hal·low verb past participle: hallowed - honor as holy. Vivienne Romano bakes cupcakes, believes in kindness, and still says "please" and "thank you" to strangers. Harry Styles? He bleeds violence. A fighter with a past wrapped in secrets, bruises, and misery. Their worlds were never meant to collide. But they did-late one night, in the shadows of her bakery, with blood on his hands and fear in her eyes. Now he can't stay away. She's light and sugar and everything good in this world... and he's the sinner who can't stop coming back. She's the softest thing he's ever seen. And the only thing that makes him feel anything close to holy. Because if there's one thing Harry knows for sure- a man like him was never meant to touch a girl like her. As the lines between fear and fascination blur, Vivienne is dragged deeper into a world of secrets, violence, and obsession. Because Harry isn't just dangerous-he's marked. And now, so is she. What do you do when the one person who terrifies you... might be the only one who can protect you?

Harry Styles and Blake McCoy met when they were young-two wandering souls who didn't know they were about to find home in each other. What started as fleeting glances and shy smiles turned into years of laughter, love, and growing up side by side. But somewhere between the photographs they took of each other-between the blurry, unfocused shots of their early days and the crystal-clear snapshots of their best moments-life began to pull them apart. Now 31, Harry is left with nothing but an old camera filled with memories he can't quite let go of. Each photo holds a piece of their story: the first night they met, the inside jokes, the fights, the quiet mornings, and the moments when it felt like nothing could ever come between them. But the clearest pictures are also the hardest to look at, reminders of how something so certain slowly faded away. Told through a series of poignant flashbacks triggered by each photograph, Aperture is a bittersweet, angsty romance about love that grows, changes, and sometimes slips through your fingers. It's about the beauty of moments captured, the ache of drifting apart, and the question we all ask ourselves-can a love that feels like home ever truly be lost?

*MATURE CONTENT* Harry Styles is currently the most well-known celebrity in the music industry, just finishing his first solo tour in 2018, trying to cope with the sudden silence that has accompanied his time off to write his second album. Andrea Wilson is just like any other normal resident living in Los Angeles. Working day in and day out, as a nurse, at the hospital with her best friends in the oftentimes cutthroat and competitive environment. After a drunken songwriting session, Harry's visit to the emergency room takes an interesting turn after meeting the nurse assigned to his case. Neither of them thought they would ever see each other again after their first introduction, but despite Harry's cocky attitude and Andrea's new, play-it-safe outlook on life, their relationship evolves into more than just patient and nurse. Even with having significantly different lifestyles, neither of them can seem to resist their attraction to each other after their friendship sparks and continues to grow. But will their troubled pasts and hidden secrets get in the way of being able to become more?

[Completed] [MATURE CONTENT] ** Reader's discretion advised (18+) Smut chapters are indicated with an (*) - Excerpt chapter 3 - I had been dreaming about her all week, and now she was for sure not going to leave my brain. I had been fucking my fist every night to get rid of the image of her on her knees in front of me after I saw her biting down on that pencil at the bar on Monday. So flirty and dirty, yet so innocent. While the thought excited me, to be with someone without experience, I'd never act upon it. I was definitely rough in bed, and I had a lot of kinks and didn't know how to be soft. I'd completely ruin her. But then again, maybe she'd let me. Maybe she'd like it. ** Started: October 2021 ** Finished: December 2021

"I don't care what he thinks," she whispers, somehow pulling me even closer to her. I stare at her, fighting the mental battle of risking my best friend over the beautiful girl standing in front of me. "Please, Harry." I don't waste any more time connecting our lips, feeling her blindly drag me to her bed. • • • • • A seemingly innocent night out completely flips a sibling bonding trip. When Ariella unknowingly goes home with her brother's roommate, there are only so many ways this could go. Harry is her brother's attractive, aspiring musician of a roommate and Ariella can't keep him off her mind. Little does she know, Harry is in the same boat- quickly falling for his best friend's off-limits sister. Will they push their feelings away, or will they go for what they want?

Archer Riley just wanted to get away for the summer before she was buried in textbooks during her final year of medical school. Niall Horan has always been comfortable splitting his time between his dog and his job as a firefighter in the small costal town he's lived in for years. When Archer and Niall meet, it seems like there's an invisible string tying them together, one that bypasses the fact that not only is there a difference between their ages... But the fact that Niall's best friend is none other than Ellis Riley. Archer's one and only older brother. Never have either of them been more sure about their feelings for each other, but summer can only last so long before August comes and slips away like a moment in time.

[complete] a story where single pregnant mother aurora meets the one and only, laid-back, up and coming, photographer harry styles. watch as they fill the missing pieces in each other's lives, and make each other feel whole again. contains mature content and sensitive themes// 18+ originally deleted at 123k reads

"There's life after death, Ro." Harry's eyes are lined with tears, as he tries to believe the words he's saying. He's only as strong as shattered glass, yet he still holds himself together for me. "This isn't life, Harry, this is survival." His hands are an icy contrast on my hot cheeks, my internalized pain burning against his touch. I watch as his lower lip quivers, his eyebrows furrowing as I destroy the last remaining pieces of the man I thought I could love, but love doesn't exist. At least, not a second time around. - After tragedy reroutes the course of their lives, single parents Harry Styles and Rowan Montgomery become acquainted through their grief. Harry, a retired doctor and now a sole owner for his late-wife's diner, is tackling parenthood on his own while trying to make a name for himself in the music industry. Rowan, Seattle's Teacher of the Year, is struggling to reignite the passion she once had for life as she is forced to face parenthood alone. As the grief cycle continues, Harry and Rowan find themselves relying on one another for support, but soon discover that healing isn't a five step process.

Harry and Analyn were in love. Two years spent together, getting to know each other, supporting each other and watching each other grow and flourish. They took risks, they loved hard and truly felt like they were finding a place in this world. Except the places they each found were very different. A difference in career and ambition forced the two to go their separate ways. Choosing themselves but also choosing one another, neither was going to be the one that held the other back. Years later and fresh off of his One Night Only in LA for Fine Line, Analyn is the last person Harry anticipates to run into at a busy Sushi restaurant in the middle of the city. A quiet urge and a surge of confidence doesn't let Harry leave the restaurant without at least talking to Analyn. More mature and bit tossed around by life, the two communicate as if no time has passed at all and yet so much has. Inspired by the Grammy Award Winning 2023 Album of the Year & BRITS 2023 Album of the Year, Harry's House, read the original story that takes you through a journey of the track list and shows you just how much your life can change just after one night, only. #12 - fineline #6 - harryshouse

"Corruption looks good on you, princess. It really brings out your eyes." - Fuckable, not lovable. "I don't need to know your favorite color and deepest fear to know that beauty sources from within your heart." Harry's words intrigue me like poetry, wrapping me around his finger like a delicate ribbon. "The glimpse of you I saw today was enough proof that perfection earned its definition from you." - In pursuit of her degree in Investigative Journalism, Scotty Klein finds herself whisked away in the bustling action of helping her father, NYPD SWAT Sergeant, and his team track down a heinous serial killer who has resurfaced years after his last attack. When a target is slapped on the back of renowned rockstar Harry Styles, Scotty quickly discovers that not all criminal facades mimic one another upon joining Harry's tour. // Started June 27th, 2021. All rights are reserved to @pardonmypoison. WARNING: This book is strongly recommended for audiences 18+. Please read at your own risk! The contents of this book contains mature themes such as descriptions of the following: drug usage, sexual activity, violence, crimes, and mature language. Reader discretion is advised. Trigger warnings will be listed at the top of each chapter.