Twelve Hours In Miami // h.s.
You looked at the alarm clock next to your bed. âItâs 6:15.â
He had the grace to look at least a little embarrassed. âYeah, but⊠itâs my last day here. And I havenât seen you once.â
âYou were busy,â you said automatically, a familiar excuse that had become rote at some point. âWe were--â
âYeah.â He rubbed his hands together and cleared his throat. Busy, busy, always busy. âBut my flightâs not until this afternoon, so I thought⊠my morningâs free, and if you want toâŠ.â
âWhat time is your flight?â
Eleven, twelve, one�
âFive.â
âFive!?â
âThirty,â he confirmed. âThatâs when I leave for the airport, anyway.â
He was not serious. He couldnât be.
âYouâre seriously--â
âGoing to spend the next twelve or so hours with you, yeah,â he said in one quick breath. âIf youâll let me.â
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The knock on your door was too loud, insistent, and rhythmic for it to be an accident, but it was too early for it to be anybody youâd want in your room.Â
Whatever it was in the Miami air, itâd absolutely drained you of all energy. Every night since youâd landed, youâd passed out at 11:00pm, sharp, and slept until around 7:30 or 8:00 in the morning, and the only reason you got out of bed then was the only reason you were even in the city to begin with.Â
âWork trip? To Miami?âÂ
Harry had brightened considerably when you mentioned when and where youâd be going for a quick turnaround, and you hadnât understood why until he told you what wasnât quite public yet. Heâd be working, too, and his calendar was full (heâd absolutely deserved the ribbing you gave him when he told you that), but, ââSânice sometimes, yâknow? To have a friend around?âÂ
Friend. You hadnât seen your friend in the three days itâd been since you landed. Even despite being in the same hotel. Even despite having pockets of time in both your schedules that worked, and while part of it might be your fault and your inability to stay awake, part of it was just⊠timing.Â
So much of what was between you could be boiled down to timing and lack thereof. Why would a weekend be any different? Why, on this weekend, would you be able to make it work when he had meetings and events jammed in and you had obligations of your own? Why would now work any better than the other opportunities that had fizzled despite every hope, effort, and intention?Â
The knocking continued and you groaned, throwing the blankets youâd been huddled under down the bed as you twisted to look at the hotel alarm clock.Â
Six in the morning. Six! And they were still going! Theyâd better be telling you something extremely good or extremely awful to be trying to break down your door this early, but when you glanced through the peephole, your annoyance was tempered with shock and a shot of elation. He was looking up and down the hall, suitcase on the ground next to him and already dressed for the day, and it was then you became aware of how little you were dressed.Â
âHang--â You cleared your throat and tapped the door. âHang on, Iâll be rightâŠ.â You scrambled back to the armchair youâd thrown your robe on last night to have something on over the camisole and underwear youâd crawled into bed with before twisting the locks and opening the door. âIs everything-- what are you doing here?âÂ
His shoulders rose and fell with his deep breath and you swore you thought his eyes took a quick trip up and down your body. âMorning,â he said, his own voice miles smoother than yours. How long had he been awake? âDâyou mind if IâŠ?â
You shook your head and stepped back and he and his baggage disappeared into your room as you closed up. When you rejoined him, heâd deposited his suitcase next to the luggage rack that held yours, and heâd taken off the tinted sunglasses that he had no business wearing so early in the morning, anyway. âDid they kick you out?â you asked, still struggling to grasp for real words that meant anything.Â
He smiled halfway and shook his head. âNo, nothing like that.â Now that he was in your room, you could pay attention to him. His hair looked like it still had a little bit of leftover product in it, but not in a dirty, greasy way. His loose-fitting trousers were fastened snugly right above his hips, but it was the t-shirt that made your mouth go dry and your mind wander. Tight and tucked into his trousers, gloves wished they could fit hands like this fit his torso. It was close, and you could see practically every line and indentation of his stomach and chest.Â
âHmm?â
He laughed once. âI didnât say anything.â
âOh.â You took a deep breath. âWhy are you here?â you asked.
âFigured Iâd come hang out.â
You looked at the alarm clock next to your bed. âItâs 6:15.âÂ
He had the grace to look at least a little embarrassed. âYeah, but⊠itâs my last day here. And I havenât seen you once.â
âYou were busy,â you said automatically, a familiar excuse that had become rote at some point. âWe were--â
âYeah.â He rubbed his hands together and cleared his throat. Busy, busy, always busy. âBut my flightâs not until this afternoon, so I thought⊠my morningâs free, and if you want toâŠ.âÂ
âWhat time is your flight?â
Eleven, twelve, one�
âFive.â
âFive!?âÂ
âThirty,â he confirmed. âThatâs when I leave for the airport, anyway.âÂ
He was not serious. He couldnât be.Â
âYouâre seriously--â
âGoing to spend the next twelve or so hours with you, yeah,â he said in one quick breath. âIf youâll let me.âÂ
His eyes were wide and hopeful but guarded, you realized, anticipating the possibility that you might say no.Â
âIâve been trying for days.â The quiet confession almost drowned in the deafening silence of the room, and in that moment, you remembered every missed call, every text, every visit to your door that heâd stolen just to see you before he had to run off to an event and you had to crawl into bed. You remembered every fleeting embrace, every missed kiss to the corner of your mouth, every look that had lasted a second too long to be normal and lacked the ability to make him stay. âBut we just never⊠sânever a good time, so Iâm making the time for you now. If thatâs something you want.âÂ
âDo I want time with you?â You clutched the neckline of your robe like an old woman clutched pearls, and your throat felt tight, full of words youâd swallowed again, and again, and again. Did you want time with him? Of course you wanted time with him. Five minutes, five hours, five days, five years, you wanted anything he could give, but youâd given up on that a little bit. Not on him, but on you.Â
âCan yâmake time?â His throat bobbed and the smile he gave you was crushingly vulnerable even with its self-assured charm. âFor me?âÂ
Yes or no. In or out. Carpe diem.Â
You nodded and it was like a pin had pricked the bubble around both of you, tension easing out in a whistle. Harry shuffled closer and you stood, glued to the carpet in your bare feet, as he lifted his hands. He hesitated for a moment and you saw a glimpse of his tongue held between his lips in thought before he cupped your cheeks. Together, you exhaled, and your eyes closed, heart racing uncontrollably. His hands were warm, sturdy, and soft in their own way, and your lips parted when he drew his thumbs along the apples of your cheeks.Â
Days after weeks after months after who knew how long, and now he was standing in front of you in a hotel room of all places with less than twelve hours before he had to leave for the airport, but if it was all the time in the world you hadâŠ.Â
He kissed you, then, and what little time you had left stood still. A distinct sensation of relief flooded through you, like a geyser that had been waiting to gush, and you sighed through your nose, leaning into his mouth. Heâd shaved, but you could still feel the sandpaper of his chin against yours, and it was a sharp contrast to the soft sweep of his tongue into your mouth. For all of five seconds, you couldnât think, or move, but when he groaned -- deep, throaty, and in a way only he could -- it snapped something in you.Â
His chest and stomach were firm under your roaming hands, although you liked the softness around his hips best because of the way he sucked in a quick breath. You curled your fingers into the cotton and swayed when he stepped forward and tipped your head back to deepen the kiss further, showing both his hand and his greed, and it was your turn to whimper when he slipped one of his hands down your neck and over your shoulder underneath the robe youâd thrown on. Not anything like the friendly pats and lingering squeezes heâd given you in the past and that youâd returned in kind. There was intent for skin, skin, and more skin in this, and youâd no sooner put your hand on the knot around your waist than heâd joined your fingers with his to pull what you hadnât realized youâd tied so well.Â
You shivered when it dropped to the floor, but stretched yourself out against his body when he wrapped his arms ever so carefully around your back. It was like despite having his tongue down your throat (donât think about it, or youâll laugh and ruin the moment, you reminded yourself), he still wasnât sure if he was allowed to touch you or where he could put his hands. It was sweet -- funny, but sweet, and respectful in a way you hadnât anticipated but could have, maybe, expected? He was only a man, and common decency was a low bar, but if the situation were reversed, you didnât know if youâd think or be able to do the same. His arms were crossed over your back at his forearms, but you could sense his palms hovering out to the side even as kisses grew increasingly frantic with nicking teeth and off center meetings of your mouths. Focusing very hard on not losing those, you clumsily squeezed his bicep until he relinquished his hold a bit, but before he could finish his mumbled question, you grabbed his wrist and, without preamble, placed his hand on one of your breasts.Â
Despite not wanting to lose the kisses -- they were good kisses, needed kisses, kisses youâd waited a long time for -- you both broke and stood there, nose to nose, chests heaving with his hand cupped over your breast. This wasâŠ.
âSâdifferent,â he rasped and you nodded. Not just friends, not just kissing. You ran your thumb along the back of his hand, over tendons that were struggling not to flex and to squeeze and feel. He mustâve taken the pause as hesitation, because he started to pull his hand away, but you shook your head and held his hand in place before bearing down on it with gentle pressure.Â
âOk,â you whispered breathlessly, nodding slightly, and when he kissed you again, he caught your chin, then your jaw, your neck -- all the way down -- and then across your shoulder. You were glad he was holding onto you when your head tipped back as he pulled the strap of your camisole to the side to sponge eager kisses any and everywhere youâd let him, because honestly? If he didnât have his arm slanted between your shoulder blades, your legs wouldâve crumpled from underneath you.Â
As it was, you both nearly tripped on your robe when you moved backwards towards the bed, and you landed harder than he did. Your laughs were welcome in the moment, though, and did nothing to alter the mood, and you were still giggling when he resumed his kisses. They only quieted when he reached your chest, and for some inexplicable reason, you tried very hard not to breathe as his own and his lips and the tip of his nose dragged and tickled your skin, but when he slipped his fingers under your neckline to tug it down, there was no need to try at all.Â
âHoly shit,â he uttered under his breath in faint disbelief. You didnât even have time to process the fact that he was in awe of you, before his lips were on your breasts, moving between them in a very careful, very attentive, almost laughably even way, like he didnât want to miss anything. Your back arched slightly when he settled against you, body warm and mouth hot between your breasts as he nuzzled, kissed, licked, and sucked, taking his time to learn how they felt and what made you moan. As he explored, you did, too, if less so, but your hands found his hair, and petted his face, and ran up and down his shoulders, arms, and back. It was when his own reached between your legs that you clamped your thighs down over his wrist and he lifted up.
âOk?â His eyes were dark and his hair mussed -- partially thanks to you -- and the pink flush in his cheeks had nothing on the color of his mouth. His forehead was damp and you belatedly realized your chest was, too, and you could feel yourself quivering with the heat of his hand pressed so intimately against you.Â
âYes.â You pressed your hand to his cheek and he turned into your wrist, breathing deeply and kissing your pulse point.Â
âIs thisâŠ?â He swallowed. âI donât-- we donât have to do anything more, I only--âÂ
âNo,â you rushed to say. âNo, I just⊠wasnât expecting--â
âIâm sorry, I shouldâve--â
âItâs ok,â you said. âIâm ok. I want to, it just felt--â New, different, good, so fucking good, and itâd surprised you.Â
âSure?â
Wordlessly, you nodded, and forced your legs to open despite how tense with anticipation they were. You nodded again and let out a slow breath, but he watched you until your eyes closed and your body melted into the mattress. When he finally ran his thumb down your slit through your underwear, you clenched and bit your lip to muffle a sound, lips twitching. This felt⊠nice. Better than nice, this care and intention stoked something in you that you didnât remember feeling since you were a frustrated and hormonal teenager raging out of control. He was going to fit the minutes and hours from days and months that had been squandered into every second of the twelve hours you had left, wasnât he?Â
Harry pressed his thumb into your clit and rubbed smooth, warm circles over it, and you touched the back of your hand to your mouth. âThatâs good,â you mumbled, heartbeat quickening, face crumpling when he increased the pressure slightly. It was when he kissed your abdomen that you whimpered and pushed your hand into his hair, but he kept kissing along the waistband of your underwear, and your belly tensed when he took a deep breath. You werenât quite aware of when or how he got them off you -- let alone how heâd managed to do so seamlessly and without awkward wriggles or kicks or knees to his face -- but you were very aware of when he finally had you spread open and he was on his stomach between your legs. You were very aware of how hot his breath was on your cunt, and you were very aware of the sound of that first delicate, velvety lick in dead silence. He got through three, maybe four, careful, languid strokes of his tongue in, with his eyes closed in steadfast concentration and his hair falling over his brow before he licked up your slit and finished it with your clit firmly suctioned into his mouth.Â
Your jaw dropped in awe. âOh my--!â His lips fluttered and your whole chest opened with your breath. âAhâŠ!âÂ
He groaned and your eyes watered, and you watched, unable to tear yourself away. He was ravenous -- eating you out like his life depended on it while simultaneously holding back and never giving or taking as much as either of you wanted. Each glide of his tongue was deep and smooth, and each suck hollowed his cheeks for only a moment. You whimpered and pulled your fingers through his hair uselessly to quell the jitters and need to do something. Every time you thought he was going to suckle for a little longer, a little harder, heâd break off abruptly and the inch youâd gained climbing would be erased by your backslide. You were sweating from the effort and duration it was taking -- your breasts and stomach had a sheen on them, and your thighs slipped against the side of his head. His roots were damp and hot, too, to the point where the air conditioner may as well have stopped working, but for all the world he looked like heâd never been happier or more content than he was to be eating your pussy.Â
âH-HarryâŠ.â Your breath hitched, a muted cry caught in your throat when again he released the toe-curling suction too soon for it to matter. âPlease, please,â you begged, fingers combing through his hair as your pelvis rolled under his mouth. âI canât⊠I wanna cum.â Straight to the point, unable to wheedle or dance around the subject -- it wasnât like he didnât have his face pressed into your cunt right then or anything. âI wanna cum, I really--âÂ
His eyes, which had been closed up until that point, slowly opened and locked on you, darker than you thought youâd ever seen them. One of his hands unstuck itself from your thigh and he reached up your stomach and you clasped it in yours, fingers laced tightly with an almost crushing intensity between his as you nodded encouragingly, desperately, mouthing please, please to him. He shifted against the mattress, then, and, still holding your gaze and your hand, he puckered his lips.
The ugliest sound ripped from your chest, but you laughed in almost hysterical relief because he wasnât stopping -- at long last, he wasnât stopping, and the pressure and tension tickling your abdomen grew tighter, promising to live to its full potential. âHoly shit!â you breathed, smiling despite yourself. âOh, God, Iâm gonna cum⊠youâre gonna make me cum, Iâm-- oh!âÂ
You cried out when he pressed his mouth closer, rutting his face against you in a steady rhythm. The last thing you saw before you closed your eyes were his, and you wheezed and whimpered your way through convulsions with their hunger burned into your eyes as you called out for him. Youâd never felt an orgasm like this -- so thorough, deep, and full bodied, and entirely draining.Â
âFuck!âÂ
It wasnât the guttural swear that made your eyes fly open even as the room spun, but the sensation of his teeth against your thigh. Not hard, but sharp, and when you looked at him you found his face screwed up against your leg, rutting against the mattress. Belatedly, your brain put the pieces together -- it wasnât just his face in your cunt, itâd been his whole body, the whole time, driving himself against the bed in search of his own relief with his mouth full of you and your thigh when he wasnât whimpering breathless apologies and confessions of how hard he was (âMâsorry-- oh, shit, mâso-- mâhard, mâsorry, love, mâso-- hurts, I just need--!â). He squeezed your thigh with bruising force, letting out keening moans as his shakes turned to shudders, and you knew he was finished when he let out a noise so deep your hair stood on end and he came to a sudden stop with his face still burrowed against your leg.
âFuck,â he rasped. âF-fuck, sâso⊠sorry, thatâsâŠ.â He pressed his forehead into your skin. âThat was incredible,â he said, voice thick and unevenly pitched. âYou wereâŠ.âÂ
He picked his head up and wiped his mouth and the tip of his nose with his thumb before slipping it past his lips and sucking lightly, forehead lined in agony. With weak fingers, you tugged the back of his t-shirt, and he crawled on even weaker hands and knees up your body. It was a struggle to get it untucked from his trousers and even worse to get it off his torso from how damp it was, but eventually you did, and you threw it away with a whoosh and a thud. He kicked his worn in white Vans off his feet and they landed with a thunk off the side of the bed, and his trousers were next, and when they were gone, you flattened yourself against him, mouth on his shoulder and leg between his, desperately seeking skin on skin.Â
âAlright?â He cupped the back of your head. âOk?â You nodded and he kissed your forehead. âYouâre ok,â he mumbled. âYouâre good, honey.â
âAre you?â you asked against him. Because he couldnât stop trembling -- his muscles kept jumping under your touch and his heart was giving its own big band performance in his chest.Â
âLâbe fine,â he said. âBe ok, just need⊠need a minute.âÂ
Gradually, his heart and yours both slowed and heavy breathing evened out. And the last thing you saw before you closed your eyes for good and slipped under was the time.
6:52. Ten and a half hours to go.Â














