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thank you for the support robbi and i are getting. it means a lot. 

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niall was sitting on a blanket, a basket open in front of him and in the middle of the blanket, there were empty plates in front of him and empty pudding cups. niall decided to take danny out on a picnic when liam left for work that morning.

for the first time since niall started working for liam, danny cried when liam had kissed his cheeks goodbye and then got into his car so that he could go to work. nothing had appeased the little boy until niall had brought up the picnic and now, here they are. 

he smiles as he watched danny try to make sand castles. he laughed when danny accidentally knocked down his castle with his knee, danny stared at the sand in confusion and turned to niall. the little boy looked so adorable with his pout and niall could see traces of liam in the little. anyway, you know what they always say: like father like son.

"nini..." danny whined, fisting his hands in the sand.

"try again, bud!"

"okie." danny says. 

while danny busied himself with sand architecture, niall began to pack up their rubbish. he pushed the empty plates into the big ass basket he found in the kitchen, when he was done he pulled out the novel he had started the previous night, the shining by stephen king. niall's only halfway through the book and he's dropped it twice from being both freaked out and scared. he lowers his book every few seconds to check on danny, cracking a smile after a few minutes when a little boy with round eyes and freckles dusting his cheeks and nose joins him. as he was about to raise his book up when his phone rang. 

he swiftly pulled it out of his pocket and accepted the call, not checking the caller id. 

"hello..." niall says when he picks the call.

"ni..." 

ah, it's liam. 

"hey. are you okay? do you need anything?" niall asks, raising his hand to check the time on his watch. "it's just three in the afternoon, li. is something wrong?"

"calm down, darling. i'm calling cause i just got home and found the house empty. i almost had a mini heart attack." liam says with a chuckle.

niall watches danny play with the other cute boy as he spoke to liam. "there's no such thing as a mini heart attack. a heart attack is a heart attack." niall lectured. he could actually see liam rolling his eyes at him from the other line. "don't roll your eyes at me."

"how did you know i was rolling my eyes?"

"i just know." niall says with a shrug, taking a note of the page he stopped as he closed his novel. 

"where are you though?"

"park. danny didn't stop crying when you left so i had to bribe him."

"i don't know what to feel about you giving my son bribes. do you know when you're going to be home?" niall likes the way liam said home like it was really theirs. it seemed like it though, he's hardly been to his own flat for days, some of his clothes and possession had migrated to the room he had in liam's house and some could even be found in liam's room. he likes the warmth he gets when he's with liam and danny, the little bundle of joy.

"maybe four, four thirty."

"alright. i'm gonna go take a bath and if i'm asleep when you get here please order pizza. tonight we shall feast like kings!" liam cheered. 

niall giggled, eyes still set on danny who had abandoned the sand pit and was running around with the little boy now. 

"right. cause pizza is –

"don't argue or 'ill tickle you till you pee your pants." liam says and ends the call when niall tried to say something back.

by four, niall used a hanky to wipe the dust off danny's face. he helps the little boy pull on his jacket and then carried him, balancing the boy on his hips while he held the basket in his order hand. on the walk home, he hummed with danny who was singing barney's theme song as loud and as accurately (not really) as he could. when they get home, niall quickly showered for danny, and got him into a blue and white stripped onesie, he then carried the boy up to his father's room and true to his words liam was asleep, burrowed under the big white duvet with just his head peeking out.

niall placed danny on the bed, pulled out his phone and ordered what would be their dinner while he watched danny go under the duvet, only his head peeking out. liam and danny were just too adorable for words and niall may or may not have taken pictures of them. 

it took twenty minutes for the pizza to arrive. pepperoni. on his way up, he made sure he grabbed a few wipes and bottled water. he placed the hot box on the bed and moved to make liam up. he shook the man by his shoulders as lightly as he could until the man blinked awake, danny giggled as he watched nini with his daddy.

"wake up, li."

"what time s'it?" liam asked, words slurring. 

"almost six. come on get up and eat." niall says as he coaxed liam into a sitting position. niall fought back a sigh as he did so. liam must be overworking himself and he needs to relax but raising a child and juggling a demanding job must be taking a toll on the man, despite his break. niall and liam ate in silence while danny babbled on about david, the litte boy he had met at the park, he told liam about the sandcastle he built and made niall show him pictures.  by seven thirty, they were all lying down on the bed, danny between niall and liam, fast asleep. liam looks like he was going to doze off very soon, so niall slid out of the bed and tugged the duvet up and made sure it covered them well. he stared at his boys with adoration and placed a kiss on their forehead, wishing them a good night and sweet dreams. 

as niall brushed his teeth, he stared as himself in the bathroom and thank every diety out there for bringing liam to him and he prayed he would always have him and hoped that he was more than enough for the man and his son.

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