Harry was going to pick his son Alex up from school.
Harry had been in a relationship with Camille and they broke it off when Alex turned two, the breakup was mutual and there was no bad blood between the two, having equally shared custody over the young boy, a week each place and Holidays were sorted as they came around but it was always equal.
"Hey bud!" Harry smiles as his 10 year old son walked over to him, not seeming in as good a mood as usual, "Hey" Alex says, when Harry had dropped him off at school this morning he seemed in a much better mood, he was excited to show his friends his nails, that Harry had painted to match his own at Alex's request.
"How was school?" Harry asks, "Fine" Alex sighs, slipping into the front seat of the car, "You okay?" Harry asks confused, "Yeah! God why so many questions?" Alex asks, his tone not sitting right with Harry, "Watch your attitude" Harry warns ignoring the way Alex rolls his eyes a little.
It was rare Alex ever got in trouble or was even a little rude so Harry was surprised at how Alex was acting, he was usually happy and excited but maybe he just had a bad day.
"Hey, why don't we go to McDonald's?" Harry asks, hoping to cheer his son up a little, "Yeah!" Alex grins, his mood getting better making Harry smile as he starts the car.
The pair drive through the drive-thru and order their food before going home to eat it.
But once they were done, Alex's sour mood returns, he's more quiet, answering vaguely and snapping at the smallest things.
"Go get your pyjamas on and we can watch a film or something" Harry says to the young boy who just nods briefly and runs off.
Harry tried to decipher Alex's strange mood as he threw out all the garbage from their food, he was truly confused.
"Dad!" He hears being called, "Yeah?" Harry calls back, "Where's my spider man jammies?" Alex answers bringing a smile to his face, "Gimme a sec!" Harry calls and goes to check the drier, smiling as he finds them.
"Got 'em" Harry says as he walks into Alex's room, not expecting him not to be there, he hears water running from the ensuite bathroom.
Furrowing his eyebrows he walks over to the door to find it locked, "Alex?" Harry asks,knocking on the bathroom door, "Just a minute!" Alex responds, "What'd your mum say about locked doors? You could hurt yourself and I wouldn't know!" Harry chastises.
Alex never locked doors because he knew it was a huge no no from Harry and Camille so Harry was confused.
"Open the door" Harry says, Alex responding with a groan and opens the door, glaring at his dad.
"What?" Alex snaps, "What's with the attitude today? You were fine this morning- what are you doing?" Harry asks, stopping his scolding when there's a strong smell of what smells like nail polish in the air, looking over to the sink to discover it's remover.
"Alex! Your mum would have my head if she knew you had touched this!" Harry groans, turning to look at the boy and feeling terrible as he see's him looking down with his lip wobbling.
"Hey, hey, no I'm sorry bud, don't cry" Harry says, leaning down and lifting him up, Alex hides his face into Harry's neck and starts to cry, "What's going on?" Harry asks, getting a sob in response so he just stays quiet and holds his son close.
Eventually Alex's cries reduce to sniffles and Harry's sat on the edge of Alex's bed with him on his lap, "You wanna tell me what's going on with you kiddo?" Harry asks softly.
Alex wipes the tears away from his eyes and looks up at his dad, "Corey called me a bad word at school cause I had my nails done pretty" Alex says quietly, resting his head against his dad's chest, Harry sighs and pulls his son closer.
"What'd he say?" Harry asks, "He said they look stupid and called me a-" Alex says, stopping before saying the bad word, having learnt that they were exactly that, bad.
Harry knew what the word was already, being on the receiving end of it more often than not, faggot.
It's a disgusting word and almost literally made Harry sick to his stomach, and the fact that a 10 year old boy had called another person that word made him on the verge of wanting to throw up, and also really angry.
"Alex" Harry sighs, making his son look up at him, "Look bud, not everyone is going to agree with the things you do, not everyone is going to like you, but that's okay, because the people that actually care about you and the people you need in your life are the ones that don't care about what you do" Harry tries to explain as best as possible, "You understand?" Harry asks, "Kind of but not really" Alex says making Harry chuckle, "What'd Isabella say about your nails?" Harry asks, talking about Alex's best friend, "She said they were pretty and that she wants hers done too" Alex says, smiling a little.
"See, she's the kind of person you need in your life, Corey isn't" Harry says, "So I only need nice people in my life not meanies like Corey?" Alex asks and Harry nods, "Exactly" He smiles, "Daddy?" Alex asks again, "Yeah?" He asks, "Can you not tell mum about this, I don't want her worrying" Alex says, Harry nods, not saying anything because he knows he'll have to tell Camille.
"Can we watch spider man in your bed?" Alex asks after a while of them just sitting there cuddling, Harry laughs a little.
"Yeah, course we can" Harry chuckles.
And they spend the rest of their night in Harry's bed watching movies, Harry repainting Alex's nails like he asked, and rushing around the next morning when they wake up late and realise they were late for school and Alex had also forgotten to do his homework the night before.
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