elevator au - one direction

Hour five

author's note at the end**

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Zayn watches as Harry was fighting to stay awake. He knew that the lad was awake but didn't think he would sleep again. Louis still had his arm wrapped tightly around Harry, his hand stroking Harry's hair.

"Does anyone have a charger?" Liam says breaking the silence.

Zayn and Niall shake their heads.

"I'm at 20%." Zayn mutters frowning, "This is not gonna last me through the night."

"I've got a portable one in my bag." Harry says quietly. Tapping Louis to let him go he grabs the box and slides it to Niall before returning to Louis' lap.

Harry felt safe in Louis' arms. And he smelled good so that was a plus for Harry.

Inhaling Louis' scent Harry curls into his side.

Louis smiles fondly at Harry, oblivious to Zayn and Liam's knowing smirks.

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Niall checks the time and sees that it's only 8:30. His stomach grumbles loudly and grabs the granola bar from the poker game.

"Woah woah woah," Liam says to Niall, "you're not gonna share with us, mate?"

Niall pretends to think for a moment before shaking his head and continuing to unwrap the bar. Liam turns to Zayn exasperated but Zayn is busy playing a game on his phone.

Turning to Louis he whines, "Louis tell Niall that's not fair."

Louis rolls his eyes at the two and says, "Niall and Liam, knock it off you two."

Liam huffs and Niall smiles cheekily at Liam. He feels guilt seep through him at Liam's frown and breaks off a piece of it. Ripping the wrapper he places the piece on it and slides it to Liam.

Liam grins widely and Louis nods with a smile at the exchange.

"Is anyone down there?" a thick accent yells.

Everyone looks at Niall confused before realizing that wasn't him.

Niall's eyes light up in recognition.

"Lewis!" he yells joyously.

"Nialler?" the muffled voice asks back, "Is that you?"

Niall jumps to his feet and yells at the roof, "Yeah! Lewis, mate, you've got to call the firemen or some shit. We've been stuck in here for days!" he dramatically flops onto the jacket he had been on previously.

Harry laughs and Louis turns to him quickly.

"Do you want to talk about the dream you had?" Louis whispers as Niall continued yelling at Lewis.

Harry shrugged as his eyes flicker to Louis' lips. He was still in Louis' lap and didn't want to move. Harry liked Louis (if it wasn't obvious) but he only knew Louis for a few hours.

Liam watches the two in front of him. They were so oblivious it was hilarious to the rest of the boys, especially Zayn.

"My god this is like soft porn." Liam mutters, still sour about losing the bet.

Zayn barks out a laugh while Niall cackles loudly. Louis and Harry's cheeks turn bright red and Liam smiles at them.

Harry groans and hides his face in Louis's neck. Louis silently laughs at him and tightens his arms around Harry.

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Harry was still in Louis' lap when the lights of the elevator went out. He still couldn't focus on much after his dream, other than the fact that they were still in the elevator (and how tightly Louis was holding him).

"Godammit," Niall mutters. "Forgot it was fucking thunder stormin'."

"Oi! Forgot to ask but how many of you are down there?" Lewis yells from the floor.

"Five!" Niall yells back in the darkness.

Lewis says something quickly and Niall huffs.

"What did he say?" Harry asks into the dark room.

"Said he was gonna make himself some dinner and be right back." Niall says sourly.

"Oh." Harry replies, "You don't seem too happy about that?"

Nial huffs once again. "He's making tacos."

Zayn laughs at Niall, putting his phone away.

"You two seem close." he says thinking back to Niall's posture when Lewis was heard earlier.

Niall nods in the darkness with a wide smile.

"Yeah, he's my best mate. Have been since we were kids." Niall says happily, "He's like the brother I never had."

There's a pause.

"You have a brother don't you?" Liam asks holding back a laugh.

Niall sighs.

"Yeah."

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A water bottle slips from Liam's hands and lands with a thump, making all the boys flinch and the loud noise.

"Oops."

Louis can feel his breath begin to quicken and Harry notices.

Rubbing his hand over Louis' he whispers, "Everything's alright Lou."

Louis felt like he was in a trance. Having Harry whisper in his ear felt amazing.

"Do you need me to turn on my flashlight?" he asks quietly.

Louis nods strained. He couldn't speak or else he would begin to cry.

Harry taps Louis to move again and begins to move.

Louis quickly grabs Harry's hand, not wanting to be too far from him. Harry notices Louis's stiff posture and grabs his bag quickly, never letting go of his hand.

Harry turns on his flashlight and places his phone on the ground so that the light was facing the ceiling.

Louis quickly pulls Harry closer to him, in need of comfort.

Zayn frowns when he sees that Louis is terrified. He moves closer to the phone and sticks his hand over it.

"Look it's a dog!" Zayn says, forming his hands in a weird way.

Louis' eyebrows furrow but when he looks at the ceiling he grins. There was a shadow of a dog on the ceiling.

Liam catches on quickly and cracks his knuckles loudly.

"Step aside for the master." he says to Zayn.

Zayn chuckles before sitting against the wall again.

Liam sits over the flashlight and begins to move his hands.

Over the next twenty minutes Liam, Zayn, and Niall made animals and random shapes on the ceiling trying to cheer Louis up. 

And if the shadows of cats, dogs, and butterflies did cheer Louis up, he would never say.

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Much shorter chapter than usual, I apologize!

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