Little Louis

Part 15

Louis wakes from a nightmare, he screams and sits up in bed, sweating, his head pounding. He's out of headspace.

"Bug?" Edward says from beside him.

"Breathe, darling, it's just a bad dream" Harry says.

"I....im not little, I'm sorry" Louis says breathing heavily.

"That's okay, just calm down kiddo" Edward says.

"I.....I.....I need to go, I can go" Louis says upset.

"Hey no, no, kiddo it's okay, just lie back and get some more sleep" Harry says gently.

He looks to the clock and it reads 3am.

"But, I'm not little, I don't want to bother you and you have work tomorrow and I don't want to keep you awake, I'm sorry" Louis rushes out,

"Hey, relax, relax, we want you in here with us" Edward says.

"Louis, no matter if you're in headspace or not, you're ours, 16 or 3 we are here to look after you, you are never a bother and we're always here" Harry says as he brings Louis down and over his chest.

"You're still our bug and you've had a nasty hit to your head Lou, we want you next to us" Edward says.

"My head hurts" Louis whimpers and wipes a few tears from his eyes.

"Oh darling, I'll get you some medicine to help it" Edward says.

"Noooo, no, I just want you to stay,I'm sorry, please" Louis says upset.

"Okay sweetheart it's okay, I'll stay" Edward says.

He lays back down on the bed and snuggles up behind Louis as he lays across Harry, both boys whisper sweet nothings and run their hands through his hair gently until they all fall back to sleep.

The next morning Louis wakes alone in bed, his head hurts and he's out of headspace and just feels exhausted. He sits up and goes to his room, he takes his nappy off, showers and dresses himself in his grey sweatpants that are still too big and he then goes to Harry and Edwards room, he walks into their wardrobe and looks around for a sweater. He finds the one he was after, its black and Harry and Edward both wear it so it smells like them both, just what he needs right now.

Louis walks downstairs to find Harry and Edward dressed for work and grandma Anne sitting in the kitchen, they are all at the bench sipping tea.

Harry sees Louis first.

"Darling, you shouldn't be out of bed" Harry says as he comes over and picks Louis up like a child.

Louis clings to Harry tightly.

"You're okay, I'm here, you're such a good boy" Harry says gently.

"Good morning honey, how's your head feeling?" Anne says as Harry brings Louis into the kitchen.

Louis shrugs his shoulders.

Harry hands Louis over to Edward and Edward snuggles him close.

"Good morning bug, you're so snuggly this morning" Edward says, kissing Louis cheek and then forehead all over.

"You like our sweater kiddo?" Harry says smiling as he realises Louis is in their sweater. It makes his heart swell.

Louis nods.

Harry and Edward smile at Louis, he's so beautiful.

"Now, today we've set you up on the couch, we don't want you doing too much okay" Edward says as he brings Louis over to the couch and the bed they've made up for him.