"Shhh! Don't wake Loulou," Harry half yells at Liam.
"Baby, he's not going to hear us from down here," Liam says and picks up the metal spatula that he had accidentally dropped on the ground.
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"Harry, don't yell at Daddy," Zayn reprimands from where he's sat at the kitchen table, a mug of steaming coffee gripped in his hand.
The little turns and looks up at Liam with a puppy dog pout, "Sorry, Daddy. I just really wanna surprise him!"
"It's okay. We know how excited you are," Liam says and pecks his curls.
The boy is sat on the counter a few feet away from the griddle that Liam is frying pancakes on. He's safely watching like a hawk to make sure Liam doesn't burn them. Burnt pancakes would make any birthday a bummer!
"Are you almost done," the 19 year old asks anxiously.
Liam chuckles. "Hold your horses, buckaroo. Cooking takes time."
"I could help," the boy suggests.
"Hmmm," Liam hums, looking around the kitchen for a simple task that Harry could do. "Why don't you go over to Papa and make sure he's awake enough to sing Happy Birthday," Liam suggests.
The man hooks his hands underneath Harry's armpits and helps him slide of the counter. Harry grins and shuffles over to Zayn. He throws the oldest man off guard and Zayn all but drops his coffee on the ground.
"Papa," Harry sings.
"I never know what you're going to do next," Zayn mumbles and tightly wraps his arms around Harry's waist to keep him stable.
"It's cause I'm Flash," Harry proudly proclaims.
Liam turns around and looks at the boy in confusion. "Flash? Like the superhero Flash?"
Harry nods quickly. "Uh-huh! Louis said so! Cause I'm so fast that sometimes you 'nd Papa 'nd Louis can't see me!"
The daddies both awkwardly laugh at the boy's statement. He clearly doesn't see the seriousness in his wandering situation. Liam hopes that the nickname doesn't encourage Harry to continue his recent trends in hopes of trying out his "powers".
"Well, Flash, just don't go running off on your own. Even superheroes need help," Zayn says.
The boy just nods and kicks his legs back and forth. He hears a clicking noise and sees that Liam has turned the knob on the griddle off. He smiles because that means his surprise is going to happen really soon!
Liam plates the pancakes and fills sippy cups. He pulls out fruit to add smiley faces to the food and grins at his accomplishment.
"Okay," the man says, rubbing his hands together. "You two hide. I'm going to go wake the birthday boy. Now, Harry, do you remember what you do when we come in here?"
