for some reason, with it being bloody freezing outside, people still came to the club. louis questioned whether they were stupid or just fucking stupid as he clocked in. niall was bouncing around the place, showing donny his nipples.

"niall, i've seen your man boobs countless times," donny laughed. "please pull your shirt down."

"don't be mad you aren't sexy like me," niall fixed his clothes. "my tits are better than yours."

louis giggled as he did his typical bar boy stuff and went to the office. he read through the notes that were left for him, switched the drawers out and returned to the bar.

harry had to work tonight, so he wouldn't be able to stay. but he promised he would drop by and say hi before he went.

lou was slowly getting used to the fact that harry was different. he didn't tell liam or niall, he felt like it wasn't their business. he wouldn't mention anything unless it was necessary, in the incident of harry being involved with someone getting hurt or harry getting attacked by a rival. as long as harry treated their friend right, the two boys had no problems with louis' relationship.

louis doesn't even really like people but he needs more friends like liam and niall.

harry eventually dropped by around eleven, greeting donny on his way in. he adjusted his jacket, striding down the hallway to the large room where everyone was. his eyes were fixated on his boyfriend, who was crouched down to get a martini glass from the bottom shelf.

louis prepared the drink, serving it and he turned to see multiple people eyeing harry. he understood why, the man was fucking gorgeous. his hair was past his shoulders, his jawline could cut you in half and his whole body made louis just want to drop to his knees and lick him. harry was his, nobody else's.

since he had no customers after this last martini, he walked away from the bar and towards harry. he grabbed harry's jacket and pulled him close, kissing him rough as he wrapped his arms around his neck.

harry growled into the kiss, grabbing louis' bum before burying his face in his neck. "what was that for, baby?"

"'cause they were eye fucking my man," louis hummed as he tilted his head to give harry room to nuzzle. "plus i missed you."

"i missed you too, love," harry pecked his lips. "i dunno how long i'll be gone tonight but i'll call you as soon as i get home, okay?"

louis nodded. "okay."

harry gave him a tight hug, lifting him off of the ground. the bartender squeaked and demanded to be put back down, glaring at the gang member in front of him when he was released. harry could only chuckle and kiss him, telling him he had to go because evan was being impatient.

"be careful," louis said softly. harry nodded, leaning down to give him one last kiss before exiting the club.

louis stood on a stool and jumped back over the counter, raising up a half-full bottle of jack daniel's and hooting as the dj played only by nicki minaj.

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"holy shit, lance is smart," harry said as he parked his corvette. "he literally disarmed the security system."

"and the cameras," zayn added. "dad doesn't play. c'mon, they're waiting for us."

lance was the technology guy in the clique. his smarts were how they usually spotted a target.

harry got out of the car, tying the bandana below his eyes and pulled the hood up over his head. even if the town gave zero fucks about gangs, he still tried his best to keep his identity hidden.

zayn grabbed the bags from the trunk and harry made sure he had an extra set of ammo in his pocket before going up to the door of the shop. lance walked up, picking the lock and when the alarm didn't go off, the two men beside him darted inside.

zayn unzipped a bag as harry shot a display case. shards of glass flew everywhere, landing in areas across the whole building. while harry busted things, zayn swiped them. his father gave them a task that finally wasn't boring. it was actually adrenaline rushing.

"god damn it, it's locked," harry groaned once he realized he couldn't open the safe. it had a password. duh, genius.

zayn continued stashing rings, necklaces and whatever else he could find. the jewelry store was a hit in london. they tried to claim to have the best security, the best aid, when it wasn't true. evan scoped out for weeks and discovered that the third shift security guard goes on an hour break at midnight. lance was able to hack into shit and dismember it all. somehow, they landed a group of intelligent people and harry wondered why he got to be the stupid one out of them all.

their hour was almost up and the store was almost wiped out. with harry's speed and zayn's pocketing mastery, they made one hell of a team.

"oh, shit!" zayn yelled when a spare bullet flew by him. three different men stormed through the building, aiming their guns at the men inside.

"don't fucking move," one of them said. zayn rolled his eyes to the remark and held his pistol up, pointing it at the man and shot him.

"fucking bullseye," he snorted and yelped when his shoulder was grazed by a hot whip of metal.

harry stopped trying to break locks and raised his weapon. since he was in a corner, nobody really saw him. he went to pull the trigger and he noticed zayn on the ground, clutching his wound

harry pulled the trigger atleast three times and watched as the bullets hit the opposing lads. they were both falling to the ground and the rest of the group helped sweep the place clean as harry threw the bags in the trunk and sped to evan's house with zayn in the passenger seat.

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"hazza?" louis yawned. "what's wrong?"

"it's zayn," harry said. "he was shot."

louis wouldn't deny that he began panicking. "oh fuck- is he okay? is he gonna make it?"

"he's gonna make it," harry assured. "i just, uh, i might need your medical smarts. can you come to my boss's house?" he asked as he paced the kitchen. "like, fast?"

"give me an address," was all louis said before he started his car and broke the speed limit across the city.

when he got to evan's house, harry led him in because he didn't want to risk louis getting hurt for randomly stopping by a boss' home. harry pulled him to a guest bedroom that was downstairs and when louis saw the blood-stained crumpled shirt, he grimaced. that's quite an injury.

louis dropped his jacket. "does anyone have any scissors?"

zayn's mom shuffled out of the room and came back with a pair, handing them to louis. louis peeled his own shirt off, cutting it and wrapped a strip around zayn's arm. he tightened it, frowning as the older man hissed in pain.

"what happened?" louis mumbled.

"uh, haz?" zayn weakly chuckled. "you wanna explain?"

despite louis' frowns through the whole story, harry managed to tell him about the heist and how they tried busting them but it resulted in three dead men and millions worth of jewelry sitting in the kitchen of evan's house. louis didn't like hearing about harry's work but fuck, he couldn't help it. he had to get used to it because he wanted, no, he needed harry in his life.

"another question," louis said and looked at the people arond him. "anyone got a better first aid kit? i need to clean this and stitch it. maybe cauterize his shoulder if there's no stitching kit."

zayn groaned in protest, earning a glare from the small boy beside him.

"you wanna bleed out?" louis tested. "if you do this, i'll smoke with you."

"fine," zayn huffed. "you're such a brat, y'know?"

"there's my zaynie," louis teased and pressed a sloppy, goofy kiss to his sweaty head. he looked back at the group.

"erm, we don't have a stitch kit," evan bit his lip.

"for a mob boss, you slack alot," louis retorted, earning a snort from his boyfriend. "i need a torch. and probably a big knife since i doubt there would be a random hunk of metal laying around here."

"i got a lighter, it's pretty badass," evan shrugged. "looks like a mini torch."

"evan, love, this is serious," zayn's mom scoffed. "where's the one in the garage?"

evan dipped out to the garage and returned with the requested items. louis cleaned off zayn's shoulder, dabbing some of the blood away with a new piece of his shirt and he grabbed a cloth from harry when he was asked to grab one.

"open," louis said. zayn opened his mouth after louis rolled up the rag. "bite down."

zayn obeyed the tiny man and louis began to heat up the knife. "this is gonna hurt like a bitch," louis warned. "but we gotta do it, i guess. why couldn't he go to the hospital?"

"he refuses to go," harry leaned against the wall, watching his boyfriend work his magic. "plus he punched a doctor once for telling him he had to get blood drawn."

louis laughed at the irony and glanced down at the scalding metal. "are you ready, z?"

zayn slowly nodded. louis told him it was gonna be a minimal second thing and the older man screamed in pain when the knife was brought to his open wound. the smell of burning flesh had harry feeling nauseous and louis removed the knife.

"all done," he whispered.

zayn took out the rag. "thanks, smoke buddy."

louis chuckled at the nickname. "it'll hurt for a few days, maybe weeks. i'd advise you to limit what you do."

"how did you know this?" harry asked curiously.

louis stood, placing his hands on his hips. "boy scouts, harold. i'm in med school!"

harry laughed and reached over, kissing louis' head. "thank you for coming."

louis leaned into the man. "you guys need to be careful."

zayn gave him an apologetic look as harry rubbed his back. he laid his chin on his head and louis wrapped his arms around the man's waist.

"you got a smart lad," evan said out of the blue. "keep him. we may need him more."

louis couldn't help but flinch at the words, wondering what he could mean.

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aw zaynie ))):

tbh i think louis would be a fine ass doctor. like oh hello im doctor sexy- no nvm its doctor tomlinson whats wrong w ur bitch ass today

do you think louis was doing it out of the kindness of his heart? & why do you think he didnt like what evan said to him?

i saw an edit on instagram that highly inspired this chapter. if i could remember who posted it id shout them out so you could watch it but my memory is literally ass.

im working a 12 hour shift today but im on my first break, so here's an update since i haven't updated in a few days!

thank you all for 1k reads so far!!