xxPUDDxx - hmmm, could be, might not be though :)
204 Dannys POV
I was so glad Tom actually let me hold him, admittedly after a struggle, but he still let me hold him close eventually, and that was what mattered. Now, he was sleeping calmly, in my arms, like my boyfriend had always done. "sleep tight baby, I love you, so much." I whispered, stroking Toms back gently, grinning so widely my face almost split in half when he cuddled closer, his hand tightening on my tshirt. I put my hand over his, kissing his hair gently, loving how close we were right now, I had missed these moments, they happened so rarely, they needed to happen more often.
"you're perfect baby, you should believe in yourself more." I whispered, pressing another long kiss to his hair, thinking about that song. It had sounded so beautiful, like it was full of angst, but sounded so perfect, I wanted to hear Tom sing it, I wanted to hear the lyrics. Mostly, I just wanted to hear Tom sing, so I could hear his beautiful voice, from what I could hear when we sung Party Girl the other week, Toms voice had sounded so beautiful. His voice is always beautiful, but he sounded perfect the other day, no matter what he said or thought, he had the best voice I had ever heard.
The door the slipped open, and a messy blonde head popped through the opening, then a short black haired head came in over the top. "hey, you alright?" Harry whispered, his hands kept on Dougies hips protectively. "yeah. Took me a while to get him like this, but I managed." I answered, running my fingers through Toms hair, hoping to soothe the headache I knew he was still suffering from. "thats good...er, don't suppose I could nick one of Toms shirts? The one I've been wearing doesn't smell like him anymore." Dougie asked, biting his lip nervously.
"yeah sure, go for it. You don't have to ask, go nick whatever you want!" I laughed, I didn't mind Dougie nicking Toms clothes, and I knew Tom wouldn't mind either. We always took each others clothes, and knew just how much Dougie got effected by things that stressed him out, so anything we could have done to help him through we would do for him. "thanks! I'll replace the old one with this one, don't worry!" Dougie quickly held up Toms Batman tshirt and then ran off, Harry hot on his heels. I was glad they didn't make too much noise while they ran, I didn't wanted to wake up Tom from his well needed sleep. Plus, I didn't want to have Tom leave my arms just yet, it had been hard enough to get him in this position, let alone get him sleeping, if he left now, I would feel crushed.
Dougie came back a few minutes later, showing me the Wolverine tshirt I had thought Tom had hidden, how he found that I would never know. "this one okay to steal?" Dougie got a nod of approval, he squeaked and ran out the door to take it home, he was back within minutes. I had never seen Dougie go so fast off stage in my life. "thanks Danny, it means a lot to him. It helps him sleep through the night." Harry smiled, grabbing Dougie the second he came in, wrapping him into his arms. "shh, I'm not that bad!" Dougie shook his head, playing down his worry. "yeah, whatever you say Dougs. We'll still love you, no matter what." Harry giggled, kissing Dougies head again, looking so lovingly at his husband, just like always.
205 Harrys POV
I knew Dougie was trying to act brave in front of Danny about his nightmares, so I tried to tell him that we would still love him no matter how many nightmares he had. Tom made us jump by groaning a little and shuffling a little in Dannys arms, making his head comfier against Dannys chest, using him like a pillow. "shhh! Babies sleeping!" Danny warned in a whisper, pointing to Toms little sleepy head. "sorry, we'll go then." I backed us out of the door, leaving it open so there was some light in the room. We crept back downstairs, waiting for some idea on what to do now. We had nothing to do right now, apart from wait for Tom and Danny to wake up.
"we could start making a set list I guess." Dougie shrugged, playing with the drumsticks I had automatically put in my pocket. I rarely went anywhere without them, they gave me some more confidence when I needed it, and it was automatic to shove them in my pockets whenever we went out the door, just in case. "alright, Fletch will most probably kill us if we don't, so might as well take Tom out of the firing line...again." I sighed, Fletch really seemed to like blaming Tom for every little thing at the moment. It wasn't Toms fault things went wrong, so I didn't see why Fletch had to blame him and think he was being attention seeking.
We managed to come up with half a set list in 2 hours, picking songs was so difficult, there were some many good ones to choose from. "we have to start on Party Girl." Dougie decided, circling the song. "whys that then?" I asked, taking a moment to enjoy watching Dougies mind work, practically seeing the cogs in his head turning. People always seemed to have the perception that Dougie was stupid, he actually wasn't, once you got to know him, you realised he was a very clever boy, who had brilliant (and sometimes really, really, weird and disturbing) thoughts, he just took a while to get them said right, or at all. "because this one me and Tom don't sing much at all in, so its a good one to get him started. So we're easing him into it, and if we go for his favourite songs, then we might be able to get him singing!" Dougie explained, grinning madly at me.
"have I ever told you that you're a genius?" I asked, starting to smile myself, that could actually work! "no, I don't think you have, but thanks." Dougie blushed a little, playing with his long hair in embarrassment. "well, you are. That could actually work you know! Right, what other songs are there that Tom doesn't sing much in?" I started mentally going through all of our songs in my mind, trying to find ones that either Danny or Dougie sang more in than Tom. In the end, we got 'Transylvania' 'Silence Is A Scary Sound' 'Walk In The Sun' 'Do Ya' and 'Surfer Babe'. "well, we can use all of them, then see where we can go from there I guess. Tom and Danny can give us some suggestions too which will help." I leant back on the sofa, deciding to have a break. Dougie immediately curled up in my arms, following me almost automatically.
"Toms going to be alright, isn't he?" Dougie whispered a few minutes later, gripping my shirt. "what do you mean Dougs?" I asked, running my fingers over Dougies back soothingly. "you know, he'll recover, from the concussion. He won't have brain damage or anything, right?" Dougie answered, chewing on his lip almost viciously. "of course he will Dougs, we're talking about Tom here, of course he'll be alright." Maybe without brain damage, but what about everything else? My head supplied unhelpfully. "are you sure?" Dougie finally looked up at me, giving me such scared eyes, it broke my heart. "yes Dougie, Toms going to be okay. He just needs rest, sleep, love and attention, alright? How many times have I had a concussion, I've been fine each time, haven't I?" I calmed him, used to questions like these whenever something came up. Dougie never believed that someone would be okay unless he could physically see they were okay, or touch them, no-one was hurt if they could hug him and tell him they were okay. I just wished Tom would do that, so Dougie had a little peace of mind, maybe so he could sleep the night through at last.