by paisleystyles (13.3k)
‘For the love of God, just send him a text, Lou. Please. Just be chill and say you need help with thinking of a theme and some decorations for your party – which isn’t a lie, anyway - and you heard he’s photographed a lot of parties. Just be casual.’
Louis exhales heavily. ‘So, don’t let on about my stupid crush on him, when I don’t even know that he’s gay? And how I want to cook badly for him and live with him and wake up-’
‘Maybe save that that for the second date,’ Zayn interrupts. ‘Wouldn’t want to scare the poor fella off.’ Zayn smiles then, warm and bright. ‘You’ve got this, Lou. If he is into guys, he’d be crazy not to like you. Anyone would. Just don’t go in too hard at the beginning, okay?’
or: a single dad au in which Louis hosts his annual Halloween party and needs a little help from a certain someone to make it all run smoothly. Featuring Zayn as Louis’ ever-exasperated colleague, Liam as a pumpkin patch owner and Niall as Niall, only with more highlighters.
(shout out to abbie @alwaysinmyheartte for this lovely moodboard!!)