Little Louis

Part 8

Once Louis is dried and dressed into a warm black onesie Harry and Edward put him in bed with them and cuddle him close, he hasn't spoken one word and the boys are starting to worry.

"Sweetheart, I've got Blue for you!" Edward says and he hands Louis his stuffed dog, Louis grabs it and hugs it tight.

Harry and Edward look towards each other concerned.

"How about a nice warm bottle of milk?" Harry asks kindly.

Louis doesn't respond, Harry gets out of bed though to go get a bottle and Edward lays Louis over his chest.

"We're so glad you're okay darling, you gave us a big fright" Edward says as he strokes Louis hair.

Louis tenses at Edwards words, he's upset and thinks he's been so bad it's unforgivable, he didn't listen and nearly died, he gave Harry and Edward such a scare, he's bad so, so bad.

"We're sorry we weren't watching you better" Edward says.

Silent tears creep down Louis face.

Harry comes back in and sees Louis crying, he puts the bottle to the side and sits on the bed so he's facing Louis.

"Darling don't cry, it's okay, we promise you" Harry says.

"I....bad...so bad" Louis says and he's started getting upset again.

"Ohhhhh sweetheart no you're such a good boy" Harry says.

"You shouldn't have gone into the pool kiddo but we should have been watching you, its okay, you're not in trouble" Edward says,

They will talk more about it when Louis is calm and out of headspace, right now they need him to understand Harry and Edward still love him and he isn't in trouble.

"Hate me, hate me, hate me" Louis chants and Edward holds him close.

"No baby boy, we will never hate you, we love you so much, our boy, our perfect boy" Edward says.

Harry decides to try and distract Louis, and get thinking about something else.

"You know what I think, I think we need a story, we brought a brand new book for you, how about we read it hey" Harry says.

Louis sniffles but looks to Harry as he goes out of the room and to the room next door, Louis has never been inside that room before, Harry returns with a book smiling.

He hands the book to Edward who sits Louis up. Harry brings Louis across his lap and Louis rests his head on Harry's shoulder, hugging Blue. Edward settles in close and opens the book.

"Guess how much I love you!" Edward starts.

"Love me?" Louis asks shyly.

"Yes darling, we love you so much" Harry says.

Edward starts the book and Harry grabs the bottle next to the bed, he slowly puts it in Louis mouth and he's so interested in the book, he takes it first go, he starts sucking immediately and Harry and Edward share a smile over Louis head. Relief setting in.

Louis loves the book and even giggles at the funny voices Harry and Edward do as they take turns reading. Soon enough though Louis is lulled to sleep halfway through the book and his bottle.

Harry and Edward decide to keep him in bed with them just to keep an eye on him overnight.

"Thank god he's okay" Harry says as they settle Louis down between them.

"I'm so thankful you saw H" Edward says.

"Me too" Harry replies.

"Is he okay? Like, nothing's going to happen to him now?" Edward asks slightly scared.