Harry Styles, the brooding and intolerable tattoo parlour owner, meets River, a stubborn and somewhat oblivious girl, who just doesn't understand the reasoning behind his nefarious ways but is determined to find out. River comes to realize that Harry's hiding something much deeper than expected... only once those secrets come to the surface, it's too late to turn back. -- *18+ // Story Contains Mature and Explicit Content*

"i'd never seen someone sign in front of me. but, i don't know if i was more focused on the language, or the man using it." - cassidy byrne is lucky. it's luck that her brother is "dating" the dean's daughter at college. it's luck that she was accepted past the admission deadline. it's luck that she managed to get into a dorm, at all. but is it luck that her roommate's interpreter is harry styles? to cassidy, it seems anything but. COMPLETED 11/3/19 EDITING 9/8/2020 -