Oneshots - Niall x Liam [One Direction]

Broken Bones (Niall's POV)

This was a collaboration with @heyidkyay that we worked on a long time ago. I just decided to reupload this one shot.

###

After spending the last couple days holed up in his hotel room, Niall was more than ready to get back out stage. They were currently touring and their next show was in Barcelona, they had been in Spain for nearly five days, three of which the Irish lad had spent going out of his mind. Niall had gone out on one of their scarce free days and had come back with a twisted ankle. Liam had scolded him for being so stupid, especially when they were told that they had to be so careful when performing, but when Niall had looked up at him with teary eyes Liam's words were lost in his throat.

He spent the rest of their free time, when they had finally got the chance to escape from rehearsals, interviews and screaming fans, being looked after by the Wolverhampton boy. He had been in quite a bit of pain so Liam kept the his ankle elevated, gave him his pain medication when needed and practically waited on him hand and foot so that the blonde wouldn't have to move. Liam had always been the closest to him out of all of the boys, he couldn't really help it, he had always felt the urge to let protect him. It was definitely an odd feeling. The Wolverhampton boy always had a way of making him laugh too, he was the best company all round especially when touring, so even though they were cooped up in a hotel room Niall didn't mind wasting his days away with Liam.

When the night of the concert finally arrived all five of the boys were excited, they loved performing and seeing all of their fans, they'd never felt a higher high than being out on stage.

"Li!" Louis called out from the other side of the dressing room, Liam looked over at him from where he was stood grabbing Niall's clothes for tonight. "Can you ask H if he's got my phone? He had it when we left the hotel, I'd move but-" Louis then gestured his head in the direction of Lou, who was currently working on styling his hair, "-I'd probably lose a limb!"

Niall chuckled quietly at the boy but he knew that the statement wasn't too far from the truth, Lou was scary when she wanted to be. "Sure mate, just gimme a sec to help Ni, yeah?" Louis grinned and nodded happily over at him before he was hit playfully on the shoulder for moving by the hairdresser looming over his shoulder.

Niall watched as Liam carefully compiled the items of clothing he had taken from the rail over his forearm before heading to where he was sat. "Here Ni, I'm just gonna find H and I'll be back, yeah?"

"Yeah alright, thanks Li." Niall smiled brightly and it dazed the older boy for a moment, Liam seemed to drift off in a daze for a moment, but Niall just thought nothing of it.

As he exited the dressing room Niall shook away the thoughts that clouded his mind. That hadn't been the first time he had reacted like that to Liam, over the past couple days it was something that hadn't stopped occurring.

On the first day they spent together in the hotel, Niall just had to look at him a certain way and Liam practically melted, he didn't think too much of it, just figured that his soft spot for the blonde had grown and he was just another soul that was more than affected by his charm.

The second day Liam had just finished with his usual morning shower only to find the Irish lad eating room service pancakes. Nutella covered his hands and face and the look the younger lad had given him when he had walked in was utterly adorable, Niall noticed that Liam couldn't stop the fond smile that spread across his face as he helped clean him up.

The third had been a little different, it was earlier that afternoon actually, Niall had needed help stepping in and out of the shower and Liam was happy to be of assistance. All the lads had seen eachother naked a handful of times, they had to share a small tourbus for months on end so it wasn't an unusual sight, but when he felt Liam's eyes on him, he felt a little self conscious. The Irish lad had said nothing about his lingering gaze when they left the bathroom but Niall hadn't been able to stop thinking about it all day.