IN THE HESPERIDES by the amazing la_faerie
T | some of the most poetic words written about kissing that I'v ever ready, utterly gorgeous canon fic, just READ IT | 4.8k | zayn/niall (kissing for everyone really)
summary: It’s been the same way for a few weeks now: Niall moving too quickly for him to keep up with, and now kissing is one more thing he can add to that list.
Niall starts a conversation, and it takes Zayn some time to respond.
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It’s only when they watch the interview back a couple days later that Zayn realizes he had closed his eyes. He hadn’t gotten the chance to close his eyes the first time Niall had kissed him, or the second time, really. This time, he hadn’t even kissed Niall on the mouth, only on the cheek. But he had closed his eyes, savoring it.
He feels a hand gripping his shoulder, and turns to see Harry giving him a look. It isn’t a critical look (he’s learned that Harry doesn’t have it in him to be really judgmental) it’s more of an oh, that’s something, isn’t it? That’s something and I saw it look. Zayn shrugs because it is something, but it’s not something that he’s ready to discuss. He isn’t ready to talk about how he had closed his eyes to kiss Niall on the cheek, and how it might be the beginning of a response to the conversation Niall had started a long time ago.