Summary : Queue Louis' father making an appearance .

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Louis was on his way to have lunch with Harry , he pressed the button to the elevators and texted Harry he'll be there in a bit while he waited . It felt odd ; Harry usually texted right away , and he wasn't answering .

The elevator doors opened and Louis stepped inside , pressing the button to Harry's office . It took a minute before he reached the high floor , and stepped outside when the doors opened .

He turned to smile at Laura , but gasped when he saw that her wrists were tied to the chair with a cloth wrapped around her mouth .

"Laura --" He moved to help her , but stopped when he felt presence behind him and a nudge at the back of his head , "Got you ."

Louis froze in shock , eyes widening when he recognized the voice . He felt another nudge at the back of his head , "Office . Now ."

He started walking , his whole body trembled as the man who he once called a father , John , held him at gunpoint , inside of Harry's office building . He shakily punched the code to the door and pushed it open , John shoved him inside and closed the door , the gun still pointed at him , "Sit on the chair ."

Louis walked towards Harry's chair behind the desk , stumbling when he was shoved again , "Faster , I don't have all day ." John pushed him down to sit on the chair and took ropes out of the bag he had on his shoulder , tying his wrists together tightly , then wrapped a rope around his body with his folded arms pressed to his chest . Louis winced but didn't dare to make a sound ; not when his ankles were tied together , and then his knees aswell .

"Wh-Why are you doing this ?" He sniffled , tears now rolling down his cheeks . He tried so hard to hold them back , but he was so scared .

"Why ? You're asking me why ?" John grabbed his jaw painfully , forcing him to look into his eyes , "The entire fucking country talks about you dating a man , one of the most powerful men in the country . You are a stain on our family name . I won't let it slide ." He shoved his head to the side harshly .

Louis tried to be optimistic ; he was in one of the most secure places he could be in , the building was littered with people who would help him with everything . He tried ; but the thought that his father managed to sneak his way in , with a gun , and up to Harry's office floor scared him a lot .

The ropes were painful around him , reddening his skin , and it felt like his blood circulation was cutting off . The tears were blurring his sight and he couldn't stop them ; he wanted it to end , wanted someone to come and help him .

The office phone started ringing . 

Both Louis and John turned to look at the phone , John kept the gun pointed at Louis as he picked up the phone , pressing it to his ear .

"You have ten seconds to walk out of the door or we're coming in ."

"Yeah , let's see you fucking try . Anyone walks in and the boy gets a bullet between his eyes .

"Look out of the window ."

John turned his head to the large glass floor-to-ceiling windows , seeing a helicopter lowering down to their level when a sniper holding a gun towards him .

He jumped over the desk and lowered down , "If that helicopter doesn't leave , the first bullet goes in his shoulder . I warned you ." He kept the gun towards Louis , moving his arm a bit and shooting the first bullet off to the side .

Louis flinched as panic bubbled in his chest , tears running down his cheeks like a fountain .

John barely had time to say anything else into the phone before four ceiling plates were lifted and SWAT men lowered themselves down into the room with ropes , holding their guns towards John , while the office door opened and Harry walked in with his men , all wearing their gear ; combat boots , bulletproof vests , gun belts and long guns held up towards John .

Louis sighed in relief , keeping his eyes on Harry as he let himself catch his breath .

"Put the gun away and you'll be locked up for life , or make a stupid move and then you'll wish you'd been dead already ." Harry took a step closer , John put his finger on the trigger , "Don't come closer ."

"The second we think you'll shoot , we shoot first . Don't try me ."

"I'm not leaving empty handed ." John shook his head and pulled the trigger , but Harry was quicker and shot him a few times .

It didn't help though - John's gun fired , too .

Harry didn't wait a second longer before abandoning his gun and running over to Louis , while his men took care of John . 

He grabbed his knife and skillfully cut Louis' ropes without hurting him , before grabbing a cloth he was handed and pressed it to the top of Louis' shoulder ; it was a miracle that the bullet only grazed him and didn't go in .

"I've got you baby , I'm here . I'm here I'm not leaving ." Harry comforted him as he cried in pain , squirming painfully on the chair . Harry scooped him up in his arms , "Let's get you to the hospital ." He left the office carrying Louis in his arms , while Victor commanded a few of the guards to escort them to the hospital with sirens on .

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Harry didn't leave the room while Zayn and two nurses took care of Louis ; they sedated him to sleep while they stitched the open wound on the top of his shoulder . He was in a lot of pain , crying and couldn't calm down - so Harry asked Zayn to sedate him until they were done .

It's been too long since he felt that ache in his chest , watching someone he loved and deeply cared about in so much pain , suffering . It wasn't unusual for Harry to see people in pain ; hell , he was the one causing that pain . But seeing Louis , his Louis , his baby , suffering so much - it made his chest tighten painfully .

He watched as Zayn stitched his wound , making sure Louis was still asleep .

"Done . I'll get him a robe ." Zayn said as he took the gloves off , he fetched a robe and with Harry's help they carefully changed Louis' bloodied shirt - which they had to cut a bit open to access the wound - into the clean robe .

Harry made sure he was properly covered with the blankets before they rolled him out of the operation room and to the VIP section , into a private room . Zayn clipped the heartbeat-line on his finger and turned to Harry , "He should wake up in the next hour , let me know when he does ."

Harry nodded once and watched as he left , before turning to Louis . He grabbed one of his small hands and pressed soft kisses to his knuckles ; he was furious with himself for letting John make his way into the building .

From the first and brief questioning he did when he was notified , he was told that John was hired to the constructions department . He was there for not even a week before he managed to snatch a card from one of the guards , who left the card on his jacket when he took it off .

There was a knock on the door , Harry looked once more at Louis before turning to the door , he held his gun with one hand as he opened the door with the other .

Liam stood there , "I came as soon as Zayn called ." He held up a bag , "Brought some stuff for you two ."

Harry moved aside and let him in , Liam looked over to Louis and sighed , shaking his head . "Is the man who did it dead ?"

"Unfortunately . I had plans for him in section C ." Harry made his way back to Louis' side , moving his fringe from his forehead gently .

Liam walked over to the round dining table in the corner of the room , "Brought your laptop so you can do some work . Brought some candy and chocolate for Louis for when he wakes up . Ehm , I brought some tea bags that Louis likes ." He placed everything on the table and turned to face Harry , "If you need anything else , tell me ."

"Will do ." Harry nodded once . "Tell Zayn to come in here ."

Liam walked out of the room , Harry couldn't take his eyes off Louis .

Seconds later Zayn walked in , "I'm here , what's up ?"

"His wrists ." Harry traced Louis' reddening skin , "Give me something to lessen the reddening ."

Zayn nodded , "I'll be back in a minute ." He walked back out of the room .

Harry took the time to kiss the reddening skin , then moving up to kiss his cheek a few times .

Zayn was back with a cream and handed it to Harry , "Want me to put it on or you'd rather do it yourself ?"

Harry took the bottle silently and squeezed a bit out , and ever so gently moved the pad of his finger on Louis' skin . Zayn watched , half amused half concerned ; he was worried about Louis , but was amused to see tough Harry being so gentle and soft around someone .

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Louis woke up almost an hour later , Harry crowded his space almost immediately and pressed kisses to his cheek . "I'm here baby , I'm right here , everything is okay . You're okay . We took care of you , nothing to worry about anymore ."

Tears filled Louis' eyes again , Harry shook his head , "No more crying , I've got you . You're safe baby ." He wiped his thumb under his eye to catch the tears before they fell .

"Tell me where it hurts ." Harry cupped his cheeks , Louis sniffled , "M-My shoulder . Hurts s-so bad ."

"Okay , I'll get Zayn to give you pain relievers ." Harry nodded and pressed down on the button to call Zayn into the room . Zayn was there in seconds , and when he saw Louis was in pain he fetched pain relievers for him .

After Zayn left Louis turned to Harry , who was holding one of his hands with both his large ones and kissing his knuckles .

"Is he .. ?"

"He's dead . Shot him the moment he shot you ." Harry moved closer and tucked his hair away from his face , "I know he was your father , but --"

"No . He - he wasn't a father to me ." Louis whispered as he shook his head , "He w-wasn't ."

Harry nodded and leaned in to peck his cheek , before pressing a soft kiss to his lips . "Is your shoulder better now ?"

"The pain slowly goes away ." Louis nodded , watching as Harry stood up from his seat and leaned over his body to reach his wounded shoulder . He shivered when Harry pressed gentle kisses to the pad over the wound , then his skin around it . A smile tugged on his lips when Harry moved the kisses up his neck , he shied away from the ticklish kisses and let out a small giggle when Harry's teeth grazed behind his ear , where it tickled more .

Harry pulled back and smiled at the sight of Louis smiling ; it was a small but real smile . He leaned down and kissed him for a bit before pulling away , "Love you ."

"Love you ." Louis said back quietly .

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