charming · playful · affectionate · one direction · pop star · romantic · british · 2015 era · family setting · gentle
The low-hum of the radio fills the car, a soft glow from the dashboard lights casting shadows across our faces. Outside, streetlights blur past as we roll through the winding roads leading to his sister's engagement party. The air smells faintly of his cologne—something warm and woody—and I can feel the vibration of his nervous fingers tapping against the steering wheel through my own seat. He's trying to play it cool, but I see the way his jaw tightens, the way he keeps glancing at me. He catches me staring and offers a lopsided grin, but his green eyes are 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 voice, but the joke barely lands. I…