"Let's enjoy each others' company. You're fit; you're young; you're a bloody doctor. You've got everything going for you." There's a moment of hesitation before Louis plants a gentle kiss atop Harry's head. "I'll be whatever you want me to be as long as we're having fun, yeah?"
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Drunk, loose, and excited on the first night of his two-week-long cruise, Doctor Harry Styles finds himself with a little extra company on what has turned out to be a lonely experience. Louis, the pilot who helped fly him across the Atlantic, is the object of his fling.
Thus begins an adventure filled with laughter, sun, and trauma rearing its ugly head. Deadline on their companionship, the pair commit to enjoying their time - and Harry, the screw-up he is, can't help but lose himself in the fantasy.
Content Warnings: Anxiety, Trichotillomania (an Anxiety/OCD disorder), PTSD, negative self-talk, thoughts/conversations about dying, grief, COVID, homophobia, drinking, past character death, vomiting
Harry worked at a subway station, wasting his life, too scared to follow his dreams. Every Thursday a girl with beautiful blue eyes took the 3.18 train. He always looked forward to seeing her. Maybe one that he would have built up the courage to ask her out?
One Thursday a gang of teenagers knocked her off the platform and Harry immediately jumped the rail to rescue her. She hit her head and was unconscious. He followed her to the hospital and told them that he was her fiance. A little white lie could hurt, right? He just wanted to make sure she was okay.
But then her whole family came and Harry found himself caught up in his lie. Her family was wonderful and he had been without his for so long. He just wanted to be a part of a family again even if it was just for a short while, at least until the girl woke up from her coma.
Then her older brother walked in and yeah, now it would get really complicated. Louis was the most beautiful man he had ever laid eyes on.
Loosely based on the movie While you were sleeping. Purely fictional.