Some boys run from the fire. Kai West was born in it. Eighteen and half-wild, Kai's got fists that don't quit and a past full of bruises he can't scrub clean. When a court-ordered community mural project throws him into the orbit of Leo - a calm, fiercely kind twenty-five-year-old artist with a history of heartbreak - Kai expects to hate every second. Except Leo doesn't scare easy. He doesn't flinch from Kai's rage or his scars. And that pisses Kai off...until it doesn't. Until it starts to feel like maybe someone sees him for the first damn time. Leo knows better than to cross the line with the volatile kid whose eyes burn like storms, but the rules don't stand a chance against a connection this raw. As color spills across broken walls, Kai and Leo bleed for each other - through shame, desire, and every devastating truth that comes between them. In a world that calls him a lost cause, Kai is about to learn what it means to choose love, even when it terrifies him. Raw. Gritty. Slow-burn and breathtaking. Painted Sins will brand itself on your heart - and never let go.

Louis, to his horror, attends an elitist university in which the name Zayn Malik means something, Niall Horan doesn't stop talking, there are pianos everywhere, and Harry Styles, only son of a drug-addled, clinically insane ex-rocker, has a perfect smile and empty eyes. WARNING: all rights go to velvetoscar on ao3 Cover made by: whatkooloser