PARKER | Dark H.S. AU

iv. throwback

From this chapter on until who knows what, the chapters will mostly be written in italics to distinguish the past events from the present. Some may find it annoying but please understand that it's better than confusing you all. These events are from what are written in Harry's journal.

Everything is in third person's POV bc it's much easier than alternating Harry and Charlie's POVs.

~UNEDITED bc lazy~

Copyright © zylgnagnaba 2014

Four years ago...

London, England

Professional, strict, and sternly business-minded - these are the kind of personalities you could categorise Harry as. He's a perfectionist. He wants everything done with preciseness. He couldn't accept failure. He doesn't want his - or anyone's for that matter -personal life to mix up with his career. Everyone around follows his orders and no one even dares to defy him. That is when he's within the perimeter of his workplace.

Seeing that everyone around him falls at his feet couldn't even give him the satisfaction that he needs. He may be a successful COO of their Aviation Company at age 21, but deep down inside him, he is still as broken as he was when he was still a kid.

Knowing that he is an illegitimate child of the most successful businessman in England, he had strived to get where he is right now. He graduated from a prestigious university with flying colours and done internships in popular companies here and there without using his father's name. Even so, he still pursues on proving his capacities and skills to let everyone know that even if he is a bastard, he deserves everything he has right now. This point was proven to everyone who doesn't know him personally. But to his family, especially to his siblings in his father's side, he's still the same kid that stepped in their doorstep that day and introduced his self as the son of their father to another woman.

He may seem to have all the wealth he could have ever asked for, but he still thinks he's got nothing without the acceptance of the people that matters to him. No matter how he puts on the suit and tie every day in exchange of the ragged shirt and overalls, for his siblings he is still that same kid. No matter how many achievements and deals he has closed for their company, he is still that same kid. No matter how successful he is, his efforts still feel void and futile.

Nevertheless, he continues on what he started. Taking out all his frustrations to his work, the outlet of these being weighed on his staffs' shoulders, he pressures them to do just as he ordered. His people's fear for him seem to do good since their company keeps on rising in the business spotlight and continues to expand from his administration.

Other than that, being the youngest, most successful bachelor in the business industry has earned him the power to have every girl wrapped up in his fingers. The business façade he puts on whenever he's in the confines of his office is transformed to one of those seductive and charming one when it comes to having a good time - his own definition of good time includes just sitting at the bar, drinking away while waiting for a girl to approach and flirt with him -, away from his office desk, away from the encoded numbers and letters on the papers he sees through every day, away from the tension of being the perfectionist prick that he is. He is only 21 after all. But this only happens occasionally as he puts business in his priorities next to his mother.

He vaguely even remembers when was the last time he got to take a random bimbo home.

Harry stirs in his bed at the sound of a steady breathing. He wouldn't have been so alarmed if he doesn't feel the gust of air that's tickling his chest coming along with the same rhythm the sound represents. His tired eyes slowly flutter open, eyes squinting at the brunette curls that are matted on his chest. Maddie, he thinks is her name, has her arms coiled lethargically over his torso. He rolls his eyes as he recall how he warned the brunette the night before that he doesn't like cuddling after the deed. If anything, Harry is not one for emotional attachments.