Stockholm Syndrome (Niam Horayne AU) (BoyxBoy)

Chapter 7

"Niall, Are you okay, you're getting really distant lately, do you not like me anymore?" Zayn asked as the two of them walked home, hand in hand as always.

"Zaynie don't worry," Niall said, trying to sound confident, "Of course I still like you," Niall almost choked on those words, "I'm just, busy, with school work and stuff."

"Good, so long as it has nothing to do with that creep who flirted with you in the mall."

Niall tensed but tried not to let it show as he answered, "O-of course not." He never succeeded in holding back a nervous stutter.

"Good." Zayn replied, squeezing his hand as they reached Niall's house, "Bye Ni," He said, pecking Niall's lips then hugging him.

The hug was tight, and went on longer than normal, like Zayn never wanted anyone else to have him. He held him tight and Niall struggled to breathe as he tried to wriggle from his boyfriends grip, only to feel himself be strangled...

Once again, Niall is in Liam's arms. A usual occurrence, of course. All the same, Niall felt the safety and warmth of Liam and the fear as well. Some of that fear came from the dream. Sub-conscienceously, he touch his neck, making sure he hadn't actually been strangled. Liam must have been asleep as he stirred and groaned at Niall's movement.

"Ni, babe? You okay?" Liam asked, sounding genuinely worried.

"Yeah li, just another nightmare." He replied. It went silent and Liam kissed the blonde's cheek, "Liam?" Niall sighed, heart pounding. Liam hummed in response, waiting for Niall's question, "W-when am I leaving?"

Liam had been hoping for a 'do you love me?' as that would be a sign Niall was falling for him, which was what he was hoping. He sighed, held Niall tighter, protectively; gentle, but firm. "You aren't going to leave love." He stated.

"But you said-"

"Forget what I said," Liam snapped suddenly angry, but he calmed down, hearing Niall whimper slightly as he tightened his grip around him. He sighed once more, then continued, "You aren't leaving Niall. Not if I can help it anyway."

Niall was going to ask why, but he didn't have the courage. Didn't want Liam to get angry. He didn't like angry Liam. He liked kind Liam, calm, sweet, caring Liam. He let it sink in that he may never see his family again, that he may be stuck in this room, with Liam, for the rest of his life. It was a daunting thought, but it didn't upset him so much. He missed his family, worried about them, and worried about them worrying about him. But he needed Liam's touch; craved it, like a drug, but maybe more powerful than that; like instead of the brain and body needing more, his heart needed more, his soul needed more.

Breaking his trail of thought, Liam let go of Niall and slowly stood up, letting Niall smoothly fall to the cold floor. The brunette left the room, and Niall stared at the door he'd left through, hoping, and waiting for his return.

It wasn't long before Liam reappeared, a bowl of what Niall guessed was soup in one hand, and a tall glass of water in his other hand. And, draped over his right arm, was what appeared to be a blanket.

Liam grinned at Niall, kicking the door to a close behind him, and walking over, placing down the soup and water. Excited, Niall stared in wonder at the food. It looked nice today, really nice. He was used to stale bread, or cold, slightly dried up soup, but this soup was fresh, and steam rose from it, a nice gorgeous smell rising with it.

As Niall was staring at the food, he felt something being draped over him. A warm, large, fleecy blanket, wide enough to wrap around his body. Niall gaped and smiled, looking up at Liam with bright happy eyes. Liam wanted to see those eyes more often, instead of the frightened ones.

"T-thank you." Niall managed to blurt out and sat up, pulling Liam into a hug, only to realise his hands were tied. Niall chuckled slightly, but the chuckling faded out as he saw Liam's hands slowly undo the cloth, and toss it beside him. Niall looked up at Liam, gleaming eyes, and a huge smile as Liam looked back at him,

"If you're gonna stay here forever, I though you might want a blanket." Liam smirked, then opened his arms for Niall to hug him; and Niall gladly obliged, wrapping his arms around Liam's waist and snuggling deeply into his chest.

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Woohoo, FINALLY an update. Sorry it took so long, but my teachers decided to give me a billion pieces of long homeworks and I also had to write the dream for this chapter from scratch, as I had written the others in advance. I hope this is okay. I think this was the longest chapter, and maybe the best, or at least the most adorable!

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