For the Camera

When rumors about Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson refuse to die down, management makes a decision that isn't really a choice at all.

Louis is given a girlfriend-Eleanor Calder.
Sweet, private, believable. Perfect for the image they need to sell.

Suddenly there are photos, dates, hand-holding, a carefully crafted story that spreads faster than the rumors ever did. It works. The narrative shifts. People stop asking questions.
At least, most of them do.

Behind the scenes, everything changes.
Harry is pushed in a different direction, interviews become more controlled, and every interaction between him and Louis is watched, measured, limited. What used to be easy becomes careful. What used to be natural becomes something they have to hide.

Because the more real Louis and Eleanor look to the world,
the more impossible it becomes for Harry and Louis to exist in it.

And somewhere between staged smiles and stolen glances, they're forced to decide-
is protecting the image worth losing what's real?