A month later Harry was so sure he wanted to properly marry Louis yet didn't know how to properly go on and ask him, even more when he didn't even have a ring yet. At night he would stay up while Louis slept cuddled up next to him without a care in the world while Harry rubbed small circles on his lower back.

Everytime he made love to Louis he would always think about putting a real ring on his finger then plan a big wedding just so he could marry him and make him his again. Whenever he would look at Ian at already two months he couldn't help but smile seeing him with his whole fist in his mouth and making sure Louis wasn't around, he would tell him all about his plans.

"What are you two plotting?" Louis walked in out of nowhere startling Harry who was on the floor with Ian since it was his tummy time.

"Louis, you scared me!" Harry exclaimed seeing that even Ian had dropped his pacifier, his gaze focused on Louis.

"Mhm, I heard you whispering to him." Louis narrowed his eyes making Harry a bit nervous.

"Oh! I was just telling him what a lovely day it is outside." Harry said with a nervous giggle hoping Louis wasn't onto him.

"It's pouring outside." Louis said then made his way towards them sitting next to them.

"Still lovely, the plants are getting watered so we don't have to because you know we're never gonna get to it." Harry continued and when Louis sighed, he knew he was off the hook.

He relaxed when Louis smiled and nodded before picking Ian up who squealed and out of nowhere gave them a big toothless smile.

"Harry!" Louis exclaimed as he lightly bounced Ian up and down to keep him smiling.

"I got it!" Harry exclaimed with his phone out already taking pictures wanting to have memories, "Aren't you just the cutest baby ever! Yes you are!"

"Look, he likes it!" Louis beamed when Ian's smile widened until he got distracted as soon as he spotted his plush giraffe.

Louis reached for it then handed it to him seeing the way he held it close to him then went back to looking at them opening his mouth, his pacifier falling down and landing in between Louis and himself. Louis left it there and instead kissed Ian's cheek pulling back to look at him then kissed it again blowing raspberries on it this time.

"Do you want to have more kids with me?" Harry asked out of nowhere making Louis divert his attention to him.

"Enough to have our own football team." Louis answered as he leaned forward to kiss the corner of Harry's lips.

"That's a lot of kids but okay, we'll have as many as you want. We can buy bunk beds and have four kids per room and if three bunk beds fit then we'll have six per room." Harry grinned getting closer to him until he was sitting right next to him and Louis climbed on his lap still holding Ian.

"Can you imagine them in the mornings? Fighting over who gets to use the bathroom first and who gets to sit on the front seat in the car. We'll have to get a van or we'll never fit!" Louis said trying not to laugh at the thought of having to haul that many kids around.

"Dinner time, all of them talking over each other. All the fighting and the trouble they're gonna get into." Harry laughed already imaging it.

"It will be just perfect." Louis sighed in content then turned to look at Ian finally picking up his pacifier to give it back to him, "Isn't that right, baby boy? You're gonna be the best big brother ever."

"It's time to feed him." Harry interrupted him then got up as soon as Louis moved back to his old spot, "I'm gonna go make him his bottle."

"Hear that? Time to eat." Louis cooed at his son.

Ian only gave him another toothless smile resting his head on Louis' shoulder where he started sucking on his thumb and when Harry came back with the bottle, Louis started feeding him right away. Harry took a seat next to Louis holding that morning's newspaper since he hadn't had a chance to read it then opened it going straight to the comics section. When he was done Louis was already patting Ian's tiny back as he made tiny gurgling sounds, a few sounding uneven whenever Louis would pat his back.

"No way!" Harry gasped as he scanned through a page of the newspaper.

"What?" Louis asked without even looking at him, his attention solely on Ian as he brushed his fingers through the thin strands of his hair.

"Collin was arrested...fraud to his own law firm." Harry informed him as he shook his head in disbelief, "Years ahead of him."

"Oh well, sucks for him." Louis shrugged then smiled as he kissed Ian's chubby cheek then gave him to Harry so he could put the empty bottle away.

"But wow...he betrayed his own father. That's some fucked up shit." Harry said a bit louder so Louis could hear him from the kitchen.

"Language Harry!" Louis exclaimed coming back from the kitchen.

"It's true." Harry shrugged then focused his attention on his son who already had his whole right fist in his mouth, "Right peanut? Collin is an asshole and did some fucked up shit. Really fucked up shit." Harry continued not even flinching when Louis smacked the back of his head.

Harry lifted him up so he could kiss his tummy jostling him a bit ignoring Louis' warnings that he had just eaten and was going to make him puke until it was too late. Ian ended up puking all over the front of Harry's shirt making him gag a bit just holding his son at arms length until he started crying and Louis took him to clean him up.

"Oh god, oh my god it smells so bad." Harry gagged then glared at Louis when he heard him laughing.

"I told you not to jostle him too much." Louis said in between giggles.

Harry ended up changing his shirt into a Captain America one making sure to change Ian too into a onesie of the same logo. After Louis took a few pictures they fell asleep together for Ian's afternoon nap and if Louis took a picture of them when they were in the same position on the bed then no one had to know.

A few days later Harry finally got to use the stroller when Louis decided he finally wanted to take Ian to the park since he was older. When they got there Harry was quick to grab the handle letting Louis attach the car seat to it and as soon as he was done, he started pushing it making sure to hold Louis' hand who was holding their son's bag.

They took the first path they found and started walking as they made conversation and Ian was passed out in his car seat, so much for his first visit to the park. They walked for a few minutes until they found a nice spot to sit right under a tree making sure to use the picnic blanket Louis had packed.

They knew Ian was awake when they heard the gurgles coming from his car seat expecting one of his daddies to get him out and when no one did, he started getting fussy. When he started fully crying as loud as he could, Harry finally got up and picked him up bringing his plush giraffe and pacifier with him.

He set him down in between Louis and himself making sure he was comfortable and soon let go of him, Ian stayed on his spot only squirming a few times too entertained with his own hands. He watched Louis resting his head on his palm laying down on his side as he played with him making him smile every time he would tickle him then focused on a few girls their age playing soccer.

Louis was entertained with their son until he noticed Harry not even looking at them anymore and when he looked up he saw Harry waving back at some woman. He observed her seeing the way she was smiling at him as she waved then would whisper something to one of her friends before looking back their way unable to contain her giggles.

"Harry, can you pass me his giraffe." Louis said expecting Harry to do as told and when he didn't even acknowledge him, he narrowed his eyes, "Harry?" He continued trying to get his attention seeing him still watching them.

When he finally had enough, he got up grabbing Ian and his stuff then tossed the plush giraffe in the car seat not even bothering to strap his son in. He grabbed the stroller by the handle and started walking away with Ian still in his arms almost scoffing when Harry finally noticed him walking away and just like that got up as fast as he could making sure to get the picnic blanket.

"Louis? Louis wait!" Harry ran after him slowing down when he finally caught up to him, "What's wrong? Does he need a diaper change?"

"He's fine." Louis answered rolling his eyes when Harry kept following them, "Don't you have somewhere to be?" Louis finally turned around to glare at him.

"No...I thought we were leaving already since you got up and just left." Harry gave him a confused look.

"Then let's go." Louis rolled his eyes.

He let Harry take the stroller after he had strapped Ian in his car seat then started walking next to Harry without saying anything. When they finally made it to the car Louis grabbed his bag and the car seat putting it on its spot then got in the car leaving Harry to fold and put the stroller in the car. After a few minutes Harry finally got in the car and started pulling out of the parking spot without saying anything seeing Louis looking out the window.

They spent the rest of the way home not saying anything until Harry was parking in their garage wondering what the hell was wrong with Louis seeing him grabbing the car seat and going inside slamming the door shut after himself. He slowly got out of the car and walked inside finding Louis in the living room with Ian in his arms as he walked around trying to get him to fall asleep.

"Wanna tell me what's wrong?" Harry finally asked.

"Why don't you ask those sluts? Because when you're drooling over them, Ian and I don't exist to you!" Louis spat wanting to throw something at him when he only gave him a confused look.

"I was watching them-"

"Of course you were watching them! You were so busy watching them that you wouldn't even acknowledge us. Your family!" Louis scoffed feeling Ian kicking the air with his tiny legs. Even his own son was agreeing with him!

"I was watching them play!" Harry shouted then lowered his gaze to look at Ian who had three fingers in his mouth probably not giving a fuck about what was going around him at the moment.

"Whatever, I know what I saw." Louis glared before grabbing Ian's bag then made his way to his nursery closing the door after himself.

Louis was already getting tired when instead of going to sleep like he was supposed to, Ian was just laying in his crib looking up at the tiny boats and anchors hanging from the crib mobile as he sucked on his thumb. Sometimes he would take it out his mouth just so he could lift his arms up trying to reach them then would kick his legs in frustration making tiny huffing sounds when he couldn't.

Louis had changed him out of his tiny black and white romper and into a short sleeved bodysuit with a huge butterfly(just like Harry's tattoo) printed on the front that Harry had designed then ordered online. He was sitting on the rocking chair just watching his son until he heard a soft knock and seconds later Harry walked in making his way to him.

"Lou..." Harry knelt down in front of him poking his stomach not even flinching when Louis smacked it away, "Babe, I was watching them play. You know I only love you."

"You didn't even acknowledge me when I tried talking to you." Louis looked down playing with his fingers, his cheeks burning when he started realizing just how stupid he had acted.

"You know I love football and I got a little distracted, I'm sorry if I made you feel the way you did." Harry apologized.

He wrapped his arms around his waist and buried his face on the fabric of his shirt right on his chest, he smiled when Louis wrapped his arms around him knowing he wasn't as upset as he had been before. They stayed quiet listening to Ian's coos that slowly started getting less and less frequent until they turned their heads to look at him seeing him fast asleep through the crib bars.

"I overreacted." Louis finally admitted as he ran his fingers through Harry's hair. "I'm sorry."

"It's okay, it won't happen again." Harry looked up at him kissing Louis back as soon as he leaned down to kiss him.

The kiss quickly started getting heated and without warning, Harry got up and wrapped his arms around Louis' torso to pick him up. He slowly started walking backwards to get out of Ian's bedroom and into their own while Louis wouldn't stop giggling in between kisses. Harry let go of Louis and instead picked him up by the back of his thighs trying to get out of there but stopped when he heard the tiny whimpers coming from the crib.

"I thought he wa-" Harry started.

"Shh..." Louis placed his hand over Harry's mouth, "He'll go back to sleep soon." He whispered.

They groaned when instead of going back to sleep like usual, Ian only started crying and getting louder the more time he spent in his crib. Harry sighed as he placed Louis back down then made his way to the crib where he started looking for his son's pacifier until he found it and was quick to give it to him. Ian only spit it back out and continued crying only shutting up when Harry finally picked him up and cradled him against his chest.

"This is what we get for holding him all the time." Louis said, "Should have listened to your mum when she told us not to do that."

"Too late." Harry shrugged then looked down at Ian who was now happily sucking on his thumb, "You just want a hug, yes you do! Yes you do you chubby nugget." Harry kissed his cheek making him smile and kick his tiny legs.

"Babe, put him back in his crib." Louis said.

Harry nodded and gently put him back in his crib where as soon as Ian's tiny back touched the mattress he startled then started crying again. Harry stood there just watching him and finally had enough deciding to pick him up again when his tiny face kept getting redder the more he cried.

"We are royally fucked." Harry sighed as he rocked him from side to side.

"Language!" Louis scolded him.

"I'll watch my mouth next time, dear." Harry playfully rolled his eyes.

"I'm gonna go make something to eat. Do you want a sandwich?" Louis asked him already making his way to the kitchen followed by Harry.

"A sandwich sounds great."

When they got to the kitchen Harry tried to put Ian down on his baby bouncer then made sure to put the toy bar to keep him entertained. He sighed in relief when he stayed quiet sometimes batting at it, his eyes widening when the music from one of the jungle animals went off.

He cooed at it before he did it again and again until the music started getting on both Louis' and Harry's nerves yet they loved how happy and calm he was. Harry used that time to help Louis not wanting to leave him doing all the work by himself and when they were finished, they sat down to eat in a comfortable silence between them.

Later that night it was Harry who gave Ian a bath in their bathtub while Louis showered and when Louis was done and fully clothed, it was him who dressed Ian up. They went to bed already exhausted only to wake up three hours later to feed him having to stay there longer than usual when their son wouldn't go to sleep.

The next morning while Louis was helping his mum out with a few things for his sisters, Harry had a free day spending it with his son. After thinking it for a while he packed Ian's bag, dressed his son up into a tiny black and white striped onesie and drove to his father's house. Once he got there he found his mum in the front yard fixing some of the decorations until she noticed him and quickly took her gloves off then rushed to him wearing the biggest smile.

"It's so great to see you two! Where's Louis?" Anne asked as she unstrapped Ian then picked him up smiling when Ian did already tired of being trapped in there.

"He's with Jay helping her with a few things for the girls." Harry answered watching with a big smile the way Anne was holding her grandson.

"Come in, your father is inside making a few snacks. He's going to be so happy once he sees you brought Ian over to see us." Anne happily told him as she made her way inside followed by Harry who was holding the car seat and the bag.

Once they got to the kitchen, Harry's mouth started watering once the smell of food hit him. As soon as Des noticed them he smiled rushing to wash his hands then took Ian from Anne who let him so she could check on the food. Harry took a seat at the table in front of his father just watching him cooing at him telling him how much he had missed him smiling when Ian gave him the most precious smile already knowing who was the person who was holding him.

"Where's Louis?" Des finally looked at Harry after he was done doting Ian who he had missed.

"He's with Jay and the girls." Harry said then thanked his mum when he placed a plate of cut up fruit in front of him, "I need your help...both of you." Harry finally said.

"Is there something wrong?" Des quickly asked.

"Of course not, everything is going pretty great with Louis and I. I just been wanting to you know, properly marry Louis." Harry shrugged as if it wasn't big deal, "Our one year anniversary is coming up in a few weeks and I want to propose and have a proper wedding like he deserves. I just don't know how to do it, I want it to be romantic and unforgettable."

"Baby that's wonderful!" Anne exclaimed as she wrapped her arms around her son and Des watched him with a proud smile.

"Well...how did you two exactly meet?" Des asked wanting to laugh when Harry blushed a deep red.

"There was this guy with him and he put some kind of drug in his drink, I just walked up to him and told him to stay away from my boyfriend. Louis wasn't too happy if I'm honest until I told him why I did it." Harry said smiling as he remembered how pissed Louis had been.

"You always manage to make an impact." Des told him feeling so proud of his son and Harry knew it, knew how proud his dad was of him.

"If you need us to help you then we will, we'll do everything we can to make that happen." Anne said reaching to hold Harry's hands then chuckled when Ian let out a loud coo.

"I just need an idea and I was wondering if you could watch Ian while I go get him a ring, I want to have everything ready on time."

"Of course we will." Des said, "In fact, take your time and pick the best ring you can find."

Harry stayed there for a few more minutes then left after holding Ian for a bit and kissing all over his tiny face until Ian started getting fussy. When he finally left, it was with a smile on his face when Des was already telling him all the things they were going to do while Harry was gone.

As soon as Harry walked into the jewelry store, his eyes widening wondering how the hell was he going to be able to pick the right one. Picking two wedding bands had been easier back then since he hadn't been madly in love with the now father of his firstborn but now it was different. Now he only wanted the best for Louis, wanted to make it the perfect night, he wanted to make Louis happy.

He slowly approached one of the sales lady who was more than happy to help him out and in the end he walked out of there happier than ever with his purchase. When he went back to pick Ian up he found Gemma there with the kids and decided to stay wanting to spend a little bit of time with her.

Like usual, her kids would follow whoever was holding their little cousin wanting to spend time with him. But now that Anne had him on his swing she had gotten for whenever he would visit or she was babysitting him, they were sitting around it playing with him and making him smile.

"He just started smiling, didn't he?" Gemma asked as she watched her kids and nephew making sure they were being gentle.

"Yeah, I have pictures." Harry happily said taking out his phone then started going through it until he found the album titled, Ian's first smile, then proudly showed them.

Gemma and Anne cooed at them until they were done looking at them then went back to their conversation until Harry got a call from Louis asking where he and Ian were. Harry stayed there one more hour listening to ideas on how to pop the question then finally left already knowing what he was going to do.

When he got home that afternoon, Louis was already there fully showered and sitting in the living room with his laptop on his lap working on what looked like a budget. It hurt Harry's head just by looking at all those numbers wondering how the hell he could deal with them then a goofy smile made his way onto his face. His Louis was just so damn smart and he hoped Ian was just like him.

Louis smiled as soon as they made eye contact then got up to hug him and give him a small chaste kiss, he then bent down to kiss his baby from where he was still in his carseat on top of the coffee table. Ian sneezed then batted at Louis' face landing a light smack right on his left cheek making Louis gasp in surprise but soon went away when the baby gave him the most precious smile he had ever seen.

"He slapped me." Louis informed Harry as soon as he saw the curious looks he was giving him then started unstrapping him earning a high pitched squeal when he picked him up.

"Ian!" Harry playfully scolded him noticing Louis wrinkling his nose, "He pooped?" He asked.

"Yeah...let me go change him then we can have dinner, I ordered pizza." Louis smiled then walked out of there loudly kissing Ian's cheek who let out another squeal.

Harry used that time to run to their bedroom to try and hide the engagement ring then started freaking out when he realized there was no place to hide it when Louis knew all of his hiding spots. He was about to give up when he had the greatest idea ever already making his way to their closet. He looked for the box containing Ian's going home outfit after Louis had decided to keep it and as soon as he spotted it on the highest shelf, he grabbed it and hid the ring at the bottom of it.

He put everything back where it was then walked out of the closet and their bedroom just as Louis was walking by with Ian in his arms wearing a completely different outfit. He managed to stop just in time before he could collide with them then without saying anything followed them to the kitchen just when they heard the doorbell.

He opened the door and after paying for it, he went back to the kitchen seeing Louis already making a bottle for Ian while the baby waited in his bouncer. The longer Louis was taking, Harry could see Ian starting to get frustrated at having to wait and soon he started crying and getting louder the more time passed by. He made his way towards him and started playing with him but no matter what he did, Ian only kept crying until Louis picked him up and started feeding him.

"You're always grumpy, little boy." Louis shook his head seeing the way he was eating, too fast for his liking afraid of his son choking.

"He is pretty grumpy." Harry agreed as he set the table.

"So why were you nervous when you came out of our bedroom?" Louis asked making Harry accidentally swallow his own spit.

"Cause I almost tackled you and Ian down." Harry quickly said knowing Louis didn't believe him but lucky for him, his husband let it go.

"Ian has an appointment with his pediatrician monday morning." Louis commented then sighed looking down at his tiny and cute baby eating without a care in the world, "He's going to get his first shots, poor thing, I feel bad for him."

"Do you want me to go with you guys? I can call dad and ask him if he can let me start late." Harry suggested.

"We would love to. Ian is going to need it." Louis smiled and when Harry started getting closer he puckered up his lips wanting a kiss that Harry gladly gave him.

Monday morning got there faster than ever and as soon as Louis had Ian all bundled up and in his car seat, they finally left the house. They got to the hospital fifteen minutes before Ian's actual appointment and while Harry held Ian to keep him from crying, Louis filled out all the paperwork and by the end of it his right hand was throbbing.

They were later called in by a nurse who old them to take his clothes off but leave his diaper on then checked all of Ian's vitals and soon Dr. Huard was there ready to give him his first ever shots after he was done doing a complete physical. Ian was happily lying on the exam table sucking on his fist then would take it out babbling for a few seconds before holding onto Louis' hand with both his tiny hands wanting to put his father's fingers in his mouth.

He smiled a little while Louis held his tiny hands until he felt the needle right on his thigh, his face went from a blank expression to one of pain and just like that he let out a loud pained wail making Harry and Louis flinch. It went like that the two more times Dr. Huard gave him the shots and by the end of it, Ian's face was red and wet with tears while his chest was rising and falling at a rapid pace from all the exertion.

When he was done he left the room to let them have alone time with their son so they could comfort him and put his clothes back on. Harry was quick to change him being very careful with the sore spot on his thigh then let Louis hold him while he looked for his pacifier and his giraffe in his bag. After a few minutes Ian finally calmed down then started crying again just for the sake of it until he had his pacifier and his giraffe then Louis put him back in his car seat.

They went home after making a follow up appointment and when they got home they placed a passed out Ian in his crib. Harry kissed his tiny forehead then Louis on the lips before he went back to work wishing Louis good luck knowing their son was going to be fussy all day.

Harry spent the whole day thinking about how to propose to Louis even asking his co workers for ideas but liking none of them until Liam came up with what to both of them was the greatest idea ever. They called Niall and Zayn then started planning wanting it to be perfect then made Zayn promise to keep the secret when he was almost losing his shit telling Harry that Louis was going to fall even more in love with him.

He wanted to wait until their anniversary to make it even more special remembering how he had proposed to Louis the first time which had been pretty damn romantic if he said so himself. That afternoon when he got home and when he was left alone with Ian while Louis showered he couldn't help but tell Ian all of his plans.

"I just hope your daddy says yes to another wedding." Harry kissed his son's chubby cheek, "You think daddy will say yes?" Harry asked him.

Ian gave him the sweetest smile then the cutest coo as he tried to grab his nose making Harry smile.

"That's all I needed to know baby, I know he's going to say yes. I a hundred percent agree with your cute self." Harry tickled him earning a squeal then sighed holding his son close to him.

He smiled unable to wait for the day he was going to propose to his Louis wanting it to be the best day of his life, well, apart from their wedding which he knew was going to be everything Louis dreamed of. He was so sure of it.

Thoughts? :)