Shadows - larry Stylinson

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Louis P.O.V

I stood outside my apartment building. I looked at my phone and waited. I had on joggers and my running shoes. I took a deep breathe. suddenly midnight. I felt my body over come with chills and I took a deep breathe and looked across the road. And there it was. My shadow. It hid in the shadows along the street and off it went. I started running after it. It shot across into town and I ran after it. People that were out late looked at me as I ran. I saw it dark left and right, hiding it dark places. I gasped for air as I sprinted after it. Farther and farther into London I followed as I made my way to a neighborhood near where big Ben was. I ran and looked around, I lost it. "No.." I said as I rested my hands on my knees. "Where did you go" I whispered to myself. I whipped my phone out of my pocket and checked my location on the map. I pinned it and took a deep breathe. It wasn't too too far from where my apartment is since I live about a 10 minute drive from Big Ben. I dialed Harry's number and put the phone to my ear. "H-hello" Harry answered breathlessly "H-hey... why do you sound out of breathe?" I asked trying to catch mine as well. "I tried to follow m-my shadow so I ran after it" I let out a soft breathe laughing "me too... did you catch it and find where it goes?" he sighed "n-no I lost it, but I'm in a neighborhood, near Big ben". I furrowed my brow "me too, where are you?" after we sent each other our locations we realized we were on opposite sides of the same neighborhood. We decided to meet up and we walked to the middle of the street together. "Hey" he said chuckling softly as we met face to face. I smiled "hey H, crazy huh? our shadows came to an area so close to each together" he chuckled "yeah it is, I want to catch it tomorrow". I nodded "I do to". "Would you want to stay the night?" Harry asked as we walked towards where Harry lived, I nodded tiredly "yeah I would". As we walked under street lamps we both kept looking at the ground, our shadows missing. "You know what we should do tomorrow?" I said getting an idea "what?" he asked as he walked close to me. "We should come here before midnight, to the places we last saw our shadows and we will be closer to finding where both of them went". Harry smiled "yes, yes that's a great idea Lou". When we got back to Harry's he offered me to borrow a shirt since mine was a bit sweaty from running. "I don't have a guest bed so you can take my bed and I'll sleep on the couch" he said smiling, I felt bad, I didn't want him to sleep on the couch for me. I looked at his bed, it was big enough. "No it's fine I mean we can just share the bed if you're comfortable with it" I said fumbling with the shirt hem Harry let me borrow. "yeah that's cool" he said "I sleep shirtless is that okay?" he asked clearly wanting to make sure I wasn't uncomfortable. He slid his shirt off and his toned stomach was revealed. We both climbed in the bed and got under the comforter "goodnight Lou" "night H" I said, falling asleep with a small smile on my face.

I groaned softly as I rubbed my eyes and slowly sat up. I looked around remembering I was in Harrys apartment, I took a deep breathe smelling bacon and pancakes. I hummed and got up using the bathroom quickly. I went out to the kitchen and saw Harry standing by the stove flipping pancakes, He was wearing joggers and was shirtless. "Hey" he said turning around "hey good morning" I said and smiled sitting at the counter "you hungry?" he asked making me nod. "Yeah this smells great" he said setting a plate in front of me before joining me. We started eating together "you sleep okay?" he asked and I nodded "yeah actually I did". I looked down as I moved the fork and noticed my shadow was back. Harrys was too. I think Harry noticed me being distracted by realizing my shadow was back and he smiled "hey this morning I was looking at old baby pictures and I found one from that story I told you about me and my sister climbing the tree, when I got stuck and I got stuck dangling on a branch" I laughed "no way can I see it?". After we ate we sat on his bed and he grabbed a box and opened it to reveal a bunch of photos. I laughed softly as he showed me the picture along with a few others. "I'm gonna brush my teeth and hair quickly he said setting some pictures on his bed and I nodded looking at a few "okay". I smiled as I looked through the pictures. "Niall says I look like a baby frog in old pictures" Harry said from behind the closed bathroom door making me laugh. "No your so cute and s-small" I said my voice fading as I picked up a picture of Harry. It was the left side of a picture. Only the left side of a picture. I felt the air leave my lungs as I stared at it. No it couldn't be. I panicked and shakily grabbed my phone takinga  picture of it. I garbbed my shoes and changed back into my shirt and hurried out of Harrys place not even saying bye. I called a cab and rushed to my apartment. I ran into my apartment and ran staright to my room and to my closet. I grabbed the ripped in half picture I have of just me and pulled up the picture of Harry on my phone and held them side by side. I let out a soft gasp. It was a perfect match.