you ready?” I look at Zayn and he gives me a small nod. I turn towards Vince again.

“I think the real question here is, are you?”

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Riley’s POV:

The next three days go by extremely fast and it’s the night of Harry’s arrival back home. I decided earlier that week to cook him dinner as a surprise welcome home present.Unfortunately, I forgot that the extent of my cooking skills range only to heating soup in the microwave. But, thankfully Liam offers to help and we make lemon chicken with steamed asparagus and long grain rice.

We take the food up to Harry’s flat and keep it warm in the oven while I go change into something other than running shorts and a t-shirt. I pull out my favorite black long sleeve dress and a pair of black stiletto sandals to wear. Using the lessons I got from Eleanor, I give myself a dark smokey eye and pull my hair back into a sleek ponytail at the nape of my neck. I accessorize with a gold cuff bracelet and dangly gold earrings.

I look at my phone and see that Harry has texted me that he’s five minutes away and I race up to his flat to set the food out on his dining room table. I pull the champagne from the chiller bucket next to the table and pour the liquid into the flutes next to our plates. I hear the door open and my heart races as I listen to the sound of feet making their way through the flat.

I walk around the corner and come face to face with a tired Harry. His eyes light up as he sees me and does and up and down, taking in my outfit.

“Surprise.” I smile and he drops his bags, closing the space between us to wrap me up in a huge hug. My arms bind around his neck, pulling him in to my chest. We stand there for a few minutes before he loosens his grasp on me and finds my lips. His kiss is hungry and I squeeze my thighs together, trying to mute the tingling sensation happening in between my legs. He finally lets go of my mouth and we stare at each other, breathing heavily.

“I missed you so much. God, I sound like such an idiot because it was only three days, but damn it I missed you.” I laugh and kiss his nose.

“It’s okay, I felt the same way.” I pull his hand towards the table and tell him to sit.

“I thought you’d probably be tired from all the traveling so I thought I would make you dinner instead of going out.” He places his napkin in his lap and starts digging in. I silently thank Liam as Harry groans out in agreement.

“Ugh, Riley. This is amazing. Thank you, baby.” My stomach flips and I take a sip of my champagne as I watch my boyfriend enjoy his meal. We talk about his trip, he doesn’t have much to say about it, and he asks me about my past few days.

Once we’re finished, we clean the table up. Harry is washing dishes in the sink and I come up behind him, snaking my arms around the front of his warm torso and feeling his muscles tense under my touch.

“So, I thought maybe tonight, we could have an adult sleepover?” I place small kisses down his back as I murmur my idea to him. He puts the dish he was working on in the drying rack and turns around in my grasp to face me. I look up into his eyes and can tell he has no issue with me staying the night. He grabs a towel and dries off his hands before scooping me up in his arms and carrying me off to his room.

We make it to his bedroom and he sets me down gingerly. I sit down on his bed and stick one of my feet in the air towards him.

“Help me?” I pout and he chuckles before kneeling down by my feet and unbuckling my stiletto straps. I shiver as he brings both feet up to his lips and kisses my ankle bone after he takes the shoe off.

“Can I borrow one of your shirts? I didn’t bring a change of clothes.” He walks over to his dresser and pulls out a black t-shirt, throwing it in my direction. I thank him and head to the bathroom to change and wash my face.

I walk out of the bathroom to see him already laying in bed, shirtless. His hands cradle his head, allowing me to admire the eclectic display of tattoos underneath his arm. I crawl into the bed and scoot over to him so I can place my head on his chest and drape my arm across his toned stomach. I press a small kisses to the sparrow beneath me while Harry drops one of his arms to press against my back, rubbing lazy circles on my spine. We lay there in silence, listening to our slow breathing.

“I had a dream…the night you left.”

“Mmm? A good one I hope.” My stomach starts to knot as I vividly remember my vision and I shudder. He notices my discomfort and uses his free hand to tip my chin up towards his face.

“What?” I can feel tears start to prick my eyes as I tell him about my dream. It gets difficult for me to finish and before I know it, Harry envelopes me in a hug, shushing me and whispering in my ear.

“Oh, baby. Don’t worry. Nothing is going to happen to me. I promise. He can’t hurt you anymore.” He holds me tight until I stop crying and lets go to wipe my face with his calloused hands. He keeps a hand on my face and we stare into each other’s eyes for a few seconds before he leans down to kiss me.

In that instant, I forget everything around me. I forget about my dream. I forget about all my worries. I’m just here lying in the arms of a man who cares for me. I am finally safe.

Notes

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