Larry fics

There's No Reason To Hide

There's No Reason To Hide

Summary:

Everyone knows everything there is to know about One Direction.

Harry Styles; the funny, goofy, charming Alpha. Liam Payne; the sensible one. The responsible one. The Alpha your mother always hoped you’d bring home. Zayn Malik; mysterious and brooding- but an Alpha with a heart of gold. Niall Horan; with his bright blue eyes and brighter personality, is simply the perfect Omega in every way possible.

And then there’s Louis.

“What’s it like, Louis, to be the only Beta in the band?” the interviewer asked him earlier today.

I wouldn’t know.

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When Louis Tomlinson presented as an Omega at age fourteen, his unsupportive family convinced him to begin taking Suppressants. Now, as a world famous popstar, he lives a lie, as no one- not even his band mates and best friends- knows the truth about his orientation.

Until, that is, they happen upon a compromising situation and secrets are revealed...

Chapter 1: Chapter One

Notes:

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Chapter Text

It was a decidedly stressful day for Louis Tomlinson; as per usual, these days. After getting a mere three hours rest, he had been awoken and dragged to the studio to lay down some tracks for their next record. It took a bit longer than usual, mostly due to the fact that he was Louis Tomlinson and therefore, had a tendency to do things the hard way.

Then, he met up with the others and together they were carted off to do an interview with talk show host (there are so many interviews nowadays, Louis doesn’t even bother trying to keep track) where he had to smilesmilesmile and laughlaughlaugh until it was finally, blissfully, over. Afterwards, it was off to sound rehearsal for the show that night, where, even though Louis had literally sang these songs hundreds of times, he kept messing up the lyrics.

Which, yeah, of course happens to everyone once in a while, but that doesn’t make it any less frustrating. Or embarrassing.

Of course, after rehearsal there was hair and makeup, and while Louis generally made an attempt to sneak off to fool around and/or take a nap during this time, he had been stopped by both Paul and security tonight. Fatigue, he decided, must seriously hinder his ability to be subtle.

The show was the highlight of his day, but it left him feeling even more drained than normal. Usually the flashing lights and the screaming fans fill him with excitement and adrenaline, but some days (days like today) they make him want to curl up and hide his face, if only for a little while.

Still though, the show was fun and afterwards, they ran onto the bus and were off to another city, another town, another day in paradise.