Battle Wounds: Solangelo Soulmate AU

FORTY

WILL POV:
I put my hand on Nicos thigh to try and calm him down even though it was pointless. We were sitting in the police department waiting for Walker to finish up a meeting, and even though we'd only been sitting there for 5 minutes it's felt like 5 hours.

"It's gonna be okay," I soothe, rubbing circles on his knee in a way I hoped feels supportive.

He doesn't say anything, doesn't even look up from the piece of carpet he is staring at. I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't even hear me. 

"Nico!" Walker calls from the door leading into the rest of the department. His smile falters when he sees the state Nico is in. "Come on kid."

I stand up and help Nico to his feet, he is shaking so much he can barley walk on his own. We don't say anything until we are in Walkers office with the door closed and the blinds shut.

"What's going on?" Walker asks, concern evident in his voice.

Nico gulps and opens his mouth to say something but nothing comes out. Eventually he nudges me with his elbow telling me it was my turn to talk.

"Well," I start, not exactly sure if should just be blunt and get to the point or give background. "There's these guys who have threatened Nico in the past, and there coming back to threaten Nico again."

"And my sister," Nico croaks, his voice sounding distant.

"Threatened how?" Walker asks, furrowing his brows question.

"Well they said they would hurt Hazel if Nico didn't do what they said," I tell him, chewing my bottom lip.

"This was in the past or now?" Walker asks for clarification.

"Both," I answer. "It happened in the past, but there coming back and doing it again."

"What did they make you do?" Walker asks looking back to Nico.

Nico pulled out his phone and with shaky hands pulls up the video. Walker takes it with a questioning look but plays the video without asking any questions.

The audio starts blaring and I instinctively put my hands over Nicos' ears, not wanting him to even hear any of it. Nico hides his face in my neck and I can hear him sobbing softly in my ear, his whole body shaking. The frown on Walkers face deepens to one of anger and confusion.

"Can you send this to me? I don't want to watch it all with you here," he says pausing it and handing it over to me. "You can just airdrop it to my work phone, and once I have it you can delete it."

I send the video to Walker and delete it quickly after words. I feel better knowing that it's off of Nicos phone. I have no idea if he's always had it or if the guys had sent it to him.

"I need to know what's happening now, I'll watch the video to find out everything from then," Walker says turning back to Nico.

Nico motions towards his phone and again and I opened his text messages with them and hand it over to Walker.

"Do you mind if I screenshot these and just send them to myself?" he asks Nico.

He shakes his head and Walker does just that before handing the phone back and grabbing a note pad.

"It said they sent you gifts?" he questions, putting on his professional face though I can tell it is hard for him. I know how close he and Nico are so seeing that was probably about as hard as it was for me.

Nico continues to stare at the floor so I grab his shoulder to make sure he looks at me. "Can you tell him?" Nico says in a small voice.

I nod, "They sent him the collar and leash from that video."