Dakota winces at the pain but let's him clean up the wound. Hank puts a small thing of ice in a ziplock bag, wrapping the wet cloth around it. He applies it to her cheek, seeing how it's already bruised. She'll feel it in the morning.
"I shouldn't of left them alone in the house. Especially while you were sleeping." Hank holds Dakota's face, cradling it. "Drew would be so pissed."
"He wasn't perfect, he would forgive you." Dakota says in a lower tone, "You're doing the best you can."
Hank pulls her to his chest. He kisses her forehead, rubbing circles on her back to calm her down. Dakota lifts her head up, their eyes connect. He wipes a tear from her cheek, cradling the side of her face as he applies the ziplock bag of ice to the other side. Dakota's hands slip up around Hank's neck, leaning into him. She looks down at his lips, sniffing. Hank knows what she wants, because he wants it too. She leans her forehead on him, closing her eyes.
"Can you stay with me tonight?" Dakota sniffs, "I can't sleep alone after that."
Deep down inside of him, Hank knows it's wrong. She's a minor and Drew's little sister. It's bad enough they kissed. That he wants her. He wraps his arms around her thin body, nodding his head.
"Yeah," Hank says softly "mine or yours?"
"Mine," Dakota sniffs, burying her face into his shirt.
*WARNING* Some parts are kind of rough and maybe kind of rushed or boring but please bare with me. I'm trying to get better at writing and I really want this to be good. Please like, comment, and share my story. Thank you so much ? !
This is an original story written by me! The music rights go to Ellie Goulding!
After enduring years of neglect and cruelty from her mother and stepfather, Ariana's life changes drastically when tragedy brings her under the guardianship of five brothers she's never met and they never even knew they had a sister.
For her brothers, learning they have a sister is an unwelcome surprise. Suspicious and reluctant, her brothers see Aria as an outsider, a stranger disrupting the fragile balance of their lives.
For Aria, their home is both a new beginning and a constant reminder of the family that left her behind.
Haunted by the pain of her past, Aria struggles to adjust, her every action guarded and her trust hard to earn.
As her brothers try to understand her, they begin to glimpse the scars she hides and the strength she carries. Little by little, resentment turns to empathy, and the walls between them start to crumble. But just as the siblings begin to find common ground, the secrets and trauma of Aria's old life threaten to tear them apart. Together, they must decide whether they can overcome the shadows of the past to forge a family and whether Aria can finally find a place to belong.