✓ dark blue -h.s. au- short story

Epilogue

[i'm sorry that this epilogue is kinda lame, but it's more of a closure chapter so everybody knows that everything works out at the end.
published date: december 28th
finished date: december 28th]

T H I R D   P E R S O N

There are still fingerprints on her back where Louis struggled in trying to take her out of the lake. They're not as dark as they were before, but they're still there and Harry sometimes finds himself tracing them.

Right now he and Cecily are lying in bed. They haven't gone outside for a week straight considering it's been raining for that long. His hands have her pulled to his chest, her legs tangled with his own as the sunlight from the window finds her gray eyes and the shadows find his green ones.

Harry's only talked to his parents since waking up. And his friend Rory. But Rory only visited him to tell him that he and Jessica have bonded since New Years and ended up moving in together.

The sting he thought he'd feel wasn't there.

She stops snoring and he knows she's awake but he doesn't stop humming into the side of her neck. Instead, he presses a kiss to the birthmark there and then turns her over.

"Someone phoned us last night."

"Hm?" She hums, bringing her fingers to his hair and pushing it back so she can see the vibrant green around his pupils. She doesn't mind getting lost in them.

"Around three in the morning. They called you twice and then rang me three times."

"You didn't think it was important?"

"Sleep is important."

She smiles and sits up. The blanket falls from her naked chest and she points at her phone on Harry's side. His eyes are stuck on her breasts for a moment longer before he looks her in the eyes.

"What?"

"My phone please."

He nods and gives her the small object, making a face at the unfamiliar number and then redialing it.

As it's ringing, Harry takes it from her and puts it on speaker before dropping it right back into her palm.

"Hello?"

Harry's eyebrows frown in confusion. "Niall?"

"New phone and number. But I kept your numbers."

"Is everything all right?" Cecily can't help but feel panicked that he would call them at such an odd time in the morning. His history with depression and self-harm makes her a bit uneasy even though he's been working on everything. He's been seeing a therapist and going to his doctor regularly.

"They woke up last night. The doctors don't know how or why, but they woke up around the same time and they're not in shock so they're just fine."

Harry stands up. "Both of them?"

"Both of them. They're asking for you guys. Want to make sure you're all right."

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They are all right. Liam is a little confused, but he was always kind of confused. Zayn isn't as mad as he was before.

The group catch up on everything over lunch that becomes dinner, but the meeting is cut short since Liam's and Zayn's families also want to spend time with them.

Apparently, Liam was in his coma for more than a year, including the last few months after Harry and Cecily woke up.

And then there's Zayn. Zayn was in his coma for nearly a year.

Everything goes well, though, because they all agree to go out in the near future.