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Hi, anon, here are some recs for you!

Tainted Love by Darling28 / @darling-28

Broken awards, cut-up blouses, childish pranks and lots of nastiness? This is apparently all that remains of Louis and Harry after a sudden break-up and they walk a fine line between love, revenge and jealousy.

Will the two find their way back to each other or are they both too hurt?

Written for the BL Fic Fest 2023

Prompt 4: Exes to Lovers AU where Harry and Louis are celebrities who have had a bitter breakup and they write songs/post shady captions to rile each other up. Louis says in an interview that he has moved on from dating pop stars to football players because they have better stamina.

Be My Mistake by lanallite1D / @lanallite

Louis swears he’s done with Harry Styles.

He’s said it before—after the screaming fights, the slammed doors, the texts he knows he shouldn’t answer but always does. It’s just sex, he tells himself. It doesn’t mean anything.

But with Harry, it always means something. Getting over him was never going to be easy, not after nearly two great years together, a breakup that was loud and messy, and a crater left in the middle of their friend group. And definitely not when Harry still looks at him like he still belongs to him.

Louis tells his friends it’s over, that it’s just drunken mistakes, that it’s not like that anymore. But Niall, Zayn, and Liam see right through him, because they know that with Harry, it’s always more than that. They tell him to walk away.

Louis knows they’re right. But that doesn’t stop him from going back.

or; inspired by ‘bad idea right?’ by Olivia Rodrigo, Louis and Harry are exes who always seem to end up in bed with each other.

Paper Houses by @allwaswell16

“Who is that?” He hisses.

Zayn holds up a hand to stop Louis from speaking any further.

The voice on the other end of the phone continues. “Then, he saw a photo of him on Insta with his little sister and brother, and he was so gone, dude. He basically demanded that I find Louis for him! And he’s never demanded anything from me ever !”

“Pshhhh, Louis’ been jerking off to Harry for years--”

Louis dives from his place on the couch to sprawl across Zayn’s desk, snatching the phone up. There are loud noises coming from the other end of the phone as Louis shouts into it. “Who is this? Zayn has no idea what he’s talking about--”

happy march 28th! here are all my favorite 1D fics from this month.

Promise Not to Hate You by homosociallyyours / @homosociallyyours (1156)

Louis is a singer/songwriter and semi-useless lesbian who's finally decided to confess her feelings to her best friend Harry. She's doing it in a song, of course, which is both easier and harder than it sounds.

wonderland (you and i got lost in it) by tommolinson / @sunflowrry (4728)

or, the one where they get their happily ever after

or or, the fourth and final instalment of 'guys my age'

Dancing All Dirty by larry_hiatus / @emilarry (4755)

Harry loves dancing and letting loose, especially on nights he performs. After a sign in the crowd tells him to “respectfully shake some ass,” Louis decides to take him somewhere where he can do just that. Harry has always enjoyed the club scene, but when Louis gives him a vibrating buttplug, Harry has a feeling that it will be a bit different this time.

always been a consequence (when you call me baby) by tommolinson / @sunflowrry (5649)

‘miss you, baby,’ the message on his phone reads. Two words. Two words that fuel so many emotions inside him. Anger. The love he will probably always feel for him. More anger. Betrayal. Annoyance. And the urge to swipe his tongue over Louis' body and lick and bite and touch.

He pinches the bridge of his nose, fighting the inevitable headache off. Louis got under his skin too easily, and Harry knew that, he did. But there was something about him so openly admitting that he missed him that rubbed him the wrong way.

How could you miss me, he thinks. You’ve got your arms around a perfect girl’s shoulder.

or, the one where harry and louis are exes who are definitely, absolutely over each other… until they very much aren’t.

or or, the one based on 'taste back' by harry styles

(Secret) Santa, Tell Me by therogueskimo / @bravetemptation (10942)

When Louis Tomlinson's Secret Santa starts leaving him puzzle pieces and raunchy Christmas-themed pick-up lines, he's determined to figure out who in the office has a crush on him. Surely it wouldn't be any of his friends, even if he might want it to be.

the heart of the world is blue by shinyblueeyes (25016)

“Hold on— what did you say?”

Zayn heaves a sigh. “I should’ve known you weren’t listening. I said half-seven works best for Harry and should also mean we miss the dinner rush folks.”

“You invited Harry?”

“Yeah? Obviously we invited Harry, Lou. He’s Niall’s flatmate.” Zayn’s tone drips with how blatantly fed up he is with Louis. “Can you play nice for literally two fucking hours? I still don’t know why you hate him.”

Blinking, Louis turns fully to face his flatmate, alpha cringing in his chest. “What? I don’t hate him."

Zayn fixes him with a flat look. “Sure, alright.”

knives don’t have your back by turnyourankle / @turnyourankle (51358)

The lone survivor of an on campus massacre that claimed the lives of his four housemates, Harry is urged to take a sabbatical or transfer. Instead, he chooses to stay in school, move into the dorms, and overcome his fears.

He finds comfort in a budding friendship with Louis, an upperclassman who lives on his floor, not realizing that their relationship will bring him closer to his traumatizing past rather than farther from it.

my kingdom for a kiss upon her shoulder by hemakeshimstrongx / @hemakeshimstrong (55098)

"this is where i grew up! we're here for the next six months. oh, and, um, we're married now." "i'm sorry. it just sounded like you said you've taken me out of my home and into a place where flowers vomit up other flowers. i must have misheard that last part, too, because i can't seem to recall a betrothal." "it's okay if you forget that part, just don't forget the consummation."

[or: a hades!louis persephone!harry au that has long been waiting and finally prompted by the BHFF]

Kensington Gore by SilverStuff50 / @silverstuff50 (56444)

Vampire Louis Tomlinson has waited decades for a promotion, but when the job is steeped in archaic laws, he needs to find a willing human to fake a lifelong bond with him until he gets promoted and changes the law.

Enter Harry Styles; beautiful, dramatic, infuriating, and luckily, willing.

While Louis is pretty sure he can handle Harry for as long as it takes to get the new law passed, he soon realises he may have bitten off more than he can drink…

Curtain Call by pointerbrother / @pointerbrotherblog (60957)

Really, if anyone should be going flush with embarrassment, it’s Louis. He’s the one who showed up outside Harry’s hotel room in the middle of the night, sloshed off his face without a shirt on, begging for— sex, Harry thinks. Not Harry, necessarily, because he’d never beg for Harry outright, not even when he’s coming apart at the seams and fucked off his face. But sex. That’s simpler.

It wasn’t much for most, but it was a fucking moon landing for Louis.

–

As One Direction near their 'hiatus', Harry and Louis near the end of another, more complicated era.

Boyfriend by Accident by Darling28 / @darling-28 (78304)

@RobbiesAngel:

Seeking: Fake boyfriend. Mission: Survive a four-day wedding in the Highlands without being pitied or set up. Must bring charm, humour and ability to fake fondness in photos. Payment: emotional trauma and whisky. DM me if gay, unhinged and presentable.

Welcome To Another Morning (The Sun’s Still Shining But It’s Grey) by larry_says_red (143028)

In a world mostly seen in grey, colour is a rare, extraordinary gift - reserved for those who have met their true soulmate. There’s nothing one can do but listen to voices anywhere, hoping against all odds to recognise the one that will bring the colour to their life, whatever that might mean.

Louis has never seen a rainbow, nor knowingly met anyone who has. At thirty-one, he comfortably moves through life in shades of grey, never questioning what he might be missing. Soulmates? Pop culture flirts with the trope, but it feels as distant as time travel, vampires, or superheroes - more fantasy than expectation. Still, every now and then, a glimpse of art or a vivid description in a book sparks a longing for something beyond his monochrome world.

Then a new technology arrives, and while it proves a game changer for many seeking their one-in-a-lifetime relationship, it gradually turns Louis’ world upside down in ways he could never have anticipated.

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comfort reread of the month: We’ll Be Seamless by dinosaursmate / @dinosaursmate (52085)

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My fave WIPs that updated this month:

Cranberries by juniperlightning (56291)

A story about two people growing closer together even when the universe seems determined to keep them apart.

Good Grief by faithinthegrapejuice / @faithinthegrapejuice (339275)

Or the one where school-weirdo Harry brainiac Styles has become a palliative care doctor, school-dropout Louis arse-to-die-for Tomlinson a self-made CEO with a terminally ill best friend, and the universe thinks it’s a good idea to throw them back together after 17 years—with two kids, two dogs, a fiercely loyal circle of friends and family, and a whole lot of meant-to-be.

Here Is A Long Time Away by by turnyourankle / @turnyourankle (41383)

Louis and Harry broke up before they had the chance to come out, but the photos for their planned coming out shoot are still out there, and end up with a drop date without their consent.

Harry is shopping a movie around, and Louis has an upcoming album release on the books. Neither needs a scandal to disrupt their careers, but if they pretend to be together, they'll manage to frame the photo drop as an intentional part of their promo cycle, and they can use the publicity to their advantage.

They just have to pretend to be in love to sell it.

Influenced. by zita17, zmmf / @louisandtheaquarian @zaynmaliksmiddlefinger (548090)

A fake dating with a twist, famous/not-famous, enemies to friends to secret lovers au where Larry and Ziam fall in love behind the scenes while Zarry bicker in public.

to build a home by fckingfreakshow / @fckingfreakshow (19261)

One, two, three, four, one, two–and that’s when Harry saw him.

Standing last from his seat in the front of the church, the man slowly turned to face them. As their eyes locked, the thumping in Harry’s chest stopped and he lost count, like tripping on his own feet. Even in the dim light, filtered through floor-to-ceiling stained glass, the man’s eyes were shockingly blue, holding Harry’s with a quiet intensity that was slicing through his skin like a knife.

or, harry just graduated from college, and on the night his life was supposed to change, everything fell apart.

wtf its nearly april

Dancing All Dirty (4.7K) by larry_hiatus | @emilarry

Harry loves dancing and letting loose, especially on nights he performs. After a sign in the crowd tells him to “respectfully shake some ass,” Louis decides to take him somewhere where he can do just that. Harry has always enjoyed the club scene, but when Louis gives him a vibrating buttplug, Harry has a feeling that it will be a bit different this time.

꩜ ꩜ ꩜ ꩜

Therapy for Advanced (63K) by Darling28 | @darling-28

Louis’ tipsy brain decided that a four-week couples therapy retreat sounded like the perfect holiday idea.

Minor issue: he didn’t have a boyfriend.

Enter Harry, add one unhinged therapist and too much sexual tension… and somehow, it actually works out.

꩜ ꩜ ꩜ ꩜

[reread] Seeing Blind (46K) by zedi

Louis finally turns his head in Liam’s direction, knows his face is showing the longing he’s been aching with ever since it took root in his chest. “What the fuck do I do, Liam? He wouldn’t want me like that, but I want-” his voice cracks, and he turns his face back downwards. “What do you do when you’re not perfect for the person who’s perfect for you?”

OR the one where Harry’s an independent omega who likes to have his fun and Louis is the blind alpha that changes Harry’s priorities.

꩜ ꩜ ꩜ ꩜

lord knows i've tried (can't get her off my mind) (3K) by whensheflies

“Hi, it’s Louise? Louise Tomlinson...from school. Harriet, you there?” she asks softly.

Even through her meltdown, Harriet almost shivers at the sound of her name on Louise’s lips.

No. She cannot be thinking about Louise’s lips right now. Get it together, Styles.

꩜ ꩜ ꩜ ꩜

my favourite colour is you (2K) by velvetnoodle (goldfishsunglasses) 

Harry and Louis have been best friends for decades, and practically attached at the hip the entire time. Harry would scoff whenever the people closest to them would question their lack of an actual relationship, because the idea of the two of them being anything more than friends is the most preposterous thing he can think of. 

Until, one day, it isn’t.

꩜ ꩜ ꩜ ꩜

makes me wanna try her on (1.6K) bymercutionotromeo

king_tommo (3:33):

Oh?

Did that do something for you, sweetheart?

princ3ss_h (3:34):

fuck well now I can't say what I was gonna say

lol

king_tommo (3:34):

Which was...?

princ3ss_h (3:35)

um

I was gonna say

"nobody ever gets me hard on here"

but it'd be a lie now

king_tommo (3:35):

You're fucking fun. I like you already.

꩜ ꩜ ꩜ ꩜

Subscribers Only (15K) by louisactualy

Louis has an Only Fans with Harry. They were friends who agreed to keep doing that only for the money, but after some events, they realized they’re in love. A lot of smut.

꩜ ꩜ ꩜ ꩜

The Laundry Room Incident (23K) by corrinebailey

"You know, it takes more than a couple stupid cats and ballerinas on the wall to make me believe this whole shtick, I'd like to meet the chef actually. Just to prove his name is Kyle, and him and his wife Stacy are back there planning more marketing schemes-"

"Louis-"

"No, Niall. Because I'm sick of this, of stuck up, pretentious-"

"Pricks?" A deep voice sounded from behind him and Louis didn't even dare to turn around.

Louis swallowed heavily until a familiar man set two plates of food on their table.

Louis looked up to curly hair that was held back by a sparkly clip, the man was dressed in an all black chef outfit that made his pale skin look that more pronounced.

Shit.

Or the one where Louis doesn't make the best first impression with his new neighbor, and then continues to keep screwing everything up while simultaneously falling for him

i.e: Louis’ fucked

꩜ ꩜ ꩜ ꩜

storm coming, rain soaking, blind hoping (23K) by wildestdreams | @thelavendrhaze

Harry didn’t expect much when he boarded a train to the countryside for a party with near-strangers and rich kids he barely knew. He definitely didn’t expect to fall for Louis — charming, sharp, and impossible to read — over the course of one long, stormy night.

꩜ ꩜ ꩜ ꩜

seductive shade of pink (7K) by loulivia

Louis doesn’t like weddings. Harry doesn’t like Louis. Maybe a mutual friend’s wedding will prove them both wrong.

꩜ ‧.°. 𖦹.°.‧ ꩜‧.°.𖦹 .°.‧ ꩜ ‧.°. 𖦹.°.‧ ꩜‧.°.𖦹 .°.‧

stat time!!!

236,289 words read (-72% less than last month) 

14 fics read (-23% less than last month)

13 authors (-19% less than last month)

what a start to the year!! fandom wise it has been so busy!

40 is a Prime Number (2K) by yeah_alright | @uhoh-but-yeah-alright

Louis is just hoping for a fun night out with her best friend when she meets a woman celebrating her 40th birthday who's worried her own fun nights might be over. Louis is more than up to the task of showing her how wrong she is.

꩜ ‧.°. 𖦹.°.‧ ꩜‧.°.𖦹 .°.‧ ꩜ ‧.°. 𖦹.°.‧ ꩜‧.°.𖦹 .°.‧

FindMyDom! (76K) by likeabluebird | @likeabluebird01

FindMyDom: You have a new like on your profile!

Dom Louis fic fest prompt: Dom Louis meets Harry through a website for dom/sub meetings. They meet and, boom, become obsessed with each other.

꩜ ‧.°. 𖦹.°.‧ ꩜‧.°.𖦹 .°.‧ ꩜ ‧.°. 𖦹.°.‧ ꩜‧.°.𖦹 .°.‧

favourite crime (102K) by loulivia

Coach glances up suddenly, almost like he just remembered something.

“Oh, right, sorry,” he turns toward Louis. “Tomlinson, you haven’t met my son yet.”

His voice is casual. So casual.

“This is Harry.”

or; louis celebrates getting signed to manchester united by spending an intimate night with a gorgeous stranger. the last thing he expects is for the stranger to be his new coach’s son.

꩜ ‧.°. 𖦹.°.‧ ꩜‧.°.𖦹 .°.‧ ꩜ ‧.°. 𖦹.°.‧ ꩜‧.°.𖦹 .°.‧

this easy thing of sacrifice (104K) by eulogiseme | @eulogisemeao3

Far away in the English countryside, Louis has been employed by the Styles’ family to tend to their Manor House. Unknown to him, the duty of minding the family’s newborn daughter falls upon him instead.

On a mission to get Harry to be able to look after his daughter, Louis loses himself to the man’s tender heart, his sad eyes, and gentle touches. Obsession comes easily when Harry is so deprived of love and Louis is so eager to give it.

But Harry has secrets that keep him from his daughter, and Louis is determined to find out what they are and change that. As old rumours resurface, it comes to light that Harry’s husband was murdered. The details of the past get murky, and Louis starts to question everything he thinks he knows about Harry Styles whilst battling his undeniably tragic devotion to the family.

꩜ ‧.°. 𖦹.°.‧ ꩜‧.°.𖦹 .°.‧ ꩜ ‧.°. 𖦹.°.‧ ꩜‧.°.𖦹 .°.‧

Sunflower (146K) by Darling28 | @darling-28

Harry Styles is an Omega used to city lights, designer clothes and not having to touch actual dirt. So when he’s suddenly relocated to the middle of the Tuscan countryside with only his old family villa and far too much fresh air for company, he’s not exactly thrilled.

He’s ready to be miserable about it, too... until he meets Louis, the annoyingly handsome gardener with dirt under his nails and a way of looking at Harry that makes him forget why he ever liked city life to begin with.

But Louis hides something big and Harry has to decide if he goes back to the safe, polished life he ran from… or stay and risk everything for love in the middle of nowhere.

꩜ ‧.°. 𖦹.°.‧ ꩜‧.°.𖦹 .°.‧ ꩜ ‧.°. 𖦹.°.‧ ꩜‧.°.𖦹 .°.‧

can't even think straight (34K) by shimmeringevil | @shimmeringevil

Harry is definitely straight, even if no one seems to believe him when he tells them. Things change when he meets a pretty stranger who patiently waits for him to figure it all out.

꩜ ‧.°. 𖦹.°.‧ ꩜‧.°.𖦹 .°.‧ ꩜ ‧.°. 𖦹.°.‧ ꩜‧.°.𖦹 .°.‧

special shout out to @sunflowrry , my incredible beta. it is her birthday today and she deserves all the love. all her stories linked here.

for smutty fun, guys my age series

for best friends to lovers, you have to read knee deep in the passenger seat

꩜ ‧.°. 𖦹.°.‧ ꩜‧.°.𖦹 .°.‧ ꩜ ‧.°. 𖦹.°.‧ ꩜‧.°.𖦹 .°.‧

stat time!!!

900,954 words read (-45% less than last month) 

13 fics read (-65% less than last month)

13 authors (-64% less than last month)

i’d love to know if youve read any of my recs!

Tainted love

Cover made by @valeries-creations

Written by @darling-28

G: Larry AU

T: Exes to lovers

W: 40K

Broken awards, cut-up blouses, childish pranks and lots of nastiness.

Paparazzi

EPUB cover made by @valeries-creations

Written by @darling-28

G: Larry AU

T: Enemies to lovers

W: 93K

“ ‘Oi, what happened to treat people with kindness?’(…)

‘That goes for everyone but you!’ ”

✨ Favourite fics read in 2025 ✨

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💠✨ hard times in elmsmere by @stylinsoncity

(M, 38k) in elmsmere, a vampire’s need for blood is only awakened after their first feed. and with their first taste of the vein comes strength, speed and in louis’ case, raging bloodlust for harry, his best mate since the age of three. for louis, being a full-fledged vampire complicates everything, not just his relationship with harry but with harry’s entire coven who took Louis in as an orphan.

he’s struggling enough to adjust to life in the present when an older version of harry magically appears to him and requests his help in the future.

💠✨ The Green Room by @jasthelarrie

(M, 112k) "For the last time, go away! This is fucking harassment, you know that? I'm well within my rights to call the cops." Louis wished he could have hidden the tremor in his voice. He knew that it was thick with emotion. He was frustrated, angry, and beyond devastated.

"Uh..."

That was definitely not his ex's voice. Louis froze. Who had he just sworn at?

AKA

Louis has just been through a bad break-up and accidentally verbally assaults unsuspecting flower delivery man Harry.

💠✨ To find home (is wherever you are) by CrOminona

(E, 46k) Harry will wake up tomorrow and life will go on as always. They will go out with their friends, they will catch up and have fun. And then one day too soon Louis will pack his bag again, will find a flight to wherever he hasn't seen yet and he will leave the city.

Harry will stay behind, waiting for the texts he barely receives sometimes, some of them sent at weird hours because of time zones. Days will become weeks, life will carry on in London with little to tell and a lot to do. And one day Harry will stop counting the hours that has passed since he last saw him and just expect Louis to appear whenever he pleases. Could be three weeks. Two months. One and a half. They never know, but Louis always comes back.

💠✨ And That Was That by @lightwoodsmagic

(E, 22k) "Okay. When Zayn and I were working on the set yesterday, Liam dropped by and mentioned he had a date. I asked Zayn about it, and he said that they're ah - poly?"

Harry blinked.

"Oh yeah, I knew that. Li mentioned it when we were playing tennis once." He ran his hand through Louis' hair, smiling softly when he nuzzled into the touch. "Is that what's making you act strange? Because it seems like something that works for them, and I-."

"Zayn has feelings for me." A deep breath, and then blue eyes locked on green. "He said he needs distance because he has to get over them."

Harry hadn't realised his hand had fallen from Louis' face until his fingers were being tangled and gripped tightly.

Or, Zayn and Liam have been polyamorous for years, but Harry and Louis are monogamous. When Zayn meets Louis and starts to fall for him, it opens them all up for something they've never experienced before.

💠✨ these bad omens (l look right through them) by likelarry

(82k) How on earth does someone his parents' age look so damn hot? All of their other friends look... bland and boring.

But Louis, fucking hell. He's something out of Harry's wettest fucking dreams.

Where Louis is Harry's parents' friend and teaches at Harry's university. Harry can't resist getting a taste.

💠✨ Lies & Liability by @evilovesyou

(34k) Harry Styles has only three wishes when he leaves River Dane Manor to go to Town for his first season: that his sister has rented a townhouse that will provide him as many of the comforts of the country life he has grown accustomed to as possible, that he will not trip and fall when he is presented to Her Majesty the Queen, and that he will enter matrimony out of true love, no matter how favourable the match with any which alpha may be.

💠✨ touch me baby, put your lips on mine by @insightfulinsomniac

(12k) When Niall and Zayn invite Louis to a monthly sex party, Louis reluctantly agrees because he's always up to try something new. At the party, each attendee selects a cup based on a color that corresponds with their power dynamic preference - dom, sub, switch, or none.

Louis decides to lean into the preferences he hasn't had the chance to explore before, but what he doesn't expect is to meet the prettiest boy in a blue bandana, blue nail polish, and holding a blue cup.

He expects even less to make a genuine connection that keeps him coming back each month.

Aka the soft and sweet sex party fic with a dash of dom/sub dynamics and a LOT of public sex.

💠✨ Unveiled by @phd-mama

(65k) The train grinds to a halt and Harry leans forward in his eagerness to take it all in. It's a gorgeous Spring day, the sky the same intense blue that he knows from home, which comforts him. There's much here that looks almost familiar, but then so much that is new and strange to his eyes. The bustling station platform and winding streets beyond paved in cobblestones look much like home. There are vehicles ranging from small to very large, some with strange and unusual shapes of which he can only guess the purpose. But most surprising are the people. There is a crowd gathered, filled with men and women, some in what looks to be a military uniform, some in what must be the street clothes in this Land.

There are no robes. And not a single one of them is veiled.

💠✨ You Take Me Over, You're the Magic in My Veins by supernope

(E, 36k) Louis can feel Harry's eyes on him as he turns to head toward his seat. He tucks a secretive smile into the palm of his hand while he slides into place beside his sister, his mother's seat still empty as it awaits the Queen's entrance. He knows he should be behaving himself a bit more, should be focusing his attention on Gemma, rather than her brother. He's working on borrowed time is expected to announce his engagement to the Princess within the next few weeks, but he can't seem to help himself. Gemma is lovely, kind and witty and beautiful, but he has no interest in being married to her, had no interest in marriage before her arrival, period.

Teeth sunk into his bottom lip to disguise his smile, Louis risks a quick glance toward Gemma and Harry's usual seats, finds Harry already seated and staring steadily back at him. His hair is a mess from Louis' fingers and his cheeks are still flushed, and Louis' heart gives a heavy, delighted thud. No, he thinks, he has no desire to be betrothed to Princess Gemma, but he finds he wouldn't mind being married after all, if it was Prince Harry he was promised to, instead.

💠✨ the unfinished game (series) by barchive

adjudication

(T, 75k) Harry's been engaged to Princess Charlotte of Ryde for as long as he can remember. He's come to know her, to love her, through the letters she's sent him over the past three years.

But when the wedding finally arrives, Harry quickly learns that nothing is as it seems. With his crown and country at stake, Harry must decide who to trust in this strange new land. And the sly Crown Prince of Ryde doesn't seem inclined to make things easy.

playing by hands

(M, 164k) Harry and Louis are finally engaged. That, unfortunately, is the easy part.

The course to true love never did run smooth and with Queens and countries on the board, nothing is certain. It is down to them both to find a path onwards, but will be it together or alone?

💠✨ Endgame by @brightgolden

(E, 38k) Where omega Crown Prince Harry Styles is trying and failing to get pregnant for four years, but all that is about to change when courtesan alpha Louis Tomlinson comes into the equation.

💠✨ The Edge of the Stars by @casuallyhl

(NR, 16k) to want to go out with me?"

"Oh baby," Jay chuckled. "1 can convince all of the UK to want to go out with you."

Or, a Meet the Parents AU where Harry is the man of Louis' dreams, and it's up to Jay to convince him to date her son.

💠✨ all i've ever learned from love by @eulogisemeao3

(M, 53k) "Will you think of me?*

"What-"

"When you're with him, will you think of me? Every time he touches you, every kiss, when he-" Louis thrusts into tight heat, groaning deep at the way Harry shudders beneath him, how his fingers dig into his shoulders, how he moans Louis' name hot and addicting. "Does this. Will you think of me?"

Harry doesn't know how to say that ever since he met Louis, every man after had been replaced by him.

In 1940's New Orleans, Harry's only ever known how to survive. One night he meets his match in the rugged Louis Tomlinson who gets through life just like him. What was to be a one night encounter turns into something bigger. Evenings spent like thieves, and nights spent baring their bleeding hearts, lines get blurred. Behind the masks they wear, they realise that somewhere out there, love exists, and it can grow oh so quickly.

💠✨ And I'II Be Yours To Keep by sweetly_disposed

(T, 58k) Moving from a rough school to a private performing arts college is a culture shock for Louis. He's trying to settle in the best he can, establish himself as a respectable teacher when the kids he's teaching are only a few years younger than himself. One student in particular, quiet Harry Styles, catches Louis' attention from the word go.

It soon becomes apparent that Harry has talent, is one of the best ballet dancers Louis has ever seen. Louis has a responsibility to keep Harry at arm's length, but with every day that goes by, he feels his control slip a little more. It's risky for everyone involved, but somehow... Harry seems worth it.

("That's Harry Styles," Zayn said. "He's been at the school since he was eleven. Hands down the best male ballet dancer here, I swear.")

💠✨ Love on the train by @likeabluebird01

(M, 4k) The one where Louis and Harry meet on the tube during a speed-dating.

💠✨ the thought of you is wrapped around my neck by @louieshalo

(E, 15k) Harry bites his lip, glancing over at him; his eyes are still on the horizon, so Harry lets his gaze linger for a moment. The chill has flushed the tip of his nose and apples of his cheeks pink, and he looks so painfully pretty that it makes Harry's heart hurt; this close, he can see a few patches of close-shaven stubble Louis' razor hadn't quite cleared away, and belatedly it strikes him that Louis must have shaved specifically for this. He'd certainly had noticeable scruff when Harry had been shamelessly ogling at him through the huge festival screens lining the stage earlier in the day.

His teeth sink into his bottom lip to temper the satisfied little smile that blooms at the thought of Louis taking the time to neaten himself up for a night out with Harry, the idea sating the endless pit of need that Louis ignites in him just enough to quiet it for a short while.

or, where Harry is desperately, stupidly in love with his best friend.

💠✨ Fugue by @canonlarry

(E, 16k) Harry falls asleep a 17 year-old who lives in Cheshire and is probably rockstar Louis Tomlinson's biggest fan. He wakes up 24 with a wedding ring on his finger, two kids, and Louis Tomlinson attempting to wake him up with a blow job. The doctor calls it organic retrograde amnesia, says he might never get back the last seven years of his life. The only thing that feels the same is how he feels when Louis touches him, and maybe that's enough to make him fall in love all over again.

💠✨ The Exceptionals by @canonlarry

(T, 12k) The world has been decimated by a nuclear apocalypse. Harry lost his family and the love of his life, and is left with a nasty scar across his face and the mutated ability to heal people with his hands. When raiders come into his village trying to kidnap Exceptionals like him, Harry is forced to flee to people and places he's never seen before-- and maybe find a piece of his past in the process.

💠✨ Web Me Harder by @canonlarry

(E, 7k) Louis Tomlinson, otherwise known as London's masked hero Spiderman, finds himself crashing through the window of Harry Styles one night after a particularly nasty fight with a villain. Luckily Harry is a nursing student with a soft spot for caped crusaders who's more than happy to tend to all of Louis' wounds, no matter how many times he swings by.

💠✨ cut your teeth on my heart by @turnyourankle

Louis has worked as a security officer for years, but he's handed his first opportunity to be team lead. The assignment is nothing like what he expected.

Harry has spent years trying to distance himself from the pressure of the Twist name and legacy. But it's going to be hard to avoid when his mum hires him a bodyguard.

💠✨ every universe but ours by @28finelines

louis and harry have been friends with benefits for going on nine years, until a woman claiming to be louis’ fairy godmother decides to send him into a variety of alternate universes to help him find his soulmate.

💠✨ two (left) feet in front of me by @lydiejo

And that’s when it happens.

Six minutes and twenty-two seconds into the recording, DomiFreq is describing how much they miss Harry, how much they want to pull his hair and hold him down when Harry glances around the café as inconspicuously as possible. Just to see. Just to distract himself from the flush creeping up his cheeks, the sweat pooling at his neck.

And, oh.

Oh, God.

Oh, fuck. Oh, God.

That’s… That’s Louis Tomlinson. Louis goddamn fucking Tomlinson.

✨💎 Like Falling by j_klmnop

Harry had been waiting — patiently, desperately to take things further with Louis.

It started with a dress, a bold attempt to shatter Louis’ restraint.

It ended with something that felt a little like falling.

✨💎 Lend Me Your Hand by @becomeawendybird

Society has long since decided that the soulmarks everyone is born with are entirely unfashionable. They're just another way for people of a lower class to scam their way into marrying above their station.

Lord Louis Tomlinson, Viscount Loring, on the other hand, has always believed that he will find his soulmate one day. Despite preparing for a match his whole life, he is entirely unprepared for the arrival of Gemma Styles' younger brother.

Harry Styles has been traveling and away from society for over a year. Coming back, he intends to spend time with his sister, and slowly reacquaint himself with life in town. He doesn't need to wait around for a soulmark to determine how his life will play out.

💠✨ I Drove All Night (To Get To You) by @chloehl10

“Sorry mate, but I think you’re my ride?”

Harry just stared, not blinking at the man in front of him, wondering what he’d done in a past life to deserve this.

“You’re Louis Tomlinson.”

“I was last time I checked,” Louis chuckled, still leaning in through the passenger window. Harry knew he was staring and not in a polite way, but he couldn’t bring himself to turn away in case this was all a dream, and he most definitely didn't want to wake up if that was the case. “Can I get in, then? Would kind of like to avoid more photos of my arse in the paper if it’s alright with you...”

***

Harry’s job as a chauffeur for the rich and famous was not as flashy as he’d thought. Late nights having to listen to the ridiculous demands and whims of these high profile clients leaves him disheartened with the world he thought was all glitz and glamour.

One night his boss asks him a favour. To collect one last client before he clocks off. Only problem is when that client gets into the car it’s Louis Tomlinson. As in Harry’s all time crush. As in future husband and father of all his children Louis Tomlinson.

He can be cool and professional, right?

💠✨ Went Down In Flames by @itsnotreal

Louis was in an absolutely shit storm. He had let it go on for too long. Let it go too far. But he had a plan. And tonight, said plan was going down. He was going to tell the boys he was proposing this weekend. ‘Harry’ would turn him down, albeit gently, and Louis would play the heartbroken boyfriend. He’d gotten this far. All he had to do was lock himself in his bedroom and cry a little. He’d been in a few plays growing up. Piece of cake.

Except. It didn’t go that way. Of course, it didn’t. Because the universe, the beautiful chaotic bitch that she was, just had to have an actual Harry Styles and he just had to be Niall’s best friend.

💠✨ Pushing It Down And Praying by j_klmnop

Harry has a life that looks perfect from the outside— a career he loves, a new home, a wife who adores him. But something’s missing, something he can’t name until he meets his new neighbour, Louis.

What starts as easy friendship becomes something far more, and suddenly pretending feels impossible.

Because what’s he supposed to do when everything he’s pushed down starts clawing its way to the surface?

And once it does, neither of them can pretend it isn’t there.

💠✨ Therapy for Advanced by @darling-28

Louis’ tipsy brain decided that a four-week couples therapy retreat sounded like the perfect holiday idea.

Minor issue: he didn’t have a boyfriend.

Enter Harry, add one unhinged therapist and too much sexual tension… and somehow, it actually works out.

💠✨ all our bruised bodies and the whole heart shrinks by shinyblueeyes

“Was your invite serious? For dinner?”

“One-hundred percent,” Zayn says, nodding.

“Louis won’t mind?” Harry checks.

“Please,” Zayn scoffs, laughing again. “He’ll be more than thrilled if you show up in our kitchen. Add to that that you can cook, he may never let you leave.”

I wouldn't mind that, Harry wants to say. Would you keep me forever? Would you let me stay? He doesn’t say any of these things.

or

written for the 2025 zourry fic fest prompt: Harry works evenings at a shop, keeping him afloat to follow his passion. He starts to notice a beautiful, soft spoken man coming in once or twice a week to pick up something last minute, things like bouquets, pints of Ben and Jerry’s, bottles of wine, and confections. Harry starts to wonder whom this stranger is treating with these little surprises, wishing it were him. Little does Harry know that he’s also caught the stranger’s attention, which is why he keeps coming back, and he thinks Harry should definitely spend some time with him and his lover.

💠✨ amore by @leojfitz

(E, 19k) Harry and Louis have been friends for ages, sleeping together any chance they get. One night in Rome, Harry decides that it's time to confess his feelings.

💠✨ beat the darkness by turnyourankle

(T, 7k) Harry is a volunteer nurse stationed in Cairo; Louis is one of the patients in his ward.

💠✨ who we used to be by itsnotbleak

“The doctor said he might remember,” Gemma said. “If he was around familiar things. Mum thinks that means he needs to stay with her forever, spend all day looking at old baby pictures and school photos. But he remembers all that perfectly. It’s living with you and your weird gang of lost boys that he doesn’t remember.”

“And you think the best way to jog his memory is some weird kind of full-emersion re-enactment?”

“It might be,” said Gemma. “It can’t hurt to try.”

An au where Harry and Louis used to be together, and then they broke up, and now Harry can’t remember any of it.

💠✨ Allure by SuperSweetChaos

The one where Louis is a literature professor who finds out the quiet student in his class who always keeps to himself is an exotic dancer.

⋆ 💐💐💐 ⋆

fic rec | august - december

✨ cut your teeth on my heart by @turnyourankle

Louis has worked as a security officer for years, but he's handed his first opportunity to be team lead. The assignment is nothing like what he expected.

Harry has spent years trying to distance himself from the pressure of the Twist name and legacy. But it's going to be hard to avoid when his mum hires him a bodyguard.

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✨ every universe but ours by @28finelines

louis and harry have been friends with benefits for going on nine years, until a woman claiming to be louis’ fairy godmother decides to send him into a variety of alternate universes to help him find his soulmate.

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we could stay at home or watch the sunset by @louislittletomlintum

“Can I give it a go?” Louis asked curiously, like when he was impatient to have a turn on the Xbox.

Zayn side-eyed him, not believing what he was hearing.

“Give what a go?” Zayn questioned wearily, though he feared he knew exactly what was being asked.

“Your dick. Give it a bash. I just wonder how it would feel, like, if I were to have a cut cock. You can have a pull of mine if you like, if you’ve wondered the opposite,” Louis proposed, handing the offer out like it was a packet of crisps.

or the one where zayn's somehow surprised watching a porno together could lead to all of this

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💎✨ two (left) feet in front of me by @lydiejo

And that’s when it happens.

Six minutes and twenty-two seconds into the recording, DomiFreq is describing how much they miss Harry, how much they want to pull his hair and hold him down when Harry glances around the café as inconspicuously as possible. Just to see. Just to distract himself from the flush creeping up his cheeks, the sweat pooling at his neck.

And, oh.

Oh, God.

Oh, fuck. Oh, God.

That’s… That’s Louis Tomlinson. Louis goddamn fucking Tomlinson.

Review: #favourites. top tier banter. 10/10. true gem

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✨ don't tell the gods (we left a mess) by @barchive

After a misunderstanding with Liam’s mother, Louis agrees to accompany his best friend to a family wedding and pretend to be the world’s best boyfriend. But their simple plan goes awry when he learns that Harry, ex-boyfriend/ex-love of Louis’ life, will also be in attendance. (aka: fake!boyfriends with a twist ft. bromance, romance and cake.)

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Fiction Romance by orphan_account

Harry has a type.

He likes older, sophisticated, mature men. Well-educated men. Men with life experience and passion for arts and social causes. Men who are established in their careers, who've sorted their lives out.

Niall knows this.

And so Harry can't understand why he's sat here opposite Louis Tomlinson.

A punk Louis/uni Harry blind date AU.

Review: (I'm not his type, he's not my type misunderstandings. Idiots in love.)

guys my age (don't know how to touch me) by @minddpalaces

He was just uselessly scrolling Tinder, he swears. But when he sees his former Professor's profile pop up and said Professor has turned into a fucking silver fox—well, Harry's just a man.

Let Life Take Its Time by @defences-down

Ever the doting best friend, Louis has been looking after Harry for a few days, when Harry lets a secret slip.

Can their friendship survive?

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✨💎 Like Falling by j_klmnop

Harry had been waiting — patiently, desperately to take things further with Louis.

It started with a dress, a bold attempt to shatter Louis’ restraint.

It ended with something that felt a little like falling.

✨💎 Lend Me Your Hand by @becomeawendybird

Society has long since decided that the soulmarks everyone is born with are entirely unfashionable. They're just another way for people of a lower class to scam their way into marrying above their station.

Lord Louis Tomlinson, Viscount Loring, on the other hand, has always believed that he will find his soulmate one day. Despite preparing for a match his whole life, he is entirely unprepared for the arrival of Gemma Styles' younger brother.

Harry Styles has been traveling and away from society for over a year. Coming back, he intends to spend time with his sister, and slowly reacquaint himself with life in town. He doesn't need to wait around for a soulmark to determine how his life will play out.

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Far Afield by @becomeawendybird

Harry Styles is a witch who owns the best flower shop in Manchester. Lottie Tomlinson is planning her wedding, and brings her brother along to her first appointment. Both men have been having a bad day and sparks fly.

✨ Take my hand (and my heart and soul) by @twoweekhome

The first time it happened it sent a spiderweb of cracks through Harry's heart, but it was fine. Louis was pulling him onto his lap while the rest of the couch was empty, breath hot against his neck as he whispered inside jokes to him, tightening his grip on Harry when Liam told them to knock it off, lacing their fingers together when nobody was looking, giving him a private smile.

Really, it was fine.

Or a five times Louis denies dating Harry and one time Harry asks why AU

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Lucky (In Love) by @neondiamond

When Louis first volunteered to drop off his nephew Lucky at nursery to help out his nervous sister, he was not expecting the owner to be the most gorgeous man in all of London. He makes sure he’ll get to see him again.

Kiss Him You Fool by @lanallite

As teenagers, Harry, Louis, Zayn, Liam, and Niall spent every summer at Harry’s family beach house in Cornwall—a week of sand, salt, inside jokes, and a closeness Harry never took for granted. Especially not with Louis.

Harry’s feelings for him were always quiet, tucked between laughter and late-night swims, going unnoticed. He never dared to say anything, too scared to risk what they had.

But the summer before university, just when Harry thought he might finally be brave enough, Louis announced he was moving to America for school. Just like that, the week ended, and whatever chance Harry had slipped away.

Ten years later, they’ve all drifted—grown up, grown apart. When Harry learns the beach house is being sold, he invites the boys back for one final summer. One last chance to relive the past.

And maybe, just maybe, one last chance for Harry to finally tell Louis the truth.

or; ten years after their last summer together, Harry brings the boys back to the beach house where it all began, determined not to waste his second chance with Louis.

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✨ I Drove All Night (To Get To You) by @chloehl10

“Sorry mate, but I think you’re my ride?”

Harry just stared, not blinking at the man in front of him, wondering what he’d done in a past life to deserve this.

 “You’re Louis Tomlinson.”

  “I was last time I checked,” Louis chuckled, still leaning in through the passenger window. Harry knew he was staring and not in a polite way, but he couldn’t bring himself to turn away in case this was all a dream, and he most definitely didn't want to wake up if that was the case. “Can I get in, then? Would kind of like to avoid more photos of my arse in the paper if it’s alright with you...”

***

Harry’s job as a chauffeur for the rich and famous was not as flashy as he’d thought. Late nights having to listen to the ridiculous demands and whims of these high profile clients leaves him disheartened with the world he thought was all glitz and glamour.

One night his boss asks him a favour. To collect one last client before he clocks off. Only problem is when that client gets into the car it’s Louis Tomlinson. As in Harry’s all time crush. As in future husband and father of all his children Louis Tomlinson.

He can be cool and professional, right?

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Headline by @signofcomfort

I Think I’m Addicted to Your Light by supernope

Harry is asked to follow up on a story that he has kept buried in the past.

Louis is just zipping back up when the door swings open with a swell of noise and someone shuffles up next to him, shoes tapping loudly against the tile floor. Louis turns to see who’s walked in and just violated the code of the men’s toilet by taking the urinal next to him and is met with wide, green eyes and red lips stretched into a brilliant smile.

“Happy new year,” the guy grins, shaking long, curly hair away from his face. “You look sharp. Sorry, do you mind holding this for a minute? I don’t really have any place to keep it and it’s kind of a hassle, getting out of these things. Don’t want it to fall in.”

He indicates his legs with the hand clutching a pale pink phone, and Louis’ gaze drops. Speechless, Louis takes the phone, eyes locked on the guy’s legs. His gorgeous legs, clad only in a pair of black thigh-highs held up by a silky black garter belt.

come take my hand, we'll walk this road together by supernope

It’s late June, and they have a show in D.C., third night in a row after three days of interviews and photoshoots, and Harry is tired.

Two Weeks & I’ll Be Home by AlwaysYouHazLou

While Louis is away in America, Harry, who is lonely in London, opens Louis' mail and inadvertently discovers a ring. Harry is then caught off guard when Louis returns home earlier than expected.

Personal Injury by @uhoh-but-yeah-alright

When Harry finds himself in A&E after breaking his wrist in a very Harry way, his nerves at being tended to by an incredibly fit doctor lead him to share story after story of his clumsiness. Luckily, Dr. Tomlinson is charmed more and more with every story.

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Take The Long Way Home by @galacticlarry

Louis hasn’t seen his roomba in a few days, which means he must’ve lost it. Harry found a random roomba in his new flat the day he moved in.

What happens when the two start dating and they realise that Louis’ lost roomba and Harry’s new roomba are in fact the same roomba?

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✨ Went Down In Flames by @itsnotreal

Louis was in an absolutely shit storm. He had let it go on for too long. Let it go too far. But he had a plan. And tonight, said plan was going down. He was going to tell the boys he was proposing this weekend. ‘Harry’ would turn him down, albeit gently, and Louis would play the heartbroken boyfriend. He’d gotten this far. All he had to do was lock himself in his bedroom and cry a little. He’d been in a few plays growing up. Piece of cake.

Except. It didn’t go that way. Of course, it didn’t. Because the universe, the beautiful chaotic bitch that she was, just had to have an actual Harry Styles and he just had to be Niall’s best friend.

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lost in time by @sunflower-sue

sunflowers & sleeptalking at away from home 2025

✨ you're all i want by shinyblueeyes

The day Harry presents is the worst day of Louis Tomlinson’s young life.

The reasons are twofold:

1. Louis Tomlinson is an alpha, and as of 7:37am this morning, so is Harry Styles — contrary to the expectations of both boys and everyone around them, and

2. Harry Styles does not seem to want Louis Tomlinson any less than he did at 7:36am and Louis really isn't sure what to do with that.

or

harry presents as an alpha, which would be fine, except everybody really thought he was going to be an omega, and louis was already an alpha when they met in the loo and became inseparable, so. what do you say to your partner when their entire world turns upside down and all they really want to do is fuck you about it?

as long as i'm held i don't care if it's by teeth by shinyblueeyes

It's nothing new. This is how it goes, isn’t it? It's been a decade and a half of this: wash, rinse, repeat, over and over again. He knows the drill.

It’s not even the first time he’s lost control of his own accounts. One thing about Louis Tomlinson, he’s bad for the brand. Too much mouth, not enough restraint. Always been that way.

or

stunt posts a selfie, louist91 comments. it's just that louis tomlinson had no part in that, and somehow that still bothers him after fifteen years

Constant Debauchery by Blaaake

Harry is an alpha who loves getting his mouth knotted by other alphas. Louis is happy to serve. Fun smut! But also angst and sexual awakenings.

favourite crime by loulivia

or; louis celebrates getting signed to manchester united by spending an intimate night with a gorgeous stranger. the last thing he expects is for the stranger to be his new coach’s son.

✨ Pushing It Down And Praying by j_klmnop

Harry has a life that looks perfect from the outside— a career he loves, a new home, a wife who adores him. But something’s missing, something he can’t name until he meets his new neighbour, Louis.

What starts as easy friendship becomes something far more, and suddenly pretending feels impossible.

Because what’s he supposed to do when everything he’s pushed down starts clawing its way to the surface?

And once it does, neither of them can pretend it isn’t there.

The Sun Must Set to Rise by @bravetemptation and @sunflouwerhabit

Influencer Louis Tomlinson’s life is blown apart when his wife is caught cheating on him on the jumbotron at a Harry Styles concert.

It might very well be the best thing that’s ever happened to him.

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gambled our souls to the summer by @harruandlou

It's the summer of '99 and, after helping Harry run away from his wedding, Louis has one week on a secluded Maine island to get the second chance he's always wanted.

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The Tour Guide by @snowy38

"Is there a Shirley Temple here?" Louis asked, still looking at his clipboard as he walked into the waiting area just inside the gift-shop at the opening of the bridge.

He looked up, expecting to find a pretty curly-haired little girl with her no-doubt proud beaming father. What he got was-

"That's me." In a deep, slow voice, a tentative hand rising in the air.

Coming Up For Air by @stylinsoncity

It's a long plane ride to LA but sitting beside Harry makes time fly.

💎✨ Therapy for Advanced by @darling-28

Louis’ tipsy brain decided that a four-week couples therapy retreat sounded like the perfect holiday idea.

Minor issue: he didn’t have a boyfriend.

Enter Harry, add one unhinged therapist and too much sexual tension… and somehow, it actually works out.

✨ all our bruised bodies and the whole heart shrinks by shinyblueeyes

“Was your invite serious? For dinner?”

“One-hundred percent,” Zayn says, nodding.

“Louis won’t mind?” Harry checks.

“Please,” Zayn scoffs, laughing again. “He’ll be more than thrilled if you show up in our kitchen. Add to that that you can cook, he may never let you leave.”

I wouldn't mind that, Harry wants to say. Would you keep me forever? Would you let me stay? He doesn’t say any of these things.

or

written for the 2025 zourry fic fest prompt: Harry works evenings at a shop, keeping him afloat to follow his passion. He starts to notice a beautiful, soft spoken man coming in once or twice a week to pick up something last minute, things like bouquets, pints of Ben and Jerry’s, bottles of wine, and confections. Harry starts to wonder whom this stranger is treating with these little surprises, wishing it were him. Little does Harry know that he’s also caught the stranger’s attention, which is why he keeps coming back, and he thinks Harry should definitely spend some time with him and his lover.

✨✨ amore by @leojfitz

Harry and Louis have been friends for ages, sleeping together any chance they get. One night in Rome, Harry decides that it's time to confess his feelings.

(your smile is) on every face by @zjofierose

Harry streams the whole thing, too overwhelmed to sing along, clutching his phone above his head as Louis whips the fans into a frenzy, playing both sides of the stage before staking a claim to the middle. Niall is shouting along beside him, lost in the madness and dancing something formless and frantic and free. Harry doesn’t even notice the pins and needles in his arm until the encore break, tears springing to his eyes as he switches hands and lowers his arm slowly, letting the blood rush back into it. He bites back a sob and glances at the screen. Maybe he could stop streaming, use his phone hand to massage some life back into his poor arm.

Harry blinks. There are fifteen thousand people watching his stream.

✨ Midnight Memories by Grand Buzz

Louis Tomlinson is the successful author of several children's books. Those books happen to be the favourites of Eve Styles, Harry’s six year old daughter. Never one to deny her anything, he takes her to a book signing where Louis will also be reading an excerpt from his new book.

Of course, Harry doesn't expect to fall in love with the author whose books he reads every night--but that's exactly what happens.

✨ who we used to be by itsnotbleak

“The doctor said he might remember,” Gemma said. “If he was around familiar things. Mum thinks that means he needs to stay with her forever, spend all day looking at old baby pictures and school photos. But he remembers all that perfectly. It’s living with you and your weird gang of lost boys that he doesn’t remember.”

“And you think the best way to jog his memory is some weird kind of full-emersion re-enactment?”

“It might be,” said Gemma. “It can’t hurt to try.”

An au where Harry and Louis used to be together, and then they broke up, and now Harry can’t remember any of it.

snowflakes in my stomach by @harruandlou

It's nearly Christmas and Harry is single and third-wheeling at a pub when he thinks he sees his ex's dad. If he wasn't a little tipsy, maybe he would have been able to keep his mouth shut.

✨💎 Allure by SuperSweetChaos

The one where Louis is a literature professor who finds out the quiet student in his class who always keeps to himself is an exotic dancer.

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Happy 28th! Here is my December 2025 fic rec, organized by word count, from longest to shortest. You can view my other fic recs here. Enjoy!

Tornado Warnings by satelliterrrry / @satelliterrrry (172k)

"I'm not pretending," Louis spits out. "I care about Mina. Unlike you." He tries to hold eye contact, but holy fuck , Harry’s blown-out pupils make it nearly impossible. It was almost frightening. "Really?" Harry challenges. "You're not?" "No." "No?" The slam of Harry's hand against the doorframe sends Louis' heart right to his throat. "Then why do you keep looking at me like that?" His eyes snap to where Harry's arm meets the side of his head, realizing he's caged him in completely. "Like what?" He swallows. Harry grins. "Like you're trying really fucking hard not to."

-or- Louis knows his place: serving at The KettlePot, nodding along to Mina's plans for his future, and never questioning why none of this feels quite right. Then he meets her insufferable, arrogant, mate Harry. He should hate him. He does hate him. But hatred isn't supposed to feel like this. As Louis finds himself drawn deeper into Harry's chaos, he learns some lies are easier to maintain than others, especially the ones he's telling himself.

Kneel for Love by Darling28 /@darling-28  (110K)

Louis walked away from the BDSM scene years ago after one night went terribly wrong and left him convinced he should never hold that kind of power again. Since then, he’s kept his distance. But when he meets Harry, something in Louis shifts even if Harry is the last person he should say yes to as he's too new, too trusting, too easy to want.

Louis tries to resist, tries to keep the lines clear. But Harry, all wide-eyed curiosity and quiet want, draws him in anyway. And Louis realises some things aren’t lost forever. Some things just need the right person to come back to life.

Day 7: Long Road to Love Leads Back to You by myownspark / @myownsparknow (9k)

“Missed you,” Louis murmured.

Harry smiled against his mouth. “It’s only been a few minutes, babe.”

“No, I meant …” Louis sighed with relief and didn’t finish, chose to keep kissing instead. He’d been afraid it would be one of those distant, frosty kind of nights where they would bicker and pick and brush past each other, Harry mad at Louis for some reason Louis couldn’t name. Those were nights where Louis could see that edge of disappointment in Harry’s eyes, nights where it seemed their love got lost somewhere between the kitchen and the bedroom, among the dirty dishes and lost toys and their two very young kids. But it felt like they might be righted now, back on track because of their funny conversation in the bathroom, and if Harry wanted Louis to be naked on his lap, then that’s what Louis would to do.

(Harry is feeling cranky and lonely after a long week. Louis' offhand comment about a co-worker's maternity leave starts a conversation that gets Harry out of his head and into his heart.)

Sweet As Sugar, Soft As Skin by j_klmnop (7k)

Harry’s week had left him frayed and bone-tired. Luckily, Louis knew exactly how to make him forget it all.

In Louis’ careful hands, exhaustion became surrender, and Harry let himself go, trusting Louis to hold the pieces of him together.

You Can Plan On Me by tommokat / @tommokat (2k)