love, cheater ➳ ziam au

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"Nana!" Louis screeched, jumping on the window sill, pointing outside, "Daddy!" Karen's eyes went wide as she wiped her palms on her apron and stood next to Louis, watching Zayn park his car in their driveway.

"We have to tell Papa." Karen whispered, picking up her grandson before dashing up the stairs, raising her fist to knock on the door. But before she could do anything, Liam opened the door, his hair messy and eyes red as he clutched a letter. "Mom," his voice came out cracked as he shoved the paper into his mother's face, "It says open the door. What— he can't be here, can he?"

Karen gulped and nodded and Liam's eyes went wide as he ran back inside his room and slammed the door shut, locking it up firmly. "Liam, open the door. Talk to him, at least." Karen insisted, pounding on the door. "It's not as easy as you think, mom." Liam's broken voice sounded from behind the closed door, "Just— Just let Louis see him. I don't want to see him. It's going to hurt." With that, Karen's heart clenched as he heard her baby boy break down into sobs.

With reluctant steps she descended the stairs, hushing Louis when he kept asking questions as to why his Papa was crying. "You want to see daddy, Lou?" Karen whispered in fake excitement, deliberately ignoring Louis' question in an attempt to change the subject. Which worked when Louis nodded furiously, his mind wandering away from his Papa crying. He was doing that a lot, anyway.

As if on cue, knocks on the main door were heard and Louis squealed, wiggling in his grandmother's arms. "Okay, okay, we're going there." Karen assured, trying to hide the disdain in her voice. She walked forward and grasped the door handle, before pulling the door open, only to come face to face with her 'son-in-law'.

"K— Karen?" Zayn mumbled, looking at her with big apologetic eyes. That's when Karen noticed how much he had changed. He had prominent bags under his eyes and he was far too skinny to be healthy. His nose was bright red and his stubble was more than it usually was, and his hair was matted and damp against his forehead whereas it used to be styled. His eyes were red and puffy and Karen eyed the wedding ring resting on his finger, because the last time she had visited, he wasn't even wearing it.

Her train of thoughts came to an abrupt halt as Louis screamed in her arms, "Daddy! Daddy!" Zayn's eyes snapped from Karen's face and directed towards her arms and he smiled- his first genuine smile since a long time- as he saw his son. "Louis? Oh— Oh my God, you've... you've grown so much." Zayn whispered, reaching out for him. Karen let out a hesitant sigh before transferring Louis from her arms into his father's.

"Come in." she said, and her voice was still as Zayn had remembered on the phone. Soft and clipped yet spiteful.

Louis giggled in his father's arms. It had been so long since he had been held by his Daddy so lovingly, and he was loving every minute of it.

Liam was sobbing upstairs in his room. He could hear Zayn's voice from when his mother opened the door, and his heart had dropped to his stomach.

And Zayn? Zayn felt like he was in a weird and twisted dilemma. He felt so happy now that he had his son— their son— his and Liam's pride and joy in his arms. Yet at the same time he felt sad and miserable, because he had expected Liam to open the door, and at least— at least he could have heard his voice.

"Sit. I'll make us some tea." Karen muttered, leaving Zayn in the living room and the raven haired lad immediately plopped onto the loveseat him and Liam always sat on whenever they would visit.

"Daddy." Louis giggled, snuggling into his father's chest and Zayn cooed, stroking his cheek lightly. "Hi, baby. Daddy missed you so much." he whispered, pressing a kiss to Louis' head. "Lou miss Daddy! Lou love Daddy!" Louis mumbled, standing on his father's lap to kiss his nose.

Zayn growled playfully and tried biting off Louis' nose, causing the two year old to giggle loudly and pat his cheek softly. "Papa miss Daddy." Louis finally whispered and Zayn's heart clenched as he rested his forehead against his son's, clenching his eyes shut.

"I know, baby. Daddy missed Papa too. Daddy loves Papa so much."

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Yay! Zayn's finally here! What do you think about Karen being spiteful, like, should she just forgive him? And Liam not greeting Zayn and locking himself up? And Zayn eating Louis' nose? :o

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~Harry