Relationships: sirius black/remus lupin, james potter/lily evans Characters: remus lupin, sirius black. james potter, lily evans, peter pettigrew, severus snape, minerva mcgonagall, bellatrix black, narcissa black, albus dumbledore, mulciber sr. (harrypotter), horace slughorn, mary macdonald, marlene mckinnon, poppy pomfrey, walburga black, regulus black, fenrir greyback Additional tags: marauders era, marauders, marauders friendship, wolfstar, get together, Slow Burn, so slow, its slow, seriously Complete, Canon Compliant, Angst, Fluff, Fluff and Angst, Requited Love, Canonical Character, Death, First War with Voldemort, First Kiss, Period Typical Attitudes This fanfiction is not mine The creator of this fic is MsKingBean89 I am putting the fanfic here just so it is easier for some people to read !!

| a true story about a boy who hides his pain behind his smile and a girl determined to see it | - FREE story with paid Exclusive Chapters and Writer Reveals - Twice Featured - Taylor Ming is trying to cope with the aftermath of her twin brother's suicide, and her depressed mother and avoidant father aren't really helping. With one of her friends' self-harming while another deals with a chronically ill boyfriend, being diagnosed with Diabetes and forced to use insulin thrice a day is Taylor's worst nightmare. When she catches the school's golden boy Shane Gray popping pills in a bathroom, then, Taylor is sure she's in a living hell. Is he depressed? Is he using drugs? She's afraid of losing more people and strikes a deal with Shane. He'll tell her if he ever has the urge to hurt himself and she'll keep his secret. What neither of them knows, however, is that he's already hurting himself without knowing it. And Shane's life is falling apart quicker than Taylor's. Because life isn't black and white and, sometimes, seeing gray can make all the difference. Warning: The story talks about suicide, self-harm, drug use, and mental health problems which may be triggering for some readers.