safe haven │ larry stylinson

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Harry's POV

When Harry woke up that night, Louis was awake. He stared at the ceiling and Harry watched him for a moment.
"You okay?" His voice was raspy, his eyes had now adjusted to the dark and he could see Louis twitching. "Sorry"
Quickly Louis scooted over, letting Harry put his arms around him. "Yeah, I'm just- I don't know"
"What's wrong, Lou?"
"I didn't want to wake you, I'm sorry"
"You didn't- ok you did but I don't care. What's wrong?" Harry's fingers moved over his boyfriend's skin, drawing invisible circles.
"I was just thinking.."
"Mhm?" He rested his head on Louis' shoulder and closed his eyes.
"I wrote so many songs and I have nothing anymore. I want to sign and release my own music. Like- I want to found a label. A label that supports people no matter what. A healthy way to put my songs out there whenever I want" Louis stated and Harry opened his eyes, looking at the man who bit his bottom lip.
"I'm crazy, I know.." The man mumbled and Harry couldn't help but smile. "You are not crazy. Definitely not. I think it's a great idea"

"You do?" Louis' eyes met Harry's, suprise written all over his face.
"Of course, why not? If you want to do that, do it. I got your back" The curlyhead smiled.
"Fuck, man. I love you" Louis mumbled and snuggled closer onto Harry's chest.
"And that's the best thing that's ever happened to me" He smiled, leaning his head back. "You know, I might stop making music for a little while. I really loved acting. What do you-" He looked down at his boyfriend and frowned. "Lou..?" Nothing. The man was asleep. "The fuck? We talked like two seconds ago-" Harry whispered to himself, shaking his head in amusement.
"I love you Louis" He leaned down and placed a kiss on Louis' head.
It didn't take long for Harry to sleep as well. And he slept like a baby: happy and calm.

The next morning, Harry woke up alone. The bed was empty and he sighed. Being as tired as he was, he turned around, put his arms around the pillow that smelled just like Louis and fell asleep again.
"Harry? Where is Harry?!"
The voice was far away, not real to Harry yet. Still half-asleep, he turned around and didn't even open his eyes. That was until the door opened and someone jumped on him. "HARRY!"
"Freddie!" Harry was awake quickly when he recognised Louis' son. The blonde little boy made himself comfortable in his arms.
"I missed you, Harry" He mumbled and Harry smiled and patted his back. "I missed you too, very much, little Fred"

Louis entered the room, out of breath and sighed. "Freddie. You should've let Harry sleep"
"Are you kidding? I've slept long enough. And even if I didn't, I would want Freddie to wake me up" Harry grumbled and Freddie giggled.
Louis sighed again but Harry could see the smile on his face when he laid down next to them.
Freddie curled himself up in between them, each arm trying to hold on to one of them. Harry hugged him back and looked at Louis who had taken his hand. His boyfriend just smiled and Harry couldn't help but smile as well.

"Are you two a couple?" Freddie suddenly asked and Harry looked back at Louis, his eyes wide in shock.
"Well what do you think?" Louis asked calmly, not even looking at Harry."I think you are very much in love" The blonde giggled, making Louis smile. "You love Harry, dad. You always blush when you look at him"
"And that is absolutely not true" Louis stated, making Freddie raise his eyebrows. Louis shrugged "Ok, that is completely true" and looked at Harry with a smile that nearly made him lose his mind. That damn smile.

"So you are a couple?" Freddie repeated.
"We are" Harry answered truthfully and the blonde grinned happily.
"So we are a family? You're my second dad now, Harry?"
That hit him like a truck. He didn't know what to say. Well what was he supposed to say?
"You know I'm always there for you, Freddie" He simply said, stroking through the boy's hair.
"It's ok if you don't want to be my second dad, I'm sorry" Freddie mumbled and Harry immediately felt bad.
"That's not what I meant, Freddie.. It's not that easy"
What Harry meant was that he loved the little boy very much. At this point, after Christmas and everything, he nearly felt like he was his second dad. But he wasn't allowed to put that label upon himself. He wasn't in the position to do that.

"I do love you, very much" He said, leading to the smile returning on Freddie's face.
"I love you too, Harry. More than very much" He hugged him tightly and Harry hugged him back, his eyes meeting Louis'. He was smiling. More than that. He was undeniably happy and Harry could see that.
"So you are my second dad now. I don't care what you want"
Harry laughed and Louis joined in. "Seems like I don't have any options"

After a few minutes, Louis and Freddie let Harry get up and take a shower - they promised to save him a seat at the table for lunch and he gladly took a shower.
There was nothing better than a hot shower normally, but the time he had to shower, while the hot water ran down his body, he just couldn't stop himself from overthinking. Overthinking was his worst habit. Questioning every little good thing that had happened to him. Maybe everything was too good to be true? What if Louis didn't want him to be this close with Freddie?
Shut up, Styles. You saw the huge smile on his face. He loves you.
But what if Freddie tells Brianna about him? What if she wasn't ok with Freddie calling him that?
He quickly shook his head and turned off the water, before heading out of the shower. He wrapped a towel around himself and dried his skin. Breathe. In and out.

Harry exhaled and forced himself to keep it together. Why worry when everything was fucking fine?
Picking up the clothes he had prepared before, he put them on and blow-dried his hair. He looked at his reflection in the mirror and for the first time in what seemed like ages, he looked healthy. Happy and healthy.
That made him realize that no matter what had happened, he had always survived. He had made it. No one did for him, he did on his own. So if there was something to come, it would come. Why worry now? He was with Louis and they were happy. His mental battles were worthless, they were simply tiring.

He slid the rings on his fingers, including the one Louis had given to him on Christmas. Without paying attention to it, a smile made its way on his face and Harry smiled on his way down to the restaurant. As soon as he saw Freddie and Louis and the other boys, he could also see the boy's toothy smile.
"Hi dad" He said as soon as Harry reached the table, making him laugh happily and Liam gulp.
"You're really going to do this?"
"Every fucking time" He grinned even wider.
"Freddie, don't say fuck. It's a bad word" Louis tried to educate his son, failing miserably when everyone at the table looked at him, eyebrows raised and laughing.
"Coming from you, that's a little ironic, love" Harry smiled and sat down next to his boyfriend.

Hello loves!
I'm so so sorry that I didn't upload anything in such a long time. I started university in late October and have been busy with studying and work every day.
I promise the last few chapters will come soon. Stay tuned! xx