My dearest // a Larry Stylinson fan fiction

Chapter 7: Share a Single Bed and Tell Each Other What We Dream About

Harry's eyes opened wider than they ever had before, he was worried. "Louis, what do you mean let you in? It's like 3 in the morning and you went home. I can't let you in if you aren't at my house" that's when it hit Harry "oh."

He dropped his phone and ran down the stairs. He opened the front door and saw a helpless looking Louis standing in front of him. He had red puffy eyes and tears dripping down his face, he was shivering and looked pale. Harry grabbed the smaller boy and wrapped his body in his. "I'm cold," Louis said, looking up at the taller boy who was still hugging him. "I'll keep you warm forever Lou, don't worry" Louis' heart melted and just by hearing those words his body instantly felt warmer.

"Louis darling is that you?" Anne had woken up from hearing Harry running down the stairs. "I'm so sorry I woke you, I didn't mean to" Anne saw how helpless and small he looked and she couldn't help but pull him into a hug as well.

"Don't apologize, are you okay? That's all that truly matters" Louis shook his head. "How about I go make some tea and you two go get comfy on the couch" Harry nodded and grabbed Louis' hand and brought him over to the couch.

"Are you okay Lou?" Louis looked up from the floor "does it look like I'm okay? Would I be sitting here in your living room at 3 am if I was okay? No I don't think so" Harry sighed and slouched down "I know that was a stupid question I'm sorry" Louis felt bad, Harry shouldn't be apologizing for asking if he was okay. "No it wasn't a stupid question, I shouldn't have responded like that, I'm sorry" Harry looked down at the ground again. "Wanna talk about it? That always helps me when I'm upset, I usually call up Li and tell him about my issues and then he helps me out so maybe I could try to help you out?" Louis smiled and nodded before proceeding to tell Harry about what had happened.

His voice was quiet and shaky, Harry could just barely hear him. He seemed so small and quiet.

"I had um just gotten home from your place and since I smelt like grass I decided I was going to have a shower but as I was making my way upstairs me mom called for me and said she wanted to catch up with me since she was at work. She works from like 5:30am till 4:00pm so I don't see her much and so I obviously went to go talk with her because she's me mom and I love her more than anything" Louis stopped speaking and placed his head in his palms. Harry could see the tears forming in his eyes again so he grabbed Louis' hands and placed them in his. Louis exhaled and relaxed, it was unbelievable how much Harry could calm him down by just a simple touch.

Anne finally came out of the kitchen and was carrying a cup of tea and a blanket. "Here you go darling, is there anything else I can get you?" Louis smiled and shook his head. "No I'm all good, thank you so much by the way, I can't explain how much I appreciate this." Anne smiled and kissed Louis on the top of his head. "No worries at all love" Harry smiled over at Louis and nodded, almost as if letting him know he could continue his story.

"Right um where was I again? Oh yeah so me mom has always been so kind and loving with me and she really cares for me and she accepts me no matter what, even if that means that I like guys." Harry felt his heart flutter, he knew he shouldn't be happy right now but he couldn't help it.

"She ended up asking about my day and what not and so we ended up talking about you and she told me she really wants to meet you because she's so glad I have a friend like you" Harry smiled and started rubbing his thumb over the top of Louis' hand.

"Um but then me dad came into the kitchen and since he's the crazy homophobic piece of shit, excuse my language, he was worried about how I was speaking about you with me mom." Harry looked down at the ground and felt horrible that this whole thing was technically his fault. "I'm sorry Lou" Louis shook his head and gave Harry's hand a squeeze "There's no need for you to be apologizing" Harry looked back up towards the smaller boy "I just feel so bad, you really don't deserve this you know" Louis just shrugged.