HARRY AND LOUIS SUMMER EXCHANGE 2017

Welcome to the Harry and Louis Summer Exchange 2018!

We’re back again for the 2018 H/L Summer Exchange!

This is a classic fic exchange. When you sign up you’ll submit at least three prompts you’d like to see filled. You write a fic and you get a fic, and the whole fandom has some new fics to enjoy!

Schedule:

Sign Ups Open on Feb 1, 2018

SIGN UP HERE and fill out the SIGN UP CONTACT FORM HERE

Here is TUTORIAL if you need help signing up. It’s from 2017, but the basic info is the same. If you have any questions, please email us at summerexchangehl @ gmail.com

Sign ups close - Feb 23, 2018

Prompts sent – Feb 28, 2018

Fics Due – June 15, 2018

Posting Starts – June 18, 2018

Rules:

This is a Harry and Louis exchange, so they are the main pairing. Side pairings are allowed.

Please include at least three prompts so your partner has plenty to choose from.

The minimum word count is 4,000 words. There is no maximum word count.

Everyone must have a beta reader. Please use a Britpicker if you need one as well.

Be as specific as possible when signing up to ensure that you’re happy with your assignment and the fic you receive. Tag both your request (what you want written for you) and your offer (what you would like to write) as completely and accurately as you can, so you can be matched with an appropriate prompt and writer.

We reserve the right to request status updates from writers who have a history of ghosting on exchanges or who have strung us along in the past. If you have any concerns this might be you, please feel free to reach out and we can talk.  

If you need to drop out, let us know as soon as possible so that we can find a pinch hitter. Likewise, if you need an extension, let us know. We may request to see your work as part of the extension process. If you have no work at that time, we may default you and assign a pinch hitter.

This is an anonymous exchange, so please don’t reveal yourself before we reveal you. The surprise is part of the fun! Please abide by the spirit of this rule.

After you sign up you must fill out this contact sheet. We will not match writers who haven’t filled out the contact sheet. If you use a fandom email, please be sure to check it regularly.

If we email you, you will have three days to respond or we have the right to default you. Please do not ignore our emails. You may wish to add our address to your email account so we don’t get sent to your spam folders. We are summerexchangehl at gmail dot com

Lastly, have fun, and let us know if you have any questions.

If you want to beta, Britpick, or pinch hit, check out this sign up!

Welcome to the Harry and Louis Summer Exchange 2018!

We’re back again for the 2018 H/L Summer Exchange!

This is a classic fic exchange. When you sign up you’ll submit at least three prompts you’d like to see filled. You write a fic and you get a fic, and the whole fandom has some new fics to enjoy!

Schedule:

Sign Ups Open on Feb 1, 2018

SIGN UP HERE and fill out the SIGN UP CONTACT FORM HERE

Here is TUTORIAL if you need help signing up. It’s from 2017, but the basic info is the same. If you have any questions, please email us at summerexchangehl @ gmail.com

Sign ups close - Feb 23, 2018

Prompts sent – Feb 28, 2018

Fics Due – June 15, 2018

Posting Starts – June 18, 2018

Rules:

This is a Harry and Louis exchange, so they are the main pairing. Side pairings are allowed.

Please include at least three prompts so your partner has plenty to choose from.

The minimum word count is 4,000 words. There is no maximum word count.

Everyone must have a beta reader. Please use a Britpicker if you need one as well.

Be as specific as possible when signing up to ensure that you’re happy with your assignment and the fic you receive. Tag both your request (what you want written for you) and your offer (what you would like to write) as completely and accurately as you can, so you can be matched with an appropriate prompt and writer.

We reserve the right to request status updates from writers who have a history of ghosting on exchanges or who have strung us along in the past. If you have any concerns this might be you, please feel free to reach out and we can talk.  

If you need to drop out, let us know as soon as possible so that we can find a pinch hitter. Likewise, if you need an extension, let us know. We may request to see your work as part of the extension process. If you have no work at that time, we may default you and assign a pinch hitter.

This is an anonymous exchange, so please don’t reveal yourself before we reveal you. The surprise is part of the fun! Please abide by the spirit of this rule.

After you sign up you must fill out this contact sheet. We will not match writers who haven’t filled out the contact sheet. If you use a fandom email, please be sure to check it regularly.

If we email you, you will have three days to respond or we have the right to default you. Please do not ignore our emails. You may wish to add our address to your email account so we don’t get sent to your spam folders. We are summerexchangehl at gmail dot com

Lastly, have fun, and let us know if you have any questions.

If you want to beta, Britpick, or pinch hit, check out this sign up!

Hello!

We’re getting ready to launch the 2018 edition of the summer exchange. While we’re not ready to go live with signups just yet, you can follow us if you’re interested in signing up, betaing, Britpicking, pinch hitting, or if you just want to read some great fic!

Schedule:

Signups Open – Feb 1st through Feb 23rd

Prompts Sent – Feb 28th

Fics Due – June 15th

Posting Starts – June 18th

Rules and FAQs and other admin info will be rolling out shortly.

i never did believe in the ways of magic (though i’ve a feeling it’s time to try) 

Writtten by: sxmmertimestyles (@harryisagay) for patdkitten Word Count:  54 867 Pairing: Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson Tags: Witch Harry, Fluff and Angst, Fluff, Cursed Louis Tomlinson, Original Characters Wicca, Paganism, Witchcraft, Past Relationships, Past Louis Tomlinson/Original Male Character(s), Past Harry Styles/Jeff Azoff

Louis can’t shake the feeling that there’s something in the woods, pressing close and watching him with a heavy gaze. It makes him antsy, fills him with jitters. He wants to run, or scream, but he knows to do so would only put him in danger if there’s actually something out there after all. He’s sure he’s just imagining it, but his heart nevertheless pounds in his throat.

When Louis Tomlinson goes on a songwriting retreat to the Laurentian Mountains of Canada, this isn’t how he expects his evening to go.

Or:  The au where Louis is a singer who has been cursed to never make music again and Harry is a reclusive witch of the Canadian mountains who’s going to help him break the curse.

We’re done! All fics have been published and revealed, and we thank you so much for participating in this exchange as readers.

We are interested in running this exchange next year and would like your feedback on how we can make it better. We have created a short, anonymous survey if you’d like to provide feedback on how this exchange went from the reader’s point of view. The survey will be open through November 1st.

Please remember to leave kudos and/or comments on fics, and consider subscribing to authors you really enjoyed. :) Thanks again for reading!

CLICK HERE TO FILL OUT THE SURVEY

Title: Show Me Your Heart Author: mc_writer Rating: Teen and Up Words: 19,290 Pairing: Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson

Summary:

Harry Styles wants a big love. Louis Tomlinson has a secret he hasn’t told anyone. Can the photographer who wears his heart on his sleeve convince the art gallery owner that maybe it’s time to let someone in?

Written for harioandlouigi.

You’re So Square (Baby I Don’t Care)  by mmaree 

Pairings:  Louis Tomlinson/Harry Styles, side Zayn Malik/Liam Payne   

Rating:  Explicit

Word Count:  15.5k

“So does it say who my new co-counsellor is?”

“Yeah, it does.”  Zayn doesn’t even try to hide his smirk and Louis just knows.

He sucks in a breath.  “It’s that bloody Styles kid, isn’t it?”

Zayn starts cackling, and Louis takes a moment to rethink every life decision he’s ever made, figure out where he went wrong and why karma hates him so much. 

“I’m stuck with Britain’s Biggest Boy Scout for the rest of the summer, aren’t I?”

***

Or a summer camp au where Louis tries to sort out whether he wants to murder or snog his perky co-counsellor.

Strange How the Half Light (4k) by aheavenlyrush

It’s been two weeks now. Two weeks of tossing and turning in his bed, waking up sticky with sweat, head pounding.

“Your moon is so different from mine, did you know?” the boy, Harry, murmurs, and Louis flushes red, glad the dark of the night hides the blush on his cheeks. Thinking about sweaty nights thrashing around in his bed isn’t the best idea right now. Not here, next to this boy. Some mornings, Louis could swear he wakes up with Harry’s scent on his pillow.

In the light of the moon, Harry tells stories about the places beyond the stars, and Louis wonders about the curve of his lips.

Title: Got Me On My Tiptoes Author: YesIsAWorld Pairing: Louis/Harry Where: ao3 Word Count: 4,072 Rating: E Status: Complete Summary:

Louis and Harry are celebrating their one year anniversary… and reminiscing about the first day they met.

Link: Got Me On My Tiptoes

Boy you got me blinded, for @losangelou

If Louis wasn’t completely sure that they were on May 22nd, he would’ve bet this was an April’s Fool joke. He couldn’t believe all these important people were seriously proposing he should appear on the cover of fucking Vogue magazine. He wasn’t alone, it seemed like Lottie was about to faint right next to him. He stared at each and every face in front of him, and they weren’t smiling, so this had to be a serious proposal. Actually, there was one face smiling - Harry’s. The fucker was smirking. Louis didn’t like him anymore.

Or the one where Louis finds himself modeling for Vogue Magazine next to hot top model Harry Styles and faking a relationship with him for the public, finding along the way more than a new way of life

For the @hlsummerexchange2017

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SO! I made a thing a few weeks back. This is my first fic ever, so I’m kinda nervous sharing it, but as Harry says, I have to embrace it.

A big thank you to the admins of the exchange and of course to @polkadotsvstripes, my amazing beta. Without her, this fic would have been a mess, so if it is readable is thanks to her.

✎ foothold   ⚣ harry × louis   Ⓜ mature  ⌘ science-fiction, angst, hate to love   ≟ 18,400

Louis has crossed the galaxy with a ship full of crystals; they’re the only thing he has to offer in exchange for safe harbor. He thought getting to his destination would be the hardest part, hoping that once he got his family to safety everything would fall back into place; Louis struggles to adapt while his sisters thrive. Louis suspects Emperor Styles may have something to do with it.

Louis tried to imagine what was happening deep in the bowels of the palace. No doubt one the twitchy men who’d met with him had run off to find the Emperor, holographic palette in hand. Louis had no idea what the emperor looked like, but he could still picture the amazement on his face as the images of amaranthine crystals were made clear.

Louis’ heart thudded harder as he imagined the nameless, faceless Emperor’s breath catching in his throat, fingers reaching out to touch the holographic image, fingertips pushing against empty air.

It had to work.

Written for the @hlsummerexchange2017 

lock me up with love by clicheanna

harry/louis - m - 30k

“So you must go out more often than I thought,” Harry said. “I see you all the time now!”

“Well, one of those times you literally came to my door.”

Harry laughed, a loud honking sound, a shock to Louis’ ears. He couldn’t remember the last time he made someone laugh, not so easily and genuine.

Harry didn’t seem embarrassed, but his eyes were hazy, hair a bit mussed up, cheeks red. Oh. He was drunk, or tipsy maybe. That explained a lot.

“That’s true,” he said, then frowned. “Oh no, do I seem like a stalker?”

“Eh,” Louis said, “just a little bit.”

Louis had a messed-up knee, ruined career, and labradoodle to take care of. Harry had a normal knee, perfect career, and concern for his recluse neighbor. Harry’s baking skills were enough to bring them together.

Splish Splash

by FullOnLarrie

Harry’s looking to get off with the boring, but willing, guy he met the week before. He sends him a selfie in the hopes that he’ll take the hint and they can hook-up again, but he accidentally sends it to someone else.

I honestly don’t know who the wrong number belongs to. You’ll have to read to find out!

Louis & Harry | Explicit | 4K words | on ao3