ruben wanting niall to say that alby groped him, to repeat it back to him, to say "he groped you", ruben wanting someone to confirm it, ruben wanting the person he trusts most in the world to confirm to him that that is a thing that happened, that he did grope him, that he is believed and deserves to be believed, that his mind can be trusted, ruben wanting niall to see him, to really see him, ruben needing niall to just fucking say it, say he was groped, say he groped him, because alby is a man and ruben's father is also a man so what the fuck right, he for a he, he can be anyone, he groped me, say he did. say you believe me. believe me. for the part of me that simply can't













