Snow Angel; L.S.

12/1

Dan stumbled into the basement in his drunken state and he grabbed Louis who was shaking on the floor.

"You bastard! I knew I couldn't trust you," he spit as he dragged a terrified Louis up the stairs. You see, once in a while when Dan was sober and feeling generous he'd let Louis eat dinner upstairs with him. But that wasn't often. It was exceptional today since it was Dan's 53rd birthday.

While Louis ate, Dan said he'd use the loo and told Louis to not try anything stupid. Louis, desperate to be away from this man, grabbed the house phone and tried to dial 911. He was tired of the endless nights of falling asleep with a tear stained face and bruise covered body in a basement. Of course Dan found him and threw him back in the basement.

"What should I do to you? Looks awfully snowy outside. Maybe I should leave you out there."

"N-no, please don't sir," Louis pleaded with big eyes.

"Aw cute, lets leave you out without a jacket," Dan smiled evilly as he shoved Louis off the front steps that lead to their door. Louis stumbled and fell into the freezing snow.

Before he could even blink the house door snapped shut before he could reach it. He knew he was screwed. He was gonna be out here for hours.
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What felt like days later, which in all honestly was 2 and a half hours later, Louis had woken up as cold as a snow cone. He managed to fall asleep in the snow.

But he didn't just wake up, he woke up to the sound of the door. And not his door, the neighbors door.

"Harry don't forget your scarf!" A girls voice screeched after a lad maybe a tad older than Louis. He looked like an angel with the whiteness of the snow glowing around him.

He was like...a snow angel. Louis tried to call for help but his voice was too cracked and sore to speak loud enough. Especially since it was so cold out his body was failing on him. Twenty minutes had passed of Louis sitting awake in the ice cold before the front door opened. Dan came out and snatched Louis up through his thin T-shirt.

He dragged him back up the stairs and through the house until pushing him down the basement stairs. Louis definitely sprained something in that fall, but all he thought was how nice it was to have a carpeted basement and nothing cold and dirty. Dan supplied him with what he needed.

Oh yes, everything except the fatherly love and guidance he needed.

Louis changed his wet clothes and wrapped a blanket around his body before climbing up his window. The snow was glittery and pretty, but it didn't feel as nice as it looked. After hours of sitting at that window he climbed down and fell asleep on his full bed. It was old but it would do.

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Let me introduce you to some of the characters in this book before we start. Harry is 18 and Louis is 16 turning 17 since it's December in the book. Dan is an alcoholic with minor drug problems but I won't mention the drugs that often.

Louis' mum left Dan when Louis was 11 because Dan started to treat her poorly and she took the girls with her. She told Louis she would come back and get him but life happens..

Thank you for you patience with the first chapter here it is and I hope you're excited as I am! ❤️ (ps don't forget to vote or else I can't write the second chapter until I know this ones good)