love, cheater ➳ ziam au

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"You can stay the night, if you want to, that is." Karen offered, her tone still icy and clipped.

Even after Zayn had explained the reasons behind his antics, Karen still somewhat despised him. But Zayn had expected that. He hated himself too.

"Daddy, stay!" Louis demanded, still wrapped up in his father's arms, his cheek pressed up against his chest and he looked up at him, pouting as he dragged his pleas out, "Pleeeeeaaassseeee?"

Zayn chuckled and ran a hand through Louis' hair, smiling at the resemblance it had with Liam. "Yeah, I'll stay." To be honest, he was planning on staying anyway, and he had expected himself to fall at Karen's feet and grovel at her feet to let him stay.

"Okay then, I'll go get the guest bedroom ready." Karen mumbled, placing a small kiss on Louis' head before climbing the stairs.

Zayn sighed as he poked Louis' nose with a small smile and his son looked at him with wide eyes, "Daddy? Lou good! Lou car?"

Zayn chuckled, tickling his sides lightly before placing a kiss on his forehead, "Yes, of course, baby. Let's go out now, yeah? Have some Daddy-Lou-Bear time?"

Louis squealed and nodded, clapping his hands as he jumped off Zayn's lap and toddled up the stairs, looking for his grandma. Zayn immediately dashed after him because he had enough common sense in him to know that Louis still couldn't climb the stairs.

"Come here, little man." Zayn chuckled, scooping Louis into his arms, his heart bursting when his son giggled, poking at his cheek. He carried Louis upstairs and he was going to go to the guest bedroom, honestly, if it weren't for the cries and whimpers escaping from behind a door. Liam's bedroom.

Zayn's smile immediately vanished and he stared at the closed door, horrified, knowing that his love was crying but he couldn't comfort him. "Daddy?" Louis babbled, slapping Zayn's cheek lightly, "Papa cwy? Y- You hurt.. Papa?"

And in that moment Zayn swore his heart dropped to his stomach as he stared at Louis in astonishment, the cries in the background making the situation worse.

"Y- Yes, baby. Daddy hurt Papa. But Daddy is so so so sorry." Zayn whispered, tears welling up in his eyes as he pressed his ear to Liam's door, "You hear me Liam? Baby? It's me, the asshole of a husband who loves you. I love you so much, babe, I'm so sorry."

Zayn was now full on sobbing and Louis kept quiet, staring up at his father who was whimpering.

Zayn pressed his ear on the wooden frame desperately, as if he would be able to push through. He didn't. But he did manage to hear Liam release a heart wrenching sob, and he heard a crash signalling that Liam had finally lost it and had smashes something. And that caused Zayn to weep, pulling Louis into a tight embrace as he pondered over how he had destroyed the passive and collected Liam.

"Zayn?" The raven haired lad's attention was then yanked by Karen who looked down at him with a mixture of pity, confusion and a tint of uneasiness.

Zayn didn't say anything and Karen sighed, helping the man onto his feet, patting Louis' cheek because the little boy looked utterly confused and lost.

"Take Louis out, yeah? Spend some quality time together. Come back whenever you like." Karen suggested and Zayn nodded, hiccuping as he wiped away his tears.

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"Daddy! Lou car go vroom!" Louis exclaimed as they sat in the ice cream parlor, Zayn watching fondly as Louis played with his new toy car that Zayn had just bought him.

"Vroom! Really? Can it go, like, super fast too?" Zayn asked in awe, smiling as Louis nodded frantically. "Uh huh! It go super duper fast, Daddy!" Louis babbled, his eyes shining as he stood on his seat and leaned forward across the table to look at his father, "It go so fast! Like Papa when he want kissy! Fast like Daddy when he... he go to— Blondie!"

Just like that, Zayn's smile dropped and he stared at Louis, horrified.

"B- Blondie? Who's blondie, baby?" Zayn stammered, knowing the answer all too well.

"Meanie Blondie! He- he- he come to Nana house and- and say Daddy no likey Papa and- and Lou mis— mistake!" Louis stumbled over his words, and Zayn felt like puking. How dare Niall have the audacity to go to his husband and son and say such words? Zayn felt his blood boiling but he kept his composure. His son was right there.

"What else did he say, Lou?" Zayn asked quietly. Louis looked at him with wide eyes, licking his cone thoughtfully before he looked at back up at him. "Blondie s— say he no likey Papa! Papa cwy and- and Blondie give Papa owie! Like- Like this, Daddy!" Louis said, then proceeded to demonstrate a fist pounding into his eye, "Papa all- all red! Like— Lou boo boo! And- and Blondie call Lou— a- a re.. retard!"

At this point, the hair at the back of Zayn's neck was starting to stand and he kept his fists clenched as to restrain himself from damaging anything. But he wasn't going to waste quality time with his son because of some dick ass he had hooked up with.

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"Daddy! Lou sweepy!" Louis whined, tucking his face into the crook of Zayn's neck as he sucked on his thumb. Zayn cooed and stroked his back, pecking the top of his head as he opened the door to his car, placing Louis onto his car seat before buckling him up and going to his place at the driver's seat.

"I know, baby boy. Did you enjoy the movie?" Zayn asked as he reversed the car from the parking lot of the cinema, keeping an eye on Louis from his rear-view mirror.

"Uh huh! Baymax so cool! Lou want Baymax, Daddy!" Louis whined, kicking his small feet around before he settled down and immediately fell asleep.

Zayn chuckled, shaking his head as he turned around to tickle Louis' feet lightly before he turned back around, driving back to the house.

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Well, I hope you enjoyed some fluffiness in this because shit is seriously about to go down. Like even I hate myself for what I've planned out, really. 

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