That's Love, Bitch (Larry au) *mpreg*

Thirteen

"Oh, please don't cry," Harry sighs, cooing as Emma started to let out loud, shrill screams. The hospital room was small, and the loud noise bounced off the walls. Harry and Louis were both so, so tired. Harry's barely slept since he's gone into labour, actually.

He checked her nappy and there was nothing, making him sigh. He had just fed her, and he didn't understand why she was crying.

After burping her again and smiling when he realised that was the problem, he cradles her in his arms again. Louis had slept right through Emma's crying, he doesn't know how.

There's a knock at the door, followed by Liam, Niall, Zayn and Perrie all entering the room. None of them had held or even seen the baby yet.

"Hi," Harry says softly, brushing Emma's cheek with his thumb. Everyone smiles, Zayn surprisingly being the first one to step up and touch the baby. He runs his hand over her small tufts of brown hair, a gentle smile on his face.

"You can hold her," Harry offers, and Zayn nods. Zayn's never been very interested in babies, but he seems to be all over Emma.

Zayn gently cradles her, smiling widely when she hiccups. "She looks just like Louis," He whispers. Harry nods and smiles proudly as Perrie walks over and sits in a chair next to Harry's bed.

"How are you doing, H?" She asks, smiling warmly at him. Harry sits up a bit, putting his hands on his lap and shrugging.

"'M fine, just a bit sore," He says. "Louis' doing good too. He's so good with her."

Perrie smiles and looks back at Zayn, who looks Perrie in the eyes and says "I want a baby."

Perrie stares at him for a few moments. "What?"

"I want a baby," Zayn repeats himself, looking down at Emma again. Perrie furrows her eyebrows.

"You've never wanted kids before," She points out.

"What can I say? Harry changed me," He wiggles his eyebrows at Harry, making him roll his eyes and shake his head. Zayn passes Emma to Perrie, and Perrie instantly smiles as well.

"She is gorgeous," Perrie whispers, tickling under Emma's chin.

"Well of course she's gorgeous! Look at those two!" Niall nods toward Harry and Louis (who's still sleeping). "Proper models, eh?"

"Especially Louis," Harry says, and Louis wakes up a few seconds later. He looks a bit surprised that everyone is in the room.

"Hi!" He squeaks, making everyone chuckle.

"Sleep well?" Harry asks. Louis nods. He then looks over to Liam expectantly.

"Sit 'arry!" He exclaims, pointing toward Harry's room. Liam walks over and unbuckles Louis before carrying him over to Harry's bed, sitting him down next to Harry. Louis leans into Harry's left, smiling widely when Harry brushes his cheek with his thumb.

"Can I hold her?" Liam asks shyly. Harry immediately nods.

"'Course. You all can hold her," Harry assures. Perrie slowly hands Emma to Liam, and Liam smiles as soon as he sees her.

"Aren't you beautiful?" He coos. Harry looks over to Louis and smiles because, yeah, she looks just like her Daddy.

♛

Harry's mother visits as well.

It's not that Harry is surprised but yeah, he's a bit surprised. It's awkward as soon as she enters the room.

She doesn't even knock–she just enters (and like, what the fuck? Harry could've been feeding her and Anne could've just walked in) with her hands folded in front of her.

"Hello," She greets, and Harry smiles politely in return. Louis just looks down, not even bothering to talk to her. He's still sitting next to Harry, his head on Harry's shoulder.

"You had her," Anne says quietly. "I didn't think you would've had her yet."

"Uh, yeah," Harry says quietly. "You wanna hold her?"

Anne nods, slowly walking toward Harry. Harry slowly places Emma in her arms, making sure she's secure before letting go.

"She's beautiful," Anne praises, putting her thumb on Emma's cheek the way Harry had before. Harry smiles.

"Thank you," He says. Emma starts crying a few seconds later, making him sigh.

"I get it," Louis says, and Harry has to smile because Louis' speech is getting so, so good.

Anne raises her eyebrows, looking doubtful. Harry, however, just takes Emma out of Anne's arms and puts her into Louis'. "Steady, love," Harry says softly, and Louis is trying his best to just breathe. Just breathe.

Louis smiles down at Emma, rocking her as much as he think he can without spazzing out. She stops crying quickly, staring up at Louis with curious blue eyes.

"Beautiful," Louis says quietly, lifting his arms a bit so he can kiss Emma's forehead. Anne watches him and looks impressed, honestly.

"You're so good with her, love," Harry praises. "Think she'll be daddy's little girl."

Louis giggles at that. Anne can't help but smile when Louis lifts his head up and let's Harry lean on his shoulder. Harry closes his eyes and hums contently, happy to rest just a little bit.

"I should really go," Anne says after clearing her throat. Harry opens his eyes and smiles.

"Okay. Bye, mum," He says. Anne smiles and gives him a wave before exiting, leaving Louis and Harry alone.

"Sleep," Louis says, raising his eyebrows at Harry. Harry nods, closing his eyes again.