TO BE CONTINUED ( h styles )

breakup!

juniper was sat on the sofa, crouched over, head in hand, crying.

"darling..." harry tried to approach and console her. he cautiously crouched down in front of her and placed his hands on juniper's knees.

"no, harry." she spoke through sniffles. juniper didn't dare look up at him. she knew if she took one look at harry's tear stained cheeks she wouldn't be able to go through with what she needed to do. "don't make this any harder, please."

"don't make it harder for you to do what? break up with me?"

"you know we have to." juniper sniffled. "we aren't happy." harry didnt respond. he was on his knees at juniper's feet so he just cried into her lap. and she let him.

"i love you so much." harry was begging now. on his knees in front of the girl he was planning to spend the rest of his life with. but in a sick twist of fate, instead of proposing, he was pleading for her to give them another shot.

"and i love you." she replied, just as painfully. juniper took harry's face in her hands and harry's breath got caught in his throat.

"but it's just not enough."

harry slumped to the floor as juniper's hands left his skin, just as if his heart had been ripped from his body.

he could've sworn he felt his face burn as juniper's hands disconnected from it.

"so that's that then?" harry mumbled after awhile. "it's just fucking over?"

juniper ran a hand through her hair quickly and gave him a curt nod. she didn't trust her voice, knowing that if she tried to speak the lump in her throat she'd been holding back would make any words turn into sobs.

"i guess i should be um, going then." harry scratched the nape of his neck and rose shakily from the ground.

"i think maybe, yeah." juniper responded, grief causing her sentences to come out disconnected and short.

juniper stands up too, ready to see him out. and before either of them know it, they're face to face. perfect kissing distance. harry and juniper lock eyes.

"one for the road?" harry chuckles dryly, looking between juniper's cyan eyes and pink lips. "if you um, close your eyes, i promise i'll be gone when you open them."

the model didn't answer him. she just fluttered her eyelids shut and automatically tilted her head, as she always had for harry's kisses. with shaky hands and a thumping heart, harry cupped juniper's cheeks and placed their lips together for the last time. the kiss was chaste, desperate and lingering. it took harry everything he had in him to pull away from her, knowing that when he did, it was over. when he did, harry stood there, winded by the sight before him. juniper harington. eyes closed, slightly swollen lips and pink cheeks. he took a second to memorise the sight. his gorgeous girl. the love of his life.

but remembering his sentiment from before, harry knew he had to leave.

so he did just that. he left the love of his life with his heart on the floor and a ring in his jacket pocket.