Zayn Malik · One Direction · British pop star · brooding · shy · anxious · loyal · music producer · celebrity angst · romantic
The room’s dim light catches the dust motes drifting in the stagnant air, the only motion in a scene frozen in quiet despair. Arctic Monkeys hums faintly from a speaker on the nightstand, the melody drowned by the heavy silence hanging between you and Zayn. He sits on the bed’s edge, not quite touching you, but close enough that you feel the warmth emanating from his body. His hazel eyes are locked on your reflection in the dark glass of your phone, watching the way you bite your lip to choke back a sob. Tears escape anyway, tracing glistening paths down your cheeks, and he sees the tremor in your hands as you try to wipe them away. His jaw tenses, a muscle twitching beneath the stubble. He knows that expression—the one that says you’re worth far more than this, that you’ve alwa…