Copains (Larry AU)

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*Trigger Warning*

Louis POV:

I woke up with a headache and my knee was throbbing. As I made my way towards the kitchen to get some pain killers Lottie appears, a wide smirk covering her face.

"Heard you got some last night," she laughed, walking behind me towards the kitchen.

"Lottie piss off, El wasn't there and I don't cheat, you know that." Mum was stood in the kitchen, her expression turned stern when I walked in and I pretended I didn't notice. 

"Not what everyone's saying." Lottie teases and walks to the fridge. Daisy and Pheobe turn to me, they're smirking too,

"I heard you kissed someone," Pheobe starts,

"I heard you were in the bathroom with Harry." Daisy adds and I try to ignore them. Mum walks out of the room shaking her head. Lottie watches her till she's out of sight, then sits down next to the other two,

"I heard you were in Matt's room with Harry, he said your clothes were on the floor when he woke up this morning." She said, watching my reaction closely.

"How the fuck do you guys even know this stuff?" I yell, louder than expected. The three girls look at me in shock, almost afraid. 

"Mathew-"

"Why the fuck are you talking to Matt, Lottie? You fucking him?" I snarl at her mid sentence,

"Louis what the hell?" Daisy yells back at me,

"So it's perfectly fine for you guys to make up stupid shit but it's not okay for me to do the same?" I'm fuming and my head is pounding, the hangover worsening with the yelling,

"I'm only saying what Mathew told me." Lottie states,

"You two? Where are you hearing this shit?" I look to the twins, their faces are still full of fear and my expression softens slightly,

"Luca, Alex's brother, heard the boys talking this morning, he asked us if you were gay." Pheobe says hesitantly. I take a deep breathe,

"Tell him I'm straight. Guys I'm dating Eleanor, who," I check the time on my phone, "I'm meant to be taking to brunch right now actually." I lie, they all know it too but all I can see is dad, he's all I can ever see or hear. I walk upstairs and change, emotionless, still. When I reach my car I stop and take a deep breath, memories encompass my thoughts;

Four Years Ago

"Louis I've noticed a change in you."  Dad sit's down on the chair next to me, we both look out at the park, Harry chasing Daisy and Pheobe around the obstacles, Lottie and mum on the swings laughing away. 

"What do you mean? You don't see me often dad, I change a lot." I smile at him but he looks down concerned.

"It's not that Louis, it's something I saw a long time ago, something I had hoped had got lost somewhere in that imagination of yours." He smiles sadly,

"Dad?" He raises his head and looks over to Harry and I know immediately what he's talking about. My palms grow sweaty and my whole body tenses, I look to him, waiting.

"Louis, my brother, Brodie, was, well." He pauses and I nod, knowingly. 

"You never met him, not even as a baby. He killed himself when he was 20." I sat still, I didn't even want to breathe. 

"The hate, the things the people would say to him, to them. I managed to protect him at school, I was older, stronger. He still came home with bruises all over his body, cuts that he couldn't explain. But, when I left school it got worse, he'd be in the hospital for days, broken arms and smashed up faces. His boyfriend, Elias, was good, such a good kid, he was older, in college. I didn't even know he was getting the same shit." I could see the pain in his face, the emotions the memories were bringing to him.