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“I’ll come with you.” Harry says it so simply, so matter-of-fact, as though there wasn’t a single reason why he shouldn’t come with him.
Zayn can think of about a hundred and one reasons why he shouldn’t. “Are you having a laugh? Harry, you’re not my boyfriend.”
“So? I can pretend for a few days, especially if it helps get them off your back a bit. Besides, I’ve got nothing better to do.” Harry crosses his ankles and swigs from his glass. “When do we leave?”
“Harry.” Zayn pushes up onto his elbows and stares at him. “What about Luca?”
Harry shrugs. “He won’t care.” He wriggles his toes. “Or maybe we just won’t tell him.”
Or, the one where Harry pretends to be Zayn's boyfriend to prove to his parents that he can hold down a serious relationship with a man. Only, Harry is actually Zayn's best friend's boyfriend.
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Zayn doesn't care how cute Harry Styles, international pop sensation, is—he's not cutting a hole in a £2,000 Gucci jacket.
Or, the one where Zayn's a stylist working with Harry Styles on the Sign of the Times video, trying and failing to hate him for his wardrobe choices.
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Harry’s a contestant on the Great British Bake Off and it’s at once both the best and worst thing that’s happened to Zayn.
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It's been over two years since Zayn last saw Harry and now he's sitting on his doorstep, hiding in his car with a weird looking cake.
This is a mistake.
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The Do’s and Don’t’s of Having an Assistant.
1. Do get to know your assistant as a person. You’ll be spending a lot of time together; you don’t want to spend endless car journeys discussing the weather.
2. Don’t mistake your assistant for your friend. They are your employee. Boundaries are important.
3. Do treat your assistant with respect.
4. Don’t treat your assistant like your servant. If you’re tired, they can get you a coffee. If your feet hurt, they can call you a masseuse—not massage your feet.
5. Do remember your assistant has a life outside of you. They want evenings and days off for their friends and family just like everyone else.
And possibly the most important rule of all:
6. Don’t fall in love with your assistant.It's possible that Zayn should have paid more attention to the last one.
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B-side by blainedarling for liquidmeasure
Fandoms: One Direction (Band), Zayn Malik (Musician)
06 Sep 2016
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Everyone loves Harry—but, to Zayn, Harry is six foot of infuriating, who spends his time pottering around Craze Records and stealing Zayn's flying saucers. (Or, the record store AU where Zayn's too proud to realise that the only reason he finds Harry so annoying is because he fancies the pants off him.)
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In Pursuit of the Extraordinary by blainedarling
Fandoms: One Direction (Band), Zayn Malik (Musician)
04 Apr 2016
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Zayn is eight years old when he realises that he’s different. Contortion comes as naturally to him as walking does to most people—what doesn’t come naturally is acceptance from people around him. His family find it odd and the children at school think he’s a freak. The closest he comes to acceptance in his time at high school is through his gym teacher, Dave, who teaches him how to train his body and respect his gift; and Harry, a beautifully wild boy he meets by chance at a party who, too, has a secret talent. It's years before he'll see Harry again and find a place where he can excel at his talents.
A Zayn-centric story about the struggles of being different or unusual, and finding family in unexpected places.
♫ LISTEN WHILE YOU READ: I don't know what normal is (8tracks)
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it’s Christmas Eve & I can see we’re in love by blainedarling
Fandoms: One Direction (Band), Zayn Malik (Musician)
24 Dec 2015
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It’s Christmas Eve and Zayn can’t decide whether it’s the best or worst time to find his way back to Harry.
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“Point is,” Louis leans over the back of the sofa. “Point is, that Harry Styles has got a very good bum. And I feel very confident in saying that having seen it up close and in person now, too.”
The room goes very still, and quiet. Even Niall stops eating.
“What was that?” Zayn asks, as calmly as he can manage. This is Harry Styles they’re talking about. It’s not like he’s got a crush or anything, but— He might have gotten off to that photo of him on holiday in the tiniest of tiny yellow shorts more times than he would care to admit.
“Harry Styles,” Louis replies coolly, his eyes twinkling. “Was signing off on his pre-exercise questionnaire upstairs when I was on my way down.”
—or, the one where Zayn tries and fails to massage his celebrity crush without getting massively turned on.
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Two households, both alike in dignity,
In fair London, where we lay our scene...Zayn knows that Harry Styles is many things—but, of all of those, he knows best that he is untouchable to him, given the rivalry between their families' companies. But what Zayn doesn't know is that all those times he's noticed Harry, Harry's noticed him, too.
—or, the one where Zayn and Harry fall in love, even though they know they shouldn't.
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There’s three hair ties on his wrist and Zayn knows as soon as he reaches for one that he is absolutely fucked.
Maybe if I just don’t look.
(Or, the one where Zayn keeps popping inappropriate boners because of Harry putting his hair into a bun.)
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Maybe Zayn should have kicked Batshit Bed Boy out of IKEA when he’d had the chance.
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Harry can handle being in love with Zayn. What he can’t handle is allowing himself to believe that Zayn might be in love with him, too.
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Maybe sucking Harry’s dick while they’re driving around in an open-topped convertible is a bad idea. Maybe that’s exactly why Zayn’s going to do it.
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Zayn takes what’s left, pulls it away and sends himself into free fall. But the ground below isn’t all rocks and empty space – there’s the boys. His boys.
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Zayn didn't expect to make one good friend at university, let alone four. His boys – and, at the centre of it, Harry, who means so much more than he could possibly realise.
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Zayn must know how Harry wants him, and that's what gets to him.
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In which Zayn has too many red gummy bears and Harry tries to fix the problem.
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Blaine has plans he's keen to keep this New Year's Eve. Even if they are with a man who may as well be a stranger. (for the Seblaine Holiday Extravaganza, #17: Nightflash patrolling the streets on Christmas/New Years day/eve)
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The Crown Prince takes a liking to the new servant in the palace. Inspired by this photo.
