Justin heard the scream and immediately ran towards it. What he saw made his heart stop. Pushing Floyd and Tiffany out of the way, Justin fell to his knees beside Leo's still form. "Leo? Leo?" Justin said, gently pushing the hair out of Leo's closed eyes. His little brothers glasses had broken in the fall so he took them off Leo's face as tears ran down his face. Vaughan was beside him then. He was saying something but Justin couldn't hear him. The only thing he could focus on was his little brother and the still bleeding cut at his wrist.

...

Vaughan pressed a cloth to Leo's arm as he glanced at Justin. His oldest son was crying, something he hadn't done in years but Vaughan could hardly blame him. Leo was dealt pale and looked painfully fragile lying on the floor with blood pooling around him.

"He broke his glasses." Justin croaked out as he continued to store his brother head.

"We'll get him a new pair." Vaughan replied, breathing a sigh of relief as he felt a thin pulse at Leo's wrist. Weak but still their.

...

Allie quietly ushered Floyd and Tiffany out of the room as she pulled out her phone and called the ambulance. After hanging up she slowly made her way out of the kitchen. Tiffany was crying silently into Floyd's arms as her son fought the tears that were forming in his own.

"Mum is Leo..." Tiffany was unable to finish the question as she broke down again into Floyd's arms.

"I don't know." Allie whispered, tears running down her own cheeks. All she could think of was how petty she'd been and how none of them had noticed how far gone Leo had become.

...

When the paramedics finally came, Vaughan had to pull Justin to his feet and away from Leo. The knife was still lying onnthe floor next to Leo and Vaughan couldnseenthe way the paramedics were glancing at it and back to Leo's injury.

"I'll follow in the car." Allie said, giving Vaughan a kiss in the cheek as Tiffany grabbed a holding Justin. His oldest son had a splosh look on his face as they watched Leo being transferred onto the stretcher.

Vaughan quickly climbed into the back of the ambulance behind Leo and the paramedics and then they were off to the hospital. The ride was a blur, Vaughan never taking his eyes off Leo as someone asked him questions. He didn't even remember stopping but the next thing he knew, they were loading Leo out of the ambulance and into the hospital.

"You can't go through there." a nurse stopped him as he was about to follow the paramedics through a pair of swinging doors.

"He's my son." Vaughan replied.

"I'm sorry but you'll have to wait outside." knowing there was no arguing, Vaughan sat on a seat looking down at his hands. Only then did he notice the red staining them. Leo's blood.

...

Justin didn't say a thing as he watched the ambulance drive away. Floyd passed Justin his coat as Allie went to grab the car keys but Justin just looked at it. "Why would he do that?" Justin finally managed to get out.

"I don't know Justin." Allie's voice was hesitant as she sat next to him on the couch. Tiffany had an arm around Justin's shoulder.

"He's my little brother. He should have talked to me. This is all my fault." Justin didn't even care that it was Allie sitting next to him as he let the tears fall. All he could think of was Leo lying on the floor. "He looked dead."

"Don't say that." Floyd stated. "Justin, Leo isn't dead. He'll be fine." Justin looked at the red-head strangely. He couldn't understand why Floyd, of all people was the one trying to make him see sense. Finally he nodded.

"Come on." Allie said, heading to the car. Justin followed slowly, Leo's glasses still cl need in his hands.

...

"Where is he?" was the first thing Justin asked when they found Vaughan.

"With the doctors." Vaughan replied and Floyd could see the deflated look on Justin's face. Slowly, Justin took a seat next to Vaughan as Allie took the other side of Vaughan and Tiffany went to sit next to Justin.

"I'm gonna go and get coffee." Floyd said, feeling a little awkward standing there.

As he left them in the waiting area, Floyd found himself wandering the hospital grounds. Ever since meeting Vaughan's children, he'd been a little hesitant of them. He'd felt a little insecure about meeting them, worried about how Vaughan might treat them when his own sons were there and Justin punching him when they first met hadn't really helped.

Truthfully, Floyd didn't like Justin but that was partly because the older Fitzgerald was not easy to get on with sometimes. Leo though, Floyd liked Leo. He was a nice kid if a little quiet but Floyd had seen how he'd opened up a little more as he got to know them. What he hadn't expected, was the dark secret that Leo was hiding. Self-harming to cope wasn't good, Floyd knew that but what he was most surprised at was how Leo had taken it this far. To actually try to kill himself was almost unbelievable. Almost.

Floyd wasn't blind or stupid. He'd seen how Vaughan had been so wrapped up with Justin and Allie that he had chosen to ignore Leo. And Justin was as bad. He was always focused on trying to split Allie and Vaughan up and now Justin was dating Tiffany. That annoyed Floyd but not so much as the way they'd all ignored Leo.

Even when they found out what Leo was doing, they all chosen to ignore it. Sure Vaughan had tried to get Leo some help but it obviously hadn't worked. And then his mum deciding they were leaving had caused the Fitzgeralds to once more forget Leo was even there.

So no, Floyd couldn't really blame Leo for doing what he did. It wasn't like anyone had shown they cared about him.

...

"I need to call Olga." Vaughan said after a while silence. "She needs to know." Justin looked up from where he'd been sitting and for a moment Vaughan thought he was going to argue. Instead Justin just nodded, his head following back down to look at the broken glasses in his hands.

"Do you need me to do anything?" Allie asked but Vaughan just shook his head. There wasn't anything able could do and it wasn't fair to ask her.

"You should head back home, we might be here a while."

"No, we're staying." Tiffany argued. Floyd had just come back from wherever he'd gone and nodded in agreement.

"Leo's part of our family now so we're not going anywhere." Vaughan looked a little surprised at the two westbrooks but nodded, getting to his feet. Floyd took the seat he'd previously occupied to sit next to Justin and to Vaughan's utter surprise Justin didn't say anything nasty to him. Instead the three just sat in silence, Tiffany and Floyd offering silent comfort to Justin.

Allie came with him to outside the hospital. "I'm sorry Vaughan."

"there's nothing for you to apologise over Allie. This is my fault and I don't blame you for wanting to leave." Vaughan replied, not wanting to have another argument. He already felt guilty enough as it was.

"I'm staying. I think you all need the support right now and Floyd's right. I may not get on well with Justin but their your family so your son's are mine now to. Well get through this together."

"I didn't think I could love you anymore." Vaughan told her as he pulled her into a hug, kissing her.

"Call Olga, I'll go and keep any eye on the kids." Vaughan nodded. As he watched Allie go and pulled out his phone a deep set of guilt fell over him. If he'd just paid more attention to Leo then none of this would have happened. Except it had and now he had to tell Olga. And then she'd probably kill him.

I know ther isn't much Leo in this chapter but I wanted to explore what the other characters thought. Also, I really wanted to get Vaughan and Allie together again because I love those two in the show.

As always please review and hope you enjoyed.