A Band Ruined My Life.

ABO FIC REC, Part III: Below are more recent abo fics. (Part I, Part II)

📖 Light, Spark and Fire series by @greenfeelings (216k)

Life’s pretty ordinary for Harry. He lives with his best friend, got into university just like he’s planned, and manages to support himself just fine for an unbonded omega. If he sustains that lifestyle by getting paid to help alphas through their rut every now and then, that’s nothing to be hung up on. Until he’s hired by an alpha that turns everything upside down.

Or, Harry’s working on taking Louis’ walls down, until he builds his own up.

📖 Wolf Boy (Like No One Else) by @cristalrush (70k)

the one where Harry leaves his old pack in hopes to find his soulmate. And that’s when he meets Louis, an alpha who doesn’t believe in soulmates.

📖 Little by Little by @absoloutenonsense  (65k)

Harry discovers figuring out who you are is more complicated than a potato metaphor.

📖 ‘Til Everything Changes by @chloehl10 (57k)

Harry’s an Omega who has been alone for too long. Louis’ an Alpha who is scared to find love again.

📖 Shadows Come With The Pain That You’re Running From (Love Was Something You’ve Never Heard Enough) by @sparklebootsandvans (51k)

a Band AU in which Harry isn’t allowed to be who he really is and the North American Tour might bring some unexpected truths into the web of lies and also a bit of heat that has very little to do with the summer in the US.

📖 Bear with me by @vintageumbroshirt  (46k)

And maybe, Fate has better plans in store for Harry.

📖 I’ve Kissed Honey Lips (Felt the Healing in the Fingertips) by @loveroflou (36k)

the raisin cookie fic

📖 Rooms on Fire by @softfonds (34k)

Ten years ago, Louis helping Harry through a heat was the start of a romance that ended in heartbreak. Now, Harry’s marriage is over thanks to his husband’s very public infidelity, and Louis is fresh off a Golden Globe win. The last thing they both expect is to be cast in the same movie.

📖 Compete Against the Stars by @daggerandrose (30k)

An ABO au where Louis finds out he’s claimed to another Alpha. Angst ensues.

📖 late night devil (put your hands on me) by @goodmorninglou (20k)

Harry Styles has always put up with him. With every snip of attitude, every idiotic act of stubbornness, every harsh and sour word. Each time Louis thinks he’s stepped too far, clung too tight, bitten too hard, Harry is there to forgive him, to protect him, to hold him. Maybe he was naive to think that, no matter how hard he pushed, Harry would never move.

Maybe he should have seen it coming.

📖 Blind Faith by @2tiedships2 (18k)

“Harry?” Liam prompted.

“I’m blind,” Harry eventually said, trying his best to keep himself from crying.

Liam was silent for a few moments, before responding, “That’s not exactly news, H. You were blind when I met you a year and a half ago. Have you been in denial this whole time or something?”

“No, Liam,” Harry cut in. “This is different. I’m not legally blind like I used to say. It’s not just my night vision. The tunnel from my tunnel vision has closed. I’m fucking blind! I moved halfway around the world in the hope of finding my soulmate and it’s obviously not happening now. It wasn’t supposed to be like this. Not even a soulmate is going to want to put up with a blind alpha.“

📖 Sigh for Sigh by @et-y-etc (10k)

When his father’s sudden illness forces Harry to get married in a hurry, he’s delighted that Lord Louis Tomlinson is the one who makes him an offer. Being married to Louis is just as wonderful as he imagined, except for one thing– they haven’t mated yet.

Or the one where they’re both idiots, Harry’s afraid to say what he’s thinking, and Louis’s just trying to be honorable.

📖 the flower that blooms in adversity by @hershelsue (13k)

Harry is twenty-six and he hasn’t presented yet. He lives in London with his alpha best friend, Niall, who invites him to a New Year’s camping trip with his other alpha mates. Amidst them, there’s the always sharp Louis, who has a knack for observation and dirt under his toenails. Harry ends up agreeing on going, unaware he’s leaving for the trip of a lifetime.

📖 Come In and Change My Life by @lightwoodsmagic (12k)

Harry and Louis become friends when Harry looks after Louis’ cat during away games, until one night at a party changes everything between them. It’s just a shame Louis’ going to be away for the FIFA World Cup for three months.

📖 young hearts on the chase by @daffodilsforlou (7k)

harry’s a hopeless romantic, louis’ oblivious, and it’s going to be Valentine’s Day.

📖 in comes the rain by @starlitlou (7k)

Being ace and an omega had never been Louis’ favourite combination. Even less so when his heat is involved. Unfortunately, it’s not something he can avoid forever. Harry makes it all a bit better.

📖 It’s a “still-there-Monday-morning” kind of love by @twoweekslhome (7k)

Harry and Louis accidentally bond and it’s more then they ever expected.

📖 Definition of Beauty by @zanniscaramouche (6k)

Louis’ caught off guard by an omega he nearly takes out with an errant footie ball. It’s not that Louis’ never seen Harry before, it’s that he can’t stop looking, and he’s desperate to figure him out.

📖 No One Likes to be Alone by @lululawrence (6k)

Harry needs to nest. 

📖 Without you I lie desolate (in your thoughts shall I reside) by @louloubabys1992 (5k)

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Nicotine by KrisStylinson (32k) 

"We're two different types of people, Liam. He likes sex and drugs, I like theater and tea. Trust me, we'd never date." Except they would, they do, and neither of them plans on letting go anytime soon.

"Just because you can get me hard doesn't mean I like you," Louis whispered. The fact was, he didn't like Harry right now, not at all. Not even a bit.

"Yeah, yeah," Harry murmured, his breath fanning over Louis' cock as he spoke. "You done telling me how much you hate me so I can suck you off?"

Fate Don't Know You by sincewewereeighteen (98k)

“Just. How bad is it?”

Zayn sighs. Shit.

“Not that bad, really,” he says quickly as he scans Louis’ face. “It depends, really. The freshmen are all right and I think you’ll manage just fine with the sophomores.”

“But?”

“Seniors are always shit because they think they rule the school, and this specific class of juniors… Well, let’s say you’ll find a real troublemaker there. Some say he used to be a soft kid, but- I don’t know. Most teachers just leave him alone.” Zayn shrugs. “He walks around with a tough crowd. Guess no one wants to take their chances with him. This is Chicago after all.”

“D’you know the name of the kid?” Louis asks, already very curious to meet said person.

“His name is Harry Styles.” The other man responds. “You’re in for a treat with this one.”

[Or: The one in which Louis always hears thunder when Harry speaks and sees lightning when he glances at him.]

take my pure (and wash it all away 'til I'm cured) by resurrectdead (40k) 

And Louis decides, as the boy slowly starts backing away with that cheeky grin lighting up that whole stupidly beautiful face, that he should sue him for emotional abuse just for the fact his pecs stretch the fabric of his shirt like that alone. He really should. He might even win the case. Fuck.

or: they're all 19. louis is a twink, harry is a frat boy hunk. harry for some reason wants his makeup done for pride, and louis is just trying so very hard to stay clear of all alleged fuckboys this year.

I Want Something that I Want by @fallinglikethis (4k)

Louis Tomlinson hates bad boys.

Except he doesn't. And he really doesn't hate the one standing outside his new favorite tattoo parlor, giving him the once-over.

But he'll soon find out that his bad boy makes for a laughably poor specimen.

It Started With a Whisper by MukeSinner (151k)