Our Brother is a Superhero

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"So are we picking her up Lou?" Liam asked, sitting on the closed toilet with a towel that was nice and fluffy (straight out of the drier) while he waited for Louis to finish showering. The fifteen year old still had some trouble getting in and out the shower and since he was still taking painkillers, Liam preferred to stay with him to make sure everything was okay.

"No, she told me she'd meet me at the restaurant." Louis said as he finished washing his hair, hissing when the shampoo got into his eye.

"Are you okay bubba?" Liam asked, continuing to listen to Louis letting out little whimpers of pain. He pulled back the curtain slightly and saw the boy clawing desperately at his eyes. "Aw bub did you get some shampoo in your eyes?" Liam cooed as he brought the towel up to gently wipe the younger's eyes. "There we go, all better."

"Li I can do it myself." He whined, but reached out for the towel again. "I'm done." Liam turned the shower off while Louis tried to dry himself and then Liam helped him stand out of the shower.

After the shower, Louis was allowed to go into his room on his own while Liam went to tend to Harry and Niall. He walked down to the kitchen to see Zayn with Niall on his hip while Olivia tried to get an extremely messy bib off the one year old.

"Looks like someone enjoyed their yoghurt for breakfast." Liam smiled as the baby made grabby hands for him. He took a clean muslin and wet it to clean the little one's hands and face.  "And how's my other baby boy this morning?" Liam asked since Harry was still asleep when he went to help Louis with his shower.

"M'good daddy." Harry mumbled as Liv shot him a concerned glance. He continued to stare at his bowl of cereal, tiredly spinning the spoon around.

"Have you had a change this morning baby?" Liam asked as the boy was still in his pyjamas.

"No he hasn't Li, he only wanted you to do it so I'm afraid he's still in a dirty nappy." Liv said as she continued wiping down the kitchen worktops.

"Hazza why didn't you let Liv change you. She's done it before and we don't like getting nasty rashes from sitting in an icky nappy do we?" Liam hummed, approaching the boy who had since abandoned his cereal.

"Wan'ed you daddy." He pouted, making grabby hands at Liam. The older picked him up and sighed as he could tell Harry was going to be clingy today and he really didn't need that when both he and Liv were leaving him with Andy so they could accompany Louis on his date.

During the change upstairs Liam tutted as he saw the slightly inflamed area around the nappy region. "This is why we need to get you changed as soon as you wake up. I don't like when my little boy gets nasty rashes and your little tush sure doesn't like it either." He cooed, making sure to coat the area with the rash cream. Once he had his undies on, Liam dressed him for the day in one of his new purple butterfly tops with white chinos, he finished the outfit with a butterfly clasp in his hair. "You look so pretty Hazzy." He smiled, giving the boy a peck on the cheek causing him to smile. "Shall we go see if Lou's ready?"

After a nod from Harry, Liam took him down the hall into Louis' room where he was fully dressed and spraying some cologne as a finishing touch. "Looking good bub." Liam smiled as Louis' had taken his recommendation on what to wear, and had even taken up Liam's offer to borrow the older man's watch.

"Thanks Li." He blushed as he stood in front of the mirror and fluffed his hair a little more.

Things got a little bit hard (and teary) when Liam told Harry that he, Niall and Zayn would be staying with Andy for a couple of hours while he and Olivia 'chaperoned' Louis on his date. The eight year old sobbed his little heart out, begging his daddy to not leave him but as Liam assured him that he'd be back soon his sobs quietened to sniffles.