Restore (Sequel to Purge: Larry au)

Chapter 2

"Harry, what are you doing, love? We need to go," Louis sighs, walking into the kitchen a few weeks later.

His husband is sitting at the table, staring at his laptop with furrowed eyebrows. He looks up when Louis enters.

"I was just researching ways to increase the chances of getting pregnant," Harry explains, pouting up at Louis.

Louis sighs. Every test Harry's taken has still come out negative. "I'm sorry it's still not working love."

Harry shakes his head. "That's why I'm looking this up."

"What have you found?" Louis asks, moving to stand behind Harry and rub his shoulders gently.

"Apparently," Harry says, "if we have sex in the morning, it's supposed to work better, 'cause sperm production is greater and higher quality at that time or something. Also, I need to lie down for like, twenty minutes afterwards. So it's easier for the sperm to swim up to my uterus I guess?"

"Huh," Louis raises his eyebrows. "Who knew?"

Harry grins, pointing at the screen. "Also, we need to make sure we're eating healthy and staying active. We're supposed to eat lots of foods with antioxidants and we should avoid trans-fat. So lots of fruits and veggies, and less processed stuff. There are also some prenatal vitamins I can take, and we should only be using fertility friendly lube. We should also be trying like, every one to two days, which we're already doing."

Louis laughs. "You've done a lot of research, huh?"

"I have," Harry says. "I really want another baby."

"I know, darling," Louis says. "We'll get one eventually, I promise."

Harry tilts his head back to gaze at him and Louis leans down to peck his lips. Then he remembers what he came downstairs for.

"We do have to get going though, baby," he says. "Niall and Ella will kill us if we're late."

Harry nods and closes his computer. "Yeah, let's go."

They collect Darcy and get her into the car before driving the five minutes it takes to get to the Horans' house. When they pull up, Darcy runs straight to the backyard where they host most of their friends' gatherings.

Harry and Louis follow closely behind her and before they round the corner, they hear Ella's voice.

"Niall, can you go get Shay?" she calls. "The Tomlinsons and Zayn are going to be here any minute."

"Yep," Niall's voice responds.

"Too late!" Louis announces, stepping into the backyard. "We're already here."

Ella turns around and smiles when she sees them just as Niall enters the house. "Hey guys!"

"Auntie Ella!!" Darcy cheers, running up to her.

Ella grins and scoops her up, cuddling her to her chest. "Hey kiddo, you miss me?"

"Yeah, yeah," Darcy says, hugging Ella around the neck.

"I missed you too," Ella tells her. "Sorry I haven't been able to see you as much. The baby's been keeping me very busy."

"'S okay," Darcy assures her, looking very serious.

Ella laughs and looks over to Harry and Louis. "Hey guys, thanks for coming."

"Course," Harry says. "Couldn't miss Seamus's 2 month birthday party, now could we?"

Ella smiles. "He's getting so big. It's crazy."

"He's only gonna get bigger," Louis tells her, watching as Darcy runs over to the plastic slide Ella and Niall have in their backyard. They'd gotten it a year ago, just for her. She spends a lot of time at their place anyway, and they knew they wanted kids, so they'd bought it and it's Darcy's favorite thing to play on.