Co-Parenting || ziam au✔️

twenty-one || Zayn - Liam

But don't burn out,
Even if you scream and shout
~ Through the Dark, One Direction

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3 Weeks later
11th of January, 2017
Wednesday afternoon
3.40PM
NYC Medical Clinic

Darkness. Nothing but darkness. That's all he could see. No matter how hard he tried to open his eyes, all he saw was pitch black. It scared him. He felt alone and he felt cold. His body was screaming to wake up, but his mind completely shut down. He couldn't move an inch. He tried fighting against it, but it didn't work out for him. The lad didn't know what he should do. Be was confused and just wanted to open his eyes, see a hint of light.

Suddenly, he could hear someone play music beside him, causing him to stop overthinking and listen to the soft sounds of guitar chords ringing through his ears. A soft melody was being played by someone who was directly beside him, listening to the soothing sound of the music. He could hear a little boy's giggle while the music played, his heart slowly thumping faster than before at the adorable sound mixed with the music.

Meanwhile...

It's been three weeks since Zayn was in the car crash and was put in a coma. Liam had never really left his side. Always being the one visiting him, bringing flowers. He would also takes Felix with him so he could see his mommy often too. It always ends with the toddler falling asleep on Zayn's chest. So far, Liam was the only one who visited Zayn everyday of the week, not caring if it fucked with his busy schedule. But some things were more important to him than his own career. He had to cancel a lot of concerts. Some fans were pissed, the others were more understanding. He promised them that he'd make it up to them soon, but his main priority at the moment was waiting for Zayn to wake up so he can confess his feelings to him with him actually listening. Not that he's been repeating himself for the past few weeks.

Currently, Liam was sitting on the chair beside Zayn's bed with Felix sitting on his lap. The twenty-four year old had a guitar resting on his knee, humming softly as he played a few tunes. He smiled fondly down at the giggling boy who clapped his hands together, small lips shaped in an o.

Liam dipped his head down and smooched Felix's soft head before starting to play one of his old songs on the guitar. Felix dropped himself backs against his fathers chest and watched him with big eyes, trying to grab his hand as it moved up and down on the weird shaped instrument. He kept giggling when the hand disappeared and reappeared, Liam chuckling softly at the cute factor his son was showing once again.

Liam has been taking good care of his son, glad to know that he treated the cold after Felix had gotten a bad fever. The brunette moved into Zayn's Penthouse temporarily just so he could stay with his son and take care of other stuff, like clean the huge luxury apartment.

It's been a sort of good three weeks for everyone. Niall finally came flying down with his new lover after hearing the news with his best mate so him and Harry were hitting it off. Louis was starting to lust over the curly haired lad – probably due to the amount of sassy he had trapped inside. Andy was flirting with Zayn's doctor every chance he had, so basically the blond only came to the hospital with him to see the doctor. Which he never expected from him since he was "straight". Yeah, no. Gigi and Perrie were busy on their own, Gigi having her model career to keep in tackt while Perrie had to go back to the band. Zayn's family along with his flew back to England but Liam would call or text them to keep them updated if anything bad or good happened. The only person Liam hasn't heard anything from, was Drake. Despite the fact that he was Zayn's "boyfriend", he never showed up. After the first night in the hospital, that was the last time he had seen the Canadian rapper, confused to why he never showed up again.

The lad decided to just shrug it off, looking over at Zayn's body before sighing softly. He started playing one of Zayn's favorite songs, knowing how much he used to love listening to him play the guitar.

"I met you in the dark... you lit me up," Liam started singing softly, his eyes never leaving Zayn's face as he played the acoustic instrument, Felix suddenly yawning the second he heard his fathers voice. It has always had an affect on him. "You made me feel as though, I was enough,"

"Then you smiled over your shoulder, for a minute I was stone-cold sober, I pulled you closer to my chest," Liam's lips curled into a soft smile and he looked down at his son who slowly fell a sleep on his chest, his small frame all cuddled up against Liam's broad body.

As the Wolverhampton lad continued to sing and play the famous James Arthur song, the heart monitor starting to slowly beep louder, Zayn's heart rate slowly picking up its pace. The brunette narrowed his eyebrows a little at that and stopped, his eyes shifting to Zayn's fingers which started twitching and slowly moving.

Liam's eyes widened and he placed the guitar aside, picking Felix up so he would fall down. He's waking up, he's waking up! The older lads heart was beating faster each second as he grabbed Zayn's twitching hand, staring at his face and awaiting for him to finally wake up again.

"Zayn, baby, please wake up. Come on, wake up." He brought his hand up to his lips and pressed feathery kisses against it while smiling, but just as his hopes were being brought up, the heart monitor went back to its usual rate, the green haired lads hand stopping to move.

Liam's smile dropped and his lips formed a frown, shaking his head. "No, no, no. Come on, you can't stop now. Zayn please fucking wake up. I need you." He wriggled Zayn's hand a little and tried to get him moving again, but nothing happened. His heart felt like it dropped a mile down, his arm holding onto Felix who was still sleeping.

The brunettes eyes brimmed with tears once again and he sniffled, slumping back against the chair. "Shit." He rubbed at his eyes and looked around the room, blinking away the tears. He looked down at himself once feeling his son's small body shift in his arm, sighing heavily.

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Anyone want someone else's POV in the next chapter?👀