#timeline 2026

February 2026

01.02.2026 Harry is at the Grammy's in LA / Louis is MIA [L via Insta story, the background of H's we-belong-together-website changes, Zara posts a video filmed in LA (filmed somewhere between 16.01. and 22.01)]

02.02.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA [L via TikTok, via Insta and via Insta stories, LTHQ via their socials]

03.02.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA [LTHQ via their socials]

04.02.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA [H via Insta (ONO announcement), L via Youtube (Imposter bts), L via TikTok and LTHQ via Insta (guess the track), LTHQ via Insta and via Insta (Imposter bts)]

05.02.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA [Rumor of H in Hawaii, LTHQ via Insta, via TikTok (Imposter bts)]

06.02.2026 Pap pics of Harry in the US / Louis is MIA [L via TikTok and LTHQ via Insta (guess the track), AFHF via their socials, Zara posts from a vacation via Insta]

07.02.2026 Harry is in Berlin / Louis is MIA [AFHF updates their Twitter and Insta bios, ]

08.02.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA [A pic of H in Hawaii recently, The HDIGH album experience merch is available in L's store]

09.02.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA [L via TikTok (and LTHQ via Insta), LTHQ via their socials]

10.02.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA [L via TikTok, Zara posts pics that include the vacation location]

11.02.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA [L via Youtube]

12.02.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA [H via Insta, L via TikTok, HSHQ via Insta, the background of H's we-belong-together-website changes]

13.02.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA [HSHQ via Insta]

14.02.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA [L via Twitter (X/X), H for Pleasing, Zara posts a picture of L for Valentines day]

15.02.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA [H via Insta, AFHF via Mail, Zara includes a picture of ONO London in her photo post, McDomlinson article]

16.02.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA [H will be the curator of this years meltdown festival, a meltdown festival spotify playlist is posted, HSHQ via Whatsapp, McDomlinson article]

17.02.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA [L via TikTok, LTHQ via Insta, McDomlinson article]

18.02.2026 Harry is in Paris / Louis is MIA [H via Insta story, rumors of H filming a mv in Paris]

19.02.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA [H via Insta story (pt2), HSHQ via Insta, LTHQ via Insta, and Insta, The background of the we-belong-together-website changes]

20.02.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA [H via Insta story, L at Tecate Emblema announcement]

21.02.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA [H via Insta story]

22.02.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA [L via Twitter, Zara attents an event with Lottie, they both post about it]

23.02.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA [H via Insta story (pt2), HSHQ via Insta (SNL announcement), LTHQ via Insta, we-belong-together website updates]

24.02.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA [LTHQ via their socials]

25.02.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA

26.02.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis is in London [L via TikTok, HSHQ via Insta, Zara posts from London]

27.02.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA [LTHQ via their socials, rumors of Zoë Kravitz in NYC]

It was like a dirty bomb went off at the Lodge when the first symptoms began showing. Ahab had detected some kind of change in the most senior members of their company, a shift in smell that alerted everyone to the idea that something was going on- but no real idea as to what...

Then, one by one, in quick succession, people got really sick. Blotches of black concentrated around lymph nodes, eyes, and old scars; overwhelming fatigue, headaches, bloody coughs- Hawk assumed that the Guild had somehow been compromised. Everyone did.

But that didn't explain why their systems didn't alert them to the presence of a contaminant. Or how something or someone could have gotten in during the most difficult travel and transport weather- or why it was almost exclusively the old guard of the Guild that fell ill... Or why symptoms started at the same time for those off-base and in the field.

All units RTB to Quebec Zulu.

Nighthawk dreaded giving the order. Worse still that it had to come from him, and not the Boss, Hunk... who had the worst of the symptoms.

All operatives were recalled from missions, from leave, from tasks for mandatory quarantines and checks from Ahab for the mystery ailment. Whatever it was, it wasn't contagious- but it made the body produce T-antibodies like hell, and was slowly slowly spreading in the individuals symptomatic. Antivirals seemed to slow the disease's progress, but not halt it.

Hawk had to leave Ahab to her work, and focus on what he could with the rest of their crew, to keep the Lodge running and redeploy where they could recoup losses.

Days later, 'Raccoon City Syndrome' hit the news with a few odd deaths. A little later than that, the number rose to six. Then one of their own, another USS refugee that wasn't part of the Wolfpack, succumbed.

How to handle disposal, and more importantly, how to report deaths associated with Raccoon City Syndrome in a way that wouldn't compromise the security of survivors and renew scrutiny into their members' involvement and connection to the Raccoon City and Greater Arklay outbreaks became the topic of serious discussion. How could they protect their own and prevent another Ian Sider situation with their survivors?

If there were survivors.

That 'if' hung over Wolfpack like a cleaver and a butcher's block. None of them were strangers to confronting their own mortality, Hector going so far as to challenge it openly- but this manner of death? Slow decline and sudden stop? Was so alien to they who spent the majority of their lives fighting monsters and avoiding all manners of violent death. An enemy hibernating from within was mindnumbing.

All they could do was wait.

September became October, the disease neither got better nor worse and the stand-still continued until a call came through to Hawk's personal phone: Leon Kennedy, DSO.

Tentative ally. Despite the rocky history with the rest of Wolfpack, the Guild maintained a good working relation with the man for both the exchange in expertise and cooperating against mutual enemies. Curious what he wanted, Hawk answered.

"I've been sent to give you escort," the young man spoke, his use of pronouns were somewhat deliberate.

In fact, there were several odd things about the man that seemed uncanny. Every twitch of the finger or adjustment in stance came in routine intervals. Expressions hardly reached his eyes- eyes that were dark and almost obscured the polycoriated irises. Features that were both familiar and unfamiliar. Footsteps that were too light for the apparently tall and broad build.

You can no longer accrue vacation hours. You need to use them, or be placed on leave.

Those were the instructions leaving Ingrid Hunnigan feeling restless. Both herself and the FOS Director agreed that the orders from above were asinine, given the surge in strange cases of a disease associated with Raccoon City survivors. But when their citations of policy and protests fell on the deaf ears of a stubborn and maliciously incompetent administration, Director Laurel advised Ingrid to comply "as maliciously as possible" in turn.

Something was up, something suspect.

She had the same feeling before, when her requests to transfer Helena Harper from the CIA to the DSO after her falling out. To be told that Helena wasn't trustworthy enough to be placed in the newly-formed DSO, despite Hunnigan herself designing the standards, and that she would instead be placed into President Benford's Secret Service detail...

Ingrid couldn't fathom the cognitive dissonance. A few weeks later she understood why, and was glad she took the time to exchange contact information with Harper.

And now? She was certain there was something the current leadership didn't want her to know about.

Ingrid opted to use her forced vacation to travel north, far away from family and anyone in DC, setting herself up in the same area she'd been sent into the field: The Fitz Hotel, named after the Edmund Fitzgerald, near Lake Superior.

Part of her wanted a remote enough area to continue doing research into the latest wrongdoings of her superiors, and able to flee into Canada should things go wrong... the other? Wanted to see for herself and verify that what she had done here made a difference for the better.

It's been over ten years.

A-Gua-G was defunct. The infrastructure taken over by another company. The fall of the Bellecourts a topic of local debate. A-virus almost completely eradicated with a strictly enforced vaccine schedule.

No more giant fish monsters. Back to ghost sightings. But ghost stories didn't bother her.

What did bother her was finding most of her sensitive reports regarding The Family missing. And a few days after, breaking news that another lab was found under Raccoon City, actively producing bioweapons for twenty-eight uninterrupted years.

"- the president is expected to reject allegations of any government involvement since the Raccoon City incident."

"Bullshit."

Furious was an understatement.

Luke's sick. Not doing so hot. You should probably bring Vivi up with you.

Izzy didn't know what she expected when Raul called, but it wasn't news that her father was possibly on his deathbed. Like most people, she had this impression of the man as being virtually unstoppable, even though she knew that her father- despite everything to do with Umbrella, and the monsters he fought- was still human. The Unit Never Killed.

Funny how things could shift perspective. Izzy didn't waste any time to book a flight, and drive down from the Arklay Mountain Reservation to Stoneville Middle School and retrieve her daughter.

"Family emergency," was the reason given to the front-desk secretary to withdraw Vivian from her classes before the Fall Break, but with the full permission to assign virtual lessons to keep up with the courses and workload. This wasn't a vacation, but there wasn't a prospective end that she could provide, either.

And of course, everyone was nosy. It was one of the drawbacks of living in and around small towns. Everyone was aware that she was an Army Brat that followed her father's example, and had odd periods of being away, and seemed to end up around outbreaks. Most assumed it was work with the BSAA.

Izzy wasn't correcting them, but she did steer Vivi away from far-too-prying eyes.

"Grandpa's sick," was Izzy's explanation when they packed up the Jeep.

"Zombie sick? Or regular sick?" Vivi asked, tossing her braids over her shoulder.

"Don't know," Izzy confided, "Whatever it was, Raul couldn't say it over the phone."

--- "Welcome back, Lady Death," the gate guard nodded to her after confirming her credentials, and handing back her ID.

The Lodge was imbalanced, Izzy could tell that much. More traffic coming in than leaving, and the Quarantine Zone much more active than usual. Was there an outbreak? It didn't seem like it- none of the protocols for an outbreak were in effect.

Eventually, she was led to where her father was resting, and briefed on what they knew: Raccoon City Syndrome- and a lot of the older members of the Guild were showing the same symptoms. Black splotches around old wounds and spreading, fatigue, coughing... Izzy nodded along, brow furrowing when she had gotten the news that one of them had already died of it. There wasn't any doubt how serious it was- even if it wasn't contagious.

She rapped her knuckles on the frame of the door to announce her presence, walking in to place herself in front of Hunk, looking at the older man's sickly markings and noting the orange Mouser General, Brick the Cat, resting on Hunk's lap; pawing, kneading, and purring against the old man.

January 2026

01.01.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA [Zara McDermott includes a pic of her and L in her 2025 recap post]

02.01.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA [L followed Fanatics Collect, footballer Tosin Adarabioyo and Bolillo Lajan San via Insta, LTHQ hdigh countdown 3 weeks to go]

03.01.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA

04.01.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA

05.01.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA

06.01.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA

07.01.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA [L via Twitter, answering fan questions (X/X), LTHQ via their socials]

08.01.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA

09.01.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA [LTHQ via Insta and L resharing it on his Insta story, LTHQ hdigh countdown 2 weeks tg, via Twitter]

10.01.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA [LTHQ via their socials]

11.01.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA

12.01.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA [L via Twitter, answering fan questions, We belong together advert posters show up all around the world, L via Newsletter, Zara shares L's post]

13.01.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA [LTHQ via their socials]

14.01.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA [L via Twitter, HSHQ sends out an "We belong together" audio via text, LTHQ via their socials, new background on L's website]

15.01.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA [daily recap]

16.01.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA [daily recap]

17.01.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA [LTHQ via their socials + L via Insta story (Jimmy Fallon), LTHQ hdigh countdown 6 days tg, LTHQ posts Imposter Lyrics via Discord, Phoebe mentions L and Zara]

18.01.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA [L via Insta story, LTHQ ONO London announcement, hdigh countdown 5 days tg]

19.01.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA [LTHQ hdigh countdown 4 days tg, LTHQ via their socials, LTHQ UK signings announcment via their socials, HSHQ via text]

20.01.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis is in LA [daily recap]

21.01.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA [daily recap]

22.01.2026 Harry is in LA / Louis is in NYC [daily recap]

23.01.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis is in NYC and at his show at Racket NYC [daily recap]

24.01.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA [L via TikTok, HSHQ via Insta story, LTHQ via Insta, via their socias (ONO London n2 announcment)]

25.01.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis is in London [Zara is there too, L via Twitter, LTHQ via their socials, via Livestream on Insta]

26.01.2026 Harry is in LA / Louis is in Edinburgh and in Glasgow [HSHQ via Insta story (H at the Grammys)]

27.01.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis is in Birmingham [L via Insta story (X), via Twitter, via TikTok, LTHQ via their socials (digital deluxe download), via their socials (UK signings Edinburgh & Glasgow), via their socials (UK signings Birmingham)]

28.01.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis is in Doncaster [daily recap]

29.01.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis is in London [L via his socials, L via Insta stroy, L likes The Snuts post and another Insta post, LTHQ via Insta story (UK signing London) and via Insta story]

30.01.2026 Pap Pics of Harry in LA / Louis' show in London [Zara is there too, H got a number 1 single and L got a number 1 album in the UK, L via Insta story and Twitter (#1 Album), via Twitter (Hibernation), LTHQ via their socials, via their socials (featuring a rainbow flag), LTHQ via Insta, Zara reposts Ls' number 1 album post, Eleanor likes the number 1 album post on Insta]

02.01.2026:

LTHQ posts 3 weeks until album

07.01.2026:

Louis tweets and answers album questions

LTHQ posts about the making of Palaces

09.01.2026:

LTHQ posts Twitter poll about which songs fans are excited for, two weeks to go, shares video of Louis listening to Imposter; which he reshares

BMG posts

10.01.2026:

LTHQ posts Part 2 of making of Palaces

12.01.2026:

Billboard cover story + interview is released

Louis tweets his excitement & answers questions

LTHQ email

Zara shares Louis’ post

Interviews + Articles: Billboard

13.01.2026:

LTHQ posts Louis recording Imposter

Icon Magazine release

14.01.2026:

LTHQ posts Imposter snippet

Louis tweet

Billboard one word interview

Interviews + Articles: Clash Magazine

15.01.2026:

Official merch is released

Worldwide Listening Parties announced

Imposter announced as a single, CD available for order

Louis via TikTok

Interviews + Articles: Billboard Italia, Los40 Chile, Vanity Fair Italia, Inrock Mag

16.01.2026:

ONO NYC at Racket announced

LTHQ posts about one week to go

Snapchat filter, Louis via Facebook

17.01.2026:

LTHQ & Louis posts to announce he will be on Jimmy Fallon

LTHQ posts 6 days to go, teases Imposter lyrics in Discord

Smallzy announcement

18.01.2026:

Louis + LTHQ change their bios to promo Imposter

Some fans receive their vinyls early, the songs leak

20.01.2026:

Imposter single released

Louis posts to Instagram about Imposter, visualiser

LTHQ Ads on Instagram promoting a video call with Louis

LTHQ posts 3 days to go, promos Imposter + announces Imposter music video

Louis thanks fans via Twitter, asks for help to cut through noise, tweets about Zane Lowe interview, Imposter,

Interviews + Articles: BBC Radio 1 (Stunt mention), Euphoria album review, Rolling Stone album review, Etalk,

21.01.2026:

Imposter music video released, Louis posts on Twitter & Instagram

LTHQ announces online listening party, posts release schedule, posts about 2 days to go

Louis announced as guest editor of Dork

Interviews + Articles: Australia Today Show, Sunrise Australia, MTV Brasil, Clash Magazine album review, Dork Magazine

22.01.2026:

Louis' Jimmy Fallon appearance

LTHQ posts 1 day to go

Zara post about the HIDGH release

April 2026

01.04.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis' show in Berlin [L with fans after the concert, L via Insta story (show picture) LTHQ's pre-show poster]

02.04.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis' show in Cologne [L with fans after the concert, L via Twitter (X) and via Insta story (show picture), LTHQ's pre-show poster, LTHQ via Insta story (Cologne), LTHQ via Insta (Berlin)]

03.04.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA [daily recap]

04.04.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis' show in Gliwice [L with fans after the concert, L via Twitter, L via Insta story (show picture), LTHQ's pre-show poster, LTHQ via Insta story]

05.04.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis' show in Prague [L via Insta story (show picture), L via his socials, LTHQ's pre-show poster, LTHQ via Insta (Gliwice)]

06.04.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis' show in Vienna [daily recap, L's outro song is sweet disposition on the same day that H posted the lyrics in 2011]

07.04.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA [H via Insta story, LTHQ via Insta (Vienna), A Take Away Show with H will be out tomorrow]

08.04.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA [H via Youtube (carla's song / a take away show), new background on WeBelongTogether,]

09.04.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis' show in Bologna [L via Insta story (show picture), LTHQ's pre-show poster]

10.04.2026 Harry is in Rome / Louis' show in Milan [daily recap]

11.04.2026 Harry is in Rome / Louis is in Barcelona [L via Insta story (X), L via Twitter, LTHQ via TikTok, Insta and Insta story (Milan)]

12.04.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis' show in Barcelona [L via Insta story (show picture), LTHQ's pre-show poster, Zara was at the show]

13.04.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis' show in Madrid [daily recap, Zara was at the show]

14.04.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA [LTHQ via Insta and Insta story (Madrid), New background on WeBelongTogether]

15.04.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis' show in Lyon [L via Twitter, L via Insta story (show picture), LTHQ's pre-show poster, Zara posts from London]

16.04.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA [L via TikTok, LTHQ via Insta and Insta story (Lyon), Daisy and Pheobe about Zara]

17.04.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis' show in Munich [L via Insta story (show picture), LTHQ's pre-show poster, LTHQ via Insta, articles about a fight between L and Zayn appear, Zara was at the show]

18.04.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA [L unfollows Zayn on Insta, LTHQ via Insta and Insta story (Munich) Rumors about hstt tour rehearsals starting, The Sun article about Zara struggling since going public with L]

19.04.2026 Pap pics of Harry in London / Louis' show in Antwerp [daily recap]

20.04.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis' show in Amsterdam [daily recap, The Sun article about Hoe sleeping in different beds, Zara posts from backstage in Amsterdam and L is with her after the show]

21.04.2026 Pap pics of Harry in London / Louis' show in Paris [daily recap, Zoe Kravitz sparking engagement rumors wearing a diamond ring, Zara, Daisy and Pheobe were at the show and Zara posts about it]

22.04.2026 Harry is in Bedford / Louis is MIA [H is on Wellington street in Bedford on the Wellington anniversary, LTHQ via Insta story and their socials (Paris)]

23.04.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA [New background on WeBelongTogether, Daisy, Pheobe and friends all post about the paris trip including pictures with Zara]

24.04.2026 Harry is in Bedford / Louis' show in Manchester [daily recap]

25.04.2026 Harry is in London / Louis' show in Birmingham [daily recap, Zara was at the show]

26.04.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis is in Glasgow [L likes Lewis Reeve's Insta post, LTHQ via Insta and Insta story (Birmingham)]

27.04.2026 Harry is in Bedford / Louis' show in Glasgow [L via Insta story (show picture), LTHQ's pre-show poster, LTHQ via their socials, People article about a source "confirming" hoe engagement]

28.04.2026 Harry is MIA / Louis' show in Leeds [daily recap]

29.04.2026 Harry is in Bedford / Louis is MIA [daily recap, Rumor of H playing in Berlin in 2027]

30.04.2026 Harry is in Bedford / Louis' show in Dublin [daily recap]