By four, the kid’s mate is done even pretending that he wants to be there and is slumped in an armchair looking miserable while Doniya cackles and wraps her scarf around the kid’s head. It’s a pink and black leopard print thing he seems to have no objection to being seen in, which makes Zayn smile in spite of himself, so when she takes his hand and tugs him out of the living room with a grin, the sting is twice as sharp.
It’s not the first time Zayn’s got it wrong – and it won’t be the last – but it is the first time he’s lost a guy to his sister, something he always thought would be mildly amusing. But when he shakes his head and bends down to get another LP out of his record box, he finds himself wishing that he’d slung the kid out when he had the chance.
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All the Leaves are Brown (Zarry AU)
FanficIt's the summer before Zayn's final year at uni and he's got it all sussed. Or so he thinks until he meets 17-year old Harry and realises that he doesn't know a thing.
