Winter's Peril

Chapter 5

There was only one person Louis could think to go to and talk about what happened and it was Harry. He hoped that Harry hadn't gone anywhere because he needed someone to comfort him.

His whole body felt numb as he ran towards Harry's house. Louis' eyes were blurry and he felt the snow brushing harshly against his skin. Louis could barely stand on his own feet. He kept on tripping over them. Relief swept through his body when he got to Harry's house and he wiped the tears away from his skin.

His legs were tired from having run all the way there and when he got to the door, he ferociously knocked on the door.

Louis' breathing hadn't calmed down, the amount of running combined with the shock didn't help at all. He looked around in shock, breathing heavily while he tried to calm down.

The door finally opened after ten seconds and Harry stood there solely in a pair of blue skinny jeans. His chest was bare and his feet were as well. Louis' head shot over to look at him.

"Louis? Wha-"

Louis immediately let out a sob and Harry's eyes widened slightly. He collapsed into Harry's body as all the tears and memories came back to him. Harry hesitantly wrapped his arms around Louis' shoulders and pulled him closer. Slowly walking them backwards, he closed the door with his foot.

Louis just blindly followed Harry as he was lead to another room and soon he found himself being placed onto a chair.

"Can you tell me what's wrong?" Harry asked whilst staring at Louis. He had put a top on now but was a bit worried about Louis' behaviour.

Louis stayed silent for a minute as he tried to calm down but not much seemed to make him be able to speak.

"M-My husband," Louis whimpered.

"What? What did he do?" Harry asked but again Louis couldn't find any words to speak.

Harry disappeared out of the living room for a minute and Louis frenetically followed him with his eyes, wondering where he was going. Louis stared down at his hands as his chest frantically rose and fell.

"Here."

He hadn't noticed that Harry had come back but he held a blanket and a bottle of water as well. "T-Thank you."

He smiled gratefully when Harry wrapped the blanket around his shoulders and he took the bottle of water.

"Can you tell me what happened Louis?"

"My h-husband's d-dead," Louis said before breaking out into tears again. Just saying it caused immense pain in his heart. He didn't want to accept what happened.

Harry fell silent as he stared at Louis who sobbed into his hands. When Harry placed a hand on Louis' shoulder, he jumped in surprise and recoiled backwards.

"S-Sorry," he whispered.

"It's okay," Harry muttered. "Did you call the police?" Slowly, Louis shook his head and Harry frowned. "Why not?"

"I-I don't k-know. I g-guess I d-didn't think t-to c-call them."

"We need to go back and call them."

Louis ferociously shook his head, pushing himself further back into the couch. "I don't want to g-go back."

Harry sighed. It made him frown at how distressed Louis looked. "I know but you need to tell the police what happened." Louis stared down at his hands as he internally debated on what to do. Eventually, he reluctantly nodded. "Thank you."

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Louis couldn't bear to see his body again so Harry went in first. Louis just went to take a seat on the sofa that faced the fireplace and stayed quiet.