Brotp || ziam

epilogue

liam couldn't believe he was actually here.

he looked over at louis, who was smiling an encouraging smile, harry and niall behind him with the same smile on his face. harry was tearing up a little, and niall gripped his hand. 

liam reached up and straightened his tie around his neck, tightening it closer to his throat. he brought his hand and wiped a bead of  nervous sweat off of his forehead. he felt weird standing in front of a bunch of people, even though he wasn't standing up there alone. he wanted to run away, but he wouldn't, he couldn't do that to zayn. 

then he heard it. the music started to play. he wiped his hands on his dress pants and tried not to pass out. 

then he saw him.

him.

zayn walked out of the door, arm linked with his father's. liam's jaw dropped. he doesn't think zayn has ever looked better. louis playfully hit his shoulder, and liam turned around to look at his friend, a look of genuine proudness and happiness on his face. 

when zayn reached him, liam couldn't help but let a tear roll down his cheek. zayn smiled and reached out to gently wipe the tear away. liam placed his hand on his cheek, trapping zayn's underneath it. he giggled as he leaned into zayn's hand a little.

he could hear the wedding officiant talking, but he only half listened. he was too focused on the beautiful man in front of him. he only snapped out of his trance when he heard the word 'vows'. 

zayn reached inside his coat to grab something out of a pocket. he drew his hand back and and in it, there was a slightly crumpled piece of paper. he unfolded it and cleared his throat.

"liam james payne," liam was already tearing up a little bit. "i have so many things i want to say to you..." liam saw a tear stain the paper. zayn opened his mouth again just to close it again. he looked liam right in the eye before continuing his speech. 

"let me try this again. liam james payne, you are my best friend, and you have been for as long as i can remember. we've been through everything together," he gestured to their three friends standing behind liam. "you guys, too." liam turned and fondly smiled at the three who were already smiling at the two, niall with a tear in his eye, tightly clutching harry's hand. 

"you've made me who i am, and i don't know who i'd be without you. well, i'd be nothing without you." the crowd let out a small laugh.

"but knowing i'd  be nothing without you makes me so undeniably happy that i do have you. and the fact that i'm the one who get's to have you makes me the luckiest person on the planet. i vow to never stop loving you for as long as i am breathing. all of my breaths will be because i love you, and because you are with me. you keep me sane, to say the least. i remember the day you came to my house all those years ago and told me about how you felt. from that day forward, i just knew-" he stopped to swallow the lump in his throat, trying not to cry. "i just knew that we were meant to be together. this is the best day of my life. i love you so much, liam." 

liam was looking right at zayn the whole that he was speaking, taking in his beautiful features as he read words off of the small piece of paper. zayn looked up when he was done, his beautiful hazel eyes glossed over with tears. 

"you're turn," he whispered, wiping one of his eyes before a tear could fall.

liam cleared his throat. "zayn javadd malik, always liked your middle name." the crowd gave a short laugh before quieting down again. 

"i could tell you that i love you more times than there are stars in the sky and it still wouldn't be enough. you are everything that i've ever wanted and i am so lucky to be able to say that all of my wishes have come true. you are the only person for me and i hope and pray that we will be able to be together for as long as we both shall live." liam looked at the officiator. "sorry to steal your words, mate." the people laughed again, although this time, a bit harder.

the rings were brought forward by louis' younger sisters. liam and zayn each took their ring and carefully slid it onto the other's finger, keeping their hands joined.

"do you zayn, take liam to be your lawfully wedded husband, promising to love and cherish, through joy and sorrow, sickness and health, and whatever challenges you may face, for as long as you both shall live?"

zayn smiled wider than he thinks he's ever smiled. "i do."

"and do you liam, take zayn to be your lawfully wedded husband, promising to love and cherish, through joy and sorrow, sickness and health, and whatever challenges you may face, for as long as you both shall live?"

"i do"

"then, by the power invested in me, i pronounce you husband and husband. you may kiss your husband." 

liam wrapped his arms around zayn's neck, leaning forward and pressing his lips to zayn's.  zayn placed his hands on liam's hips, smiling into the kiss as people stood and cheered. 

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later, during the dinner, louis stood up from his spot at the table, knocking his spoon against his glass. "may i please have everyone's attention?" 

when everybody quieted down and turned his way, he continued talking. "i would just like to make a toast to the newly weds, liam and zayn. i love you two. you've always been there for me and i'm very glad to have been able to grow up with you. i am beyond happy to see the two of you finally together and i...." liam let the rest of his speech fade, focusing on his last words, 'i am beyond happy to finally see the two of you together'. 

beyond happy. beyond beyond happy. liam was so happy to be where he was in that moment. he grabbed zayn's arm and pulled him to his side, pressing a sweet kiss to his mouth. he rested his head on his shoulder as zayn rested his hand on his thigh. 

"i love you," liam whispered against zayn's neck, eyes shut. "so goddamn much."

he felt him smile as he focused back on louis.

"so here's to you two. live long and prosper, and i hope you stay forever in gross, gooey love with each other." louis picked up his champagne glass again. "to my brotp."

everyone raised their own glasses, liam and zayn clinking theirs together. 

"to his brotp." zayn said with a chuckle. 

liam smiled for what he thought was the billionth time that night. "to us." 

fin

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OH MY GOD IT'S ACTUALLY OVER!!!

after a month of slowly writing this and looking up what people say at weddings, i finally scrapped this thing together, and it is actually longer than i thought it was gonna be. 

i hope you all enjoyed reading this story as much as i enjoyed writing it. i love all of you who decided to read this. 

live long and prosper.