More Scales- Larry Stylinson

Chapter 24

Harry groaned a bit, his head cloudy and his eyes throbbing in his skull. He cracked open his eyelids only to be blinded by an overhead light. What the hell? Where was he?

His memories of the hospital started to seep into his mind. The emotions, the panic he felt. Louis holding him there while Edward held him on the floor. His tail being crushed-

Harrys eyes popped open at that moment and he sat up. His tail! Oh god, was his tail okay? It took his eyes a second to focus, and he could see his a mound of tail under the white blanket on top of him. He tried to move it and felt a chill run down his spine as nothing reacted. it was then that he noticed...he wasnt sitting up either. He had told his body to sit up but he couldnt move.

Oh god...he was paralyzed!

"Llllouis!" He slurred his speech a bit, his mouth feeling heavy and slow. He looked around the room as best he could to try and find his boyfriend. Harry called out for him again, panic only building.

"Harry! Harry, Im here." Louis appeared at Harrys side, reaching out and grabbing onto his arm "Im here baby." He kissed his hand, weaving their fingers together. Harry whimpered, staring at Louis as he tried to get his mouth to form words. But everything was just so sluggish.

"I...ken.....moof." Harry spoke the best he could. Louis nodded, seemingly understanding his slurred words.

"I know baby. It's alright. The doctors gave you a heavy sedative so you wouldnt rupture your stitches when you woke up." Louis explained. Harry frowned more at that. He was drugged? How the hell was he supposed to know if his tail was okay if he was fucking drugged?

"The surgery went really good." Louis continued, holding Harrys hand close to his own face. "Your spinal cord was in tact, they just had to pin some peices back in place. You'll begin to heal on your own. They gave me a brace for you to wear for three months though. But we got really lucky."

Harry would have scoffed if he could have. Lucky? He didn't feel lucky. He felt miserable. He couldnt move, and his brain was running a mile a minute. So many emotions were swimming through him, regret, anger, feat. Alot of fear, actually.

Yes, Harry was sedated now, but what if...What if he never could move his tail again after it wore off? The memory of the pain, the bone crunching sound as the dumbell broke his tail played through his head. Would Louis still want him if he couldnt move? If he was paralyzed? Would that be too much?

Harry snapped back to reality as he felt Louis pushing his way onto the bed. He glanced over at Louis. If he could, he would wrap the man up in his arms and tail and never let him go. But instead he just laid there, fighting the intrusive thoughts that rampaged in his mind.

"I've got some good news too." Louis grinned, tucking his face into Harrys neck and wrapping his arms around his torso.

"Hmmmmm" Harry hummed, his body still sedated and his voice coming up slow and heavy. He loved Louis so much. Harry didnt beleive in any religion, but he was praying to anyone that could hear his thoughts that his tail okay. He didnt know what he would do if he became a burden to Louis. Louis seemed to notice Harry wasnt paying attention. Harry felt Louis kiss his lips softly. Harry kissed back as well as he was able, the action grounding him back in reality once more.

"Marcus is letting me keep you." Louis said softly resting their foreheads together. "He dropped the case, and you're all mine again." He hugged Harry tighter. Harry found himself speechless, even despite the sedation. It was as if everything around him suddenly was frozen in time.

Marcus gave him back? Just...like that? Why on earth would he do that? The man had made such a big deal about wanting to keep him and about how much money he was going to make him.