Zayn one shot for loveactuallysucks
You’re currently on the set of the music video for More Than This by One Direction, your favorite band. You were the lucky fan who won the contest to be Zayn’s love interest, and you were beyond excited, the butterflies in your stomach multiplying every time you glance over and see the boys, huddled in a circle together talking.
“Hello?” the director’s rumbling voice snaps you back into reality. He looks at you again, the questioning look still on his face.
“Oh! Yeah, that’s fine!” you say apologetically.
“Alright, we’ve already got all the other boys’ shots done, so now we’re just gonna finish up with you and Zayn, alright?” he says.
Your eyes widen and your heart rate picks up quickly at this. You’ve only been here for about an hour, and you were already going to kiss Zayn!? You feel your palms begin to sweat with nervousness, as you try to calm your expression and say, “Yeah, that sounds good!” nonchalantly to the director.
“Perfect. Alright, let’s get set up then,” he says, heading off in the opposite direction.
After a few minutes, everyone is in place, a giant camera pointed right at your face, filming your every move. Suddenly you become very nervous. Everything was starting to feel real now, your dreamlike state slowly fading away as you glance forward to see Zayn already standing a few feet in front of you.
You try to keep your expression neutral as the background track to More Than This starts playing, and you hear the beginning of the second chorus playing.
“ACTION!” the director shouts, not looking up from the TV monitor he’s watching, which shows him the camera’s feed. You and Jake begin walking forward, animatedly talking to each other as you try to convince everyone that you’re a real couple. “HOLD HANDS!” the director yells. Jake grabs your hand and laces his fingers with yours, which is only a bit awkward, since you’ve just met him.
You smile through the awkward moment as you proceed to walk forward, smiling widely and praying it doesn’t look fake. You see Zayn again, and you feel your pulse beat fast through your veins. “This is it,” you think to yourself, “almost time.”
“ALRIGHT, STOP HERE. JAKE, GO INSIDE,” the director screams. Jake releases your hand, kisses you softly on the cheek, and heads into the store. “ZAYN, GO!” he says.
You see Zayn emerge from behind the store’s corner, and he comes to stand in front of you. His eyes look sad as he takes both of your hands in his and intertwines his fingers with yours. “I’ve never had the words to say, but now I’m asking you to stay for a little while inside my arms,” he sings to you, as he lifts your hands up and places them on either of his shoulders. You feel his strong arms snake around your waist, pulling you closer to him.
You pray Zayn can’t feel your heartbeat as he presses his chest to yours. “And as you close your eyes tonight, I pray that you will see the light that’s shining from the stars above,” he finishes singing. The background track continues, as Liam sings his next part.
The music crescendos as Zayn rests his forehead against yours. You close your eyes and inhale the scent of him. When you open your eyes, you see Zayn smiling genuinely and leaning forward. Then, you feel his soft lips against yours, as your mouths begin to move in rhythm together. Zayn tangles his fingers in your long brown hair, deepening the kiss.
As soon as Zayn’s lips came down on yours, you instantly felt it: the spark. The cheesy fireworks that are in all the movies, the ones everyone talks about. You never really thought they were real, until now; there was no doubting that there was something between you and Zayn.
The song comes to an end, and Zayn breaks away from the kiss, but doesn’t remove his embrace around you. He breathes heavily as he stares into your blue eyes with his dark brown ones. He furrows his eyebrows together, as if he’s thinking about something, before he says, “Haley,” your name sounding 10x better in his gorgeous Bradford accent. “I know we just met but…I’ve never felt like this before, I can’t even describe it…” he trails off, pushing a stray lock of hair away from your face.
“I know exactly what you mean,” you say back to him, grinning and sighing, extremely relieved that Zayn felt the same. If he hadn’t, you don’t think you could have ever just been another fangirl, always wondering ‘what if’.
“I’d love to take you out sometime,” he says, pulling his forehead away from yours, though still keeping his hands firmly placed on your hips. He grins from ear to ear, his white teeth practically glowing in the sunlight.
“That would be incredible,” you say back, also smiling widely. Zayn Malik just asked you out on a date!
“How about tonight? Wanna meet back here?” he asks, eyes hopeful.
All you can do is nod, afraid your voice will crack with excitement. “Awesome!” he says, smiling even wider now. He swoops down and presses his lips to yours once more, before turning on his heel and heading in the direction of the other boys, who were obviously just watching the whole scene that happened before them. When Zayn reaches them, they all clap him on the back, nodding their heads and congratulating him. Zayn looks down modestly, a cute little smirk still plastered on his face.
You smile to yourself and exhale slowly. Zayn Malik was taking you on a date, tonight. Now the only question left: What will you wear?!
“When he opens his arms and holds you close tonight, it just won’t feel right, ‘cause I can love you more than this.”