𝐻𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒, 𝐻𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒

~A reason for pain~

The day was long and boring, the usual bullshit throughout the day. I had gotten home and gotten changed, my cousins had gone out with mom and Harrison for the day. I decided to go for a walk, I got my keys and phone before leaving.

I walked towards the park, fuck it, why not? As I got there, I heard some deep chuckles and what sounded like a panicked gasp. I walked closer and saw some guys surrounding a girl, not just any girl, Felicity...

"P-please, leave m-me alone! I-I don't h-have anything y-you would w-w-want!"

"Don't say that sweet cheeks... we could always have some fun..." Something in me snapped as I watched them stalk towards Felicity. I ran over, throwing her behind me as I stood between her and them. "Look here, a brave hero has come to save the damsel in distress. Fuck off kid."

"No, I'm not going to let you hurt her. She isn't your toy so why don't you guys fuck off." I said, a weird wave of confidence controlling me as I spoke. I saw them all smirk but I didn't back down. "When I say run, run. Take my keys and run to a big white house, it has a lot of glass windows. Get in their and go into the dark room, okay? Don't stop until you get their and lock the door, don't open it for anyone but me."

Felicity nodded, I silently handed her my keys, none of them had heard my plan, thank god. "Run."

I threw a punch at the guy in front of me as Felicity ran, tears falling down her cheeks as she looked at me. I looked at her with a small smile, telling her I'd be okay. She kept running as I tried punching them again but they all ganged up on me. They punched and kicked me anywhere they could; face, back, legs, arms, stomach, neck, chest. By the end of it, I was lying, curled in a ball as I coughed up blood. The chuckled darkly before walking away, leaving me in the cold harsh wind.

I laid there for what felt like an eternity before my aching limbs allowed me to move. I slowly got up, limping back to the house. I clutched my side as I walked, that being where they kicked me the most.

It took about ten minutes before I was home, I walked in, the door being unlocked. I shut and locked it behind me and I made my way upstairs. I got to my door, gently knocking on it. I heard a scared gasp, a frown crossing over my face at the sound. "Felicity..." The door was open in seconds, there stood Felicity. She had red, bloodshot eyes. She had tear stained cheeks and messy hair. She gasped as she looked at me before pulling me into my room, she told me to lie down on my bed so I did. "This might be awkward but I need you to take your hoodie, shirt and pants off."

I understood why, to see my injuries. I painfully pulled my clothes off, leaving me in my boxers as I crawled onto my bed. I gently lay myself down, not wanting to make my injuries worse. I laid on my back, my arms and legs out, making me look like a star fish. Felicity came back a moment later with my big first aid kit, she almost dropped it at the sight of my injuries, or maybe me being shirtless.

It would be a lie to say I'm absolutely hot, because I'm no where near hot or sexy with tons of muscles. God no. I had abs, a little bit of muscle on my arms but I wasn't overly fit. Yeah I'm skinny but that's because I don't eat much, so yeah I ain't overly big.

"C-Cooper..." Felicity hesitantly walked over to me, her hands quivering as she looked at the bruises and cuts that covered my entire body. "I-I'm so so sorry Cooper-"

"No, don't apologise Felicity. They were harassing you, simple as that. I stood up for you, that was my choice. It's not your fault I'm now covered in cuts and bruises, that's my own fault. All that matters is that they didn't have their way with you." I said, I don't want her to apologise for something she didn't do.

Felicity walked over, sitting beside me on the bed. She hesitantly touched my my stomach, whipping her hand back as I groaned. "Sorry!"

"Don't apologise Felicity, please just do what you can. Everything fucking hurts, I don't give a shit what you touch just please try and do something." Felicity gave a small nod before she started working on the countless cuts on my chest. Those would have been from how hard they punched me, I'm pretty sure one of them fucking scratched me.

"Fuck!" I groaned as she poured something on the biggest cut, a stinging pain traveling through my arm and straight to my head. "The fuck was that?!"

"Rubbing alcohol, disinfectant. This is the worse cut, hence I have to put this on." I closed my eyes as I tried to relax, not focusing on Felicity as she tried to tend my wounds. "D-did they strangle you?" I opened my eyes to see Felicity staring at my neck, her fingers grazing over the lined purple bruise. "Yeah. The guy who I first punched, he held me down by the throat so they could all hit me. I didn't know if I'd pass out from the pain, blood loss or lack of oxygen. I'm fine though Felicity."

Felicity dragged her fingers lightly over the bruise, her eyes filled with sympathy and pain. "D-does it hurt bad?"

"A little? My throat just hurts." I responded. Felicity nodded before standing up. "Where are you going?"

"Ice pack and ice cream. Where are they?"

"Downstairs in the kitchen, the kitchen is beside the front door, it's in the big freezer. Chocolate ice cream please?"

"Of course." She said with a small smile, she unlocked the door and went downstairs.

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F E L I C I T Y

I made my way downstairs towards the kitchen, I grabbed out three ice packs for his stomach, neck and head. I also grabbed a big tub of chocolate ice cream and a spoon, I had to work out where the cutlery was. Before I could go upstairs, the front door opened. I completely froze, is that his family? His stepbrothers? "Cooper? We are home! Your mom went out with Harrison so we had to catch a ride back with your step bro's! So they are here too-" The girl went quiet as she saw me.

"And who are you?"

"I-I'm F-Felicity, I'm a f-f-friend of Cooper's." God! I'm so awkward at talking to people! To avoid further questioning, I simply bolted upstairs. I ran back into Cooper's room, shutting the door behind me. "You okay Felicity? You look scared... who's in the house?"

"Your step brothers and some girl-" The door burst open, my head snapped towards it. In walked a girl and boy, looking very similar. "Cooper-" The girl went quiet as she saw Cooper, tears welled in her eyes as she walked over to the bed. "Hey cuz." Cooper said with a small smile. "Did he do this to you? When did he beat you up? I swear to god I'll rip his dick off and feed it to him-"

"Levi! It wasn't them. I went out for a walk and saw some guys trying to hurt Felicity. I got in the way before they could do anything, I gave her the keys to the house and told her to run. They beat me up. And don't blame Felicity, it's not her fault, I chose to try and stop them." I still felt bad that Cooper got beat up for me, he took more than a hit so I wouldn't.

It's not the first time that has happened and I'm sure it won't be the last. I've felt pain before, I've even looked like Cooper did. I would have bruises and cuts all over me as I would lay still on my bedroom floor. I've felt that pain and I know it hurts, a lot.

"I-I didn't mean for h-him to get h-h-hurt. I th-thought he'd g-grab me and run b-but he didn't. I-I'm really s-s-sorry-" Cooper grabbed my hand, causing me to fall silent as I looked at him. He gave me a small smile as he rubbed his thumb over the back of my hand, calming me down. He pulled me closer, painfully sitting up as he gave me a side hug. "It's not your fault, stop apologising or I might not share the ice cream with you." He joked as he ate a scoop of ice cream.

"Okay! I'll stop! Just let me have some ice cream!"