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Word count: ~6.4 k
Pairing: Harry Styles x Reader
POV: Harry, third person / Reader, second person
Setting: 2026, Together, Together Tour
Warnings: smut, explicit sexual content, sexual tension, sweat/scent kink, mirror sex, oral sex (m!receiving), slight hair pulling, clitoral stimulation, vaginal penetration, unprotected sex, creampie, cockwarming, semi-public sex
Summary: During night seven, the heat of the arena, and Harry’s very sweaty stage presence, make it impossible for you to keep your thoughts innocent.
Amsterdam, N7 — 29 May 2026
It's been hot in Amsterdam for days now. Not just pleasantly warm, not soft summer heat that makes people romantic about open windows and late sunsets, but heavy, stubborn heat that sticks to the city and refuses to lift even at night. By the time the seventh show begins, the arena has swallowed all of it. The lights, the crowd, the bodies pressed together in the pits, the constant movement of people dancing, all of it turns the arena alive and sweltering and Harry seems to thrive in it. That is the problem, your problem, to be exact.
You watch from the side stage tonight, standing near the monitor station, close enough to see him properly without being in the way. The soundboard glows in front of the technician beside you, small coloured lights blinking in quiet contrast to the chaos beyond. From where you stand, you can see Harry in profile when he crosses the main stage, see the way the spotlight catches the side of his face, the way his striped white shirt clings more with every song. At first, it's just a faint mark between his shoulder blades. By the halfway point then, there is a clear line of sweat running down the centre of his back, darkening the fabric where his spine moves underneath. The shirt sticks to him when he turns, when he lifts his arm, when he bends towards the crowd with a grin that makes the entire arena scream. You press your lips together and try very hard to remember that you are a professional, but fuck, it's not an easy task.
Harry is in one of those moods tonight. Loose, cheeky, open in that dangerous way where he seems to let the whole world in while still somehow making certain looks feel private. He dances more than he needs to, shoulders rolling, hips moving with the beat, laughter flashing across his face whenever the crowd reacts exactly as loudly as he knows they will. And every now and then, he looks over at you. Never long enough to be obvious to everyone else, but enough. A glance from under damp lashes while he moves across the stage, a smile tugging at the corner of his mouth when he catches you watching him too closely. Once, during an instrumental break, he shakes his shoulders in an exaggerated little move aimed directly at you, clearly ridiculous, clearly aware of what he is doing, and you have to look down at the floor for a second because you're genuinely one more grin away from losing your mind in front of the entire backstage team.
And Harry? He knows, of course he knows. He knows you too well not to notice the way you stand a little too still, arms crossed loosely in front of you, thighs shifting together when he turns his back to the crowd and that sweat-darkened line down his shirt appears on the big screen. The arena laughs at the sight, not cruelly, just delightedly, because Harry himself notices it a second later and reaches behind him as if checking what everyone is reacting to. When he realises, he laughs into the microphone and calls himself disgusting. God, you almost have to walk away. There are things you can handle. There are stage outfits, cheeky dances, curls damp at the temples, the roll of his hips, the way his voice drops rougher near the end of a show. But apparently, there is a limit. And apparently, that limit is Harry Styles discovering his sweaty back on a stadium screen and smirking about it.
By the time the final song begins, you're standing near the stage exit with a towel in one hand and a bottle of water in the other, as you do every night. It has become part of the rhythm now. The last chorus of As It Was, Harry’s goodbye run across the stage and catwalks, the final wave, the last roar of the crowd chasing him into the wings, and then you waiting there, ready to hand him the first two things he always reaches for.
Tonight, your fingers are tighter around the towel than usual as he comes off stage flushed and shining, hair damp, shirt clinging to him, skin warm under the residual glow of the show. He pulls one in-ear free, then the other, the cable sliding down against his collar as he walks towards you with that post-show expression you know so well: adrenaline-drunk, exhausted in the best way, eyes bright enough to light the hallway by themselves. The moment he reaches you, he leans in and kisses your cheek, quick, casual, sweet. It still sends heat straight through you.
“Hi,” he says, a little breathless.
“Hi.”
He takes the water first. “Thank you, love.”
You fall into step beside him as he starts down the corridor towards his private dressing room. He drinks deeply, head tipped back slightly, and you keep your eyes forward because looking at his throat while he drinks feels like a poor choice for your remaining self-control. The roar of the arena fades behind you, replaced by backstage movement. Harry hands the bottle back to you, then immediately begins undoing the buttons of his shirt as he walks. “Jesus,” he mutters, tugging at the fabric near his chest. “It was hot in there tonight. Need to get this thing off me before it becomes part of my skin.”
You intend to say something normal, maybe even something supportive. Something along the lines of, ‘It did look warm’. Instead, because your brain has apparently abandoned you somewhere near song four, you murmur, “Wasn’t only the arena that was hot tonight.”
At that, Harry’s fingers pause on a button and your eyes widen a fraction as he turns his head slowly. There is a second of silence in which you strongly consider pretending you said something about lighting rigs, but Harry’s mouth already curves. “What was that?”
“Nothing.”
“No, no.” His smile grows, dimples appearing with truly unfair timing. “Don’t think that was nothing.”
“I said the arena was hot.”
“No, you said it wasn’t only the arena that was hot.”
“I was talking about the lights.”
“The lights?”
“Yes.”
He looks at you with open amusement, still walking, shirt half undone now. “You’re blaming the lights?”
“They’re very powerful.”
“So are you, apparently. Didn’t know we were doing reviews in the hallway.”
“Don’t get cocky.”
“Bit late.”
You glance away, fighting a smile and failing. Harry’s laugh follows you into the dressing room.
The door closes behind you with a soft click, and the second he’s inside, Harry works open the last button and pulls the shirt off his shoulders with obvious relief, peeling the damp fabric away from his skin. His torso gleams under the warm dressing room lights, the swallow tattoos on his chest shifting with his breathing, the butterfly on his abdomen rising and falling as he exhales. You hand him the towel, he hands you the shirt. The exchange is automatic, something the two of you have done countless times in different forms: water for towel, towel for shirt, phone for jacket, kiss for good luck.
But tonight, the shirt lands in your hands still warm from him, heavy with sweat, smelling unmistakably like stage heat and Harry himself. Harry turns towards the mirror, rubbing the towel over his face, then through his hair, then down over his neck and chest. You stand behind him with the shirt clutched in both hands and you should put it down, you know that. There is a chair right there, laundry can take it, wardrobe can deal with it. It’s not even technically his to keep, not in the way his usual clothes are. Stage pieces move through a system. They return to designers, storage, archives, wherever beautiful clothes go after they survive two hours of sweat and screaming. You should really put it down.
Instead, you look at the back of Harry’s bare shoulders in front of you, then down at the shirt. The fabric is soft between your fingers, the scent of him rises from it, warm and clean and human and completely devastating in your current state. Your body makes the decision before your dignity can intervene and you lift the shirt to your face. Just once, you tell yourself. A terrible, foolish, private little indulgence. You press it close and breathe in, your eyes close automatically, and for a moment, you're back at side stage, watching him move under lights, sweat darkening his shirt, hair damp at his temples, mouth curved around a lyric he knows the whole room will scream back at him. Only now the distance is gone and the heat is in your hands. His scent is everywhere as you inhale deeply, and the last two hours of restraint fold in on themselves at once, as you press your thighs together without thinking.
Unfortunately, you have forgotten the mirror. Harry has not. He’s standing in front of it with the towel held loosely in one hand, no longer drying anything. His reflection watches yours with a grin so wide and boyish that both dimples show, his eyes bright with amusement. You open your eyes and immediately are met with his gaze in the mirror. The shirt is still in your hands near your face, and for one awful, suspended second, neither of you moves. Then Harry’s grin turns lethal. “Did you just sniff my shirt?”
Heat rushes to your face so quickly you almost feel betrayed by your own blood. “No.”
Harry laughs once. “No?”
“I was checking something.”
“With your nose?”
You lower the shirt. “I was seeing if it needed to be washed.”
Harry turns around very slowly, his expression one of pure delight. “Love,” he says, voice full of laughter, “that shirt is soaked.”
“I wanted to be sure.”
“You wanted to be sure whether the shirt I just performed in for two hours, in an oven with fifty thousand people screaming at me, needed washing?”
“Yes.”
“Very thorough of you.”
“I take wardrobe hygiene seriously.”
“You don’t even work in wardrobe.”
“I support all departments.”
Harry lets the towel fall to the low table behind him and starts walking over to you. You hold your ground, mostly because moving backwards would make you look even more guilty than you already do, and also because every step he takes pulls your attention to a new part of him. Damp hair, bare skin, the shine of sweat still caught along his collarbone, the black trousers sitting low on his hips, the tattoos you have seen a hundred times and still look at like they are capable of surprising you. He's so unfairly attractive right now. He stops close enough that you have to tilt your chin slightly, then he takes the shirt from your hands and tosses it onto the nearest chair. “There,” he says. “Laundry crisis solved.”
You swallow as Harry’s hands settle on your hips, warm, steady, and completely unhurried. His thumbs press lightly, and his smile softens from teasing you just now. “So,” he says, “you like how I smell after a show?”
You open your mouth, but nothing useful comes out. “I like how you smell all the time,” you finally say, which is true, but also so clearly an attempt at escape that he laughs again.
“All the time?”
“Yes.”
“Even when I’m disgusting?”
“You’re not disgusting.”
“I just said the shirt was becoming part of my skin.”
“That’s different.”
“How?”
“It’s you.”
His teasing expression changes, not disappearing completely, but deepening as warmth and charged air moves into the space between you. He looks down at you with that particular attention that makes you feel as if the whole world has narrowed to the points where his hands hold you. “Yeah?” he murmurs.
You don't trust your voice, so you only nod and Harry’s fingers curl under the hem of your shirt. Not abruptly, or in a rush, he gives you every chance to stop him, eyes staying on yours as his fingertips brush the bare skin at your sides and your breath instantly catches. A small smile touches his mouth. “Still alright?” he asks quietly.
You nod again, more sure this time. “Yeah.”
He lifts the shirt slowly, his knuckles trail up your sides, warm and deliberate, and the air feels cooler where fabric leaves skin. You raise your arms for him, he pulls the shirt over your head and drops it somewhere near his on the chair, leaving you in your bra and trousers, bare from the waist up in the glow of the dressing room lights. Then he looks at you, not exactly hungry in a way that takes, more like someone receiving something precious he still doesn't entirely believe he gets to keep. “There,” he says softly. “Equal now.”
You let out a shaky laugh. “You’re still sweatier.”
“I can’t help that I work hard.”
“Is that what you call all that ass shaking?”
“Cardio.”
“Very professional.”
“Extremely.”
Your eyes betray you then, because they lower from his face before you can stop them. Over his shoulders, damp and broad from the heat of the show. Down to the tattoos on his torso, the light catching the fine sheen of sweat still left there. And then lower, to the parts you've been craving all night. His body is familiar to you, loved by you, held by you in so many quiet settings, hotel beds, lazy mornings in the Roman sun, sofa naps, rooftop blankets after a show, but after watching him command an arena for two hours, seeing him like this up close feels almost unfair. Harry notices again. Of course he does, he always notices. You hate that about him. At least that's what you keep telling yourself.
“Do you like what you see?” he asks, voice low but still edged with that cheeky amusement and it snaps your eyes back to his. The smugness on his face should be illegal, really.
You recover just enough to tilt your head. “Obviously.”
“Obviously?”
“I mean, that’s why I’m here.”
His brow lifts, curiosity edged on his face.
You gesture vaguely at him. “For the body.”
For half a second, he stares at you, then he laughs, bright and genuinely surprised, head tipping forward as his hands tighten at your hips. “Oh, that’s how it is?”
“Yes.”
“Two years. All this time, I thought it was my personality.”
“You have a lovely personality.”
“Thank you.”
“But the body helps.”
Harry shakes his head, still grinning. “Cheeky thing.”
“You started it.”
“I did not.”
“You walked off stage looking like that.”
“Like what?”
“Don’t fish.”
“I’m not fishing.”
“You are absolutely fishing.”
His face moves closer to yours, smile still there, breath warm against your mouth. “Maybe I like hearing you say it.”
You should say something clever, but you don't, the distance between you has become too small for cleverness. Your hands lift of their own accord, resting against his sides, and the moment your palms meet his skin, you feel the warmth of him, the dampness from the stage, the way his muscles shift under your touch as he inhales. Harry’s eyes lower slightly, then he kisses you and it's nothing like the quick cheek kiss in the hallway, or like the lazy rooftop kisses after night five, or the soft goodnight ones half-asleep under blankets. This one carries the whole night inside it: the heat, the lights, the glances from side stage, the sweat-darkened shirt, the teasing, the way you have been holding yourself together with increasingly fragile thread.
Your hands slide over his torso, up along his ribs, and you feel him react to it in the small sound he makes against your mouth and in the way his fingers press more firmly at your waist. His skin is warm under your palms, not polished or distant or stage-perfect now, but real. Slightly damp, familiar, and only yours to touch because he wants you to. Harry walks you back a step, then another, until your back meets the edge of the dressing table, and the mirror behind him catches pieces of you both: his bare back, your arms around him, the abandoned towel, the ruined shirt on the chair like evidence.
He breaks the kiss only enough to breathe. “You were watching me tonight,” he says.
You laugh softly, a little helpless. “Everyone was watching you.”
“Not like you.”
His mouth moves to the corner of yours, then your cheek, then just below your ear, still moving slow, and oh so teasing. Still giving you space to pull him back or push him away. But you just pull him closer. “I couldn’t help it,” you admit.
Harry hums, pleased. “No?”
“You knew exactly what you were doing.”
“Did I?”
“You looked at me during that dance.”
He lifts his head, eyes glinting. “Which dance?”
“You know which dance.”
“There were several dances.”
"You're impossible.”
“And yet you sniffed my shirt.”
You groan, hiding your face briefly against his shoulder. “I hate you.”
“No, you don’t.” He kisses the side of your head, laughing into your hair. “You like all my scents.”
“That sentence is never leaving this room.”
“Obviously. Private review.”
You lift your head to glare at him, but the effect is ruined by how close he is and how badly you want to kiss him again. Harry’s expression changes a little, his hand coming up to brush a strand of hair away from your face. “You’re very cute when you’re embarrassed,” he says.
“I am not cute right now.”
“No?”
“No.”
His gaze drops for half a second, then returns to yours, darker now, but still warm. “No. You’re not.”
Then he kisses you again before either of you can make another joke, and the laughter fades into tension as your hands move over his shoulders, feeling the heat of him, the strength of his biceps, the leftover tremble of adrenaline in his body. His hands travel slowly along your waist, up your back, learning the shape of you with no hurry and no uncertainty at all. He pulls back just an inch, his green eyes dark with a hunger that is both protective and predatory at the same time. His hands move to the clasp of your bra, his fingers gentle but confident, and with a soft click, the tension releases. He slides the straps off your shoulders, letting the fabric fall to the floor and he lets out a low, shaky breath as your breasts are revealed to the cool air of the dressing room. "Perfect," he murmurs, his voice dripping with affection.
He reaches out, his palms carefully cupping them, kneading the soft flesh with a slow, rhythmic pressure, before his thumbs find your nipples, circling them teasingly before pinching firmly, just once. You gasp in a mixture of pain and arousal, arching your back, your own hands finding the waistband of his trousers. "I couldn't stop watching you," you breathe against his neck, your voice trembling. "The way you were moving, the sweat, I want you so bad right now."
Harry chuckles, a low vibration in his chest, and kisses your neck, his lips trailing like fire down to your collarbone when he mumbles. "I'm all yours, love. Every bit of me."
The undressing that follows is a slow, deliberate dance. There is no rush, only the mutual trust and desire to feel every inch of skin against skin. He helps you out of your sneakers and jeans, his kisses never leaving your skin for long. When he finally slides your underwear down your legs, he pauses to look at you, his expression one of pure adoration. He strips out of his own clothes with a focused intensity, his hard, aching cock springing free, already fully erect and pulsing with need.
Then he guides you towards the plush velvet couch in the corner of the room and sinks into the cushions, spreading his legs wide, his gaze locked onto yours, the invitation clear. "Kneel for me, love," he requests softly.
You sink to your knees between his thighs, the contrast of the cool floor and his radiating heat making you shiver slightly. You look up at him, your eyes wide and lustful as you reach out to wrap your delicate fingers around his shaft. He is thick and hot, the skin stretched tight, and you stroke him slowly, your palm gliding over the crown, feeling the bead of pre-cum at the tip. Harry lets out a long, shuddering groan, his head hitting the back of the couch as arousal starts to cloud his mind. "Fuck, you feel so good," he gasps, his fingers curling into the pillow next to him on the sofa.
You lean in, your tongue darting out to lick the head of his cock, tasting the salt and the musk, causing Harry to twitch reflexively. Then, you finally open your mouth and slide your lips over him. You're moving slow at first, swirling your tongue around the ridge before taking him deep. Harry focuses on the sensation of your tongue slipping beneath his foreskin, before delving into the sensitive opening of his pee hole, causing his hips to buck instinctively. "Oh god— yes, right there... fuck, baby."
Across the room, a large mirror reflects the entire scene back to him. He shifts his gaze, watching the image of you — the curve of your back, the way your head moves rhythmically on his cock, the sheer devotion in your posture. The visual stimulation suddenly pushes him closer to the edge faster than he would like. He reaches down, his fingers tangling in your hair, not to force, but to guide. Harry gently presses your head down, encouraging you to take him deeper, and you accept the challenge, sliding him all the way to the back of her throat, your eyes watering slightly, but your resolve keeps firm. As you deep-throat him, you reach down with your free hand, cupping his heavy balls and rolling them gently between your fingers. The combination of the tight suction and the tactile stimulation of his balls sends Harry over a threshold. He sputters curses, his voice a series of broken moans, his body trembling slightly and just as he feels the first surge of climax building in his gut, he gently but firmly grips your hair tighter and pulls your mouth away. "Not yet," he pants, his chest heaving. "I want to feel you. I need to be inside you."
He leans forward and reaches for you, pulling you up and hoisting you onto his lap. You go willingly, straddling him now, your wetness already glistening against the tattoo on his left thigh. He adjusts your position and then guides his cock to your entrance, the tip probing the slick folds of your pussy. With a slow, steady movement, he finally pulls you down and sinks into you. You let out a loud, piercing moan, your internal muscles squeezing him tight as you welcome his fullness. It's a perfect fit, a seamless joining of two bodies that know each other by heart. "You're so tight," Harry whispers, his voice thick with emotion as he grips your hips, his fingers digging into your skin as he begins to move you. He doesn't go fast, he keeps it low and grinding, ensuring every nerve ending is firing.
You kiss him deeply, tongues dancing in sync with the rhythm of your hips as you fist your hands in his hair, pulling his face closer, all the while Harry’s hand wanders down to find your clit. He rubs it with a practiced, gentle precision, his thumb circling the sensitive nub as you keep bouncing on him. "Looks so pretty, love," he murmurs against your ear, his eyes returning to your reflection in the mirror across the room. "You're taking me so good, baby. Look at how beautiful you look on top of me."
You glance over your shoulder at the reflection of the two of you, seeing the way your bodies merge, the sweat from his chest rubbing off onto your breasts, the raw intimacy of the moment between you two. The sight sends a fresh wave of arousal through you and you begin to ride him faster now, your breath coming in short, jagged gasps.
"I love you," he groans, his voice breaking. "I love you so fucking much."
The friction builds, the heat intensifying until it becomes unbearable. Harry’s movements become more urgent, his hips stuttering upward as he drives himself deep into you one last time. You cry out, your walls pulsing around him in a violent, rhythmic contraction as your orgasm crashes over you in waves of pure pleasure. The sensation triggers Harry’s own release immediately and he lets out a guttural shout, spilling his seed deep inside you in hot, thick bursts, before you collapse against him, chests heaving, skin slick with a mixture of sweat and spent passion.
Harry doesn't pull away, he just holds you tight, his arms wrapping around you as he feels his cock slowly softening inside you. He knows how much you love that feeling, the lingering intimacy of the afterglow, and he holds you there, breathing you in, the silence of the room filled only by the sound of two hearts returning to a steady beat.
For a while, neither of you moves, there is no rush to. The dressing room is warm and quiet around you now, the sharp edge of the last half hour changing into a slow and heavy atmosphere. Harry stays seated on the sofa with you straddling him, your weight resting fully against his body, your face tucked into the curve between his shoulder and neck. He keeps one arm wrapped around your waist while the other hand traces lazy, absent paths over your back, fingertips moving along your spine, over your shoulder blade, down again. He's still inside you, though both of you have gone soft and spent, and neither of you seems particularly interested in changing that yet. It's not about wanting more, not right now. It's about staying close in the most wordless and intimate way possible, skin against skin, breathing still uneven, both of you slowly returning to yourselves while refusing to separate completely.
Harry’s eyes are half closed, his head tipped back against the sofa. The adrenaline that carried him through the show and then through you is finally leaving him all at once, draining out of his limbs until he feels loose, warm, and almost boneless. Exhaustion settles over him, but not the empty kind. This is the good kind, the kind that comes after giving everything and still having somewhere safe to land. You are that place for him, you always are. He turns his face slightly and presses a kiss to your cheek, right where it rests near his shoulder, then another, then one more. “You alright?” he asks, voice low and rough from the show, from everything after, from being too tired to make it sound polished.
You nod without lifting your head.
Harry smiles faintly. “That’s all I get?”
“Mhm.”
He laughs. “That bad?”
You sigh against his neck. “Not bad.”
“No?”
“Very satisfied.”
His grin appears immediately, lazy and pleased. “Very satisfied,” he repeats, as if committing the phrase to memory. “Well, glad we finally got you sorted.”
You make a small offended sound against his skin, but he keeps rubbing your back, completely unbothered by the protest. “You were wound up all night.”
“I was not.”
“You were staring at me like you wanted me to take you right there on stage.”
“Maybe the lighting was good.”
“Was it the lighting you were sniffing earlier?”
You lift your head, cheeks already warm again, eyes wide. “Harry.”
He looks delighted with himself, hair messy, eyes bright despite the exhaustion. “What? Just asking.”
“You’re never letting that go, are you?”
“Absolutely not.”
“It was one time.”
“It still happened.”
“You’re annoying.”
“And apparently irresistible.”
You narrow your eyes at him, but there is no real bite in it. You're too soft now, too loose in his lap, too wrapped around him to be convincing. Harry knows this version of you better than anyone, how after sex, the sharper edges melt from you. You become quiet, pliant, cuddly in a way you sometimes pretend not to be when you're fully dressed and fully awake and he can't deny that he loves it. He loves being the person you let have this, the person who gets the sleepy pout and the needy arms and the little grumbles that are really only requests to be held tighter. And so that's what he does. He pulls you closer, both arms around you now, one hand cradling the back of your head. “Come here, then. Don’t sulk.”
“I’m not sulking.”
“No, course not.”
“I’m emotionally recovering from bullying.”
“Bullying?” He kisses your temple. “I just made you very satisfied, and now I’m bullying you?”
“Yes.”
“Terrible night for you.”
“The worst.”
He smiles into your hair. “Oh my poor baby.”
That makes you go still for a second, then melt further into him, because he says it exactly the way you like: amused, affectionate, warm enough to undo any pretence of annoyance. He feels your body relax against his again, and his fingers slow over your back. For another minute, neither of you says anything, but then a thought seems to enter Harry’s mind and he opens one eye. “D’you think anyone heard us?”
You lift your head so fast he almost laughs before you even speak. “What?”
Harry’s eyebrows rise. “I mean, this room isn’t exactly built like a recording booth.”
Your eyes widen as the entire evening seems to replay across your face at once: the dressing room, the sofa, the mirror, the complete lack of concern for volume or location. The crew still moving outside, people packing equipment, people walking past that door.
“Oh my God.”
Harry presses his lips together, trying not to smile.
“Oh my God,” you repeat, now sitting back slightly in his lap, one hand flying to your mouth. “Harry.”
“What?”
“People are outside.”
“People are often outside rooms.”
“We were loud.”
He tilts his head. “Were we?”
“Don’t.”
“I’m only asking.”
“You know we were.”
His smile breaks free. “I might know.”
You groan and hide your face in your hands. “I can never leave this room.”
He laughs properly then, tired and warm, his hands sliding to your waist. “Love, we’re a couple. People know.”
“They don't need audio confirmation.”
“I think they may have had suspicions.”
“This isn't funny, H. It’s humiliating.”
“It’s human.”
You peek at him through your fingers. “That’s such a you answer.”
“It’s true.” He leans forward and kisses the nearest part of your wrist. “We’re adults. We’re together. We’re backstage after a show. It was only a matter of time before we were deeply unprofessional in a dressing room.”
You stare at him. “Deeply unprofessional?”
“Would you prefer moderately?”
“I would prefer not having this conversation while still sitting naked in your lap.”
Harry grins and nods at that. “Fair.”
He reaches up, gently pulling your hands away from your face. Your embarrassment is still there, bright across your cheeks, but he looks at you with such open fondness that it begins to dissolve despite your best efforts. “No one’s going to make it weird,” he says quietly. “And if they do, I’ll handle it.”
“You’ll handle it?”
“Mhm.”
“How?”
“By being charming and pretending I don’t know what they mean.”
“You’re very good at that.”
“Years of practice.”
You shake your head, but your mouth twitches. Harry sees it and looks far too proud. “That’s my girl,” he murmurs.
You try to roll your eyes, but he catches your face in both hands and kisses you before you can fully commit to it. The kiss is lazier now, tender and slow, almost sleepy. There is no urgency left in it, only affection and the last traces of heat, softened in a way that makes you want to curl up against him and never move again. His thumbs brush lightly along your cheeks, and when you part, he keeps his forehead near yours for a moment.
“Eventually, you shift carefully, lifting your hips just enough for him to slip free. The separation makes both of you breathe out at the same time, and Harry’s hands stay on you until you're steady on your feet. You cross the room to the vanity on slightly unsteady legs, deliberately avoiding your reflection for the first few seconds because you already know what you will look like: flushed, messy, thoroughly ruined, and definitely not ready to face possible witnesses in the hallway. You grab a few tissues from the box beside the mirror and clean yourself up as best you can. Behind you, Harry rises from the sofa with the quiet groan of a man who has performed a full concert and then made several questionable post-show choices. You catch his reflection as he bends to gather clothes from the floor, and despite everything, your smile returns, because he's still Harry. Naked, tired, hair a disaster, picking up your jeans with one hand and his abandoned stage shirt with the other, looking around the dressing room like he is trying to reconstruct a small crime scene.
“Found your dignity,” he says, holding up his shirt.
“That is yours.”
“Found my dignity, then.”
“You lost yours during the ass shaking.”
He looks over his shoulder at you. “You enjoyed the ass shaking.”
“That’s an insinuation I won't confirm.”
“Nothing to confirm about it, I have eyes.”
He brings your clothes over and helps you into your t-shirt first, pulling it gently over your head and smoothing it down once it falls around you. You let him do it without comment, because being cared for in small, practical ways is one of your favourite kinds of intimacy. He also hands you your underwear and jeans, politely turning his attention to finding his own clothes while you dress as if he hadn't just watched in a mirror how you rode him in a backstage dressing room. From another chair, he pulls on a clean t-shirt himself and a pair of soft shorts, the ones you call the slutty shorts, then sits briefly to get his shoes on while you do the same, still moving a little slowly.
Harry notices. “You good?”
You glance up. “Yes.”
“Need a minute?”
“I need a new identity before we go outside.”
He laughs under his breath and grabs your backpack before you can reach for it. “I’ll carry this.”
“I can carry my own bag, H.”
“I know.”
“Then why are you carrying it?”
“Because I want to.”
You look at him for a second, then let it go. “Fine.”
He smiles and slings the backpack over one shoulder, then opens the door and you immediately duck your head. Harry sees it and laughs softly, but he doesn't tease you this time. Instead, he wraps an arm around your shoulders and pulls you into his side as you step into the corridor together. The backstage hallway is calmer now, though not exactly empty. Crew members still move around with cases and cables, voices lower now that the show is over. Someone passes with a roll of tape around their wrist, somebody else carries a small stack of towels. Two people near the wall pause mid-conversation when you and Harry emerge, then very politely look anywhere else and your face burns.
“Stop smiling,” you mutter.
“I’m not.”
“You are.”
“I’m happy.”
“You’re proud.”
“Also that.”
“Harry.”
“What? I’m walking. Very normal.”
“You look smug.”
“I’m naturally radiant after shows.”
A crew member walking past gives Harry a knowing little nod and he nods back like nothing in the world could possibly trouble him. You want the floor to open. He leans down, speaking near your ear as you continue towards the back exit. “You’re cute when you’re embarrassed.”
“I’m never touching you backstage again.”
“That is a very dramatic lie.”
“It might be true.”
“It isn’t.”
You glance up at him, trying to glare, but he looks so pleased and soft and tired that you fail immediately. “Fine,” you say. “It isn’t.”
“Thank you for your honesty.”
“Shut up.”
“Gladly.” He says and kisses the side of your head as you walk.
Outside, the car is already waiting near the back doors, black and quiet, engine running. Harry opens the door for you, one hand still resting lightly at your back as you slide into the backseat. He follows, setting your backpack near his feet before buckling himself in. You buckle your seatbelt too, then immediately lean into the space he offers when he lifts his arm. No hesitation now, no teasing, just the two of you tucked together in the dark car, his arm around your shoulders, your cheek resting against his chest. He smells of his cologne and sweat and faintly of sex, but mostly just like Harry.
As the car pulls away from the arena, Amsterdam passes outside the window in quiet streaks of light: bridges, narrow streets, bicycles locked along railings, canals reflecting the city back in broken gold. The noise of the show feels far away now, even though it still lingers in your ears. Harry’s hand moves slowly up and down your arm, thumb tracing the same soothing path over and over.
“You really were something tonight,” you say after a while.
Harry looks down at you. “Yeah?”
You nod. “Very annoying.”
He laughs quietly. “That’s not usually a compliment.”
“It is from me.”
“I’ll take it then.”
You tilt your head back to look at him properly. His face is softer in the passing streetlights, the post-show brightness fading into sleepiness. “And very hot,” you add.
His smile spreads slowly. “Careful. We’re in a car.”
You hide your face against his chest. “Never mind.”
“No, no, continue.”
“Absolutely not.”
“Shame.”
“You’ve had enough praise tonight.”
“Oi, no kink shaming in here.”
You both fall into soft laughter, the kind that barely makes a sound, before Harry presses a kiss to your hair and lets his cheek rest there. “Happy?,” he murmurs.
You close your eyes, warm and tired and completely held. “Very.”
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