Larry Break Down Their Tattoos

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"Alright, I'm ready! Let's get this show started!" Louis shouts excitedly after he comes back from his smoke break.

"Thanks love." Harry says dryly.

"You know I'm just joking. You did great darling." Louis says softly and presses a kiss on Harry's head before he sits down.

He shows his ankle to the camera.
"So the first tattoo I ever got is this screw. The boys thought that we all should get a matching tattoo and I couldn't say no to that. We decided on a screw because it would keep us grounded no matter how big we got. We all have them, well, except for Niall, he totally chickened out." Louis grins.  

Harry shows his screw tattoo as well.
"And when I realized that getting a tattoo didn't hurt as much as I thought it would I got this stickman on a skateboard and that line there." Louis says and shows his arm.

"I drew it!" Harry grins proudly.

"Don't change career love." Louis chuckles and Harry grins.

"But I love this tattoo because you drew it." Louis continues.

"Well, it's you on a skateboard. What's not to love?" Harry chuckles.

"The third one I got was the quotation marks but we already talked about the meaning behind that. Then I got this Far away tattoo and it basically represents how I had to leave my friends and family behind when I joined One Direction, you know what I mean?" Louis says and Harry squeezes his knee briefly.

"Okay, it's my turn now. We don't want you to get hubris." Harry chuckles.

Louis smiles at Harry and ruffles his hair. Harry leans into the touch.
"So these ones Tom did. Ehm, Tom was our stylist Lou's fiance. Louis wrote Ldn, which stands for London obviously. Liam wrote NY, as in New York and Zayn wrote LA, as in Los Angeles. I hadn't traveled much at all before I was put in the band and all of a sudden I got to see these big cities.  It was crazy. Tom also did this one who says homemade. It was to remind myself that no matter what I was still this boy from Holmes Chapel who used to work in a bakery."

"I'm glad you got to say that you used to work in a bakery." Louis teases.

"Shut up sweetcheeks!" Harry chuckles.

Louis fake gasps and puts a hand over his heart.
"Ouch!"

"You know I love you." Harry says softly.

"I love you more." Louis immediately replies.

"Not possi...wait, we're getting off track again. What else? This guitar because I love music, ehm, Can I stay? That's my handwriting. It's actually referring to a song called Can I stay with you? by Karyn White. I like the lyrics. I used to have Might as well... written on my stomach here. That's kind of an inside joke. I'm not gonna explain it, sorry."

Louis smirks and wiggles his eyebrows.

"I have a black heart here to remind me of my first heartbreak and that I have to work on my relationship every day." Harry says and Louis strokes his cheek and whispers "I'm sorry."

Harry gives him a quick smile.
"So one of my bigger ones. The birds on my chest. They're swallows and they mate for life and they're the symbol for love. They represent me and Louis of course. As you can see one is smaller than the other and they both have eyebrows that are shaped like ours." Harry grins.

"I love those." Louis states and Harry smiles at him.

"My turn?" Louis asks.

"Go ahead, sweetie." Harry answers.

"Okay, we already covered the birds and the oops tattoo. After that, I got this camera just as a symbol for always being in the spotlight. Then I got this heart, that used to be a broken heart with headphones. I made it after Harry and I broke up the first time. We were so young and we were under so much pressure. Our management and label always tried to break us apart and I couldn't take it. The tattoo symbolized how hard it was to see the person you love every day because you're in a band together but you just broke his heart and your own. We couldn't stay apart obviously and I'll always regret that I broke up with him. I shouldn't have. Anyway, I covered it up with a full heart instead later on." Louis says, getting emotional.

Harry puts his arm around Louis's shoulders and gives him a quick hug.
"You know I forgave you years ago."

"I know but I'm still sorry about it." Louis sighs.

"Wow, we're getting really personal here." Harry chuckles.

"I know. Are you okay with it?" Louis asks in concern.

"Yeah, it's liberating actually. We spent so many years in silence bound to a contract. I'm so glad that I finally can say everything I want to say." Harry answers with a dimpled smile.

"I feel the same way. Let's just get going. So is it time for the big ones?" He smirks.

"Yes! We made these about eighteen hours apart. My ship." Harry says and shows his arm.

"And my compass." Louis fills in and holds up his arms as well.

"The model of this ship is actually called Royal Louis." Harry giggles.

"And my compass points to Home." Louis explains.

"Because Louis is my home." Harry says and looks lovingly at his husband.

"And you're mine." Louis assures him.

They lock eyes for a moment and forgets everyone around them. It has always been like that.

"Let's take a break. Can I get you some coffee?" The interviewer says.

"Uhm, what? I'm sorry darling, can you repeat that?" Louis says and finally breaks eye contact with Harry.

The interviewer smiles fondly at them.
"Can I get you two love birds some coffee?"

"Yeah, that would be great. Thanks love!" Harry smiles.

Louis leans in to whisper in Harry's ear.
"Let's make out in the bathroom while she gets that."

"Yes!" Harry says excitedly and gets up from his chair and pulls Louis with him.