You're doing it too?! Either "Mm…your kid before five in the morning", "I think we should have another", "I knew it was a mistake to get the twins matching clothes," or "Sh…they’re asleep" (H/L please) :))
“Can we go now, daddy?” Emma asks, an air of boredom mixed with frustration in her voice as she stands by the front door, shoes on, backpack strapped, hands adorably on her hips.
Harry chuckles as he looks down at his daughter, knowing they’ve both been ready to go for a few minutes now but Louis… well. Louis isn’t dealing with today so well.
It’s Emma’s first day of preschool and Louis is decidedly Not Ready For This. He knew the day was coming, knew it was creeping up on them but he was not prepared for how quickly it had come. Louis was certain he’d merely blinked and Emma had turned four and it had happened all too fast.
“Papa just needs a minute, sweetheart,” Harry said, sighing a little to himself and knowing that Louis didn’t want to cry in front of her, lest he worry Emma, but his emotions had been up and down since last night and though Harry was endeared by his husband, he too was anxious to be going.
Finally Louis emerged from the bathroom, eyes red-rimmed but no signs of tears otherwise.
“Shall we get going, princess?” He asked, cheery for her and knowing Emma was excited about her big day.
He’d promised himself he wouldn’t cry dropping her off and, for the most part, had held his ground pretty well. Harry had stood back to allow Louis to take Emma into the classroom and find her seat, watching as Louis helped her hand her backpack on her chair and read out the nametags of the children at her table. With a watery-eyed goodbye and a hug on the edge of too-tight Louis had stepped back to join Harry at the door.
“You alright?” Harry asked as he laced his fingers with Louis’, slipping off down the hall together.
"I think we should have another,” Louis blurted, looking up at Harry with wide, surprised blue eyes, as if unsure that he’d truly said it aloud.
Laughing, Harry let go of Louis’ hand and draped his arm around his husband’s shoulders, tugging him closer into his side as they left the building to head to the vehicle.
“You do, huh?” He asked, knowing the topic of more children came up here and there and both were wide open to the idea, but work and life sometimes had other plans for them.
“Em’s four now and… that’s not too big an age gap and I’ve always wanted more children. I know you have too. And I don’t want her to be lonely,” Louis said softly.
“Her, or you?” Harry teased, smirking playfully at the slap Louis delivered to his stomach. “Kidding, kidding, Lou. I think we could do it. I think it’d be nice. You were so beautiful, with her,” Harry said, pressing a kiss to Louis’ temple.
“If we’re really serious I’ve only got a couple of weeks left on my suppressants,” Louis offered, looking up at Harry with a sly smile on his lips. Harry grinned, stopping in front of the Range Rover to pull Louis into a warm hug, nuzzling his soft hair gently.
“I’m serious if you are,” Harry told him, already excited at the idea of Louis being pregnant again, of having another baby in their family. He knew how much it meant to Louis to have Emma and to be a father, to spend his days with her. Harry knew how badly Louis wanted to raise a big family; have a house full of children and toys and laughter.
“Let’s have a baby,” Louis said, leaning up on his tiptoes to press a soft kiss to Harry’s lips, smiling into it just barely. He laughed lightly, looking up at Harry, a mischievous glint in his eyes. “God, I haven’t had a heat in years… m’nervous, a little,” He confessed, smirking as he bit his lower lip.
“Don’t worry,” Harry said, hands sliding down Louis’ back to squeeze his pert, round arse. “I’ll clear my schedule.”