Summary : A group of thugs breaks into the mansion . Louis is home alone , Harry is away on a business trip .

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"Where are you headed to now ?" Louis asked , smiling down at his phone .

"Just leaving the hotel for a Gala ." Harry smiled back .

"Show me your suit ." Louis flopped down on the cloud couch , "Which one did you end up choosing ?"

Harry moved around his hotel room and flipped to the back camera , showing his suit in the mirror , "Went for this one . You like it ?"

"Love it . You make every suit look good ." Louis smiled with pink cheeks .

Harry flipped back to his front camera , "Good to know ." He smirked at Louis , then turned his head to look somewhere off camera . "I need to go now baby , I'll text you before I go on the plane . You'll be asleep , so we'll probably talk in the morning ."

"Okay . Enjoy the Gala , love you ."

"Love you more baby ."

They finished their facetime , Louis pouted in boredom and stood up from the couch . He went to the master bedroom and plugged his phone into the charger before going to take a shower .

He finished showering and dressed in comfy clothes , which included one of Harry's jumpers as usual . He put on his fluffy socks to keep his feet warm before going to check on his phone . He laid in bed as he texted Niall for a bit ; Niall knew that Harry was away and was more than happy to be there for Louis when he needed someone to talk to .

Louis' head snapped to the door when he heard faint sounds from the first floor . He slowly stood up from bed and tip-toed to the door , hoping that maybe some of Harry's guards , or even Liam or Zayn , were the ones making noises .

He saw no one in the second floor , though heard more sounds from the first floor . He kept close to the wall , lowering himself down to be less visible . His eyes widened when he saw two men standing there , they had their back towards him , both dressed in black and holding small hand guns .

He moved backwards as quietly as he could ; he saw only two men , though could hear more than just two . He took his phone from the bedroom and put it on silent ; he couldn't risk being heard .

I need to protect myself , Louis thought to himself . Then he remembered - Harry's office had some ammo .

He peeked out of the bedroom and held his breath as he listened ; he heard the group of men making more noises on the first floor , he tip-toed out of the bedroom and crawled on the floor close to the wall until he reached Harry's home office .

He sighed quietly as he made it into the large room and stood up from the floor , he went to Harry's desk and quielty opened the drawers with trembling hands , finding a gun in the first drawer . He also found more magazines filled with bullets , punching rings .

But the one thing he needed from there was a sound suppressor .

He grabbed the gun and suppressor , installing the suppressor with shaking hands as he kept looking up and listening to any sounds .

Harry isn't even in the country , what can I do ? Louis thought to himself as he moved to Harry's couch . He cocked the gun under the cushions to suppress the sound of it , before sitting on his knees on the floor behind the couch to hide himself as he called Liam .

"Hey Lou , wh --"

"Liam I n-need help ." Louis almost cried at the sound of his voice .

"What's wrong ?"

"S-Some -- some thugs broke into the mansion , they're a-armed , I'm hiding in H-Harry's office with a g-gun ." He whispered , sniffling as he let tears of fear roll down his cheeks .

"Fuck . I'm getting everyone right now . Stay on the phone ." Liam scrambled into action ; He grabbed his radio and alerted all units , before pressing his phone back to his ear , "Does Harry know ?"

"N-not yet ." Louis wiped his cheeks and eyes , breath hitching when he heard footsteps going upstairs ."

"Th-They're coming up here ." Louis managed to say before moving the phone away from his ear and deafening the call .

He sat curled up , holding the gun with both his shaking hands , listening quietly to the sounds moving around the second floor . He stiffened when he heard the door to Harry's office opening wider , footsteps walking into the room .

Louis held the gun tilted upwards , readying himself for the moment he would be discovered . He tightened his jaw not to make a sound when he saw the man , though he had his back towards him with his gun tucked into his belt .

But then the guy turned around and his eyes immediately fell on Louis , making Louis' heart drop to his stomach .

The guy looked at him for two seconds before reaching for his gun , but Louis acted on auto-pilot - he squeezed his eyes shut and shot three bullets at the man . He slowly opened his eyes , seeing the man falling back to the floor as two bullets managed to hit him ; one went into his collarbone and through the top of his shoulder , the second went into the bottom of his throat .

Louis grabbed his phone and stood up on shaking legs , he couldn't stand the sounds of the man choking on his own blood to death . He froze when he was almost at the door , hearing footsteps approaching the office . He hid behind the door , tucked his phone into his pants to hold the gun with both hands again .

"Holy shit ." He heard someone walking into the room and towards the man who was shot . Louis peeked out from behind the door , seeing the man taking his gun out of his belt as he turned to look around the room .

Louis was quick to shoot at the man , he managed to shoot him twice in the chest - but the man was quick enough to shoot at him once aswell . And unlike Louis , he didn't have a sound suppressor .

Louis whimpered at the loud sound though was thankful the door took the bullet , he saw the second man falling to the floor before he raced out of the office and to his and Harry's bedroom , going to hide in the walk-in closet .

He climbed up to the top shelves behind all of the clothes , he let out a shaky breath before grabbing his phone and un-deafening it .

"L-Liam ."

"We're almost Lou , fuck , you got me so worried when you stopped responding . It'll take me longer to get there but a helicopter with a SWAT team is on the way , you'll be able to hear it soon enough ."

"O-Okay ." He sniffled .

"I talked to Harry , he left the Gala and will be back home during the night . Please tell me you're safe for a bit more ."

"I th-think so ." Louis whispered , "I'm so s-scared ."

"I know , crazy how it even happened , but we're almost there ."

Louis stiffened when he heard more sounds in the second floor , and calls of 'find them !!' going around . He could hear the men trashing the furniture to find him , Liam still on the phone .

"Almost there . Ten seconds , Lou ."

He could hear someone in their bedroom , could hear the bathroom door being kicked open loudly . "Where are you ?!"

Louis almost cried with relief when he heard the helicopter nearing and landing on the roof of the mansion - just as the door of the walk-in closet was kicked open . The man only managed to peek into the room before he raced out to join his men .

"Th-They're here ." Louis said .

"Stay where you are , let them handle the men ."

Just then shots were fired around the mansion , loud and booming , as well as yelling and screaming .

"I'm five minutes away , Lou . Talk to me ." Liam said ; Louis could barely hear him over the loud sounds of gunshots .

"H-How long is Harry's flight ?"

"Two and a half hours , he'll be home in four hours tops ." Liam reassured him , "The SWAT team just reported that they're going down to the first floor , so the second floor is clear for you to get out of the hiding spot ."

"Sir ? Mr. Tomlinson ?" 

Louis froze when he heard someone calling him .

"Sir , my name is Isaac , I'm from the SWAT team ."

"L-Liam is there an Isaac in the SWAT team ?" Louis whispered into the phone .

"Yes , Isaac Jones , he's one of the men ."

Louis slowly moved the clothes from his way , his heart skipped a beat when someone walked into the room , though calmed down when he recognized the man's gear .

"Would you like me to help you ?" Isaac asked , Louis nodded quietly and let Isaac help him down from the top shelves . He flinched when more gunshots were heard from the first floor , clutching the gun in his hand .

"Just us , we're taking care of the thugs ." Isaac assured him before grabbing his radio , "Isaac here , Mr. Tomlinson is with me . He's alive and well , not injured physically . Shaken up but he's on the clear ."

The gunshots stopped , Isaac motioned Louis to follow him as they heard from the radio that the first floor was clear . Louis looked away from the bodies as he followed Isaac down to the first floor , holding onto the railing as his legs still trembled .

He pressed the phone to his ear , "Liam ."

"I'm here . You're with Isaac and the team now , you're out of danger . Everything will be alright . I'll be there soon ."

"Some of us are patrolling outside with more teams , we'll be staying inside until we get the clear ." Isaac told him , "You can sit here on the stairs , I'll fetch you a water bottle ."

Louis lowered himself down to sit on the bottom stair while Isaac went to the kitchen , returning shortly after with a bottle . Louis thanked him quietly and drank a bit , still holding the gun in his lap and his phone still on call with Liam .

"I'm at the front gates , I'll be right there with you ." Liam said , Louis said a small 'okay' and watched as the men opened the front door , placing a piece of furniture to keep it open . He shivered at the cold air and watched as cars filled the front of the mansion , both Range Rovers and police cars .

Liam ran into the mansion , Louis let his shoulders drop in relief as tears filled his eyes again . He covered his face with his hands and cried as Liam kneeled in front of him and pulled him into a hug , squeezing him close .

Isaac handed Liam a blanket , Liam took it and draped it over Louis to keep him warm .

"You're okay now , everything is okay ." Liam rubbed his back over the blanket . He continued to hold him until his cries quietened , he pulled back from their hug , "Harry is on the plane so he doesn't have reception , but know he's on his way here ."

Louis nodded and wiped his eyes , looking over Liam's shoulder when he saw Zayn walking into the mansion . Zayn smiled at him as he walked over , "Couldn't not join the party , could I ?"

Zayn checked Louis up quickly to make sure he wasn't injured , took his blood pressure , looked into his eyes with a flashlight and checked his ears .

"You're all good ." Zayn placed everything back into his backpack , then sat next to Louis and put his arm over his shoulders , "Now we're just waiting for Harry , eh ? Fashionably late , isn't he ?"

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"He landed a few minutes ago , got right into the helicopter ." Liam informed Louis , "Should be here any minute , soon . If he were to take the roads it would've taken over an hour , and as we know him , he would've never been able to wait that long ."

Louis nodded and slowly stood up , legs still shaking as he held onto the railing of the stairs ; he hadn't moved from his spot in the past three hours , watching as guards and police officers marched all over the mansion . He spoke to a police officer who took his statement , detailing to her everything that happened . Zayn and Liam stayed with him for comfort when they noticed he was getting worked up again .

Zayn stood up with Louis , Louis looked over to Liam , "C-Can I go to the roof ? To b-be there when Harry gets here ."

Liam nodded , "Of course ." He then turned and called two guards over to escort them .

They made it to the roof , Zayn tightened the blanket around Louis , "Want to sit down ?"

Louis shook his head , looking into the sky when he heard the sound of the helicopter from afar .

It took a minute longer before the helicopter lowered down to the roof and landed , the blades' motor cut off before the door was thrown open and Harry jumped out . His eyes quickly found Louis , he marched towards him and opened his arms when Louis ran up to him .

Louis wrapped his arms around Harry's middle and pressed his face to his chest , crying once again - though more of relief . Harry squeezed him in his arms , "Fuck baby , I was so worried . Can't believe I wasn't there . How brave of you to fight back ."

He grabbed the sides of Louis' head and tilted his head up , "I'm so proud of you , but I hate that you were caught up in that situation in the first place ." He shook his head as he wiped his cheeks , "Are you physically hurt ?"

Louis shook his head and sniffled , "I still f-feel scared . M-My heart feels - feels achey ."

Harry kissed his forehead , "Fucking hell , baby . Can't believe I let that happen ." Before Louis could say anything Harry pulled him into a kiss . Louis dug his fingers into Harry's back as Harry kissed him for a bit , pulling back to look down at him , "I'm not leaving your side ever again ." His words were half a promise and half in a joking manner .

Harry grabbed Louis in his arms and laced his arms under his bum to carry him , pressing kisses to his cheek as he walked over to where Liam , Zayn and the two guards stood . "Update me on everything ."

It was getting late at night , Louis was growing tired - though couldn't find it in himself to fall asleep . Harry kept him close wherever he went , he was constantly buried in his chest , pressed to his side .

The mansion started clearing out close to three a.m , Louis looked up at Harry , "Where are we spending the night ?"

"We'll be staying at the office building for a while , in the room behind the shelves ." Harry walked them out of the mansion after everyone left , "I'll try not to take too long , but we'll look for a new place for us . I'll explain to you tomorrow what's going to happen , for now we'll just relax for the rest of the night ."

"Hazzie I don't think I can sleep ." Louis shook his head , watching as Harry opened the passenger's door for him . "I'm tired , but - but my body won't let me sleep ."

Harry watched as Louis climbed into the seat , "I understand . We don't have to sleep if you can't . We'll shower and get in bed , cuddle for the rest of the night . Talk if you want to talk , if you're ready to talk . I'll take care of you ."

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Let me know if you'd want to read about this part from Harry's point of view .

Hope you liked it x

~Author