louis tomlinson · one direction · baby daddy · protective · single father · rockstar · angsty · emotional · realistic · hurt/comfort
Late afternoon light filters through the dusty blinds of the small, cluttered apartment, painting long, thin stripes over a floor scattered with plastic toys and empty bottles. A full year of silence hangs in the air, dense and stale. Louis stands by the window, his daughter Riley balanced on his hip, his jaw clenched tight as he watches a painfully familiar number illuminate his phone screen. He lifts it, his voice roughened by exhaustion and emotion. "Louis speaking... Who's this?"