Larry Stylinson One Shots

I've been thinking 'bout it all day

AN// This is a 1D/Harry Potter AU. Larry is the main paring of course! Sorry for not updating in forever. Hopefully this makes up for it. :)

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Harry is nervous, that's for sure. It's his first day at his new job mixing and making potions at a new shop that just opened in Diagon Alley. It's right off the main street so it's only a few blocks from where Harry lives, and it pays well enough that Harry can keep his flat and have a decent amount of money to live off of comfortably.

When he heard about the job opening, from his nosy Aunt of course, Harry was ecstatic to go down there and talk to the shop owner. Her name is Perrie, and she and her best friend Louis opened the shop together not too long ago. Harry remembers the pair well from when he was in school. They were two years above him, and he always admired how close they were (as well as how good they looked together).

He wants to impress them, and so what Harry's going to wear on his first day is sort of important to him. His sister would laugh at him if she knew he was stuck on what to wear on his first day of his new job. Niall did for sure. But, he thinks to himself, he's always dressed to impress, whether that meant he was impressing Hogwarts or his grandmum.

Harry is ready thirty minutes before he even needs to leave, so he decides to make breakfast for his best friend, Niall, who stayed the night, for whenever he wakes up. It's quick and easy, but Harry makes sure it's arranged perfectly on the plate before covering it.

His mum sometimes tells him that he's a little too nice to his best friend, but Harry's always loved taking care of the people closest to him. It's one of his quirks.

As he's pulling on his boots, he notices a little note stuck to the bottom of one. Pulling it off, Harry unfolds it and reads ' have a great first day at work loser <3 ' in Niall's chicken scratch handwriting. It puts a smile on his face as he ventures outside into the chilly April air, ready to take the day on.

The walk there is a short ten minutes, but Harry still brought his thermos full of hot tea to keep his hands warm. When he gets there, the front door is still locked so he knocks on the glass, peering inside to see Perrie standing not too far.

She glances up and smiles, coming to let Harry in. "Oh, out of the cold, you," she greets, smiling warmly and locking the door behind him. "How are you this morning, love? Ready to start your first day?"

Nodding, Harry takes another glance around the small shop, at the dark shelves lining the walls and the rows of free-standing shelves, all full of potion bottles, small and large and everything in between. He looks at the counter at the back with an old little til, a bowl full of candies, and the lazy cat that belongs to Perrie lounging near the edge. The air is musky, but with a hint of sage and something sweet, and the bright lights lining the walls make everything seem less dark.

When he'd first walked in, Harry was charmed out of his pants at how cute the shop was. He loved the atmosphere and warm and inviting it was. And still is. Harry loves this place already, is excited to learn everything he can about this place.

And the people.

"I am, yes," he answers belatedly, looking at what Perrie had been doing previously. There are a few potion bottles that she's organizing, but she waves a hand at him.

"Oh no, you're not starting here today sweetheart. Louis will be back any second with breakfast and he'll give you the grand tour. Then you'll learn how to run the til and keep Lucas inside and fed."