[Completed] ❝I needed to know why I was sleeping in the dirt.❞ [© 2014, jasmine ladher. all rights reserved.] [cover by: Just_Plain_Little_Me] [paranormal ; #262] [shory story ; #817]

Niall Horan was the perfect target for bullying. He was the happiest, most oblivious kid anyone had known. Niall didn't believe in bad, or evil. He didn't like swearing, horror movies, or when someone raised their voice. He was known as Innocent. What happens when Harry Styles finds Niall black and blue one day in the toilets? Harry swears he'll protect him, but how much can life throw at them before they can finally be happy? (new description)

Harry was doomed. He'd already met his fate. He was once a rich, handsome prince, but now he's a lonely, ugly beast, and that's exactly how he would die. He's always been a horrible man. The face he sees now was what he's held inside forever. He has to find love, for his time is running out. But who could love a beast?

[ S E Q U E L. DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVEN'T READ INNOCENT. YOU'LL BE CONFUSED.] Three years. It's been three years since Harry walked out on everyone. Three years since Niall fell into depression. Three years since Niall was tainted. He is no longer innocent, he drinks, and cusses like no tomorrow. His love for Harry is still there, and he can't move on. It's true what they say, "First loves can fuck you up." But he's back. Three years later and he comes back, and Niall is in a crazy boat ride

Harry Styles was always labeled as the obedient, well-behaved child. Graduated Secondary School with straight A's, now halfway through Uni without so much as an inhale of weed or a drop of alcohol. He thinks it will stay the same, that is, until Niall Horan comes along. Pierced lip and blonde-dyed hair, ink-stained skin that looks tantalizing with his pale complexion. The cigarette smoke that embeds his jean jacket taunts Harry every time the smell reaches his nose, and he can't help but crave the blue-eyed boy and the threat that comes with him. © All Right Reserved 2015

Niall just needs help and a lot of space. He needs to learn to talk to people, speak his mind, and tell someone if he has a problem. Harry can help him do that; he just needs to find the other boy.