Louis wakes to a low beeping sound and an empty room, he's so weak and he feels like he can't move, his body like led.

Harry and Scott then enter the room, takeout bags in their hands. They see Louis awake, they put their bags down and rush over to his side.

"Hey baby, just relax, you're okay" Harry tells him as he strokes his head.

Louis groans, he feels like he can't find the energy to talk

"It's okay, we're here now, you're going to be fine  darling" Scott tells him.

"Hurts" Louis manages

"It hurts? Where baby? We will get Andy to come in and fix it okay" Harry says gently

"I....I can't move" Louis says and he releases a tear

"Oh sweetheart, it's okay, just relax, you've lost a lot of blood and you're going to be a bit weak for a while, but all you need to do is rest, okay" Scott tells him.

Andy then comes into the room, being notified of Louis being awake from the monitors

"Hey there Kiddo, you're okay, just relax your breathing" Andy tells him

"I'm scared" Louis says

"Don't be scared bud, I'm here and Harry and Scott are here. You've been through the ringer and you'll be really weak for a while okay. It's nothing to worry about, you just need to rest okay" Andy tells him with a smile, trying to calm Louis.

"You're okay, we promise. Just go back to sleep and rest" Harry tells him

"Stay?" Louis asks as his eyes close

"Always Lou" Scott says and he kisses him on the head.

Louis is in and out of consciousness for the next week, before he is able to even talk properly or be strong enough to sit up in bed.

On day 8 Andy helps Louis sit up in bed, hoping to try him on some proper food. Louis thankfully has more colour in his cheeks and isn't so deathly pale.

Scott and Harry walk into the room having just ducked out to shower and change at Louis place.

"Hey, look at you baby, how are you feeling" Harry asks smiling as he sees Louis sitting up.

Louis half smiles back

"K....I'm not hungry though" Louis says

"Well we're just going to try some food okay, a small amount. We need you eating before we can let you leave" Andy says pointedly

"So if I eat today I can leave?" Louis asks cheekily

Andy chuckles

"No, but soon, I promise" Andy says

Louis manages a little food and the boys are so proud of him.

"Baby, we have a question we were hoping to ask" Harry says when Louis is settled again.

"Oh?" Louis asks thinking Harry and Scott are about to say they are leaving and heading back to London for good.

"Nothing bad darling" Scott chuckles

"We were hoping we could bring some friends in to meet you" Harry tells him.

"Friends?" Louis asks

"Our London squad, they were there, helped us rescue you and they want to meet you" Scott tells him.

"Why?" Louis asks sceptically

The boys smile fondly at him.

"Because they want to meet the person that we're utterly besotted with" Scott smirks

"Besotted with?" Louis chuckles

"Completely" Harry then says and kisses Louis on his nose

Louis laughs and leans into Harry's side as he sits on the bed.

"What about when you leave to go back to London?" Louis asks and Harry and Scott sense the vulnerability in his voice.

"Darling, we're not going to be leaving for London any time soon, you're recovering and we will be with you while you are" Harry tells Louis.

Louis is completely taken aback by his words

"Wha? So you're just going to leave your jobs?" Louis asks incredulously

"We have some leave saved up, so we will be taking it and staying with you. Andy said you'll be hopefully home next week and then it will be a few weeks until you're completely back on your feet" Scott says.

"And....and then you're leave....leaving?" Louis asks

"Lou" Harry says

"It's okay, you...it's fine" Louis says trying to sound nonchalant

"Louis" Scott says as he grabs his hands and strokes over Louis palm, settling him.

"We aren't leaving..... Louis. We are in love with you and we're not leaving, you're ours and we're yours and we're here now" Scott says

"You can't just drop everything and leave your whole life behind in London for me" Louis says in disbelief

"Why not?" Scott asks

"Because it's ridiculous and I....can't ask you to do that" Louis says upset

"Do you, not feel the same way about us?" Scott asks scared of the answer.

Louis sighs

"No, it's not that, I do....I really do but I just....you're going to end up resenting me, and if you end up not happy you'll leave and I can't do that. I want to be here" Louis says

"Look baby, nothing is set in stone with our jobs and even if we go back to London every few weeks, we can do majority of our work here, we're not planning to give up our jobs, but we do want to reconsider our options" Harry tells him

"Well, just....don't rush into anything, you might hate living with me and want to leave as soon as you can" Louis says

Harry and Scott chuckle.

"Well, Harry is a clean freak and I eat weird things, so we all have our little quirks" Scott says laughing

"Eat weird things?" Louis asks

"Scott's favourite snack is chocolate and peanut butter ice cream" Harry starts

"Yum! That's my favourite" Louis smiles and Scott smiles wide back.

"With pickles" Harry deadpans

Louis looks at Scott

"Eww, that is weird" Louis says

"Don't knock it until you try it" Scott says smiling

"I don't know why you'd want to ruin perfectly good ice cream though" Louis says

The boys laugh.

They then tell Louis to rest and tuck him in kissing him on the head.

"We love you Lou" Harry and Scott say

"I love you too" Louis replies smiling before he falls asleep again.

....

Two weeks later and Louis is home and Scott and Harry have moved in too. It's nice to be back in his house and not in the motel, especially after it all happened. Louis hasn't really had the time or the strength to come to terms with what happened, he's tried to push it away. Now that he's home though and he still has a slight limp, every-time he walks he's reminded if everything. He's also so tired all the time and when he has to sit down when he comes down the stairs or makes his tea, he has to hold in his tears. He feels pathetic but it's like everything is hitting him all at once.

Harry and Scott catch him in the kitchen wiping away some tears as he makes his tea.

"Darling, what's wrong? Are you hurt?" Scott asks as he moves to Louis side

Louis shakes his head no

"Then what's wrong" Scott asks gently

"I just....I feel silly" Louis says

"Why Lou?" Harry asks as he comes over and swipes Louis fringe off his forehead.

"Cause I can't do anything like I used too, I'm so tired all the time and my leg hurts still when I walk and then it reminds me of what happened and and when he cut me and he died and his brains were everywhere" Louis says in one breath.

Harry and Scott immediately bring Louis in close and hold onto him tightly.

"Baby, we're so sorry" Harry says sincerely

"We're sorry we left you alone" Scott tells him.

"It's not your fault but... I don't know what to do, I don't want to think of him all the time and I've started having nightmares and you sometimes don't save me" Louis says and he grips their shirts tightly

"We will always save you baby boy, always" Scott says

"Listen, we know a really good Councellor that we refer a lot of victims too, she specialises in trauma and I think she would be a good person to sit and chat too, she will be able to help you" Harry tells him gently

"I'll try anything" Louis says

"I'll give her a call then hey" Harry says and Louis nods

"Why don't you go sit down baby and I'll finish your tea for you" Scott says

"But you'll also bring me toast to eat and I'm not hungry" Louis says knowing Scott so well 

Scott chuckles

"To bad, you're waisting away and we won't have it" Scott tells him

Harry smiles and picks Louis up bridal style and carry's him to the couch. He puts a blanket over him and turns friends on. Louis smiles at the fact they know him so well and he's so thankful for Harry and Scott.