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The lights from the city blurred into streaks of gold outside of the car window as Liam drove you two home. He had one hand resting lazily on the steering wheel and his other hand stayed on your upper thigh.

It was one of those nights where you never wanted it to end.

Your planned dinner somehow turned into getting dessert at a little cozy café, dessert turned into a very long walk through the quiet streets and somehow that got turned into a fun challenge to see who could spot the most ridiculous-looking dog before returning to the car.

You had won the challenge, mostly because he had laughed so hard after seeing the smallest pomeranian in a giant yellow raincoat that he completely forgot to keep looking.

"I still think that was cheating," he quietly muttered, squeezing your hand softly.

"You were the one laughing." you said defensively, slightly laughing at his words.

"It even had boots." He loudly laughed out, shaking his head at the memory of the adorable pup.

"It was so cutee." He finally let out a little laugh as he continued, "It looked like me after media day."

You snorted, "You admit it?"

"...Maybe."

The following comfortable silence was one he had come to treasure over the last few months of dating you. He realized how dating you, had been surprising very easy. It wasn't because relationships were effortless, but because you had made everything feel lighter.

After every exhausting qualifying, travel week and long interview, coming back home to you always felt like he was finally home.

When he had finally pulled into the driveway of his apartment complex, he slowly glanced at the time, "...It's really late."

You glanced over when you heard his voice, "I should be heading then..."

"No." His reply came almost immediately. The response made you blink, confused, "No?"

He was already climbing out of the car. " I would have drove you home, stay over, please?"

"Liam—" you tried to protest but looking over to him again, you noticed the desperation on his expression, "okay, I'll stay the night..."

Your laughter quickly followed as he hurried around the front of the car and dramatically opened the car door for you, "My passenger princess duties continue."

"I am perfectly capable of opening my own door." You told him, but the smile never left your lips

"I know." he said proudly and held out his hand for you, "But I like doing it."

Rolling your eyes fondly, you took it.

His apartment was quiet. There was only a soft hum of the fridge and the distant traffic that filled the space.

As you entered you immediately kicked off your uncomfortable shoes while Liam pulled off his jacket.

And without saying a single word, you felt him wrap both of his arms around your waist, "...Hi."

A soft smile formed on your lips as your hands immediately flying up to cover his hands on your waist, "We've been together all night."

"I know." His voice was warm against the side of your neck, sending shivers down your spine, "And?"

"I missed you." He let out a small whine as his head fell down onto your shoulder.

You giggled at him a little, finding him adorable, "Liam."

"What?" He looked up at you as he turned you around in his arms.

"You've been seeing me the entire night..."

He whined again and dropped his face against your shoulder again, a bit more dramatically than before. The action gained a little laugh out of you, the sound of your laugh making him smile, "There it is."

"What?" you asked him curiously as he glanced back up at you.

"That laugh." he said with a giant grin plastered on his lips.

"I wasn't laughing."

"You absolutely were." He laughed out at your denial about laughing.

"I don't know what you're talking about."

"Oh really?"

He looked at you with his mischievous smile, "So if I do..."

As he talked he leaned in, "...this..."

A gentle kiss landed softly on the side of your lips, "...you won't smile?"

Another kiss, this time it landed on your lips. Then another, then one on your cheek, another on your forehead, one on the tip of your nose.

"Liam..."

"Hm?" he whispered as he leaned down to leave a small kiss on your neck, "You are impossible."

"I've heard." he smiled and kissed you again before taking your hand in his, "C'mon."

"Where?"

"My room."

Your eyes narrowed suspiciously at his answer, "You mean your bed."

"...Maybe."

"I knew it." You giggled, slightly hitting his arm.

"I make no apologies." he said as he started to gently tug on your hand.

When you didn't move quickly enough, he simply walked backwards while pulling you along with him,"Liaaam."

"I'm being very patient."

"You are literally dragging me." You protested, but a small laugh left your lips.

"Very lovingly." He defended himself as you coucouldn't stop laughing.

Eventually you let him pull you all the way into his bedroom.

The moment you reached the bed, he flopped backwards dramatically, arms spread wide.

You almost immediately climbed onto the mattress beside him, finding yourself wrapped in another tight hug, "I swear you're secretly a koala."

"No." He whispered laughing into your shoulder, "No?"

"I'm worse." He said as he gentle left little kisses on your neck.

"You admit it?"

"Mhm." a humm left him as he tucked your head beneath his chin. You both stayed silent. The room was almost completely dark, the only light being from the bedside table.

It felt extremely peaceful with you wrapped in his arms. It was warm and you felt so safe.

You felt how his thumb absentmindedly traced across your back. You could hear his steady heart beat and how yours slightly fell into rhythm with his.

"I love nights like this," he softly mumbled, "Me too."

"No cameras."

"No schedules."

"No planes to catch."

"Just us."

You smiled against his chest, his words making your heart melt, "Just us."

He leaned down to leave another sweet kiss on your lips before leaving another. After a few shared kisses he reluctantly pulled away to rest his forehead against yours.

"...Move in with me."

There was a silence thst followed. Complete silance...

You felt as your brain stopped working, you blinked, "...What?"

He looked like he had only just realized what words he said, "I–"

His eyes widened as he sat up abruptly, "I didn't... I mean–" his voice was full of nervousness, "I wasn't planning to say it like that."

You couldn't stop staring at him.

He reached uo and rubbed both of his hands over his face, "oh no...That was way too sudden."

You slightly opened your mouth, wanting to say something but nothing came out.

He suddenly stood up and started pacing beside the bed, "Oh my God." he whispered yelled before continuing, "I completely overstepped."

"Liam..."

"No, no, you're right." he slowly started to freak out more.

"I didn't say anything." You looked up at him, confusion written all over your face.

"Exactly!" He said as he pointed dramatically, "You didn't say anything! I probably freaked you out."

"You didn't–" you tried your best to calm him down but he just kept talking.

"I should've planned something."

"A dinner."

"No..." you laughed out loud at his reasoning.

"A picnic?"

"No." you said again.

"A speech?"

You couldn't stop the smile forming on your lips anymore as you watched him spiral.

"I just blurted it out!" He groaned out dramatically, "Who does that?"

"Liam."

"I can just...forget I ever asked." He sighed out loud before talking again, "We can go back to cuddling."

"I'll never mention it again." He whispered as you reached out to grab ahold of his wrists before he could pace another lap around the bed, "Liam."

He looked up at you cautiously, "...Yeah?"

"You are the cutest person I've ever met." you said with the biggest smile on your face he's ever seen.

"What?" he asked, his voice noticeably smaller than before, "I've never seen someone panic this much."

"I panicked because you looked horrified."he said with a tiny pout on his lips.

"I wasn't horrified." You justified your response as best as you could.

"You looked shocked." He continued the pout growing by the second.

"I was."

"...Oh."

"I just wasn't expecting it."

He blinked at your answer, "...Really?"

You gave him a little nod, "It caught me completely off guard."

"I know."

"You basically asked me while we were lying in bed after kissing me twenty-seven times."

"It wasn't twenty-seven." He whined a little, his hands slightly tightening around yours as he hears your words, "It was definitely over twenty."

"...Okay." You laughed softly, "I just needed a second."

He looked at you and searched your face nervously, "...And?"

You quietly stood up, your hands never leaving his as you said, "I'd love to."

His eyebrows lifted at your confession, "What?"

"I'll move in with you." He just stared at you, a little shocked, "...You're serious?"

"Very."

"You actually want to?" A gentle smile formed on his face, "I do."

For a brief second he didn't say anything, he simply just looked at you, then the biggest grin you had ever seen spread across his expression.

"You'll live here."

"Mhm."

"With me."

"Mhm."

"Like..."

He laughed breathlessly.

"Every day?"

"Every day." you finally confirmed it to him.

He immediately wrapped you into the tightest hug imaginable, nearly lifting you off the floor.

"I love you."

"I love you too."

"No, like–" He pulled back just enough to look at you, "I really, really love you."

"I was fully preparing for rejection."

"I noticed." you giggled and your forehead dropped into his shoulder.

He buried his face into your neck, laughing along with you now, "I'm never living this down, am I?"

"Absolutely not." you confirmed his suspicion

"I'm going to hear about this forever." he groaned.

"For the rest of our lives."

"...Worth it." he said with a voice full of admiration, making you look up at him, "Worth it?"

He smiled before leaning down to kiss you again, slow and gentle, "Worth every second."

Your forehead rested against his as the two of you smiled into the quiet room.

It already felt a little like home.

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