Only The Brave

t w e n t y e i g h t

"Papa!" 

"Hi, lovey!" Louis smiles widely when he sees his son. 

"Hazzy!" 

Harry smiles and picks up the toddler, "Hi little monkey, your papa needs a cuddle, he missed you lots!" 

He hands him over to Louis since he can carry him when he uses his good side and Lucas doesn't kick much. Picking him up is still too hard though. 

"Luke miss papa!" He tells Louis and kisses his cheek wetly. 

Louis laughs and kisses his little cheek in reply, "Did you have fun? Did you sleep well?" 

Harry smiles at Louis' concerned side while greeting Niall and Liam. (Also thanking them for basically helping him with the date.)

"Yesh, made cookies an' pwayed pwincess wif uncle Ni!" 

Louis chuckles, "Was Uncle Ni a pretty princess?" 

Lucas nods and giggles when Niall scoffs. 

"Hazzy, nana cake?" 

Louis frowns, "How did you know Hazzy has banana cake?" 

Harry smirks but blushes because he got caught. 

"Hazzy call and say when Lukey be good, Hazzy give nana cake!" Lucas smiles, "I good, Hazzy!" 

Louis smiles at Harry and shakes his head, "You'll get some at home, Lukey. Uncle Ni and Li probably need some alone time, now." 

He winks at his two friends who are both blushing and scoffing, "I'll have you know, we have plenty alone time." 

Louis chuckles, "I'm glad you do, but you've been at mine way too much, I'm sure you can use some now." 

Harry coughs awkwardly, "I'll help Louis until Monday morning again, I could probably also take a few nights next week." 

"Are you sure, H? You have to work every day.." Louis asks, liking that he'd see Harry more but Lucas still wakes up a lot. 

"I'm sure I can handle a bit less sleep, you used to do it everyday, so." 

Niall nods, "It's your choice, I don't mind." 

Louis thanks them multiple times for watching Lucas before going off to his apartment with Harry. 

~

After Lucas is down for the night Louis frowns when he sees Harry make a call, it seems a very unpleasant one too. 

"Fuck, okay, yeah. We'll go on Monday," He grunts with a sigh. 

Harry looks over at Louis and signs him that he'll tell him later. 

He smirks then at whatever the other person is saying, "Yes, Zayn. It does suck that Tomlinson is out." 

Louis chuckles a bit and shakes his head. 

Harry raises his eyebrows next, a bit panicked, "I don't think it's appropriate for me to visit him, you can go alone, say hi for me if you do." 

Louis has trouble keeping in his laugh. 

"I know it's my fault he got hit, Zayn. Damnit." 

Louis bites his lip because Zayn just hit Harry where it hurts most. He steps forward and hugs Harry's torso, rubbing his back. 

Harry's tensed muscles relax a bit under the touch but Louis can still feel the thickness in the air. 

"See you on Monday, bye."