ALWAYS

Enola laid in my arms shaking and trying to catch her breath. I held her close and kissed her hair lightly. She giggled quietly and buried her face in my chest.
"What?" I asked laughing myself. Enola peeked up at me with her big blue eyes and flushed cheeks. "What?" I asked again.
"That was new." She kept giggling. I laughed louder as she crawled on top of me. I smiled up at her as she rested her chest on mine and straddled my hips. She ran her fingers through my hair gently and gazed into my eyes. "I love you." She murmured, a light filling her eyes that I'd missed while I was gone.
"I love you." I whispered, skimming my fingers over her back and bum. I'd missed the feel of her soft, warm skin. I smiled when I inhaled the scent of her hair, coconut was now mixed the light scent of lovemaking sweat. I'd missed the feel of her breathing against me. The way her chest rose and fell against my side of my chest. I bit my lip when I could feel the heat rising inside of me again.
Enola rested her head in the crook of my neck and hummed, "I love the way you touch me." I kissed her lips gently. "So soft and tender, like I'm made of glass." Enola whispered. "You tell me everything you're thinking when you touch me." Enola sounded so sleepy. "I can feel how much you love me. How much you missed me. How much you want to make love again." Enola snickered quietly.
"I would like that." I replied turning my face to hers. Enola pulled her bottom lip between her teeth, waiting for me to make a move. "But you're exhausted already. And Darcy will be up soon."
"But I'm naked and completely willing." Enola murmured, kissing my jawline lightly. "Darcy will sleep until I wake her up most of the time." Enola stated cheekily.
"Yeah. And I know you will." I chuckled.
"Only because you're so good." Enola replied, nipping at my bottom lip. I growled and captured her full, pouting lips between mine. "There's my Bear." She moaned into my kiss.


"No. We have to get up Enola." I laughed as she tried to pull me back into the bed. "Darcy has been asleep for almost three hours. She won't sleep tonight if she doesn't get up now." I stated leaning over a pouting Enola. I kissed her lips lightly, "Trust me. You want her to go to sleep tonight." Enola blushed and released me. I stood from the bed and scooped up my pants.
"You know you're like a God right?" Enola asked me as I pulled my jeans around my hips. I lifted my eyebrow at her. "I mean, you're gorgeous. You're loving. You have the biggest heart I've ever come across. The best father and an AMAZING lover." She explained.
I kissed her once more then whispered, "I'm not getting back in bed." Enola went back to pouting as I tried to clean up the mess I had made. I sat down on the bed and started putting laundry back into the basket. Enola sat up and wrapped her arm around my neck as she pressed her naked chest to my bare back. She kissed my ear lightly and ran her hand though my hair. I hummed quietly.
"I missed you. I hate missing you." Enola stated as she held me tighter. I touched my lips to her warm arm.
"I know, baby. I know. Tour is almost done with. Two more legs then it's done. Then I'll be home until the next album comes out. Which might be a year or two what with Liam and Sophia trying to have a baby. Louis wants more time with Freddie." I explained. She nodded. "We can take a trip or something with Darcy if you want. Just the three of us. Go to Disney in Paris or something?" I suggested. "Or a beach something, somewhere warm?" I added.
Enola shook her head, "No. Let's just stay home for a while. We should get Darcy into a real routine when tour is done. What with school starting in the fall for her. She'll need a routine."
I groaned, "School for the baby." I turned back to Enola, "Can we home school her?" Enola shook her head. "Why not?" I whined.
"Because. School is were kids learn to be social. She needs to go to school." Enola replied. I puffed and nodded. "Don't worry. At this rate, there will always be at least one baby in the house at all times." Enola giggled in my ear. I laughed and shook my head. Enola held me tighter and kissed the back of my head. "Come on, get out of bed, baby." I urged her.
Enola shook her head and rested her forehead against my temple, "I just need to hold you like this for a few more minutes." I smiled and nodded. I couldn't really say no to her. She missed me and just wanted to be close to me. "I'm not taking my pants off." I laughed when Enola pulled me back onto the pillows. She giggled and kissed my cheek.


I sat at the table with Darcy while Enola was trying to clean up the kitchen from dinner. I put up a fight about helping her, but she refused to let me. She told me to sit and pay attention to our daughter. Darcy had a coloring book and crayons in front of her. I ran my fingers through her soft hair. It was funny; Darcy's hair looked like mine but felt like Enola's. But then again, everything about her really looked like me, but she reminded me too much of her mother.
"Yeah, but she sounds like you when she gets mad." Enola stated as she leaned over the table to grab Darcy's glass. I lifted my eyebrow at Enola. I hadn't said a single word. "Your lips move a little when you think really hard sometimes." Enola giggled when I blushed.
"She's so much like you." I murmured looking into Enola's eyes.
"Funny. 'Cause I think she's so much like you." Enola replied, leaning in to kiss me softly. I heard Darcy giggling beside Enola and I. We both looked at her curiously. "What's so funny, missy?" Enola inquired of Darcy.
"You and Daddy." Darcy replied, still full of giggles.
"Why are Mummy and Daddy funny?" I asked my child, full of wonder.
"Because. You love Mummy sooooo much and Mummy loves you soooooo much. Auntie Sophia said that you and Mummy are..." Darcy was struggling to find the word that Sophia had used in front of her.
Enola looked at me, "Sophia said that we were serendipitous."
"YEAH! Auntie Sophia said that!" Darcy shouted hearing the word again. "She said that she loves the way you and Mummy are together. That she's not seen you smile that much since before I was born." Darcy stated with her adorable matter of fact tone.
"I can believe that." I said keeping my eyes on Enola's. She shook her head and kissed my cheek before returning to cleaning up the kitchen. Darcy looked up to say something to me but was stopped by the sound of the front door opening. Darcy got up and ran toward the front door. I laughed quietly and followed her. "Hey Louis." I smiled seeing him with Freddie in his arms. "What's up, Fred?" I asked the toddler.
"Hi! Can I play with Darcy?" Freddie shouted at me.
Darcy grabbed my hand and tugged furiously, "Daddy, Daddy, Daddy. Please. Please. Please." Louis and I both started laughing.
"Daddy!" Freddie and Darcy whined in unison. Louis set Freddie on the floor and in an instant Darcy grabbed his hand and they ran off to the living room. Louis and I watched our kids run off together.
"Should we start planning the wedding?" I joked.
"You know that's not a bad idea." Louis chuckled. Suddenly, we were both slapped in the back of the head. We turned to see Enola glaring at us a bit.
"I'm joking, Noli." I murmured trying to get out of being in trouble. She just lifted her eyebrow. "They're really cute is all I'm saying." I stated. Enola nodded and turned to Louis. She kissed his cheek gently.
"How are you, honey?" She asked him with genuine concern. Louis shrugged. "Well something must be going on if you're here after six with Freddie." Enola tried to coax it out of him.
"I really need to do some shopping. There's not really any food in the house and I need to get his Christmas present still. I was kind of hoping that I could sucker you guys into watching him for me. He likes playing with Darcy." Louis spoke like he was embarrassed.
"Louis, it's late for them." Enola sounded sad.
"I know. I know. Like two hours tops, I promise." Louis begged. I shrugged when Enola looked to me. "Please. I really need to have things in my house for my son." Louis pleaded. Enola nodded and agreed. "Sorry, I know I'm putting a cramp in your...whatever you two do when you're home." Louis smirked a bit.
"Darcy is still up." I stated with a shrug, not thinking. Enola hit me in the arm quickly. "What?" I shouted. "She is! We never do anything while she's awake!" I blurted.
Louis laughed, "I don't think I realized how much I missed you two doing this." Enola's eyes softened as she looked between Louis and I. "What? I did. It's nice to see two people I love with all of my heart happy again. You always were better together." Louis informed Enola and I. Enola's eyes filled with tears and she kissed Louis' cheek.
"Go on. Get your shopping done. Enola is right. It's getting late for the kids." I stated kindly. Louis nodded and thanked us before sneaking out of the house. Enola stared at me, tears still threatening to fall down her cheeks. I pulled her into a hug and kissed her hair, "I'll finish cleaning up. Go sit with the kids." She looked at me skeptically. "You've been doing everything all day. I got it." I assured her. Enola kissed my lips sweetly before heading into the living room.


I entered the living room and smiled. Enola was sitting on the sofa with both Darcy and Freddie in her lap. They both had their heads on her shoulders and were staring at the television. Enola smiled up at me when I kissed the top of her head.
"How's it going, Noli?" I asked quietly, not wanting to disturb the kids. She just smiled a bit more and held the kids tighter. "Want me to take one of those?" I chuckled pointing to the kids.
"Darcy, do you wanna snuggle Daddy?" Enola asked just above a whisper. Darcy nodded and sat up, reaching for me. I picked her up from Enola's lap. I sat beside Enola and let Darcy cuddle into me. I placed my hand on Enola's inner thigh before resting my head on the back of the sofa. "I love this." Enola stated, setting her hand on top of mine. I nodded slowly. "Harry?" She sounded nervous. I hummed in response. "What if I were pregnant already?" She inquired.
My head snapped up quickly, "Are you?" I didn't want to smile or get excited yet. Enola shook her head no. "What about it then?" I asked feeling a bit disappointed.
"Would you be happy?" Enola sounded almost sad.
"Of course I would be, baby. I love you and Darcy. You know I want more." I grinned at her brightly. She nodded and looked straight ahead again. "Noli, is there a reason why you're asking me this?" She shrugged. "Come on, Noli. Don't lie." I teased.
"I think Sophia might be." Enola replied even quieter. "She's been really emotional. She's not been eating like normal. She's over tired and she gets sick a lot."
"Yeah? So you ask me if I'd be happy if you were pregnant?" I laughed; I didn't get her logic. Enola didn't reply she just kissed Freddie's forehead and stroked his hair. "Noli, are you jealous of Sophia?" I chuckled. Enola rolled her eyes and huffed. "Baby, it's okay if you are." I tried not to laugh, but was failing miserably. Enola pouted and wouldn't look at me. "Noli, come on. I promise, as soon as Louis picks Freddie up and Darcy is in bed I'll knock you up." I teased.
"You're being an asshole, Harry." Enola grumbled as a tear slipped down her cheek. I frowned realizing that I had actually hurt her feelings with my teasing. I sighed and leaned over to kiss her cheek. She pulled away with a subtle jerk of her head as to not make Darcy upset.
"Noli, I'm sorry, baby." I murmured to her. She just ignored me and held Freddie tighter. I groaned in my mind and dropped my head back onto the sofa.

Notes

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