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What the actual bumfuckery is this?
What am I looking at?
These are the thoughts running through louis’ head when he walked through the front door into the living room to stop dead in his tracks upon seeing the almighty pile of board games currently overtaking his coffee table.
“Um…Haz?”
Silence.
“Rory?” he shouts a bit louder.
Nothing, no footsteps, no screaming. No click clacking of nails on the floorboards.
“Clifford?”
Looking out the window he checks he didn't imagine seeing Harry's Land Rover Discovery in the drive. Nope it's definitely there. Where is everyone?
Walking back to the hallway Louis takes his coat and shoes off and goes looking for any sign of life in the house.
Making his way upstairs he is normally hit with some kind of noise but it's so quiet Louis feels like he should be tiptoeing to his and Harry's room.
After changing into his comfy joggers and hoodie he peeks into Rory's room. Apart from not being able to see her carpet through the many toys, the little monster isn't there.
“Hmm…the plot thickens” He whispers to himself huffing as he normally has to physically remove Rory from his legs when he walks through the front door.
Walking past the room next to Rory's he stops and notices that there is a bundle tucked up asleep in the crib…
“Well at least I found one of my children, so they must be here somewhere…”
After slowly closing the door and leaving it ajar Louis walks back downstairs towards the kitchen expecting to see his husband standing there. But nope he isn't there…
“Where the bloody hell is he?”
Suddenly he hears a bark and a laugh that sounds very much like Harrys coming from the back yard.
Opening the sliding doors he is met by the sight of Harry and Rory running through the water sprinklers while Clifford watches nearby. Louis stands there and watches as Harry picks Rory up and throws her over his shoulder making her squeal, running through the water spinning around once out of the water. Both none the wiser that their audience has grown by one.
Crossing his arms Louis loudly clears his throat.
Harry lets out a yelp and nearly drops Rory. “Babe..your home!”
“Daddy!” Rory starts squirming trying to get down. “Papa can you put me down please?”
Once her little feet touch the ground she's off running towards Louis. He bends down in time for her to collide into his arms.
“Hello Munchkin i was looking for you and papa everywhere, no one met me by the door like normal” Louis pouts and pretends to start crying, making Rory cuddle his tighter “I'm sorry daddy but papa said there was time to play outside before you came home!”
“Is that so…its okay love i found you in the end”
Looking up he notices Harry has packed the water sprinkler away and is making his way towards them. Putting Rory down to go inside he stands back up in time to be in eye line with Harry's chest which is currently soaking wet.
A finger under his chin making his head tip back Louis reluctantly looks away from the two swallows and the lone water drop running down in between them and looks up to see Harry's face is inches away from his, his breath hitches when he looks into sparkling green eyes and Harry's breath is tickling his lips when he whispers “Welcome home baby”
“Hey love..” Louis manages to say that before lips claim his and no more words can be said.
With a final nip to Harry's bottom lip Louis pulls away and asks the question he has had since he walked in the door.
“Can I ask why our coffee table has a pile of what looks like board games on it?”
Just as Harry opens his mouth to reply, a high pitched cry makes them turn around. “Looks like Brody has finished his nap” Harry says while moving towards the stairs.
“Dont think im not going to find out what's going on in the front room babe!” Louis shouts up the stairs hearing Harry's laughter in reply.
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Two Hours Later…
Finally after dinner, sitting down on the sofa with Rory curled up into his side, Louis bounces Brody on his lap and looks up to see Harry walk in wearing a black blazer over his white t shirt.
“Umm babe..what are you doing?”
Harry doesn't answer straight away, he just stands in front of the fireplace with the full coffee table in front of him. He straightens his jacket, peeks at Louis through his lashes and smirks.
“Oh god” Louis whispers knowing that when Harry smirks like that it normally means something is about to happen.
Harry clears his throat, puts his arms out straight by his sides like he is about to bear hug someone and say loudly..
“WELCOME TO GAME NIGHT WITH THE TOMLINSONS!”
Rory and Brody squeal and laugh while Louis just stares at his husband unable to fully grasp what is going on. Harry bends down to the table in front of him and starts talking again but in a quieter tone.
“Tonight's games include….drum roll please miss Rory!”
Rory starts tapping her legs in glee while Brody tries to copy but only hits his legs one at a time.
“Monopoly Junior”
Rory oohs making louis smile.
“Kerplunk”
Brody Squeals.
“Bingo”
Louis groans at that.
“And finally….Windy Knickers!”
Rory giggles and Brody bounces up and down on Louis’s lap when Harry finishes showing the game.
“What the fu–fudge is Windy Knickers?”
“Ooh can we play that! It sounds funny!” Rory says, jumping down to go look at the box.
Louis looks at Harry and shakes his head when he sees him smiling wide and looking like he is enjoying every minute of this, while listening to Rory try and read the instructions.
“Looks like we have a winner…Windy Knickers it is folks, Come and sit around the table and we will start” Harry says in his best show host voice.
Putting Brody in his bubble seat next to Rory, Louis sits down next to Harry. Looking over he says “What brought this on love? I didn't think you would be into this kind of thing”
“Well i thought it would be nice to have a bit of fun before bedtime for the kids and when i took the kids to the toy store we saw these games and Rory asked if we could get them to play together at home, and you know i can't say no to her babe” Harry says rolling his eyes.
“Ah yes little miss has perfected the puppy eye look she learned from Li, no one is safe when she does that look not even Z” Louis giggles, leaning his head on Harry's shoulder watching their little girl unpack the game onto the table.
After ten minutes of setting the game up Louis is sitting reading the instructions…
“Okay it says that we each have two pairs of underwear and we have to roll this dice here to decide what to do. If it lands on the picture of the sun you can hang a piece onto the washing line, if you roll and cloud you miss a turn and then finally if you roll a thunder cloud you have to push this button here” He points to the button on the base “ you push that button once and the washing line will spin. There is two spins that could happen either a slow one or a fast one which could knock the clothes off the line including the granny that is holding onto the line too”
“Okay Rory you go first” Harry says passing the dice over to her. And this is how the game goes….
(Harry in bold, Louis in italics, Rory like this)
“Ooh i got a rain cloud i think, do i push the button daddy?”
“ Umm yes i think so ”
(Pushes the button down, washing line spins) Rory squeals
“ My turn then” (Rolls the dice) “Oh i got a sun” (puts underwear on the line)
“Aww i got a cloud”
“Ha ha papa misses his go”
Harry pokes his tongue out at Rory making her and Brody giggle.
“Yay a sun” she puts the underwear on the line and passes Louis the dice…
Five minutes later Harry has three pieces on the line, Rory has three and Louis has two…
“Brody give me back the dice i need to roll it”
Brody looks at Rory and then at the dice. He shrieks and throws the dice onto the table.
“Its my turn Brody, not yours! Daddy, Papa tell him”
“He hasn't hurt anything by throwing the dice, he is only little love let him have a turn please”
“Let him have this turn and then you can have your go. Okay mister lets help you out”
They look at the dice and it landed on the thundercloud.
“ Right little man you have to push the button, go on you can do it”
Brody holds out his little pudgy hand and hits the button and starts squealing when it starts to spin.
Putting Brody back in his seat Louis doesn't realise that the spinning has gotten faster until he sits back and sees the granny hanging onto the line for dear life and the underwear flying off in different directions.
When the spinning stops no one makes a sound until..
“BRODY! YOU RUINED THE GAME!” Rory screams, making Brody burst into tears.
“Aurora Jay Tomlinson!” Harry says lowly making Rory shout her mouth, stopping her from saying anything else.
“That is enough young lady!” Louis says while picking Brody up to calm him down. “Brody only wanted to play, he hasn't ruined the game but your screaming certainly has. Now say your sorry to your brother and sit back down quietly”
Louis and Harry look at each other when the kids have settled down and Rory apologises, Louis can't stop the sudden giggles that erupt out of him.
“What?” Harry says not understanding why Louis is laughing at him.
Rory starts giggling as well and says “Papa you have knickers in your hair!”
At that Louis starts laughing loudly making Harry blush. He starts trying to locate the game pieces and pulling them out of his curls.
“Come here love let me help” Louis leans over and carefully takes out the last two pieces and puts them on the table.
After they put the game back together, the game continues without any more help from Brody.
Finally Rory rolls a sun and wins the game by having all her underwear pieces on the line.
“YAY I WON!”
“Well done baby girl” both Harry and Louis give her cuddles and kisses while Brody claps his hands.
“Right now after that eventful game it's time for you two little monsters bedtime” Louis says while Harry packs the games away in the cupboards.
“Yup Bath then Bed, Lets Go!” Harry says picking up a whining Rory and going up the stairs followed by a sleepy Brody and louis.
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Once bubble baths and snuggles while reading a bedtime story is completed and their two babies are fast asleep, Harry and Louis fall down onto the sofa.
“Well that was fun” Louis mumbles into Harry's neck when he snuggles into Harry's side.
“Yeah it certainly was a change for sure”
“Maybe next time we won't start with Windy Knickers!” Louis giggles “Who came up with that name! And also having the granny lose her clothes as well when she goes flying off the line”
“Hey at least i didn't buy ‘Pull my finger’”
Louis bursts into giggles, making Harry laugh into Louis' hair, pulling him closer.
“AND THAT'S THE END OF GAME NIGHT WITH THE TOMLINSONS” Harry suddenly shouts pushing louis onto his back on the sofa.
“UNTIL NEXT TIME FOLKS” Louis says before grabbing Harry's neck and pulling him down into a heated kiss.
Suddenly Louis pulls away, smirks and says
“Wanna play strip uno?”
Louis hasn't seen Harry move so fast before…