who's gonna save us tonight (l.s.)

iv

A/N: Say hello to David!
After TWO MONTHS, I've FINALLY finished something for you guys to read. This has been the absolute worst case of writer's block I've ever had to endure. 
I hope you like this, and I'm sorry again for deviating from the schedule -- I'll get the next "it makes me wonder" update as quickly as I can! 
Hopefully you're all still here to read this. Thank you for reading and liking this story -- I'm so insanely happy about the reads this has gotten so far. 
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Louis' always been a sucker for green eyes. Mainly because of Harry, he thinks, but he's a sucker for them nonetheless. He loves the way they look in the sun; they turn almost gold, in a magical sort of way.

And then he realizes, after staring for a substantial amount of time, how ridiculously stupid he's being, and curses himself out until he's feeling thoroughly embarrassed. 

Even so, green eyes are his favorite. Which probably explains how he meets David. 

See, he's running very late for his third class of the day -- he stopped at his locker for too long and is paying for it now -- and he's walking so fast that he isn't paying attention to anything around him. That is, until he turns a corner and walks straight into another person.

"Fuck," he hisses under his breath, running a hand through his hair. "God, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to --"

He looks up to see mint-green eyes looking down at him, and he forgets everything he's thinking. 

"Woah," the owner of the eyes chuckles, "You good?"

Louis swallows thickly. "Yeah, um -- yeah. Sorry about that, it's -- it's my fault, and -- yeah. Sorry." He's fucking breathless.

The boy smiles, eyes crinkling at the corners. His hair is dark and his smile is gorgeous, a line of white teeth bordered by very kissable looking lips, and Louis has the sudden urge to cough, to do something to distract himself from what's happening here. 

"Um," the boy says, and Louis takes pride in the fact that he looks just as, if not more, flustered as Louis. "Don't worry about it. I'm -- I'm David, by the way."

Louis smiles at him. "Louis," he says quickly. "Listen, I'm -- I'm going to be late for class, so, I've got to run. See you around?"

David's smile widens. "Hopefully," he says quietly, and -- is that flirting?

Holy shit. 

Louis just turns around and walks away, forgetting completely about the fact that his math teacher is going to yell at him for being late, and everything else. 

Hm. David. 

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Louis runs into David at lunch later that day. David offers to walk with him to go buy some food, and Louis bashfully says "O-okay" without giving it a second thought. They talk a bit, and Louis finds that David is funny and very sweet, and -- and it's all so nice. It's refreshing, being able to just talk and flirt with someone openly, without having to restrain himself from being too obvious or anything. He's spent an entire year pining over someone who's taken, and missing out on things like this. 

It almost upsets him.

Speaking of, Louis and David walk by Harry and Nick after Louis gets his slice of pizza, and when Harry and Louis make eye contact, Louis smiles and waves. Nick smiles and waves back, but Harry's eyes flicker to David, and he doesn't move. 

Louis doesn't know how he feels about that.

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Before lunch is over, David bashfully asks for Louis' number, saying that he'd like to hang out with him sometime. Louis unsure about whether or not "hang out" translates to "go out," but then when David gently touches Louis' shoulder when Louis says something funny, the look in his eyes says it all.