One Direction One Shots | Niall-centric

Afire Love // Niam

so this was a prompt from katiecarder4:

Niam is Lyfe so ...... Where Liam and Niall are Married and have two children, Liam is a firefighter and one day before he left for work him and Niall get into some sort of fight, then one of the children accidentally starts a fire, Liam and his team get called there and Get the kids out but can't find Niall! DUN DUN DUN aha you can decide from there and what not xD thanks <3

Thanks for the prompt! I tweaked it a tiny bit, hehe. Enjoy x
P.s. Orlaith is pronounced 'or-la', it's an Irish name:)

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Niall and Liam Payne had been married for 4 years. They'd met when they were 16 and starting sixthform and from then on their love blossomed and now at 24 they had a little family all of their own; 5 year old Riley and 3 year old Orlaith. They were happy. The couple rarely ever fought but of course like every couple they had their occasional spats, and unfortunately today was one of those days.

"Liam, please, all i'm saying is that you spend too much time working, you're kids need you, i need you"

"Ni, babe, i'm sorry but with you being the stay-at-home parent - like we agreed on - we need some kind of income so i'm only working to support us, you know that"

"I know that, but it feels like you're never home anymore!" Niall, groaned

"That's a bit extreme, love"

"No it's not! Do you know what Orlaith, said to me the other day? She said, 'does papa not like us anymore? is that why we never see him?' Liam, she's 3 and she's noticed it! Please Liam, can't you just cut back some of your hours?" Niall was literally pleading at this point, tears creating a film over his eyes. He hated arguing but his children had started to notice the absence of their Papa and that was where he drew the line

"No, Ni, please don't cry ok?" Liam, sighed, bringing his hands to cup Niall's face and brush the tears away. "look i'll go into work and speak with John to see if i can, but i can't promise anything because if there's not enough of us on shift then i'll have to stay within my current hours ok? But babe, you know this is what i've wanted to do since i was Riley's age, i love what i do, you know that right?"

"Of course i do.. i just.." Sobs suddenly left Niall's lips instantly making Liam wrap him up in his arms

"Hey, hey, what's this for? Babe, Ni, come on, sshh, you'll wake the kids, calm down, and tell me what's really wrong, yeah?"

"I just- what if- what if you go to work and that's the last time we see you? What if something happens at work and we never see you again? Everytime you go i hate it because i know you love your job but i get so scared i'll never get to see your face or hear your voice again, Liam" Niall, cried. All of the emotion and worry he'd kept bottled up inside, being let out

"Oh, Ni! Calm down, love. Please, ok? Is this what you're really worried about? Niall, i will always, always walk through this door at the end of the day, ok? Always. You're not getting rid of me that easily" Liam, teased the last part, hoping to get a smile from Niall - which he did.

Niall gathered himself together and he and Liam shared a long hug before Liam kissed his lips once more, muttering a 'see you later, babe' with a smile before leaving for work, leaving Niall by himself to get the kids up and ready for the day.

It was a Saturday, meaning Riley didn't have school so the 7am wake up call wasn't necessary but Niall still liked to wake them up relatively early so the routine didn't get messed about too much. Making his way upstairs, he walked into Riley's bedroom first, laughing softly at the scattered duvet, blankets and toys that had no doubt been kicked off by a sleepy 5 year old in the middle of the night. "Riley, come on bud, time to get up" Niall said, rubbing the child's back.