safe haven │ larry stylinson

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Louis' POV

"Finally, there you are!" Anne stormed towards them and hugged Louis tightly. When she let go of him the woman kissed his cheek. "It's so nice to see you and to have you here again, Louis. I'm so happy!"
Louis forced a smile on his face. "Thank you Anne-"
She clapped before he could say something and hugged his sisters. "Did he notice something?"
"Not at all, Anne. He was so caught off guard!" Lottie grinned and high-fived Gemma.

Louis' eyes fell on Harry who was standing at the end of the staircase. When their eyes met, his heart ached. Harry had a smile on his face. The one he had for the public as well, the fake one that only Louis could see. He shouldn't be here. It wasn't ok, not at all. After what he had done to Harry he should give him space, shouldn't bother him and most of all shouldn't invade his home.

"Anne, thanks for the invitation but- it's too much. I can't expect you to let all of us stay here, the whole bunch. We should leave-" He couldn't even finish because Anne interrupted him again.
"Stop it, I don't want to hear any of it. You will stay here. All of you. I'm so happy and you haven't seen Harry in ages before so.. The two of you deserve some happiness. Together. And I love having all of you here. It was way too silent in this huge house all those weeks"
He just couldn't disagree. Anne was so happy. All of them were happy. Except for Harry and him.

"Harry darling, why don't you bring Louis' stuff up to your room? Gemma you could show the girls their rooms?"
" 'course mom." Before Louis could do something, Harry had taken his suitcase and his hand and pulled him up the stairs. The touch, the feeling of Harry holding his hand made him go crazy. Louis' heart beat fast and a shiver went done his spine.
As soon as Harry lead him into the room, the man let go of his hand and closed the door behind them.

"Look Harry, I'm sorry. We can go-" Again Louis couldn't finish.
"No. No you won't go. You will stay, we will play the role of a happy couple. You saw them all. We can't break it to them. You owe me this, Louis" The green eyes looked at him and Louis nodded slowly. He did owe Harry literally everything. If Harry wanted to do this, he would do this for him. He would do everything for him even if he didn't know that.

"It's just a few days. Can you do this?"
"Moreover, the question is if you can do this, Harry. After everything I said and did-"
"I don't want to talk about it. I really don't. I'm going to sleep on the couch over there, you can have the bed" The curlyhead took one of the pillows and threw it on the couch along with a blanket.
"No Harry. That's not going to happen. I'm going to sleep on the couch"
He stepped in front of Harry, blocking his way to the couch.
"You hate the couch. It's fine, Louis. Just let me-" The man started but this time Louis didn't let him finish. He wouldn't let him sleep on the couch.
"No, I won't let you. You're too big for the couch, you said so yourself the last time we were here. You're going to sleep in the fucking bed"
Stop arguing with me you adorable fool. Just stop it and let us lay down, hold me. Just stop arguing. I'm so sorry. But the words didn't leave his mouth.
"Are you really arguing with me right now?" Harry looked at him furiously. But somehow Louis thought that there was the hint of amusement on his face. At least he desperately wished that it was there.
"Hell yes I am. The least thing I can do is sleep on the couch. I won't let you sleep on there" Don't let the green eyes intimidate you, Tomlinson. He's not going to sleep on the couch.
"Well and I'm not going to let you sleep on there!"
"Seems like we have a problem?"
"Only one?" Harry chuckled and Louis' heart ached. He hummed and the two stared at each other for several minutes.
"Seems like we both sleep in the bed then. It's big enough"

Louis couldn't answer because the door opened. "You two lovebirds coming?" Gemma looked at them and grinned. "Didn't have the time to unpack, Tomlinson? I wonder what the two of you did instead"
"Gemma!" Harry's sister grinned even more and Louis laughed.
"Jealous, Styles?"
"Oh you wish, shorty"
"You did not just say that- Harry she did not just say that, did she?" Louis looked at the man who had a grin on his face.
"I'm sure she did"
"Well you just signed your death sentence" He hurried out the door following Harry's sister who ran down the stairs giggling. Following behind, Louis heard Harry chuckling and grinned even more as he chased Gemma around the kitchen. When he got her, he started tickling her and she burst out laughing.

"St-stop. Please- I beg you, stop! Stohohop!"
"Take it back, love, take it back" Louis grinned and didn't stop as she shook her head.
"What did she do?" Phoebe asked and Harry answered laughingly "She called him short"
"Well, was nice meeting you Gem" Lottie teased and they all started laughing.
"Come on, children. The lasagna is ready!" Anne laughed as well and Louis let go of Gemma.
"Your world-famous lasagna? The vegetarian one?" Daisy's face lit up even more.
"Of course dear. But I made one with meat as well, if someone wants that. Or both" Harry's mother smiled at them as they took their seats and started putting the lasagna on every plate.
"It smells fantastic, Anne" Louis smiled at her and she smiled back at him.
"Thank you, darling. Hopefully, it tastes that way as well"
"I'm sure it will" He leaned back smiling and just enjoyed the at atmosphere. When he dared to look at Harry, the man was talking to Lottie and Daisy. He kept looking at him and bit his lip knowing that he would never not love that man.

"So, who made the first step?"
"Daisy!" Lottie looked at her and her little sister rolled her eyes.
"Everyone wants to know!" She exclaimed after chewing on her lasagna.
"True" Gemma chuckled and Anne smiled.
"We'll only want to know what you're comfortable with telling us" Anne added and Louis heard Harry chuckle again. They looked at each other for a few seconds. Green met blue.
"Obviously I made the first step. After I screwed up the last time I needed to apologize" Louis told them and looked at Daisy.
"Hopefully you didn't let him get away easily with it, Haz?" Phoebe grinned and Harry laughed lightly.
"No, I didn't. He had a tough time" Their eyes met again and Louis quickly continued eating.

"And what did Cowell say?"
"He wasn't amused. He still isn't" Harry simply explained and Louis overheard Lottie mumbling "Homophobic son of a bitch..- Sorry Anne"
"It's alright honey. You're right" Harry's mom smiled at Louis' sister and everyone started laughing.
"I'm so happy that you're finally together again. I could stand it that you two weren't talking. You belong together. I don't care what Simon says. Fuck him" Phoebe said and Louis looked at Harry who was very focused on his plate. He hesitated suddenly not sure whether he had done the right thing. All of the girls and Anne and Gemma were having their backs. Had he done the wrong thing? Maybe his intention was good but the way he acted was terribly wrong?

He could feel Harry's arms tightening around him. "Please, Lou" The man sobbed and Louis heart ached. He didn't want this. He didn't want to hurt him like that. "I'm begging you. Please don't do this. Please"

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