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Harry watched Eli grow defensive and immediately he pulled away, untangling the other’s arms from his waist and putting some space between the two. “No,” he said sternly. “What’s that?”

Eli looked up at Harry when he pushed him away, a look of heartbreak on his face. He couldn’t complain much, though, because it was his own fault. “It’s lipstick.” He said, looking over at Harry. “Is that what you wanted to know?”

Harry smiled. He allowed himself to enjoy the comfortable feeling of Eli’s arms wrapped around his body. It was familiar and warm and nice - just like their casual conversations. “Yeah?” he hummed in agreement, rather than questioning. His eyes were closed for a moment as Eli leaned in for a kiss, mumbling, “I missed you, too,” once he began to pull away. In that close proximity, though, Harry couldn’t miss the discoloration on the other male’s neck - a faint mark of red, almost smudged. His face fell, and his eyebrows furrowed, and he questioned, “What’s that?” Though he was starting to piece together the puzzle and had a pretty good idea already.

Eli smiled against Harrison’s lips, expecting the kiss to carry on just a moment after. When it didn’t, Eli knew he was in deep. He reached for his neck and felt a substance and he closed his eyes, knowing he’d screwed up. “Har... It’s nothing. Don’t worry about it.” He spoke softly, but by the look on Harry’s face, he wasn’t getting out of this anytime soon. 

Harrison had no choice but to keep up with Eli, even if it wasn’t one of the smartest ideas that the boy had. “They’ll catch up to us, you know,” he chuckled, but for now he was going to enjoy the limited time that they were alone before the cameramen found them. “Good! I didn’t really do much, though, I’m gonna be honest,” he shrugged, “How was dinner with Lottie?”

“Let ‘em!” He said, letting his arms wrap around Harrison’s waist, the two of them walking towards the beach with arms around each other. When they finally reached the sand and Harry asked about his dinner date with Charlotte, Eli shrugged. “You know, it was fun. It was nice to talk to her for a while.” Eli told Harrison before leaning in and kissing him softly. “Missed you though.”

She whipped the towel towards him, but with a dumb smile on her face. “You actually can’t argue that the Bears are better, so let me win this.”

“Fine, but if you want their commentary... you’re gonna have to deal with mine too.” He warned her, plopping down on the couch next to her and fixing his eyes on a talent-less team.

After his dinner with his girlfriend, Elijah told Charlotte that he was going down to the hot tub to soak his ankle after his most recent injury. Thankfully, she didn’t ask to come along. It made sneaking off to the front door so much easier. It was fairly dark because of how late it was, so when Eli wrapped his arms around a shadowy figure’s waist, he sent up a silent prayer that it was Harrison. He was 90% sure it was. When he got confirmation by the deep voice, a smile came to Eli’s lips and he placed a few kisses on Harry’s neck before pulling away with a sigh. “Beach?” He asked him. 

Elijah balanced a box of pizza, bread sticks, and a side of peppers in one arm while the other turned the knob on he and Charlotte’s bedroom door. “Hey, sunshine.” He said. He loved that nickname for Lottie, because it was the exact opposite of her personality. He liked knowing he was the only one to call her that. His eyes settled on the girl in his bed, since they’d pushed both of theirs together, and he set the pizza box down before sitting down next to her, his lips pecking hers quickly. “Side of peppers, per your request.” He said, handing the to-go container to her and breaking open the box of bread sticks for himself. It was nice to actually spend some quality time with her. They’d both been running around so much, but now with down time, they could just chill.

“Don’t know if I ever introduced myself.. it’s Phoenix.”

“Oh, you’re Phoenix.” He said plainly. “Eli.”

harry: yeah yeah of course

harry: take your time el i'll still be here