Harry Styles Preferences/Imagines

38.) No time to sleep

Harry rolled over, slapping an arm over his eyes as he heard you groan softly, and slip out of bed to shuffle across the hall to Darcy's room for the fourth time that night. She was three weeks old and already, you both were beginning to forget what a full night's sleep felt like. There wasn't much for Harry to do during the night, since you were breastfeeding, but he didn't want you to do this alone, so he decided to try and make himself useful. He could hear Darcy's cries getting louder, echoing from across the hall.

He swung his legs over the side of the warm bed, padding across the hall, pushing the door to the nursery open, to find you desperately trying to rock Darcy back to sleep. You looked over at him, blearily and he noticed the overwhelmed expression on your face, your mouth turned down at the corners in a tense, concerned frown.

"Babe?" he asked cautiously, leaning against the door frame. "What can I do?"

You shook your head helplessly. "I don't know," you mumbled, your voice tight with tears. "I feel like I have no idea what I'm doing. And I can barely keep my eyes open, and I feel like a terrible mother," you explained tearfully as Darcy continually whimper.

Harry had crossed the room before you had even finished, kneeling next to the rocking chair.

"Sweetheart," he whispered, squeezing your knee. "You're doing fine," he promised.

You covered your eyes with your hand, as the tears started getting heavier.

Harry nuzzled his nose against your arm, and you felt the tips of his curls brush the skin there. "Babe, go lay down, I'll get her back to sleep, he kissed the back of your hand. You hesitated a little. "Come on, you're exhausted," he encouraged, stroking your hair back from your forehead. "I'll make you some tea."

You nodded groggily, passing Darcy into his arms, before shuffling back to the bedroom.

"Okay, my love," he cooed, bouncing her gently and kissing her soft forehead. "What's the matter, hmm?"

Harry then remembered something Anne had told him before Darcy was born, that would help soothe her when she wouldn't sleep. He carried her down the hall, to the laundry room, digging around the basket of unwashed clothes to find the t-shirt he had worn yesterday, snatching it from the clothes and walking back to the nursery.

He set Darcy down on the changing table, the crying increasing in protest. He hummed to her quietly as he laid out the t-shirt, beginning to swaddle it securely around her. Her cries slowed and eventually stopped once the t-shirt was snug in place around her.

"She smells you and it soothes her," Anne had told him.

"There we go," Harry whispered. "Is that better?" He settled her against his chest as she fell asleep, listening to all the sleepy sounds she made, feeling relieved that he had his mother. He could do this. No amount of sleep could replace the feeling of adoration he had for his daughter. She was more than worth it.

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