FLOYNTERxxx - well, i can't tell you everything, but i will say Tom's more trusting of everyone ;)
446 Dougies POV
Danny smiled the whole way home, holding onto Tom, tracing soothing patterns over him as he slept on his shoulder, finally looking relaxed for the first time in possibly months. It was so good to see, just to know that Tom was safe now, and sleeping soundly for the first time, in Dannys arms, it was like a miracle. Getting home was even better, just to see Dannys smile as he picked Tom up and carried him into the house, cradling him in his arms. The look on his face practically shouted that Danny was in heaven, just because Tom was in his arms, looking beyond cute.
Carefully, Danny laid Tom down on the sofa, wrapping him into a blanket and getting in with him. He turned the TV over to a random cartoon channel and the snuggled down into Toms arms, laying on his chest with a deep, content sigh. "knew we would get you home today, you're safe now." Danny whispered, running his fingers over Toms shoulder with a feather light touch. Me, Harry and Carrie all came over and sat down in front of the sofa, I grabbed hold of Toms hand, linking our fingers together. I just wanted to be a little close to Tom, and feel his hand in mine, some sort of skin on skin contact, I hadn't held hands with Tom in weeks. I had missed it so much.
"do you think that now we're home, Toms going to get better?" Carrie asked, stroking Toms hair back off his face. "I don't know, maybe. If we're lucky. At least we're out of the hospital, so he can't get any worse because of stress and the doctors pushing him too far." Danny answered, kissing Toms chin gently, nuzzling into the same spot. "yeah, at least here we can help Tom out at his own pace, and keep him from too much harm." Harry sighed, scooting up to sit behind me, leaning his head on my shoulder, his hand trailing up and down my side.
"exactly, and right now, whats best now is sleep, for the both of us." Danny brought the blanket over them both more, closing his eyes and finally looking relaxed. "night Dan." I smiled, glad to see Danny relaxed as well. "night. Wake me up when Tom wakes up." Danny smiled back, falling asleep on Toms chest, his hand resting on Toms star tattoo. Finally, they both looked like they were happy and in love like they should have been, and almost normal.
"what did that doctor say to you earlier, while you were signing those papers?" Harry asked after a few silent minutes. "oh he was just telling me a few things that could help Tom get better. Things like making him feel important, getting him to do things that will make him feel good about himself, and praise him for it. And to make food a fun thing, so he's more willing to eat it...and to try things that will make his brain work, so hopefully he'll sort of fix himself." Carrie answered, pulling a small packet out of her pocket, "and to give him one of these every two hours, to keep him from freaking out too much." She sighed. "well, that doesn't seem too hard." Harry whispered, sounding halfway to positive.
"yeah, at least its something to go on, and hopefully it will help." Carrie nodded, putting the packet on the table, helping us come up with a few ideas for a while, until the boys woke back up again. Danny woke up first, like usual, yawning before cuddling into Toms side again. Tom seemed to sense this and shuffled as well, half opening his eyes and whimpering, turning to curl up in Dannys arms.
"morning Tommy." Danny whispered, kissing Toms head gently. Tom whimpered quietly and curled closer, clearly meaning that he wasn't going to move. "aw okay, we'll stay here for a while longer." Danny smiled, grinning at us when he looked at us, looking so content and happy, like he had been wishing for this for weeks.
447 Harrys POV
We all spent the whole day just laying around in the front room, the Disney channel playing random programmes, that seemed to keep Tom happy and amused. Danny spent the day holding onto Tom, lovingly tracing patterns over him, and kissing his head gently a few times. For once, Tom actually looked calm, leaning on Dannys side, he was silent, apart from the occasional unintelligible mumble. Other than that, he was leant on his new found lovers side, fiddling with his sleeves and staring into space.
"anyone else getting hungry?" I asked around 8, breaking the comfortable quiet that had washed over us. "yeah, come on Tommy, help us choose something." Danny slowly untangled himself from Tom, pulling him upright too with a loud whimper. Danny seemed to ignore his whimper and just dragged Tom with us to the kitchen, making him stand with us as we decided on some dinner. "I fancy some turkey drummers and some alphabites." Danny smiled, sending a sideways glance at Tom. Turkey drummers and alphabites was Toms favourite meal, more than Christmas dinner, more than anything in the world. Maybe this would get Tom eating?
"alright, whack some on then?" I handed him the packets, watching Danny gleefully shove a few of each into the oven, enough for him and Tom. Tom himself didn't look that happy, but, he hadn't really liked the idea of food for a while, so I guessed he wasn't any different now. Danny smiled anyway, hugging the boy close in his arms protectively anyway. I shoved a pizza in the oven for me, Dougie and Carrie, trying to pretend that Danny wasn't whispering to Tom gently, quietly encouraging him that it was okay as the boy whimpered and shook.
"its your favourite Tommy, it'll be fine. Don't be scared." Danny whispered, holding Toms hands to stop him shaking. Tom just shook his head again and fell into his shoulder, looking like he wanted to cry. "why not honey? Why can't you do this, its your favourite!" Danny sighed, stroking Toms face gently, staring into Toms eyes, the both of them seemingly getting captured in each others eyes.
I pulled Dougie out of the room, leaving Tom and Danny to have some privacy in the kitchen, to talk about it. "he'll convince him to eat, right?" Dougie whispered, looking up at me worriedly. "yeah, Danny will think of something. We've got Toms favourite food cooking, he'll eat it, don't worry Dougs." I smiled a little, hugging him to calm him a little. "you sure?" Dougie asked, gripping my arms. "yeah, remember, Dannys magic with Tom, he'll get somewhere with him. He did the other day, we got him holding food, we'll make him eat at least soon." I reassured, stroking Dougies fringe behind his ear, thinking that he really did need a haircut soon.
It didn't take long from then for dinner to finish cooking, the whole time we were waiting Danny was talking to Tom, encouraging him constantly to at least try and eat, even carrying on as I dished up. "come on Tom, it won't be bad, trust me." Danny sat Tom down on a chair, the poor boy shaking in what looked like pure fear. "it won't be, trust us, it'll be fine." Carrie joined in, me and Dougie stayed out of it, because yesterday we had discussed this and we thought it would be best to leave Danny and Carrie to do the encouraging, instead of all of us crowding round Tom and freaking him out.