KINGS & QUEENS - LARRY STYLINSON FANFICTION

THE DAYS AFTER

During the next few days Louis spent a lot of time on his own. He needed time to process his breakup with Matt and everything else that had happened before. He talked a lot to his best friend Riley on the phone who thought Louis was joking at first. After he had convinced her about the seriousness of his concern, Riley started realizing that Louis really meant it. It was hard for her to hear how much Matt had been hurt since he is his friend too but also, she didn't judge Louis for developing feelings for Harry. Riley had always been great support for Louis, especially during hard times and she proved again that she was one of his best and most loyal friends Louis could rely on. The shows distracted Louis a little bit, at least temporarily. The closer the day of Harry's arrival was, the more Louis' worries disappeared and were mostly replaced by a pleasant kind of nervousness and joyful expectation. Of course, he couldn't forget about Matt and everything but at least, he could push the thoughts away a little bit.

Soon, the band will also have some days off for Christmas and both, seeing Harry again and going home for Christmas are two things Louis is looking forward to. After another successful concert, the band travels to Washington DC in the morning. Sophie has arranged the next stunt which only consists of Harry and Louis walking out of the airport building, getting into a taxi. Nothing too special but still enough to get attention of fans who might be there by chance and the paparazzi. While the band travels to their hotel, Louis, Sophie and Rob stay at the airport and wait for Harry's flight to arrive. When Harry walks into the VIP lounge they're waiting in, Louis' heart jumps. Harry greets everyone with a handshake and gives Louis a tight hug. Harry smells so good and Louis would love to give him a kiss but he doesn't dare to do it here in front of Sophie and Rob. "It's nice to be back," he says and give Louis a sweet smile. There's not much time to talk.

"Let's go," Sophie says and leads everyone toward the right exit. "Jeremy is already waiting for you in the car you can see over there, the one with the tinted windows. Just walk out together. If you want, you can stop for the fans but you don't have to. Rob is going to be near you in case if something happens and I'll head off to my next meeting."

"Oh, time for you to babysit us again," Harry says jokingly.

Rob pats his shoulder, giving Harry a huge smile. "I will, if necessary." Then his face gets serious. "If you decide to stop for the fans, be careful that it doesn't cause too much chaos. I know how much the young ladies love you both."

"Okay," Harry tells Rob.

"Now go, I'll be close behind you."

It doesn't take long until about twenty girls have surrounded Harry and Louis on their way out of the airport. They take pictures of them, ask for autographs and photos. The paparazzi are among them too and soon it gets too much. Rob jumps into the crowd quickly, pulls Harry and Louis toward the waiting car and opens the door for them. Jeremy has already started the engine so they can drive away within a second. "Two minutes more and I might have not gotten you out", Rob says out of breath, wiping his forehead. "You two and the band are quite challenging to work with, really. But it's nice of you that you always want to stop for them if possible."

"It's part of the job. They are the ones who buy our music, concert tickets and support us on social media so giving them an autograph or taking a picture feels like saying thank you, in a way."

"That's quite attentive," Harry says and rubs Louis' back. "I'm still not used to that phenomenon at all but somehow it's fun. When I was in New York the day before some teenage girls noticed me and asked me for an autograph and pictures. Some of them told me that they had seen pictures of me and Louis and they thought we looked cute together."

Rob turns around in his front seat. "But you're also kind of a celebrity too, aren't you? Not in the music business but the model business? Haven't you written autographs before this?"