The impact Harry had felt was Louis wrapping him in a bone-crushing hug, causing him to fall to the ground with a thud.
“I couldn’t find you for like A HALF AN HOUR!” Louis wailed over-dramatically “I was SO worried!! Are you crying? Hazza!! What’s wrong? I’m sorry if I said something earlier to upset you I just-“
“Shut up.” Harry mumbled and silenced him with a kiss. A kiss that Louis had secretly wished for ever since he saw the curly-haired boy crying at the hospital. He kissed back while lying on top of Harry on the sidewalk, while the two dads and their daughter watched happily.
But then Harry had realized he had never been so stupid. He quickly pushed Louis off him
“What? Haz, did I do something wrong?”
“Shh, no. You didn’t do anything wrong. Just remember I told you about Eleanor and how-“
“Nobody knows about us” Harry nodded
“We need to get out of here. Now.” Louis stood up and then helped Harry up. Harry quickly said thank you to the young girl and her fathers, then took off running towards the hospital.
But, someone had already seen, someone who was completely and utterly disgusted, and was not going to let Harry off the hook so easily.
*Later that day @ the Doncaster hospital*
Harry gently laid Louis on his hospital bed after he received many shots. The nurse warned that they would make him rather tired.
“Are you gonna cuddle with me?” Louis looked up at him with his big blue eyes and stuck his bottom lip out slightly, pulling off his best pouty face.
“Of course babe.” Harry smiled and got into bed next to Louis, who immediately cuddled close to his chest. “I want to apologize.” Harry announces seriously
“For what?”
“For everything. For taking away your life, your friends, I even took away your family! You don’t even remember when two of your sisters were born! I took away the best years of your life and I am so sorry for doing that and-“
“I couldn’t ask for a better life than the one I have now.” Louis said and boldly pecked Harrys lips then yawned and rubbed his eyes “Now stop blabbering and cuddle with me you dork.” Harry sighed happily and held Louis close to him. He knew he would never hurt this boy again. Louis was an angel.
Actually, Louis was his angel.
*Two weeks later @ the flat Louis and Harry share*
“I’m so glad I finally got out of that hell hole!” Louis exclaimed happily while throwing his small backpack of clothes from the hospital on the couch.
“This is such a nice house!!” He giggled and ran up and down the stairs
“Flat.” Harry corrected
“Whatever.” Louis rolled his eyes and did a somersault down the stairs
“Are you okay?!” Harry rushed over to his side. Louis looked up at him dizzily and giggled.
“Yeah! I meant to do that!” Harry laughed and stood up
“I’m going to put your clothes in the washing machine, okay?”
“Yeah.” Louis ran to the top of the steps and rolled down them again
“Don’t hurt yourself, babe!” Harry said
“No promises!” Louis called out.
Harry smiled and dumped all of Louis’ clothes into the washing machine and started them on the normal cycle before getting up to check on Louis again. He found him at the bottom of the stairs groaning and holding his side
“Boobear? What happened?!” He kneeled next to him
“I didn’t fall correctly.” He mumbled and Harry lifted him up bridal style
“I don’t think you can ever fall correctly.” Harry chuckled and Louis whimpered “I’m sorry baby; I’ll get you some ice.” While holding Louis, he grabbed an ice pack out of the fridge and wrapped it in a rag. Then he carried Louis over to the couch and lifted up his shirt, to which Louis didn’t protest.
“Yeah, it’s already bruising.” He gingerly placed the ice pack to his side receiving a hiss from Louis.
“Sorry angel.”
“It’s fine.” Louis said and scooted closer to Harry
“Hold me.” He mumbled. Harry smiled and pulled Louis into his lap and held him close
“Anything for my little angel.” Harry murmured against the shell of Louis’ ear and then kissed the soft skin underneath it.
*Flashback*
Louis knew the date. It was January 20th, 2013, and he was nervous as hell.
Harry had called saying that they need to talk and Louis was frightened because Harry had been on edge the whole week about the whole “Elounor” thing. Louis had not been spending as much time as usual with Harry and he could see it was breaking him. He felt horrible, and he was worried Harry might break up with him.
He walked up to Harrys room after his “Date” with Eleanor and opened it cautiously, peered in, and closed it behind him.
“H-hey Hazza.”
“Don’t call me that.” Harry spat out and pinned Louis against the wall roughly. It didn’t really hurt him, just scared him
“I-I’m so sorry.” Louis felt tears well up in his eyes, scared that Harry hated him
“Baby!” Harry panicked “I was only joking!!” He kissed Louis’ quivering lips.
“y-you were? Thank God! I thought you hated me!” Louis relaxed and smiled
“I would never hate you, boo.” Harry smiled apologetically “In fact I love you, that’s kind of the reason I called you up here!”
“What do you mean?”
“Close your eyes.” harry grinned widely as Louis did as he was told, and gently lifted up his hand, smoothly sliding a ring onto his middle finger.
“Okay, open.” Louis opened his eyes and looked down at the gold ring on his finger, gasping as he read the engraving. It read: “Forever and Always.”
“It’s a promise ring, a promise that I will love you forever and always.” Louis smiled widely as he remembered the song that Harry used to sing to him to get him to sleep (Forever And Always by Parachute).
“Its perfect Harry, thank you so much.” He pressed his lips to Harrys
“Anything for my little angel.”
*End of Flashback*