Harry: 17
Camryn: 17
Darcy: 2 weeks old
❤️thank you so much to elliecarterson for requesting this chapter ❤️
"Oh hello,"Harry coos, picking a slightly fussing Darcy up from her bassinet that's placed on their bed. "Hi my sweet girl. Did you wake up, hmmm? You don't sleep well when you're not being held, huh?"
Darcy whimpers and squeaks up at her dad as he picks her up gently and brings her little face to his lips, pressing butterfly kisses to her cheeks. "Hi, sweetie. I'm glad you're awake. I always miss you when you're asleep."
He holds Darcy with one of his hands supporting her bum and the other supporting her neck so that she can look up at him and he can look down at her. "Are you going to get all fancy, hmm? Mummy picked you out a really cute outfit to wear." He nibbles gently on her rosy cheek which makes her squeak and squirm. "And it's your first interview! Everyone's gonna love you. It's impossible not to."
He sways his hips as he continues to coo down at her, taking in everything about her. She's so perfect he can't comprehend it and he loves her so much that it hurts.
"You're so pretty,"he whispers, smiling down at her and giggling when she yawns. "Oh big yawn! Such a big girl! Are you going to be a cheeky monkey for the interview?"
She starts to smack her lips and squeeze her hands into fists, whimpering a bit as she turns her head side to side against his hand. "Oh, are you hungry? I know that face. That's your I'm hungry daddy face." He presses his forehead against hers and kisses her little pink lips gently. "Don't worry, mumma is almost done getting dressed and then she'll feed you, I promise."
He continues to hum down to her, quietly singing My Girl under his breath as her bright big blue eyes blink up at him.
"Hey sweetheart, have you gotten dressed yet?"Camryn calls, halfway down the hall and briskly walking through the open door to their bedroom, fastening one of her earrings into her ear. She's met with Harry's back and he turns around as soon as he hears her walk in. "Oh! Hi precious,"Camryn coos, immediately walking towards Darcy in Harry's hands and pressing kisses to her cheeks. "Mumma is glad you're awake because my boobs are killing me."
Harry chuckles gently and raises Darcy closer to his face to give her one last soft kiss on her little lips before passing her to Camryn. "There you go, mummy. She's all yours."
"Oh c'mere, my love,"Camryn whispers with a smile, taking the tiny baby in her arms and bouncing slightly. "Hi sunshine, mummy loves you, did you know that, hmmm?" Camryn nuzzles her nose against Darcy's tiny one.
"You look gorgeous,"Harry whispers, wrapping his arm around Camryn's hip and squeezing her to his side, pressing a kiss to her temple. "Is this your new dress you got with Gemma?"
"It is, yeah,"Camryn smiles widely, looking up at Harry and puckering her lips, asking for a kiss. He obliges and presses his lips against hers. "You still need to get dressed, mister. Can't avoid it any longer I'm afraid." She winks up at him and pats her palm against his pajamaed chest.
Harry groans and runs his hand through Camryn's blonde hair that she hasn't gotten the chance to do up yet. He makes puppy dog eyes down at her and pouts his bottom lip out, "do I have to? I still have to shower too."
"You what?"Camryn exclaims, looking over at Harry with an exasperated look as she continues to try and position Darcy to her chest, taking her breast in one hand as she cradles Darcy with the other and brings her nipples to Darcy's awaiting lips. "Baby, we have to leave in like 20 minutes. Chop chop!"
"But, I don't want to,"Harry pouts dramatically, glancing down at his little girl who's now contently sucking as she blinks up at her mumma with her big eyes, a tiny fist curled up and placed gently against her cheek. "I just want to stay here all day."
"Mmm, sadly that's not the life you signed up for, lovey,"Camryn giggles, pinching Harry's pouted bottom lip between her thumb and pointer finger. "No go get in the shower, okay? You know I hate being late."
"But I want to shower with DD,"Harry pouts even further, blinking his eyes down at Camryn to give her big puppy dog eyes. "You know I love showering with her."
"Fine,"Camryn sighs in fake exasperation. She could never be truly exasperated with him because she adores how much he loves their little girl and how he wants to spend every waking second with her. "I'll give her to you once she's done eating, okay? Have you eaten yet?"
"No,"Harry shakes his head, chuckling as Camryn sighs agains dramatically.
"My gosh, it's like I have two children,"she rolls her eyes and points towards the open bedroom door and down the hall to where the kitchen is. "Go eat quick and then you can take a very quick shower with her, 'kay?"
"Yes mum,"Harry teases, smirking as he grabs her chin in between his thumb and his pointer finger and tilts it upwards so that his lips connect against hers.
I set your clothes down on the bed,"Camryn informs Harry as soon as he breaks away from the kiss. She points towards the bed with her free hand as she continues to cradle Darcy with the other arm. "Your suit coat is hanging up in the closet—gosh, lovey, that's a weird latch, let mummy help you out with that—they match Darcy and I's dresses."
Harry nods silently with a permanent grin on his face as he watches Camryn coo down at their little girl, taking her breast in between two of her fingers as she tries to reposition Darcy's latch to make it better for both of them.
"C'mon, that's it, there you go,"Camryn whispers, nodding her head gently as she watches Darcy's little mouth try to grasp onto the new latch. "There we are, sweet girl! Good job. That's so much better, huh?"
She looks up to see Harry grinning at her and Darcy and laughs with a dramatic eye roll, shaking her head. "Go! Eat! Please, child! Gosh, you're harder than Darcy."
"That's cuz she's the easiest baby ever,"Harry chuckles, leaning down to press a kiss to Darcy's forehead and then one to Camryn's exposed breast.
"Ew, get away, not in front of our kid,"Camryn giggles, shoving Harry's shoulder towards the door. "You're impossible you horny son of a gun!"
***
"Say 'daddy, I'm readyyy',"Camryn hums, cradling an almost snoozing Darcy in her arms who's very content now that she has a full belly.
"Oh are you?"Harry smirks with a mouthful of cereal at the kitchen counter, sitting on a barstool. He makes grabby hands towards his little girl as he continues to chew with a smirk "c'mere, baby."
"Oh hello,"Harry hums, taking Darcy out of Camryn's arms and kissing her rosy cheek. "Hi honey. Are you ready to take a shower?"
"Say 'daddy I'm ready to sleep',"Camryn smiles, standing next to Harry and pressing a kiss to the top of his shoulder. "She's really tired."
"Oh yeah?"Harry coos, pressing butterfly kisses against the top of Darcy's head as she nuzzles in deeper against his chest. "You always get tired after you eat, hmm?"
"I'll get this,"Camryn offers, picking up Harry's bowl that just has leftover milk in it. "You just take her, 'kay? And make it quick we're gonna be late."
"That's the goal,"Harry teases, standing up from the barstool and walking towards their bedroom. "I hate interviews."
"Are we gonna take a shower Miss Darcy Loo?"Harry asks, swaying his hips as he runs a hand up and down her tiny back, walking into the bathroom attached to their bedroom. "You love showers, huh?"
"Alright, let's get you out off your pjs,"Harry murmurs, sitting down on the toilet cover and laying tiny Darcy on his thighs. She gurgles up at him, sticking her fist in her mouth as her big blue eyes blink up at him.
"Oh my goodness, are you still hungry?"Harry chuckles breathily, squeezing her little wrist that's attached to the hand in her mouth. "Mumma just fed you, though!"
His fingers graze over her tummy as he begins to unbutton her feety pajamas, quietly talking to her the whole time.
"Look at that belly,"he coos with a big smile as he taps the tips of his fingers against her bare belly that's peaking through her pajamas. "That belly's growing. Are you getting bigger? Or not really cuz you're still my teeny baby, huh?"
And it's true, they just weighed Darcy yesterday while they were at Anne's house since she has an old scale that she used for Harry and Gemma and Darcy came in at exactly 5 pounds 14 ounces, just two ounces shy of 6 pounds. So really, she is still extremely tiny, but doing extremely well. She even grew an inch, so she's officially 17 inches and Harry and Camryn may or may not have cried about the fact that she was almost 6 pounds. That seemed way too big for their notoriously teeny baby.
"Your belly looks so different now that you don't have your little nub,"Harry giggles, leaning down to press a kiss to Darcy's little belly button. Just last, Darcy's umbilical chord nub fell off which meant that he was able to start taking showers with her, and he hasn't taken a shower alone since. "Neither does mummy. You made her belly button pop out. That's so silly of you."
He smirks and leans down to press a few kisses to Darcy's cheek, thinking back to just two weeks ago when Camryn had a big belly with a belly button that popped out and was housing the little girl who's currently resting on his thighs. It seems impossible that she's the same little baby that he talked to all of those nights with his lips pressed up against Camryn's belly.
"Was it silly that mummy and daddy cried when your nub fell off, hmm?"Harry chuckles, sliding Darcy's arms out of her pajamas carefully. "You've just turned us into big saps, huh? We cry at everything you do now. Sometimes I cry just looking at you." He continues to breathily chuckle as he takes Darcy's tiny legs out of the pajamas and sets them on top of the counter.
"Look at those little legs,"Harry laughs, watching as Darcy's little legs flex and unflex, doing little kicks against his thighs, her little feet pressing into his stomach. "Oh, look at you! You're so strong! Those are strong kicks! That's my girl!"
"Should we take your diaper off?"Harry coos, his fingers pulling apart the little clasps. "You have to promise to not pee on me though, okay? Promise?" He raises an eyebrow up at Darcy and tilts his head to look at her as she squeaks up at him. He nods with a smile, "good, good. I'll take that as a promise."
Once he's successfully pulled off her soiled diaper, he bins it and then stands up, holding a naked Darcy against his chest as he uses one hand to pull off his plaid pajama pants and boxers. Then, he takes off his shirt, earning a dramatic fuss from Darcy because the shirt coming off causes her little head to be pulled away from his chest.
"Oh I know,"Harry coos, cradling the back of her head to his chest. "I know, c'mere, you're alright." He sways her a bit as he turns on the shower, holding his hand under the shower head to make sure the water dripping out of it is not too cold or hot.
He hears a little burp escape her mouth and he looks down at her with a smirk before pressing a kiss to her forehead. "Oh excuse you! Did that make your tummy feel better?" Another gurgle and burp leaves her mouth before he feels her stomach churn against his chest and a warmth on his chest.
"Oh lovely,"Harry chuckles, looking down at the white spit up covering his chest right where Darcy's lips are positioned. "Good thing we're getting in the shower, hmm? Did you keep any milk in your belly? I don't think so."
Once the temperature is alright, he climbs into the shower with little Darcy against his chest, positioning their bodies so that the water is dripping down her bare back and his stomach as he sways their bodies.
"Oh is that so nice,"Harry smiles down at Darcy as he feels her tiny body completely relax against his chest. "You love the water, huh?"
"Alright, we better make this quick or mummy's gonna be mad at us,"Harry coos as he grabs his shampoo with one hand. He's become very good at showering with one hand in the past two weeks because he just can't imagine losing these moments with his little girl. "Well, she'd be mad at me, but not you. She could never be mad at you."
He shampoos and conditions his hair, careful to not get any of the soap in Darcy's eyes as she curiously and drowsily blinks up at him.
"Hi honey,"Harry giggles, rubbing a hand up and down Darcy's back as her head continues to bob up and down against his chest. "You're so alert today! You're never awake! I love seeing those big blue eyes. Those are mummy's eyes."
After he finishes washing himself, he goes straight into giving Darcy a little shower even though they just had one the previous night.
"Oh does that feel nice?"Harry chuckles, shaking his head as Darcy's little eyes fall closed at the feeling of Harry massaging baby shampoo into her scalp to clean her brown hair. "You're like me, I love head massages. Your mummy gives the best head massages."
He gets a bit of baby soap on his hands and rubs it into Darcy's skin, beginning on her legs. "Oh look at those little toesies. I love those toesies."
Then he makes his way over her little bum and up her back, making sure to get her stomach as well.
"Lemme get these arms,"Harry murmurs, massaging his soapy fingers against Darcy's arms and hands, smiling at how relaxed her little body gets when she's being massaged. "Does that feel nice, hmm?"
He stays in for a few more minutes even though they're completely washed and running late because he just can't pass up the opportunity to cuddle with his little girl skin to skin uninterrupted. It's what he was waiting for for 9 months, and now that he can finally do it, he's taking advantage of every chance he can get.
He finally decides to get out because he knows Camryn's anxiety heightens when they're running late, and he really doesn't want to make her anxious since her anxiety has already been at a high since Darcy has been born thanks to crazy hormones and the stress of having to care for a tiny baby.
"Oh hello, you both look so clean,"Camryn smiles, standing up from the bed where she was packing Darcy's diaper bag and walking over to Harry who has a towel wrapped around his waist and a towel cradled around Darcy that's completely drowning her in material.
"Say 'hi mummy, I smell so good',"Harry coos with a big grin as Camryn presses a kiss to his cheek and then nuzzles a kiss to Darcy's forehead.
"Oh you do smell so good, honey girl,"Camryn coos, running her fingertip against Darcy's cheek before Harry places her down on the bed.
"Should mummy and daddy get you dressed, hmm?"Harry coos, unwrapping the towel around Darcy and grabbing the diaper that Camryn is handing to him.
"Oh, look at how pretty your dress is, DD,"Camryn coos, handing the dress to Harry so that he can begin to put it on her. "Isn't that so nice of nana to get you that dress? We love nana, huh?"
"Okay, give me that little hand,"Harry coos, sliding Darcy's arm through the arm hole of the dress as Camryn sits on the bed next to Darcy's head and rubs her fingertips against Darcy's forehead.
"Oh look at you, sweet girl,"Harry gushes, admiring Darcy in her new little dress as he stands above her.
"Oh my honeybee, you look so pretty,"Camryn bubbles, picking Darcy up off of the bed and pressing kisses to Darcy's little pink lips. "Look at you! How did daddy and I get lucky enough to have you, huh?"
Harry walks over to the end of the bed to begin to pull on his clothes while Camryn lays Darcy on her thighs and pulls on her little red bow on top of her head.
"Oh daddy, look at how pretty DD's bow is,"Camryn gushes, holding Darcy under her armpits and pressing her cheek against Darcy's as a bit of bubbled spit collects at Darcy's mouth.
"Oh I love your bow, Squishy!"Harry chuckles quietly, watching as Darcy confusedly looks at Harry with the most concerned facial expression ever, her little eyebrows pulled together. "Why're you pulling that face, hmmm?"
"Oh are you pulling a face,"Camryn coos, bringing Darcy back down to be cradled in her arm.
"You look so handsome, bubs,"Camryn grins, as she walks over to Harry who's now fully dressed in his outfit that matches the color scheme of both Darcy and Camryn's. She stands on her tippy toes and kisses his cheek.
"Thanks,"Harry mumbles with a pout into the top of Camryn's hair as he hugs his arms around her.
"What's that face for,"Camryn giggles, poking Harry's cheek as he continues to dramatically pout.
"I don't want to do this,"Harry groans with a frown, giving Camryn's forehead one more kiss. "I hate interviews."
"You've told me once or twice today,"Camryn giggles, pressing a couple of gentle kisses to Harry's cheek. "But it's what you have to do as a superstar I'm afraid, my love." She reaches behind Harry and slaps his bum gently.
"Aye!"Harry yelps with a smirk, turning around to narrow his eyes at Camryn. "Not in front of the baby, bug."
***
"Alright, I'll start getting DD in her carseat while you tie your shoes,"Harry offers as he cradles Darcy to his chest.
"'Kay, sounds good,"Camryn nods, giving Harry a kiss on the neck and then a kiss to the top of Darcy's head.
As he's walking away with Darcy in his arms, she notices something bruised on his neck. "Oh no, c'mere."
"What?"Harry asks with a furrow in his brow and turning around to look at Camryn again.
"I have to cover this up,"Camryn chuckles, walking towards Harry and taps on the circular raised red skin on his neck.
"What?"Harry asks again, getting more curious with a smirk.
"Did you not notice this when you were shaving?" Camryn drags him towards the bathroom and points to the huge hickey on his neck as he peers at it in the mirror.
"Hmm, wonder how that got there, bug?"Harry smirks coyly, raising his eyebrows at Camryn. He knows exactly how it got there. Sometimes when you're awake with an angry and fussy baby and finally get her to sleep after four hours of trying you deserve a bit of a reward.
"I don't know,"Camryn shrugs in fake innocent. She knows exactly how it got there too. She pulls out her foundation and beauty blender and squirts the foundation on top of her hand and pats the beauty blender into it before patting it against Harry's skin. "Seems like someone's kinky and has a guy that's basically cumming his pants every second."
Harry chuckles and bounces Darcy in his arms slightly as Camryn continues to try and cover up the big red mark. "Not my fault we cant have sex for 6 weeks."
"Actually, you put her in me, so it is kinda your fault,"Camryn fights back jokingly, biting on her lip as she tries to cover up the red mark but it seems like it does not want to be hidden.
"You're welcome,"Harry smirks down at his blonde girl who is still trying earnestly to cover up the bruise. He knows that she's just teasing. Both of them would take having no sex to get their baby girl every single time. She's so much better.
"Thank you,"Camryn giggles, going on her tippy toes to kiss his cheek.
"Sh*t,"Camryn groans, taking a step away to look at her work to see if her trick is working. "It's not working."
Harry chuckles and rubs the spot gently as it aches a bit from Camryn pounding on it. "Are you trying to pound me to death or cover up a hickey?"
"It won't go away,"Camryn whimpers, pounding her forehead against Harry's bicep repeatedly as he laughs.
"It's your payback for being feisty last night,"Harry decides. "The universe is punishing you." He repositions Darcy from his arms to his chest and drops his chin to kiss the top of her head.
Camryn giggles and presses a kiss to his cheek. "I was just trying to thank you for finally getting her to sleep."
"I enjoyed it,"Harry responds with a cheeky smile, holding Darcy up in front of him while supporting her head and pressing a kiss to her lips as she yawns. "You know Lou could get it, babe."
"Hell no,"Camryn shakes her head and goes back to pounding on the foundation. "No one is allowed to see this hickey."
"Not even the lovely Louise Teasdale?"Harry questions, raising an eyebrow at Camryn.
"Not even my woman crush Louise,"Camryn teases, shaking her head and placing the beauty blender against Harry's skin again.
And then, after 2 minutes she finally succeeds. "Aha!"she exclaims with her hands on her hips and standing back from Harry a bit to examine her magic work. "I'm so good at this."
Harry chuckles and peers over at her. "Oh yeah?" He turns to the side and peers at himself in the mirror. "Look at that, bug! You did it!"
"I'm so talented,"Camryn jokingly brags, grabbing for Darcy and taking her out of Harry's arms. She hugs her to her chest and presses kisses to her ear. "You get so many kisses, huh? Is it too many kisses?"
"Never too many kisses for my Darcy Loo,"Harry smirks, pressing a few kisses to the back of Darcy's head and then holding his hand out towards Camryn. "Let's go! We're already late."
***
"Aye! Look at who it is!"Niall announces with a smile, sitting on the couch with Louis Liam and Zayn.
"Hey,"Camryn greets with a big smile, waving a bit as she pushes the diaper bag up on her shoulder with Harry walking behind her, cradling a snoozing Darcy to his chest.
"Oh my gosh, look at her!"Zayn gushes, pushing himself off of the couch to rush over to Darcy who's cheek is smushed against Harry's chest. "Look at her bow!"
"It's bigger than her head,"Louis chuckles in pure love as he stands next to Zayn, admiring the little baby on their best mate's chest.
"Here, Cam, sit down,"Liam offers, scooting closer to Niall on the couch to offer Camryn some room.
"Thanks,"Camryn smiles as she exhales deeply, sitting on the couch. "We made it, finally."
"Not too late,"Niall points out, looking at the clock on the opposite wall. "I'm impressed, Cam."
"Excuse me, I heard there was a baby for me to squish,"Lou Teasdale squeals, bursting through the dressing room door and squeaking as she sees little Darcy curled up against Harry's chest. "Oh you're kidding me!"
It's the first time most people have met Darcy since her birth. In fact, the only people who have met Darcy are Anne, Robin, Gemma, Zayn, Louis, Niall, Liam and Jay.
"Say 'hi Auntie Louise',"Harry chuckles, watching Louise quietly fond over the sleeping baby on Harry's chest.
"Oh she is precious,"Lou gushes, rubbing a gentle fingertip against Darcy's cheek. "Hi, sweetheart, hello."
"Do you wanna hold her?"Harry offers, motioning his head down towards Darcy.
"Are you kidding me?"Louise giggles, reaching towards Darcy. "Of course!"
Harry carefully passes the sleeping baby to Louise and grins widely as he watches Louise gasp at Darcy cradled in her arms.
"Hello, sweetheart,"Lou whispers, her lips close to Darcy's forehead as she presses little kisses to her forehead, swaying her hips. "It's so nice to meet you! I've heard so much about you from your daddy and uncles."
"She got all fancy just for you guys,"Camryn beams, watching Louise fawn over her little girl.
"Oh she looks gorgeous!"Lou giggles, pressing another kiss to Darcy's relaxed forehead. "She's so tiny!"
"She's still yet to break 6 pounds,"Harry chuckles, sitting down on the arm of the couch as Camryn rests her cheek against his thigh, his hand going to her hair to gently comb his fingers through it.
"You're kidding,"Louise asks in awe, looking up at Harry and Camryn with her jaw dropped a bit. "Well you are just the tiniest thing ever, aren't you, sweet girl?"
"How're you doing, Cami?"Lou asks, walking towards the couch to be able to have a conversation with Camryn. "Harry said everything was going well?"
"Yeah, I'm doing great,"Camryn assures Lou with a big smile. "I'm pretty much back to normal now, which is great. I feel like she's always attached to my boob, but other than that, I feel normal."
"Her little bow is killing me,"Lou chuckles, looking down at Darcy's little bow that is just about as big as her head.
"It's so cute, right?"Harry beams, grabbing onto Darcy's bare foot and giving it a squeeze. "She's so cute, isn't she?"
"She is, honey,"Louise giggles, ruffling Harry's hair a bit with a proud grin. She can't believe this little boy is now a father, and a super proud and smitten one at that. "You two are just little best buddies, aren't you? I can tell."
"Oh they are,"Camryn giggles, pressing a kiss to Harry's cheek as she grins. "He's incredible to her and never lets her out of his sight."
***
"Oh! Cami! Hi!"a twelve year old Lottie exclaims as she rushes into the dressing room and heads straight towards her best friend and honorary big sister. She hasn't seen her since a few days before Darcy's birth and has been itching to see Darcy (but mainly Camryn), but Jay told the girls that they had to give Harry and Camryn a few weeks to settle in with the new baby before they came over. She knew that having so many people around might be a bit overwhelming to the new parents who were still just trying to figure everything out.
"Hey cutie!"Camryn exclaims, setting down her plate of caramel apple slices and rushing towards Lottie, squeezing her tight and rocking side to side. "How are you? I've missed you!"
"I'm good!"Lottie squeals, pulling apart from Camryn slightly as Camryn reaches to cup Lottie's cheeks in her hands, tucking a blonde piece of hair behind Lottie's ear. "I've missed you too! I can't wait to meet Darcy!"
"She's right over there with Haz,"Camryn says, pointing towards Harry who's in the corner of the room bouncing up and down while shushing a fussy Darcy who just woke up because Niall and Louis got a bit too into their Mario Cart game and accidentally screamed a bit too loud. "She's not too happy right now, but I'm sure she'd still love to meet you."
"CAMI YOU HAD THE BABY!"a seven year old Daisy exclaims as she wiggles out of Louis' grasp, Phoebe running behind her as they wrap their arms tightly around Camryn's waist.
"I did! Hi babes, how are you two? I've missed you,"Camryn giggles as she gives each of the twins a little squeeze and kisses the top of their brown hair.
"Remember what I said about the baby having tiny ears so we need to be quiet,"Jay sighs with a laugh, rolling her eyes at Camryn.
"Sorry,"Daisy and Phoebe both mumble, looking down at the floor sheepishly.
"You can go and meet her,"Camryn tells the twins, pointing towards Harry as Lottie makes her way over to the corner of the room where Harry is still bouncing a fussy and whimpering Darcy.
"Hi guys,"Harry greets with a big smile, turning his body so that the three young girls can meet his little girl. It's his absolute favorite thing to do, show his little love off to everyone as they coo over how beautiful she is.
"Oh she's so little,"Lottie gushes, reaching out a gentle fingertip as she brushes it against Darcy's knuckles.
"She is really tiny, huh?"Harry agrees with a chuckle, continuing to cradle the back of Darcy's head to his chest as his fingers run through her brown hair.
"She's so cute!"Phoebe squeals, reaching out to touch Darcy's tiny foot.
"She's even tinier than the photos mumma showed us,"Daisy gawks, looking at the little baby that takes up less than a fifth of Harry's chest.
"She is, huh?"Harry chuckles. "Do you want to hold her?"
"I do!"Lottie quickly volunteers, following Harry over to the couch and sitting right next to him.
"Alright, you're a pro at holding babies, right? You know what to do? Hold the head and bum,"Harry quickly checks, pulling Darcy away from his chest which she's not too happy about, but she quickly quiets down once he lays her in Lottie's arms, her little face nuzzling into Lottie's shirt.
"Oh look at that,"Harry smiles widely as he watches Lottie smile down at his little girl. "She loves you, Lot! She's trying to snuggle with you."
"Look at you, Lot!"Louis calls from across the room where the rest of the boys are eating pizza. "Isn't she cute?"
"Yeah,"Lottie agrees with a cheeky smile over at her brother.
"You're a natural, Lot!"Niall calls, smiling over at Lottie who blushes immediately and smirks, nodding her head shyly.
"What do you think, munchkins?"Harry asks, each knee having a Tomlinson twin sat on top of it as he pokes his head through the space between their heads. "Did Cam and I do a good job on her? Is she pretty cute?"
"She's my favorite baby ever,"Daisy nods with a cheeky grin.
"Yeah?"Harry chuckles, giving Daisy a squeeze. "She's my favorite baby ever too. I'm glad you like her."
"How're you doing, sweetheart?"Jay asks putting a few grapes on her plate as her and Camryn stand aside from the group.
"I'm good,"Camryn smiles, popping an apple slice into her mouth. "Thank you for answering my call last night."
"Of course,"Jay laughs, shaking her head. "Did she finally calm down?"
"Yeah,"Camryn sighs, rubbing under her eyes to show how tired she is. "She did eventually. It took two more feeding rounds and Harry rocking her in the rocking chair, but eventually they both fell asleep in there."
"Yeah, she probably just had an upset stomach, sometimes when they're cluster feeding like she is, they eat more than they can handle,"Jay explains, reaching out to give Camryn's bicep a squeeze. "I think you're doing an amazing job, Cami. Keep it up, okay?"
"Okay,"Camryn nods with a big smile, "thank you. I promise I'll try to not call you at 3 am ever again."
***
"Okay 10 minutes till show time,"the stage director calls, passing by the boys and Camryn who are all lined up against the wall.
"I know honey,"Camryn coos, trying to bounce a fussing Darcy who's crying into her chest. "I know you're hungry. I'm sorry girly. I'm so sorry."
"Here, let me get the cover,"Harry quickly offers, kneeling down to rummage through the diaper bag in search for a breastfeeding cover. "Then she can get a quick feed before we go on camera."
"Yeah, okay,"Camryn shakily agrees, biting on her bottom lip as she anxiously looks down at her little girl. She's never breastfed in public before, and it seems really scary to her in the moment. To be so vulnerable in front of a lot of strangers walking by the backstage—it's just a bit much for her as a new mum.
"Sh*t,"Harry hisses, practically pulling everything out of the bag as he tries to search for the cover. "Are you sure you packed it, bug? Did you accidentally forget it."
"Oh no,"Camryn whimpers, rubbing her hand up and down Darcy's back as she continues to bounce and sway next to Liam. "I might've."
"Okay,"Harry nods, inhaling deeply as he looks up at Camryn to see the pure fear written across her features. "It's okay." He stands up and places his hand on the small of Camryn's back. "You can just feed her here."
"I can't,"Camryn whimpers, looking at Harry anxiously. "Not in front of everyone, there's so many people and without a cover—"
"Hey, look at me,"Harry murmurs, using his finger to tilt Camryn's chin up. "No one minds, sweetheart. I promise. You're just feeding Darcy."
He watches as Camryn bites down on her bottom lip, continuing to bounce and sway an extremely hungry and fussy Darcy as tears build up in her eyes. She's always been extremely shy, and something like this is extremely out of her comfort zone.
She loves breastfeeding, its one of her favorite things to do now, but she loves doing it when it's just her and Harry alone at home. She even had a bit of a rough time doing it in front of Anne and Gemma for the first time, and she's always walked into another room when she's with the boys. Not that they mind, they couldn't care less if Camryn chose to uncovered breastfeed in front of them, but it makes her feel more comfortable to be alone, so that's what she does.
"Hey look,"Harry offers, moving from beside Camryn to stand in front of her, facing chest to chest. "I'll block you. See? Is that better?"
"Yeah,"Camryn whispers, unsurely unhooking her breast from her dress and anxiously looking around before bringing it towards Darcy who's cradled in her arms.
"It's okay,"Harry promises in a low voice, holding onto both of Camryn's elbows and rubbing them gently. "I've got you. You're safe."
"No one's looking?"Camryn cheeks, continuing to bite down on her lip as Darcy continues to suck ferociously.
"No one's looking,"Harry promises, leaning forward to press a kiss against Camryn's forehead as he continues to rub his fingers against Camryn's elbows, blocking her and Darcy with his body.
"We've got you, Cam,"Zayn promises, standing closer to Camryn's right side to try and protectively block her too. "It's okay."
"Boys, we need you out on stage in 2 minutes c'mere,"one of the stage directors calls, motioning with her hand for all of the boys to follow after her.
"Harry—"Camryn whimpers, looking up at him as he looks over towards the stage director and bites down on his lip.
"I've gotta stay with her,"Harry tells the boys, squeezing Camryn's elbows comfortingly. He turns his attention back to Camryn, nodding encouragingly and looking right into her blue eyes. "It's okay, I'm gonna stay right here with you two, 'kay?"
"Harry, we need you over here,"the stage manager calls again, getting a bit aggravated as she motions for Harry to come along with the other boys.
"I cant,"Harry calls back, tightening his grip on Camryn's elbows as she continues to naw on her lip. "I'll be over as soon as I can."
"I'm not gonna ask again,"the stage manager sighs, shooting bullets with her eyes at Harry and motioning again for him to come closer.
"Just give him a second,"Louis tells the stage manager, suddenly getting very protective of Camryn and Darcy.
"We don't have a second,"the stage manager snaps.
"Too bad,"Liam snaps back.
"Alright, what's going on here?"Jay asks walking out from the dressing room after hearing the confrontation start.
"They need me to go on stage,"Harry explains, wiping an anxious tear away with his thumb that fell down Camryn's cheek. "But, Cam's breastfeeding and a little nervous about doing it in public, so I was helping her."
"I've got her, huh babe?"Jay whispers with a motherly smile, combing her fingers through Camryn's blonde hair. "Is it okay if I help you out and Harry leaves?"
"Yeah,"Camryn gulps, looking up at Harry and nodding to show that she's okay.
"Yeah?"Harry asks, looking into her blue eyes to try and catch a signal of any tinge of fear in them. Camryn nods and puckers her lips and Harry obliges, leaning towards her and pressing a gentle kiss to her lips. "I love you."
"I love you too,"Camryn whispers, watching as Harry bends down to press a kiss to the back of Darcy's head so that he doesn't disturb her too much as she continues to eat.
"And I love you,"he whispers, pressing another quick kiss to the back of Darcy's head. "I'll be right back you two, okay?"
Camryn nods and watches as Harry walks towards the boys, shaking his head in exasperation at everything that just happened as they give him sympathetic looks.
"What's going on, lovey?"Jay asks, looking over at Camryn and squeezing her bicep gently.
"I just—I've never breastfed her in public without a cover,"Camryn tearfully explains, motioning her head down to her exposed breast that Darcy is still clinging to. "I was just a bit scared. It's overwhelming."
"Hey, you be proud of it, lovey,"Jay smiles, wrapping her arm gently around Camryn's shoulders and peeking down at little Darcy who's eyes are closed now that she's completely content to be eating. "You're feeding your baby. Don't let anyone make you feel like you have to cover up."
"Okay,"Camryn whispers, shakily smiling over at Jay. "Thank you, Jay."
"Of course,"Jay smiles, kissing Camryn's temple. "You just look at her, okay? Don't focus on anyone else, they don't matter. Only she does."
***
"Hello! It is so nice to have you!"the female interviewer greets, sitting on the opposite couch across from the boys as they all pile on to it.
"Thank you, it's so nice to be here. Thank you for having us,"Louis takes charge, smiling widely and rubbing his palms up and down his thighs.
"Oh of course, so let's get right to the point, Harry, how's that brand new little girl of yours?"the female interview asks, smiling over at Harry who's positioned on the end of the couch, sitting next to Niall.
"Oh, she's incredible,"Harry gushes, smiling widely. "Just perfect. She's so tiny and perfect and just lovely."
"And how old is she now?"the male interviewer asks, bouncing his talking cards against his knee.
"She's 2 weeks exactly today actually,"Harry smiles, nodding his head as the audience awwws. "Yeah, she's adorable."
"Now, we're going to get to meet her soon, is that right?"the male interviewer asks, raising an eyebrow at Harry.
"Yeah, she'll be out in the next segment I think,"Harry agrees with a grin. "She's backstage with her mum right now, but I'm pretty sure she'll be joining us soon."
"But while we wait for that we have just about the cutest photo ever of her,"the female interviewer grins, pointing towards the screen behind the boys that lights up in a picture of Darcy right after she was born.
"Oh yep, those are my girls,"Harry gushes, looking over his shoulder at the big black and white photo.
"That was like the only time she opened her eyes,"Niall jokes, also turning his body to look back at the photo.
"She's not very alert?"the female interviewer asks Harry in response to Niall's question.
"No she's not,"Harry chuckles, shaking his head and interlocking his hands. "She's always sleeping. I've literally seen her eyes maybe 20 times and this morning was one of them."
"And that was right after her birth?"the male interviewer asks, motioning his head towards the photo.
"Yeah that was probably a half hour after,"Harry nods. "It's the photo I sent my mum and dad to tell them that she was here."
"What a sweetheart,"the female interviewer coos.
"Oh she totally is,"Liam agrees, nodding his head. "She's the cutest little thing you'll ever see."
"Should we bring her out then?"the female interviewer asks, raising her eyes up at Harry. "After this commercial?"
"Yeah we should,"Harry nods with a chuckle. "I think you guys are gonna like her a lot."
***
"Oh and there she is!"the female interviewer coos as the commercial break ends and Camryn walks out onto stage with a sleeping Darcy cradled in her arms. "The little girl of the hour!"
"Hello,"Camryn greets with a shy smile, sitting down on the edge of the couch next to Harry as all of the boys scoot down to make room for Camryn, Louis having to switch to sitting on the arm of the couch to make room.
"Hello, it's so nice to meet you,"the female interview smiles. "And this must be Miss Darcy."
"Yeah, this is Darcy,"Camryn resounds, tilting Darcy a bit in her arms so that the interviewers can get a better look at her while Harry wraps his arm around Camryn's shoulders.
"Oh she is adorable!"the female interviewer coos, reaching out to touch Darcy's little hand that's splayed out on her full belly.
"Thank you,"Harry smiles proudly, looking down at his little girl in Camryn's arms. "We think we'll keep her."
"So how's parenting going?"the male interviewer asks, "first time parenting is hard for anyone, I can only imagine how hard it must be at only 17 years old."
"It has its moments of being rough,"Harry chuckles, tickling his fingers over Darcy's hair as he squeezes his arm tighter around Camryn. "We're still kinda new at it, but I think we're doing good. She's such an easy baby so that helps."
"Has the sleep deprivation set in yet?"the male interviewer teases, coursing a laugh out of Harry and Camryn and the audience.
"She's such a good baby, so we haven't had much sleep deprivation,"Harry chuckles, watching as Darcy stretches a bit in her sleep only to nuzzle further into Camryn's chest. "I mean I might've said something different last night when she wasn't sleeping and up for 4 hours straight fussing, but other than that, she's been amazing"
"Oh no, is she normally a good sleeper?"the female interviewer asks.
"Yeah, she's a super good sleeper,"Camryn responds, trickling a finger down Darcy's cheek. "I think she had an upset stomach last night."
"Poor thing,"the female interviewer pouts. "Well if you don't mind, we've taken a few fan questions for twitter and we wanted to know your answers." All of the boys and Camryn nod.
Who does Darcy look most like? Harry or Camryn?
"She's a miniature Harry,"Camryn quickly answers with a giggle. "She's got my eyes which is really cool."
"She's kinda shy like Cam too,"Liam adds, smiling over at Camryn and Darcy. "She's really laid back like Cam."
How was your experience with your home birth?
"It was incredible. I loved it,"Camryn gushes, immediately brightening up and becoming more talkative at the topic of birth. Motherhood and birth are her favorite things to talk about, and it always makes her feel more comfortable in interviews to talk about them. "I mean at the time I didn't love it, but looking back on it I really loved the whole experience." She looks up at Harry who's beaming down at her proudly, grinning as her rubs his fingers against her shoulder. "It was really comforting to be in our apartment and just have people around that I trusted."
"Now, we'll talk about this more later because we have a few questions about it, but they were all there for the birth right?"the male interviewer asks, looking over at the boys who all nod except Zayn.
"Yeah they were,"Camryn confirms with a grin, "all of them except Zayn."
"I had left just that morning to go be with my family, so I missed it sadly,"Zayn expands on the top, interlocking his fingers. "Although it might be a good thing that I missed it because I probably would've passed out." That earns a chuckle from everyone in the room as Zayn smiles.
"How was that? Having the boys there?"the female interviewer asks, watching as Camryn repositions Darcy in her arms to be laying against her chest, rubbing her hand up and down the tiny baby's back.
"Um, I mean I didn't really mind it honestly, especially given the circumstances, since Harry couldn't be there for more than half of it, I was really glad they could be there,"Camryn shrugs. "And it was a really amazing moment so I'm glad they got to witness it."
"And you go more into your birth story on your podcast right?"the female interviewer asks, grinning at Camryn.
"Yeah, I do. Thank you for the plug,"Camryn nods with a laugh. "I have a podcast, actually me and Louis' mum Jay are cohosts, and it's all about pregnancy and birth and parenthood and stuff like that. It focuses on teen pregnancy since Jay and I were both teen mums and I love doing it. But yeah, there's a whole episode just about my birth story so if that interests you you can check it out."
Would you do another home birth?
"Oh absolutely,"Camryn nods with big wide eyes to prove her point. "I'd love to do another one whenever we have another kid. It was such an amazing experience."
"Yeah, I thought it would freak me out,"Harry adds. "But it really didn't, it was amazing. I thought I'd be really anxious since she wasn't at a hospital, but everything was so calm, and Jay just has this amazing calming energy that was so helpful."
This one is for the Niall, Liam, and Louis since they were at Darcy's birth: how was it watching Camryn go through that?
"It was rough, not gonna lie,"Liam begins with a sigh, smiling over at Camryn. "You just feel so helpless when you see someone go through that, and I think we all felt a bit guilty before Harry got there because we knew that the only person who really knew how to calm her down and help her was Harry, so I think we all felt a bit useless."
"But they weren't useless at all,"Camryn jumps in to assure everyone, "they were fantastic. I couldn't have asked for better partners. They were seriously the best and helped me into any positions I needed and rubbed my back and held my hand, they were the best."
"My mum's a midwife and everything, but I had never seen some I know so closely and love go through labor, so that was really emotional and rough at points,"Louis adds in, "I think it was easier because there were three of us, so we got to switch in and out with each other, if that makes sense."
"Yeah, if things got too intense for one of us the other two would take over,"Niall explains, "it did get a bit overwhelming at times, but it was amazing."
Harry, did you have any communication with Camryn when you weren't present during her labor?
"I did, yeah, the boys were giving me constant updates,"Harry explains, "and I FaceTimed with her when she was in the tub for a bit. That's when things were beginning to get a bit rough and she kinda needed me to help calm her down which was really hard for me. It was really rough to have to watch her go through contractions over the phone and not be able to touch her."
What's the main thing that has surprised you since becoming parents?
"Hmmm, I gotta think about that, you go first,"Harry hums, looking down at Camryn as she smiles up at him.
"Oh gosh, I dunno, I think pretty much everything has surprised me,"Camryn jokes, making the audience giggle a bit. "Neither Harry nor I were ever really around babies much before her, so we're pretty clueless...Oh! I know one! I never knew babies ate so much! She's been in a cluster feeding phase for the past two days and it's crazy how much she nurses."
"Ooo that's true,"Harry agrees with a chuckle, nodding his head. "Neither of us know where she's putting it because she's still so tiny."
"Oh this is a funny one,"Harry laughs, "and it's probably gonna make people a bit concerned about how little we know about babies, but we didn't know that a bit of the umbilical chord stays on for like a week. We were really confused when Jay first told us that."
How did you come up with her name?
"Darcy was just always a name that I really liked,"Harry replies. "And then Camryn and I decided that we both liked it pretty early on into our relationship. And then of course Anne is after my mum."
Do you plan on having anymore kids in the future?
"Yeah, we think we'll have more,"Camryn nods, "at least one more in the very far future. Definitely not any soon."
What's been your favorite moment so far during your parenting journey?
"Hmmm,"Camryn hums, rolling her eyes up to the ceiling as she considers the question. "I think my favorite moment was a couple of days ago. Darcy was really awake for some reason, it was like 8 at night and she was just wide awake so Harry and I were just sitting on the bed and she was laid out against his thighs and we were just talking down at her and she was looking up at us and making the cutest little facial expressions. That was really fun. Getting to interact with her more as she grows is so fun."
"I think my favorite moment was the moment Jay laid Darcy on Camryn's chest for the first time,"Harry gushes, squeezing his arm around Camryn tighter. "I was sitting behind Camryn, she was sitting in between my legs, and Jay flopped Darcy onto Camryn's chest and we were both just sobbing messes. We could barely even talk and Camryn just looked up at me and was like 'baby' because we were both in awe that we had a baby. That was the most special moment ever, getting to touch Darcy for the first time and kiss her. It was amazing."
***
"Excuse me! Have you been hiding her from me?"
Harry chuckles as he turns around at the voice calling from down the hall. He was walking towards the exit after the show with Camryn holding onto his arm as he holds Darcy outwards against his chest so that she can peer around now that she's been awake for a few minutes.
"We'd never keep her from you, Higgins,"Camryn giggles, watching with a big smile as Paul rushes down the hall towards Darcy.
"Oh lemme see her,"Paul coos, melting at the sight of the tiny baby and reaching out as Harry passes her off to him. "Oh hello you sweet thing." He cradles Darcy in his arms as she blinks up at him, squirming a bit in his arms as he makes funny expressions down at her.
"Oh it's a good thing you got your mum's good genes because you would've been absolutely helpless if your got your dad's,"Paul teases, pressing a kiss to Darcy's forehead.
"Aye,"Harry chuckles, rolling his eyes at Paul as he squeezes Camryn's hand that's interlocked with his.
"How is it having that knuckle head of a father, huh?"Paul teases again. "I tried to shape him up for you, darling, but it was kind of a lost cause."
"Stop corrupting my daughter,"Harry laughs, reaching towards Darcy as Paul hands her over.
"She's gorgeous you two,"Paul sincerely compliments, reaching forward to give Camryn and Harry a gentle hug. "Congratulations. I can't wait till she's big enough for me to chase after her too."
***
"Oh big yawn,"Harry coos, looking down at little Darcy who's laid against his thighs as him and Camryn sit against the headboard of their bed, watching a sleepy Darcy try to fight sleep to keep playing with her parents. "Was that such a tiring day for you? You've never been out for that long."
"You were such a good girl,"Camryn gushes, leaning her head down towards Darcy to nuzzle her nose against Darcy's. "Are you mummy and daddy's good girl?"
Darcy reaches her tiny hand up towards Camryn and lazily grasps at Camryn's nose, making her giggle and take a hold of Darcy's little wrist in between two of her fingers. "Oh are you trying to pull out mummy's nose ring?" Darcy reaches out again to try and touch the silver metal, but misses instead, scratching Camryn slightly with her fingernail. "That kinda hurts, lovey." Camryn pulls her face away from Darcy's grasp and presses a kiss to Darcy's open palm.
"Look at those eyes,"Harry whispers in awe, dragging a gentle finger tip at the side of Darcy's eye as her big blue eyes blink up glossily at him. "You're so beautiful, sweetheart."
"Oh hello little tongue,"Camryn giggles as Darcy's milk coated tongue peaks through her tiny pink lips. "Is that your tongue, honeybee? Did you find your tongue?"
"Oh hello,"Harry chuckles as Darcy yawns again and stretches her little body against his legs, her arms tensing as she throws them out to the side. "Big stretch! Big, big, stretch! Good job."
"You are just so sweet, honey girl,"Camryn murmurs, dragging her fingertip along Darcy's cheek. "I just love you so much, yes I do."
"Say 'mummy, look at how big I am',"Harry coos, holding out his two pointer fingers for Darcy's little fingers to wrap around, and once they do, he guides her arms above her head to be up straight. "Look at how tall I am!"
"Oh my goodness! You are so tall!"Camryn giggles, snuggling her cheek against Harry's bicep and reaching a hand out to massage her fingers against Darcy's tummy. "All 17 inches of you!"
"How did we get you, huh?"Harry whispers, leaning his forehead against Darcy's as she continue to look into his green eyes. "How did mummy and I get so lucky?"
"You're everything, Darcy Anne,"Camryn murmurs, leaning down to press a kiss to Darcy's cheek as she yawns again. "Everything."
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NEWBORN DARCY AND TEEN PARENTS HARRY AND CAM DESTROY MY HEART
they're relationship with her and learning how to be teen parents is the whole reason I started this book, so it's so nice to write chapters like this where I get to revisit that
hopefully you enjoyed the fluff!! it's not often I do chapters of pure fluff, but I'm trying to do that more since I want this book to be a positive book ahahah xxx
NEXT CHAPTER: Miss Bindi Belle's first chapter!!! I am SO excited for the plot of her book!! it is so so different than the rest of the kids, but I hope you'll all enjoy it!!!
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I'm starting school up again soon, but luckily this is going to be a really easy year, so I should be just as active on here as I have been all summer xxx
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you guys are everything.
MWAH
-Mel❤️
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