Ziam one shots

I knew you were trouble

Ao3
khaleesiq
Summary: Nick comes up with a brilliant plan for Liam to win over Zayn's heart and everything just kind of spirals out of control.

"Okay, well that's it for today," Nick says, wrapping up his show, "enjoy the rest of your day and I'll see you again tomorrow."

"Bye!" Liam says as the next hosts come in for their show. Nick hits play on the last song on their playlist before getting up and leaving the booth with Liam.

Liam's barely closed the door behind him before Nick's asking him, "You wanna come out with us tonight?"

"No thanks, I've got a lot of things to do tonight and--"

"C'mon Payne, you never come out with us," Nick insists.

"I'm always busy," Liam shrugs as they leave the building, the freezing wind blowing straight into their faces as soon as they open the door.

Nick sighs. "Is this about Zayn?"

Liam freezes and Nick stops as well, smirking at him. "Why would this be about Zayn?" Liam asks slowly.

"Please, Liam, I can see your boner for him from a mile away," Nick says.

They resume walking. "Is it really that obvious?" Liam says, flushing.

"You're just lucky that Zayn is the second most oblivious person in the world," Nick says.

"Who's the first?" Liam asks. Nick raises his eyebrows and Liam realizes who he's talking about. "Oh."

"You know, I heard the best way to get over someone is to find someone new," Nick says with a grin. "So come out with us tonight."

"I can't," Liam persists. "It's Friday, and Zayn and I are watching Pretty Little Liars--" Nick rolls his eyes at that. "--and he'll be upset with me if I don't stay home."

Nick groans. "You've got to be fucking kidding me, Liam. If it's not Pretty Little Liars then it's Supernatural, and if it's not Supernatural then it's Teen Wolf--"

Liam cuts him off before Nick gets carried away listing off shows that he thinks are terrible but Liam and Zayn love. "Do you have a point, Nick?"

"My point is," Nick continues, "that you need to tell Zayn what's already completely obvious to him or you're going to end up with a broken heart."

"I'll end up with a broken heart if I tell him," Liam points out. He's thought about what would happen if he tells Zayn that he's been in love with him since he was thirteen a hundred times. He knows that Zayn will reject him in the nicest way possible in an attempt to spare Liam's feelings, but it will hurt and crush him anyway. Harry's told him that there's no way he can know whether he feels the same way about Liam, but Liam's positive that Zayn doesn't, otherwise he would've said something or shown Liam in some way by now, wouldn't he?

"Do you know what the best way to get over a broken heart is?" Nick asks.

"No, what is it?"

"To come out with me and the guys tonight."

Liam just rolls his eyes at him.

***

Liam finds Zayn sitting on the couch with Louis watching TV when he walks into his flat. "Hey Zayn. Louis, what are you doing here?"

Louis gestures to the screen. "Catching up on Game of Thrones."

Liam's eyes widen and he hurries over to the TV and shuts it off. Before Louis can ask what he's doing Liam explains, "No one watches Game of Thrones when I'm around until I finish the books."