Breathless || Niall Horan [AU]

twentytwo

MATURE. MATURE. MATURE. I REPEAT, MATURE.

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Niall's grip on her hand was gentle as he pulled her along to his bedroom. They padded down the narrow hallway and entered the room, pausing once Niall realised that Amy had let go of his hand. He turned to face her and frowned as he noticed that she had fallen into an awkward stance, fumbling with her fingers as if she were nervous.

"Babe, are you okay?" He then asked, taking a step towards her and grazing her jawline with the tips of his fingers.

"Hm," she mumbled before making direct eye contact with him, "yeah." She gulped, taking a glance towards the bed. It was just the initial thought of being with someone in that way which made her nervous. She trusted Niall yet no that the situation had occurred, she wasn't too sure that she was ready after all.

"You're lying." He chuckled, tucking a lose strand of brown hair behind her ear. "What's the matter?" Niall kissed her gently on the forehead before clasping into her cheeks.

"You'll laugh at me." She insisted, faintly laughing.

"No I won't." His right palm moved over her cheek, softly rubbing it before pecking her on the lips. "Tell me." He urged. Amy took a deep intake of breath, not wanting to sound like a complete fool in front of him.

"I'm scared." She admitted, pulling her head out of his hands. Looking up at Niall, she frowned as a prominent smile was plastered onto his face. "Why are you smiling like that?" She whacked him on his good arm, with her cheeks reddening in embarrassment.

"You're just funny." He grinned. "But in all honesty, why are you scared?"

"Well," she fumbled over her words once more, "it's gonna hurt right?" She looked away from him, the embarrassment proving to be evident due to her increasingly bright red face. "Sorry." She apologised for being so awkward.

"Hey," Niall grabbed a hold of her hands, squeezing them reassuringly. "We don't have to do anything that you don't want to do." Amy shook her head in apprehension, taking another step away from him. Niall wanted to make her feel better, due to her obvious worries. He didn't need to have sex with her, nor should he really at the moment anyway, with his wounded shoulder proving to be an obstacle.

"Maybe I should just leave with my awkwardness." Amy suggested, laughing lightly as if she were making a joke. Her body backtracked until she was a few metres from him, holding onto the door handle. Niall merely shook his head at her, wanting her to turn back around so that he could directly look into her green eyes.

"Come back here," he then whispered tantalizingly from across the room. Amy couldn't help but turn on impulse, with his soothing voice having a dominant affect over her. She peered up at him as his piercing gaze gripped hers, so fierce that she couldn't break eye contact even if she tried. His eyes were a deep blue, with his pupils noticeably expanding and contracting in the artificial light of the bedroom.

Slowly, Amy padded her way back across the room towards him, with her heart-rate increasing in every stride. When she was only stood a few inches from him, she could already feel his breath tickling her skin once more. These small details are what she rarely absorbed, yet her mind was working a mile a minute, most likely due to the sudden adrenaline from the desirable possibility staring her in the face.

Her stare flickered from his familiar plump lips towards his unforgettable eyes once again. In no time at all, the opposing voice at the back of her mind began to whisper once more, taunting her decisions and causing her to think over the choice in front of her. Yet, she wasn't listening this time.

She bit her bottom lip, just as Niall leant in towards her. His blonde hair fell across his forehead in messy waves, along with the grin on his face falling into a much more serious stance. He reached up a hand and brushed back another lock of hair behind her ear, with his finger trailing across her cheek. This seemed to be something of a reoccurrence for him to do, which Amy didn't mind at all.