Jon stumbles a bit with opening the door with one hand before Harry lets go of his one free hand, Jon walks Harry to Tim's car and Jon can see Tim was leaning against it instead of waiting for them inside.

Tim sees Jon and Harry walk outside, pushing himself off of his car, meets them halfway and Tim grins at Harry.

"Hey there, I'm Tim!" Tim introduces himself excitedly.

Harry hide behind Jon's leg when Tim walked up to them, he grasps Jon's slacks tightly in his hands as he looks up at Tim, he sees the colorful shirt and jean jacket covered in pins that made noise when he walked, his jeans also had a few patches that had pink, purple and blue colors on them. Harry was nervous to be around someone that dressed like the dark haired man since aunt Petunia and uncle Vernon said only freaks dressed like that.

Tim tilts his head at Harry's behavior upset that he scared the kid, his chin length black hair moving with his movement. Tim looks at Jon and sees anger and sadness in Jon's eyes, Tim then moves his gaze to the stuff in Jon's arm, he sees the hole cover clothes and the broken toys. It didn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that Harry didn't have good guardians and that made Tim angry.

Jon sees Tim start getting angry and quickly starts to introduce Harry to Tim so the man wouldn't lose his head in front of the child.

"Harry, this is Tim, my assistant at my job." Jon says gesturing to Tim with the arm that was full of Harry's belongings "He's going to drive us to the store to pick you up some things before taking us to my apartment

Harry looks up at Jon and then looks back at Tim, Harry slowly comes out from behind Jon's legs still holding Jon's hand in a tight hold.

"Hello." Harry says softly, the soft shy tone makes Tim smile at Harry again.

"Hello," Tim says back before looking at Jon, "You ready to go or do you have…"

Tim's words drift off as Jon shakes his head quickly so Harry doesn't see.

"We're ready." Jon says quickly

Tim just nods and opens the back door to his car and Jon puts Harry's belongings in the back and pushes them closer to the other seat next to the other back door before helping Harry in and buckling him up, Jon closes the door and before he can walk to the passenger door Tim stops him.

"They treated him awful, right?"

Jon nods, "I'll tell you more when Harry's asleep." Jon says in a soft tone.

Tim nods and gets into the driver's side, Jon walks to the passenger side and gets in, both men buckle up and Tim pulls out of the driveway.

Harry turns around in the back seat and watches the house he was being raised in for most of the life he can remember grow smaller and smaller as the car drives away, Harry waves at the house one last time before Tim turns a corner and Harry can't see the house anymore.

Harry turns back around and looks at Jon's head from behind, the man's hair was long and slightly messy, it had random streaks of gray running through it and Harry wonders if he's really old, Harry's gaze turns to Tim, his hair was long but not as long as Jon's, both had dark black hair, Harry likes their hair and wonders if Jon would let him grow his hair out like his.

Tim glances at Jon and sees him lean his head back against the headrest and close his eyes, Tim can see the dark circles under Jon's eyes seem to get darker after going into Petunia's, Tim wonders how bad it was and if Jon knows.

Jon kept thinking back to the cupboard and the cramped space, it reminded him too much of a few statements he's read about people being crushed or having a fear of tight spaces, it makes Jon sick that Petunia would do that to their nephew.

Tim pulls into a parking lot for a store that sold everything a child would need, Jon opens his eyes as he feels the car stop. Jon looks up at the store and can see all the bright colors a kid would love, he turns around to face Harry and sees him looking at the store with big eyes.

"When we go in and you see anything you like, tell me and I'll see about getting it for you." Said Jon.

Harry looks at Jon not really believing that he'll buy him what he wants but nods his head anyway.

Jon nods back and unbuckles, "Ok, let's all get going."

Everyone gets out of the car and starts walking to the store, Harry holding Jon's hand tightly as he feels his heart pound as he gets closer to the brightly colored toys in the windows of the store.

The automatic doors open letting the trio inside, Harry instantly sees other kids playing with some toys in the corner of the store in a pen and adults walking with their own kids, getting them clothes and toys.

Jon looked around feeling a bit overwhelmed by all the noise and bright colors. He looked down at Harry and saw in his green eyes that he was excited to be in such a store. Jon looked back at all the children, had a sigh and started walking further into the store.

Tim can see written all over Jon's face that he didn't want to be here and Tim felt bad for taking him to such an overwhelming store but it was the only one that had everything they needed to get Harry to get him comfortable in Jon's apartment fast. Tim grabs a cart and starts walking behind the two dark skinned cousins.

Jon leads Harry and Tim to the home accessories where he can get Harry a few things before he gets him a bed. Jon looks at all the blankets full of cartoon characters or just bright colors, he looks down at Harry who was still just looking around trying to see everything.

"Is there a blanket you think you'll like on your bed?" Jon asks, getting Harry's attention.

Harry looks at all the blankets before his eyes settle on a blanket with two dogs one blue and one orange, Harry looks at Jon and at the blanket not really knowing if Jon would actually get it for him, his aunt Petunia took him on a few shopping trips and acted like she'd buy a toy for Harry only to laugh at him when he actually believed her.

Jon sees Harry glance at the blanket that has two cartoon dogs on them and picks it up, Jon holds it up.

"Is this what you want?" Jon asks softly.

Harry looks at Jon, his green eyes holding hope in them and gives the older man a hesitant nod.

Jon puts the blanket into the cart and picks out a light blue sheet and pillow covers to match.

Tim grins at Harry's choice, "Bluey, good choice Harry!" Said Tim.

Harry looks back at him and gives the man a small smile, happy his choice made Tim happy.

Jon then leads Harry and Tim into the bathroom aisle, picking out Harry's towels, tooth brush, toothpaste and shampoo. Harry ended up staying with the blue colors making Jon wonder if that will become his favorite color for now.

Jon walks Harry into the clothing aisle, Harry picks out some shirts with the characters that Tim told him was from a cartoon called Bluey, Jon picks out some other clothes that would be good for special occasions like a few sweaters and small slacks.

"Ok, after you try these clothes on I'll then take you to the toy aisle." Said Jon as he walks with Harry to the changing rooms.

Harry's eyes widened at Jon's words, "Really?" Said Harry in a disbelieving tone, "I can get a toy?"

Jon felt his heart break at Harry's tone, looks at him and nods.

"Really, I'll get you a few toys, not just one." said Jon, hoping Harry can hear the sincerity in his voice.

Harry looks at Jon's face, he looks into the man's dark brown eyes and doesn't see the same hatred that his aunt did or the sick joy she had when she humiliated him. Harry slowly nods his head and whispers out a small thank you.

Jon gives Harry a small smile and leads him to the dressing room, he tells the worker that Harry needs to try on clothes and she starts to unlock the door to the changing room, while she does that Jon looks at Harry again.

"Do you need any help with changing?" Jon asks, he knows how much children like to feel grown up and want to do things themselves since Jon was like that himself at eight.

Harry feels dread pool in the bottom of his stomach, he did need help but he didn't want Jon to see the bruises uncle Vernon left on his dark skin. Harry didn't make eye contact as he nodded his head yes.

Jon looked at the messy haired boy slightly worried when he didn't look at Jon, he looked over Harry and met Tims eyes and saw the same look on the asian man's face.

The worker opens the door for Harry and Jon, the older man holds the clothes in one hand and holds onto Harry's hand with the other hand, Jon leads the younger into the room, closing and locking the door. Jon lays the clothes onto the chair that's in the small room and turns to Harry.

"Which one do you want to try on first?" Jon asked.

Harry looks at the clothes before pointing at the light blue shirt that had only Bluey on it.

Jon nods, "Ok, I'll get the shirt off the hanger and you take your shirt off." Jon said, turning around to remove the hanger, Jon could hear Harry moving around before a 'plop' sound of the shirt falling on the floor.

Jon turns back around with shirt in hand and his brown eyes widen as he looks at Harry, on Harry's arms are the bruises that he saw before the the big bruise on the boys stomach had to be the worst, the bruises was a dark brown with dark purple around it, it looked like someone kicked him.

Harry was uncomfortable, he could see Jon's eyes widen when he saw the bruises, the shirt in Jon's hand almost slipping out of his hand because of the shock.

Jon kneels down so he is eye level with Harry, "Harry, I'm going to need you to tell me the truth." Jon said "Did Petunia do this?"

Harry shook his head no, his eyes filling with tears. Harry was always told to never tell anyone about what happened at #4 but he's going to be living with Jon now and Harry wants to trust him more than anything.

Jon feels sick to his stomach at the thought of a grown man hurting a child.

"Was it Vernon?" Jon asked quietly.

The tears start slipping down Harry's cheeks and Jon instantly knew the answer, with his own tears in his eyes Jon gently brings his arms around Harry and pulls him into a hug, Harry buries his face into Jon's shoulder, Jon can feel the boy's tears soaking through his dark green sweater as he sobs quietly.

Jon just holds him as he cries cause lord knows how long he's just needed to be held. Jon feels something on Harry's back as he gently rubs his hand up and down the boys back, Jon looks into the mirror that was behind Harry and sees dark scars on his back, they're straight lines running a bit over Harry's shoulders, Jon knew what they were from some statements he's read, they were scars from being whipped with a belt and that's when Jon's own tears start to fall and his hold on Harry tightens a bit.

They stayed holding each other for a good few minutes before Harry pulls back and Jon looks him in the eyes again.

"They won't ever hurt you again." Jon said, his eyes stern just like his tone.

Harry looked into Jon's eyes trying to find something that said he was lying but saw nothing of the sort, the only thing in Jon's eyes was honesty.

"Thank you." Harry says quietly to Jon.

Jon gives him a small smile, "I'm just doing what an adult should do." Said Jon.

Harry shakes his head, "No one did anything when they saw my bruises." Harry says "Sometimes they said they would help but the next time I saw them they acted like they didn't know what I was talking about.

Jon felt anger at the other adults that failed Harry and at the others that pretended like they would help only to crush that but of trust.

"Well. If you want, I can make a police report and they might need to talk to you about what you've been through." Jon said, he knew that telling the police would be stressful and he didn't know if Harry would want to talk to anyone else.

Harry thought about it, he's always wanted someone to tell someone that could help but he didn't really want to talk about how his aunt and uncle hurt him, just the thought of telling someone everything they've done to him scares Harry.

Just when Jon was about to tell Harry he didn't have to do it, Harry takes a deep breath.

"I want to tell on them." Harry said.

Jon gives him a smile, feeling relief Jon nods, "Ok, we'll go to the station after I pay for everything." Said Jon as he gave Harry a hug.

Harry relaxes into the hug, Jon buries his nose into Harry's messy hair.

"You are so brave Harry." Jon whispers into Harry's dark hair.

Harry pulls back and gives Jon a smile, looking at Harry's smile reminds Jon of Lilly so much, Harry has Lilly's dimples, her eyes and her smile.

Jon stands up and gives Harry a small smile back, "Ready to try on the clothes?" Jon asked.

Harry nods and Jon starts helping him into the shirt that was still in Jon's hand. Jon has Harry try on the jeans, sweaters, shirts and shorts that Harry picked out and the ones Jon picked, the green eyed boy ended up loving all the clothes which makes Jon happy.

They walk out of the dressing room to see Tim sitting on the waiting bench that was outside the changing rooms messing with his phone.

Hearing the changing rooms door close makes Tim raise his head, seeing the cousins Tim gets up and walk towards them with a grin while he pockets his phone.

"Hey, took you two a while," Tim said, stopping in front of the cousins. "Did everything fit ok?"

Jon nods, "Everything fits alright, I make sure that some are a bit big so he can grow into them." Jon said as he put the clothes into the cart.

Tim gets behind the cart again and starts pushing it when Jon was done putting the clothes back into it.

"What aisle are we going through next?" Tim asked and started walking ahead.

Jon walks behind Tim and holds Harry's hand as they walk.

"The toy aisle," Said Jon, "I don't have any to entertain a child with so Harry's going to pick out a few things."

Jon can feel Harry's hold on his hand tighten, looking down Jon can see the excitement in Harry's eyes, the boy almost looked like he'd take off running to the toy aisle himself. Jon let out a soft chuckle and kept walking.

Walking into the toy aisle showed Jon that toys changed throughout the years, some things that Jon had when he was younger were taken off the shelfs and other things just changed. Jon looks at all the toys and thinks about how much he can buy.

"Ok, Harry," Jon said, to get Harry's attention, Harry's eyes met his, "You can pick out about six toys for now and we'll get some more at another time."

Harry nods, "Ok!" He said with a grin on his face showing Tim and Jon he lost one of his front teeth.

Harry starts looking around and picking things like a small Bluey family set, a butterfly puzzle and some crayons.

Tim let's out a chuckle as he sees the puzzle Harry puts into the cart.

"He's definitely your cousin." Said Tim, making Jon roll his eyes with a small smile.

"Because I told you I did a puzzle once?" Asked Jon.

Tim nods and looks over at Harry who wandered over to the stuffed animals, Tim notices Harry looking between three stuffed animals that looked like a sandy blonde wolf, a black dog and a stag.

Tim walks over to Harry and crouches down and looks at the animals with him.

"Can't choose which one you want?" Asked Tim.

Harry nods, "Yeah, I want them but I also want other toys." Said the boy as he kept looking at the stuffed animals.

Tim lets out a noise of understanding, "How about I buy you the stuffed animals and Jon buys the toys you want?" Tim asks with a grin while looking over his shoulder at Jon.

Jon lets out an exasperated sigh before nodding.

Tim looks back to the stuffed animals and grabs the three animals that Harry was looking at.

"Go grab the three toys you want, Harry." Tim said as he walked back to the cart and placed the stuffed animals in it.

Harry excitedly grabbed the other three toys he was also looking at; a Lego set, a science kit (that Jon was also looking forward to helping with) and a Barbie doll. The doll was dark skinned with braids, she was wearing a yoga outfit with a manual about meditation next to her.

Jon nods as Harry shows him the doll before putting it in the cart.

Jon hears someone scoffing next to him, turning to look he sees a blonde woman, her skin pale, her makeup unblended and her outfit an obnoxious bright blue.

Her thin lips curled in disgust, "You're letting him get a doll?" Asked the woman, in a nasally voice.

Jon raises his eyebrow, "Yes?" He said not really understanding her attitude.

The woman clicks her tongue, "He should want boys toys, not girls." the blonde woman said as she crossed her arms.

Jon also crosses his arms, "He can pick out any kind of toys he wants," said Jon "I had dolls when I was his age."

The woman lets out a groan of disgust, "Of course you did," the woman huffed, "It made you queer!"

That's when it clicked for Jon, the woman was being homophobic towards Harry because he wanted a doll.

Jon chuckled and shook his head, making the woman angry.

"What are you laughing at?" The woman huffed.

Jon looked at her and with a crooked grin, "I had dolls because I was a little girl." Jon explained, the woman looked at him up and down with the look of disgust growing more onto her face.

"W-what?" The woman stuttered

Jon shrugged, "yeah, when I was a little girl I had a huge barbie phase so I had lots of dolls." Said Jon, he can hear Tim snorting behind him.

The woman doesn't even say anything before turning and speed walking away from him. Tim finally lets out the laughs he was holding in when Jon started talking.

"Damn, Jon didn't know you'd lie to defend Harry like that!" Tim laughed.

Jon tilts his head to the side, "what do you mean?" Jon asked, "I didn't lie."

Tims laughing cut off at Jon's words, "What?" Tim asked.

Jon looked at him confused, "Did I not tell you I'm trans?" Jon asked, Jon thought he told Tim back in research that he was trans but then again he sometimes thinks he told someone something only to realize he only thought about it.

Tim shakes his head, "Nope, I'm pretty sure I'd remember if you told me that boss."

"Huh. Well, now you know." Said Jon before walking away from Tim to look for Harry since he walked off before the woman from before spoke, leaving Tim behind as he starts questioning himself since he thought he clocked Jon as cishet.

Tim shakes himself out of his thoughts, pushes the cart and catches up to Jon.

When they found Harry (who was in the craft aisle) they led him to the checkout, the man behind the counter slowly rang up all of Harry's things that Jon was paying for. Jon pays for Harry's things before making room for Tim to pay for the stuffed animals, after Tim pays the three finally walk out of the store with a cart full of bags.

Tim pulls out his keys as they walk up to his car and pops the truck and unlocks the doors for Harry to get in while Jon and Tim put the bags in the trunk, Tim takes the cart back inside while Jon makes sure Harry is buckled and buckling up himself in the front, Tim walks back to the car, buckles up and starts to drive to Jon's apartment before Jon stops him.

"Tim, me and Harry have to talk to the police so can you stop by the station?" Jon asked, as he looked outside at the buildings passing by.

Tim felt a pit grow in his stomach, "Why?" Tim asked, as he turned the car around and drove towards the police station.

Jon turns to look at Harry before looking at Tim, "Harry is being brave and wants to tell them what his aunt and uncle did to him." Jon said, a small quiver in his voice.

Tims hands tighten around the steering wheel, his face flushing a dusty pink as his heart starts pounding.

"That's very brave of you Harry." Said Tim, his voice tight but still having a softness to it.

"I don't feel very brave." Harry mutters and sinks down a bit in the seat.

Jon turns around again to look at him, "Being scared doesn't make you any less brave Harry." Jon said in a soft tone.

Harry looks at Jon, "Really?" He asked.

"Really," Jon replied, "I get scared too."

"So do I." Tim said, looking at Harry through the rearview mirror.

"Both of you get scared too?" Harry said with a gasp.

Tim chuckles at Harry's gasp, "Yeah, me and Jon also get scared." Tim said, "But even though me and Jon get scared of something, we both keep going even though we're scared."

Jon nods, "And that's what bravery is. it's where even though you're scared, you keep going." Said Jon.

Harry stays quiet and Jon worries that he and Tim might've said the wrong thing. Turning back around, Jon looks at Tim and the older man just shrugs his shoulders before looking into the rearview mirror again to check on the little boy in the back.

Tim pulls up to the police station and unbuckles, Jon looks back to Harry and sees how nervous he looks.

"We don't have to do this if you don't want to," Jon says, "We can always do it some other time."

Harry just shakes his head and unbuckles, Jon also unbuckles and opens the car door, when Jon gets out he opens Harry's door and helps him out, closing both doors, Jon holds Harry's hand and leads him to the police station's doors.

Tim opens the door for Jon and Harry, the three walk to the woman working the front desk.

"Excuse me, can we talk to an officer?" Asked Jon.

The ginger haired woman looks up at Jon before sighing.

"Do you need to make a report?" The woman asked.

"Yes." Tim answered.

"What do you need to report?"

"Child abuse." Jon said, tired of the questions already.

Jon's answer had the woman actually start doing her job faster, her nails clacking on the keyboard.