Stay With Me

Epilogue

•••7 years and 9 months later•••

Tiny fingers curl around his pinky. Harry watch the newborn peer through brand new eyes at what must be such a strange world after life in the womb. Her legs kick in a tiny jagged motion, looking for that resistance they are used to he guesses, but finding nothing but air. He wonder if that's unsettling or a relief, it must have been pretty cramped in there. When she stretches her hands barely rise above her head and Harry think of how strange we'd all look if we kept those body proportions as we grew. He knows he can pick her up if he wants to, he's his daughter, but he's scared to break her. She's such a doll. Then she begins to fret and cry, everyones been telling him how annoying that's going to be, but it's so cute he almost cry. This is a new person, and he's already filling up with love for her.

"Zayn's she's so beautiful...Gemma thank you so much. Your the best sister a brother could ask for." He said wanting to hug her but knowing that she was too weak for that. So instead, he just leaned down and kissed her forehead. Zayn wrapped his arms around Harry's waist, as he smiled down warmly at his daughter.

"I'm gonna dress her up like a little doll and show her off proudly." Harry said turning his face to look at Zayn fondly. His husband smiled fondly, and Harry leaned in and connected their lips in a short sweet kiss.

"Thank you Gemma." Zayn said to his sister-in-law with a happy smile on his face.

"Don't mention it guys," Gemma said smiling softly

Zayn and Gemma met almost six years ago, at the wedding. Zayn rememberes Harry dragging him around the whole room to excitedly introduce his newly wed husband. After that day, Harry's whole family was now Zayn's family as well. All of Harry's little cousins surrounded Zayn, loving all the tattoos or 'funny drawings' on Zayn's body. And all of the elder reletives, simply adored the new addition to the family.

They looked down at the baby who had adventually fallen asleep. Her onyx black hair in little curls on the top of her head. Her hazel green eyes now closed in a peacful sleep, with her soft eyelashes resting over her slightly paled skin. Harry cooed a bit, and clasped his hands together feeling more tears form.

"Sirs, what would you like to name your child?" A nurse asked smiling fondly at the husbands

"Alika, Alika Styles-Malik."

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•••1 1/2 year later•••

"Come and Alika....come to baba yeah? It's just a few short steps.." Zayn said with his hands held out for their daughter.

They were currently trying to teach their stubborn little child how to walk. It's like she does everything else, but walk. Alika even learned how to talk fairly quickly, and had started crawling quickly as well. Potty training was a different story though. It's like she is scared of the thing.

Zayn watches as Harry holds their daughter up, so she's standing. "Come on peanut. Come to baba."

Harry looks at Zayn and sighs, because Alika was the most stubborn really, maybe Zayn was right about not leaving her around Louis too much. And maybe Harry is to blame too on this not walking thing because he spoils Alika a bit too much, carrying her around all day and the baby kind of got used to that.

"C'mon peanut.." Harry repeat, "go to baba, look how much he misses you.."

Alika looks up at him frowning a little like saying 'why don't you carry me to him, then?'

Zayn sighed and then got an idea. Reaching over he get Alika's favourite toy, which was really a teddy bear that Zayn got out of the prize box from the hospital. Putting it in front of her, Zayn waved it around a bit. "Baby girl if you come to me you can have teddy."

Alika's eyes bright up at that. "Teddy!" She squeaks and then start fidgeting so Harry let her go carefully.

The baby stumbles and lost her balance at first, falling on her bum but doesn't give up though. Stands again and start taking steps closer to Zayn, reaching him and grabbing the teddy from his hands to hug it close.

Harry looks at Zayn excited. "She did it! It's a Christmas Eve miracle."

Zayn smiled and then chuckled when Alika fell back on her butt.

Harry kissed Alika's forehead softly. "Ice cream later, if you keep walking missy." Then smiled fondly when Alika clapped her hands and smiled a toothless grin.

Zayn gave him a disapproving look. About the ice cream, cause Harry had given Alika some ice cream for breakfast as well. Harry just smiled and kissed Zayn's cheek

Zayn rolled his eyes. "We are too soft as parents" he says looking down at their baby that was now happily playing with the stuffed animal.

"I think we're alright." Harry said smiling softly and turning Zayn's face done could kiss him softly. "I'm just glad everything is normal now. We're married, were daddies, No more Valac, and no more demons after you." Harry said smiling lovingly at his husband.

"I still can't believe he left us as our wedding present. I wasn't expecting him to ever leave." Zayn said kissing Harry's jaw, cheeks, forehead, then his soft red lips. They deepen it, and harry can feel every muscle in his body clench from the overwhelming feeling of Zayn's lips on his own. Zayn tangled his fingers in Harry's curls, and harry almost moans but gasps and pushes zayn away slightly.

"Babe, stop it. Alika is like right there." Harry said blushing feeling embarrassed, even though he knows their daughter doesn't really know what's going on.

Zayn smiled and pulls Harry close to him again. Moving to the right side of Harry, so Alika wouldn't see. Zayn lightly kiss his neck and a wave of pure pleasure runs through his entire body. Harry's cologne is intoxicating. As Zayn kiss his way gently up his neck and to his lips that taste of peppermint the scenery disappears and Zayn is lost in this moment. Harry gasped and let out a small whine when he felt Zayn's stubble scraping over his neck, most likely leaving Red Lines.

"Zaaayn!" Harry whined with a frustrated pout on his face, as he pushed his husband away. "Stop it and I'll let you do whatever you want with me after we put Alika to bed." Harry said and then laughed a bit when Zayn saluted him. Kissing the corner of Zayn's lips, Harry sighed and then grabbed Zayn's hand pulling them back to join their little girl. They play together, and Zayn makes funny faces until he has both Harry and Alika laughing. He feels his heart warming, just as warm as the fire that's burning in the fireplace. Thoughts of a bigger and brighter future filled his mind, and he's glad that he gets to spend it with his new family.

A/N: I like teared up during this :( I'm gonna miss writing this so so very much. Luckily, I'm writing another story called Ready To Run. It's already up so go check it out for me okay? Love you, byeeeeee <3 x