Somewhere, Someday

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Songs for the chapter:

Can't Help Falling in Love- Haley Reinhart cover

Unconditionally- Katy Perry

Wonderwall- Oasis

Bloodstream- Stateless

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"Acceptance is the key to be truly free, will you do the same for me? Unconditional, unconditionally, I will love you unconditionally. There is no fear now, let go and just be free. I will love you unconditionally."

I couldn't help that I had fallen for Harry, he had saved me and I had tried to save him. One day, I'm hoping I can make him want to be a better man, even though he already is the best man to ever exist. I pray that one day he won't be scared or feel broken anymore.

He doesn't deserve to feel defeated by his father or anyone else in his life. Harry is the type of man that deserves all the love in the world, but doesn't exactly see it himself. I'd be the one to hold him when he needed someone's embrace and no one was there. I'd want to be that girl.

Harry and were in each other's embrace on the couch, with the letter Harry had let me read on the table. I wanted to ask him so much, but my comfort in this spot derailed me from doing so. He just needs to feel loved and needed right now.

His hand was intertwined with mine, his cold, metal rings passing over my fingers. I loved his rings, they characterized him in a way, while also just making every touch from him feel even more exciting.

Every time Harry went out and wore whatever he wanted, it made me smile and explode with joy on the inside. He had confidence in his skin and was pretty headstrong, but he was also battling with himself on the inside.

It's astonishing to also see how far Harry has come, he's left a part of his past behind and I can see it. His father's past actions still haunt him to this day, but that's okay, because we'll get through his demons together.

I feel as though hours have passed by since we've talked about anything. Harry didn't shed a tear when I came back from the room with a note. I suspect he was expecting me to leave, in fear for what runs through his mind.

"Harry.." I moan, stretching my arms, wiggling out of his embrace. As much as I loved lying down with him and cuddling his body, we needed to talk about the letter and what we were going to do.

"No, just stay here longer." Harry pulls me closer by my waist, and nuzzles his face in the crook of my neck, hiding from the conversation. It was obvious he didn't want to talk about his emotions or how they have changed him.

"We need to talk at some moment in time." I talk softly, hoping to bring him back to the conversation at hand. He reminded me of a child hiding from an adult in the moment, which made me giggle silently.

I probably wasn't silent enough though, because Harry lifts his head to look at me and smiles. "Why are you laughing?" He asks, clearly amused by my giddy expression. Something about us going from completely serious to childish, made me just want to laugh again, even louder.

"You're acting like a child, Styles." I wrap my arms around Harry's neck, in efforts to bring his face closer to mine. I just wanted to kiss him right here, right now, for no reason. I just wanted to feel something.

"You're trying to kiss me, Montgomery." I smirk and raise my eyebrows. We were teasing each other in different ways, trying to lift the tense mood and energy from the room that was left behind from Harry's letter.