Levirate [Haniaal/Zarry]

Chapter 20

Harry has always been attracted to fashion from a very young age. Anne has told him stories about how he would dress up in her clothes or Gemma's and strut around the house like Naomi Campbell when he was 5. As he grew older, he became the fashion consultant for the family. He would advise them on what accessory to pair an outfit with or which shoes to pair it with. At the age of eleven, Harry had come out to his family as gay, surprising no one at all because everyone had seen the signs and were just waiting for him to confirm. When he decided that he wanted to study fashion and journalism, no one was surprised still because he had started the career already at a very young age.

He was 16 when he joined the fashion industry fully, much to Anne's dismay because she felt like he was still her little boy. Harry was invited to a party in London by his friend who unbeknownst to Harry is Rebecca Corbin-Murray's cousin. Harry's life changed the moment he walked in and realised who's house he was at. I mean who would forget that iconic gown that Emma Watson wore to the U.K. Beauty and the Beast Premiere. Harry spent countless hours researching about Rebecca and he remebers mentioning that fact to Abigail at school the next day who had just chuckled and paid him no mind. If only he knew. After the introduction in which he was blushing and squealing like a stupid fan girl, Harry and Abigail spent the night dancing and mingling with the stars in attendance. 

Harry and Abigail ended up sleeping over at Rebecca's house and Harry was not planning to leave the house without going closet digging a bit because it is Rebecca's house after all. After promises of buying Abigail countless ice creams and finding a way to hook her up with Nick Clough, they finally made their way into Rebecca's closet and Harry went crazy. "No. That dress with those shoes... Yes yes!... That hat with the blue pants... Work it girl!... Oh oh that necklace with that other shirt there" Harry instantly became a stylist and photographer in one. Directing Abigail on how to pose and shooing her away to change into another outfit because 'he is working on the clock'. Rebecca had walked in during the set and startled Harry to the core. Harry started apologising profusely while Abigail was dying of laughter on the floor. Harry shot her a quick glare and turned around to find Rebecca also laughing. He stood there lost, not knowing what to do until Rebecca walked towards him and took the phone to go through the pictures.

"Wow Abigail. I see what you mean. Your friend here is good. I could have never thought that the blue pants would go so well with the hat" Rebecca spoke gently nudging Harry who was still standing there like a statue. When he finally got over the initial shock of being caught and Rebecca's words registered in his mind, his face turned red and he thanked her for the compliment while playing with his fingers. "You set me up, the deal is so off" he mouthed to Abigail who just shrugged and laughed him off. 

"Abigail here has told me so much about you and your love for fashion and I have to agree with her, you are really good. I would like you to be my intern, of course we would need to clear it with your mother first if you would like to accept my offer" asked Rebecca. "Of course I would. Wait... This is not a prank right? He looked from Rebecca to Abigail and once he was satisfied that they were not pranking him he squealed and jumped into Rebecca's arms who almost dropped him because she was not excepting that at all. "Thank you. Thank you. Thank you" chnated Harry as he moved to hug Abigail as well. 

Anne had agreed to let him intern knowing his love for fashion and that was the start of his career in fashion. His dedication and hard work made him excel and he ended up as Rebecca's assistant after a year in internship. While his career went smoothly, his personal life took a different direction. The move from a gay boy from Chesire who loved fashion to rubbing shoulders with the elite was too big for him and he ended up being swallowed by the industry. At 18 Harry started befriending the models and the different pop stars that would come to Rebecca for styling. Gradually he started attending parties, drinking and smoking what they would to fit in with the crew. Gemma having been the wild one in the family ended up visiting London more and more when Harry became part of the 'cool crew' and their relationship grew strong.  Whenever things seemed a bit too much for him, Harry would fly out to her at any given time, money not being a factor. Most of the time he visited to run away from Anne who was trying hard to keep him grounded and ended up being 'overbearing' according to Harry. 

At age 20, Harry was fully immersed in the lifestyle. He was in every party, it did not matter whether he knew the host or not. He would go to an envelope opening party if he was ever invited to one. He had started drinking daily and dabbling with cocaine and ecstasy. He lived for the rush.  He met Daniaal on the 1st of February at a strip club in the middle of London. Harry was as usual the life of the party, even more so on that night since he was celebrating his birthday. He was on the dance floor grinding against Ashton when he first felt Daniaal's eyes on him. Being a tease that he was, he started grinding more with his dimpled smile on full display and those curly locks going everywhere with how hard he kept moving his head. Ashton caught Daniaal's eyes and was dying of laughter at how Harry is torturing the poor guy.  

Harry was sitting at the bar taking a moments rest when Daniaal took his chance. He chatted him up and it did not take a lot of convincing for Harry to give exchange phone numbers because he was already interested, Daniaal's only job was not to be a jerk. Harry had dragged Daniaal to the bathroom to snot with him but he politely refused and that annoyed Harry because the way he scrunched up his face made it seem like he was judging him. A week later Daniaal had asked him out on a date and Harry had agreed with the intention to be as rude and unbearable as possible. That did not go according to plan though because Daniaal had taken him to a popup art and wine night  and they spent their time painting and sipping on wine. Harry was pretty confident with his artwork but he had not known that he was on a date with an excellent artist. Cheater. Harry could not remember the last time he had so much fun without coke or dancing. 

Once they started dating a month later, Harry slowly started making changes in his life with Daniaal's influence. For instance Daniaal had mentioned that his lifestyle was detrimental to his health and life and even though Harry would throw a tantrum about him forcing him to change while he proposed to him knowing how he lived his life, deep down he knew that he needed to change because he was going down a dark tunnel and damaging his relationship with his mother. Daniaal came at a point where he needed a hand to pull him out and he became that hand. So he reduced going to parties and the need to sniff also reduced. He had mentioned how he had an interest in designing and Daniaal had encouraged him to present his drawings to Rebecca which he did and received rave remarks that launched his career in designing. 

Not everything was bad with that stage of his life though because he made connections that would later sustain his business when he decided to leave and branch out on his own through help from Daniaal. Now sitting on his bedroom floor with Harley sleeping peacefully on his lap, he cannot help but think that maybe Gemma might have been right. Maybe he had lost myself along the way but that was not Daniaal's fault, he had been so afraid to mess up that he had handed over control of his life. He has always been good at his job but his personal life was a maze that he never had interest in solving so when Daniaal took over he was more than glad because he could not trust himself. He started Styles Inc because of Daniaal. He was clean because of Daniaal. So maybe he did worship him more than it seemed necessary but Gemma could never understand where he was before Daniaal. Now  Daniaal is gone and he has to be in control and that thought scares him almost to death because he has not been in control since he started that internship 11 years ago. He had been on auto pilot before him then he became a co-pilot with him. Can he be the pilot now? For both him and his baby?