Wow. Just wow. Look at those fucking hips. That tiny fucking waist. The slim shoulders. The feline jaw. The soft hair. The thin fingers. The rhythm. The confidence. He's in his element, shirtless in front of the boys. I stan this gif and this gif only

Also, this is one of my favourite songs ever. Earth angel :') it's the cutest ever. Harry @ Louis in this chapter

I'm trying my best to work my way up with the smut, seen as Louis has obviously been through a lot. I'm trying to be as realistic as possible. So there's smut in this chapter. And then I might have another bit of smut before the actual deed happens. I'm working my way up, but let me tell you I already have their first time written and I re-read it the other day (I wrote it last year) and I deadass cried

Sooooo... look out for that. Also, once they start they don't stop, let me tell ya ;) If you want a rough estimation of when they'll actually do it, I'd say chapter 58-60. It would be cool to have it at 69 but that's so far lmao

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"Who the fuck is Nick?" Harry quizzed, scanning the papers that Zayn had stolen

Zayn shrugged "I don't have a fucking clue" he replied "But look at those transcripts" he added, gesturing to one of the pages in Harry's hands

Harry's brows furrowed as he read through "This is a phone call" he stated and Zayn hummed "Who do you think was speaking?" He asked

"I think it was Mark and Frank" he said "Obviously Mark wants to track him down" he added

"But why if they hated each other?" Harry questioned

Zayn shrugged again "Beats me" he answered "But we'll find out" he stated "Just gotta do a little research"

Harry scoffed at this "And by little, I bet you mean for days straight, no sleep" he replied

"Probably" Zayn agreed

Harry frowned at the man "Don't do that" he scolded "It's not fucking good for you" he stated "Get some damn rest"

"I don't need rest, I need answers" Zayn said simply "Not gonna get them from sleeping" he pointed out

"Well don't come complaining to me when you're sick" Harry grumbled, still flicking through the papers

Zayn grinned as they finished the drive home, arriving at their mansion within the hour and smiling upon the sight of home

Zayn hopped out of the car first, walking round to Harry's side with a confused expression "Uh, bro?" He called, knocking on the car window

Harry opened the door slowly, gathering up the papers before climbing out of the car "Something caught my eye" he muttered distractedly, looking at the paper on the top of the pile

"What?" Zayn quizzed, looking over Harry's shoulder as the pair walked towards their front door

Harry furrowed his brows "The dates don't seem to matc-"

The front door opened before Harry could finish his sentence and Niall stood there with his arms folded across his chest "Um, excuse me, but why the fuck did Liam just pull me away from my favourite little human ever?" He questioned "He said that you made him!" He added, offended

Zayn grinned, exchanging a look with Harry "Told ya it wasn't blondie" he stated, shrugging softly before stepping inside with Harry right behind him

"What wasn't me?" Niall questioned

Harry smiled at the blue eyed man "Sorry, Niall, our bad" he said simply before walking into the living room

Louis was sat besides Liam, both of which gave Zayn and Harry a look of confusion as they walked in

"Care to explain?" Liam quizzed

Zayn shrugged "False alarm" he explained "Told you that it was only a precaution" he reminded

"What was?" Niall exclaimed in frustration

"Thought you were 'N' for a moment" Harry answered "Apparently that was a trap"

"I am N" Niall replied, still confused. His eyes widened when Zayn shot him a look "Oh that N" he muttered in realisation

"Yes that N" Harry confirmed

Niall scowled at them "Why the fuck would you think that?" He asked

Zayn shrugged "Mark decided to throw you under the bus" he answered

Louis frowned at this "Wait what?" He questioned, looking up at Zayn and Harry

Harry winced at this, cursing Zayn under his breath

Louis looked at him "Is that what you wouldn't tell me?" He asked

Harry sighed before nodding guiltily "I planned to, little one, I promise" he replied

Zayn coughed awkwardly before speaking up "In his defence, I begged him not to" he lied

Louis turned to Zayn "Why?" He asked

"Because I thought you might have tried to stop us or come with us, darlin'" he answered "I told Harry to wait until we got back, even though he really wanted to tell you" he said "Sorry" he added softly

Louis' brows furrowed thoughtfully "It's fine, I guess" he replied quietly "You're right, I would have wanted to come" he admitted

"He wasn't there anyway" Harry told him, walking across the room to stand closer to Louis "But we made the best of our trip"

Liam hummed "What did you find?" He asked

Harry handed him the sheets of paper and Liam looked through them aimlessly, taking in every piece of information that he could before reaching his hand out for Niall to have a look

The blonde boy stepped forwards to take the papers "You know, we found some shit too" he said

"Like what?" Zayn quizzed, looking over Niall's shoulder at the papers

"Finally found a clear image of Yanis at the train station in Senlis" he answered "Got some footage of Frank and Peter's minions too" he added "Recognised them from the pictures off of Yanis' phone"

Harry hummed, satisfied "Then we'll all work until we find answers" he announced "Except you, Zayn" he ordered "You can go to bed until tomorrow"

Zayn scoffed at this "I will not" he argued, looking up at Harry with a scowl which the green eyed man immediately returned

"No offence, Harry, but Zayn's the only one of us that actually does anything" Liam pointed out

Harry turned to him, glaring "Niall and I work hard" he defended "Shame the same can't be said for yourself" he added

"Back off, Harry, he's been keeping me occupied all day" Louis defended, tone teasing

Harry turned to the boy, lips parting slightly before a smile appeared on his face

Liam spoke up "And I'll have you know, he's hard work" he added in "Way too much energy" he explained

"I don't doubt it" Harry said softly "Got some energy left, baby?" He asked softly and Louis nodded "Come on then, let's tire you out" he added

Liam and Zayn made gagging sounds at this and Louis giggled, hopping up immediately

"You, Harry Styles, are disgusting" Zayn scolded "My ears have been cursed"

Harry grinned "We were going to go for a jog, Zayn" he replied "I don't know what's so wrong about that" he said innocently

Zayn glared at him "Jog" he repeated with a scoff "Right" he muttered, unamused

Harry continued to grin, turning to Louis with that same smile on his face; he took the boy's hand, leading him out of the living room "You guys keep working!" He called behind him, pulling Louis up the stairs

"I swear to God, Harry, if you really plan on making me jog one step I'll-"

"What will you do, baby?" Harry cut him off, tone teasing as they entered their bedroom

Louis looked up at him, eyes glistening "I'll-"

Harry cut him off with a kiss before Louis even had time to answer, wrapping his arms around the boy's waist and guiding him backwards until they were both on the bed, their kiss not breaking

"I missed you" Harry muttered, looking down at Louis tenderly

Louis smiled, reaching a hand up to run through Harry's hair "Your own fault" he accused softly

Harry smiled back, cupping Louis' cheek with one hand and running a thumb over the boy's skin "I know, baby" he replied "Gonna make it up to you"

Louis hummed softly, looking up at Harry with wide eyes "Go on then" he said quietly

Harry didn't have to be told twice; he immediately ducked down to press his lips back to Louis', kissing the boy gently

"My little angel" he whispered "So good for me, so beautiful" he said softly

Louis whined softly, trying to touch as much of Harry as he could; hand in his hair, legs wrapped around his waist. His eyes fluttering shut as he let his lips move against Harry's. Louis pulled back after a couple of seconds and looked up at the man, unsure of what to do next "W-what are... a-are we going to..?"

"C'mere" Harry whispered, wrapping his arms around the boy, using one hand to stroke at his cheek "Relax, little one" he muttered "Tell me what you want"

"I-I don't know" Louis admitted, leaning into the man's touch and blinking slowly "I just...I-I-" he trailed off, nervous

"Can I touch you?" Harry asked softly, one hand stroking over Louis' hip

"Please?" Louis replied, nervous at the thought

Harry nodded against him, bringing Louis' face up and guiding their lips together "I'll give you whatever you want" he muttered against Louis' lips "I'll give you everything, my angel"

Louis wasn't used to the control that Harry gave him. It was daunting, in a way; he didn't want to get anything wrong or disappoint Harry and with great power came great responsibility. The power that Harry gave him was completely new territory, and Louis was scared to explore it

Above all, Louis was intent on making sure that Harry was comfortable with everything. He knew how it felt to be uncomfortable and forced into something. And so he found himself making sure that he made Harry feel just as comfortable as Harry made him

Harry kissed him softly, cupping Louis' face and nipping softly at the boy's bottom lip with his teeth. It was only a matter of seconds before Harry withdrew himself and pushed Louis' hair back tenderly

"You're so beautiful" the green eyed man praised "Can't believe I get to kiss you" he whispered "Prettiest angel I've ever seen" he added, tone fond

Louis flushed at his words, the praise making him more comfortable and confident as time passed

"Want to take this off?" Harry asked, fingers touching Louis' T-shirt

Louis nodded slightly "A-are you going to take off yours?" He asked, nervous

Harry smiled at him, beautiful and breathtaking as he leaned back to take off his own shirt, tossing it to the side once he'd done so "Better, little one?" He asked and Louis nodded with a smile, letting Harry's hands go to his own T-shirt and take it off "You're so pretty, baby" the green eyed man continued to praised "God, you're just perfect" he whispered, leaning down to press a kiss to Louis' bare chest

Louis whined softly "Harry" he whispered, tone breathy

Harry smiled, moving back up to Louis' lips "I've got you, baby" he promised "I'm here, just tell me what you want"

"Can you-" Louis started shyly "C-can you touch me?" He asked softly, blushing red as he spoke

Harry groaned softly "You're gorgeous" he whispered "I'll give you anything you want, my angel" he promised, hand trailing down to Louis' stomach "Can I take this off, baby?" He asked "Want me to go first?"

Louis nodded softly, relaxing when Harry pressed a kiss to his nose before taking off his own jeans

"Ready, little angel?" Harry asked, touching at the waistband of Louis' joggers

The blue eyed boy nodded "Yeah" he said softly, voice hoarse

Harry smiled, pulling down Louis' bottoms and throwing them to the side once he'd done so "Fuck, you're always so pretty for me" he whispered "Left these on for me, baby?" he quizzed, eyes going to the boys underwear "Fuck, you're unbelievable" he muttered, trying his best not to stare of make Louis uncomfortable "My little earth angel" he added softly before going back to kiss the boy

Louis whined, rutting up into Harry's touch as the taller man leant down to kiss at Louis' stomach

"So fucking beautiful" he whispered against his skin "Gonna let me touch you, baby?" He asked and Louis nodded slowly

"Please" Louis replied breathily "Just- can you-?"

"Yeah" Harry whispered "Yeah, baby, I know" he said softly, slowly dipping his fingers into Louis' underwear and touching the boy like he once had before

And Harry knew, he knew exactly what Louis meant by the tenseness of his shoulders and the hesitation in his eyes. He knew that Louis didn't want to take off anymore clothing, and Harry was fine with that. He was fine with anything that Louis would give him and he was grateful for every touch, every second he got to spend with the boy

Harry would never get used to this. Seeing Louis flushed and whining beneath him; clingy and desperate. The way he felt, the way he moved, the sounds he made. Harry was in heaven with all of it

"Good?" Harry questioned, fingers running against the boy's length

Louis nodded desperately, bucking into the man's touch "Yeah" he choked out "You good?" He checked

"M'in heaven" Harry answered, taking Louis in his hand and moving his fist slowly

The green eyed man pressed his lips back to Louis' stomach, biting softly and sucking at the skin; leaving little bruises wherever his mouth touched

Louis moaned softly, hands in Harry's hair, tugging softly on the long strands

Harry's other hand went down to his own length, groaning when Louis' kept his fingers entangled in his hair "Fuck" he muttered "So good for me, little one" he whispered, withdrawing himself from the boy's stomach and moving up "Give me a kiss" he said softly, hovering above Louis' lips

Louis' lent upwards, hands still in Harry's hair and he kissed the man, moaning into Harry's mouth as the green eyed man stroked both of them faster

"Mmm" Harry grunted "So good for me" he repeated, kissing at Louis' neck "So lovely" he praised

Harry carried on at this pace, nibbling at Louis' throat and whispering praise into his ear. It was no wonder that they both came so quickly, panting against each other, flushed and fucked

Harry decided that Louis looked best like this

***

"Took your time" Liam noted

Harry shrugged, smirk on his face "What can I say?" He quizzed "We've got stamina" he stated

Liam mimicked throwing up and Zayn literally threw a cushion at him "Okay, gross" the dark haired man scolded "None of us needed to know that" he stated

Harry grinned harder, catching the cushion in his hands and throwing it right back at Zayn "We were only working out" he said simply, faking innocence

"Harry, you literally have cum on your face" Niall pointed out

Harry almost jumped at the accusation, turning to the mirror on the wall and wiping at his face blindly before realising that Niall was lying and the boys were all laughing at him loudly

"Oh, fuck off" Harry grumbled angrily, shaking his head as he walked over to them "Fucking idiots"

Zayn grinned "Well at least we now know what you were doing all that time" he replied

Harry rolled his eyes "That's invasive" he pointed out "You don't see me all up in your hair" he added

Zayn scoffed "Because I'm not doing...that" he stated

Harry raised his brows, a smirk appearing on his face as he looked between Liam and Zayn "That so?" He quizzed

"Yes" Zayn gritted out "Shut up, would ya?" He added "Got something to show you"

Harry hummed softly "Go on then, dickhead" he replied, walking over and sitting right between Liam and Zayn

"Look at this" Niall said, breaking the silence and pointing to the computer screen "That's Frank and Pauls gang" he said, tapping on the screen before pressing play on the CCTV footage and pausing again shortly after "And then here's Yanis" he pointed out, placing a finger on the familiar face "He's spying on them" he explained

Harry nodded "Which means that he really wasn't lying" he said "And that he had good reason to believe Frank was involved" he added

Zayn hummed in agreement "But check this out" he muttered, rewinding the video so that Frank re-appeared on the screen "He's on the phone here at 3.54pm" he stated, grabbing one of the papers he'd stolen from Marks house "This transcript is dated and timed" he explained "2.54pm" he pointed out "UK time" he added

"Which means that we were right and that the phone call was between Mark and Frank" Harry replied, impressed

Liam nodded "What's more is that Frank clearly stated in this call that 'N' stands for Nick" he pointed out "He also says that the name 'Niall' should be used as a code"

"Think that was on purpose?" Niall quizzed "Did they really just want to throw me under the bus?" He asked "Or do you reckon it's just coincidence?"

Harry shook his head "Nothing's coincidental" he stated

Zayn nodded in agreement "You're right" he muttered "They definitely wanted us to turn on each other" he said

Harry hummed "Twats" he grumbled, pausing for a few seconds before speaking again "The question now is, who the fuck is Nick and why is he building an army against us?"

Liam shrugged, brows furrowed "I can't work it out" he muttered "How can someone we've never met hate us so much?" He asked

"Beats me" Zayn cut in "Unless we do know him and just can't remember"

Harry shook his head "Definitely not a I've come across" he said "It's pissing me off"

"That makes two of us" Niall added "Not even met the guy yet and I wanna punch him in the face"

Liam sighed "Think it's Nick who shot you, Harry?" He asked

"It's possible" Harry agreed "Could have been one of Peter's minions" he listed "Or maybe even Frank"

"Question is, why does Frank hate us?" Zayn asked "Never even met the guy"

Harry shrugged "No, but he does seem familiar" he reminded "Definitely seen him somewhere before"

"You think he's the one who sent Niall the texts?" Liam asked "Or the one that stuck Troy's hand to the ceiling?" He quizzed "Or the one who sent us the picture of Troy's dead body saying that Louis was next?" He listed "Or the one that breached out secur-"

"Fucking hell, Liam!" Niall exclaimed "Stop it, my brain hurts" he scolded

Harry sighed "We don't have enough answers" he muttered "But I reckon they're all linked, it would make sense for them to be"

"What does Louis have to do with this, though?" Zayn quizzed "The kid wouldn't hurt a fly, who on earth would want to kill him?"

Harry sighed "Anyone who wants to get revenge on me" he answered

Zayn placed a hand on Harry's shoulder "Don't think that's the only reason, H" he replied honestly "It can't be"

"Only one way we can find out" Niall cut in, brows furrowed

Harry squinted at him "How's that?" He asked

"We have to ask Louis" Liam answered for him

***

Of course Harry stalled when telling Louis what he had to about the case so far. Naturally, he didn't want to hurt the boy and secondly, he didn't want the boy to be worried, stressed or guilty about his relevance to their safety

Zayn decided that Louis had to be physically prepared, though, in fighting off whatever threat seemed to coming their way. So it was the following day that he took Louis to the attic for one purpose and one purpose only. And that was to train Louis to be just as capable as the rest of them

It was inevitable really. If Louis really wanted to learn how to be as physically capable as the other boys, he had to be taught by the same person that taught them in the first place

Luckily, Liam had a free slot in his schedule

And whilst Harry was doing research with Niall in his office, it just so happened that Louis had s free slot in his too

"More!" Liam demanded, shouting the words at Louis "Give me two more" he said, crouching down to level with Louis' face

"Can't" Louis said quietly, panting as he spoke "Liam, I can't" he said, trying to hold himself up weakly

"I said thirty" Liam told him and Louis huffed loudly before using every ounce of strength he had to give Liam two more push-ups "Good" Liam praised, kneeling down next to Louis and placing a hand on his back so that the boy couldn't get up "Now hold a plank for thirty seconds" he commanded

"I-I can't do that" Louis told him, squeezing his eyes shut "My arms-"

"Thirty seconds, that's all" Liam said calmly, keeping a hand on Louis' back

When the thirty seconds were finally up, Louis' arms were trembling and he literally collapsed as soon as Liam blew his whistle

"Are we done now?" Louis questioned from the floor, not even energetic enough to look up at Liam

"For now" Liam answered "Then we're going to do twenty laps around the garden" he stated

"The garden is huge" Louis pointed out "We can't do twenty" he complained

"I usually do fifty" Liam replied "I'm going easy on you" he added

Louis scoffed at this, pushing a hand through his damp hair before finally sitting up to face Liam who was grinning down at him "I bet you find this very amusing" Louis grumbled, rolling his eyes at the brown eyed man

Liam didn't even deny it

Louis huffed "I'll have you know that you won't be amused for very long" he warned "One of these days I'm going to be able to do all of this" he promised "And then I'll beat you up myself"

"I don't doubt it, little soldier" Zayn said, walking into the room "Thirsty?" He questioned, tossing the boy a bottle of water when he nodded

"Harry still busy?" Louis checked, unscrewing the cap and taking a sip

Zayn nodded "Niall's distracting him" he promised "Best get a wash before he clicks on"

Louis looked over to Liam who nodded at him "Go on" the brown eyed man agreed "We can do the laps tomorrow" he said, pulling Louis to his feet

Louis nodded "Thanks, Liam" he said with a grin before jogging out of the attic, letting Zayn ruffle his hair as he passed

"You know that Harry's going to find out, right?" Liam quizzed, brows raised at Zayn

The dark haired man grinned "Oh, absolutely" he replied

"And that he'll probably kill me" he added

Zayn took a step closer to Liam, still smiling "Yep" he told the man

Liam scoffed in amusement, folding his arms across his broad chest "You're not bothered by that?" He quizzed

"M'sure you can hold your own" Zayn stated

Liam smiled "Maybe" he said "But I probably wouldn't have to" he added

Zayn hummed thoughtfully "Why's that?" He questioned

"You wouldn't let him beat me up" Liam replied, no hesitation

"What makes you think that?" Zayn asked

Liam just continued to smile "You know why" he said softly before picking up his things and leaving the attic, smile still on his face

Questions:

What has been your favourite chapter/scene/moment so far?

Do you think Ziam are just flirting, an actual couple, or friends with benefits?

What's going to happen once they tell Louis? Should they?

I've tried so many times and I absolutely can't write the scene where Larry get intimate. Not the sex scene, just one buliding up to it. Blowjobs or something? I have the actual sex scene written. But I can never write smut past Louis taking off his underwear. I just can't write past that! They haven't even seen each other fully naked yet. I just can't ahhhh. I also struggle so much to write the scene LEADING UP to them having sex. Like???? SOMEONE PLEASE HELP. Please leave some suggestions here so I can finally give the smut y'all want

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