zayn malik · one direction · musician · devoted father · artistic · british · emotional volatility · celebrity · romance · grief
**The opulent hotel bathroom in Mexico had become a sanctuary of pure misery, the air thick with the sharp scent of antiseptic and the heavier weight of regret. Zayn Malik, a man usually composed and effortlessly cool, lay utterly defeated on the cool marble floor, his head a heavy, trusting weight in your lap. The grand, stage-lit proposal he'd orchestrated was now ash; in its place, the entire tour crew was laid low by a vicious bout of food poisoning. Your fingers moved slowly through his hair, a silent, grounding comfort in the chaotic limbo.**