I'm apologising in advance if there are any spelling mistakes as I wrote this on my tablet with auto correct, which has a mind of its' own sometimes. Anyway, thanks for reading and please enjoy

Leo didn't know how long he'd been sitting on that bench before his Dad pulled up. He didn't even notice it had started to rain until he got into the car. "You cold?" Leo shrugged though the shiver running through his body must have told his Dad he was as Vaughan put the car heating on fully.

The blade was still clenched in his hand when his Dad pulled the car outside of the house. "Could I have that?" Leo jumped as his Dad's hand closed around his own. Slowly, Leo opened up the hand, a little surprised to see his palm was covered in blood.

"Do I have to talk to them?" Leo asked as his Dad took the blade from his hand. As the blade came away, Leo felt a sudden itch to grab it off his Dad, causing shame to run through him at the thought. Hurting himself was what had caused all these problems and he just wanted to carry on.

"No. I'll call Allie from here and tell them to go upstairs. Okay?" Leo nodded, knowing why his Dad wasn't going to leave him in the car alone. As Vaughan called Allie, Leo's hand went unbid to the deep cuts on his palm. "Don't. Please." His Dad grabbed his hand so as to stop Leo gouging his finger nails into the open cuts.

"Sorry." Leo mumbled. He couldn't look at his Dad as they both got out of the car and headed inside.

No one was downstairs when they got in but Leo could hear movement coming from upstairs. "I'll put the kettle on. How about you get yourself warmed up?" Vaughan said, leaving Leo standing awkwardly in the room.

Someone had brought down some of dry clothes so Leo closed the door dividing the kitchen and the living room so he could change into them. Thankfully, whoever had brought the clothes had thought to bring a jumper down so Leo could cover the cuts on his arms. As he sat back on the sofa he realised how cold he was. "Here you go." H jumped a little as his Dad placed a cup on the coffee table.

Neither said anything for a while but Leo could feel his Dad's eyes on him. "Can I see?" Vaughan final said. Unlike before, his tone was calmer or maybe it was just Leo feeling a little calmer. Nodding, Leo pulled up the jumper sleeves like he had a few hours for Justin. "Leo…" He heard his Dad sigh as the older man looked at his arms.

They were all relatively shallow cuts and probably looked a lot worse than they actually were. The worst were the ones he'd done just before his Dad found him. Leo had ran the blade deeper than he had before and even now they were stinging as if they'd only just been opened. "Did you ever clean them?" Leo shook his head. In all honesty, he'd never thought to.

Vaughan disappeared for a moment and Leo could hear his Dad in the kitchen. He didn't look up from the cuts on his arms until his Dad came back with a cloth and some disinfectant. "This'll sting a little." Leo nodded, not mentioning that he wouldn't mind the pain. Somehow, he didn't think his Dad would like that.

Vaughan had been right, the disinfectant did skin as it touched the open cuts up his arms. All the time, his Dad didn't say a word and Leo wasn't about to say anything either. When his Dad had finished, he put a hand under Leo's chin to lift it so Leo was forced to look his Dad in the eyes. "Why did you do it Leo?" Leo didn't know how to answer that but his Father seemed to realise that as he continued speaking. "We care about you Leo so please just tell me what you were thinking."

"I thought you were all going to leave me." Leo mumbled, making Vaughan frown.

"Why did you think that?"

"You left." Leo said, trying to keep the accusation out of his voice. "And Mum's gone to and Justin's too busy trying to break you and Allie up to notice anymore."

"I'm sorry." Leo shrugged, not knowing what else to say. "Leo. I'm sorry. I didn't realise you'd taken all this so badly."

"Can I go now?" Leo asked. He didn't want to have this conversation even if he knew there was no way of getting out of it. "I'm tired."

"Yeah, okay." Vaughan said as Leo stood up. "We're going to talk about this more in the morning." Leo nodded, heading to the door only to be stopped by his Dad's voice a second time. "Leo, just promise me you'll never do anything like this ever again." Leo nodded, knowing that was what his Father wanted to hear. "I love you son."

Leo didn't reply, just headed for his bedroom in silence. As he closed the door, Leo's fingers itched again for the blade but he fought the urge. He couldn't do it again, not when everyone was watching him so closely.

…..

Tiffany sat on the end of Justin's bed in the garage. As soon as her mum had told Justin that Vaughan and Let needed some privacy, she'd thought Justin was going to flip. Except he'd just nodded and left without a word. "You okay?" Tiffany asked, placing a hand on Justin's shoulder.

"No." Tiffany didn't know whether to take the confession as a sign that Justin was starting to trust her more or if it just showed Justin really wasn't alright. "Leo's my brother, I should have noticed. I should have been there for him."

"There wasn't anything you could do to help Leo, not when he wasn't talking to anyone. You shouldn't blame yourself." Tiffany couldn't help but feel angry at Leo for making Justin feel this way but she pushed it aside. She knew Justin wouldn't want to hear it.

"But he's my younger brother and I should have noticed. With dad and mum gone I should have been there for him. I shouldn't have let this happen."

"You were trying to cope with what happened yourself, you shouldn't have to worry about Leo. Anyway, Vaughan will get him help now he knows." At this, Justin jumped up, pushing Tiffany's hand away.

"I won't let dad put Leo in a clinic like mum. And what the he'll do you know about any of this. Your families not in tatters. You've still got your mum here and now you've got my dad to. What do me and Leo have. No one. Our mums in a clinic because of our dad and you stole our dad from us. This is your fault. Yours and your family." Tiffany flinched away from Justin's anger. "Get out."

"Justin, I just want to help." Tiffany tried to say but Justin wasn't hearing any of it.

"Get out." The look that Justin sent to Tiffany was one of pure hatred and Tiffany found herself running from the room, tears running down her cheeks.

...

Allie sat next to Vaughan after Leo had disappeared. She didn't saynanything as she took the blade from Vaughan's hand. He couldn't understand how Leo had gotten ahold of the blade, let alone begin to understand why his son thought it was a good idea to use it. "It's not your fault."

"Yes it is. Leo is my son and I should have realised he wasn't taking me and his mum's split well. How could I have let this happen?" Vaughan felt dead inside. The very thought that he had caused Leo, his own son, to self harm tore at him inside.

"We'll get Leo help but blaming yourself won't help anyone." Vaughan turned to face Allie and couldn't help but smile.

"Thank you." He said. "There not even your kids and you're willing to help them."

Allie didn't say anything to this but Vaughan didn't need her to. Somehow he'd gotten lucky with Allie because not many women would want to help kids that weren't theirs. But Allie did and Vaughan loved her all the more for it.

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