Larry Sick fics + H/C

Feverish dreams (Louis)

Hi everyone, was going through some old scrabbles and found something I wrote and never posted. Don't know why, lol. Anyways, here it is, enjoy. X
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"Do you want another cup of tea Lou?" Harry asked Louis, who was laying on the couch with a bad case of the flu.

"I think I had enough tea." Louis answered tiredly, his voice sounding hoarse of all the coughing.

"Okay Lou, time to check your fever honey." Harry said and let the palm of his hand brush against Louis' face.

"Your hands are soft Haz." Louis said.

"Yes, I used that cream you have on the night stand on your side of the bed." Harry said while he was searching through the cabinet to find the thermometer.

All of a sudden Louis starts to laugh, but his laughter changes into a full blown coughing attack.

*COUGH COUGH COUGH*

"Oh Lou, are you okay honey?" Harry asked as the coughing died down.

Louis nodded softly.

" 'm fine." Louis said softly while Harry placed the thermometer in Louis' mouth. A few minutes later it beeped. 102.3 ° was the end result.

"That's still quite much honey. But what were you laughing about?" Harry asked surprised.

"Oh Haz... that's not hand cream." Louis said, trying not to laugh again to prevent another coughing attack.

"Uh-oh... it's THAT cream. Oh dear... or I urgently need glasses... or I should read what's on the box." Harry said, half giggling.

"I think glasses would look very sexy on you Haz." Louis said and smiled.

"I don't know. But what I do know is that you have the flu and you need to rest. So try to sleep a little bit honey." Harry said.

Louis nodded and closed his eyes. It didn't take long before he drifted off. Harry sat on the couch too, watching over Louis.

Louis was asleep, but his sleep wasn't really peaceful. He was sweating heavily and tossing and turning. He was making faces of discomfort. That's when Harry decided to wake him up.

"Lou, Lou hey, wake up sweety." Harry said softly while he ran a hand through Louis' hair.

Louis woke up with a start and started to look around in confusion, at first he had no clue where he was.

"Lou, are you all right?" Harry asked worried.

"My god, Haz.... I was... I was... I was dreaming and..." Louis brought out before tears started falling down.

Louis moved a little closer and wrapped an arm around him and made Harry's head rest on his own shoulder.

"Shhh... hey, hey, easy Lou, easy. Just tell me calmly what you dreamt. It's okay." Harry said in a calming tone.

Louis swallowed and coughed. Harry handed Louis a glass of water. Louis took a few sips before he started speaking.

"Well... we were at the sea side *cough*, and all of a sudden, there was this huge wave, and I didn't know where you were and then I saw your scarf in the water so I thougt you drowned... oh my god." Louis said, his voice even more hoarse then before.

"Oh Lou, love, that's a terrible dream. I feel you there." Harry said.

Mostly when Harry was sick he also had a high fever and bad dreams, so he perfectly knew what Louis just went through. He hugged him thight and stroked his back. It clearly calmed Louis down.

Louis tried to say thanks to Harry, but the only thing that came out were loud sneezes and coughing.

Harry made Louis sip from the water until the fit passed.

After a while, Louis fell back asleep.

In his sleep he got cold and he started shivering heavily. A little bit later he felt hot again and threw the blankets off.

His sleep became less peaceful by the minute, weird images popped up in his head again. He saw scary faces and he heard people scream. Louis woke up and sat up with a start, breathing heavily, drenched in sweat.

"What the hell was that..." he said and started to look around.

"You were dreaming again honey." Harry answered.

"I saw all kinds of scary faces and I heard weird noises and... COUGH COUGHHH... ATCHOOO." Louis brought out.

"Shhh... easy honey. I'll make you some ginger and lemon tea, it will make your throat feel a little better. Does it hurt when you cough?" Harry asked concerned.

Louis softly nodded his head.

"Aw Lou, I feel so sorry you're so sick. The flu is no fun huh?" Harry said.

Louis agreed. He felt terrible, his throat hurt, he was coughing, not to speak about the soreness in his muscles and how tired he was.
Sadly enough there is not much to do about the flu. Just lots of rest. Thats what the doctor said a couple of days earlier.

Harry made Louis a steaming hot cup of ginger lemon tea.

Harry helped Louis to sit a bit more straight and put a hand on his back to give him some support. Louis slowly sipped from the tea, feeling how it calmed down his throat.

"Does that feel better honey?" Harry asked

"Yes, it actually helps." Louis said, his voice still hoarse.

"Then I'm happy love." Harry said.

"Mmm... 'm tired. Just scared to fall asleep again. I don't want to dream again." Louis said with tears in his eyes.

"I know Lou... feverish dreams are not the most fun ones..." Harry said.

"Yeah... that's the least you can say. Luckily you were there to comfort me. You're always there." Louis said, looking at Harry passionately. He really adored that man.

"Of course I'm always there honey. And I'll always be. Right now I'm gonna make you some chicken soup, that's really helpful wen you're sick." Harry said and Louis nodded in agreement.

Some time later the soup was ready and Louis had eaten a full bowl.

"I'm happy you ate your soup honey. But hey, you're really sick, so you should rest a little bit more. I know you don't wanna go to sleep, but you need sleep." Harry said.

Louis nodded, knowing Harry was right. He closed his eyes. All of a sudden he feels Harry is coming to lay down next to him. He feels how Harry's hand is running through his hair. It gives him peace. Not much later he drifted into sleep. This time he didn't dream. Harry's touch was comforting him.

The following three days things got better, Louis' fever broke and his cough and throat got better. He was still tired for a while, but Harry took care of him with all the love that was deep inside of his heart.

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Now re-reading it myself, I think I didn't post this one because it is quite similar to another chapter in this book. Anyways, still hope you enjoyed it.