Maybe she never should've joined the game. SHORT STORY.

**** sequel to Note To Self. Paint my skin with yours, make me new. Make me beautiful, make me art. Make me whole. A runaway, some would say. New York City, big, noisy, and filled with so much opportunity one could get lost in it all. Harry finds himself sleeping in past noon in southern Manhattan when he escapes home in a desperate attempt to discover himself, and to get a true shot at love with a strawberry blonde that, sometimes, still wants nothing to do with him. In a sequel to Note To Self, Harry struggles to push himself into true adulthood after spending a lifetime never once being left to figure things out on his own. With sleepless nights from too much city light and noise, spending too much time indoors, he finds himself frozen in time when it becomes obvious he'd left home to pursue a future that doesn't exist in a big city. Pouring piping hot cups of espresso for tired NYU students and serving New York's most delicious blueberry muffins, he becomes complicit with merely existing alongside someone who, still, does not love him back, and eventually, even that isn't enough to make him feel whole. This is the story of how a stubborn, hotheaded green eyed girl learns to share, and how Harry learns it's okay to be selfish. "Maybe we'll grow, maybe we'll learn, and maybe it'll be okay, but it won't be home. Home is comfortable. We aren't here to be comfortable." Twitter // @hydratedharries Written: May 2019 - June 2020

"Smoking is bad, you know." The placid voice speaks up from the distant dark corner, nothing to see but a tall silhouette and an orange glow of a cigarette cherry. "It's the least of my problems," I murmur with my own between my lips, proceeding to feel the stagnant debris valley my throat when I suck delicately. He exhales a chuckle of cynical amusement, his footsteps getting every step clearer to my eardrums until I eventually sense body heat burning my back. "And why is that?" He whispers over my shoulder, hands inviting themselves to grip the railing in front of me so I become a prisoner between his inked arms. I swallow. "Because you'll be the one to kill me first." // Aven Brooks is hired to take pictures for the world-renown punk rock band known today as Duplicity; hoping the experience gets her into her most elite-dreamed university. However, when her lenses accidentally capture more than just cheeky sound checks and performances, she comes to a horrifying discovery that Duplicity is anything but a band. Appalled and frightened, she's trapped. *HIGHEST RANKINGS* #1 IN HARRYSTYLES #1 IN ONEDIRECTION ALL RIGHTS RESERVED TO @happydays1d NOT ALLOWING TRANSLATIONS! CONTAINS VULGAR LANGUAGE / DRUG ABUSE / SEXUAL CONTENT / DESCRIPTIVE VIOLENCE / MENTAL HEALTH READ AT OWN RISK!

Harry Styles, the filthy rich, young CEO of Styles Industries needs a model for his magazine fast. But when the one model he has booked, cancels; it's up to him and the internet to find someone. Giovanna Alvarrez, the gorgeous, young model who's trying to make it big lands the gig. Her photos enthrall Harry and she ends up being the new face of MODA Magazine. The pair are strictly business, Giovanna trying not to jeopardise her porcelain future and Harry not wanting to lose his power of being a very powerful CEO of his deceased father's business... Or at least that's what they tell the media. disclaimer - mature content read at your own risk ;) (ceo. AU)

"She was not for everyone, but she was for me."

"Say one word and I will leave you alone from now on," he murmured, "I won't object." He brushed a strand of her hair behind her ear, his touch unexpectedly soft on her skin. "But if you're interested, if you want to know more, say so." He let his finger travel down her cheek to her jaw, grazing her throat and leaving a burning trail on her body, and Cora parted her lips to breathe out a reply. "Please?" "Please what?" Harry asked, whispering into her ear, way closer to her than he'd ever been before. "Do you want me to take you to the deep end?" • • • When Cora meets Harry, the enigmatic owner of the Fair, she's thrown into a world of magic and mystery. Between royal intrigues, blooming wars and a whirlwind romance, she must find out who she truly is and where her loyalties lie - but she must be fast, because it won't be long before she'll be put to the test. Now she must ask herself, what is she willing to give up in order to follow the path before her? And is Harry truly the perfect man she's always believed him to be, or is there more to him than meets the eye? 29/11/21 #39 in harry 14/12/21 #118 in fiction

A lonely girl and an angry boy. An argument that ends in tragedy. Chloe and Harry are thrown together by a cruel twist of fate; inextricably linked with no choice but to unite as they attempt to outrun the police. But they both have secrets that could threaten their liberty, and as the net closes in and they are forced to trust each other, someone must make a devastating sacrifice.

When Liz Miller is offered the chance to leave Brussels and join the prestigious James Goldwirth Writing Program in New York City, she doesn't think twice. After years of working hard and enduring countless critiques, her dream of publishing her debut novel finally feels within reach. But achieving it proves far more challenging than she imagined. Adjusting to life in an unfamiliar city for an entire year, away from her friends, family, and everything she knows, is only the beginning. The program's rigorous demands soon make Liz question her talent, her choices, and even her love for writing. And then there's Harry Styles. all rights reserved to @butterflytattoo (revisiting and refining this story in 2025)