Fuck, this turned out so much more angsty then I intended it to, oh well I like it. And omg I miss One Direction a lot, but it's fine I guess there's always fanfic. Also I'm going to the 5sos concert on the 9th and it's the first time I'm gonna see them as the headline act, any advice? Or am I just gonna die. Either way I'm not ready. Also I didn't follow the prompt exactly but I think you'll like it.

Prompt: can you do a one shot where the boys get trapped in an elevator and niall is feeling claustrophobic but the boys don't take him seriously and are messing with him, making him feel worse and they don't realize what they've done until niall has a panic attack and they immediately feel bad and are over protective of him for the rest of the day?

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When One Direction first started, Niall had a lot of anxiety regarding things that involved places with limited amount of space. Which was a bitch especially in the beginning of their careers. Firstly, when they were on the X Factor. The five boys shared one tiny room with 2 bunk beds cramped into it, the five of them could barely stand because of how small it was. And the smallness of it spurred Niall into many panic attacks.

Long story short Niall was claustrophobic. Very claustrophobic. It got worse when they started to tour because of them having to live on the tour bus, and his panic attacks continued until he adapted to the amount of space they were usually given. Unless it was a situation they normally weren't in. Like getting mobbed, getting locked in a bathroom stall (DO NOT ASK HIM), or most recently Zayn leaving the band.

Zayn leaving hit all of the boys hard and what made it worse was that for the majority of the time the boys were ignoring each other. As time went on Niall's anxiety grew and continued to grow for weeks and he ignored it or at least tried to. He had a few panic attacks, but when he tried to tell the boys they just ignored him, so he just started to avoid telling them anything. Until just before they were supposed to go to an interview that they ended up canceling.

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The three boys filed into the tiny elevator and Niall reluctantly followed. He had a problem with small spaces and this elevator was so small the none of their security guards could fit in the space with them. Normally he would ask to take the stairs and his friend would follow, but last time he did Liam yelled at him and Niall didn't like Liam yelling at him, it was scary.

The lights flickered in the elevator and causing the three other boys to look up from their phone. The made a screeching noise and came to a sudden halt, and as they waited for the doors to open the lights went out. They were stuck. Niall inhaled sharply, this had happened to him before when he was little. It was the reason why he developed claustrophobia in first place he got stuck in an elevator.

"Are you kidding me" Harry said turning the flashlight of his phone on shining it on the panel to find the call button. As Liam and Louis had a small conversation to themselves Niall shook.

"Are we stuck" Niall whispered, he was afraid if he were any louder his voice would take up the space around them.

Liam made eye contact with Liam who nodded, "Yeah we are, we'll probably be here for awhile."

It was true the boys would probably be their for a couple of hours and Lia and Louis just wanted to entertain themselves and messing with their best friend was their favorite form of entertainment. Plus messing with Niall made them smile, since he was always okay with it. But after the past weeks Niall wasn't okay with it and they didn't realize it.

"Yeah mate," Liam added, "Andy got stuck in a lift once and they didn't get him out until the next day"

Catching on with what the other were doing Harry added "They're probably not even gonna realize we're here for hours"

Niall whimpered as the boys laughed. He wouldn't last a day in there, he could barely last a minute. He let his back hit the wall of the elevator as he slide down. Deep breath, Niall curled in on himself he thought the smaller he got the more space there would be in the elevator. It was tiny and it seemed to be shrinking.

Shrinking, the elevator was getting smaller. Niall tried to keep his tears at bay, tears would take up space. Instead he was hyperventilating in through his nose out through his mouth. He kept the pattern for a minute of two but eventually his breathing became erratic. He was aware that he had not fresh air and that he was sharing his air with three other people.

He looked up and around at the shrinking space and at his friends who seemed to be getting bigger as the seconds went on. They were all on their phone again, ignoring each other's existence.

Niall let the first tear fall, he cried. His field of vision obscured by the tears, making him hyperventilate more. He needed help.

Niall gasped trying to work up the courage to talk, to let his words take up space.

Liam, who was standing the closest to Niall heard the soft call of his name. As he looked to where it came from his eyes widened, "Holy shit"

Even though his loud expression caught the other two's attention hit them both on the arm.

"Niall what's wrong?" Louis asked kneeling down next to Niall.

Niall brought his index finger to his lips.

"Niall you need to tell us whats going on otherwise we can't help you" Liam added in a soft whisper, he thought that Niall may have a migraine since he was flinching at noise.

"Is it a migraine?" Louis asked, Niall shook his head, "Are you sick" He shook his head again more rabidly his breathing was getting faster.

Harry was deep in thought. "Stuck" he asked even quieter than Louis did. Niall nodded so hard Harry thought his was was gonna come off. "Babe we're not stuck here it's temporary, I bet they're already trying to get us out."

Niall looked at all three boys until he had the courage to speak "y-you said th-that we we were gonna be h-here for h-hours"

"Aw babe" Liam tried to put his hand on Niall' shoulder but he flinched away, "We were just trying to get some smiles into us all"

"Yeah it was a joke" Louis said pushing Liam so he fell out of kneeling position and onto the ground. "See for the giggles"

Niall smiled slightly at their antics but frowned again, "It was a mean joke," Niall paused then added, "Pushing over Liam was mean too"

"Exactly Ni, we've all been mean to each other lately" Harry went to put his arm over Niall's shoulder, but stopped, "Can I?" when Niall nodded he set his arm over the blond boy and continued.

"You guys have just been so mean to me," Niall wiped another tear away this time though his tears weren't from fear, they were from hurt. "It's like you want me to leave too"

"Niall look at me," Louis grabbed his hands "We do not want you to leave. If you leave this band will fall to pieces and we can't have that."

"You're our glue bud" Liam added, "You keep us together, always have"

"Yeah, you always help us stick together" Harry joked.

Niall laughed loudly and the terrible pun his friend had made, but looked back down at his hands. "I miss him"

"So do we," Louis said sitting on Niall's other side and resting his head on his shoulder so do we.