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Published:
2014-07-17
Completed:
2014-08-01
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Butterfly

Summary:

Looking up, I see a falling star,
And watch its fire burn into the floor,
And I am left standing on the edge,
Wondering why we fall so hard.

'Luke was the sort of tired that sleep couldn’t fix.
He was huddled up in the darkness on his bed, curled up on his side as tears rolled down his cheeks. His wrists were stinging painfully and sticking to the tissues he had hastily wrapped around them. Red blood bloomed on the white of the tissues like roses and Luke’s heart ached.'

Luke is depressed and Ashton makes him feel loved (and maybe Luke returns the favour too). Also Malum. Yes.

Notes:

The lyrics from "Kids In The Dark" by All Time Low seemed to fit this pretty well!

I hope you'll enjoy this and please keep in mind that this is only my second 5SOS fic so go easy on me please!

P.S. You can follow me on tumblr if you like at merlypops.tumblr.com - it’s mostly a 5SOS blog so hopefully you guys will like it! Please come talk to me over there! I get so lonely!

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

Chapter 1: Like A Red Rose

Summary:

'Luke was just so tired. It almost didn’t seem worth fighting anymore.'

Notes:

I really hope this update is okay!

Trigger warning for self-harm.

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Chapter Text

Luke was the sort of tired that sleep couldn’t fix.

He was huddled up in the darkness on his bed, curled up on his side as tears rolled down his cheeks. His wrists were stinging painfully and sticking to the tissues he had hastily wrapped around them. Red blood bloomed on the white of the tissues like roses and Luke’s heart ached.

He was just so tired. It almost didn’t seem worth fighting anymore.

His parents were going through a rough patch at the moment and the fighting was wearing him down, and Ben and Jack were relentless in their mission to make Luke feel about that fucking small. Luke got the shit ripped out of him at school and he didn’t even know why, and he was fucking tired of it.

He was so fucking tired.

Notes:

Um... was that okay?

I promise Ash will make an appearance soon but, before that, Michael and Calum need to do their bit.