What Hides Beneath Her Eyes: Chris Evans Daughter Fan fiction {Discontinued}

Chapter 13

I'm getting discharged today. They had to do blood work, and give me a few shots before letting me actually leave. Scott brought me clothes yesterday too, so I changed into jeans and a hoodie.

My other clothes went to the trash, there was too much blood apparently. When I finally got to leave, Chris and Scott had hat and sunglasses, apparently to hide from paparazzi, I knew he was big time, but really this big time?

I just kept my head down will we got to the car. When we got in, there was an awful silence. Apparently everyone wanted to tip toe conversation around me, making sure they said nothing wrong.

Which totally doesn't make me feel bad at all! Scott finally asked me something. "So what's your favorite type of music?"

"Uhm I don't know."

"Okay well we have great options, you got 80's, 90's, 2000's, 2010's, what do you want to try?"

"Uhm 80's and 90's I'm kinda familiar with it because of Chris."

"Nice, I'm giving my daughter great music taste."

"Just for that, 2000's and 2010's are gonna be played."

I really didn't care at all, but it was funny seeing their sibling fights, but then I just got sad.

I tried to shake it off, but I couldn't get Matthew outta my head. I brought my knees into my chest, I couldn't focus on anything but that day. The day I saw, I couldn't get it outta my head. I couldn't breathe, I couldn't focus.

Chris POV

I saw Katelyn freaking out, we just pulled up the driveway, I turn of the car and go to her in the back seat.

"Scott go open the door please." I threw him the keys and he went.

"Hey, hey I need you to try to follow my breathing if you can hear me, nod."

She nodded. "Okay you ready, inhale and listen to when I tell you to exhale." She nodded again.

"Inhale."

5 seconds later.

"Exhale."

I continued doing that for about 10 minutes. "Okay, I'm gonna carry you to your room is that okay?"

She shook her head no. She started getting out of the car, very silently, and went inside the house.

I locked the car, and went inside she must have gone to her room. Scott was on the couch, sitting on the edge of his seat.

"Imma head out, you guys have alot of talking to do."

"Yes uhm, thank you Scott honestly, don't know what I would've done if I lost her."

"Yeah, just make sure she's okay for me okay, and uhm keep me updated, if you can please."

"Yeah, yeah if course, I'll see you when I see you."

"Also when are you going to tell ma, about her?"

"Oh shit, uh- I'll figure it out."

"Alright, see you guys whenever."

And he left the house, I locked the door behind him, and went to Katelyn's room. She just sitting on her bed, criss cross apple sauce position, in the middle.

"Can I sit on your bed?"

"Uh yeah."

I made my way over and sat on the corner of the bed facing her.

"I know you said you were gonna tell me, but you don't have to if you don't want to."

"No, no I should, I should try and say it. Imma try."

"Take all the time you need, okay."

"I, we-well it's s-s-sorta hard t-to explain, uhm I grew u-up in a n-no-not so go-good envi-en- environment, and, and uhm-"

"Hey, hey, hey shhh, take your time it's okay."

Why did I never notice this? Seriously Chris you had one job has a parent.

Katelyn Pov

His voice sounded genuinely soft, I knew he cared but I couldn't word it right.

I had to tell him at some point, I live with the man.

I tried to stay calm, and collected, with stuttering a lot. I took a deep breath, he was waiting with kind eyes. Like if he actually cared, it was weird being exposed to this.

When I had to stay with my first foster family they didn't do anything to treat me as their own, not to mention their son made it a thousand times worse.

I didn't eat, and they didn't care. I didn't join them for movies, and they didn't care. And then biological family, well that's that.

So the fact that he actually cared for me made this a whole lot weirder and harder to say.

"Again, I'm not gonna force you to tell me."

"It's okay."

"Alright then."

"My parents, my dad mainly uhm well hurt us really badly. My mom joined in so that she wouldn't get hurt as much. So t-th-heir main tar-t-target was me, and sometimes, my dad would have friends o-ov-ver in the bas-base-ment and I would get cal-led down and I well- stuff happened that I didn't want to happen. I got the daily reminder that I wasn't good enough, and I believe it. Then he-he sho-"

3rd Person Pov

Chris was furious about what he was hearing. Katelyn broke down after realizing what she was saying. She couldn't handle it anymore, she couldn't be strong like she had hoped and just dealt with herself.

She kept thinking to herself how it was her fault how if she wouldn't have been so terrible that Matthew could've lived.

She hated the fact that he wasn't here, and she hated the fact that she didn't do anything to change the outcome.

"Can I hug you?" Chris asked cautiously. Katelyn nodded, and Chris went to go hug her. The same safeness she felt in the Hospital, she felt it again.

Her strained sobs filling the air, meanwhile Chris rubbing her back, doing a circle motion to try to comfort her.

He knew now more than ever that he had to be there for her. And help her through this, he knew it would take some time.

He knows why now, why she flinches, why she doesn't like being hugged or have any physical touch. That's why she talked to Scott more, from the start he told her he was gay, and she thought he wouldn't do anything to her.

Chris hated the fact that he didn't find out sooner, and didn't pay too much attention to the signs. But now that he knows he knew he would do everything in his power to prevent this ever again.

Without realizing it, 30 minutes had went by, and Katelyn had fallen asleep from all the crying she did.

He layed her down, and was about to leave, when he was about to leave Katelyn sat up. "Stay, please?" She said very quietly. She was ashamed about asking him to stay, but she felt safe for the first time in forever.

(Authors note: yes I know it sounds like it's from frozen, I didn't know how else to phrase this.)

He stayed with her. She fell into a deep sleep, and he followed. His last thought was why would anyone do that to a kid.