Darling (Larry Stylinson)

4

*Harrys Pov*

In no time at all my alarm was beeping at 6am, the usual time I have to get ready for work. I figured that I shouldn't go into work today and should look after a certain adorable boy instead. There was no competition really on what I'd prefer to be doing.

I switched my alarm off before the loud ringing awoke Louis. He seemed so exhausted when I found him last night, not just from lack of sleep but exhausted of life too. I can't bear to think of what has happened to him, the bruises and marks littered across his body still scare me. The cuts and marks themselves don't scare me, but what does is the idea that someone has done this to Louis, adorable innocent Louis. I know his bruises should begin to fade soon, hopefully the memories of what happened to him will too. I just hope that he can begin to trust me more and talk to me about what's happened to him, so I can care for him more lovingly in the future.

I stretched in bed, idly tracing my tattoos. Then I phoned up Zayn, my lifelong best friend and colleague at the hospital too.

"Hey mate?" I said once he answered.

"You alright, Haz?" he yawned, clearing only just waking up.

"Could you tell Wendy that I'm not coming in today please? Tell her I'm sick or something, it's a long story and I'm explain to you later mate, alright?" I told him.

"Yeah, yeah. Sure mate. See you this weekend maybe? Hope you're okay." He said. I could tell he was fighting to keep his eyes open.

"Yeah, maybe Zayn. And cheers mate, see you." I replied, sighing as I stretched again.

We both said bye before we hung up.

I lay in bed, thinking about Louis. I didn't mind him staying with me at all, even though it's only been one night I've loved the company and honestly all I want to do his help him. He's only fifteen and should really be in school still, vague thoughts about home schooling filtered through my mind. Only those thoughts soon left, the only thing I could think about was how adorable he is. Even though I've known him for less than a day, little things he does make my heart flutter. The way he fiddled with his fingers from nervousness for instance. I'm just eager to find out more about him and to get to know him better, and if those things are bad I'll help him more than ever.

After about half an hour of being lost in thought I soon stood up from bed. Quickly pulling some boxers on before walking down the hallway into the living room.

I soon saw Louis sleeping soundly on the sofa, light snores escaping his mouth. I smiled softly before sitting down on the opposite sofa, playing some random apps.

His forehead soon scrunched into a frown, light murmurs escaping his soft lips.

Suddenly he yanked the blankets away from him, moving his legs as if he was kicking someone away.

"Lou?" I said worriedly, quickly abandoning my phone and kneeling down next to him on the sofa.

He cringed away, still sleeping, backing up against the sofa. His face was still pressed in a tight frown, and a few tears leaked from his scrunched eyelids.

"Lou, baby?" I said softly, gently touching his arm. He flinched away immediately, curling up into a tight ball on the sofa.

"Wake up, lovely." I whispered in his ear softly, lightly tracing circles up his arm. He shook his head and murmured something incoherent.

"Please darling," I told him, "you're having a nightmare, Lou."

I gently stroked up and down his arm, hoping he'd wake up soon. He continued to mumble words in his sleep with only a few tears escaping his closed eyes now.

I gently wiped them away, resting my head next to his. He soon became very still and stopped moving all together.

I moved back and whispered softly "Lou, baby?"

He slowly peeked open his eyes, so I could only see a crack of his ocean blue. He froze for a while, I stayed as still as I could not wanting to startle him.

He tilted his head to the side slowly, biting his lip and staring at me.

"Okay, darling? I think you must've been having a nightmare." I told him softly, gently moving a couple of strands of hair from his face.

He slowly sat up, wiping the remaining tears from his face. His bottom lip trembling. He leaned forward slightly, placing his delicate hands on my shoulders.

All of a sudden he moved forward, wrapping his arms around my neck and his legs around my waist. His sudden movement caused me stumble backwards, from kneeling next to the sofa to sitting cross legged with a sobbing boy on my lap.

He clung to me desperately, his body racking with sobs. I gently cuddled him closely, whispering soothing words into his ear. His legs were wrapped around my waist and his head resting on my chest, directly opposite my heart.

"Lou, baby? It's okay, darling. I've got you, you're safe." I whispered softly, pulling him closely to my chest. He continued to sob, tears streaked down his cheeks onto my bare chest.

"It's okay, lovely. I've got you now, nobody will hurt you, okay? You're safe now, Lou." I whispered in his ear, trying to reassure him and to calm him down.

He slowly stopped crying as much, just the occasionally tear spilling from his deep blue eyes.

"Would you like to tell me what happened, baby? In your dream?" I said softly, gently tracing patterns up and down his back. He had been so starved before that I could feel his spinal cord.

He hurriedly shook his head, clinging to me more tightly.

"It's okay, darling. You're safe." I reminded him gently. He sighed softly into my bare chest. I rested my head upon his, the scent of apple shampoo drifting in the air.

"What do you need then, baby? Please let me help you, Lou." I sighed softly, hoping to get some sort of tiny response from the vulnerable boy.

Everything was silent for a minute or two. The only sounds were the soft puffs of air escaping Louis' mouth, he was worn out from crying.

"Y-You. All I need is you." he whispered delicately.

In that moment the universe existed only in my living room.

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