every moment's like a landslide

A One Direction fic rec of fics in which one of the main characters (or both) are waiters as requested in a dm. If you enjoy the fics, please leave kudos and comments for the writers! You can find my other recs here. Happy reading!

- Louis / Harry -

🗒️ Branching Out by kikikryslee / @flamboyantommo

(M, 266k, famous/not famous) the one where Louis is the star of a reality TV show and wants Harry to be on it, and Harry still hasn't forgotten the drugged out Louis that he met in a restaurant bathroom four years ago.

🗒️ Million Dollar Man by selflovelouis

(E, 47k, sugar daddy Harry) “I’m putting myself out on a limb here but…” Harry pauses, reaching out to grab a hold of Louis’ hands tentatively. Louis’ a bit taken back, but his hands are so warm and Louis’ hands are so cold from handling the ice in the back. “You shouldn’t have to work in a place like this, I could… I could take care of everything. You can quit here and pursue Broadway full time

🗒️ Pretty Good Bad Idea by galactic_larry / @galacticlarry

(M, 39k, omegaverse) Harry works as a waiter and pie baker at a diner, and is trapped in an unhappy marriage to his abusive alpha. When he falls pregnant, things become more complicated. And then he starts having an affair with his doctor, which doesn’t really help the situation either.

🗒️ What You're Signing On For by abrighteryellow / @a-brighter-yellow

(M, 29k, O.C. au) Back at home in London after a whirlwind romance, Louis wants nothing more than to break ties completely with the sophisticated Frenchman who swept him off his feet. In order to do that, he needs the help of Harry Styles: former town bad boy and adopted brother of Louis' flatmate.

🗒️ This Shifting Ground by @zarah5

(M, 28k, uni) In which Louis, law student, is the cheeky waiter to Harry’s dates. This is how it starts.

🗒️ Dear Catastrophe Waitress by @bananaheathen

(E, 14k, historical) It's the summer of 1998 in small town Southern California. Louis isn't gay. Harry is new in town. Rollerskates, short shorts, and a series of shared strawberry milkshakes change everything.

🗒️ the styles jar by @ursulalequeen

(NR, 12k, girl direction) running a pub is simple enough: pour drinks, ignore drunkards, and absolutely do not develop a workplace crush on the new waitress who flirts her way out of everything. when one of the aforementioned rules is broken, the styles jar is introduced to restore order

🗒️ Let Me Put Some Country (In You) by @wishingforloushair

(E, 10k, crack) Harry as the Man of Honour has planned Eleanor’s hen do at The Steers and Stripes, London’s number one Wild West themed restaurant. Their waiter, dressed in his tight jeans, chaps, spurs, and cowboy hat with a dubious at best grip on the grammar of slang, makes Harry think he might have a little bit of a thing for country boys after all.

🗒️ service entry by fckingfreakshow

(E, 9k, CEO Louis) the one where harry is a slutty cater waiter and louis’ favorite thing to eat.

🗒️ when i saw your face i fell in love by @wankerville

(G, 8k, daddy kink) "Can I get a kids menu?" "If you call me daddy." or a stupid au where louis is a waiter and harry isnt and liam doesn't think you can fall in love in half an hour but louis insists he has

🗒️ Put Your Hands on Me in My Skintight Jeans by iwillpaintasongforlou / @canonlarry

(E, 7k, famous/not famous) Harry is a popstar who --according to the media-- does a lot of cocaine and fucks a lot of boys. Louis is a waiter at a gay nightclub who finds it hard to believe that anyone who wears a straw hat to a bar can be the party animal Harry's made out to be.

🗒️ Leave My Old Shadow Behind by @fallinglikethis

(M, 5k, burlesque) Harry’s always felt that he was meant for more than small town life. Maybe that’s why he feels like he’s suffocating. He takes his break from Lissie’s Diner at exactly 8:15, just like every other night, escaping out the back door to get some fresh air. It doesn’t help. The air here feels stale, stagnant. Just like his life. He dreams of so much more.

🗒️ hooked on a feeling by @disgruntledkittenface

(E, 4k, girl direction) Louis needs the money, so she takes a job as a topless waitress. She gets more than she bargained for when she meets her coworker Harry.

🗒️ Tonight Is on Your Lips by mmaree / @zqua1d

(E, 4k, royal) Louis is the eldest son of the Earl of Doncaster. It wouldn't be so bad if he didn't have to deal with matchmaking parents, three century year-old curses, and waiters with green eyes. But, unfortunately, he does.

🗒️ In a Little Bit of Trouble by QuickedWeen / @becomeawendybird

(T, 4k, girl direction) Agent Louis Tomlinson is in hot water and finds help in the most unlikely of places: the sweet waitress at her local automat.

🗒️ ready for a war by @seekforwarmth

(E, 1k, pwp) Harry was so close to getting caught, and it was all on that stupidly pretty cocktail waiter.

🗒️ My Kind of Trouble by @homosociallyyours

(G, 1k, girl direction) Harry has been a waitress at the Waffle House in Pigeon Forge, TN since she was nineteen. At twenty-five, she's settled into the routine of it enough that it feels like home, but for the past few months there's been something making it feel even better: the return of Louis Tomlinson, her high school crush.

🗒️ a taste of bliss by beckywritesthings / @beckydoesthings

(T, 1k, chef Harry) It's New Year's Eve, and Louis is working. As much as he hates it, there's a few benefits to working a holiday. One is the free champagne. The second may or may not come in the form of a curly haired sous chef named Harry.

- Rare Pairs -

🗒️ Your Date is Blind by scottmcniceass

(E, 5k, Zayn/Liam) Louis pushes Liam to go on a blind date and he agrees, if only to shut him up. He doesn't expect it to go anywhere, and it doesn't. That has more to do with the distractingly attractive waiter than it does his date, though.

🗒️ blind date (surprise, surprise) by carissima

Now, the way this goes is that I have everyone show up around 4:30pm. People show up, it's a big crowd, it's pretty warm out because the sun is still up and the mingling is great. People eat, share food, the kids run around in the trees and check out the lake, and we all just generally enjoy ourselves and catch up. Then the sun starts to go down.

People start getting under the pavilion, it starts getting a little chilly, and maybe those with really young kids start to pack up and say good-bye. This is usually when I light up the fire in the pavilion's fireplace and people will begin gathering around there. I let the grill burn down and sit down with everyone as everything gets a bit more mellow. Maybe we make s'mores or have cookies or something but this is usually were you start having more people say their good-byes and head out. That's how it goes for the next couple of hours, little dribbles of people winding up and heading on home until it's 9:30 at night and there's just a few people left in the pavilion in the woods sitting around a little fireplace quietly talking.

You know what? That's the best time at these things. Some years we'll be out there until almost midnight, just chatting quietly and staring into the coals. You learn things about people then, you hear interesting things, and you just feel closer.

So what does this have to do with fandom and moving on? Well, I see it like this. The show is still on, that's the early part of the day. Plenty of people around, lots of activity where art gets made, headcanons and meta fly fast and furious, and tons of fic gets written. Then the show ends, people are still creating but a few peel away, they have other things they have to do or just aren't interested in sticking around. Slowly but surely it goes until it's just a few people left.

That's when the interesting things really start coming out. You still have the other stuff but you start to get off the wall headcanons and wild meta, you get odd art, you get fic the person finally decided to write, and it's good. And hey, every once in a while, someone shows up late and you grab some food out of the cooler for them and warm up a burger for them over the coals while others grab a chair for them and you get them up to speed on the conversation and maybe show them some pictures from earlier in the night and they get to have some of that glow from earlier even if they missed the original.

🎥| Harry with a cowboy at #togethertogethermexico night 5!! 🤠 08/08

🎥| Harry Styles dancing, singing and (steaming in the rain) at #togethertogethermexico night 4!! 😂07/08