A piece of paper was being shoved in Steve’s face and he closed his eyes for fear of his toddler paper cutting them. When she settled down and he actually got a look at the drawing he couldn’t help but smile.

“That’s amazing Isla.”

“Reawy?”

“Yeah, do you wanna put it on the fridge?”

It was a drawing of what he assumed was himself and Isla holding hands and that other figure holding her other hand had to be Eddie. She’d drawn wild dark curls all around the head, anyway. They found a spot on the fridge front and center. Steve’s refrigerator was always covered in toddler drawings because he refuses to make Isla feel like she can’t take up space in their home. He refused to be his parents.

“Is Teddie coming today? I want him to see it too!”

“Yeah, Lovebug, he is.”

“Yay!” She ran around the house collecting her crayons and favorite toys, her princess curls trailing behind her.

Steve had been dating Eddie for about two years. A year after Isla’s mom passed. She’d had complications birthing Isla and didn’t make it. Steve was so nervous for them to meet, but it was hard to keep them apart. How else was he to explain why he had to reschedule so many dates. Having time to date with a job and a baby is hard. Eddie adored her, immediately and now Steve thinks Isla likes Eddie more than him. Steve wanted to propose next week, on their anniversary. He couldn’t imagine raising Isla without him, at this point. He’s just amazing with her, and Steve knows that Eddie loves her as much as he does. Steve kept looking at the drawing on the fridge, and back at Isla who was still gathering up her things so she could play with Eddie when he arrived. He came in the front door without a knock, he practically lives here anyway, and scooped Isla up immediately tossing her over his shoulder and running for the couch. Isla squealed in joy as she was flopped over into the cushions. He giggles permeated the space as Eddie played tickle monster with her. Steve hid his smile behind his coffee cup and texted Robin.

Steve: I think I’m gonna do it today.

Robin: ??????

Steve: propose.

Robin: I thought it /had/ to be perfect.

Steve: I think today is perfect. I don’t think I could last another day.

Robin: you’re disgusting. good luck, even though I know you won’t need it.

When he looked back up Eddie was making his way towards the kitchen. He saw Steve and then his eyes caught on the drawing.

“We look like a family.” He muttered with a sharp intake of breath.

“Marry me?” Steve said without thinking.

Eddie looked at him with wide eyes and rushed forward to kiss him.

“If you’re serious, a million times, yes.” He said when he pulled away.

“The ring is upstairs”

Eddie looked like he was going to burst with joy, Steve felt like his heart was gonna explode and Isla was giggling again as she ran into the kitchen.

“Daddy! Daddy! Did Teddie see what I drawed?”

“He did, Lovebug.”

“It’s beautiful, sweetheart.” Eddie added.

“Isla, would you like Eddie to be your other dad?”

“He isn’t?” She looked so confused.

Steve laughed as Eddie buried his head in Steve’s chest to hide his tears.

Harry has a home studio, a one room studio on the ground floor of his and Isles’ London home. It’s nice, slightly cluttered but in the ‘not messy this is how it’s supposed to look’ way. It has all the things a normal studio has; a recording room with instruments and microphones, a mixing desk and a small sitting area. Harry organised and decorated most of the studio, he has a more intimate knowledge about studios, Isla has been in a few studios with Harry and Halsey and her ex but only in the background, but this will be Harry’s studio and he gets to organise it, but because he’s so lovely he did let Isla decorate the seating area of the studio. For this area of the room, Isla chose a grey L shaped sofa, big enough to seat Harry’s friends and fellow music-makers on with no problem, but Isla wasn’t thinking about space when she picked the sofa, oh no, she picked it because it was the most comfortable sofa she’d ever sat on, which definitely came in handy when Harry’s restless inspiration struck.

Harry’s inspiration usually struck at stupid o’clock in the morning, so he’ll get up all slowly and carefully, trying to make as little noise as possible (so to not wake isla) and he’ll sneak downstairs into the studio; which leaves Isla all alone in their bed. And Isla doesn’t like it when she has to sleep in that bed without Harry so she’ll wake up not long after.

She’ll get up, and she knows there’s only a few places he could be at this time at night - the bathroom, the kitchen, or in the studio. So she walks through the house trying to stay quiet, she peeks into each room and it’s only when she hears a rough melody coming through the door leading to the studio that she knows where he is.

And so Isla will grab the weighted blanket and a pillow from the living room, make two cups of tea and gently pad her way into the home studio, trying not to disturb Harry but she’s not as quiet as she likes to think she is, especially not when she’s carrying two hot cups of tea, a heavy blanket and a pillow. And Harry turns to acknowledge her with a smile or a kiss and she’ll place Harry’s tea next to his notebook on the desk and kiss his cheek and ask him how it’s going and they’ll have a little chat and when her tea’s finished, she’ll settle down on the sofa and lay there a little bit just watching him think and work and write and she’ll enjoy the comfortable silence before drifting off to sleep for a few more hours.

And Harry just looks at her sleeping on the sofa and thinks ‘how?’ How did he get so lucky? How did he get this beautiful, amazing, incredible woman as his love, as the person he gets to spend the rest of his life with? He just doesn’t get it, but he doesn’t question it either. He feels so loved and supported by her and he wouldn’t change anything about her or their relationship, not one thing.

The one fic I have on ao3 right now. I am working on a second, but I’m not sure I want to post it yet because 2 WIPs will be rough.

Even though Harry and Isla agreed that they wanted to keep their relationship out of the media (the weren’t doing a great job lmao), Harry basically confirmed it during Live On Tour.

The fans knew about Harry’s and Isla’s ‘friendship’ after filming Dunkirk and the Netflix series, but they thought it was a tiny bit susp that Isla was seen at multiple shows. She’d try not to bring too much attention to herself (which is slightly hard when you’re a world famous actress) but she’d either stay side-stage or in the section reserved for friends / family, or a little after the show started she’d sneak down to the back of the pit and enjoy the show from there. Some brave fans would come up to her and speak to her and ask for pics but they were all lovely and most fans there didn’t notice her that much, they were there for one man only.

The rumours started up after Harry posted a pic that Helene had taken of him getting ready for a show; Isla was sat on the green-room sofa, wearing one of Harry’s shirt and many fans noted that ‘just friends’ don’t look at each other like that, not with those heart eyes no sir.

But as I said, Harry was the one who ‘confirmed’ their relationship, it was during one of the Live On Tour shows Harry decided he wanted people to know who he wrote ‘Anna’ for and changed the name to Isla (OHH ISLA!), he must’ve been feeling especially brave that night because he kept sending winks and kisses and little flirtatious remarks to where she was standing all night long.

And to definitely put all the rumours to bed...as he walked through the crowd to b-stage he grabbed a bouquet of flowers off a lovely fan...and gave them to Isla along with a kiss on her cheek; Isla was smiling so much and looking particularly bashful and her ears had turned a very tomatoey shade of red and obviously the crowd went wild. Harry had never been so public with his relationships before and for him to be this open and honest showed everyone that he fucking adored this woman.

as queen hayley williams said in dead horse, ”alright, it took me three days to send you this, but, uh, sorry, i was in a depression, but i'm trying to come out of it now” but instead it took me 38 days and i’m still in a depression :)

But yes!!! They’ve 100% done interviews together!! They did the press stuff for Dunkirk and the period drama netflix show i haven’t named yet, that was before they were dating but there was so much flirting, enough for there to be a few ‘Harry and isla flirting for 10 minutes’ videos on YouTube.

I think after they’ve established that they’re dating they talk about each other, not by name but more as ‘a friend of mine’, but the longer they get into the relationship they start with the partner / gf / bf / my love stuff. And obviously when they’re married the my husband / my wife stuff starts. When Harry hosted the late late show for James he did fill or spill with Isla instead of k*ndal and then after they’ve been married a few years they’d do it again, they’ve both crashed each other’s carpool karaoke a few times as well

I’d also like to think they were on talk shows or game shows together way before they ever worked together and that’s how they initially became friends? Like on a league of their own or never mind the buzzcocks? And they were on the same team together and they were being very witty and playful with each other the whole time? I think I’ve mentioned before that they were on late late show together and that’s where james corden told everyone about Harry’s very obvious crush on isla that she’s never let him live down

Exhausted

Isla definitely comes home exhausted more often than you’d think. She is so hard-working and plays these characters who are so strong and powerful and intense and emotional and who are so physical and active and it takes so much out of Isla. She has to feel so many emotions and she has to do these intense scenes and stunts and she loves her job. She loves being an actress and she loves doing her own stunts, she wouldn’t change anything, but it’s so much and she just gets so tired.

So when she does get to go home and rest she just relishes in it, especially when Harry is home with her, because Harry knows exactly how she’s feeling, and he knows exactly when she’s gotten to that point.

It usually goes like this; Isla’s been away for a few weeks filming different things and she speaks with Harry as often as she can when she’s away and Harry can just see how tired she’s getting and how she just keeps getting more and more and more tired. Her calls get shorter and her messages have less of her in them and she gets quieter; and obviously he knows she should be coming home soon but one day he gets a “finally on my way home. I love you so much, see you soon xx” and he can just tell from her tone that she’s exhausted, just so exhausted.

And Harry picks her up from the airport and as soon as they see each other they just run up and hug each other so tightly and Harry just keeps whispering to her and telling her how much he missed her and how much he loves her and Isla just hugs him tighter and holds him closer and she’s so happy to finally be home.

One time, Harry and Isla were photographed walking around LA together, and even though a world famous celebrity couple walking around LA wasn’t anything new there was some...spicy...details that got everyone talking.

HICKIES!!! They both had fucking HICKIES dirty sluts. Anyways, Harry’s were mostly focused around his neck and jawline because of course and Isla’s...Isla’s were...aha. H and Isles must’ve had some fun last night there were some hickies around Isla’s jaw and neck but the darkest ones were the ones which were creeping down underneath her shirt like OOP!

And I mean obviously the photos get out and the fans eat that shit up! This shit is hilarious to them, I mean they obviously knew Harry likes the sex (watermelon sugar says hi) but now it’s proof that they both love the sex and regularly enjoy it...good for them honestly 😏