Sidemen Shots

Tired ~ Wroetozerk

This was a request, so I hope they enjoy and it matches what they were expecting.

Everyone was tired. Shattered. Knackered. Whatever you wanted to call it. It had been a long day, so of course they were.

The (Monday) morning had started way too early, for starters. Three AM was not a suitable time for any human being to be waking up at, even less so any of the Sidemen, in their (correct) opinion.

After a three AM start came a four hour shoot for their main channel, followed by two MoreSidemen shoots at the studio the next Sidemen shoot was being held at. So, once the two second channel videos had been recorded, the two and a half hour shoot for a second main channel video took place. Followed by another two MoreSidemen shoots at that same studio.

As if that wasn't bad enough, another Sidemen channel video was recorded after a quick hour lunch break. That was another three hours gone by.

Come quarter to five in the afternoon, everyone, the boys, the crew, everyone, was absolutely exhausted.

Instead of everyone making the too-long journeys back from the final shoot location to their own homes, all the boys agreed to head to Vik's place and hang out there for the evening in order to re-energise, since his house was the closest of them all.

The crew, however, all went straight home, and not a single member of the Sidemen could blame them for that; the crew could not be begrudged by anyone because of their actions in this instance.

As soon as they got to Vik's house, everything quickly became an utter mess. A shambles, if you will. That wasn't to say that as soon as they stepped through the door, the other six decided to completely wreck the place, no.

They did, however, all collapse a mere instance after stumbling into the immaculate living room, each and every one of them exhausted.

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As she walked past the living room on her way to the kitchen, Ellie barely so much as batted an high as she noticed the collection of grown men stranded across the room in several states of asleep.

Bless them, she thought but she made no move to interact with any of them as she continued on past, nothing on her mind but the cup of tea she currently planned to make herself.

Whilst Tobi, JJ, and Vik were all already asleep, and Ethan, Josh and Simon were well on their way to getting there, with not much of their journey left, Harry resolutely refused to allow his eyelids to stay closed for any longer than four seconds - two, just to be on the safe side of things. Now just wasn't the time or place for such a thing.

When he caught a glimpse of Ellie shuffling past the doorway, he took that as an excuse to jump up out of his chair, shocking himself awake for at least the seventh time in the twenty-odd minutes it had been since the seven of them arrived at Vik's house.

Ellie looked behind her at the sound of padding feet stumbling after her, barely holding off a giggle as she was met with the sight of a rumbled Harry, his eyes bleary and his hair just that side of messy that meant he (or someone else) had been running his hand through it constantly. Really, it could be either.

"You doing okay, Harry?" She asked him gently, smiling at him over her shoulder as she filled up the kettle with cold water.

"Yeah." The young man mumbled, "I'm just a bit tired. It's been a long day."

"I know, Vik was reciting today's filming schedule to me last night. How you're still standing, I'll never know."

As the kettle boiled, Ellie placed her chosen mug on the side, dropping in the tea bag and a teaspoon of sugar before turning to lean against it. She watched Harry shrug, his hands going up to rest in the pocket of his hoodie.