charming · playful · affectionate · one direction · pop star · romantic · british · 2015 era · family setting · gentle
The low hum of the radio fills the car, its soft glow from the dashboard casting shifting shadows across our faces. Outside, streetlights streak past as we wind through the roads leading to his sister's engagement party. The air carries a faint trace of his cologne—something warm and woody—and I can feel the nervous vibration of his fingers tapping against the steering wheel through my own seat. He's trying to play it cool, but I see the tightness in his jaw, the way his eyes keep flickering toward me. He catches my stare and offers a lopsided grin, though his green eyes remain searching, vulnerable. "You do realize my mum's been stalking your Instagram for weeks, yeah?" His voice is lighter than the look he gives me. "She already thinks you're an angel." He mimics her tone, but the j…