night shift // l.s.

twenty five

at the hospital, louis and niall were admitted for twenty four hour surveillance while their boyfriends were scheduled to be there longer. mainly because zayn had to get a cast and they had to get some of the water out of harry's lungs. niall had a tiny concussion, louis had a sprained wrist, zayn had a broken ankle and fractured shoulder and harry's lungs were pretty much a pool.

"ow- god damn you obviously didn't use enough pain meds to numb this shit!" harry snapped as they inserted the tube between his ribs. louis squeezed his hand from beside him, kissing his knuckles softly.

"sorry, sir," the nurse mumbled. "the doctor will be here soon to check on you. do you need anything?"

harry shook his head and looked at louis. "do you need anything, love?"

"just some ice water," louis said softly, twirling harry's rings around his fingers. the nurse nodded and left, leaving the two boys alone.

harry watched as louis silently played with his rings and he bit his lip. "marry me."

louis coughed and looked up, bewildered. "pardon?"

"marry me," harry shrugged. "you saved my life. nobody else i know would have done that for me. you're my world. the light of my life. why wouldn't i want to marry you?" he asked softly. "i want to be with you forever."

louis blushed and gripped onto harry's hand. "i-i'll think about it, hazza. i haven't graduated yet and i don't have a house. or a car..." he chewed on his lip nervously.

"i'll get you a car," harry said. "and you can come live with me."

"and zayn?"

"we can move into one of our safehouses," harry shrugged. "just me and you. we can have our privacy to do whatever we please. there's so much security that the alarm goes off even when a fly comes around," he chuckled.

louis smiled softly and kissed his fingers. "i'm not accepting, but i'm not denying," he mumbled, avoiding harry's gaze.

"i know," harry whispered and pulled him closer, kissing his cheek. "just know that you're the only person i want to be with for the rest of my life."

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"oh fuck," louis said. "i have to call my mum-"

"we lost our phones in the creek," niall sighed. "gotta use the hospital phone for anything."

louis nodded and reached over to the phone that was set up in his room. since he and niall were the safest out of the four they were allowed to leave their rooms and visit the others. he quickly dialled jay's number and tapped his fingers on the phone as it rang.

"hello?"

"mum," louis breathed. fuck. "c-can you come to london? like as soon as possible? we got in a wreck and-"

"are you guys okay? who is 'we'? oh my god boobear i'll be there as soon as possible- do you want james there too?"

"mum," louis whined. "we're okay. it's me, harry, my friend niall and harry's friend zayn."

"i'm coming tonight," jay said. "oh god- was it the wreck on the bridge? it's all over the news."

"yeah," louis whispered.

"they said there were guns involved!"

"mum, can we talk about it when you get here?" louis frowned.

jay sighed and ran a hand over her face. "yeah, boo. i'll be in london tonight, okay?"

"'kay," louis mumbled. "thank you. i love you."