Reeled Him In (Larry Stylinson AU)

Ever since the exact second that Harry's senior year finally ended, everything became great. He didn't have to get up at six every day just to go to a place he despised. He didn't have to fake a smile for all of the girls who thought that they were pretty enough to turn him straight. He didn't have to push himself to stay wide awake to finish his mounds of homework each night. With all the positives aside, Harry was bored. He was the only one of his friends that didn't head right off to college last September, as he needed to take a year off to save up. Every week, he had to work here and there. Sometimes doing something with his parents or some deadbeat teens that dropped out of high school. He didn't really ever have plans anymore since all his dumb buddies went to the US for college- mostly to be able to play American Football. Nothing really made Harry feel excited anymore. He wasn't sad or depressed, just not as motivated as he once was.
"Nah Z, you got to look up this kid. His name s' Louis, and fuck-" Harry stopped to laugh, looking down at his phone screen and away from the laptop where he had a skype call running with his friend Zayn. He looked back to the camera to see Zayn with a widespread smirk plastered on his extremely handsome face. "I can't stop looking at him. His blond hair, blue eyes- looks like he had braces for a while. They're off no-"
"So he'd be able to suck your dick without the possibility of cutting it with his braces?" Zayn interrupted, laughing after his clever little joke. Harry didn't find it as funny, but let chuckled slightly anyway. Harry looked back down to his phone screen, and at the lovely Louis' Instagram profile. He felt like a young girl who has her first crush by the way he watched the account. He loved the progression of the photos. The blond in his hair starting to fade and get darker, easily showing that it was dyed. Nothing wrong with that, clearly. The smile on this boy's face was everlasting, as wide as it could be. With teeth that were a dazzling bright white, clearly taken care of. The boy had about 12 followers, which wasn't that bad considering the account was made the night previous. There were about four photos. Three the boy was with someone, one alone. Clearly, he wasn't much of a selfie taker, even though Harry wished he was. There would be more possibilities of him seeing the gorgeous face. "Harry, why does this kid matter to you anyway? There's a lot of attractive people that try to contact you over Instagram. But a blond little twink named Louis Black has the ability to spark your interest?" Zayn asked, raising one of his dark eyebrows as he looked at his friend in the screen- almost disapprovingly.
"You clearly can't see the boy the way I see him, Zayn," Harry says lightly, looking towards the friend amusedly, "must be because you've gone whipped for that boyfriend of yours." Harry winked, seeing the light blush dust over his mate's cheekbones. "Well Z, I have to get going. Tell Liam I said hello," Harry said, giving a wave before he ended the call. He mounted his elbows on the desk, linking his fingers together to make a flat surface for his chin to rest on just before Harry sighed softly. Was he really so pathetic that he would flirt with some boy over Instagram? Yes, it seemed as he was. His phone vibrated on the cherry wood desk. harrystyles has a new message.
Harry reached down, grasping the phone in his fingers and lifting it up, using his thumbprint to unlock it. The screen opened directly to his and Louis's chat, which was quite convenient. He looked down at the message, sighing happily at the sweet reply.
louis_black91: nope! single. looking for someone new tho .xx
The corners of Harry's lips tugged up into a tight smirk as he reread the little message a few times. This boy was toying with him, but Harry didn't mind. He could play a game, especially if Louis seemed to be his prize. Before he started to type out his reply, he went back onto Louis' page to see if he could find something that could have listed where Louis lived, just to see if he was close enough to meet up with sometime. His search came up dry, and he clicked back to the messages anyway. Louis lazily typed his reply back to the boy, letting out a soft 'hm'" as he hit send.
harrystyles: what area do you live around louis? if ur close we should totally meet up .x
Louis had to read the message at least thirty times before he looked up from the screen. Fucking Idiot, Louis. What are you going to do? You didn't think this far. You're just a stupid little Idiot. The little voice in his head said, making Louis whimper. He didn't want this to end. The attention he was receiving just had begun, and Louis didn't want it to ever end. After a quick google search of the area where Niall Horan lived, he shrugged. Far Enough. He thought, before clicking over to the glorious chat. It took Louis nearly no time at all to type.
louis_black91: ireland. around dublin. wbu??
He sent the lie and waited, sighing. Louis would love if he could meet up with the glorious man with the name of Harry Styles, but Harry didn't want him. He wanted a gorgeous heartthrob with the name Niall Horan instead. Louis couldn't even feel bad for himself, as he wished he was someone different too. Life would've been a lot easier if he was born pretty- Like Harry. I wish I was as pretty as Harry. I wasn't blessed like he was. Louis thought, sighing slightly.
"Louis!" Called his mother from the bottom of the stairs, and with the small slur in her speech- Louis could tell that she was at least a bit buzzed. He set his hands on either side of his waist on the bed, pushing up so he was on his feet. Louis pushed his phone into the back pocket of his jeggings before he walked from his bedroom and down the stairs to meet with his mother. "Louis! Come- Come. Come to my friend. He doesn't beli-believe me that you're gay. Show him something." Jay laughed, hiccuping soon after, stumbling her way into the kitchen and to the random man that was inside. He was clearly just as drunk as his mother, which made Louis sigh.
"Mum, just because I'm gay doesn't make me like some freak show from a carniv" He was cut off by laughter and decided to end his small statement to his deadbeat of a mother. He looked towards the man who had his dirty paws all over his mother. Any normal son would've been offended by the premature PDA, but this was nothing compared to the things Louis has seen. He might be the gay one, but at least he wasn't the slut in the household. Without another word, Louis turned on his heels and headed back upstairs to his bedroom, not minding the drunken slurs directed his way from the idiots in the kitchen. With his bedroom door now locked, Louis shuffled to his bed and plopped down. He reached under his bum, grabbing his cell phone and pulling it out. There wasn't a new notification, which started to rake up his nerves. You told him where Niall lived. That's too far away Louis. He doesn't want to be with anyone that far away. How could you be that stupid, Louis? You were almost pulling this off. You fuck up everything, don't you Lou- His thoughts were cut off by a simple vibration. louis_black91 has a new message.
harrystyles: damn!! thats so far. we could still meet someday. at least it's not like the usa. right??
Louis swallowed the soft lump in his throat.
louis_black91: right <3

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