Narrator's POV:
Louis soon slipped back into his headspace after the chat with the twins.
Harry and Edward felt relieved that they had gotten everything off of their chest to Louis. They were surprised that he didn't really panic too much at what they told him, it showed an absurd amount progress already. He was trusting them.
"You hungry love bug? Maverick said you didn't really get anything in your tummy last night." Edward says, rubbing the boys back.
"Baba?" Louis asks.
"Only if you eat some breakfast baby, we want you to grow big and strong." Harry says in a fake tough voice.
Louis giggles adorably at Harry's actions and nods a bit.
They don't give it another second, knowing that he could switch that answer real quick and refuse to eat anytime soon so Edward takes the boy and does a little Superman action with his small frame, making the boy smile widely before they stand up and Edward puts him on his hip.
Maverick had already made breakfast in the kitchen and it was prepared and laid out nicely on the dinning table for the three.
"Do you want to cut up his food and make him a bottle while I keep him occupied?" Harry asks Edward, knowing that they should keep him in high spirits if they want to get him to actually eat.
"Yeah yeah, good idea." Edward smiles, handing the baby to his brother.
Edward heads over to the fridge and starts preparing the bottle while Harry takes Louis to the open side of the kitchen.
Harry decides that he wants to try something with Louis so he sets the young ones sock covered feet on the ground while he holds the boy from his arms, keeping him from falling.
He wanted to see if he could maybe start the process of helping him learn how to walk or toddle a bit at least.
"Wha' doing daddy?" Louis questions, looking up at the man with a little pout of confusion on his lips.
"We are going to try to take a few steps. Do you think you can try that for me? Just pick up your leg and try to move it forward. But don't worry munchkin, daddy is here to catch you if you fall." Harry says, knowing that he will always be there to catch Louis when he falls, no matter what, no matter when.
"Otay." Louis says, turning his head foward.
Louis tries his best to lift up his foot and move it forward but he stumbles immediately, needing Harry to keep him upright.
"Good try little one, just try and lift it up a little higher so it doesn't get stuck on the ground hm?" Harry encourages with a dimpley smile.
Louis nods, holding Harry's hands tighter.
His feet were tiny, much too small for his body even though that was tiny as well. He was quite clumsy when he was out of headspace because of this. Thankfully being in such a young headspace there was really no walking but as time would go on his mind would progress and grow up so learning to walk was just part of that.
However despite this Louis was able to lift his foot up fully and move it before setting it down again, successfully taking the step.
Harry has the biggest most proud smile on his face but decides to not fully celebrate in case the boy wasn't done yet.
"Good boy, daddy is so proud." He encouraged slightly.
With that Louis was able to take about another step and and half before falling back into Harry's arms who picked him up high and spinning him around happily.
"Thats my boy. You did so well." Harry cheers.
"Daddy you see?" Lou asks, looking toward Edward in the kitchen who had been watching the entire time in silence.
"I sure did sunshine, I'm very proud." Edward says, smiling back at the boy.
Harry spins him around a few more times in bliss before holding the boy and walking back over to his brother who he pecked on the lips in joy.
They hadn't had Louis for long, but the time that they have had him have been the best few days of their life. But it's already hurting him to see him starting to grow up.
"Here I cut up your banana and toast for you munchkin." Edward says as he sets down the silverware next to the plastic baby plate.
"Nanna?" Louis asks confused.
"Not your nanna baby. A banana, it's a type of fruit that we are going to try out today." Edward laughs as he kisses the boys soft check, not being able to hide his fond.
Louis makes a little 'o' shape with his mouth as he nods, now understanding.
They place Louis in his high chair before pulling up their own chairs right in front of him so they can feed him.
"Open up for the airplane." Harry says as he plays with the fork rhat has a small slice of banana on it, moving it towards Louis mouth in a plane like motion, making a plane noise in his mouth.
Louis giggles, finding what his daddy was doing very amusing. He then parts his mouth and let's Harry feed him the banana.
It continues for about ten minutes until Louis starts to get full and refuses to take any more of the food. The twins are content though, genuinely just happy that he is eating anything at all.
"Good job lovie." Edward complements.
"I have baba now daddy?" Louis asks.
"Of course you can darling, let me grab it now." Harry says before beginning to walk off.
However he stops in his tracks when he hears a soft whimper. His heart still stops every time he hears his baby upset.
He turns to see that Louis was making grabby hands for him because Edward had started cleaning up breakfast and he didn't like the loss of attention from his daddies.
Harry obviously immediately obliges and lifts the boy out of the high chair and places him in his arms.
"I'm Sorry sweetheart." Harry apologizes for leaving the boy alone.
The boy wiggled around a bit before laying his head down on Harry's chest and just allowing himself to feel comforted by his daddy.
Edward had already prepared a bottle before and it was sitting in the warmer, so he grabs it and hands it to his brother after he sets the dishes from breakfast in the sink.
Louis slowly starts to fall asleep on Harry's chest but Harry bounces him a few times to wake him up, knowing that they still need to work on his sleep schedule and it wasn't time for a nap yet.
This made Louis fuss a bit.
"Shh it's okay munchkin. It's just not sleepy time yet, soon though love." Edward comforts, holding the boys hand as his brother Carries him into the living room.
"I'm tired daddy." Louis says, rubbing his eyes.
He woke up less than an hour an hour ago but the boys did tell him some pretty big news so that's wore his big and little mind out.
"I know Lou, you can have a nap soon. Let's just try and have your bottle first at least. Can you do that for me baby, hm?" Edward says, sitting on the couch before putting his arms out for his brother to hand off Louis.
Louis whines at the loss of touch for a moment until he is placed back into Edward's arms, where he cuddles into him adoringly.
Lou doesn't respond to Edward, feeling rather drained and fussy at the moment. The boys don't like seeing him upset in the slightest.
"Here little one." Harry says as he guides the bottle towards his lips.
Louis turns his head away and shakes his head, not wanting to take the bottle and longer.
The twins frown, he had just wanted the bottle minutes ago but now was starting to get grumpy from being so tired.
"It's just your bottle love. It's yummy, just try it." Edward says as Harry gently moves the bottle again.
Louis shakes his head a bit and just burrows his head into Edward's chest, not feeling motivated to do anything else.
Edward rocks him a bit, trying to convince him out so he can have his bottle but Louis doesn't budge.
The twins look at each other, both at a bit of a loss. He should definitely have his bottle before his nap and they need him to know that they are in charge. But they would never force him to do something he doesn't want to do and with knowing his past they know a gentle approach is the only way they should go about it and it's the only way they would even want to go about it.
They know he's tired and probably still a bit overwhelmed but they need to establish a system of trust.
"You are my sunshine." Harry's voice starts, knowing exactly how to help the boy.
"My only sunshine." Edward continues in a deep yet soft voice.
Louis keeps his body cuddled deeply into Edward's much larger frame but peaks his head out a bit, recognizing the song and voices that give him an unmatchable amount of comfort.
"You make me happy."
"When skies are grey."
Louis looks up at the men, an endearing look laced through his eyes.
"You'll never know dear."
Harry sings as he picks the bottle back up and very very slowly inches it back towards Louis's lips, knowing that too harsh of a movement would make him close up again.
"How much I love you." Edward continues as he looks right into Louis's twinkly little blue eyes.
"Please don't take my sunshine away." Harry finished as he gets Louis to take the bottle.
And to the boys relief, he takes it without a fuss.
"Our sweet boy." Edward smiles as he plays with Louis hair a bit.
They men continue to hum a little bit, knowing it will help keep Louis motivated to drink his bottle.
As the bottle emptied, Louis's eye lids got heavier and his eyes slowly began to close. But the boys were happy to see him happy and at peace.
He now looked to them for comfort and for love. He wasn't afraid of trusting them like he was when they started this process.
He of course was still the same shy adorable little love that they decided they wanted years ago but now he wants them too. He lets them take care of him and help him grow. And that makes them feel more than complete.
Within five minutes Louis is softly snoring, the bottle mostly empty and had been taken out of Louis's mouth and replaced with a paci.
The twins just stayed there in silence. The feeling of being able to hold him and have him still feeling unreal.
"We love you darling." They whisper, being careful to not wake Louis up.
"So much."
The end
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