Lacuna | ᴢ.ꜱ ᴀᴜ

d a y d r e a m s

"What will you name him?" a nurse asked quietly since the baby was sleeping in Harry's arms. It was a miracle that the baby was healthy, his lungs were a bit weak at first but he got stronger.

It's about six am and Harry couldn't sleep, he couldn't keep his eyes off his and Zayn's beautiful baby.

"Zealand Reign Malik" Harry answered softly not taking his eyes off the baby boy. "That's a beautiful name for a beautiful baby" the nurse smiled.

"Thank you" Harry smiled back looking up for a second, she nodded a wrote some things down on her clipboard. Harry looked over at Zayn to find him asleep, he smiled noticing how similar Zealand and Zayn looked.

Baby Zee had dirty blonde curls that were soon to be a dark brown, ocean blue eyes, he even had Zayn's eye freckle. Harry was so in love with this baby. Zealand looked up at Harry causing him to giggle lightly.

"Hi baby" Harry smiled, Zealand let out a gurgle in response. "My gosh, you're so tiny" Harry said using his free hand to wipe some stray tears. "I'm kinda glad you came early, I couldn't wait to hold you" Harry sniffled.

He laid back in the hospital bed and put Zealand on his chest, he caressed his curly hair with his thumb. Zealand just stared up at Harry with curious eyes. "Why are you still up?" Zayn grogily asked, "I can't sleep" Harry breathed out softly.

"Can I hold him?" Zayn asked quietly, "yeah, just support his head" Harry spoke handing the baby to Zayn. "Hi Zee" Zayn smiled looking down at the small baby in his arms.

Zealand smiled at Zayn then started squirming around a bit, "I'm your Papa" Zayn spoke smiling wider as Zealand wrapped his tiny hand around Zayn's finger.

"Thank you Harry" Zayn said wiping tears after a few minutes, "why?" Harry asked trying to keep his eyes open. "Giving me the best gift ever" Zayn spoke getting emotional.

Harry looked over at Zayn with tired eyes and smiled, "you're welcome, it was hard" he giggled softly.
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I know what you're thinking, when I first heard the name Zealand I thought it was weird too, but after a while of playing the name back in my head it's sounds cute. His name means 'from the sea land'. 🌊