Saving Michael

This story contains mentions of abuse towards a minor sometimes descriptive

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"Yeah just been for a run, you know me I like to keep in shape" Harvey said chuckling "it will be great to you Scotty, it's been a while, I'll get Donna to book our usual plac- Harvey's eyes widened and he did a double take at what he saw "Scotty I need to go" Harvey said quickly ending the call.

He could see a little boy crouched next to the bins hardly wearing any clothes, it was freezing and all the kid was wearing was some ripped pants and a t-shirt.

Harvey slowly crouched down not missing the way the child flinched, "Hey, it's okay kiddo, My names Harvey I won't hurt you" the toddler cowered as Harvey made a move to pick him up, "I'm not going to hurt you buddy, can you tell me your name I can call somebody" Mike shook his head looking terrified. "Okay okay how about you come with me then, we get you all dry and warm" Harvey suggested wanting to just pick the child up and take him back to his condo, it was freezing outside and the kid was clearly malnourished. Harvey winced as the child started to struggle and covered his face when he was picked up, after a couple of minutes his little body just went limp, "It's okay buddy you're okay now no-ones going to touch you"

"This is where I live okay" Mike looked up from Harvey's shoulder his eyes widening at the place he now found himself in, "Can you understand me kid, I won't hurt you, you hungry" Harvey asked not expecting an answer, he would call Donna after he had got some food in the boy.

"You can watch some TV there's some programmes on that you might like" Mike stared in awe up at the TV and stood back, not sure if he was allowed to be watching it "You sit on the sofa buddy" Harvey said forgetting for the time being about the dirt getting on the sofa, he quickly heated some soup up and plated it with some bread. "I've got some soup" Harvey said placing it in front of the boy, the little child looked up at him and bit his lip "Do you like soup, it's for you, you can eat it" Harvey frowned as the child dropped every mouthful down his clothes and covered his face, "You need some help that's okay" Harvey said softly taking the spoon and feeding the child the remainder of the liquid, the child snatched the breadstick up stuffing it into his mouth, it was clear to Harvey that the child had not been well looked after and it just boiled his blood.

Harvey tried to think how he could get the child changed without him getting the wrong idea and terrifying him, "Kiddo you want to take those off, I have some of my nephews clothes" Harvey explained feeling like throwing up at the bruising on the child's body which reached right down to his privates.

What happened next shocked Harvey as Mike turned around so his bottom was facing him. Harvey jumped back at the action, he desperately wanted to find the person who had treated this child this way and kill them, a toddler willingly offering himself to a grown man was disgusting and tragic.

Harvey pushed through what had just happened and forced a smile, "look at these clothes, this has got a puppy on" the child looked confused when the man dressed him in more clothes he thought perhaps his signals hadn't been strong enough so he reached forward and grabbed the mans 'willy' Harvey gently removed the hands "No Mike I won't do that to you, do you like your new top" Harvey asked upbeat as he put the child into some underwear and jeans.

He was just about to put the clothes in the bin when he noticed a small piece of paper on the floor that must have fallen out one of the pockets, he opened it up

Micheal, mummy loves you, you are a beautiful little baby and I promise to take care of you for the rest of your life, mummy's little angel you are and one day we will get away from your mean daddy, don't forget this Mike mummy always will and always has loved you

Mummy

Harvey smiled at the note but towards the end he was frowning and cursing inside his head, at the end of the note some bastard, who Harvey presumed was the boy's father had scrawled

Mummy always hated you, you good for nothing little faggot all you are good for is being a little whore just like your mummy only daddy enjoys you more

Harvey had to stop himself from being physically sick at the words, how could someone write that to their own flesh of blood, the first part of the letter was dated which indicated that Mike was five years old, Harvey raised his eyebrows looking at him you would have thought he was only a toddler due to being so malnourished and abused.

"Mike" Harvey said softly, the five year old looked up starting to sob, Harvey noticed what was wrong immediately as the floor developed into a big puddle, "It's okay Mike don't worry kiddo we can clean that up"

Mike was visibly shaking as Harvey undressed him, and picked him up, "We'll get you in a nice bath okay?" Mike tried to fight Harvey off pounding him with his little fists, Harvey decided that if a bath was going to terrify Mike as much as the little boy was stinking he didn't want to scare him, "I've got some wipes you use those to clean yourself okay" Mike took the wipe looking at it confused, Harvey sighed smiling as he bend down and cleaned the little boy off again, Mike tried to offer himself again this time lifting his willy up to Harvey. Harvey ignored the behaviour not knowing how to deal with it, he would do some research later.

Harvey decided to put Mike in a diaper, he had some in the condo because his three year old nephew sometimes stayed and needed a pull up. "Mike can I put one of these on you, it's just a diaper" Mike nodded, Harvey gently laid him on his bed and carefully put him into the diaper mindful of the bruises and cuts.

Harvey looked at the clock it was past 11 and the kid looked shattered, "Mike you want to go to sleep" Mike stared at Harvey "You can use this, this is my nephews toy he won't mind if you use it" Harvey said offering the monkey to the small boy, Mike took it looking at it like it was alien to him. Harvey wasn't surprised that the kid didn't know what a toy was.

"Harvey carefully lifted Mike onto his bed covering him with the covers, "Don't worry buddy I will look after you and I promised we will find who did this to you" Mike stuck his thumb in his mouth sucking like his life depended on it.

"Harvey? You do know it's after eleven what's up?" came Donna's sleepy voice, "I was out for my run and I found a kid" Harvey said quietly so as not to wake the sleeping boy "You found a kid?" Donna repeated not sure if she had heard correct, "Yeah he's been beaten and abused Donna, he offered himself to me" Donna gasped understanding exactly what her boss meant. "That's awful, I'm coming over" Donna said as she banged about in her bedroom trying to get dressed, "Donna it's late just com- Harvey started "I am not leaving you to deal with this yourself Harvey" Donna said sternly, "I will be over in ten minutes"

Donna tried to knock on the door as quietly as she could so as not to wake the child, "Thanks Donna" Harvey said buzzing and letting the woman enter, "So what happened" Donna asked looking like she had just thrown her clothes on.

"He was lying next to the bins, he's terrified and I don't think he's toilet trained" Harvey explained, "I found this" Donna's face lost all colour as she got to the second part of the note, "That is vile Harvey, who could do this" Donna said tears rolling freely down her cheeks, Harvey initiated a hug feeling tears to his own eyes as well at the injustice of the situation. "I Managed to get him to sleep, I have a feeling he will be suffering from nightmares though" Harvey said sadly, "he is not going back to where he was I will take care of him I don't care what it takes, I was in foster care I know what it's like Donna and I didn't even have it nearly as bad as him"

Harvey and Donna decided that it would be best if the woman left, they didn't want to overwhelm the child so soon.

"AHAHHAHAHAAAH-AHAHAHA" Harvey was awoken by screaming and whimpering.

Harvey quickly ran through to his room, "Mike, wake up buddy wake up" Harvey said gently shaking the tot who screamed and through himself at Harvey's arms, Mike wrapped his arms around his neck his body shaking as it racked with sobs, Harvey patted his back comfortingly, feeling the damp diaper pressed against his knee, "Mike can I change your diaper" Harvey asked, feeling like he had made progress when he felt the child nod against his shoulder, Mike whimpered when Harvey attempted to leave the room to retrieve a clean diaper.

"You want to go with me" another nod of confirmation and Harvey gently picked the boy up lifting him onto his hip. After a clean diaper Harvey tried to lay the boy back down but wasn't surprised when he was met with resistance.

"Okay buddy would you like Harvey to lie with you" Mike pointed at Harvey and nodded as if to say 'you lie with me' Harvey wondered if the little boy was mute or he was that badly traumatised that he just didn't talk he supposed it was the latter. "Go to sleep buddy, good boy" Harvey cooed rubbing the child's back, Mike was soon fast asleep.

"Jessica, did Donna speak to you about what happened last night" Harvey heard Jessica take a breath before replying "Yes she did, I'm sorry Harvey, that must have been awful how is he now" Harvey sighed "He's not flinching away from me anymore which is progress but he's still not said a word, I don't know if he can talk, Jessica I need to take care of him what should I do" Jessica was slightly taken back and at Harvey asking for her advice, normally the man was cock sure, but she supposed this was a very delicate matter and Harvey was showing his vulnerability.

"We will investigate Harvey and make it so the child can stay with you, how old is he?" Jessica asked wondering how old the child actually was he seemed young from Donna's description but how young was mystery.

"He's five but mentally he is a lot younger, he still needs diapers and doesn't have a very good understanding" Harvey responded "I will see what I can do Harvey, the best thing for the boy would be to stay with you though" " Mike his names Mike" Harvey said softly.

Harvey had sent Donna shopping to get some clothes and toys for Mike so that when the boy woke up then he would have something to keep his mind stimulated. Donna had been only too glad to go out and splash the cash so to speak to get some well-deserved toys for the child.

Mike padded through to the main living area bursting into tears as his mind was telling him he was somewhere new and strange, Harvey heard the cries and immediately put the eggs down that he was going to make pancakes with.

"Mike, you okay buddy" Mike immediately ran into his arms clutching onto his sleep shirt "Shush shush, you're okay buddy you had a good sleep didn't you, shall we change your diaper and then have some breakfast" Mike was back to giving no indication that he had understood and just allowed the man to carry him into the bathroom lay him on the worktop to change him. Harvey was not surprised that the diaper had been used for both purposes which only confirmed his theory that Mike certainly was not toilet trained, Harvey wasn't bothered though as long as Mike was comfortable and happy in his new 'home' that was all that mattered to him.

"Do you like pancakes" Harvey asked as he sat the five year old on the counter passing him a punnet of strawberries. Mike looked at them before carefully taking one out inspecting it looking up at Harvey for the confirmation that it was definitely okay for him to eat and that it wasn't a cruel trick which he would be punished for if he chose wrongly, Harvey smiled taking a strawberry himself popping it into his mouth.

"Mmm good you like these" Mike tried another one this time without asking which made Harvey's heart sore as it showed Mike was becoming more comfortable with him and understood that he meant no harm. "That's it clever boy, I am putting chocolate in the pancakes, I don't usually have chocolate but we will today" Mike looked into the bowl wanting to stick his finger in, Harvey saw the move and nodded taking Mike's finger with his own and scooping some chocolate, Mike smiled he actually smiled as Harvey put some chocolate on his little nose, returning the action by reaching up to smear some on the man's nose waiting to see if he had been bad before giggling when Harvey laughed.

Again Harvey had to help Mike to eat praising him when he tried to himself, despite the mess he was making, Harvey wanted to encourage any progress the child made, his floor and clothes could easily be cleaned, Harvey looked around when he heard a knock at the door, he saw the smile rapidly disappear from Mike's face and the boy started whimpering crouching under the table.

"Mike It's okay it's just my friend" Harvey quickly amended his wording when he noticed the fear and realised that 'my friend' equalled to abuse for him " it's Donna a lady I work with, she's lovely, look" Harvey picked Mike up.

"You see this here this is magic" Harvey said showing Mike the door Com, "This tells me who is at the door, so I know who is there before I see them" "Donna " Harvey called, "Can you say hello to Mike, he got a bit scared I will explain later", Donna smiled "Hi Mike, I've got some new clothes and toys here for you can I come in" Donna cooed, Mike nodded allowing Harvey to open the door.

"Aw he's so cute Harvey, would you like to see what I've got for you" Donna said softly toning her excitement down a bit from the usually bounciness and confidence she usually portrayed not wanting to overwhelm Mike.

"I got some more diapers for you Harvey, pampers diapers, these ones should fit better these are proper diapers as appose to the pull ups used in potty training, they hold more and are made for toddlers, but Mike is tiny so the will be fine" Harvey nodded taking the diapers, he was glad to have Donna there he wouldn't have had a clue about the absorbency or brand to get. "Thanks Donna"

" You've got wipes, diaper cream, baby oil and powder" "Thanks" Harvey said again taking the wipes and bathing products putting them on the table, "You should look at the toys with him Harvey, he is more comfortable with you" Donna said standing up and going into the kitchen.

"Oh what's this Mike" Harvey asked pulling out a big chocolate coloured fluffy teddy, Mike stared at it with wide eyes making grabby hands with one hand while the other was stuck firmly in his mouth, "he is lovely isn't he" Harvey smiled when Mike handed the teddy to him" "No, this is for Mike, this is Mike's teddy" Harvey said pointing to the boy, Mike smiled taking the teddy back cuddling it to his chest sighing contently.

"Mwikee" Mike said, Harvey smiled widely, he had never felt so emotional in all his life he had helped a traumatised little boy and the boy had felt comfortable enough to utter his first word. "Mike that's fantastic, good boy" Harvey praised, "Havey" Mike said standing up to give the man a cuddle. Harvey could feel the tears falling down his own cheeks as he returned the hug.

Should I continue?

This story will focus on Harvey trying to get Mike to become a normal little five year boy and making sure that he has the quality of life that he deserves.

The next chapter will feature Harvey finding out where Mike's father is and what he does when he gets his hands on him