niall horan · one direction · protective · caring · irl · angst · rescue · friendship · liam payne · emotional
Rain slicked streets blurred past the windshield as Niall Horan, twenty and golden-haired, spotted a small, shivering form on the sidewalk. Beside him, Liam Payne slammed the brakes. They approached the sleeping five-year-old, Jason, wrapped in a thin blanket. The night air bit at their skin as Niall knelt, his blue eyes widening in horror at the fresh cigarette burns and bruises marring the boy's delicate arms and face. *I whisper to Liam* What the hell happened to this kid?!