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Louis lets out a content sleepy sigh as he cuddles further into Liam's warmth. He knows that today is going to be a chaotic day, Christmas Day is an affair that has the whole house up and going with loudness and shouting and energy that even puts Liam into a good mood for a while. It's good, but it's just as equally as exhausting, especially when you're the one catering the food for everyone at Christmas lunch.

So for now, Louis is going to enjoy the silence that comes with Christmas morning before the chaos, where he can just lay in bed, cuddled up in his husbands arms and just relax. Even after so many years, so many years of them sharing the same bed cuddled up into one another, Louis will never get sick of the feeling of Liam's arms draped around his hips and his comforting breath at the back of his neck.

And Louis hums whenever he feels the familiar butter soft kisses to the back of his neck, followed by large strong hands rubbing his hips and around his stomach as Liam shuffles awake from his deep sleep. And it's familiar, it's comforting and it's everything small that Liam does towards him, things that Liam doesn't even notice himself, is what makes Louis fall in love with Liam all over again.

"Good morning,"Liam's voice is rough with sleep as he nuzzles his nose against the back of Louis' neck lovingly, large hands sprawled over Louis' stomach."You smell nice. Did you change your body lotion?"

"Liam, I've been using the same scented body lotion since I was 16."Louis rolls his eyes whenever he hears Liam huff a breath behind him, laughing just a little at his husband.

"Are you sure? Because you smell even more delicious than usual."Liam continues with a low growl in his ear, moving to leave butterfly soft kisses up and down his neck which never fails to make Louis' entire body roar red with a blush.

"Is that your attempt at flirting? Over 10 years of marriage and the best thing you can come up with is 'You smell even more delicious'?"Louis mumbles into his pillow, unamused with Liam's wondering hands as they swoop lower and lower until they're bypass the elastic of Louis' tight fitting underwear."Liam, knock it off."

"On c'mon, Lou. It's Christmas. We have an arrangement."

"Yeah, after 9am."

"It's 8:59."

"That still isn't 9am."

"You don't want me to die from blue balls, do you?"Liam pouts into the crook of his neck, keeping his hands where they are at, slowly and teasingly stroking Louis' length under the fabric of his underwear. He can't help but to smirk whenever he feels Louis squirm."And besides, we haven't had sex in an awful long time, baby."

"Because usually when we have sex, you forget to wear a condom and then we have the panic of a month figuring out if I'm pregnant or not."The last time that they nearly had sex - on the kitchen table where they eat family breakfasts for god sake - it had resulted in a panic wait that resulted in Louis luckily not being pregnant.

"I think you're a bit too old for that now."

"I think you should get a Vasectomy."

"Don't even say such terrible things!"

"Well don't be an insensitive dick."

"Awk look at us. We're officially an old married couple." Liam awes in enjoyment that they've reached this type of level or marriage where they argue about the simplest of things and simply act like an old married couple that's sick of one another's shit.

"I guess we are."Louis turns his head so that he can plant a loving and joyful kiss upon Liam's lips, morning breath and all because at this point in their marriage, he honestly doesn't care. Liam smirks into the kiss, immediately making it into something more intimate as he lets his hands roam Louis' body and ends up flipping the two so that Louis is on his back and Liam is leaning over him.

Louis' arms come up to snake around Liam's neck, finger nails digging into the bigger mans scalp as Liam makes the kiss more needy, more rough and sexual as he nipples and sucks and bites on Louis' bottom lip, eager to get things heated and for clothes to come off.

"So, sex?"Liam pulls away with a breathy sigh and a cocky, beautiful looking smile on his face. And Louis should be sick and tired of seeing this face every morning, shining in the early morning light but he will never be, because Liam Payne is handsome and charming and everything that Louis has grown to love.

"Fuck it."

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"Are you decent?"Olivia is calling through his brothers door on Christmas morning, hugging her dressing gown around her tightly as she waits with Adrian in tow. The two of them have been up for a while but Liam had made a strict rule about not waking them up until after 9:30am and Fletcher wasn't even worse at that for getting up before 12.

"Decent looking? Yes. Decent in 'do I have clothes on'? No."

"Well make yourself decent, it's Christmas."

"Yay?"

"Sarcasm?"Adrian questions.

"Of course not."

"Okay, good. Now get yourself down stairs because Papa said that there's a massive surprise for us and he needs us all to be there for the reveal before uncle Niall opens his big trap and spoils it. Dad's words, not mine by the way."Adrian informs, crossing his arms over his chest as he waits outside of his big brothers door.

There's shuffling and swearing from behind the door, something that makes both Olivia and Adrian share a look that makes them roll their eyes before Fletcher is opening the bedroom door, messy bed hair and all. He's dressed in a pair of sweats and a Christmas jumper that he dug out from his hamper, a ketchup stain down the front.

"At least try and look happy:"Adrian rolls his eyes at his brothers sulking expression, looking as if he's being dragged to somebodies funeral and not as if he's celebrating Christmas. Honestly, Fletcher just wants to go to fucking sleep.

"Better?"Fletcher purposely makes his smile as big and wide as possible, glad that he gets the results of a shiver of terror from his younger siblings.

"No. You look fucking terrifying. Never smile again."

"He only smiles properly for his boyfriend anyway."Olivia smirks at Adrian as the two of them turn done the hall for the stairs, followed by Fletcher who follows grumpily.

"Axel is not my boyfriend."

"I never even mentioned his name."And Fletcher knows that he's caught out there, looking like a deer caught in headlights as Olivia snickers and Adrian looks on confused at what's happening. He's so caught in the dark when it comes to the antics that is what happens between Fletcher Payne and Axel Clifford.

The livingroom at Christmas is as cheery and as Christmassy that it always is at his time of the year, with the same homevibe Christmas decorations decorating the entire livingroom that there were 10 years ago. Louis has kept every knickknack and school made Christmas decoration and puts them out every single year without missing one of them.

There's stacks of gifts hidden under the tree and piled up on the coffee table and sofas for the three of them, as well as their parents own gifts from them or to one another. Niall also has his own pack of gifts piled up on the floor beside the fireplace and Fletcher can't help but to smile at that, because he knows that his papa cares more about Niall that he's letting on to.

"Sit down, sit down!"Louis is ordering, coming rushing in front the kitchen in a hoodie and jogging bottoms that he had thrown on whenever he and Liam eventually got out of bed. His hair is a mess and his lips swollen red, not to mention the marks of love bites left under all of his clothing.

"It's too early for you to be too loud."

"It Christmas, blue. At least try and be happy."

"Don't. He smiled upstairs and I near shit my pants. It was terrifying."

"Don't be so mean to your brother. He has a beautiful smile."Louis pouts as he chucks Fletchers chin before he turns to Adrian."And stop this swearing. I hate to hear such language come out of your mouth."

"Yet Fletcher and Olivia swear all of the time?"Adrian raises his eyebrow at his papa because he Doesn't like this type of discrimination.

"They're already tainted, you can at least he a semi good person."Louis places his hand on Adrian's cheek and pecks his youngests forehead with a soft hum as he turns away to go back into the kitchen.

It's not even a moment later that both Louis and Liam are emerging from the kitchen with a cardboard box in Liam's arms which he sets in the middle of the livingroom, both parents taking a cautious step back away from the box as the three of them get off of the sofa and crowd around the box.

"A Puppy!"Olivia is the one that breaks the silence, already reaching into the box to gently lift out the golden retriever puppy from the box. It's so small in her hands, smaller than a usual pup but it doesn't make her smile or happiness flatter at all.

"I told you all of that pestering would work!"

"Oh my god, he's so cute! Thanks, Papa. Thanks Dad."Fletcher is smiling for real now as he gently strokes the puppy's head, not making any move to remove the sleepy looking puppy from Olivia's arms.

"She. It's a girl. And as a family, we are all going to agree on what to name her and we are all taking our share to look after her. She's going to be a family dog and we will all take care of her."Liam informs with full seriousness as he watches fondly as all three of his children nod their heads with grins on their faces with a chorus of different thanks and awes.

"I love you, you do know that, right?"Louis eventually perks up to break the silence between himself and Liam, looking up at his husband who looks away from where he's fondly watching Fletcher, Olivia and Adrian interact with their new pet puppy who they've set down on the ground.

"Of course I know that, and I love you too, baby."Liam swoops in and wraps his arms around Louis' waist, pulling his smaller husband in close. Because even after all these years, after all of the hurt and fighting, the struggles and difficulties, Liam still loves Louis with all his heart and he always will.

And Louis believes him, he has been believing him since the day that Fletcher was born, from the day and hour that they brought their first baby into the world and up to every moment after that. From his first word, to his first steps, to Olivia coming along after him and then Adrian as well. They've been through some hard ships, some difficult situations that neither of them thought they'd get themselves out of.

But here they are. 36 years old with three beautiful children. And neither of them could change their result.

The end

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