Okay so I had a really good "plot twist" I guess, or story line idea sent in by someone who reads this fanfic (idk if she wants to be shouted out or not so I won't put her in here, if you do please comment and I'll edit you in!) and I'm going to be using it so thank you for thatttt if anyone else wants to send in suggestions or anything like that, I'll seriously read them and consider them, I'm a pretty open minded person (: is everyone happy hunters back? I ammm!
Alexis POV
We arrive back at the apartment, it's currently 6am, I look back at hunter and he's staring out the window at the apartment buildings, he looks back at me and quickly looks back at the buildings.
"Do you remember this place buddy?" I ask getting out of the car and open his car door, he nods quickly, unbuckles himself and slowly steps out, I reach my hand out incase he wants to hold it and he flinches and looks away from me quickly, I sigh quietly to myself and look up at Luke who is making his way around to us, Hunter see's Luke and I notice him step behind me to hide himself from Luke, I gently put a hand ontop of hunters head.
"That's your daddy, he won't hurt you baby.." I look down at him and notice blood all over the top of his head, I tear up and gently remove my hand.
"We'll go get you checked out after we wash you up and get you something to eat.. You're bones.." I tell him and he looks up at me, I give him a gentle smile and he returns the gesture, I mentally smile really really wide as this is the first time he's made contact with me, I hold out my hand again for another try, this time he takes my hand and I rub it gently with my thumb, Luke watches us with a saddened smile on his face, we all walk up to our apartment and as Luke reaches for his Keys in his pocket, Hunter squeezes my hand tightly and I can feel him start to panic as the door opens.
"It's okay baby boy.." I say to him and walk inside first, Luke waits a little ways away from the door outside until Hunter would go in, Hunter slowly approaches the door, he looks over at Luke and then inside at me.
"Do you want to come in? This is your home." I give him a smile and he slowly steps in. I haven't heard him talk yet, but at least I know he can understand what I'm saying.
"Your room is sealed off upstairs and rented out.. But we'll turn the guest room into your bedroom, yeah?" I smile at him and he looks around the living room and kitchen area, I watch as he picks up his old teddy bear that I had laying on the couch, he smiles wide and hugs it tightly as he begins to cry, it makes me tear up, he remembers home and I couldn't be more happy about that. I walk over to him and crouch down next to him.
"You don't need to cry, sweetie. It's all over, I promise, he won't hurt you." I move a hair out of his face and he jumps back slightly, he looks at the teddy bear and then at me and then up at Luke who's watching from a distance, Hunter drops the bear and runs over to Luke, hugging his legs tightly, I smile looking up at Luke as like crouches down, crying and hugs hunter, I watch as they hug and I wipe a few years from my eyes and pick up his teddy bear.
"I love you buddy, I'm so happy you're home" Luke says and Hunter pulls out from the hug, next he runs over to me and hugs me tightly, I hug him back gently, not knowing how bruised his skin is.
"I missed you too, little man."
After we finish the hug, I take hunters hand gently and look at Luke
"I'm going to stick him in the bath, I'll just put one of your shirts on him for now, but do you think you could run to the store and grab him some clothes..? None of his old clothing is going to fit him." I sigh and rush my free hand through my hair.
"Don't worry about it, I'm right on it, I just don't want to leave the little fellow again.." Luke says hesitating to pick up the car keys.
"He'll be right here when you get back" I say kissing lukes lips gently, Luke nods.
"Alright I'll be right back then, I love you both so much." He says and smiles before leaving the apartment. Once he does, Hunter looks up at me and I smile at him.
"Ready to get clean?" He nods and I slowly walk down the hallway to the bathroom, he follows me cautiously.
"This right here is the bathroom, we're going to get you out of these clothes and make sure all this blood and dirt gets off of you, yeah?" I start to run the water, not too hot, not too cold. I gently start to pull off his shirt for him, he kinda flinches away from me and pulls it off on his own, he also takes off his pants on this own, I look at the major bruises and marks he has all over his body, I look away to stop myself from crying, he quickly gets into the bathtub and covers his body by pulling his knees to his chest, once he does I can clearly see his spine sticking out and his ribs stick out as well.
"Did he ever feed you..?" I mumble, he shakes his head, surprised that he heard me, I stand up and look at him.
"I'll be right back, I'm going to go find you some of your old bath toys.." I give him a sadden smile and he nods, I turn off the running water and then walk across the hall to the guest room, I pull a box of his old things out of the closet and dig around until I find some action figures, I walk back into the bathroom and hand them to him.
"Here you go!" He looks at them and smiles at them, he begins to play with them and I grab a towel from the cabinet under the counter, I also grab some kid shampoo and body wash.
"Are you ready to get washed?" I ask him and he shakes his head.
"Well we gotta hurry! Before your dad gets home!" I smile at him and he looks at me, with no emotion he looks back at his toys and stares at them.
"Can I wash your hair?" I ask and he nods slowly, I squirt some shampoo into my hand and sit on my knees to get to his level, I begin to wash his hair gently and slowly, making sure to be careful of places where there may be open wounds. He flinches every once in a while, but he does better then I thought he would. Next I wash the shampoo out, he giggles at the water being poured on him, I can't help but give a chuckle at him, his voice is still the high-pitched beautiful voice it used to be, from what I can tell. He allows me to wash his body, so I wash his body gently and carefully. As soon as I finish washing him, I hear Luke come in.
"Perfect timing, wasn't that?" I smile at Hunter and he smiles back at me.
"Can you say any words?" I ask and he looks at Luke who appears into the room, I look behind me at Luke and he smiles at me, I give him a weak smile and take the clothing from his hand gently, Hunter stands up, as soon as I do, Luke covers his mouth after he gasps, seeing his sons body. Hunters eyes widen scared, he sits back down quickly and covers his body again.
"Hey.. No.. Hunter.. It's alright.. You didn't do anything babe.." I assure him and take his hand, I help him stand up and Luke walks over, Luke wraps the towel around him carefully helping him out from the tub.
"Can daddy help you get dressed while i go make you some food?" I ask Hunter, Hunter looks at Luke, scared to death.
"I'm not going to hurt you, remember?" Luke says taking ahold of hunters hand and giving it a gentle kiss, Hunter nods and I smile.
"I'll be in the kitchen if you boys need anything." I say, I kiss lukes cheek and gently rub hunters arm, I stand up and walk out of the room and into the kitchen.
