A Big Larry Musical - Act 1

Act 1 - Chapter 4 - Moving Forward

Songs for this chapter: Truly Madly Deeply, Change My Mind, Kiss You
I cut Kiss You last refrain because... you'll see that. Louis' can't really sing in that moment, believe me.

Louis opens his eyes and glances to the digital clock on his bedside table, his brain still half sleeping.
The neon red digits tell him it's 5.35 A.M. so he still has a good hour of sleep before he has to get up, dress himself and go to wake up his sisters and prepare them for school.
It's a lot to do for him alone, make breakfast and dress them decently (which means no pajamas for the twins, no freaking old holey band t-shirt for Fiz and age appropriate make up for Lottie), pack their lunch boxes and drive them to school in time. That's one of the reasons he's often late at school, but the teachers know his family situation and they turn a blind eye for him more often than they should.
A warm arm and a strong body wrap around him from behind and suddenly the events from the night before down on him, making him blush like mad.
He is in bed with Harry Styles, his BOYFRIEND Harry Styles and they are half naked because, after five months of struggling, they finally reached third base and he had Harry's mouth on his cock and Harry's cock in his mouth and it had been so glorious Louis can't really wait to do it again.
After they talked and sang sappy songs to each other and kissed until their lips were red and swollen, Louis' mother was called in for an extra night shift so, he and Harry (okay, mostly Harry) made a quick dinner for everyone and put the girls in bed before saying goodbye to Johanna and go back to Louis' room.
Harry has kissed him like he was his oxygen, like there was nothing else in the world and Louis kissed him back with the same urgency.
He still can't believe how lucky he is and he still has the feeling that it can finish as fast as it started.
He turns in Harry's embrace just to look at his sleepy peaceful face, moving one of his wild curls from his forehead, fingers lingering in a gentle caress.
Louis looks at Harry fondly, inhaling quietly, and he's still not sure this is not a dream and he feels a bit insecure, so maybe that's the reason he suddenly starts to sing.

"Am I asleep, am I awake, or somewhere in between?
I can't believe that you are here and lying next to me
Or did I dream that we were perfectly entwined?
Like branches on a tree, or twigs caught on a vine?"
Harry is warm and very real. Their limbs are tangled, their lips just an inch apart, and Louis thinks that he could really picture himself doing this for the rest of their lives.

"Like all those days and weeks and months I tried to steal a kiss
And all those sleepless nights and daydreams where I pictured this,
I'm just the underdog who finally got the girl
And I am not ashamed to tell it to the world"
Louis wants to shout it from the rooftops, wants to tell to everyone in the world that him, Louis Tomlinson, among all the people on the planet, has caught the hottest and most desired guy on Earth and that he is the luckiest man alive. And if someone says this is too much of an hyperbole, they can go fuck themselves, thank you very much.
"Truly, madly, deeply, I am
Foolishly, completely falling
And somehow you kicked all my walls in
So baby, say you'll always keep me
Truly, madly, crazy, deeply in love with you
In love with you"
Louis thinks of all the times he thought he was in love, with Aiden and others guys he fancied before Harry walked into his life, and he realizes how wrong he was. He's never been in love before because love makes you feel invincible and vulnerable at the same time, makes you feel like everything is both in the right and wrong place... it makes you feel like all you need is that one person, the one that makes you feel perfect just when you are together, like they're everything, like they're a safe place, like they're home.
He holds onto Harry a little bit tighter and dozes off, cuddled by the light snoring of the man he loves.

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The clock says 6.22 when Harry wakes up. He has to take a wee as soon as he can so he carefully moves a deep sleeping Louis from his arms and sneaks out of the bed, promptly entering the bathroom.
It's been an amazing night and Harry feels very happy and satisfied, his morning wood not as painful as it had been in the past few months. He takes a quick shower and dresses very fast, so he can go downstairs to make breakfast and let Louis sleep a little bit more. He's always so tired, taking care of his sister by himself is a hard work for someone as young as he is and Harry is so so proud of him. They talked a lot about their feelings, but there are so many things he still has to tell Louis, how proud he is of him, how much his eyes drive him crazy, how much he loves his flaws and his qualities and that he wants to be with Louis for the rest of his life, no matter what.
He opens a cabinet, thinking about what he can do for Louis, when a good idea pops in his mind, making him smile wide.