Everyone already knows Nell and Calum's story (or at least I hope so!), but Kate and Ashton's story has been brewing behind the scenes, and it totally deserves its own moment in the spotlight. This story takes place alongside the events of Not in the Plan, but you don't need to read the first fanfic to jump right into this one. Enjoy!

"Everyone knows my name." Ashton whispers. "But there's only one person I love hearing it from." Daina knew how to hustle, it was the only world she knew. Till Ashton Irwin stumbled into her life and turned it upside down. He brought chaos and adrenalin and collided with her structured routines of life, but he also brought the adventure she didn't know she craved. Part 1 of the B-Side Series. Introducing Beneath the Beat of the Drums. *mature content and strong language featured* Highest ranking: #1 AshtonIrwin #3 Ashton #1 fivesecondsofsummer #1 rockstar THANK YOU!!!!! ✨✨✨

"why are we doing this, ash?" "that's what you do when you love somebody." LOUISWNDR 2026.

Meeting someone at your lowest point who understands the struggle you're facing can be everything, until your struggles become the reasons you're hurting each other... how do you keep on trying to move forward when all you want is to fix the things in your past..? *** Ashton Irwin Fan Fiction **please see info page for list of triggers and other important things to know before/during reading **

"If anyone finds out, I could lose everything I've worked for," I explained, taking a step back. My back hit the wall behind me. Ashton nodded, his green eyes still locked on mine. "Good thing no one will find out." Book 1 Includes Mature Content

"Smoking is bad, you know." The placid voice speaks up from the distant dark corner, nothing to see but a tall silhouette and an orange glow of a cigarette cherry. "It's the least of my problems," I murmur with my own between my lips, proceeding to feel the stagnant debris valley my throat when I suck delicately. He exhales a chuckle of cynical amusement, his footsteps getting every step clearer to my eardrums until I eventually sense body heat burning my back. "And why is that?" He whispers over my shoulder, hands inviting themselves to grip the railing in front of me so I become a prisoner between his inked arms. I swallow. "Because you'll be the one to kill me first." // Aven Brooks is hired to take pictures for the world-renown punk rock band known today as Duplicity; hoping the experience gets her into her most elite-dreamed university. However, when her lenses accidentally capture more than just cheeky sound checks and performances, she comes to a horrifying discovery that Duplicity is anything but a band. Appalled and frightened, she's trapped. *HIGHEST RANKINGS* #1 IN HARRYSTYLES #1 IN ONEDIRECTION ALL RIGHTS RESERVED TO @happydays1d NOT ALLOWING TRANSLATIONS! CONTAINS VULGAR LANGUAGE / DRUG ABUSE / SEXUAL CONTENT / DESCRIPTIVE VIOLENCE / MENTAL HEALTH READ AT OWN RISK!