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Louis has been acting very sassy lately. Not in the cute-sometimes-funny way, but more like in that I’m-a-bitch sort of way. Harry, being the good boyfriend he is, doesn’t know how to tell him. He wishes he knew how to sit him down and tell him face-to-face that he needs to tone it down a little bit, or even have the courage to say something to him, but Harry has neither the knowledge or the courage to do anything of that sorts, which leads us to his Plan B.
Okay, so maybe it’s not actually his Plan B. Like, maybe it was his Plan F. However, Harry didn’t know how to execute plans B through E either. Harry actually came across the now Plan B on the internet one day. It was the night after a concert where Louis had a small breakdown back stage after the show, telling Liam to “Go fuck yourself” when Liam was trying to help him try and relax. Louis had called the shower first for the night, so Harry took it upon himself to try and find things on the internet to help.
He wasn’t very successful at first, or at all really. He finally tried searching for “adults throwing a fit” into the Google search engine in a last ditch effort. He wasn’t really expecting to find anything, that is, until he did. This new interesting idea came to him called Age Play. Obviously, Harry had some guess as to what it was based on the name, but he delved further into his – research…? – sure, let’s go with that. There were many types of it, but Harry wasn’t really all that concerned with those. He was focused on a specific type where the nappies were used as a punishment method. Not in the like ‘I want to use these to humiliate you’ type of way, but more in the ‘I’m going to treat you like how you are acting’ kind of way. Harry would have like to look further into it, but Louis stepped out of the bathroom before he could.
After that, Harry forgot about it for about a week, what with the touring and interviews he was doing constantly. However, after tonight’s show, Louis lost his temper again. Now, Harry understands going off on one of his bandmates because being on the road with the same four guys four months without end can be grueling. All of them have gotten in some type of squabble with another, it happens. It’s quick, it’s usually painless and they move on. However, tonight, Louis decided to yell at one of their crew members. It is safe to say that all four of them were disappointed in Louis, not just Harry.
This is how Harry finds himself sneaking out of his room after Louis went to sleep to go talk to the other lads. Harry had texted them a few minutes ago so they could all meet up in Zayn’s room. Harry entered the room to find Zayn and Liam lying in bed, while Niall took place on the sofa. Harry quickly took a spot next to Niall and turned to face the others.
“I think we can all agree that Louis’ behavior tonight was unforgiveable. I know Louis gets bad dealing with all the stress, but this tour seems to be the breaking point for him. I know I should have everyone’s best interest in mind right now, and I do, but honestly I just am missing my Louis,” Harry let’s out quicker than usual. Niall pats his knee in comfort. “I wanted to get your advice on something,” Harry adds, not even trying to avoid the point.
“I came across this thing on the internet the other day. It’s a little out there I guess, but yeah. Anyway, it’s this thing called Age Play,” Harry says. Zayn’s eyes open wide in shock, while Liam just looks at him blankly. Harry can’t see Niall’s face at the moment, but his hand tenses from where it was rested on his knee still. Harry continues anyway, “There is a lot of different types apparently – I don’t know for sure, I didn’t look that much into it – but it basically comes down to acting a different age, usually younger.
“There is this specific type that I was looking at though, yeah? It’s kind of like a punishment type of thing…? We treat them how they are acting. Louis is acting like a baby, we’ll treat him like one, kind of a thing. I know it’s a little weird. I’m not even sure if, and how, we’ll be able to do it, but I wanted to see what you guys thought about it before I did anything stupid,” Harry finishes.
Harry’s not all that surprised when Liam is the first one to speak up, he seems to be the most calm in situations like this. “So, like, we’re going to put him in nappies?” Liam asks.
“I don’t know yet. It depends how far back we want him to go, like. We don’t necessarily have to go back that far. We can just put him in time outs, or summat, like you would a toddler. Plus, this is my stupid idea, so I wouldn’t ask you guys to have to change him or anything like that. I’m going to be honest, I saw some stories where they went all out. They put him in nappies, had him eat baby food, only let them play and watch kid stuff. I also saw some stories where they just gave them a sound spanking every now and then to keep them in check. I haven’t really thought of how much we would do because I wanted to see what you guys would think.
“You see, I wish I knew what I was doing, but I don’t. I know, deep down, that I would be able to do this all on my own, but realistically, I can’t. That’s why I wanted to talk to you guys first, I want to know if you would be willing to help me out with this, even if it is just going along with it and not even participating. I just – I love Louis. I don’t like treating you guys or our crew like he has been for the past month or so,” by this point Harry can feel the tears slipping down his cheeks, but he keeps fighting the words out of his mouth. “Just, what do you guys think?”