^^^^ of course listen to "Story of My Life" while reading this ;)
Harry: 19
Camryn: 19
Darcy: 2
Lennon: 2 weeks old
Louis: 21
Zayn: 20
Niall: 19
Liam: 20
❤️thank you so much to icelyn1989 for requesting this lovely chapter idea❤️
❤️and thank you so much to GraceSparks0 for requesting a scene in this chapter❤️
"Dada, dada,"Darcy whispers, patting her little palm gently against Harry's cheek as he sleeps on his stomach, his cheek smushed against the pillow with curls falling into his eyes as hot and tiny gusts of air escape from his semi open lips.
"Dada,"Darcy tries again, tapping her palm against Harry's cheek a bit more forcefully and nudging her face closer to his.
"Huh?"Harry startles awake, shooting his head up groggily from the pillow and blearily looking over at Darcy, having to blink a few times before his green eyes can focus on her.
"Oh hi, lovey,"Harry greets with a tired little grin, brushing some of his messy curls away from his eyes as he looks down at his little girl. "How're you?"
"I woke up, dada,"Darcy informs Harry with a proud smile, fiddling with the hem of her pajama shirt as she looks up at him through the mess of bed head that she has in front of her face, practically blocking her vision.
"Mmm, I see that,"Harry murmurs with a tired grin, collapsing his cheek back down onto the pillow and continuing to look at Darcy. "Do you want to come and snuggle with mummy and me? We're still going to sleep for a bit I think."
"You still tired?"Darcy questions, leaning over the bed and resting her cheek down on the mattress so that the tip of her nose is pressed against Harry's, their eyes looking right into each other.
"Yeah,"Harry nods with a mighty yawn, smacking his lips together as he looks at Darcy as she wipes away some of her messy brown hair from her eyes. "Baby Lennon likes to eat a lot and wakes mummy and I up a lot."
"He's hungee,"Darcy giggles, nodding her cheek against the bed.
"He is,"Harry agrees around another wide yawn, reaching for the hem of the bedsheets to pull them back and allow Darcy a little room to climb in. "C'mere, babe. Come and snuggle."
Darcy climbs up onto the bed with Harry reaching around her to cup her little diapered bum and help her wiggle up onto the mattress as she kneels in front of Harry and looks over his body, finding Camryn on the opposite side of the bed.
"Dada, it's mama,"Darcy whispers, pointing her finger towards Camryn who's on the other side of the little baby cot placed in between Harry and her that holds their newest little baby who's sound asleep on his back.
"Yeah, Is that mumma?"Harry grins, turning his head on the pillow so that he can look at Camryn with a big grin, his dimples popping at the sight of her.
She's laying on her side with one of her legs raised above the others, the covers hugged tightly in one of her hands to keep them around her shoulders as her other hand cups her cheek against the pillow.
"Hi mama,"Darcy whispers, waving at Camryn's sleeping figure who's completely out cold.
"Here, c'mere, baby, let's just snuggle you and me,"Harry suggests, wrapping his arm around Darcy's waist to try and get her to lay down right next to him. "Mumma had a rough night last night, let's let her get some sleep."
"Mama tired?"Darcy asks, settling down on her side on the mattress, right in front of Harry as he slings his arm tighter around her waist and pulls her in towards him.
"Mmhm, mumma only got like 3 hours of sleep because Lennie wanted to eat so much,"Harry murmurs, drooping his nose to the top of Darcy's head as he feels her little hands travel up to rest gently against his bare chest. "What happened to your pants?"
"Dunno,"Darcy hums, shrugging her shoulders as she snuggles into Harry's chest.
"You're silly,"Harry chuckles, pressing a kiss to Darcy's lips and patting her diapered bum.
"Dada, you go sleep,"Darcy instructs, bringing one of her warm palms to rest gently on Harry's cheek as he grins.
"Thank you baby,"Harry whispers, pressing a kiss to the top of Darcy's head as he pats her little bum in his hand. "You try and go back to sleep too, okay?"
"Otay,"Darcy agrees, snuggling her cheek up against Harry's bare chest as she closes her eyes and relaxes into him, his hand still soothingly patting her bum.
The peaceful morning lasts for about five minutes before a little disgruntled gurgle erupts from the cot next to Harry, making his entire body stiffen and still, praying that Lennon will go back to sleep and let Camryn get at least another hour of sleep.
It's no use, however, because Lennon's little gurgle quickly turns into fussing, his hands clenched in fists up by his chubby cheeks as his whole face turns red in disapproval as he begins to turn his head in his little cot.
He hears Camryn's breath hitch in her chest beside him as the bed moves a bit while she raises her head to peek into the little cot, catching sight of her chunky disgruntled baby in it.
"Oh my goodness,"Camryn whispers in a coo, sitting up in the bed with her legs crossed in a pretzel as she wipes at her eyes with her palms and reaches into the cot to try and soothe Lennon as quickly as possible to prevent Harry from waking up, not knowing that he's already awake.
"C'mere,"Camryn murmurs, laying Lennon down in the bed next to her as she lies down on her side, pulling up the big t-shirt of Harry's the she's wearing to reveal one of her full boobs that has a few bright red stretch marks on it as she guides Lennon's head gently, placing her hand on the back of his fuzzy head, towards her nipple. "There we go, you're okay."
"Can I say hi to mummy now?"Darcy asks Harry in a little whisper, although she's not quite mastered the art of whispering so it's more like a mock whisper.
Harry snorts at Darcy's little whisper, her nose pressed against his and her big blue eyes blinking widely at him as he keeps his eyes closed, trying to hang onto the sleep that he was falling in and out of.
"Oh, I didn't know we had another little munchkin in the bed,"Camryn giggles tiredly, hearing Darcy's voice although Harry's body was covering her so she couldn't see that her little girl had joined them in bed.
Camryn watches with tired eyes as Darcy's head pops up over Harry's turned body, a wild grin on her face as her curls fall in front of her eyes, "hi mummy."
Camryn giggles and brings her hand up to scrunch her fingers at Darcy, scrunching her nose at her as well. "Hi, cutie. Good morning. Did you come to snuggle with dada and I?"
"Yeah, dada says I have to be quiet,"Darcy drops her voice to her little whisper on the word quiet to exaggerate her little message to Camryn. "He says 'mama sweeping, but you not'."
"I was,"Camryn laughs, holding her arm out to signal for Darcy to come closer. "But Mr. Lennon had other plans. Climb over dada so I can get some Darcy snuggles."
Darcy giggles and nods her head, putting her hands on Harry's side and pressing down against him as she attempts to climb over him.
"Offf,"Harry huffs with a chuckle as Darcy giggles and tries to climb over him again, "I love you, but you're really bad at this, sweet girl."
Darcy giggles as she hauls in a deep breath and attempts again, her little foot using the the sensitive place between his legs as leverage to help her over his body.
"Oh, f*—"Harry censors himself with groan, his knees curling up towards his chest as he whimpers.
"That's your payback for not helping the poor thing out,"Camryn giggles, watching as Harry continues to whimper dramatically while Darcy nonchalantly crawls closer to Camryn and Lennon, unfazed by her dad's reaction and not realizing what she did.
"Bug,"Harry whimpers, burying his face into the pillow.
"Yeah, love?"Camryn giggles over at Harry before puckering her lips for Darcy to plant a little kiss there as she lays down right behind Lennon.
"We can't have anymore kids, I'm afraid,"Harry squeaks, blowing out a deep breath. "Darcy just ruined our chances."
"That's fine,"Camryn giggles, reaching her hand across Lennon's little turned body to hold onto Darcy's little hand, rubbing his thumb against her little knuckles. "I like our two that we have."
"Mama, Lennie eatin',"Darcy giggles, curling her body against Lennon's.
"He is eatin', huh?"Camryn grins lovingly, blinking her tired eyes as she looks at both of her babies. "He's a hungry, hungry boy."
"Dada, I holdin' mama's hand,"Darcy bubbles, looking over her shoulder at Harry who's gingerly turning his body around in the bed to lazily wrap his arm around Darcy's waist, spooning her from behind.
"You are holding mama's hand, huh?"Harry whispers, his warm breath falling onto her ear as he presses gentle kisses there. "You're replacing me, little miss. Mama's kisses are all for me, though."
"No, day for meee,"Darcy grins, leaning over Lennon to press a kiss to Camryn's puckered lips before pulling away and pressing a few more kisses to Camryn.
"Mmm, don't tell daddy but your kisses are my favorites,"Camryn smirks, winking at Darcy who grins proudly.
"Heyyy,"Harry fake frowns, pulling Darcy away from Camryn and nudging his face into her neck to blow raspberries there to make her squeal and giggle.
"Aye aye, daddy, careful of our little buddy,"Camryn cautions as Harry's flinging limps come close to Lennon's chubby body, shielding him with her own arm.
"Sorry,"Harry smiles, flopping Darcy onto her back and snuggling onto his stomach, slinging his arm around her stomach and snuggling his face into her neck as she grins and puts her cheek against Harry's head. "We'll be calm now."
"You are just so hungry,"Camryn grins, gliding her hand up and down Lennon's big cheek that's sucking ferociously with the cutest sucks, gulps, and smacks. "And you're so loud."
Harry laughs and presses a kiss to Darcy's neck. "I love it, though. It's so cute when they're noisy little eaters."
"Dada, da baby eat milk,"Darcy informs Harry as he closes his eyes against her neck and keeps his arm over her stomach.
"The baby does eat milk, huh?"Harry encourages, pressing kisses to Darcy's neck. "He eats mama's milk just like you did when you were a baby."
"I eat mama milk so'times,"Darcy murmurs, turning her cheek on the pillow to look at Camryn who grins and nods at her, combing her fingers against Lennon's brown hair.
"Yeah, you're allowed eat anytime you want, huh?"Camryn smiles, watching as Harry snuggles in tighter to Darcy.
"Dada, Lennie in mama tummy, den she go hos-ital, den Lennie come out,"Darcy explains, throwing her hands up into the air with a proud smile as she looks towards Harry.
"If only it was that easy,"Harry chuckles, peeking up at Camryn who widens her eyes at him. "You just went to bed one night as an only child and then woke up the next morning and had a baby brother...how crazy is that?!"
"I 'ave baby in my tummy too,"Darcy smirks, tapping her fingers against her tummy that Harry has a palm placed on top of.
"Oh you do, huh?"Harry laughs, pressing a kiss to Darcy's cheek and looking over at Camryn who is also giggling quietly. "That would be very silly. No babies for you until you're 40."
***
"MY CHILDREN!"Niall exclaims as the four Styles make their way into the film set. Camryn has Lennon cradled in her arms while Harry has Darcy on his hip with the diaper bag attached to his shoulder.
"Liam?"Darcy lisps, her head shooting up from Harry's shoulder as she looks in every direction, trying to find her uncles.
"Nooo, that's not Uncle Liam, you know that voice,"Harry laughs, nuzzling a kiss to Darcy's cheek. "Who's voice is that?"
"Did you just call me Liam?"Niall frowns teasingly, running up to Darcy and tickling his fingers into her tummy as she giggles and shies away from him, her face lighting up. "I know I'm getting uglier, but I don't look like Uncle Liam yet."
"Oh it's my baby,"Zayn beams, running up to Camryn and softly holding his hands out. "Can I take him?"
"Sure,"Camryn giggles, nodding her head and passing a sleeping Lennon off to Zayn. "He might get fussy in a minute since he didn't feed for long."
"That's okay, I'll give you back to mumma if you get fussy,"Zayn coos, swaying his hips soothingly and raising Lennon in his arms to be able to press a kiss to his forehead. "You're so chunky."
"He's the chunkiest, huh,"Camryn beams, pressing a little kiss to Lennon's forehead as she heads footsteps skid to a halt at the end of the hallway.
"MY PRINCESS!"Liam exclaims, holding his arms out wide as he watches Darcy's head snap up from looking at Niall.
"LIAM!"Darcy squeals, wiggling out of Harry's arms as he places her on the floor and running towards her uncle as fast as she can, moving her little legs at record speed as she jumps into his arms as he squats down in front of her.
"Oh there's my baby girl,"Liam coos, pressing kisses to her cheek and squeezing her tight. "Mmmm, I love you lots, did you know that? Lots and lots."
"Lots and lots,"Darcy agrees, nuzzling her head against Liam's forehead and pressing a kiss to Liam's puckered lips.
"Are you ready to be In the music video, babe?"Liam asks, twisting his hips to make Darcy giggle gently as she nods and wraps her arms tighter around Liam's neck.
"I gonna get makeup on,"Darcy bubbles, pressing her finger to her eye and grinning widely. "Just wike mama."
"Yeah? Are you,"Liam grins, nuzzling another kiss to Darcy's cheek. "Are you so excited to be in the music video?"
"Oh mate don't get sad already, I just got you,"Zayn frowns as he anxiously sways his hips to try and soothe a fussing Lennon in his arms who's tummy is beginning to rumble hungrily, his little palms pressed against his red cheeks as his face scrunches up and wrinkles.
"Oh that's his 'I'm hungry' cry,"Harry frowns sympathetically at his little boy as Camryn untangles her fingers from Harry's.
"Oh c'mere, you sweet thing,"Camryn coos, making grabby hands at Lennon as he continues to fuss. "Oh I know it, I know, are you so hungry? You haven't eaten for two hours, how will you ever survive, huh?!"
"Oh my goodness, I know,"Camryn coos, putting on her baby voice as she cradles Lennon with one arm and skillfully unhooks her boob from her bra as she lifts her shirt up a bit and cuddles Lennon closer to help him latch. "There we are. You're such a good eater, bubby."
"Oi! There's my two three favorite people!"Louis exclaims, rolling into the hallway on a segway, waving at Darcy who's still In Liam's arms.
"Lemme guess, I'm the one who's left out of that,"Harry chuckles, shaking his head as he shoves his hands deeper into his pockets.
"Ding ding ding, we've got a winner,"Louis nods, throwing a thumbs up at Harry. "DD, do you want a ride?"
"A no she does not,"Harry quickly buts in, shaking his head adamantly before Louis can even get another word out. "Absolutely not. I've seen you crash that thing one too many times to let you take my daughter on it."
"Yeah, I'm with Haz on this one, actually,"Liam agrees, hugging Darcy protectively to his chest and swaying his hips more. "Let's not do that. And she doesn't even have a helmet."
"I'll go like 2 miles an hour,"Louis barters, motioning for Darcy to come to him. "C'mere babe. Let's go for a ride."
"Louis,"Harry warns, narrowing his gaze at Louis as Darcy wiggles out of Liam's arms and runs over to Louis, climbing onto the segway and standing in front of him on the little platform.
"Sorry, what? I couldn't hear you over the sound of me being the favorite uncle,"Louis calls, jokingly cupping a hand over his ear. "Say bye mama, bye dada!"
"Bye mama by dada,"Darcy grins widely, her dimples popping as she holds onto the segway and waves at Harry and Camryn.
"Oh my gosh I can't watch,"Camryn whimpers, turning around from where Louis is helping Darcy get a better grip on the segway that they're both standing on top of. "I'm gonna go feed Lennon somewhere else."
"She'll be fine, he'll be careful,"Harry sighs, not completely believing what he's saying, but he knows it will make Camryn feel semi better if he says it."
"He's Louis,"Camryn points out, rocking her hips to help soothe Lennon as he continues to noisily eat, so loudly that it can be heard over their conversation.
"I'll watch him,"Harry promises, pressing a quick kiss to Camryn's cheek.
"LOUIS!"Camryn exclaims, walking backwards towards the dressing rooms with Lennon cradled in his arms.
"Yeah, Camster?"Louis asks with a smirk, Darcy pressed back against his legs and holding on with both hands to the segway.
"That's my baby,"Camryn warns, pointing towards Darcy and giving Louis a narrowed mum look that she's already mastered in her 2 years of being a mum. "Be careful with her, yes?"
"Yes, mum,"Louis sighs, rolling his eyes playfully and saluting at Camryn.
"She's two,"Camryn reminds Louis, continuing to point at her little girl who's giggling in anticipation. "Remember that."
"Don't worry, we'll only go 40 miles per hour instead of my usual 60,"Louis teases before beginning to move on the segway which makes Darcy squeal, causing Camryn to yelp and turn around, briskly walking out of the room before she goes into a panic watching Darcy.
*
"You sure you know how to do that?"Harry asks, raising his eyebrows as he looks at Niall sitting on the couch in front of Lennon who's wiggling around in his little baby grow, his chubby legs kicking as he munches on his fingers that he successfully found, getting spit all over his fingers and all down his chin.
"I changed plenty of Darcy's diapers,"Niall says nonchalantly, waving a hand in Harry's direction to shut him up.
"Yeah but little girls have different bits than boys,"Harry points out with a smirk, leaning back against the wall and crossing his arms over his chest to watch Niall intently. "Little girls can't aim at you."
"I've got it, shut up,"Niall rolls his eyes, his fingers beginning to unbutton the buttons of Lennon's pajamas as he stares up at the ceiling with his big green eyes.
"Hey bud, you're gonna be good for me, right? No funny business,"Niall coos as he successfully gets Lennon's legs out of the baby grow, beginning to fiddle with the straps of the diaper. "We've got this right? We're mates, you wouldn't pee on me, right?"
"He's best mates with mis mama and he still pees on her all the time,"Harry chuckles, rubbing a palm down his face and looking at Niall and Lennon with an amused expression.
"Alright, we got this,"Niall murmurs, disregarding Harry's comments and pulling the diaper away from Lennon, taking his bread-rolled ankles in one hand and putting the diaper under Lennon's dimpled bum.
"See? We're doing good, huh buddy? You'd never pee on me, you like me too much for that,"Niall grins, looking at Lennon's precious big bloated stomach as he swipes a cold wipe against Lennon's bum, making him squeak and flinch.
"I know that was cold, sorry, mate,"Niall sympathizes as he sets Lennon's legs back down and reaches for the strap of the diaper.
"Can I make you giggle, huh?"Niall coos, wiggling his eyebrows at Lennon who looks at him curiously over his mighty double chin, his big lips pouted.
Niall drops his lips to Lennon's bare belly, blowing kisses against his tummy as Lennon, looks up towards the ceiling with no reaction, not even seeming like he's comprehending what his uncle is doing to him.
"Harold, your child is broken,"Niall whines dramatically, pouting over at Harry who's shaking his head and laughing as he collapses his face into his hand.
"Niall he's 2 weeks old,"Harry exclaims, motioning his hands towards his little baby boy who's laying on the couch. "He doesn't know how to laugh yet!"
"Well he should learn,"Niall jokes with his dramatic pout still plastered on his lips as he looks between Lennon and Harry.
"AH MATE NO!"Niall exclaims, his accent immediately getting thicker as Lennon begins to pee on Niall who completely freezes and can't get it into his mind to cover Lennon to prevent the pee getting on him, so the whole front of Niall's shirt becomes drenched very quickly.
Harry bursts out into a fit of laughs as he smirks proudly at Lennon, "good job mate, that's my boy!"
"Gross, bud, gross,"Niall frowns, holding his shirt away from his skin so he doesn't have to feel the wetness anymore, looking down at the dark discoloration of it. "You can finish him up."
"Oh you're already done on dad duty, huh?"Harry chuckles, shaking his head and switching spots with Niall on the couch to begin expertly fastening Lennon's diaper.
"Good job, bud, I'm so proud of you,"Harry coos, holding Lennon under his arms and supporting his head with his fingers as he presses little kisses to Lennon's wide open and slobbery lips. "That's my mate, huh? Yeah, that's my boy."
***
"Are you ready for Auntie Lou to make you look all fancy?"Harry bubbles, nuzzling his nose against Darcy's cheek as she giggles and shies away from his touch.
"Oh it's my favorite little girl named Darcy,"Louise Teasdale exclaims as Harry and Darcy walk into the styling room. "C'mere you cute thing."
"I get my hair pwetty,"Darcy murmurs proudly, touching the ends of her hair with a big smile as she looks at Lou who nods and watches as Harry sets her in the styling chair.
"The directors said that they wanted to see your curls, so should we just clip some of your hair back?"Lou asks, taking Darcy's brown curls in her hands and combing her fingers through them as she looks at Darcy in the mirror before looking over at Harry who shrugs.
"You're the hairdresser, you do whatever you want,"Harry laughs, shrugging his shoulders and winking over at Darcy who looks so excited about getting to be a big girl and get her hair styled. She practically couldn't sleep last night from anticipation bubbling up in her.
"What do you want her hair to look like?"Lou asks, pulling all of Darcy's curls up into a ponytail before letting them fall down her shoulders and taking different strands away to curl around her finger.
"I dunno,"Harry laughs, motioning his hands uselessly towards Darcy. "Cami mostly does her hair, so you can do anything with it."
Lou sighs and shakes her head jokingly, pressing a kiss to the top of Darcy's head before she looks over at Harry. "Thanks for your help, you were useless."
"Okay, well I would've sent Cami in here instead but she's feeding Lennie, so..."Harry jokingly snaps back at Lou, before he walks over to Darcy and presses a little kiss to her lips. "Have so much fun getting all fancy, okay?"
"There's my girl,"Liam beams, walking into the styling room right as Harry walks out of it, grinning at Darcy through the mirror as her big blue eyes catch his eyes, illuminating her face.
"Shouldn't you be getting ready?"Lou laughs, shaking her head at Liam who walks closer to Darcy. "You're gonna get me in trouble."
"They'll find me soon enough,"Liam casually shrugs, squatting down beside the styling chair that's practically swallowing Darcy from how tiny she is compared to it as Lou sections off pieces of her hair to begin blow drying. "What's auntie Lou doing to you, huh babe?"
"She making me pretty,"Darcy cutely replies, her little fingers interlocked in her lap as she swings her legs, unable to take her eyes off of the mirror where she's watching Lou intently as she works with Darcy's curls.
"Nooo, I'm just doing your hair and makeup,"Lou corrects, squeezing Darcy's shoulder and pressing a kiss to the top of her head before resting her chin on top of Darcy's head and making eye contact through the mirror, "you're already pretty. I don't need to help you with that...your uncle on the other hand..." Lou turns her head on Darcy's and raises her eyebrows jokingly at Liam.
"Heyyy, tell Auntie Lou to stop teasing me, DD,"Liam grins, resting his cheek down on the arm of the styling chair as he feels Darcy's little hand travel to his brown hair, resting it there as they stare at each other lovingly in the mirror.
*
"Harry,"Camryn whispers, peeking her head out of her dressing room as Harry, who was pattering around in little circles with Lennon on his chest, trying to put him to sleep, snaps his head up to look at Camryn. "Can you come in here?"
"Yeah,"Harry immediately nods with a grin, walking into the dressing room and finding Camryn standing there completely naked, her bra discarded on the floor and her overfull boobs swollen as she wraps her arms around her postpartum stomach, trying to act casual, but he knows exactly what she's doing. "Hey beautiful."
"Oh shut it,"Camryn rolls her eyes with the corners of her lips flicking upwards as she sniffles gently. "Do you...do you think there's anyway I could wear a different shirt? Would they let me?"
"I dunno, they're pretty strict about it cuz they want it to be exactly like the one in the picture,"Harry explains quietly, continuing to sway his hips as he pats Lennon's back gently. "Why? Does it not fit? I could see if they have a different size."
"It's just...I don't want to wear it,"Camryn whispers, sniffling and trying to swallow back the tears that spring up in her eyes. "Can it just be you and the kids in the video?"
"Um, no, because I don't want it to be just me and the kids,"Harry frowns sympathetically, holding his arm out towards Camryn as he hugs her to his chest, her face that's covered by her hands. "It wouldn't be our family if it's just me and the kids."
"I just..."Camryn cries into her palms as she feels Harry's arm tighten around her shoulders, her face pressing into his chest right next to where Lennon is placed. "It's one thing to wear a tank top when I'm pregnant because then I have a reason to have a stomach, but I'm only two weeks postpartum and—"
"And you look gorgeous in everything, bug,"Harry whispers, pressing a kiss to the top of her head before he rests his head down on top of her head nuzzling his nose into her hair as her shoulders continue to tremble.
"This video is gonna be seen by millions of people,"Camryn sniffles, nuzzling her face against Lennon's little arm as a few of her tears leak onto his baby soft skin.
"Millions of people who have no say in how you should look,"Harry comforts, cupping her chin in his hand and tilting it up towards her. "Even my opinion doesn't matter, but you know I think you're beautiful. And I know this little guy right here thinks your gorgeous. You're like his favorite thing ever."
"It's just cuz I have boobs,"Camryn sniffles with a little smirk as Harry breaks into a dimple popping smile at her joke.
"He is my son,"Harry teases back, nuzzling a kiss to Camryn's lips. "You have great boobs."
"Thank you,"Camryn grins, tilting her head down to press a kiss to Harry's wrist as he continues to hold her chin in his hand. "I just feel gross."
"Bug, you had a baby two weeks ago. He's literally only 16 days old,"Harry chuckles, shaking his head in amazement at Camryn. "You carried around an almost 11 pound baby in that stomach and I love it, kapish?"
"Kapish,"Camryn giggles with a big sniffle as Harry kisses a kiss to her cheek. "I don't think it's gonna fit over my boobs though."
"Then go shirtless,"Harry shrugs nonchalantly with a sly smirk, sitting in a little stool in the corner of the dressing room as he continues to soothingly pat Lennon's bum. "Lennie and I wouldn't mind."
"Oh I know you two wouldn't,"Camryn rolls her eyes, trying her best to get the black spaghetti strap tank top over her boobs that have grown about 2 sizes since the fittings that happened 3 months prior while she was still pregnant with Lennon and her milk had yet to come in, except the little milk she had for Darcy who only eats at most once a day. "It's...not...fitting."
"You almost got it,"Harry encourages with a little giggle as he watches Camryn try to squeeze into the tank top with little grunts escaping her mouth, her arms up high above her head.
"'m stuck,"Camryn grumbles with a defeated pout as her tank top stays halfway down her face, her boobs completely hanging out since she can't pull it down any further as Harry laughs and stands up from the stool, using his arm that's not holding Lennon to help her pull the tank top down.
"You are very cute,"Harry grins widely as he cups Camryn's chin in his hand nuzzling his nose against hers as she continues to pull the tank top down over her still swollen stomach that still looks like she's got a baby bump.
*
"There's my second favorite lady!"Lou exclaims as she watches Camryn walk in hand in hand with Harry, neither of the kids with them, so obviously their uncles got their hands on them, as they patter into the styling room.
"Second favorite, huh?"Camryn grins over a sniffle, wiping at her swollen eyes.
"DD beats you,"Lou winks, the sniffle from Camryn making her aware of Camryn's swollen and red eyes as she clings onto Harry's hand, his thumb rubbing over Camryn's knuckles.
"Oh, completely understandable,"Camryn grins tearfully, huddling closer to Harry's side as they walk over to the styling chair.
"What's up with you, my darling?"Lou asks, standing behind the styling chair and bending down a bit to wrap her arms around Camryn's neck, nuzzling her cheek against Camryn's as she looks at her through the vanity mirror.
"Just a rough day,"Camryn tearfully admits, her throat clogging up again at the question. "Just sucks to have to try and look good 2 weeks after you had a baby."
"And yet you're doing great at it,"Lou winks, pressing a kiss to Camryn's cheek that's forming a little dimple in it.
"SEE?!"Harry exclaims, sitting next to Camryn's chair on the floor and holding her hand, his other hand motioning towards Camryn to prove his point. "I told you it wasn't just me that thinks you look gorgeous!"
Camryn sniffles and nods, more tears welling up in her eyes as she bows her head as more tears begin to dribble down her cheeks, her shoulders beginning to shake as Harry's heart plummets to the ground. He immediately repositions to his knees to wrap his arms around Camryn as she breaks down into louder sobs, crying into his neck.
He looks behind Camryn's shoulder at Lou who's biting down on her bottom lip and shaking her head sympathetically as she looks at Camryn completely crumbling into his body.
"What about we go get some fresh air, hmm?"Harry whispers, his lips brushing against the shell of Camryn's ear. "We haven't had time just the two of us since Lennie was born."
"O-Okay,"Camryn hiccups, nodding softly as she pulls away from Harry, his hands immediately going to cup her cheeks and bushing away some of the hot tears with his fingertips before pressing a delicate kiss to the corner of her cheek.
Harry grips onto both of Camryn's hands and hoists her up to her feet, wrapping his arm protectively over her shoulders as she huddles into his side, sniffling and swallowing thickly as Harry peeks over at Lou who's twisting the hairbrush in her hands and looking at Camryn with a worried gaze. "We'll be back."
"No rush, you two just take some time alone,"Lou nonchalantly replies, waving her hand in the air and smiling widely at Harry. "You both more than deserve it."
Harry collapses his cheek to the top of Camryn's head as she wraps her arms around his middle, snuggling into him as they walk through the hall and down to harry's single dressing room, opening the door and quickly walking inside of it before Harry closes it and locks it.
"C'mere bug,"Harry whispers, guiding Camryn over to the bench that's attached to the back wall and pulling her down onto his lap so that she's sitting sideways. Her right arm is wrapped around his shoulders while her left palm rests on his chest, her cheek laying there as well while his left arm wraps around her back, his right hand placed on top of her thighs. "You just talk whenever you're ready, okay? Or if you don't wanna talk that's okay too."
"I-I just n-need you for a s-second,"Camryn hiccups, gripping on tighter to Harry's shirt as he grins softly and continues to rest his cheek on the top of Camryn's head.
"Yeah, that's okay,"Harry hums, rubbing his thumb against her thigh. "We can just sit here and take a few breaths."
"It's just a lot,"Camryn finally admits tearfully after a few minutes of sitting quietly on Harry's lap.
"It is a lot, huh?"Harry agrees, nodding his head against the top of Camryn's as he brings his hand up from her thighs to cup her cheek. "I didn't even have a baby two weeks ago and it's still a lot for me, so I can only imagine how all of this is for you."
"I was just looking at all of the old pictures hanging up,"Camryn sniffles, a little sob sputtering at her lips as she stares straight ahead at the dressing room wall. "I just looked so different. And I just want to look like that again, but I never could."
"I don't want you to look like that, though,"Harry whispers, pressing kisses to the top of Camryn's head and nuzzling his nose to her scalp. "Because I love that Camryn, but I've gotten three more years with this Camryn, which means that I love this Camryn even more."
"But I don't look like that anymore,"Camryn tearfully whimpers, her fingers curling in tighter to grip Harry's black shirt.
"I don't want you to look like that Camryn anymore,"Harry murmurs, rocking their bodies side to side gently. "I want you to look like this Camryn. Because this Camryn is the one I get to go to bed with every night. She's the one I got married to. She's the one that gave me our two babies. She's the one who I bought a house with. She's the one that I still have pillow fights with even though we have two kids. She's the one who cut my cheek while she was helping me shave this morning..."
That courses a giggle out of Camryn just like Harry was hoping as she fidgets a bit on his lap. "Thank you."
"I mean it,"Harry grins, cupping Camryn's chin and tilting it upwards towards him so that he can press a kiss against her chapped lips.
"I just—sorry I won't bring it up,"Camryn quickly cuts herself off, shaking her head as she looks at her lap as Harry immediately makes comforting noises and catches Camryn's chin in between his fingers, tipping it up towards him.
"I just feel guilty because I wanted a baby so bad after the miscarriage,"Camryn tearfully explains, sniffling mightily as more tears begin to spill down her cheeks. It's been almost a year since they miscarried, and yet the wound is just as open and raw as it was that autumn day a year ago. She figures that one day she'll be able to talk about it without breaking down into tears, but she hasn't come upon that day yet. Maybe she never will. "And I love Lennon so much. I can't even explain how much I love him—and I promised that after we got pregnant after the miscarriage I would never hate my postpartum body again, but I just do and I feel guilty because I should be grateful that I even have a postpartum body it's just—"
"It's just that you're human,"Harry cuts Camryn off with a kiss, resting his forehead against hers as his green eyes search her blue ones. "You're human and allowed to have insecurities and things you don't like about yourself. You can be grateful and self conscious at the same time, even though I hate that you're self conscious in the first place."
"You always know what to say,"Camryn grins tearfully, pressing a gentle kiss against Harry's lips. "Thank you, baby."
*
"Alright my darling, you sit right don't here,"Lou announces, patting the styling chair as Harry and Camryn walk back into the room a few minutes later. She tries to ignore the obvious tension in the room and the swollen and red eyes that Camryn's still sporting so that she doesn't make her uncomfortable.
"Thanks, Lou,"Camryn whispers with a sniffle and a much more real grin than the one she gave Lou when she was last in here.
Lou smiles contently as Camryn sits down on the chair, playing with her long blonde hair for a second before bending forward and resting her hands on Camryn's shoulder, her lips right by Camryn's ear as she looks at her through the vanity mirror. "I don't want anymore tears. You are gorgeous, do you hear me?"
"Yeah,"Camryn sniffles with a little wet laugh, smiling gratefully up at Lou with wobbly lips.
"Alright, let's get this hair done,"Lou announces, squeezing Camryn's shoulders and reaching for a few long blonde extensions that she has on the little styling tray. "The director wanted me to put these in your hair since it was so long when you were pregnant with Darcy in the picture."
"It was down to my waist,"Camryn nods with a big smile as she holds Harry's hand who's sitting on the floor next to her chair and staring up at her lovingly as Lou begins to snap in the extensions. "Now it's just midway down my back."
"It's still gorgeous, though,"Lou beams, combing her fingers through Camryn's thick blonde hair.
"Holy crap, it really is like seeing 16 year old Camryn again,"Harry laughs, running his fingers through one of Camryn's blonde extensions that's taped to her hair. "I forgot what you looked like with your hair this long."
"It used to get in the way of everything,"Camryn giggles, tucking a strand behind her ear as she grins at herself in the mirror. "I used to sit on it all the time."
"All it took was one time of Darcy pulling on it to get Cami to cut it,"Harry laughs, winking over at Camryn who widens her eyes and nods.
"Little miss had a grip and always seemed to like pulling on my hair when we were having a cute moment and just breastfeeding,"Camryn reminisces, placing her hand subconsciously on her stomach.
"Wow, this is some...eyeliner,"Lou cringes, clenching her teeth and laughing as she looks at Camryn who puts her face down in her palm as Harry bursts out laughing.
"You don't like her raccoon eyes, Lou?"Harry teases, squeezing Camryn's hand as she swats him away playfully.
"Do we really have to recreate that?"Camryn whimpers, looking up at Lou with pleading eyes.
"Sorry babe, they want you to look exactly like you did in the photo,"Lou laughs, squinting closer at the picture. "Holy crap did you use a whole pencil of eyeliner with this babe?!"
"That's how she did her makeup everyday when we were kids,"Harry laughs, shaking his head and trying to get a peek at the photo.
"Don't even pretend like you didn't like it,"Camryn grumbles jokingly, rolling her eyes at Harry with a smirk.
"Oh I did, it was hot,"Harry freely admits, nodding rapidly at Camryn. "It was so hot."
"Alright, this hurts my makeup artist heart, but let's do this,"Lou teases, bending down in front of Camryn with a black eyeliner pencil and biting down on her lower lip as she begins to heavily line all around Camryn's big blue eyes.
*
"Yessss, there's my raccoon eyes!"Harry exclaims, opening his eyes for the big reveal of Camryn since she told him that he had to close his eyes throughout the rest of the makeover so he could be surprised.
"Oh stop,"Camryn laughs, standing a few feet in front of him as she holds her arms out for him to walk into.
"You look beautiful,"Harry grins, tipping his chin downward to press his lips against Camryn's. "You look so much like pre-kids Camryn it's scary."
"Look, she even got the lavender contacts I always wore,"Camryn grins, blinking her big eyes up at Harry as he softly cups her cheeks to be able to investigate further.
"Oh she did, I've missed those,"Harry grins, pressing a kiss to Camryn's lips before taking her hand in his and raising it above their heads, spinning Camryn around gently as she giggles and blushes.
"You look really gorgeous, buggy,"Harry whispers, pressing his forehead gently around Camryn's as he pulls her closer to his chest, his arms snaking around her waist.
"Thank you,"Camryn blushes, bringing her thumb up to swipe against his bottom lip to remove some of the gloss collected there that she shared with him during their kiss. "You look so handsome. Lou did your hair so well." She combs her fingers gently through Harry's slightly gelled curls, not wanting to mess them up too bad.
"Mama!"
Camryn looks behind Harry's shoulder to find Darcy walking into the styling room with her tiny palm in Liam's as he holds the door open for her.
"Hi baby!"Camryn grins, matching Darcy's excitement as she gingerly squats down, trying not to wince at the sting that goes in between her legs as she does so. "C'mere, let me see how pretty you look!"
"What on you eye, mama?"Darcy asks warily, looking at Camryn with a crumpled up expression as she halts in her little run, not daring to take any steps closer to Camryn.
Camryn and Harry both burst into laughs as Camryn continues to hold her arms out towards Darcy, her chest still shaking with laughs as she smiles widely at Darcy.
"It's just makeup, c'mere, let me show you,"Camryn grins, making grabby hands at Darcy who finally deciphers that this human behind the eyeliner really is her mumma and walks towards her.
"There's my beautiful girl,"Camryn whispers, picking Darcy up in her arms and snuggling her face against the side of Darcy's, pressing a kiss to her cheek and standing up. "C'mere, lemme show you a picture."
Camryn walks over to the little vanity where Lou placed the reference photo and picks it up, showing it to Darcy who looks over the photo carefully.
"Who's that?"Camryn asks, pointing to her 16 year old self in the photo that Darcy's holding in-between her little fingers.
"Dat mama,"Darcy grins, tucking her chin to her chest and looking at Camryn through her thick eyelashes.
"That's right that is me,"Camryn nods encouragingly, pressing a kiss to Darcy's temple. "Who's this?"
"Dat dada,"Darcy professes assuredly, as Camryn points to 16 year old Harry who's leaning in to press a kiss to Camryn's bare baby bump that she's showing off proudly.
"That's right, that is dada,"Camryn laughs, winking over at Harry who's looking at his girls with the biggest heart eyes. "Who's in there? Do you know?" Darcy watches as Camryn taps her finger against the big baby bump that she's sporting in the picture.
Darcy's eyes pinch together as she looks at the bump, her little lips puckering as she taps a finger against her chin, "Lennie?"
Camryn giggles and presses another kiss against Darcy's temple as she looks over at Harry who's also laughing. "That's a really good guess, cute girl because Lennie was just in my tummy, but that's not Lennie. This was a baby that was in my tummy before Lennie, so who is that?"
"Dada?"Darcy innocently asks, raising her eyebrows at Camryn with a confused face.
"Nooo,"Camryn giggles as Harry bursts out laughing, shaking her head at Darcy. "Dada was never in my tummy. He was in nana's tummy when he was a baby. What other baby was in my tummy?"
"I dunnooo..."Darcy giggles with a little shrug, looking at Camryn.
"You, silly girl,"Camryn exclaims, tapping her finger against Darcy's chest and making wide eyes at her. "You're so silly. You know you were in my tummy!"
"DD, can you believe that was you in mumma's tummy?"Harry asks, walking behind Darcy and Camryn and peeking his head in between them to look at the photo. "That's you that I'm kissing."
"Dat me when I baby in mama tumtum,"Darcy reasons, the little gears in her mind turning as she connects everything.
"That's right! That's you when you were growing in mumma's tummy,"Harry nods encouragingly, pressing a kiss to Darcy's freckled cheek.
"Mama, sticky lips,"Darcy murmurs, tapping her own lips as she looks at Camryn's glossed and sparkly ones.
"Are my lips sticky?"Camryn asks with a giggle. "That's called lip gloss. It's makeup."
"I 'ave sticky goss?"Darcy asks, raising an eyebrow at Camryn and giving her the exact same questioning gaze that Harry always gives her.
"Sure! You can have some lip gloss, c'mere,"Camryn bubbles, setting Darcy down on the floor and walking over to grab the little container of gloss before kneeling down in front of Darcy and taking her tiny chin in her hand.
"Alright sweetheart, open your lips just a little bit like this." Camryn demonstrates with her own lips what she's meaning for Darcy to do, and Darcy follows her, opening her lips slightly as Camryn begins to put the gloss on.
"Oh DD you look so prettyyyyy!"Harry exclaims in a sing-song voice as he squats down next to Camryn and marvels at Darcy, wondering when she ever grew up from that tiny baby in Camryn's stomach in the picture.
"You're beau.ti.ful."Camryn exaggerates, popping the tip of Darcy's nose in between every syllable with a big dimpled smile. "And don't you ever forget it."
***
"Baby, look at this one,"Camryn calls with a little giggle, cradling a chubby sleeping Lennon in her one arm and holding one of the pictures in her other hand. "Look at how little DD was!"
Harry grins and rushes over to Camryn, wrapping his arms around her waist from behind and resting his chin down on top of her shoulder while peering at the photo in between her fingertips.
It's a photo taken just seconds after Darcy was born. She's still sticky and wet and tinted with a bit of blood as she rests on Camryn's chest, her face scrunched up angrily in a loud wail. Jay's hands are at the bottom of the picture, holding a blanket towards Darcy to wrap her up in as Camryn's shaking hands hold onto her new little baby, her head flung back against Harry's chest and her face scrunched up just like Darcy's in a relieved sob as Harry smushes his face into the side of Camryn's and cries as well.
"Look at her little fingers,"Harry whispers in awe, shaking his head and studying the photo that seems like it was taken a million years ago and just yesterday all at the same time. "I forgot she was that tiny."
"Look at her little leg,"Camryn beams with a little pout. "Remember how you could touch your thumb and pointer finger together to make a circle, and it was bigger than her entire thigh."
"Oh shhh, shhh,"Camryn hushes, swaying her hips quicker as Lennon begins to fuss in her arms, his little face scrunching up, red and angry as his little hands curl up in fists right up against his chubby cheeks. "Were daddy and I not paying enough attention to you?"
"Oh are you wanting to see one of you,"Camryn coos with a big smile, leaning down to press a kiss to Lennon's forehead. "We've got pictures of you here, too. Let's go find one."
"Oh here we go, mate,"Harry grins, after walking a bit down the line and studying the photos of all of the boys. "Here you are. Look at you, buddy."
It's a photo that a midwife lovingly snapped for Harry and Camryn of Harry's first little snuggle with Lennon. It was right after they got Camryn from the pool to the bed and stitched her up, which was then followed by Lennon's first little breakfast before Camryn gently passed him over to Harry.
Harry is bleary eyed and has swollen cheeks, his eyes puffy from the remnant of crying. He's cradling the back of Lennon's head with his one and hand holding Lennon's diapered bum with his other as he lays skin to skin against his dad's chest, his big squishy cheek smushed against Harry's skin as he snoozes peacefully. Harry's head is tipped down to the top of Lennon's as he presses gentle kisses there, and although you can't hear the words being passed from his lips onto Lennon's forehead since it's a picture, Camryn can still clearly hear them in her head.
Hi buddy. Welcome to the world! It's so nice to meet you, sweetheart. Mummy and I have been so excited to see you. We're gonna be best mates, huh? Yeah...look at those cheeks. Those are something, bud. You're so beautiful. I love you so much. How did me and mummy make you, huh? You're too perfect.
"Oh was that dada's first time holding you,"Camryn grins, switching a drowsy and bleary-eyed Lennon to be resting against her chest as she turns to the side so that his foggy green eyes can sleepily blink at the photo. "Look at how much you've grown in just two weeks! You look like a different baby!"
"Yeah, your head is a normal shape now, bud, good job,"Harry jokes, unclipping the photo from the string and holding it in between his fingertips with a big smile. "I didn't realize how misshaped his head was until now."
"That's what you get when you give mumma a hard time when you're coming out, huh lovey?"Camryn giggles, nuzzling her lips into the top of Lennon's fuzzy head as she sways her hips and rests her nose against his head, smelling his delicious new baby smell that he's still clinging onto.
"Ooooo, this is a spicy one!"Louis teases, holding a photo in his fingertips a few feet away from Camryn and Harry. "Look at young Camryn and Harry."
"Lemme see,"Harry laughs, walking towards Lou and holding the photo that's clipped onto a string and hanging. "Hot d*am, bug."
"Oh shush, lemme see,"Camryn giggles with a blush pinching her cheeks as she reaches towards the photo and studies it.
It's a photo taken by Gemma at a beach day of theirs a few months before they found out they were pregnant with Darcy. Camryn's in a little pale pink bikini as Harry hugs her from behind with his chin resting on her shoulder and a huge dopey grin covering his face as her hands rest on top of his that are on her bare stomach, her belly button piercing glistening in the light.
"Look at how little we were,"Camryn giggles, marveling at the picture that was just taken 3 years ago, and yet it seems like a lifetime. They're such different people now. Their lives are so different. It's amazing how much can change in just 3 years.
"Holy sh*t Cam, you're hot,"Niall whispers as he looks at the photo over Louis' shoulder, marveling at the photo.
"Mine,"Harry jokes, wrapping his arms around Camryn's neck from behind and putting his palm over her face as she giggles, dragging her head back to his chest to shield her from the boys.
"We know, mate, you've made that pretty clear with the two kids,"Louis laughs, shaking his head, "doesn't mean we can't still admire."
"You two would be my first and second choice if I wasn't with Harry,"Camryn teases, laughing as Harry gasps loudly in mock offense, looking at Camryn with a dropped jaw.
"Waittt..."Niall frowns, looking at Louis and then at Camryn, "who's first and who's second?"
"That's for you to wonder and for me to never tell,"Camryn teases, reaching forward to cup Niall's chin in her hand and squeeze it before she walks away to study some of the other hanging photos.
"Cami, you had bangs?!"Liam calls, holding Darcy on his hip as he walks around and shows her all of the photos, but now he's stopped in front of a particular one and smirking at it.
"You sent in one with my bangs,"Camryn hisses at Harry, widening her eyes as he watches him go pale.
"Hey, no I did not, I promise,"Harry chuckles, shaking his head and holding up his hands in innocence, praying that she believes him. He's already been kicked in the balls once today, he does not need a second one of those.
"That was given to us by Anne,"one of the crew members informs Camryn as she rushes towards Liam with Lennon in her arms, snoozing peacefully.
"Oh no,"Camryn whimpers, holding the photo between her two fingers and studying it.
Back when Harry and Camryn were 14, Camryn decided to take scissors to her own hair because she was bored and cut some of the worst zigzagged front bangs known to man. It's almost like she tried to make them horrendous.
She came to the Styles house in tears after she did it, and the only thing that could've made it better is if Harry had a good reaction...
He didn't.
Bless his heart, the poor little innocent 14 year old boy gasped when she walked into the house, as in an audible gasp, and the first question out of his mouth was Cami what did you do?!
As one can imagine, this only caused more tears, and Harry, being the only one home, had no idea what to do, so he decided he'd take her up to the bathroom and try to help her even them out...
It was a good effort...but a complete fail.
He did make them even, but he also made them so short that they barely reached the middle of her forehead.
Anne came home in the middle of this ordeal and found Harry in the bathroom, standing in between Camryn's legs as she sat on the bathroom counter, loud sobs and sniffles falling from her mouth as he cupped her chin and used kitchen scissors to cut the bangs.
Anne just couldn't resist snapping a photo that she knew they'd all be able to look back on and laugh years in the future...many years in the future.
Which brings us to the photo currently in between Camryn's fingers. Harry and Camryn are both standing in the bathroom with Camryn's arms wrapped around Harry's middle as she holds on tightly to him and sobs against his chest, her bangs half way up her forehead as he cups the side of her head with his hand and presses gentle kisses to the top of her head, promising that she's still beautiful even though she was sobbing that she wasn't.
"Oh man,"Harry laughs, taking the photo into his own hand and shaking his head. No matter what, he'd always think Camryn was the most beautiful girl in the world...but he's got to admit that that was a rough time. "I forgot how short they were."
"You made them that short,"Camryn exclaims with a laugh, pushing Harry's chest gently as he laughs and continues to look at the photo.
"What a glow up, babe,"Zayn smirks, looking over Harry's shoulder at the photo and then up at Camryn and back down at the photo.
"Oh gross, I didn't know we were allowed to send in R rated pictures,"Niall groans, looking at a photo and then bringing it closer to his face to inspect it further. "Are you trying to swallow her whole Haz?!"
"What?"Harry asks, a little panic rising in his chest as he tries to think about what photo Niall could possible be talking about. He sent in almost all of the photos of him and Camryn, although Anne did send in a few, but she wouldn't have any R rated ones of them, that would be disgusting. "Gimme that."
Harry rips the picture out of Niall's hand as his eyes go wide, his heart picking up as he stares at the photo in front of him. It's a photo of him and Camryn a few months before their wedding, sitting in a dressing room before a concert. Harry is sitting on the bed shirtless and in skinny jeans with Camryn sitting on his lap, straddling his hips with her hands on his chest. Harry's head is turned and in the process of making out with Camryn, his hands cupping her butt.
"What the hell is this?"Harry asks, holding up the photo towards the boys as they all hold up their hands in innocence...well, all of them except one...
"Oh...I sent that one in,"Louis admits with a smirk, his hands shoved into the pockets of his jeans as Camryn rushes over to look at the photo, blushing immediately when she lays her eyes on it.
"Where the hell did you find that?"Harry exclaims, looking at Louis with a more than confused face. "And did you take that photo?"
"Found it in my camera roll, and yes I did take it,"Louis laughs, nodding his head proudly. "I was going to use it as blackmail, but I thought it would work well for the music video as well. Thought you two could maybe recreate it."
"You creep,"Harry scoffs, shaking his head in amazement at Louis. "You quietly walk in on us making out and then you take a photo?"
"Again,"Louis explains, holding his hands out in front of him with the proudest smirk. "Blackmail."
"Sorry to burst your bubble,"Harry snorts, taking the picture and throwing it into a trashcan in the corner of the room. "But this photo is not going into the music video. It ain't that kind of video."
***
"Alright, Harry's scene next,"one of the crew members calls, looking in every direction for the Styles family.
"Coming, coming, just trying to soothe a grumpy baby,"Harry calls back, holding Lennon against his chest and bouncing and swaying while little shushes fall from his mouth, his palm rubbing up and down Lennon's back.
"You're okay, my love,"Harry whispers, tucking his lips down to the top of Lennon's head. "You're gonna be in a video. This is gonna be so fun. You're all camera ready."
"Mama, I look pretty,"Darcy beams, touching her fingertips against her rosy cheeks that are even rosier now that Lou rubbed them with a bit of blush.
"You do look so so pretty,"Camryn agrees, holding Darcy in her arms, her little legs wrapped around Camryn's middle as Camryn presses a kiss to Darcy's little lips that have a bit of sparkly gloss on them. "You always look so pretty. You're my beautiful girl, huh?"
"I butifal,"Darcy grins, her cheeks rising to her eyes to make them squint as her little fingers play with the necklace around Camryn's neck.
"You are,"Camryn confirms, nodding her head and pressing a kiss to Darcy's cheek. "My beautiful beautiful girl. I love you so much."
"So muh?"Darcy questions with a cheeky grin, raising her eyebrows at Camryn and shyly looking up at her.
"More than you'll ever know,"Camryn whispers, pressing her lips against Darcy's lips and pressing a gentle kiss there.
"Alright, he's semi settled,"Harry sighs with an exhausted grin as Camryn smiles at Harry.
"Upset stomach maybe?"Camryn suggests, shrugging her shoulders as they walk towards the filmset. "I just fed him but maybe I didn't burp him well enough."
"Maybe,"Harry hums, keeping his lips on top of Lennon's head as he continues to snuffle and fuss gently.
"Alright, so we're gonna have Camryn holding Darcy,"the director hums, holding the photo in between his fingers that they're trying to recreate.
"Like this?"Camryn asks, standing in the little set that looks scarily similar to Harry's childhood bedroom.
"Holy crap it's like walking into your room, baby,"Camryn gasps as she walks through the little doorway and enters into a time capsule, taking her back to the room that she spent almost all of her teenage years in.
"Oh wow,"Harry marvels, stepping into the room and continuing to bounce and sway baby Lennon in his arms as he looks around the room. "They even got the bedspread right."
"The awful bedspread,"Camryn giggles, walking over to the little fake bed and looking at the blue and green plaid bedspread that she spent many secret nights in.
"Um excuse me?"Harry gasps in mock offense, dropping his jaw at Camryn. "That is a wonderful bedspread. In fact, I think we should put it on our bed now."
"Yeah, how about no,"Camryn laughs, shaking her head and cradling the side of Darcy's head with her hand as Darcy rests her cheek and ear against Camryn's chest. "I do miss this room, though."
"It wooks wike nana's house, mama,"Darcy lisps, placing her little thumb in her mouth, as her little eyes gaze across the room.
"It does, huh?"Camryn grins, resting her cheek on top of Darcy's head as she sways her hips. "This looks like daddy's room that we sleep in when we visit nana and papa's house, huh? They tried to remake daddy's old room."
"You've never seen this place, huh buddy?"Harry whispers down at Lennon as he turns his body to the side so that Lennon's right eye that's not squished against Harry's chest can blearily look around the room. "You've never been to nana and papa's house."
"Alright, if we could get this started really quick,"the director grins, waving at Darcy who smiles cheekily.
The director looks down at the photo in her hand that they're trying to recreate so that they can fade it out in the music video and have the current version of the Styles family appear. It's a photo of Camryn when she was 8 months pregnant with Darcy, her shirt pulled up right below her breasts as Harry bent down to press a kiss against her bump, cradling it in his hands as they stood in his childhood bedroom.
"Camryn, if you could hold Darcy outward that would be great,"the director instructs.
"Alright chickie, let's do this,"Camryn smiles widely, repositioning Darcy in her arms so that Darcy is sitting in Camryn's arms like a little chair as she leans back against Camryn's chest.
"Perfect,"the director nods with a big smile, flashing Camryn a thumbs up, "Darcy, love, can you rest your head back against your mummy's chest."
"Here, baby, lay back against me,"Camryn instructs, putting her palm on Darcy's forehead to help her lean back against her chest.
"Just like that, awesome,"the director praises, looking back down at the picture. "Alright, Harry in this photo you're kissing Camryn's bump, so instead we're going to have you kiss Darcy's cheek."
"Got it,"Harry nods, repositioning Lennon to be cradled in his arms as his chunky little baby sighs dramatically and squeaks before settling back down in Harry's arms and placing his little fist against his cheek.
"Alright, this looks great,"the director nods and smiles contently. "You know when to become unfrozen and start singing, right Harry?"
"Yeah, I got it,"Harry grins, giving the director a thumbs up before bending down and scrunching his nose at Darcy as she giggles and looks at her daddy.
"And Darcy, sweetheart, you remember that you have to try and stay as still as possible, right?"the director coos, raising her eyebrows up at Darcy who turns her cheek against Camryn's chest and shoots the director a little thumbs up, her new trick that she still hasn't mastered, so her pinky finger sticks out as well and makes it more of a "hang loose" sign.
"It's just like when we play freeze tag,"Harry smirks, scrunching his nose at Darcy as she giggles, her dimples popping. "You're frozen, okay?"
"Perfect, three..two...one,"the director calls, counting down with her fingers as the chorus of "Story of My Life" begins to play.
The story of my life I take her home...
Harry presses a kiss to Darcy's cheek as she smiles before pulling away from Camryn and Darcy who are trying to stand as still as possible, but they'll be completely frozen once the editors get a hold of the clip. Harry becomes unfrozen and smiles at Camryn, raising his hand up gently from cradling Lennon as he continues to gently sing the song with the recording behind it so that they lip singing is more believable. He raises his hand to tuck a strand of Camryn's blonde hair behind her ear before pressing a gentle kiss to her forehead, continuing to sing whenever he's not kissing her.
He then begins to walk around Camryn and Darcy who are still frozen, looking around the room and acting like he's marveling at being in his old room with Lennon still peacefully laying in his arms.
He circles back to his girls as he sings the final line of his solo, signaling the end of his portion of the music video and bends down again in front of Darcy who, bless her heart, is trying her very best to not move a muscle in Camryn's arms. He scrunches his nose at Darcy as he sings his final few words, smiling at her widely as the music begins to patter off.
"AND CUT!"the director yells, closing the clapperboard to signal the end of the clip and then clapping her hands. "That was fantastic! You all did perfect!"
"You did so good, squishy!"Harry praises with a huge smile, dropping his jaw a bit as he holds up his hand to give Darcy a high five.
"Baby, you're unfrozen, you can move now,"Camryn laughs, watching as Darcy refuses to give Harry a high five and stays frozen in Camryn's arms.
"Dada, I stay so still,"Darcy squeals proudly, slapping her palm against Harry's.
"You did stay so still, I'm so proud of you!"Harry grins, nuzzling kisses to Darcy's cheek and blowing a raspberry there. "My own little movie star."
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AHHHH HELLO MY LOVELY LOVELY PEOPLE
I FREAKIN JUST GOT BACK FROM SEEING HARRY TODAY AND OHHHHH MY FLIPPIN GOSH HE IS EVEN MORE GORGEOUS IN PERSON I CANNOT WITH HIMMMMMM
IT WAS SO SO INSANE TO BE LIKE "woah I'm in the same room as you" AHHHHHH I just can't with him 😭😭😭
Auggie and Em's chapter will be out soon!!...I'm so sorry in advance...
I hope you all had a lovely week and I'm wishing for you to have the best week in the upcoming week!!
Um also 190k??? Ya'll are INSANE!!! we're literally only 10k away from 200k but I'm not gonna even think about that because I'll start crying and I don't want to get emotional right before I go to bed LOL!!
^^^but just know that I LOVE YOU!! and I APPRECIATE YOU more than you'll ever know.
Thank you for making these characters your own.
They love you, as do I
MWAH
-Mel❤️