Precious (Harry Styles)

THIRTY TWO

Hi...sorry I've not updated, lots going on at the moment.

Harry was laying down in the medical room, when Louis burst in through the door.

"Oh my god! What happened?" He asked the nurse, Sara.

"He passed out in class. Mr Capaldi bought him here."

Louis held Harry's tiny hand, it was cold and pale, like the rest of his skin.

"Oh my baby boy." Louis said.

"Louis...There's something else.."

Louis looked at Sara.

Sara took Harry's arm and rolled his sleeve up. Louis gasped, and put his hand over his mouth.

"H...how did...what...?" Louis stuttered as a tear fell from his blue eyes.

"They're cuts, quite deep. Has he ever done this before?"

Louis was shocked. "No...no...no...he never...but he wouldn't do this, no!"

There was a knock at the door, and in walked Mr Capaldi,  and a social worker. Louis looked at them both.

"What's going on? I don't understand." He sniffed.

"Hello Mr Tomlinson. My name is Shawn Mendes. I'm a social worker." They shook hands and the men sat down.

"I need to ask you a few questions. Is that ok?" Shawn asked. Louis nodded.

"Obviously, we're concerned about these cuts on Harry's arm. Have you seen anything like this on him before?"

"No...never. He's only 5." Louis whispered. His hands were shaking, as he kept his eyes on his son.

"Is he sad a lot?"

Louis wiped a tear. "He has been. His Mum left us not long ago. He's scared I'm gonna leave him too, but...I'd never do that! I love my kids so much!" That's when Louis completely broke.

"Can you give him a break for a bit?" Mr Capaldi asked, seeing how distraught Louis was.

"Of course." Shawn replied. "I'll give you some time with Harry and I'll see you soon." He got up and walked out of the room.

Louis carefully picked Harry up and sat down with him. Harry instinctively snuggled into his Dad, and placed his thumb in his mouth.

Louis tried so hard to stop crying, but just looking down at his little boy, seeing how small and fragile he was, made it so difficult.

"Louis...I'm so sorry." Mr Capaldi said, placing a hand on Louis' shoulder.

"It's ok Lewis. I really don't know what's going on. I just want Harry happy and safe."

Lewis nodded.

*****

Louis was alone with Harry when the boy woke up. He had slept for over an hour.

He grumbled, and fidgeted a bit as his eyes slowly opened.

"Hey Precious. How are you feeling?" Harry looked around the room, then up at his Daddy.

He started crying and his hand went to his sore arm.

"Try not to touch it, love. Does it hurt lots?" Louis asked, softly.

Harry nodded.

"Why did you do it?"

Harry shrugged. He was so scared. There's no way he's going to tell Louis the truth. The boy said he would kill him if he told anyone.

"Let's go home, yeah?"

Louis picked Harry up, and carried him out of the room, down the corridor to the reception office.

Shawn was still there. He  wanted to ask more questions.  Louis agreed. They sat in the office while Shawn asked lots more questions, taking notes. After half an hour he left.  Letting Louis know he'd be in touch.

Mr Capaldi came in the room. "Hey Harry. You going home now? You take care. I'll see you soon." He patted the boys back.

"Thanks for helping him Lewis." He said, his voice shaking.

"No problem. I just hope he's ok. Let me know, you have my number." Louis smiled and walked out of the school.

*****

Once they were home, Louis undressed Harry. He was acting shy, trying to hide himself.

"Its ok darling, don't hide." He said as harry relaxed a bit.

He put Harry's pyjama bottoms on him, then sat him on the sofa. "Let's clean this up." He forced a smile.

Louis felt sick to his stomach as he saw the angry red scratches on his right arm.

"This is gonna sting a bit, but it will help. After...we can have some pizza, then ice cream. Does that sound good?"

Harry nodded slowly, tears falling again.

"Right, I'm gonna start now. Ready?" Harry nodded again and hugged his teddy.

Louis took some cotton wool and dabbed some antiseptic on it. He gently cleaned the cuts, as Harry let out a loud scream.

Louis couldn't help but cry. He stopped for a minute, to calm Harry down, before he started again.

Harry continued to scream and cry. Eventually Louis was done. By then, they were both a mess of tears and snot.

Louis put Harry's pyjama top on him and pulled him onto his lap, rocking him gently, stroking his hair.

Harry buried his face into Louis' chest and cried, until he was so exhausted, that he fell asleep.

Louis was upset. Why would his little boy do this? Surely he wasn't that unhappy with his life?

How would he tell the other kids? He would have to go and get them from school soon.

He decided to ask his Mum to collect them, so he didn't have to disturb Harry. Jay didn't mind. She would always help whenever Louis needed it.

*****

At 3.30 the door opened and in walked Gemma, Niall and Jay, all looking worried.

Louis looked up at them. He hadn't stopped crying since Harry fell asleep.

"Dad?" Gemma said, handing her coat to Jay, and walking over to the sofa he was sat on.

"What's wrong?"

Niall bit at his nails, he does that when he's worried.

"Come and sit down." Louis said, patting the sofa beside him. The kids did so, as Jay sat on a chair.

Louis took a deep breath and told them about Harry's cuts....

Took me all day to write this. Kept getting distracted.
Not sure it was any good.
Thoughts?
OMG HARRYS FALLING VIDEO....WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE. I LOVE HIM SO MUCH
All the love 💖💖💖