"Just one more minute, he told himself. One more minute to be weak, to be lost, to be the kid who just lost his brother. Then he'd answer. Then he'd be Harry Styles again, whatever that meant in a world without Liam Payne." From the electrifying energy of their first X-Factor audition to the bittersweet sting of solo success, Harry and Louis's journey has been a symphony of unspoken desires and carefully constructed facades. They navigate the treacherous world of fame, grappling with the intense pressure to hide their true selves. Stolen glances across crowded rooms become their secret language, and the warmth of a fleeting touch fuels the flames of a love they can't deny. But fate, it seems, has other plans. Management's iron grip tightens, contracts become shackles, and the boys are forced to make impossible choices that threaten to tear them apart. Years pass, filled with near misses, whispered promises, and a love that refuses to die. Then, tragedy strikes, reuniting them at Liam's funeral, where raw grief cracks open the walls they've built around their hearts. As they struggle to process their loss, Liam's final gift surfaces: a collection of videos documenting their hidden love from the very beginning. Through Liam's lens, they see themselves as they once were-young, carefree, and undeniably in love. The videos are a painful reminder of everything they sacrificed, and everything they still long for. Can they finally break free from the past and embrace the truth that Liam so carefully preserved? Or will their hidden harmonies forever remain a bittersweet melody, echoing through the years but never quite reaching its crescendo?

Hoodies hide my ugly body from the people around me. Just one night it didn't work and I met him on the roof of the abdonned house. He wanted to help me but I only knew he was popular and I was not. My past started haunting me again. It was horrible. ©leeneimcpayne 2017

Young people have this idea of invincibility, enforced by the freedoms and lifestyle that come with that age. But no one is invincible and mistakes are constantly made, mistakes that don’t just hurt themselves, but the ones they love.

Turning thirteen is the end of all innocence and the start of pure hell. Hell for the new teenager, and hell for the family that’s forced to live with him. One Direction knew how to raise an adorable child, but the Luke that comes home from boarding school? Well that was a different story. Change is inevitable in families, in more ways than one. Third in the New Mistakes Series. Larry Stylinson.

Harry's being forced to go to boarding school. His parents think it'll be good for him. You see Harry isn't really the social type. He sits in the back of the class, he doesn't have any friends, he sits alone at lunch. His parents think that boarding school will help him make friends. Harry doesn't agrees TW// cutting Depression Eating disorders No smut (this book is shit and ik it. i wrote it two years ago and i don't have time to edit it)

Eager to reach his families expectations, Louis lives a life of secrecy and denial. In one of the most respected households in Doncaster, there's no room for mistake. But when Louis meets Harry styles in his first year of boarding school, it seems all the more difficult to keep himself In check.

When Nate agrees to babysit his aunt's esteemed matchmaking business, he doesn't expect a computer error to force him to pose as a fake match to one of her intolerable clients, Riley, creating a messy mismatch that might just turn perfect fit. Standalone in the Mismatched series On June 24, content from chapter 5 onwards will only be available to redeemers. Now's the time to catch up to the story and read it while it's free! Already purchased a chapter? No worries-you won't need to pay for it again. *** A small-town summer spent matchmaking desperate couples is Nate's worst nightmare, but he's desperate for a little cash and a chance to prove to his family that he isn't a complete failure. He assumes he's in for quiet days of cheesy love connections, but his world is flipped upside down when the matchmaking program is unable to find a match for Riley Jenkins. Terrified to tarnish his aunt's perfect matchmaking record, Nate takes matters into his own hands, posing as Riley's match. Riley is everything Nate isn't-creative, put together, into intellectual debate...oh, and completely intolerable. But with Riley holding a business-ruining review over Nate's head, winning him over becomes a nearly impossible challenge Nate can't afford to fail. What Nate doesn't expect is for his dream guy act to lead to cute dates and sparks of real attraction. Faced with the fear of falling for Riley for real, can Nate confront the consequences of his lies for a shot at love? Or will their mismatch be a costly mistake after all?

[social media au] basically louis is a fuck boy and harry thinks he's trash. until he doesn't. bottom!harry as always ❦ ꒰ ⑅ discontinued ꒱ ˖♡

Diana is looking forward to finally finishing high school. Stay out of trouble. Focus only on art. This is Diana's grand plan - until she is assigned to paint the portraits of a girl she can't stand to be around: the school's obnoxious soccer team captain, Alex Perez. ***** It's senior year. Diana just wants to keep her head low while dealing with a family that is slowly but steadily falling apart and a best-friend-turned-enemy that she could certainly do without. The last thing Diana wants to do is spend her last year of high school painting the portraits of Alex Perez. Everyone loves Alex - she's the town's prodigy and the school's golden girl. But Diana and Alex couldn't be more opposite; put them in an art room together and a disaster is bound to happen. [[word count: 70,000 - 80,000]] Cover designed by Ilafi Nastiti [WATTYS 2021 SHORTLIST]