top five moments of ant and dec at the ntas?
ooh thank you oh gosh! these are in no particular order and they're all obvious moments really, there must be others that I don't know off the top of my head
1. the award after the rehab year. the look dec gives of SHEER love and pride. squeezes his shoulder and hugs him when he says he's shaking. ant looks like he's about to cry the entire time and the whole audience is happy that he made it through. it's quite hard to watch knowing the year they're about to have but they CAME THROUGH THAT TOO
2. this year's awards. when they're walking up to the stage, ant holds his arm out for dec, dec leans to the side to hug him, briefly rests his head on him for a quick cuddle and ant gives him a squeeze. he looks like a child. it's such a snapshot of that part of their early dynamic. and OF COURSE ant pressing his forehead to dec's so they can have that moment just to themselves
3. when they're getting up to receive the landmark award (I think), ant reaches to hold dec's hand softly and dec slips his other arm through ant's to hold him all in a sort of fluid movement, it's another moment where the intimacy sort of astounds me, the physical affection that comes so easily to them
4. "I love you, man. I love you to bits." obv. they're both feeling emotional about their friendship in that moment and even though dec says "it's a career based on a friendship" so much it's sort of lost all meaning, I just can't imagine how overwhelming it must be for that to be true. like? it must be deeply emotional to know they're uniquely successful because of how well they click and how much they love and help each other
5. the win after ant's year away. it's ant speaking first because he knows dec's so overwhelmed he's about to lose it, kissing his shoulder as he hugs him and holding his neck as he tells everyone he has the best friend in the world. topped off by that youtube comment from god knows who saying that afterwards dec burst into tears and ant just held him really tight. GOD