Louis: One of the things Louis secretly loves is how you rub your feet together just before you fall asleep—a habit you’ve had since you were little. You hadn’t noticed you still did it until he mentioned it one day, and while you still don’t often realize you’re doing it, Louis usually does and loves to place his feet alongside yours, sometimes interrupting your subconscious strokes with his own cold feet. It makes you squirm and wake up enough to sleepily whine his name before submitting to the pull of his arm and snuggling up next to him again, all of which makes him grin. He also loves it when you’re so close he can feel your gentle movements without having to move a muscle, knowing that they signal your descent into unconsciousness. Often he softly massages your arm or back as your breathing slows, loving the intimate moments he gets to share with you just before you’ve dozed off. And those are moments he treasures for himself, even though he knows you won’t remember them, sleep having overcome your senses long before.
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Zayn: Zayn loves the way you always use lotion right before bed, swirling the fragrant balm in circles onto your knees and up and down your legs in quick oval motions, then wiping the excess up your arms and around your neck. Some nights it’s something summery like coconuts and lime, some nights it’s something sexy like musky amber, but he doesn’t mind either way, as long as he gets to finish helping you rub it in to your back. Often he massages it in slowly, adding little kisses behind your ear every now and then while his thumbs trace down your spine and you ask him how his day was. And, unlike most guys, he enjoys the fact that the scent sticks to his hands and in the sheets and under his nose because it’s a constant reminder all night long that you’re there, safe and sound, within his arms.
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Niall: At the beginning of your relationship Niall totally buys it, but soon after wises up to your antics. The way you crinkle your nose before giggling is a dead giveaway that you don’t actually find his joke funny, but are laughing to make him feel better, or fill an awkward silence when friends are around, or because you find the flop of his joke funnier than the joke itself. But, he doesn’t let on that he knows because he actually finds it incredibly adorable and absolutely loves it when you do. Maybe it’s because of the silly facial expression you flash just before you laugh, or maybe it’s because it makes him feel that much more loved that you fake laughter to make him feel better and look good. But, either way, he always grins and laughs with you, secretly appreciating the moment and forming a memory he won’t soon forget.
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Liam: Liam knows you love tumblr and can get lost on it for hours. He finds it particularly entertaining when, while you’re brushing your teeth, you decide to check your blog and end up sitting awkwardly in front of your laptop for fifteen minutes with your toothbrush protruding from your foam-lined mouth. And even though he’s sitting right next to you on the bed checking his phone, he doesn’t say anything at first because he loves to enjoy a chuckle at your expense, and also because his favorite part is when you realize how long you’ve been sitting there and that there’s a toothbrush still in your mouth and how there’s a trickle of foam running down your chin. You make a small laughing noise before rushing off to the bathroom to rinse your mouth out so you can return to your scrolling, and he can’t help but chuckle as you do. You giggle as he makes a comment about your obsession with tumblr, like he always does, and you usually lean to peck him on the lips or remind him of his blog dedicated to Batman. But, despite his teasing, deep down it’s one of the things that makes him love you a little more each day—one of the many oddities that just makes you.. you. And he wouldn’t trade that for the world.
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Harry: Your particularity with the tags on blankets is one of the first quirks Harry notices, and he finds it incredibly adorable the way you insist the tag must be as far away from you as possible. You explain how it’s just weird to have the tag all up in your face when you’re trying to cuddle into the blanket and, thus, it should be on the edge that’s nearest your feet, but he just grins stupidly and laughs when you complain that he’s not taking you seriously. After that point he uses this knowledge both for and against you—some days when he’s feeling cheeky, he’ll intentionally turn the blanket so the tag’s on your end and impishly wave it in your face. You squirm and whine and playfully push his shoulder to get him to stop before he finally backs down and turns the blanket around with a laugh. Other days he makes sure, should you be curling up with him for a movie, that the tag is in its rightful place, despite whether or not you actually notice, because he knows that if you did it would be important to you. And that’s one thing that makes your relationship so special—even in the little things, if it’s important to you, it’s important to him.
