So, after rewriting this chapter several times, I finally got it done. It's not as well-written as I'd hoped, but hopefully it's okay. I hope you enjoy.

"Hey buddy, you hungry?" Logan asked as he stood in the doorway of his and Kendall's bedroom. The dirty blond was sitting on his bed, hands resting on his lap and eyes cast down. The boys had all agreed to leave him alone for a couple of hours, after he had asked them for some time to himself, but it was now almost nine at night, and Logan was getting really worried.

"Hm?" Kendall looked up at the sound of Logan's voice, not having heard what the brunette had said, due to the thoughts that were clogging his mind at that moment.

"I asked if you were hungry. You haven't eaten all day, and there's some macaroni in the stove if you are."

"I'm not really hungry, Logie. You go ahead and eat."

"Kendall..." Logan sighed as he watched Kendall's gaze turn away from him and towards the window on the other side of the room. He made his way towards Kendall's bed and took a seat on the edge, his shoulder grazing the younger boy's. "You need to eat, you can't do this to yourself. I know this whole situation must be terrifying for you, but not eating and not taking care of yourself isn't going to help in any way."

"I can't eat when I'm this upset. I can't get him off my mind," Kendall said softly as he turned to Logan once more. "I'm just so tired. I never thought he would come back..." Without warning, he let his head rest against Logan's shoulder, tears threatening to spill from his eyes at any moment. "You have no idea how terrified I am of him. It was bad enough having him in my life once. Twice is too much."

Logan wrapped an arm around Kendall's shoulders, pulling him close. Closing his eyes, Kendall allowed the tears to fall, no longer caring if it felt like it was the umpteenth time he cried that day. "It'll be alright, you'll see."

"I don't know. Everyone keeps saying that, but I just don't know. Honestly, I don't even want to think about it. I just want to sleep and wake up to find that all of this was just some stupid nightmare. But it's not going to happen, so why bother?"

Logan sighed as he tangled his fingers in between Kendall's dirty blond hair. "This will soon be over, but until it is, I'm bringing you some food, and you need to eat it, okay?" Defeated and knowing that Logan wouldn't take "no" for an answer, the younger boy nodded as Logan slowly pulled away. "Good. I'll be right back."

Kendall watched him leave with a solemn look on his face. He appreciated how much the boys cared for him, but sometimes it just became too much. He was used to being independent, the leader, and the one who helped everybody else pull through when faced with tough situations. What he wasn't used to, was being treated in that same way. He wasn't used to being seen as someone who needed protection, or as being vulnerable, and he feared that that's how the boys would see him, if they didn't already.

"Here," Logan said, reappearing and handing Kendall a plate with macaroni and chicken strips on it. "Please at least try to eat most of it, okay?" Kendall nodded, but he made no move to eat any of it. Instead, he turned to Logan, frown on his face.

"Can I... Can I ask you a question?" he asked nervously. Seeing the nervous look on the boy's face, Logan nodded and took a seat in front of him, giving him a small smile as a sign to continue. "I was just wondering... Y-You don't think any less of me, right...? For breaking down, I mean. Because... I don't want you to, and I don't want James and Carlos to look at me differently either. I know it's stupid, but..."

"It's not stupid. We would never look at you differently or think any less of you. You're still Kendall. All of this... it doesn't change anything, and it certainly does not change who you are. So don't worry about that, alright?"

Kendall forced a small smile but didn't look up to meet Logan's eyes. "It's hard not to worry, you know. I shouldn't be hiding from... him. I'm sixteen, I'm not a kid anymore. I should be able to face my fears."

"Kendall... Whether you realize this or not, you are still young, and I know all of this is scary for you. Even if you were older, you would not be expected to face him after what he did to you. He physically and verbally abused you. That is not something that you can just brush off."

"He... He didn't just physically and verbally abuse me," Kendall said, turning to look out the window. "H-He, um..."

Logan's heart started beating faster, fearing what Kendall would say next.

Tears started to gather in Kendall's eyes once more, but he did his best to hold them back. He placed the plate Logan had given him on top of his nightstand, and then turned to Logan, unable to hold the tears back any longer. "H-He did things to me that I can't say, that I can't bring myself to say out loud. When I saw him in the lobby, I-I felt like everything had come crumbling down, and I couldn't breathe. Him coming back was what I feared the most, and now... it came true."

"Hey." Logan reached forward and pushed Kendall's chin up, so that they were looking eye to eye. "We're in this together, all of us. He might have hurt you, but that does not mean that you're alone in this," the brunette said softly.

"It feels like it."

"I know, but it's not true."

"I just don't know what to do. I feel so... helpless," the blond admitted. Logan pulled him into a hug, and that is when Kendall broke down completely, winding his arms around Logan's torso and clinging onto him for dear life.

"We stick together," Logan whispered. "We look out for each other and protect one another, because that is what brothers do. You know how you've mentioned before, that as long as we stick together, nothing can stop us?" Kendall only nodded into the crook of the brunette's neck, not trusting his voice. "Well, it's true. Together, we can do anything and everything. So don't give up, okay?"

"O-Okay."

Logan smiled and pulled away, taking the plate Kendall had left on his nightstand, into his hands. "I'm not going to make you eat, but if you don't eat right now, you have to promise me you'll eat in the morning."

"I promise," Kendall said in a quiet voice as he laid back down on the bed, watching as Logan left the room once more. When he returned, he headed towards his bed, but stopped when Kendall called his name.

"Would you mind... sleeping with me tonight?" he asked, his cheeks turning a rosy pink. Logan smiled and made his way to Kendall's bedside.

"Of course not," he said, pulling back the covers and lying down. Smiling, Kendall curled up next to him, his head just beneath Logan's chin. "Goodnight, buddy," the older boy whispered as he wrapped an arm around the taller boy. "I love you."

"I love you too," Kendall whispered, his eyes drifting shut.

That was kind of just a filler chapter. More stuff is going to happen later on, and a long of angst is to come. What did you guys think? Like it? Hate it? Anything I can improve on? Thanks for reading.

~ BigTimeRush-BTR :)