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When april came around, Ian was already crawling like a pro throughout the house and standing up as long as he was holding onto something. He would drive both Louis and Harry crazy whenever he would push something off the coffee table managing to break Louis' phone and Harry's favorite mug in the span of two hours. He had grabbed the phone chewing on the corner then had banged it against the coffee table cracking the screen in the process.

They felt like he was doing it on purpose whenever he would look at them, smile, then knock something off until Louis had cleared it out leaving nothing on top of it. He was already a speed crawler when they couldn't even take their eyes off of him or he'll disappear and end up in weird places like behind the couch or under the kitchen table.

"Ian Edward Styles! I swear I will spank you." Louis threatened when he saw Ian holding his tiny plate full of pea puree ready to throw it off of the tray of his high chair.

Ian only giggled before dropping it making Louis let out a low growl before he made his way to him to clean up the mess and when he was done, he took a seat on a chair next to Ian's high chair seeing it needed a good cleaning. The thing was filthy for god's sake! He grabbed the box of cheerios and put some on his tray glad that he started eating them right away since it was the only thing that he would eat then put his gripper cup next to them since those were easier for his baby to hold.

"That was such a naughty thing to do, that's a no no. Don't do it again." Louis lightly scolded him smiling when his son put a cheerio against his lips until he opened them.

He wanted to laugh when Ian shoved his tiny fingers inside his mouth pushing the cheerio in until he was satisfied then went back to eating his cheerios. Louis used that time to clean up the food deciding to never again give him pureed peas now realizing that his son absolutely hated them.

"Dada!" Ian screamed looking at Louis with a cheerio in his hand offering it to him.

Louis was too stunned to even move when he heard his son saying dada for the first time after he and Harry had tried to get him to say it nonstop for the past few weeks. He willingly opened his mouth to eat the soggy cheerio his baby offered to him as they smiled at each other, Louis couldn't help but kiss his hand then his cheeks loving the tiny creature in front of him.

"Yeah, dada. And he loves you so so much!" Louis said making a mental note to change him into new clothes when he saw the front of Ian's Spider-Man shirt covered in green stuff.

It was a saturday afternoon and Louis was all by himself with Ian since Harry was out with Niall and Liam after many weeks without spending time together. Liam had finally moved out of Niall's apartment and moved in with Zayn when they were more serious than ever sometimes hinting about tying the knot.

"Lets go change you out of those dirty clothes then we can play until daddy gets home." Louis picked him up as soon as he was sure Ian wasn't hungry anymore then kissed his cheek as he made his way to his bedroom.

He grabbed a pair of tiny grey sweatpants and a long sleeved red shirt before placing him on the floor on top of a blanket, the changing table had been turned into a dresser when it wasn't safe anymore for Ian when he moved too much. He took his clothes off then got up to get a diaper and wipes and when he turned around, Ian was already by the door squealing when Louis picked him up and tickled his pudgy tummy.

"Where are you going, huh? You got a poopy diaper and I need to change you out of it." Louis said as he made his way back to his bedroom.

He was in the middle of putting his pants on after pouring hand sanitizer on his hands when he heard his phone in his bedroom remembering he had left it there so Ian wouldn't get to it. He finished what he was doing then picked his son up rushing to the bedroom getting there just in time. He frowned when he didn't recognize the number but answered thinking that maybe it was someone from his job, a new client.

"Hello?" Louis answered hearing nothing on the other line then sat down on the bed pulling Ian away from it when he tried to reach for it, "Hello?" Louis said again and when no one answered he hung up just when Ian started fussing.

"People are such a-holes baby." Louis sighed before getting up to go back to the living room, "And now we go play."

He placed Ian down in his playpen surrounded by the many toys he had then went back to the kitchen to try and clean it up a bit. He was almost done when his phone went off again but that time it was an unavailable number making Louis roll his eyes before he declined the call. The person called two more times and by the third after Louis had hung up two times, he finally answered.

"Look, I don't know what the hell your problem is but stop calling me!" Louis snapped before hanging up, not even giving whoever was calling him time to speak.

When he was done in the kitchen, he went back to the living room seeing Ian standing up and looking out the front window since his playpen was right next to it. He wasn't making a noise then out of nowhere screamed dahey at the top of his lungs before banging on the window with his tiny hand, the other still holding onto the side of the playpen.

"Who is it? Is it daddy?" Louis smiled as he made his way to him seeing that it was in fact Harry slowly driving into the garage, "It's daddy, daddy the frog!" Louis happily said loving to tease Harry about it.

Ian looked at his father before letting himself fall back on his bum then crawled to the other side near Louis getting up again wanting Louis to pick him up. Louis happily obliged then set him down on the floor just as he heard the door opening making him smile even bigger when Ian took off crawling in that direction. Harry's whole face brightened up when he saw his little boy making his way to him as fast as he could getting there in no time.

"Hi peanut! Look at you, you're so fast!" Harry picked him up then tickled his tummy making him laugh, him laughing as well.

"He saw you through the window." Louis said slowly making his way to them and as soon as he was in front of them, Harry wrapped an arm around his waist.

"You did!" Harry kissed his chubby cheek before going back to paying attention to Louis, kissing him being it the first thing he did after he had missed him and their son.

"Is Liam finally asking?" Louis asked raising his brows in the process.

"Yup! He went to get a ring and he's going to propose once he gets the balls for it, he said he wants to ask his parents first." Harry said.

"That's wonderful, his parents will really appreciate it." Louis nodded, "He's got nothing to worry about though, his parents are amazing and Zayn told me they love Liam like if he was their own."

"Dahey!" Ian interrupted them.

"No! When did he start saying it?" Harry exclaimed looking too excited for his own good.

"Like thirty minutes ago, next thing you know he'll be walking." Louis said looking at his son who was busy playing with Harry's necklace, "He says dada and dahey, I'm assuming you're daddy and I'm dada. Gosh I hope he doesn't cxall me papa."

"He probably means just dad. Do you want to go out to eat? You haven't been outside in forever except to go to work then back here." Harry suggested smiling when Louis nodded.

"Let me change then we can go." Louis said.

"Okay, I'll change Ian. It's a bit chilly outside." Harry followed him going straight to Ian's bedroom.

Ian started fussing as soon as Harry had taken his pants off but quickly changed him into a black pair of sweatpants then put on a sweater before picking him up and placing him in his crib. The baby quickly sat up then stood up holding onto the bars just watching his daddy pack his bag with necessary items making sure to always put an extra change of clothes as well as enough diapers and wipes. When Harry was done he put the bag by the door then picked Ian up to put his shoes on just as Louis walked in fully dressed and ready to go.

"Ready?" Louis asked taking Ian's bag.

"Let's go!" Harry exclaimed.

They took Louis' car since Ian's car seat was already in it then Louis let Harry drive feeling a little lazy to do it himself seeing movement inside the black SUV before he focused his attention back on his husband. They ended up at the italian restaurant Harry had invited him to a long time ago when they were just starting. They ordered the same thing and nothing for Ian since he still wasn't hungry plus they had food for him yet that didn't stop Harry from giving him a tiny piece of soft italian bread.

They chuckled when Ian made a face when he first put it in his mouth then while tasting it before he happily swallowed it and opened his mouth for more. Throughout the entire meal he kept reaching for Harry and pulling on his shirt to get him to give him more until Louis stopped him seeing how pudgy his belly was getting. By the end of their meal he was sitting with his belly on full display and Louis just hoped he wouldn't get constipated.

"I think he needs a diaper change." Louis announced when Harry was putting his credit card with the bill.

"I'll go change him." Harry said getting ready to get up but was stopped by Louis.

"I'll go, I need to wash my hands anyway." Louis got up taking Ian and his bag with him smiling at Harry before disappearing around the corner.

Harry stayed behind waiting for his credit card while humming a tune never seeing the man going after Louis and their son. Louis had to wait outside the family bathroom then smiled at the woman who walked out with her baby until he noticed who it was.

"Louis, how are you?" Stephanie asked looking at the ground then at Louis again.

"Good. How are you?" Louis asked then looked at a sleepy Gavin in his mother's arms, "And how's the little guy, I missed you buddy." Louis cooed at him making Stephanie smile.

"He's a bit sleepy, he missed his nap. And is this Ian? Aaron talks about him all the time, he adores him." Stephanie smiled at Ian then grabbed his tiny hand making the baby smile before his eyes settled on Gavin.

"Yeah, and he missed Gavin. Didn't you baby." Louis smiled at his son then looked back at Stephanie seeing how nervous she looked, "Look, I- I don't hate you nor am I angry. It's in the past."

"I know what I did was awful and I hope that maybe one day your mum and sisters can forgive me...at least tolerate me. Your sisters have been seeing Aaron and Gavin almost every weekend and he's already so attached to his sisters like he is to you, always looks around for all of you." Stephanie smiled.

"They do talk about him all the time and my mum's moved on, she- she's happy now, you know." Louis said then remembered he had to change Ian's diaper when his son started squirming in his hold already uncomfortable with it, "It was nice seeing you again, I have to change his diaper."

"Oh, sorry to keep you here! I'll let you go and it was nice seeing you too." Stephanie smiled before leaving seeing Louis walking into the bathroom causing her to run into a man, "I'm sorry." She gave him a wary look before going back to the table to her mother never forgetting his cold brown eyes and hard expression. His head covered by a beanie and his hoodie.

Back in the bathroom Louis was having trouble changing Ian's diaper when he wouldn't stop moving until he strapped him in with the straps making Ian go into a fit feeling trapped. He was still crying by the time Louis was washing his hands then picked him up already getting a headache from all the crying his son was doing. He opened the door still trying to shush him freezing when he felt something hard pointing at his lower back then the voice he thought he would never have to hear again.

"He's such a spoiled brat, don't you think?" Collin said against Louis' ear making him shiver in fear and hold Ian closer against his chest, "I could hear him all the way here." Collin nipped on his earlobe making him want to throw up.

"Co-" Louis started.

"Shut up and start walking. Now." Collin pushed him forward growing irritated the more Ian cried, "Shut him up, will ya." Collin snapped.

"Don't touch me, let go!" Louis took a step away from him flinching when Collin pressed the object harder against his back.

"Shut your damn mouth and keep walking if you don't want me to put a bullet through his damn head, it will shut him up for good." Collin threatened.

"You wouldn't." Louis started crying wanting Harry to get there and somehow save them.

"Oh I will darling. Trust me, I have nothing left to lose." Collin smirked when Louis finally started walking.

He led them through one of the doors by the bathroom and Louis wanted to scream when he saw Harry busy typing on his phone never looking up. People gave them weird looks but stopped as soon as Collin wrapped an arm around his waist and kissed his temple acting as if they were the happiest couple ever. The gun hidden by the sleeve of his hoodie.

Louis couldn't believe no one was doing anything until he saw Stephanie walking out with Gavin in her arms and an older woman by her side feeling the gun pressing harder against his back. Collin pushed him towards a black SUV away from all the other cars then opened one of the back doors making Louis want to throw up seeing the car seat already in place. Now he realized it had been him watching them for weeks and they had never noticed.

"What do you want!?" Louis started crying harder hiding Ian's tiny face against his chest.

"For you to shut up and get in the fucking car." Collin pushed him forward.

"I'm not going anywhere with you." Louis' voice trembled hoping for someone to look at them, for Stephanie to notice them.

He tried to fight him but the more Ian cried, the more nervous he was getting seeing Collin about to lose it. He tried to get away from him only to have the brown eyed man push him forward almost making him fall on top of Ian. His heart stopped then started beating faster than ever when Collin did the unthinkable and aimed the gun at the back of Ian's head.

"Get in the fucking car or I won't hesitate to splatter his brain all over the seats and you, he won't miss the world too much." Collin smirked when Louis finally cave in and as soon as he was in the car he shut the door and got in the driver's side.

The last thing Louis saw before Collin drove away as he was banging on the window, was Stephanie rushing over to them with a panicked expression while screaming his name hoping for her to at least let Harry know. He buckled Ian up in the car seat with shaky hands then tried to open the doors crying harder when the child's lock didn't allow him to do so.

"Don't even try, darling. Hope you and that freak had a good time before because this will be the last time you will ever see him." Collin laughed from the front seat and that's when Louis attacked.

He went for the face scratching whatever he could making Collin scream and Ian's cries to get louder and when he could feel the wetness on his fingers, he only fought harder. Collin pulled over on the side of the road then turned around grabbing Louis by the hair pulling him forward to the front making him hit his forehead on the gearshift letting out a cry of pain.

"You whore!"

That was all Louis heard before Collin raised his arm still holding the gun then brought it down hitting the side of his head with it. Slowly, he slipped away into darkness still hearing his son crying, still fighting to stay conscious but soon he couldn't do anything finally slipping into unconsciousness.

~*~

When Harry finally noticed the commotion outside he was already getting worried when Louis wasn't coming back. He finally got up to go and see what was going on when he saw a woman rushing back inside pushing everybody and everything out of her way finally stopping in front of him.

"Louis! He took him and I- I tried to stop him! I-" She stopped then burst out crying making Harry look at her as if she was crazy.

"What are you talking about?" Harry asked then his eyes widened pushing her out of the way rushing to the bathroom.

He went inside the family one and when he didn't see them anywhere he took off running to the one for males searching every stall. His eyes filled with tears trying to stay calm then took his phone out calling Louis but it only kept ringing until it went to voicemail. He tried again and when he didn't answer, he went back to the front of the restaurant looking for the woman spotting her outside.

"Gavin?" Harry furrowed his brow seeing her holding him then realized who she was when she turned around immediately getting closer.

"I called the police. I- I'm sorry I couldn't stop him, I didn't see him until he was already in the car with that man I'm sorry!" Stephanie started shaking but Harry ignored her unable to do anything but take a seat on the sidewalk and stare straight ahead.

His husband and son have been abducted right under his nose and he hadn't even noticed. He felt like the biggest failure as he burst into tears ignoring everybody watching him with pity in their eyes. He doesn't know how long he stayed there unable to do anything else but cry as he kept calling Louis over and over again until it went straight to voicemail knowing that whoever had taken them had turned the phone off.

He startled when he felt a pair of warm arms wrapping around him and when he looked up and saw his mother looking at him with sadness in her eyes, he finally let out a loud sob and hid his face on the crook of her neck as she rubbed his back. He felt someone else hugging him seeing through the tears that it was Jay and Gemma standing a few feet away then farther away, his father and Aaron along with Stephanie talking to the police.

"M- Mum..." Harry burst out crying again unable to look at Jay in the eyes at the same time he was wondering why she was there comforting him when he had failed to protect her son.

"Shh, they'll find them. You'll see." Anne tightened her hold around him at the same time she was holding Jay's hand.

"Stephanie already gave the man's and the car's description to the police and they're looking for them." Aaron said making Harry look up then got up to stand in front of him and Stephanie.

"What did he look like? Tell me!" Harry shouted right on her face.

"Son, calm down." Des pulled him back glad that the police were keeping the bystanders away from them and no one could see them.

"Don't tell me to calm down! Louis and my son were taken and I couldn't do shit, I didn't even notice! You were right all along, I'm a good for nothing!" Harry shouted ignoring the pain in his father's eyes.

"Harry, you need to calm down." Gemma finally spoke as her eyes filled with tears.

"Please..." Harry begged grabbing Stephanie's hands in his, "Please, what did he look like?"

"I- I saw Louis when I was walking out of the bathroom, we talked for a bit and then he went in. On my way back to the restaurant I bumped into this man who had been standing there for god knows how long. He- He was wearing a black hoodie and his eyes were brown, he looked like he was out for blood but I didn't pay him any attention." Stephanie explained, her eyes flickering between Harry and Jay.

"I- It was the same man that took him?" Jay asked feeling Gemma's hands on her shoulders.

"I'm so sorry, I- I didn't see him until the man was getting in the car and Louis was banging on the window. I saw him, he had brown hair when he took his beanie and the hoodie off..and was driving a black SUV." Stephanie finished looking at them and begging with her eyes for forgiveness, for not being able to stop them.

"Collin..." Harry murmured, "It had to be Collin. That SUV! He had been watching us!"

"Who's Collin?" Aaron asked looking at them in confusion.

"Louis' ex fiance." Jay answered before Harry went insane shouting every colorful word he could think of as he tried to make a run for it and look for them himself.

He ended up getting sedated by a paramedic after they were called in the scene when the police officers and even Aaron and Des weren't enough to stop him. He was brought to his parents house and placed in his childhood bedroom where Gemma stayed behind to watch over him still seeing the tear tracks on his cheeks.

The hours slowly passed by with no news whatsoever and it was driving them crazy knowing that anything could happen to both Louis and Ian. When Harry finally opened his eyes he didn't recognize where he was at first until it clicked and he found himself in his childhood bedroom. He searched the bed hoping for Louis to be there but when he couldn't feel a thing, he sat up managing to feel a bit dizzy and the tears quickly pulled in his eyes.

He sat up then got up from the bed slowly making his way downstairs hearing nothing but the deafening silence until he walked in into the living room seeing his family and a few police officers. He looked around feeling a lump in his throat when it looked like they had brought their whole office into his parents home. His heart started beating faster when he saw one of the most recent pictures of Louis and Ian on a laptop screen.

He had taken it just the day before when they had been in their backyard, Louis had been sitting on one of the chairs with Ian on his lap and his arms wrapped around their little boy. He felt more tears threatening to come out seeing the big smiles on their faces and wondering where were they and what the hell was that man doing to them.

"Sweetheart..." Anne started as she made her way to him and once she was in front of him, she wrapped her arms around her son fighting the tears, "They'll find them, you'll see."

"And if they never do? What then, mum? What if that psycho does something to them, what if I never see them again." Harry looked her straight in the eyes never noticing he was crying until she wiped away his tears.

"Don't think like that okay, they will find them and they will bring them back safe and sound before you know it." Anne wrapped her arms around him.

"Suspect is Collin Axel, escaped from prison a few weeks ago..."

Harry tuned the police officer out as soon as he started speaking and instead made his way to Jay who was sitting on the sofa with the girls and Aaron by their side. His arms were wrapped around Lottie as he murmured comforting words to her and the rest of the girls. He took a seat next to her not knowing what to say when she burst out crying leaving him in tears too as he wrapped his arms around her trying to comfort her.

"I'm sorry..." Harry apologized feeling guilty for not being there, for leaving Louis and their son alone.

"It's not your fault, love. The only one to blame here is that man and if I ever see him again I will kill him." Jay said leaning against Harry, too lost in her own vengeful thoughts.

Harry stared at her then at Aaron whose eyes were red as he held his daughters in his arms, those four girls who never seemed to stop crying knowing very well what was going on. Gemma slowly made her way to them then after ten minutes, she finally convinced them to go upstairs with the rest of the kids and Christian. Daisy and Phoebe clung to her while Lottie and Fizz held onto each other until Harry couldn't see them anymore.

"Alright, we got the footage from the restaurant." A man spoke up making Harry get up and rush over to where Des and now Aaron were standing behind a man.

He started watching it seeing Louis and Ian near the bathroom then Stephanie coming out of the bathroom and stopping to talk. He was starting to get desperate when nothing was happening, just waiting for Louis to come out of the bathroom or for something to happen. He didn't have to wait long when he finally saw him walking out completely focusing on their crying son until a dark figure approached him.

He couldn't do anything but watch with tears in his eyes the way he stood behind him then a few minutes later he finally made him walk. Harry felt the bile rising up in his throat when all of that had happened right under his nose and he hadn't even noticed it until it was too late. Now he was paying the prize.

"I want you to check all the city cameras and track down the license plate, check every single vehicle close to the area and all the way to the outskirts of town. Axel is a dangerous man, he's armed and there's an infant in his possession." The detective ordered.

They got to work right away, some of them leaving the house and more coming in wanting to talk to them making Harry feel useless when he couldn't tell them more. He looked at the front door wanting to go out and look for them himself but couldn't when his dad placed his hands on his shoulders stopping him from doing so.

"You need to let the police do their job, son. They'll find him, you'll see." Des said then after a pause, he wrapped his arms around his shoulders.

"They have to find them, dad." Harry murmured unable to tear his gaze away from the door wishing Louis would just walked through it holding their son, completely unharmed and happy.

~*~

When Louis finally opened his eyes he groaned and closed them again when the bright light hurt his eyes and all he wanted to do was sleep. However, it quickly went away when the cries only got louder making his head hurt more almost as if they were squeezing his brain. He opened his eyes ignoring the bright light and looked around already panicking until he spotted the ugly wooden crib in the corner of the room.

Ian was standing up and holding onto the railings with his tiny hands staring straight at him with big green eyes full of tears. As soon as his son reached out for him with his little arm, Louis shot up from his spot on the bed having to hold onto it when he felt dizzy almost falling down. He wondered what the hell had Collin given him enough to make him feel like that. When he felt better he walked the rest of the way there and felt somehow relieved when his baby was finally in his arms making his way back to the bed where he spotted Ian's bag.

"Shh, it's okay sweetheart. Daddy's here." Louis kissed the top of his head as he rubbed his tiny back wondering what the hell had Collin done to him while he had been unconscious.

"Dada..." Ian continued crying bringing tears to Louis' eyes.

"I know baby, I know." Louis soothed him trying to stop crying.

He began checking him for any injuries trying to swallow the lump in his throat at the thought of Collin laying a finger on his son, but when he couldn't find anything other than a soiled diaper he finally relaxed. He got up to change him getting worried when he wouldn't stop crying until he noticed the time on the clock conveniently placed on the nightstand. It was already ten at night making him realize he had been unconscious for almost five hours and his son hadn't eaten at all.

He felt anger towards Collin building up in his stomach as he finished changing Ian's diaper then rummaged through his bag pulling out the hand sanitizer and a small jar of applesauce. He started crying glad that Harry had a habit of packing extra snacks for their son as he sat down on the bed with Ian on his lap.

"I know you're hungry, love." Louis murmured feeling his heart clenching when his son patted his hand that was holding the spoon, almost as if he was telling him to hurry up. His gaze fixated on the jar knowing very well it was food.

Ian for once didn't put up a fight as soon as Louis brought the spoon close to his mouth and ate the whole contents until there was nothing left. He was about to open another one when he heard the door unlocking then seconds later, Collin walked in holding a few bags ignoring Louis' glares.

"How's my little boy!" Collin grinned getting closer until he was standing a few feet away from them.

"You're psycho, let us go now." Louis demanded spotting his phone in Collin's hand along with his own fighting the urge to get up and fight for it.

"Oh but why would I do that, darling. We're a family, why would you want to break it up." Collin smirked noticing the way Louis was trembling.

"Please...Collin please." Louis started crying and begging.

"Oh don't beg darling, I don't like it when you beg. Well...only in bed, but that's for another time." Collin winked at him making Louis feel nauseous, "We're a family now and soon we'll be far away from here where no one will ever find us again. We'll raise our son together and we'll be so happy."

"Collin! Please!" Louis started sobbing holding his son away from Collin, his wide green eyes focused on the strange man standing in front of him.

"Crying won't get you anywhere, might as well start getting used to it because this," Collin said looking around the room and waving his arm around, "This is your new life."

He ignored Louis' heartbreaking sobs as he dropped the bags in front of him then walked out of the room closing and locking the door after him. Louis was left behind with only his son for comfort as he cried and cried hoping for anyone to help him, for Harry to come save them before it was too late.

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