It's worth acknowledging that, when it comes to source material, British teen pop music magazines are perhaps not always the most reliable. But they make up for that with great centerfold posters, you know? And besides, sometimes they offer stories that are too good to ignore, regardless of the fact that they may well also be too good to be true.
Case in point: this frothy snippet from the new issue of We Love Pop magazine, via Daily Mail. A throwaway line worthy of launching a thousand ships from the new issue's cover interview, a Q&A with One Direction somehow* includes a question of which of their fellow guys each member of the band would make out with. You're having palpitations already, aren't you?
And Louis Tomlinson replies, "'I'd probably snog all the guys, to be honest" — "snog" being British slang for kissing. ALL OF THEM! In less fantasy-fulfilling news, the other half of Larry Stylinson, Harry Styles, was apparently unable to choose or even answer the question (perhaps affronted by Louis's response, who knows). Similarly, it appears Niall had no words; Liam, sweet Liam, on the other hand, reminisces fondly of a time when he and Zayn really did lock lips. "'It was like when you're going to have a fight," he explained, because, you know, #MachismoBullshit. "Zayn was like, "Come on then, come on," putting his head close to me ... then he just leaned forward and kissed me."
It's unclear if the above GIF relates to that ~mOMeNt~ or represents another time they got busy. But it is clear Liam will always have the memories — detailed memories. At this point, the fanfic writes itself — at least, the fanfic that hasn't already been written, illustrated, and performed aloud at sleepovers as a modern day Shakespearean tragicomedy.
*The magazine promises only an "unseen" interview with the band, not a new or even necessarily original one; it's entirely possible this conversation took place before Larry mania and assorted other gay conspiracy theories rendered such a line of questioning improbable.
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