i know this might be a lot to answer..but i was thinking, if you would flash forward maybe 5 years into the future after each fic ended, where would your characters be and what would life be like for them?? i've been trying to imagine scenarios for ss and tym and breathless but i feel like i don't see them the way you do haha
this is such a cool question!!!! thank you for asking :) okay under the cut is some scenarios that would take place after the fics were finished up!!! full warning i got a little out of control with some lol
breathless:OH MAN!! my original kids, harry and lane!! alright so give me a second here,five years after the fic they would be around 30 or so! alright, i’m thinkinglane and harry have bought a house together a little bit outside of the London.they love it, for lane it’s still close enough to the city she loves and claimsand for harry it’s enough of a distance for him to get away from the madnessand have a break. they have a garden and both of them are trying to figure outwhat that actually means, but harry bought them both wellies to wear and lanehasn’t killed any plants yet so it’s a start. paying the rent is no longer aproblem, they have a new couch and not the ratty thing they used to share,harry still has his old beat up guitar. it’s retired now, but every now andthen lane comes home and finds him playing it out back in the garden. lane isstill working at a small gallery, representing a few different local artists!one day she hopes to be able to open her own place, but for now she runs otherpeople’s galleries. she still must put on wine and cheese parties for patronsand it’s still as uncomfortable as ever. but she convinced the owner to haveart classes in the afternoon when some of the local schools cut their artsprogram. lane schmoozed and convinced one old lady to donate enough money forthe class to be free and she gets some of the artists they rep to teachclasses. even zayn comes downs and helps out, he grumbles about it but secretlyhe loves it. after years, he also finally has remembered lane’s coffee order.as for harry, he has been busy! he toured the second album, took some time off,and then got back into the studio to write the third album. i’m thinking byfive years on, harry is touring the third album. lane still travels out to seehim when she can but they both know lane has a life in London and lane knowsharry has to go out and sing to the world. lane has upgraded from the girl inthe back of the pub, now she watches from the sides of the stage and sometimesgoes around to the front of the stage and watches –but all the songs are stillfor her. after the second album harry got nominated for a grammy, so he andlane went out to la and were totally out of their comfort zones. he didn’t winand was a bit sad but they still went to in and out after and ate on the beach.by the time he finishes up the third tour he’s had the ring for a while. boughtit in a small, antique shop in prague and it’s been burning a hole in hispocket for months. after he gets home, he and lane go out one night and wanderaround by the river and judge all the tourists taking the same photos theyalways do. and lane notices harry is rambling and rambling and she can’t figureout what he is getting at. and then he just blurts out that he loves her andwants to know if lane would marry him. there aren’t any romantic words andharry forgets to even get the ring out of his pocket but lane doesn’t care. shesays yes right there, random people are clapping for them, the lights of Londonare bright, and lane had always known it would be harry.
tonightyou’re mine: okay so harry and rei would be around 34 a few years after thefinal part of tym! honestly, these two would have my dream life lol. rei doeswell enough as an artist to have a nice apartment for herself. she rented itfor a while and then finally decided to buy it. she spent hours painting thewalls any color she wanted, filling the shelves with books and photos from herown travels. art hangs on all the walls and plants line the window sills andthe small balcony where she has coffee in the mornings. harry is still in theart world as well, he went back and finished school –even stayed to get hismasters, and now he works for a company that helps museums move paintings and sculpture.he travels a lot and only rents a flat in London, mostly to have a place for Rosalinewhen she stays with him. at first harry has two drawers and a section of thecloset in rei’s apartment. paris becomes something of a middle ground between travelingfrom work and his place in london. harry and rei spend their time wandering thecity, going to new restaurants when they feel like it, sometimes they just stayin and cook and talk until the city finally quiets. they go on holiday –the firstis just to the countryside in northern france. they drink cappuccinos in a caféand walk through monet’s gardens. but after a few days, harry goes back to london.together, they walk to the station and rei doesn’t feel like time is pressingdown against them. because now they have time, now rei knows harry will comeback. this goes on for months. gradually, some of the photos in rei’s apartmentare of her and harry. more and more of his things find their way into rei’scabinets and drawers. harry’s favorite tea is in her kitchen, two toothbrushessit in the cup by the sink, and harry left his coat in the closet last time hewas there. eventually, harry comes to visit and brings rosaline and rei can’t helpbut fall in love with her because she is so like harry. they spend the morningin the park and walk to the carousel, they must ride it five times before rosiehas enough. later harry’s buys them all ice cream as they walk down by theriver, rei tries and fails not to cry when rosie reaches out and grabs herhand. harry notices but doesn’t say anything. it’s the first of many visitslike that one. slowly, more and more of harry’s things are in rei’s apartmentand a few of rosie’s as well. and it works for them. maybe it wouldn’t be foreveryone –but for rei and harry it’s exactly what they need. maybe one dayharry will move to paris, maybe one day they will buy a new home, bigger andwith a proper size bedroom for rosie when she comes to visit, maybe rei willmove to london and make a new city into her home. but when harry and rei arewalking around paris late at night, hand in hand, rei thinks the beauty of itall is they have the choice, they have the time to make it.
silversprings: damn okay…my heart and soul is right here with these two. harry andwillow five years on. this one is tricky because i have plans to write moreabout this…so i have to be careful what i say. what i can say, is harry andwillow have a flat together. willow brings it up one evening because it seemsilly how they spent most of their time at one place or the other, it seemed toonly make sense to have one rent and one place. they make it seem efficient andbusiness like, but when they move all the boxes into one place it feels like astep into the direction they were always meant to go in. kings row is stillworking, finishing up the tour for their fourth album. all four of them know aconversation is inevitable. the topic of their future somewhat hanging on athin strand. because niall and alex have a baby, they name her phoebe and itsuits them more than anything. but it’s hard having a baby on tour and alex can’talways come out and travel and niall is a right pain to be around during thoseweeks. liam is dating a new guy, david, has nothing to do with the musicindustry and hasn’t ever bought a vinyl record. he wears suits to work andmakes a fantastic roast which willow figures out when liam brings him around toSunday dinners. which is still a thing they all do. trading off whosehouse/flat they go to. and it’s loud and messy and music is always playing andthey all trade phoebe around like she’s their new shiny toy. willow even tries tocook once but they end up ordering takeaway. niall and liam still argue aboutfootball. alex still takes photos of all of them, candid polaroid’s growing intheir collection on the shelf in harry and willow’s flat. sometimes willowwatches them all from the doorway of the kitchen, harry beside her with his armaround her waists. and they’re happy. and maybe they don’t know what the futureholds but it doesn’t seem so scary anymore.