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Request - could you do one where Louis gained weight during the lockdowns and when he does his first performance since, some people write some mean comments on twitter and he sees them with harry comforting him
Louis was excited to be back on stage although he was a little nervous because he knew he had put on some weight. He hadn’t even realized until he was preparing for his first show since the lockdowns and he had tried on some of his stage wardrobe and he couldn't get his pants to button up. Krystal had assured him it was fine and that they could get him larger sizes.
The performance went well, all the songs going as planned and an amazing crowd. Louis quickly made his way back to the tour bus to get some rest, instead of partying, as Harry was coming tomorrow and he wanted to have energy to spend time with him.
Louis stripped off his clothes and threw on some cozy ones before plopping on his bed and pulling out his phone. He opened twitter, laughing at some of the fan’s tweets and replying to a few when a thread caught his eyes.
‘Is it just me or does Louis look like he gained weight?’ one tweet read. Attached was a picture of Louis on stage, his plush belly pushing against his top. Louis bit his lip and kept scrolling.
‘I think he’s put on a little, but he looks good either way.’ one of the replies read, causing Louis to feel a bit better, until he saw a reply to that tweet.
‘A LITTLE! He looks overweight.’ This one also had a photo attached of him that made him really self-concious. In the photo he was waving to fans, his thighs looked huge and his stomach stuck out a lot, he even noticed a small double chin. He looked fat in the photo, but maybe it was just a bad photo, he thought to himself.
He got up and rushed to the mirror to inspect his body. He slowly took off his shirt and as it came over his head, Louis’s mouth fell open in shock. He hadn’t really looked at himself lately and he was definitely chubby, maybe even boarding on fat. His bum and thighs were plump in his pants and he had a softness to his chest. The worst was his stomach, stretch marks decorated his skin and it pooched out quite a bit. Louis gave it a jiggle and then jumped, realising in horror his tummy wobbled as he did so. A tear fell down Louis’s cheek as he poked and prodded at his body, feeling just how doughy he had become. He was humiliated and then a horrible thought crossed his mind, had Harry noticed? And if he did, was he even attracted to Louis anymore?
Louis cried himself to sleep with thoughts of Harry breaking up with him because of his weight swirling around his head.
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Louis awoke to Harry giving him a kiss on the cheek.
“Hey, I missed you. Even though it’s only been one week,” Harry murmured, his lips brushing against Louis’ ear.
Louis smiled, “I missed you too,” he said. As he sat up he felt the weight of his belly and instantly moved the blanket to try and cover it up, but Harry had different plans.
“Come here, I want to cuddle you.” Harry laid down and patted the spot next to him. Louis bit his lip self-consciously but shifted over to lay beside Harry. It felt as though his heart stopped though, when Harry placed his hands on his plump love handles. He resisted the urge to pull away, when something worse happened, Harry rolled him over so he was pretty much on top of him. Louis panicked and scurried off of him.
“Louis, what’s wrong?” Harry shot up, concern lacing his features.
Louis grabbed the blanket and tightly wrapped it around himself, not responding and avoiding Harry’s eyes. Harry moved so he was sitting in front of Louis and tilted his head up.
“What’s wrong? Do you not want to cuddle?”
“N-no, I do!” Louis exclaimed, “it’s just…”
“It’s just what?” Harry questioned, moving his hand to rub Louis’ side. Louis leaned away and ducked his head and tears started to form in his eyes.
“I don’t want you to feel me,” He softly whimpered.
Harry’s eyes widened, “what! Why?”
Louis sniffled and took a deep breath, “because I gained a lot of weight,” Louis explained, his voice very quiet, “I don’t want you to feel how fat and heavy I am.”
“Louis…I know you’ve gained weight, but I don’t care. I think you look beautiful with the added weight,” Harry reassured him, taking the blanket off him and starting to slightly rub his pudgy belly.
“Yo-you do?” Louis stammered, disbelief on his face.
“I do, I promise,” Harry told him and brought him in for a hug, rubbing his hands down Louis’ plush sides.