birds // hs

25. Caroline *

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"Dang it," I muttered angrily as I tried to open the bottle of Advil and failed, again.

I felt Harry's hand land on my lower back but unlike every other time, it didn't make me feel any better. "Need some help?"

"Yes, please," I sighed sadly. "I can't get the damn thing open and my head feels like it's splitting."

"I'm sorry, baby," he murmured, pressing two soft kisses to the place where most of the pain was radiating from. "Why don't you go lie down and I'll bring you some food, alright?"

I nodded weakly. "Yeah, okay. But I think I'll take a bath first."

I stood there for a minute, just waiting for him to ask if I needed help or if he could join me, but he didn't. And it was a little weird, honestly. I had gotten used to that...

"You okay? What's wrong?" He questioned softly when he saw me still standing in the doorway to the large kitchen. "Do you need help in the tub?"

I looked down at my fingers, my cheeks growing more and more red the longer he stared at me. "Um, yes. I would like some help, actually."

"Seriously?" I thought his eyebrows were going to shoot right off his face, that's how surprised he looked. If my head didn't feel like it was being hit with a sledgehammer, I would have laughed very hard.

"Don't make me feel any more embarrassed," I begged in a whisper. "I don't want anyone to-"

"Don't worry about it, they're out shopping. I told them I wasn't up for it right now."

"So they're leaving?"

"Already left, babe."

I smiled a little. "Good."

"What, feeling like using those lungs?" He chuckled as his long fingers poked at my sides. "I'm up for some screaming if you are, sweetheart."

I was in the middle of scolding him when a powerful wave of something hit me hard, and I would have fallen if not for the strong body right behind me.

"Whoa, easy there," Harry frowned. "Are you sure you're alright? You look-"

"Don't," I stopped him with one finger. "Keep in mind that we're about to have sex. Do you really want to finish that sentence?"

He shook his head. "No thank you."

"Good answer."

Harry ran the tub and I just sat it in while the water frothed around me, my body naked the whole time and on full display for Harry's wandering eyes.

"You have the most perfect body I have ever seen," he groaned, almost in frustration. "I can't even look at you or I might just explode."

I giggled a little and he grinned, his eyes finally settling on my face and not on my body.

"Harry?"

"Hm?"

"Do you want kids?"

He raised his eyebrows and carefully stepped out of his sweats, then flung them aside and stood in only his boxers while I awaited his answer.

"Yeah, I do."

"Who do you want to have kids with?"

He smiled sheepishly. "I dunno. My wife, I guess."

"I want kids too," I smiled, my eyes closing in satisfaction when I felt Harry's hard body slide in the tub behind me and his arms wind around my waist.