Ours One Shots (Zianourry family/Lilo)

I Don't Know How You Do It

First one shot, woohoo! Thank you @WishingOnAStarMel for sending me this prompt, I hope I did it justice! 

I Don’t Know How You Do It

Louis never got sick. He had an immune system stronger than anyone Liam had ever known, so when Louis did end up catching something, it was bad. Louis would usually spend his day’s sick in bed, the covers pulled up to his chin while he watched re-runs of Skins. Liam would then take care of him, bringing him soup or tea and medicine, and cuddling him when he wanted to be cuddled. But with Louis being sick, it also meant that Liam had to take care of the house. That was the part he dreaded.

Liam loved his kids, so much that it hurt, but they were absolute monsters. Harry wouldn’t be that big of a problem considering he would spend his day at school. Niall was only four, so he wasn’t quite at that age to leave for the day, and Lily was just over a year. Niall was loud and rambunctious and constantly wanting a snack, and that was a lot to handle. Lily was also crawling, and she liked to get into everything. She was very curious and it showed.

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Louis had woken up one morning feeling like absolute shit. His head was pounding, his throat was sore and sinus’ were all stuffed up. He groaned quietly and nudged Liam’s leg with his foot. Liam shifted a little in his sleep but didn’t wake up. Louis pouted and nudged him harder, making Liam huff in annoyance.

“Wha’ is it, Lou?” Liam mumbled, wrapping his arms around his pillow.

“I’m sick, Li.” Louis whined. He moved closer to snuggle into Liam’s back, nuzzling his nose against Liam’s warm skin. Liam let out a sigh and turned around, pulling his husband to his chest. Liam pressed his lips to Louis’ forehead and noticed how the older man was burning up.

“Okay, baby, I’ll call in work and tell them I won’t be coming in. I’ll watch over the kids and take care of you.” Liam said softly. Louis hummed and nodded, squeezing Liam tight.

“Thank you. Love you.” Louis replied. Liam held Louis for a few more minutes before his alarm went off, signaling that it was time to wake up. Liam kissed Louis’ head again before slipping out of bed and walking down the hallway to Niall and Harry’s room. When Lily had arrived, Louis and Liam decided to have Niall and Harry share, so that Lily could have her own room and Zayn could still have his for when he visited. Neither Harry nor Niall threw a fit, in fact, it seemed that they enjoyed it. Liam would walk by at night only to hear his son’s giggling with each other. It was pretty cute.

“Knock, knock.” Liam said as he opened the door. Niall was still asleep soundly in his bed while Harry shifted to look at Liam. Even at the young age of eight, Harry had already developed quite the body alarm clock.

“Morning Papa.” Harry greeted, sitting up and smiling at Liam. Liam waved and walked over to Niall’s bed, sitting down on it. Liam started poking at Niall’s flushed cheeks until he sleepily blinked his eyes open. Niall gave Liam a confused look.

“Where’s Daddy?” He asked, looking behind Liam to see if Louis had followed him in.

“Daddy’s a bit sick so we’re going to spend the day together, okay?” Liam asked. Niall huffed.

“I want Daddy.” Niall replied, crossing his arms over his chest.

“Well I don’t want you getting sick, so it’s gonna be you, me, and Lils today.” Liam told his son. Niall grumbled something and refused to get up. Liam sighed and turned to talk to Harry, only to find that he was not in the room. Liam stood up and looked around curiously. He probably went to the bathroom or something.