The Unwanted Bond

Stained and Ruined.

Parker's POV:

"All done. Just try to keep from hitting it or anything. It should be healed enough in a few days to remove the stitches."

"Okay." I mumbled.

"Parker, Did you get to eat yet?" Chris asked me.

I kept my eyes down and shook my head no.

"Okay, Baby boy, let's get you some food."

I flinched as Ryan reached towards me. "Sorry." I whispered.

"It's okay. No worries. Can you get off the table and follow me?"

I nodded and pushed myself off the table. I quietly followed behind him with my hands in my pockets and my chin tucked into my chest. I could hear everyone else following behind us.

"You sit here." I stopped as Ryan pulled a chair out. I cautiously sat down and he pushed my chair closer to the table.

I kept my eyes on the table as he pressed a gentle kiss to the side of my head before leaving to go into the kitchen. Everyone else took a seat at the table around me, continuing to have hushed conversations. The chair to my right was left open, presumably for Ryan. I jumped when a tray with food and water and a shake was set in front of me. Ryan took a seat after pulling the chair closer to me. He leaned down to catch my eyes and gently put his hand on my lower thigh.

"You have 30 minutes once you're done with the shake, just like normal. Can you do that for me?"

I clenched my jaw and my eyes stung but I nodded. He squeezed my leg and reached over to grab the shake. My eyes landed on the scars once again and my breathing started to pick up as I started to fixate on it.

"Okay. Shh. Breathe. Do I need to change?" He cupped my face carefully.

I shook my head.

"I am fine. I promise." He said as strongly as he could, looking pained that I was so affected.

I nodded slowly.

"Okay. I need you to relax, and to eat. Can you do that?"

I swallowed hard and nodded. He gave me a quick smile and opened the shake before he handed it to me. I pretty much chugged it after my first sip, realizing just how hungry I really was.  I set the shake down and quickly grabbed the bowl with some scrambled eggs and went to town. I easily and eagerly scarfed those down, moving on to the bowl of applesauce, then the blueberries. I was eating so fast I wasn't really taking the time to savor anything. I ate the yogurt just as quickly and grabbed the soft Hawaiian bread roll and devoured that too. I opened the bottle of water and drank most of it. I had eaten everything and the pain in my lip was now very noticeable. I gently grabbed my lip and pulled it out away from my teeth.

"You okay?"

I snapped my eyes up to my Dad and released my lip. I nodded. "Fine." I cleared my throat.

"We can rinse your mouth with some salt water and then I have some ora-gel to put on that will numb it for a bit." Ryan spoke, he kept his voice and tone soft.

"Stop doing that."

"Doing what?"

"Speaking like that... Taking care of me."

"Why would I do that?"

"Because I almost killed you and I don't fucking deserve you being nice to me." I snapped.

"I told you we are done with this. I am here and I am alive and I'm going to take care of my Baby. Even when he is the one I'm having to protect him from. I promised you I would always be here for you even when you pushed me away. I am not going to sit by and let you fixate on this and self-destruct."