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"It never leaves. It never goes away. Why won't it go away?" Niall's secretive, always has been, but no one could've ever guessed that he would hide something this big. It turns out trying to cope with your past is a lot harder when you're hiding from the entire world. His ex-best friend sees through the lies. or the one where Niall's just trying to get through the day and Demi thinks he deserves more than that. (this story is NOT an AU and features the year 2017, demi lovato, one direction pretending to be adults, their new families including a few new siblings) trigger warnings: death, blood, descriptive depictions of mental illness and terminal illness, ONLY REFERENCE TO/MENTION OF: self harm, suicide, sexual abuse, drug/alcohol abuse, domestic violence, and abortion
Chapter One: The Fatherly Boy
