it never rains, it pours.
Title: Wet
Rating: PG
Fandom/Pairing: One Direction, Zayn Malik/Liam Payne
Summary/Notes: A quiet moment in the lives of Zayn and Liam. Written for Zayn's birthday and was posted on tumblr on that day but hasn't found its way to LJ before now. Inspired by rainymood. Also, the whole band is living together in a house in this and there’s no table breaking, sorry~ ;)
☆ I do not own any of the characters mentioned in the following work of fiction. Any resemblance to reality is purely coincidental.
★ UNBETAED, all mistakes are mine. Feedback is always lovely!
Liam’s shirt clings to his slightly moist skin as he lays beside Zayn on the wooden floor of the front porch. It has a roof but the wood is still damp because of the humid air, making Liam want to move but he’s too comfortable right there, his and Zayn’s hands lightly brushing against each other, sending little sparks of tingling electricity up Liam’s arm; it makes him smile every time.
Thunder rumbles and sometimes the sky lights up and there’s probably a heavy storm approaching but it’s in the middle of summer and the others are out and actually being useful for once by doing the grocery shopping for the week, and it’s a rare thing to only be the two of them. It’s not that Liam doesn’t like Zayn’s normally loud and lively side (which is the most prominent when everyone is around,) but it’s nice to have these rare moments, to see him relax and wind down, and to know that Liam is one of the few people who gets to witness this side of Zayn.
The white t-shirt Zayn wears - which Liam really likes - is almost see-through where the moisture has been absorbed in the cotton which only helps accent Zayn’s toned chest and Liam can’t help but sneak little peeks, despite knowing exactly what’s hiding underneath the fabric. Zayn has especially been working on his pectoral muscles, and it shows, Liam adds wistfully in his head.
When Liam opens his eyes for the first time in 15 minutes he finds himself staring up into Zayn’s warm eyes who has taken the liberty to lean over Liam on his elbows. Liam doesn’t know when he moved, Zayn’s been more quiet than a mouse.
“Hey,” Liam croaks, due to the fact that he’s been on the verge of sleeping for a couple of minutes, just listening to the rain. Zayn doesn’t answer, just smiles an honest smile which makes Liam melt a little bit on the inside, not that he would ever admit that and let Zayn have more leverage on him than he already has, thank you very much. Liam’s only tactile with people he’s comfortable with, and boy, is he comfortable with Zayn; it doesn’t take him that long before one of his hands strokes against Zayn’s arm, caressing the hard muscles until he reaches the other boy’s jawline, letting his thumb move over the slight stubble that’s barely visible. It’s not like Liam’s girly or anything, but he likes that Zayn can grow a bit of facial hair - he especially likes to feel it on his skin when Zayn smacks kisses and sucks hickeys on his neck and chest and anywhere else Zayn wants to do it, often leaving his skin a little bit reddened from the coarse hair.
Zayn leans into every touch; eyes fluttering a little bit but never breaking eye contact with the boy under him. He needs to gain back some control; not let Liam think that Liam’s the one fully in charge because he’s Zayn Malik, Smooth Guy Extraordinaire for Pete’s sake. So he leans down quickly, aiming straight towards Liam’s lips and it’s only lips on lips, a close-mouthed kiss, since they don’t have long until the others will come back, but it still makes Liam squeak which in turn makes Zayn laugh a bit which prompts Liam to take a hold of Zayn’s chin and deepen the kiss which abruptly stops Zayn from laughing.
Liam’s sneaky hand loosens its grip and moves instead towards Zayn’s dark hair which is styled in his usual quiff and begging Liam’s hand to mess it up but before he even has the chance he hears the telltale sound of a car driving up the driveway which means that the boys are back and Liam and Zayn should probably get up from the floor before they’re seen which will lead to never-ending, merciless teasing from the others, especially Louis. But Liam doesn’t want to move, could stay there forever, except maybe not because when his and Zayn’s eyes meet again, there’s a promise of later. And Liam knows that there will be more of this later. Much more.