i will sing snippet

[astreindre]

I am SO SORRY this took so long. I thought I'd get a chance to write some while I had three days off last week, but I kind of just -- stared at the word doc and then went to hide away and eat cheesecake like a terrible, awful person. But, in penitence, have a snippet of the first time Zayn and our mysterious OMC meet!

Comments

[likecharity]

Eeeeeee! ♥ This is really good, bb. I love the Zayn/Liam interaction and the mention of them all wanting to just feel normal for once and ughhhh this line: It hardly even feels like a sacrifice, really, like, sure he's not allowed a boyfriend, but why would that bother him when his boys are so happy? AND HI BEN. So looking forward to more of this.

[astreindre]

THANK YOU DARLING god I am so bad at commenting in a timely manner I'm sorry

[living_in_awe]

BEN!! eek! I'm really really liking this so far! I just love how you've written Zayn and all of the boys and their dynamic, I'm so intrigued to see how they all hand this. can't wait to read more :)

[astreindre]

I am the fucking worst at returning comments in a timely manner, I'm so sorry. YES BEN the name just came to me, before I'd even started really thinking about writing this, and I thought a couple times that I wanted to change it, but... I can't! Ben's just Ben. Thank you so much for all the compliments, I'm sorry I'm so terrible at like... life and stuff. Idk if I'll post another snippet -- I think it might get too spoilery and also I apparently have a tendency to post whole scenes so by the time the fic itself got posted there'd be nothing new. But if I do post more, they'll all be here!

[living_in_awe]

no problem at all bb! I'm really excited to read the story as a whole and I definitely think it'll be worth the wait :)

[astreindre]

Of course it's okay! Any post that's public is fair game to comment on. ^^

Thank you so much, esdtrgyujkl. Idk about being in-character, really, but I am trying! I hope I don't disappoint you once I get the whole thing posted!

[anoncents]

Hi! I love Zayn so much and I'm glad that this is focused on him. As much as I love Liam/Zayn, I'm so stoked to see something with an omc.

I think these snippets are great and I like how you go into his relationship with his bandmates. They're so close and he loves them so much that he's of course willing to do anything to make them happy.

As soon as you said Ben, I thought of Ben Barnes. AND he's English. :D

[astreindre]

Zayn is my favouriiiiite. I'm not quite sure how it happened, but yeah, he's the fucking best. And I also love Zayn/Liam, but it doesn't really present many opportunities for a happy ending. Of course, this fic isn't heading toward a happy ending either, but it wasn't supposed to be that way...

Thank you so much! I'm so glad that you like them. It was important to me to go into Zayn's relationships with the boys as well in this fic, Liam and Louis especially, because.... reasons. Which will be explained in the fic. If I can get it done. >.>

Ahahaha, I also thought of Ben Barnes! In my head, Ben looks like Dave Franco, except taller, but you can imagine him to look however you like. I left the description vague for just that reason.

Thank you so much for your comment! I'm so glad you enjoyed it. ^^

[thediamondskies]

i just want you to know that i'm stalking this constantly for updates. good work so far <3

[astreindre]

Thank you so much! I'm sorry for the delay in response, my laptop cord broke and I haven't been able to get online much. I'm actually not sure if I'll be posting anymore of these snippets, cuz it'll start getting too spoilery and such, but if I do, they'll all be here! I've had a lot of time to write lately, what with the lack of internet, so who knows! Check back in the next week or so, we'll see. :)

Sorry if this posts twice, internet on my phone is weeeeird