Written in the Stars (Book 2)

Plaster collection

Tw: anorexia, mental health, self harm, OCD, yelling, depression, abuse, bullying

Nick's pov:

"Well, she has been yelling a lot and ever since you and tori left everything has been getting so bad like she has been screaming at me and dad just stands there and doesn't help when she is yelling and then her and dad have been fighting a lot and um blames it all on me and it has been getting so much.

I have been coping with it really bad and I.... started cutting myself" Charlie had tears in his eyes and pulled his little brother into a hug and they hugged for a little bit.

I had completely forgot about Ollie's arm, so I quickly dashed off to the bathroom to gab the first aid kit.

"Ollie" I call.

"Yes, Uncle Nick" he looks up at me.

"Can I see your arm please?" I ask.

"I g-guess" ollie pulls away from Charlie to look at me and he shows me his arms.

"How about you can go through Charlie's plaster collection while I clean your arms" Charlie pulled out the little box inside the first aid kit and opened it to show ollie all the various kinds of plasters.

Charlie has always been so good to ollie even when his mental health was shit, he never made ollie feel lonely or unwanted.

Him and Tori cared for him until he was about 11, then char left to come live with me, then Tori stayed until ollie was 12, then pursued her career as a lead detective, and she lived with her now husband Micheal.

I am yet to propose to Char but I have been thinking about it, I really want to make Charlie my husband since we have been together for 5 and half years, but with everything going on I think it's best to wait.

Ollie and Charlie finished looking at Charlie's collection and picked out what plasters he wanted. They were spiderman; I put the plaster son his cuts and then we made chicken and vegetables for dinner.

Charlie ate all of his, I was so proud of him he's made so much progress over these 3 years that he has been in recovery from is anorexia, when Charlie came back from the ward 3 years ago.

Charlie cleaned up the dishes since he won't let me because of his OCD but sometimes if Charlie has had a difficult day, he will let me do the dishes but tonight while he does the dishes.

I show ollie around the apartment and then I get him into his new bed, and he was out like a light. I wait for Charlie to finish before I take a shower.

"Char bear are you almost done" I snake my arms from behind around his waist.

"Yes, nick I'm done now" he giggles.

"I need to shower but I can't do it alone" I smirk and kiss his neck.

"Fine I will shower with you" Charlie laughs.

We walk into the bathroom together locking the door and helping each other get undress before we both got under the steaming hot water.

Once we were finally done in the shower, we both got out and wrapped ourselves in our towels and put our clothes in the hamper and then we went out of the bathroom and into our bedroom.

Charlie stole the hoodie I was going to wear out of my hands, Charlie gets into bed after dressing in just his boxers and my hoodie and I get into bed with shorts and a t-shirt on.

"I love you char" I kiss him, and he falls asleep on my chest. I can't believe graduation I tomorrow I'm so nervous and excited, I fall asleep cuddling my boy...