Summary : Harry comes home bruised .

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Louis skipped down the stairs when he heard Harry's footsteps walking up from the garage .

"Hazzie ." He smiled when he saw Harry , who had his back towards him as he took his blazer off .

Louis frowned when he saw some bruises on Harry's arms , then let out a gasp and covered his mouth when Harry turned to face him .

"Wh-What -- what happened ?" He walked closer slowly , Harry shrugged and gave him a soft smile , "Nothing to worry about , baby . Should I start making dinner ?"

Louis followed Harry to the kitchen , "Nothing to worry about ? Are you being serious ?" He grabbed Harry's elbow gently to stop him and turn him around to face him . "Look at you , how can you tell me not to worry ?"

Harry's eye was purple and swollen , his cheekbone blue and red . His lip was busted , chin bruised red . He had hand marks under his jaw , and he could see more bruises under the collar of his shirt .

"It's nothing , alright ? Let's make dinner ." Harry held Louis' hand in his , Louis gripped his hand but shook his head .

"No . How can you tell me it's nothing ? So you seriously think I'm not worried right now ?" Louis pulled Harry to the table and pulled out a chair , "Sit ."

"You've got nothing to be worried about . I got in a fist fight with one of the guards ." Harry smiled a bit , Louis huffed and gave him a soft nudge to sit on the chair .

"Stop talking . You don't get to talk right now ." Louis turned to go to the fridge , Harry grabbed his arm , "Baby --"

"No pet names . Stop talking ." Louis pulled his arm out of Harry's grip and went to the fridge . He opened the freezer and took out an ice pack , walking back to Harry .

Harry sighed as he let Louis treat his swollen eye . "Are you seriously mad at me right now ?"

Louis pulled the pack away and frowned , "Yes , very much so ."

"Why ? What did I do ?"

"Incase you forgot , this relationship goes both ways . I worry about you too . You come home with bruises all over and act as if it's nothing , you dismiss my worrisome and make me feel like it's almost wrong for me to worry ."

Louis swallowed the emotional lump in his throat and sighed , "You need to understand that it's both of us together here . I tell you when something happens , you should do the same with me ." He pressed the ice pack to Harry's eye again .

Harry looked up at Louis , eyes locked on the sad frown on his face . He brought his hands to Louis' hips , "I didn't mean to make you feel like this ."

Louis locked his eyes with Harry's for a second before looking away again , moving the ice pack down a bit to his cheekbone .

"I know - I know I should work on things , when it comes to this relationship . I promise you I will ." Harry nodded .

Louis kept quiet . He was wondering how long it would take for Harry to realise on his own he still needed to say two simple words .

Harry kept watching Louis , as he moved the ice pack to his chin . He was still quiet , still not talking .

"I'm sorry , baby ." Harry gave him a gentle smile and a squeeze to his waist , Louis moved the ice pack away and put it on the table , crossing his arms .

"Took you long enough ."

Harry only smiled and pulled Louis down to kiss him , Louis put his hands on Harry's shoulders , "Stop , you have a cut on your lip ."

"I don't care ."

"Well , I do care ." Louis moved away from Harry and went to grab a cloth , he wet it under the tap in the kitchen and went back to Harry . He gently wiped away the dry blood , "You can drive me up the wall sometimes , you know ."

"I know baby ."

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Louis walked around the parking lot of the office building , Odin and Apollo walking alongside him . He was looking for the guard who got in a fist fight with Harry .

And , well . It wasn't hard to find the guard ; Louis thought that Harry was bruised , but here the guard was , and he was battered .

He swallowed thickly as he walked over to him , luckily remembering his name ; it was a guard he never talked to , as the guard was always cold to him and ignored his presence from the first day they met .

The guard , Ali , was just finishing his cigarette , standing there with two more guards . Louis walked up to him and took the cigarette out of his hand , throwing it to the ground and stomping on it .

Ali looked down at his cigarette , then up at Louis . "What the fuck is your problem ?"

"If you don't like Harry , quit working here ."

"And give up the fat check ? Fucking no ." Ali chuckled humourlessly .

"You got him into a fist fight . Everyone knows Harry doesn't fights unless provoked . You don't like him so just quit , go find somewhere else to work ." Louis didn't know where that burst of confidence came from .

Ali blinked at him once , twice . He took two steps back , before swinging his fist at Louis' face , punching him full-force .

Louis stumbled back from the force before he fell to the ground unconscious .

Odin and Apollo didn't think twice before lunging at Ali , Apollo latched his teeth into his right forearm while Odin viciously went for his inner thigh .

Within seconds they were surrounded by guards , Liam managed to get Odin and Apollo off Ali and quickly put them in leashes , handing them over to one of the guards while he went to Louis .

Ali was bleeding as he was forced to the ground on his front , hands cuffed behind his back and a hand holding his head down to the pavement .

Liam made sure Louis was breathing , sighing when he pulled at his eyelids to look into his eyes ; still unconscious .

Harry marched his way out of the building , the guards created a path for him to walk through . He looked to his left , where Liam was giving instructions to a medical team to carefully place Louis on the stretcher .

He walked closer , Liam stood up as he helped carrying Louis . He saw that Harry was there and gave him a nod , "I'll go with Louis to the hospital , Zayn is waiting there . Finish with him and join us ."

Harry turned to where Ali was held down , seeing the blood on his arm and thigh . He went over to Odin and Apollo and pet the two , leaning down to give each dog a kiss on the bridge of their noses .

He then went to Ali , the guards moved out of his way . He put his foot on Ali's arm and pushed him to roll over onto his back , then put his foot down on his throat .

"Mess with me , I will kill you ." He said in a low voice , "Mess with the guy I love and you'll wish I killed you ."

He moved his foot off his neck and turned to Victor . "Section C ."

Ali spat out onto the pavement as he was carried away , "Fuck you ! Fucking --"

Harry pulled his gun out and shot him in the leg , "If I'm going to have to hear you , I'd rather it be screams of pain ."

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Louis slowly woke up in the hospital , his head exploded with pain .

"Hey , take it easy Lou ."

Louis slowly opened his eyes and saw Liam , he closed his eyes again , "My head hurts . So bad ." He mumbled .

"I know , Zayn just connected the IV in and went to get the pain relievers ." Liam nodded .

"Oh no . I have a needle in ?" Louis whined , "I hate needles ."

"I know , we have to though ." Liam caressed his arm a bit , then the door opened and Zayn walked in .

"Good to see you're awake ." Zayn gave Louis a smile before injecting the pain relievers into his IV pipe .

"Where's Harry ?" Louis pouted .

"On his way here , he stayed to take care of that guard ." Liam told him .

Zayn adjusted the blanket around Louis to keep him warm , "Is your head starting to feel better ?"

"Yeah . Slowly ." Louis nodded , though stopping when it hurt . "When can I leave ?"

"Only tomorrow , I'm afraid . You have a concussion and I want you to stay overnight so we can watch over you ." Zayn gave his cheek a gentle pinch , "I'm about to head home for a bit , but I'm working the night shift so it won't be so bad ."

The door opened and Harry walked in , Liam and Zayn gave Louis' hands squeezes as they left th room .

Harry walked over to Louis and sighed , he sat on his bed and grabbed his hand with both his large ones , pressing kisses to his knuckles and the back of his hand .

"I really , really want to be mad at you right now ."

"For ..?"

"For putting yourself in danger like this ."

"And you're not ... Because ...?"

"Because I fucking love you too much ." Harry smiled against his knuckles , "And you stood up for me . In all your 5"6 glory , --" He chuckled when Louis swatted at his chest weakly , "Mean ."

Harry took his hand again , "I'm going to need to go take care of things ."

Louis knew what it meant . He pouted , "Can you wait with it ? I don't want to be here alone . Zayn said he works night shift so maybe you can go while he's here ?"

"Okay baby ." Harry nodded , "Want me to get Niall for you too ? See if he's free ?"

"I'll text him ." Louis nodded , "Can you stay for a bit ?"

"I'll stay as long as you want me to ." Harry leaned down to kiss his forehead .

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