Life in the middle-Harry Styles Fanfic AU COMPLETED

Chapter 46

HARRY'S POV
I wake up to crying and I don't think I'll ever feel this happy with somebody crying, I smile as I look down at the bed I got out of to see Echo with Lincoln in bed asleep. I shake my head smiling and thinking she's fallen asleep feeding her once again. She looks so peaceful, so I don't wake her but lean down to pick our daughter up, and kiss her forehead.
"What's the matter sweetheart, it's ok, Daddy's got you" I coo at her and rock her gently as I walk out of the room and into the kitchen.
Echo has been so tired lately, so I just made her express milk and store it in the fridge so I can feed our baby at night.
I quietly sing to her as I begin to heat her bottle up and she just stares into my face.
I never thought I'd love another girl as much as I love Echo but the love I have for Lincoln is different. It's love of a whole different level, it's innate and unconditional from the time before she was even born.

I sit down on the couch with her and start feeding her. All the while she just looks up at me and flutters her long eyelashes, her Mum's. I can't get enough of how happy I feel when I look at her and see a combination of me and her Mum. A head full of brown hair, green eyes and dimples on her cheeks and of course over all her Mum's beauty and pull on me.
I hear a stirring in the bedroom and Echo stumbles out into the kitchen, her hair a tangled mess and she eyes scrunched up at the lights.

"Hey baby" she says her voice thick with sleep. She gets to us and she smiles leaning over to kiss my lips. She sits next to me and puts her arms around us both, then she tucks a piece of my long hair back behind my ear.

I can't believe that seeing her even now, half a sleep in my sweats, she makes my heart beat faster and leaves butterflies in my stomach. That's why I married her after all. She rocked my world and I just couldn't imagine my life without her. If you had asked me 4 years ago what I'd be doing now? Feeding my daughter while my wife held us both wouldn't have been my answer.

"You been awake long" she asks me keeping her eyes on Lincoln, watching them is so damn calming on me.
"Nah, not long" I lie, mainly because I don't want her to feel bad for sleeping.

"She's so beautiful, love" I say aloud, mainly speaking what I'm thinking. Echo leans into me and lays her head on my shoulder while she gently strokes Lincoln's forehead.
I have so much admiration for my beautiful wife.
When she found out she was pregnant, the doctors were concerned she may get pre natal or ante natal depression because of her history. But telling Echo that just spurred her on to not fall in a heap. She continued with her treatment and made sure to see her doctors to make sure she was supporting herself through this. She was a happy pregnant women. Pregnancy treated her well, she started glowing from the start and her glow hasn't gone since our daughter was born.

Echo was so strong through labour, I don't think I heard her raise her voice once. She internalised the pain and dealt with it by breathing through the pain. Her face once Lincoln was placed on her chest was and will always be priceless. I cried tears of happiness and kisses both of my girls a hundred times.
After the birth when Echo went to have a shower I walked into the waiting room where my family sat patiently.
Mum had tears in her eyes the moment she lay her eyes on her Granddaughter. It felt like a scene out of The Lion King, me proudly showing off our baby.

"Harry" I hear Echo's voice. My mind drifted off and I didn't hear her say my name.
"Harry hello" She repeats and I look at her.
"What love, you can go back to bed" I tell her wanting her to have as much rest as she can.
"Let's take her back to bed, baby" Echo says standing up.
I hold Lincoln and walk back to our room, Echo's climbs into bed reaching her arms out to us.
I place our baby in the middle of the bed and lay down.

With our beautiful daughter in the middle, we hold hands and fall into a blissful sleep, life not getting any better then this.