Half an hour later, they arrived at the Child Protection Services' office. Niall was crying again, overwhelmed. He refused to let go of Louis' hand ever since they left the school. Louis had to promise him several times that he was going to be right there the whole time, only for the little boy to accept to follow the social workers in a spare room.
While Niall was being interrogated, another took Louis to yet another room, with a simple desk and two chairs. The thirty-something man in front of him smiled at him, opening his laptop.
« My name's Eric. I saw that you'd like to be Niall's carer. Am I right ?
- Yes. I know Niall from this morning only, I know, but there's already a strong bond between him and I. He seems to trust me, and I honestly don't want him to be thrown in a foster care with strangers where he would have to start everything over. And I absolutely don't want him to... go back to his mother.
- If our suspicions appear to be true, he won't be returning to his mother. »
Louis nodded. He was so scared and worried for Niall's future now, almost as if Niall was his son. He needed to know Niall was going to be taken care of.
« You know raising a child that's not yours is quite difficult, right ? Do you have a wife ?
- A husband. Actually, we adopted our son ten years ago. Everything is wonderful and Liam is a great kid.
- I see. Do you both have stable incomes ?
- We do. I am a teacher and my husband is a web designer. He's working from home. »
Eric nodded and typed on his keyboard. Louis bit his nails nervously. He wanted to get out of this room and go see Niall, check if he was alright, if he was crying. He wanted to take this little angel in his arms and out of here, far away from his monster of a mother. He was already seeing himself tucking the little boy in his bed at night and kissing his forehead. Harry was going to love him too, Louis knew it deep down.
He replied to a ton of other questions, and then the man typed for a long time on his laptop, and turned around to the printer, reaching for a paper.
« Here's your permission. With it, you're allowed to take Niall home as a foster child without being accused of kidnapping if someone decide to investigate on Niall's case. We are going to have to come visit you, Niall and your home in a little while to see how's Niall doing. I obviously can't tell you when exactly. »
Louis looked at the paper and sighed in relief. Niall was going to be safe. Everything was a bit rushed but Louis wanted nothing but for Niall to be safe. He couldn't wait to take him home and shower him in affection, and also heal his physical and emotional pain.
Eric smiled kindly at him and they exchanged a handshake. Louis couldn't help but thank him several times, before he left the room and went back to the corridor. Just as he was walking to the room Niall was, the little boy left it, holding hands with the man social worker that came at school.
« Are you his new foster home, then ? - the man asked him with a wide smile.
- Yes I am. - Louis replied proudly and took Niall in his arms.
- We took pictures of his wounds and bruised. His ear and shoulder should heal in a couple of days but everything else, his hand, bum and chest need immediate medical attention. If you can, bring him to the emergency room, or we can do it now and take him to you after.
- I'll do it. Thank you so much. »
They greeted each other and Louis left, Niall secured in his arms and the precious paper in his bag. He put Niall in the kid car seat, Liam's old one that was previously in the trunk unused. Louis was proud that he could finally bring it out. It wasn't really the way he imagined having a second child at home, but he now had to take care of Niall and of his happiness and well-being.
He sent a quick text to Harry to tell him he had to take Niall to the hospital before going home. Immediately, Harry worried.
Louis feared to see Niall other wounds. The social worker talked about his chest and bum and he didn't know what to expect.
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Lost Boy | baby!Niall | ENGLISH VERS.
Casuale« Louis is a teacher in primary school. Niall is one of his pupils in year 4. Louis dream of adopting another child after his first son Liam. Niall is mistreated at home. When Louis discover that Niall is a very anxious little boy and that he needs...
