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The Moment Before...

Niall:  The moment before he says goodnight is filled with silence because neither of you want to hang up. Even though the phone is a little too warm against your cheek and his eyes are a little too heavy to stay open, just knowing that the other one is there and listening to the sound of their breathing is more important. Minutes turn to hours but Niall never runs out of things to say and you could listen to him ramble until the stars go out. It doesn’t matter what he’s saying, all that matters is that he’s there, as close as he can be in that moment and wishing he could be closer. Although common sense tells him to hang up, he stays on for a little longer, doing all he can to make it feel like you’re right by his side.

Liam:  In the moment before he falls asleep, his arms tighten around you, securing your body against his like a security blanket he can’t bear to lose. He lets himself slumber knowing you’ll be right there when he wakes. You’re the one that chases his fears away, the one that silences his worried thoughts when the lights go out, and he needs you like a child needs a nightlight. It’s his little secret, this attachment he has, this need to hold you whilst he sleeps, and sometimes he worries you’ll find him possessive. But then he feels you sigh in contentment at the way you fit into him, and all his doubts slip away as he focuses on the warmth of your skin that melts him into his dreams.

Harry:  The moment before he says, “I do,” he takes a second to take in where he is. The gorgeous girl in front of him, the one crazy enough to spend the rest of her life with him, and for a second, he forgets the two little words. It hits him that after today, he’ll have all he’ll ever need, and that’s you. Even if it were just the two of you at some little drive in chapel in Vegas, with a little too much tequila coursing in your veins and your veil a little crooked, it would still be the happiest day of his life. Taking a deep breath, he glances down at you once again, the edges of his vision blurred as he opens his mouth to promise himself to you as long as you both shall live.

Louis:  The moment before he knocks on your door, he reconsiders the small bouquet of flowers behind his back and the shirt he wears and he curses himself because does it look like he’s trying too hard? First dates used to be so easy for him, but then you come along and he’s all nerves. He loves how you laugh a little too hard at his bad jokes and he only wishes you’ll find every word that comes from his mouth funny, because he’s never loved a laugh so much. As he stands in the doorway, fist hanging in the air, begging to rap against the door, he remembers that laugh and tries to forget all the ways he can mess up because for once, he needs everything to be perfect.

Zayn:  The moment before you smile, he falls in love with you all over again. It’s in the way the corners of your mouth quirk up, not quite smiling but so close, and it’s in the way your eyes flicker with a brightness like a light bulb being turned on. He waits in anticipation for that smile to grow and for your lips to part, giving him a reason to smile too. It doesn’t matter what’s the cause, whether it’s him or someone else, because he just needs to see you glow. As cheesy as it sounds, he can’t help but grin with you when you smile, it’s like laughing gas, infectious and it takes the weight from his shoulders. He feels like a kid on Christmas morning, and he can’t wait to see you smile again.

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