(A/n: this chapter has a trigger warning. I will put a warning at the beginning of it and then after so it's safe for you to read xD love you guys!)
Nick's POV
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I stood shell-shocked for a good 5 seconds before I threw my arms around Harry. "You bastard! We have to find Zayn!" I yell and Harry chuckles softly. "I know you nutball!" He says and I laugh. I feel so happy that Harry's finally home, but I can't help but be sad because Zayn isnt here to welcome him home. Zayn just wasn't the same without his husband being by his side. Yeah I helped out as much as I could, but I understood how Zayn was feeling. "I swear to all things holy, I'm going to kill Nathan once i get my hands on him! I almost died in Afghan because of him!" Harry rages and I snap my head up at him. "What do you mean you almost died because of him?!'' I exclaim and he sighs. "We were ambushed while I was on the phone with him at our base. He said that my future was in his hands and I said something that I guess pissed him off to no end and he caused explosions to go off and the ambush to start. I was shot but I pulled through and we managed to get the mission done, so I'm home for good now." He says and I sigh in relief. "Now all we got to do is find zayn and get Nathan arrested." I say confidently. Harry was about to say something, but he was cut off by little feet. "Uncle Nick- DADDY!" I hear laim scream and louis screams. Harry bends down to their levels and stretches his arms wide, watiing for the boys to run into them. He catches them and the boys cry in joy, finally able to hug their dad. "Daddy please. Don't ever leave us! Please!" Liam wails and Louis whimpers in agreement. Harry nods and kisses their foreheads wetly. "i promise babies. Daddy isn't going anywhere." He whispers to them.
Once the boys let go of Harry, he continues to reassure them that he won't leave. Harry is soon interupted by a small cry from upstairs. "Oh my god, Niall!" Harry says. You can tell that Niall got a little older, mainly because his cries aren't terrifying, they sound normal. I beckon Harry to follow and he complies. We go up to Niall's nursery and I motion Harry to open the door. Once he does, we see the now 10 month old (A/n: I know I never specified how long harry was deployed, but hopefully this gives you an idea. NOW BACK TO THE STORY), sitting up with tears running down his little cubby cheeks. "Da!" Niall cries and makes grabby hands to harry. Harry lets out a samll cry and picks up Niall. "My baby! Look how big you are! Nick how old his he now? Like 10 months?" Harry rambles and I nod sympathically. What suprises me is that Niall recognized Harry. Louis showed Niall a picture of Harry everyday and told him that he was their dad. I guess it actually worked. Niall whines and nuzzles his face into Harry's chest, seeking comfort from his other dad.
I had just gotten down the stairs when I hear my phone ring. I answer quickly, thinking it was Casper, but boy was I wrong. "Such a sweet family reunion, such a shame Zayn wasn't there to greet his husband." Nathan spit out like venom. My blood runs cold. Harry comes up to me and looks at me confused. I put Nathann on speaker. "Oh, how I love the suspense. I can't wait to finally make sure that Zayn will never see you guys again!" Nathan giggles psychotically. Harry's fists clench and he speaks. "You motherfucker! You deserve to rot in hell to useless piece of shit!" Harry screams. Suddenly, I remember something crucial! "Ha-" I start but harry gives me a look that tells me to shutup. I roll my eyes impatiently and he tries to cuss out Nahthan but he hangs up. "What Nick?" Harry says, annoyed. "Well with that attitude you can forget it styles." I say with a huff and look away. "Nick don't be an ass. Tell me!" Harry whines and I roll my eyes. "Okay okay! Well, a couple months after you left I had to plant a tracking device in Zayn's phone." I said, hesitantly. "Wh-what?" Harry says brokenly. I sigh. "Well about two months after you left, Zayn slipped into minor depression. He managed to keep a smile on his face for the boys, but you could just tell he was going through a hard time. It was a long day for him, the boys crying because they missed you, Niall was sick, and Zayn just got tired and too stressed. I had just put al the boys down for their naps, and Zayn was nowhere to be found. He went missing for 2 days and I was getting so worried! I thought of every possible place he could be but it was no use. Just as was about to give up, I remembered the place where you told zayn that you guys could finally adopt. He would always talk about that place. So I went, and sure enough Zayn was there, but he was planning to hang himslef in one of the trees. I'm not gonna lie, he looked like utter shit. I stopped him just in time and he was beyond pissed. I held him for a good hour while he punched me weakly, telling me to just let him die. As he calmed down, he kept saying how sorry and how stupid he was. We finally drove home and when we went to go pick up the kids from your mum's house Zayn looked so distant. Before I got the boys in, I told them not to ask papa any questions because he was tired and the boys stood quiet the whole way home. Once we got home Zayn took them all upstairs and they all cuddled as didn't come out for a day. He slowly got better but I didn't want to take any chances." Harry's eyes watered. "Wh-what?" He whimpered as I sighed. "Um sorry Harry." I said weakly and he just sighed. "I need my husband back." he said an I nodded in agreement.
