louis actually isn’t very short at all but he is just so CONDENSED that he seems a lot smaller than he actually is
like i think niall is the same height as louis but he is more stretched out so it looks more natural on him, plus niall carries himself less like a possum sniffing for new dumpsters and has much less capacity to squeeze himself into small spaces
you look at louis and you get the urge to pick him up by his scruff and throw him into a pile of rotted apple cores. and you feel like you can. because he’s small.