Let Me Kiss Lou

both men being teased for remaining chronically single.

james asking sirius about regulus, and being shut down with an "i dont want to talk about him,"

regulus staring at him during meal-times. his friends assumed he was looking at sirius.

james asking lily out, in seventh year, and everybody breathing a sigh of relief: "thank merlin, hes not queer"

regulus stiffening when "wouldn't it be nice" started playing.

james blatantly refusing to have his and lily's first dance to "can't help falling in love" for a reason nobody could quite understand.

regulus still smelling james in amortentia, even years afterwards.

james knowing something is wrong, in his gut. nobody believes him when he says that something terrible has happened.

no-one understanding, or wanting to understand, why james potter was so affected by his best friend's little brother dying.

So

I propose this

Minnie: Sirius Black called me 'mum' by accident today

Horace: Really? Regulus accidentally called me 'dad'

Minnie: they're very traumatised

All i know is we said ‘hello’ (and your eyes looked like coming home)

by onlytherogue28

read it on ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/33634138/chapters/83580655

In the grand scheme of things, realising you’re in love with your best friend shouldn’t make you feel like your life is about to fall apart. It’s just— a thing. It’s a thing that happens to people. These people just accept the fact that their best friend will not reciprocate these feelings and move on with their life until they can look back one day and laugh at the ridiculousness of it all.

Harry doesn’t find anything laughable yet. He needs to meet these people, who this ‘falling-in-love-with-my-unattainable-perfect-best-friend’ thing has happened to. Preferably, soon. Maybe he should put up an ad on Craigslist; ‘Urgent Help: How to unlove your best friend?’

Or Louis has been the centre of Harry's universe for as long as he can remember and yet it takes 3461 miles and two years away from him for Harry to figure out he's in love with him.

Words: 15,943, Chapters: 2/2, Language: English

Fandom: One Direction (Band)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik

Relationships: Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson

Additional Tags: Childhood Friends, Alternate Universe - Childhood Friends, OT5 Friendship (One Direction), Fluff, Flashbacks, Friends to Lovers, Pining

Sooo i was wondering, do you have any fics with a similar trope? I really want to read something like this ahshdhdg

Hi! I hope those fit exactly what you're looking for:

like it's a game by soldouthaz

Thrown To The Wolves by smittenwithlouis

Enemies with benefits by ssii8

Cold by RealName

just a flicker in the dark by falsegoodnight

Beautiful War by Itsmotivatingcara

Falling Without Caution by Jennifer_Kaid

Shadow Dances by Itsmotivatingcara

Home (It's You) by sunniskies

alright sooo i meant to post this a while ago but life got in the way so here it finally is!! considering recent….news, maybe it was just a blessing in disguise & the universe had me wait until we really needed some feel good fics. i had a lot to recommend, but instead of making a list that was 545311 miles long, i’m gonna split it into two parts. so here’s part 1! happy (belated) valentine’s day (especially to @lemonade-soul – hope you enjoy this now that it’s finally here lol) !!!!!

the order: alphabetical !

5 golden rules by ladidah (4k)

look our mans harry is just out here trying his best and ya know what? louis is obsessed with it and him and i am obsessed with them and this fic

you smile like the sun by softspoken (1k) 

i simply do not think i could explain how cute this fic is so i just need you to read it and then you’ll understand

a+ for effort by embro (7k) 

look me in the eye and tell me that nervous harry, protective/supportive louis, shy flirting n banter on harry’s part n innuendos and obvious flirting on louis’ part, and both of them being teachers doesn’t sound amazing to you 

all i need is oxygen (and you) by @lululawrence / lululawrence (11k)

sus writes the cutest slow burns that always leave a smile on your face. harry pining over louis & louis weaseling his way into harry’s life ??? does it get any better ???

anybody have a map? by @2tiedships2 / 2tiedships2 (13k)

the way melanie writes louis’ internal monologue but also just dialogue in general is so *french kiss*. i adore her fics!!!

ain’t that a kick in the head! by keysmashlesbian & @karasunonolibero (22k)

this is such a funny fic but it’s also so cute i could read it 3823748 times and not get bored

all your mates are here by @londonfoginacup / ladylondonderry (36k)

have you been looking for a lovely crack abo lite fic set during christmas? if so, you’ve come to the right place! here she is!

as golden as the coast by softandslow (12k)

the visualizations & descriptions & relationship dynamics written in this are so cute and pure. captain niall always wins baby !!!

back to seventeen by @ireallysawanangel / crimsontheory (26k)

listen, when i say i have a thing for harry crushing on louis before they even interact in the fic, i mean it. this is such a cute and sexy take on childhood crush to lovers. i’ve said it once & i’ll say it again – i adore the way nicole writes their dynamic & you will too!!

baby thinking of you keeps me up at night by ballsdeepinjesus (9k)

something about the way louis goes from condescending & over it in every way in regards to harry to just like fully in it and infatuated w him soothes my soul sm. and the way harry’s just there, ready for him like ‘oh fuck yeah lets goooo’. i’m obsessed. plus it’s got thigh fucking and we love thigh fucking

breathless for an eternity by cabinbythesea (7k)

i mean ok listen this is essentially mostly just porn w some plot but!!! i adore larry’s’ dynamic and the way you can tell that they clearly have an instant connection and that they care about each other and are so supportive to each other and i just ugh. such a good fic.

charm your pants off by @evilovesyou / 4ureyesonly28 (2k)

look louis just wants to take a cute patient on a date and who can blame him???

darling, can’t you see by @tommokat / tommokat (11k)

this!! fic!! is!! so!! cute!! the way louis & harry’s relationship changes and develops throughout the fic is so heartwarming and cute and the smut at the end???? andi very pleasantly surprised me w the smut and i am so happy about it