Okay, so this is for everyone who loves Lilo. There are some really talented writers in this ship. There is no particular order to this list. I just went around clicking my favorite fics and added them in, so it’s completely random. Again, tags/warning etc are not included here so please heed the warnings over @ AO3 before reading the fic. Enjoy :)
Easy As All That (Go Around a Time or Two) by sunsetmog (This might be quite possibly my favorite lilo fic)
Summary: Sometimes the hardest part of growing up is figuring out who you are in the first place.
Or: The one where Liam and Louis only kiss when they’re on nights out, when it’s secret, when there’s no one around to see them. If no one knows you’re having a sexuality crisis, that means it isn’t happening, right?
Or, or: Liam accidentally turns Louis’ world upside down.
A high school sixth form AU.
Truly, Madly, Crazy, Deeply by harriet_vane (This might be my favorite Lilo fic too…)
Summary: In which Liam and Louis wake up married after Zayn’s bachelor party in Las Vegas.
”Louis’s right here,” says Liam, elbowing Louis in the back. Louis sticks a hand out from under the blanket and waves. “We had quite a lot of champagne.” The whole room swims and Liam hopes there’s a toilet where he can be sick.
“Not sure there’s enough champagne in the world to get me naked in bed with Louis,” Niall giggles.
“We’re allowed!” Louis shouts from under the blankets. “We’re married!”
There is a long and very startled silence.
Build a nest for us to sleep in by blackwayfarers (Also contending for favorite Lilo fic ever)
Summary: ”It’ll be fun,” Louis tells Liam quietly. If it was anyone else’s break-up, Louis would know exactly what to do, what balance of fondness and foolishness he’d need to give, but he’s totally lost with Liam. Louis has no idea what he might need, what could make him feel better, so in the end he gives Liam the only thing he has: “We can order take away and play videogames and fuck about for a few days. I’ll get Harry to bring us groceries, we won’t even need to leave the house. Come on, Liam, come live with me.”
The pawn to your king by blackwayfarers
Summary: ”It’s not a date,” Liam says again, giving Louis a laughing shrug, kind of baffled. Their usual ladding about has never even been remotely date-like; dates don’t often end with fines being paid to department stores by their management, or cellphone videos of them shooting nerf guns at paparazzi. “Harry, we do this all the time, we’re just going to Sweden to have a laugh.”
“Yeah,” Harry says again, his tone supremely bored. “You do it all the time. You go on dates. You go on dates all the time. I know.”
Trade All My Tomorrows for Just One Yesterday by harriet_vane
Summary: “Basically, I’m a superhero,” says Louis. “But only today.”
A Groundhog Day AU. Louis gets stuck in one terrible day on tour, over and over and over again.
Like a Hole in the Head by Ferritin4
Summary: ”So I’ve been nominated for an Oscar,” Louis says carefully. If he’s called to gloat, Liam doesn’t care; proper phone etiquette be damned, he will hang up.
“I know,” Liam says. “Everyone knows that.”
“Right,” Louis says. “I didn’t know if you,” he cuts himself off, and if Liam didn’t know better by now, he’d say Lou was nervous.
“Didn’t know if I what?” Liam asks. “If I was awake lately? If I’d blanked it all out? If I’d turned off the internet and lived like a hermit to avoid your name?”
“I was going to say, if you remembered me,” Louis says, wry and bitter and so, so familiar.
“It was a divorce, Lou, not a head injury,” Liam laughs. “Of course I remember you.”
Step Into My Office Baby by Ferritin4
Summary: Louis’s had the same secretary for two years. He knows this, because it’s a personal record for him; he was going through them at the rate of every six months before that.
He’s fairly sure he hasn’t lost another one, but he’s equally sure that his current model is not the bloke who’s there now, because the skinny, dark-haired kid currently abusing his assistant’s computer is the one who recommended Liam in the first place.
“Zayn,” Louis says. “What are you doing in Liam’s office?”
He’s Always On The Scene (His Engine’s Bright and Clean) by sunsetmog
Summary: Louis sometimes has terribly disturbing dreams about Liam being naked and doing things to him. It’s best for all concerned if nobody ever, ever knows about them.
Or: it’s fancy dress party night on tour, and Liam’s dressed up as a fireman. Louis has some feelings he needs to keep hidden.
Summary: ”I’ve been having some weird—feelings,” Liam says, “recently.”
“What, like, in your pants?” Louis demands. He’s expecting Liam to scowl and correct him and start talking sensibly, but instead Liam’s whole face goes a hot, mortified red. Louis stares. “You’re taking the piss,” he says, incredulous. “Aren’t you?”
Not All My Jokes Are Funny by Ferritin4
Summary: Only a monster would prank Liam Payne into thinking he hated him, but the other way around is going to be fucking hilarious.
The New Posh and Becks by mistresscurvy
Summary: 2016 is a big year for solo artist Liam Payne. After his amazing experience on X Factor, releasing his own album and touring with Little Mix seems like the height of success. Then he meets Arsenal midfielder Louis Tomlinson at a charity event, and suddenly everything else fades into the background.
Also featuring Zayn as Liam’s stylist, Niall as an Arsenal trainer, and Harry as himself if he’d gone on X Factor in 2013 and won the whole damn thing.
Get It For Free by Ferritin4
Summary: Liam tries not to notice even though it’s incredibly obvious, tries not to make a face or blush when Louis drops a hand to palm himself in the middle of an interview or backstage. Louis sticks his hand in his trousers with the same careless disinterest that he has for his constant rearranging of his hair or his T-shirt hems.
Liam’s not — he’s not a prude, and God knows he knows it’s right bloody distracting having your dick decide to go the wrong way in your pants, but he saves that for the toilets, or, like, the gym. You don’t just idly put your hand on your cock and then — but Louis does, he absolutely does.
Liam doesn’t want to be doing this, and he definitely doesn’t want to know why it’s so hot.
Fine By Me (if you never leave) by harriet_vane
Summary: “Did you just lie to your mum and tell her that Liam is your boyfriend?” Zayn asked.
“No,” Louis said. “I lied to her ages ago and then I forgot. And now she wants to meet him. Meet him again, I mean, this time as my boyfriend.”
Zayn was clearly trying not to laugh. “Does Liam know he’s your boyfriend?”
“No,” said Louis crossly. “Of course he doesn’t.”
By Mistake Or Design by pukeandcry
Summary: Liam is a person who values order, alright, and this… this whatever it is, this temporal rift or isolated case of time travel or very realistic hallucination, is entirely out of order. He had only been trying to go back to his bed after waking up in the night for a piss, and had been greeted with the frankly horrifying sight of his own self, only younger, already there, knees pulled up to his chin and too-long hair poking out from under his hoodie.
My Love is as a Fever by harriet_vane
Summary: Liam gets sick. Louis looks after him.
Replay Darling by lazy_daze
Summary: Really, really schmoopy Lilo ‘Replay’ fic for which I blame onedirectionundergod and the fact that there can never been enough ‘Replay’ schmoop. (Or porn - oh man, please - but this is version: schmoop.) Thank you to checkthemargins for the title help! <3
Paying His Way by mistresscurvy
Summary: Louis tries to be subtle. This goes about as well as could be expected.
Better With You by harriet_vane
Summary: Based on this prompt at the kinkmeme:
Single parent and solo artist Liam Payne hires Louis Tomlinson to be a full time nanny to his four year old son Sammy. Although the two men don’t quite click from the start it’s love at first sight between Sammy and Louis. Eventually Louis and Liam warm up to each other and get on like a house on fire, in fact the two become a little too fond of each other.
I refuse to apologize for how sweet this ended up, okay? It’s kidfic, I am forever writing kidfic, and this one is even kid-fic-ier than usual.
A Place in the Sun by harriet_vane
Summary: Louis is looking forward to spending the whole summer with Harry and his friends, working at a summer camp, drinking and being generally stupid. But there’s a new counselor who’s actually read the rulebook, and he’s going to ruin everything.
ignite the light and let it shine by harriet_vane
Summary: A bunch of people asked for a timestamp a few weeks after the summer camp fic ended. …and then Tora told me I had to keep writing until it got happier.
needing is one thing (getting’s another) by dicktective
Summary: It’s hard not to stare at your wrist when there is a small, futuristic, piece of metal imbedded in the skin there, like something out of a science fiction novel. Louis’ TiMER has never changed: four sections of dashes blinking the seconds away, completely blank until his soulmate gets their TiMER too.
Which One Of Us Is Caving by wasp
Summary: Liam doesn’t regret hiring Louis, it’s the furthest thing from it. He’s clever and quick-witted and he’s good with people in a way Liam never was. It’s amazing, he’s amazing and Liam doesn’t understand how he survived so long without him. In the professional sense.
Someone Like You by harriet_vane
Summary: A high school AU in which no one goes to school, ever. Liam has a crush, and then he runs into his crush at a party, and everything gets very complicated.
We Stood Face to Face, Bartering Gaze for Gaze by la_faerie
Summary: “I’ve been trying to get to Dublin for over twenty-four hours now,” Liam observes, just to say something. “It’s not that I want to visit Dublin, necessarily, but I need to get there.” Liam pauses, and then decides to go for the truth. “My boyfriend is there for work at the moment, and I’m planning to propose to him. I want to propose to him on Leap Day because I’ve heard it’s an Irish tradition. So, it’s quite urgent, you see.”
Louis gapes at him with a look on his face as though Liam’s suddenly grown an extra head. “That must be the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard,” he declares.
This is an AU based on the movie Leap Year.
Heart Skips A Beat by harriet_vane (Lilo/Zarry)
Summary: Harry always kisses everyone, until he starts something he can’t finish. (A university AU in which no one goes to class. I am noticing a trend.)
this is how it feels to take off by childrenbehave
Summary: Zayn’s whole life changes when he wins the Oscar. Liam’s whole life changes when he doesn’t. Actors!AU.
Don’t Take Love Off The Table Yet by harriet_vane
Summary: A wedding planner AU, in which Louis plans absolutely fucking flawless weddings, until he tries to plan Liam’s wedding to Danielle.
play it again, louis by words_unravel
Summary: In which Liam is tired and makes a silly mistake. Louis takes advantage because well, it’s Louis.
If it’s love, hold on tight by daisysusan
Summary: Relationships are complicated, especially if the other person is carefully avoiding talking about it in any serious way; or, the one where Louis is afraid of commitment and makes a right mess of things because of it.
Take the Plunge by lazy_daze
Summary: Valentine’s Day Lilo schmoop! Basically! in which they are their adorable oblivious selves.
Stories Stacked Up So Tall by vixalicious
Summary: Liam spends his days in a dreary booth selling train tickets and daydreaming about his favorite customer, Harry. When Harry gets assaulted at the station, Liam saves his life and finds that his quiet existence is turned upside down. As Harry languishes in a coma, Liam gets closer with to Harry’s family and to his best mate, Louis. There’s only one problem: everyone thinks Liam is Harry’s boyfriend. To make matters worse, Liam starts to fall for Louis. But how can Liam come clean without losing everything? An AU based on the movie ‘While You Were Sleeping.’
turn around and face me by lazy_daze
Summary: Accidental kissing fic, because?!?!?!? (I do promise there will be a sequel, by the way!)
Paris Pratique by la_faerie
Summary: Louis begins referring to these meetings as rendez-vous not because he and Liam are going on dates, but because the French use rendez-vous to refer to any type of set meeting time. Meeting Liam under the red awning at La Coupole on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons around 5 pm is a rendez-vous in the same way that going to a dentist appointment is a rendez-vous. At least that’s what he tells himself.
The one where Louis is a priest working in France, and Liam is visiting Paris for the summer.
Time Signature by la_faerie
Summary: When he looks back up, he swears that he’s in a dream. He must be. Because, Liam would know those blue eyes anywhere, but the only place he’s seen them for years now is in his dreams.
This is a sequel to Paris Pratique from Liam’s point of view.
Almost Feels Like You’ve Been Here Before by nevulon
Summary: HS AU. Louis and Harry are having the time of their lives at their new secondary school, until they run into an old classmate, Liam. When Louis falls hard and fast for Liam, he ends up teasing him, accidentally inspiring his new mates to follow his example. Louis and Harry, who aren’t around for any bullying, think it’s harmless, but Liam doesn’t see it that way.
When Louis tries to join Zayn’s literary magazine to get on Liam’s good side, he realizes what he’s been doing. Of course, that’s only the beginning.
under the bleachers by harriet_vane
Summary: Prompted over at this fantastic Liam/Louis smut!ficathon:
Highschool fic, Jock!Liam and Singer!Louis - Liam and Louis lead a secret relationship, meeting under bleachers and in the locker room for quick blowjobs.
(It ended up a lot more feelings and a lot less porn, apologies. Also, it is unbeta’ed commentfic)
restart the heart you gave me by crucios (trigger warning for self-harm, depression & Alcoholism)
Summary: “I—” Louis starts, stopping himself abruptly and taking an extended pause before rushing out, “I miss you,” so fast that Liam almost, almost doesn’t catch it. He hears Louis’ sharp intake of breath on the other end and thinks that maybe Louis is just as surprised by his admission as he is. Okay.
Smile Again by mistresscurvy
Summary: Recently dumped Louis sets his kitchen on fire on Christmas Eve. Fireman Liam makes the mistake of inviting him home for Christmas. Chaos and feelings ensue.
Summary: this is an AU where liam and louis got through as soloists, not as a group, and 1D never existed.
And Your Teeth Marks In My Skin by wasp
Summary: He’s twenty three, one of the youngest leading detectives in this department – he’s worked so fucking hard to get here - he will not be unravelled by a stupid author in stripes and suspenders.
When I’m With You by wasp
Summary: It doesn’t help that he’s already half in-love with Louis and capable of spontaneously losing his speech around him.
paris blue (all the while you loaned your nights to me) by lazarov
Summary: Liam and Harry visit Paris. Louis is a prostitute, except for when he isn’t.
or loud and out of key by aceface
Summary: internet celebrity au. disclaimer: liam’s review is lifted from pitchfork, the tweets about #louistomlinson are real accounts that I edited the tweets of, so if that’s yours… sorry. no harm meant!
say things i never said by daisysusan
Summary: Wherein Liam enjoys it a bit too much when Louis pinches him, and has a lot of confusing feelings about it. Also confusing blowjobs, there are those too.
Dust Off Your Highest Hopes by pukeandcry
Summary: Louis has a spot, way in the back row of the school theater, the last little aisle of three seats in a row that are tucked up next to the sound booth. He goes there to nap and to listen to his ipod and go over lines, and everyone knows it’s his, because he sort of runs things in the drama department, and also, he’s written his name on one of the seats with marker.
So he’s confused when he goes to shut his eyes after classes and before he’s due to begin rehearsals, and there’s someone in his spot. The spot that’s his. And not just someone, as it turns out, but Liam Payne. (High School AU)
When It’s There On The Wall by formerlydf
Summary: The funny thing about meeting yourself from the future is that it’s not quite as reassuring as you’d imagine. (Or, Liam and Louis go back to the past and have a great time. Their teenage selves? Not so much.)
A Little Bit Broken, A Little Bit Fixed by nevulon
Summary: A loose Chasing Liberty!au. Stepson of the British Prime Minister Louis Tomlinson is supposed to be lying low on holiday, but things happen and he ends up on the run with Liam Payne, who has secrets of his own.
Secret agents, pickpockets, a variety of European locales, boys in love and more.
