Marry Christmas wish you Larry Stylinson- English

22. December- don't you ever grow up

,,Freddie, d'you know where we are going to?"

Harry looks over his shoulder. Next to him sits Louis and drives the car through the streets of the busy city. At the back of the car sits his son, Freddie. He was just looking outside of the window, watching the traffic and the blinking christmas fairy lights when Harry turned around to look at the boy. In a glance of seconds, his face changes from bored to curiously.

,,I don't know, Harry, tell me!"

But Harry just grins sneaky. ,,You'd love to, hm?"

,,Oh, come on Harry, don't play with me!", Freddie shouts out. Louis laughs quietly and Harry glances at him, a smirk on his face.

,,Well, guess", he only answers and wiggles with his eyebrows.

Freddie rolls with his eyes. Nevertheless, he starts counting things you would do in a dark december night a few days before christmas: ice skating, shopping, watching a movie in the theatre, go for a snow-without-snow-walk, drinking hot chocolate ...

But anytime the boy would guess something new, Harry shakes his head. At some point, Freddie got frustrated and gave up. ,,I've tried it, Harry", he says annoyed, ,,and couldn't guess it. Now you can tell me!"

,,No, I won't, it's gonna be a surprise. I just wondered if you'll find it out by any chance."

Freddie groans and looks outside the window again. Now Harry feels guilty, but the boy Freddie could be excited for what he's going to see. So he turns his head back and out of the corner of his eyes, he sees Louis looking at him quickly. He glances at him, but he already stares at the streets. He speaks up, in a low voice. ,,Don't be mean, H."

,,I'm never mean!", Harry protests, as quiet as possible. Louis laughs. ,,Oh yeah, I'm sorry, I mean you're annoying."

Harry sighs and during the following drive it's silent between the three of them, all in their own thoughts.

And then Louis pulls over to a parking lot, both Harry and Freddie sit up straight. Harry and Louis change a look with each other, then they turn their heads towards Freddie at the same time. ,,Are you ready for it?", Louis says, and Harry adds: ,,Now you'll find out what we're going to do!"

Freddies eyes literally shine and an interested look appears on his face. Everybody is glad to come out of the car and move their stiff bodies. But soon it gets cold and they aren't used to it after the comforting temperature inside the car with their coats.

,,Wanna go?", Harry asks into their little circle of shivering bodies. The rest of them nod and so they walk together down the street. After a few hundred meters, Freddie begins to speak.

,,Would it be okay if I take both of your ... hands?", he asks shy. Louis and Harry (the larents) first look confused at the boy who walks between them, then their eyes meet and both must grin widely. ,,Of course!", Louis calls out and immediately grabs his sons hand, just like Harry. ,,Why are you asking if it'd be okay? It's always okay!"

Freddie looks down on the ground, embarrassed. ,,I didn't know if you're ashamed as two mens holding hands with a boy."

Disbelieving what he just said, Harry squeezes Freddies hand. ,,Are you ashamed?"

Freddie doesn't even thinks a second about it. ,,No, I'm not."

Louis and Harry nod satisfied. ,,Well, we don't either."

So they continue walking trough the streets. Here and there are a few people, but not that much. They go quite a good bit until a side road turns off. Now besides them are more people who follow the same road. Freddie gets curious and lets go of Harrys and Louis' hand. Then he walks faster, until something gets in sight- a giant christmas tree.

It's big, like really big, it's huge. And full of fairy lights, decoration, candies, baubles and even more. The fir tree is beautiful and seems to glow.

And so does Freddie. His whole face is glowing and bursting out of happiness, the lights are reflecting in his eyes. Louis and Harry arrive him, after they had to make sure to find him in the whole crowd. With  joy they notice the boys happiness and both smile. Louis lays his arms around his sons shoulders and hugs him from behind. Harry kisses Louis on the cheek.

,,Was it a good idea?", he whispers into Louis' ear. Louis' smile only gets bigger and he nods. ,,It really was", he responds and looks down to his boy. ,,I barely see him, so it's making me feel like a real father who cares and loves his child. I don't ever wan't him to grow up."

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a/n: it's sooo short but I'm tired and at a sleepover soooooo ... stay tuned for tomorrow (i mean today) and to the 24th aka christmas eve, hopefully I can write a longer story then ... and it's gonna be Louis' birthday so it's special anyway <3