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An Invincible Summer by Brooklyn_Babylon @twopoppies

Length: 44k

Never content to stay in one place for long, a few months down south researching for his novel seemed like an idyllic, slow-paced summer to Louis. He wasn’t ready for the blistering heat, the backbreaking work of watermelon picking, or how stifling the attitudes in rural Georgia would feel. And he definitely hadn’t anticipated falling in love with the farmer’s son.

The summer of 1946 would turn out to be everything worth writing about.

LOL! I love this request. Let me think….Start with this Feminization fic rec, this Soft Dom fic rec, and this Desperate Harry fic rec. I think there will be good ones for you there. But I’ll make a more focused Messy and Submissive Harry list here. 

I Love My Hands Around Your Neck by @fournipplesau (E, 6K) Hello... this was really hot. I just loved the dynamic between the two of them—you really get a sense of the difference between them when they play and how they interact when they’re not. Also, just really hot. Did I say that already? Yeah.

mon petit, little one by publunchesownmyass (E, 6K) Yes, you guessed it. Harry wears that fluffy sweater from the Tiny Desk performance in a much less innocent moment. The characterizations, banter, and situation felt really authentic and this fic is super sexy.

Mon Petit by coffinofachimera / @belialsmiracles (E, 4K) just... wildly sexy and intimate. I loved it.

But When We Kiss by @indiaalphawhiskey (E, 8K) This one is a filthy, fantastic Sugar Baby Harry fic. Hallelujah! This author’s writing is so good, the dynamics are so hot, and Harry is just the perfect kind of desperate in this one. Go read it! 

gathered on wings by Brooklyn_Babylon / @twopoppies (E, 33K) This on eis mine, so, here’s the summary:

What Harry Styles wanted was to be taken seriously as an artist.

What he needed was a new sugar daddy to pave the way.

Louis Tomlinson is an artist who isn’t what Harry is looking for.

Somehow he still manages to turn Harry's world upside down.

Whoever, However by Brooklyn_Babylon / @twopoppies (E, 9K) Another one of mine. The summary:

Louis could feel his heart rate pick up as he positioned the camera and Harry slowly stood up. They both knew what came next –– it had been clearly outlined in the advert Harry answered. The studio Louis worked for was filming a new series of camboy videos. Louis’ job was to make it look like amateur porn –– sweaty, sensual, dirty –– but well lit and edited. He was an artist, thank you very much.

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Or: Louis has a much better day at work than he’d expected.

however do you want me, however do you need me by moonshinelouis / @moonshinelouis-archive (E, 7K) I just love a bit of baby boyfriends and kink exploration. This one does it so well. 

I’d do Niall by alongthewatchtower (E, 8K) I know this fic isn’t for everyone and I also know it’s pure filth. But I love everything about it. Dirty talk, Harry in panties, desperate Harry, Niall trying it and not knocking it, dom Louis vibes…all the good stuff. LOL! This author also has a handful of others that I’m a big fan of.

Lay So Still by yougotmetieddown (E, 3K) Basically just Harry desperate to be used and Louis giving him what he wants. Whew. Stupid hot.

skip a beat and move with my body by crybaby (E, 6K) I don’t even know how to sum this up. It’s a whole lot of Harry being used, talked about like he’s not there, doing his best to please, and having a threesome with Louis and Zayn. It’s a lot. 

use somebody by istajmaal (E, 5K) There’s so much I love about this fic from the way Louis treats Harry vs the way he treats Nick, to the way we get to see Harry and Louis’ relationship (both sexual and otherwise) through Nick’s eyes. 

You’ll Breathe Me In (You Won’t Release) by LoadedGunn (E, 95K) Also known as The Driving Instructor fic. This has some of the best pacing I’ve read in a fic, some really well written BDSM smut, and characters I just really enjoy. I know it’s not for everyone. Read the tags.

give me forever for a while by mercutionotromeo (E, 5K) Collared Harry initiating kitten play with Louis. I always love the way this author writes their smut and this one is full of dirty talk and soft dom Louis using Harry.

redder than the devil by mercutionotromeo (E, 5K) This has a little of everything you’ve asked for and this author always delivers some super hot smut. 

like poison coursing through me by orphan_account (E, 4K) Kink exploration, dirty talk, Louis pushing Harry, and Harry loving it. 

my one and own (i wanna get you alone) by beautlouis (E, 6K) My notes are completely unhelpful because all they say is, “hot af”. So, I took one for the team and reread it. I was right. Hot af. LOL! But really, I love how Louis gently teases an absolutely wrecked Harry throughout this. 

precious little thing by mercutionnotromeo (E, 21K) I’ve read this one so many times…it’s got it all. Phone sex operator Louis, and subby Harry is just beginning to realize his daddy kink. 

that boy’s got my heart in a silver cage by orphan_account (E, 4K) Flustered, overwhelmed subby Harry just starting to figure out that what he wants most is to please Louis.

someone who knows how to ride by orphan_account (E, 3K) I mean…I love a bit of demanding Louis using Harry and topping from the bottom. This is just a bit of filthy PWP and I love it. 

OOOH! Yes, I have! Thank you for asking! Here’s the most recent stuff I read that I really liked:

Night Out and its follow up Saving Symphony Hall both by @helloamhere (the first one is a very sexy one shot, the second is 19 chapters of awesome).

“I think I have an idea,” Louis said. Slowly, and reluctantly, but with a growing sense of the inevitable. “God damnit, I think I have a really good idea.”

“Oh christ, that’s the problem-solving face,” Babs said. “Last time we saw that face, he sold a company.”

“Wait, what?” Zayn asked.

“Right place, right time,” Louis said. “Also, fuck my life,”

“What?” Zayn repeated. Niall patted his hand.

“I usually just roll with whatever Louis is about to do,” he said. “It’s better for us all.”

“That’s the attitude,” said Louis, “I’ll tell you tomorrow. Tonight, I need to do some research. Zayn, give me your number. I’m gonna save our symphony.”

Series

Lightening Strikes Twice by @dinosaursmate 

“Louis Tomlinson,” Harry said slowly, shaking his head and betraying a slight grin. “What the fuck are the odds?”“Small world,” Louis said lightly, shrugging and holding his hand out to Harry, smirk playing on his lips. “Wasn’t sure you’d remember me.”“Haha! Please.”Harry slid his palm into Louis’, grasping and shaking it. It must’ve been… what? Thirty years?—Two tales, one story. One: a tale of a rock star taking a shine to a fan who is different from all the others, and two: a tale of an older, washed up rock star, who - on the brink of resigning himself to a life of loneliness - finds fate intervening.

(this one made me ugly cry…I was a snotty mess. But it’s so well done and this version of Harry and Louis is one you definitely haven’t read before). 

Take Our Bodies Higher by @littlelouishiccups

Harry wasn’t often caught off guard at his job anymore. He called different men Sir, Master, or Daddy for work almost every week, but he’d never been told he was a good boy in a voice quite like that.

In which Harry is a phone sex operator and Louis dials a wrong number.

(kind of all the things I like rolled into one…wrong number meet cute, dirty talk, D/s…yep. I liked it. LOL!)

just a dream byBriaMaria / @briannamarguerite

Harry held out his hand, his eyes on Louis’ face. Louis took it.

Power flowed between their palms. Harry was magic in human form; Louis was strength. The forest swayed toward them, hungry and eager for the energy that radiated like waves from their connection. Flowers bloomed along the edge of the pond, not just roses, but daisies and tulips and orchids.

The water was cool against Louis’ overheated skin. It welcomed him, embraced him, as he followed Harry beyond the shallow banks. When they were waist deep Harry stopped, turning toward Louis.

The current that shouldn’t be there nudged them together, until their bodies were flush, aching hardness against aching hardness. Except. Harry was soft. So soft. His eyes, his hair, his skin, his hips.

Louis slid his thigh between Harry’s lithe, gorgeous legs, and pressed up. Harry’s lashes swept closed in pleasure and Louis used the moment to pull him closer.

“This is a dream,” he whispered against Harry’s sweet lips.

“Then let me sleep forever and a day,” Harry said. “For if this is a dream, I never want to wake.”

(Bri’s writing just gets better and better. This is absolutely beautiful and so touching).

precious little thing by mercuitonotromeo

Reason #10 - Curiosity

Niall grins deviously and hits “make call”, putting his phone on speaker. They lean in close to peer down at the screen, heads knocking lightly together. Dull rings reverberate quietly around the room and mix with the monotonous buzz of the lights. It rings for a while - maybe six or seven times - then the other line picks up.

There’s a slow, steady inhale, and a low voice purrs, “Hi, sexy.”

Jesus - this guy has barely said two words, and both of them have made Harry’s cock twitch in his jeans. That’s not even getting to what those words are, and why he’s saying them, and how Harry’s stomach is dropping into his shoes at the mere thought of him saying… other words. Words like “cock”, and “please”, and “come”.

Also known as: a university AU featuring phone sex operator Louis, copious amounts of sweet, soft kink discovery, and Louis being Harry’s Daddy.

(um…there’s a theme here. LOL!)

candy in your mouth (i know you love me) by embodied / @crossnecklace

“You’re wrong,” Harry says, jaw clenched tight. “Because if all I wanted was a fuck, I’ve got at least three willing parties a phone call and a five minute drive away. What I want is you. I want us, I want it to be normal again -”

“What the fuck is normal?” Louis yells, much too loudly, and has to pause to consciously lower his voice before he speaks again. “Because a year ago, normal was eating too much takeaway and watching B-movies on Netflix in your room, and then normal was me choking on your cock at half past two in the morning, and I don’t know about you, but as of the past few weeks, normal is not seeing or talking to you at all, because I’ve all but admitted that I’m fucking crazy for you and you don’t know what to say to that.” Louis’ chest heaves, his breath coming out short. He hears his own throat stick when he swallows, and his voice is decidedly weaker when he asks, “So which one is it, Harry?”

AU. Things have shifted since last Christmas.

(I really like how the friends to lovers trope worked in this one. It’s a Christmas fic, but who cares? It’s short and really good).

So Much Left to Say by myownspark / @myownsparknow

Reason #32: Cheer Someone Up.

Harry remembers Louis stalking along the Cougar’s sideline as the final seconds of the game ticked away. He was apart from everyone, with his arms crossed and his head down, sort of fragile looking even in his pads and helmet. Harry’s fingers actually itched to hold his hand, just as they do now.He holds the phone up to take a selfie and smiles into the camera, trying to ask Louis a question with his eyes. (Are you really okay? Tell me the truth. I bet you’re sitting on your bed, playing Madden, sulking. If you want to see me, I’ll come. I know you better than anyone. You’re sad. I’d like to come.)He pushes send.

(Harry and Louis play for rival high school football teams, and when they play against each other in the Homecoming game, someone has to lose.)

(what can I say? Cynthia is one of my favorite writers. She doesn’t write often, but when she does, I drop everything because it’s always gorgeously written and full of so much quiet nuance.)

For Reasons Wretched and Divine by @indiaalphawhiskey

Ten years ago, Harry Styles was just a nerdy kid with one friend and a debilitating crush on the captain of his school’s football team. He thought the stars were smiling down on him the day he and Louis Tomlinson were paired for their end-of-term Literature project. But because Harry’s life is decidedly not a fairytale, the budding friendship quickly leads to the least happy ending of all time.

Now, Harry Styles is a household name. Barely twenty-seven with two Grammy nominations to his name, the singer-songwriter is poised to take the music industry by storm with his highly anticipated third album. So, what happens when the best producer in the business is also the only person Harry’s vowed never to speak to again?

An AU in two parts. Two boys, two stories, and hopefully, two chances at love.

(Oh, man. India’s writing is sublime. And this one is no exception. Plus, it’s suuuuuper angsty –– but happy ending, of course!)

I’m also in the middle of reading Them Butterflies by momentofclarity / @gaycousinlarry and I’m loving it so far! 

Hello everyone! I’m back for my (omg time flies) third yearly drarry rec list, in which I share with you my 30 favorite drarry fics I read in the year, divided in three parts. What a year 2020 was. It was challenging, scary and confusing, and it was also an amazing reading year for me, I read so, so much more than I ever had before, and I’m really excited to share these masterpieces with you! The banner art is by @dragontamerdame who is one of my favorite artists and was kind enough to let me use this beautiful piece, which you can (and totally should) reblog right here. Now, with nothing else to add and in no particular order, here’s my

FAVORITE FICS I READ IN 2020 PART ONE

1. Who we are in the shadows - @quicksilvermaid - 100k - E - What happens when you’re forced to become the very thing you despise? Ex-Auror Harry Potter, tossed out of the Ministry for something he had no control over, has been looking for a way back to his former life. When he comes across Draco Malfoy in the criminal underbelly of Wizarding London and in need of protection, Harry figures bringing him in to face the Ministry’s justice is his ticket back to everything he’s lost. But nothing is exactly as it seems. Not even Harry himself. And as he gets drawn further and further into Malfoy’s world of honour and deception he finds himself questioning everything he thought he knew—about his childhood nemesis, the Ministry job he misses so much, and most of all, about himself. What happens when you’re forced to see that you were wrong?

THIS FIC!!! It was the first one I read in 2020, and it immediately became my favorite fic of the entire year, and one of my favorites of all time. I have since read it two more times, the entire 100k of it. There are absolutely no words to describe how amazing it is, how much it floored me to read their characterizations, their jobs and the roads life took them on to end up where they end up, the connection between them in a time when they don’t even know how to relate to anyone, their sorrow and struggles which, despite being so rooted in the magical world, are painfully human, just… wow. It’s a masterpiece. It changed the way I view their characters, forever, and I suspect I will read it many, many more times in the years to come. It’s that kind of story. If for whatever reason you haven’t read it, this is your sign to take that chance and embark on this amazing journey.