FIC RECāS OF 2017 part 9 ( november)
Weāre starting to get to the Christmas/Holiday season and I, for one, am sooo excited! I wanted to writeĀ āI loved thisā at the end of each of these fics, so Iām just going to say it here now. I loved all of these. :D Happy reading!
You Love Me, If You Love Me Donāt Let Go by @shadowofyoursong / ao3Ā (98k) CHAPTEREDĀ
His name is up there. Heās the only Harry in this group. His eyes land on Louis, who swallows thickly. He gives Harry a small smile, brows raised a little. Harry is not dancing a solo. Heās dancing with the boy, who he never remembers. How the hell can he ever get anyoneās attention, when he doesnāt have any connection with this guy.
Or the one where Harry and Louis are students at The Juilliard School of Performing Arts and are dancing in the same group. Harry never notices Louis, the boy who is a year younger than him, mostly sticks to himself and practices hard (or that's what Harry thinks). Louis on the other hand always sees the confident and focused Harry. Now theyāre paired for a duo performance and they have to make it work, even though Louisā eyes are towards London and Harryās are towards a career after graduation, which he thinks he can only get with a solo performance. DANCER AU, HATE TO LOVE
(Take Me Home) Country Roads by @a-writerwrites / ao3Ā (86k) CHAPTERED
āSir, I can help you. Just let me ā ā He tried moving closer but the eldest child blocked his way. He backed off, putting his hands out in a passive gesture. āIām a physician. I can help,ā he tried again.
The man shook his head vehemently, passing the cup back to his grandchild. āTolā ya. Donāt need ya.ā All of the fire had gone out of his voice, leaving behind a frail, sick old man with barely any breath to talk.
āI have medicines...I could make you comfortableā¦ā Louisā voice was still small, but pleading.
āMountain Mama cares for whaās ailinā me. Donāt need no fancy city doctors.ā
Louis blinked at the man, still shaking from the coughing spell. Mountain ā well, fuck. That backwoods, uneducated scam artistā¦
āOf course he is,ā Louis said curtly.
OR a Northern Exposure AU featuring Louis as the big city doctor, Harry as a natural healer, Niall as a secretive barkeep, Liam and Zayn head over heels for each other but they don't know it and a lot of hurt, comfort and moonshine in between. HATE TO LOVE
You Might Want To Marry My Husband by @all-these-larrythings / ao3Ā (25k) CHAPTERED
When Harryās husband dies, he asks one thing of him; to find love and happiness again without him. Itās a request that Harry is happy to disregard, until he meets the one person who is impossible to ignore. MOVING ON
Itāll Be by @styleandsin / ao3Ā (13k) ONE SHOT
Louis has always wanted children and he decides he's done waiting for love to come first. However, after adopting a baby girl just days after she's born, he quickly realizes how hard parenting is. Louis hires Harry to be his Nanny, and it all works out great. Until Louis falls in love with him. KID FIC
Oops, Baby, I Love You ( In That Order) by @suddenclarityharry / ao3Ā (25k) ONE SHOTĀ
Later that night, when heās lying in bed thinking of all the things heās longed for in his life, he canāt stop hearing Fizzyās words in his head.
Who says you have to get married?
Itās true, Louis wants to get married one day, to have a spouse to encourage his crazy promotional ideas for his book shop, to have someone to cuddle into at night, someone who will love him even on his moody days. But sheās absolutely right, isnāt she? Who says he has to have that before he can have a baby?
When he finally falls asleep, he sleeps restfully, having made a very important decision about his future.
Husband or no, Louis Tomlinson is going to have a baby.
OR The minute Louis Tomlinson decides he donāt need no man to start a family, Harry Styles literally falls into his arms. MPREG
Couldnāt See Past Me, Till I Saw Your Face by @lululawrence / ao3Ā (12k) ONE SHOTĀ
āLook at us, living the dream,ā Louis said softly. āBut Harry, I donāt know if Iām going to be able to finish my last semester with the baby. I donāt know how far along I am or anything. And what about my internship and all of that?ā
Harry shook his head emphatically and pulled back once more from Louis, this time placing his large, strong hands on Louisā shoulders and squeezing them tight.
āWeāll make this work, Louis. Iāll help take care of you and your little one and I know youāll help me make it through whatever happens with this. Weāre always there for each other, right? Just like we promised when we were in middle school.ā
Louis laughed a bit and smiled through his tears that finally seem to have left. Again. Hopefully they stayed away a little longer this time.
āWeāll figure it out, yeah?ā Harry asked again.
āYeah. We always do.ā
Or the one where Harry and Louis have been best friends since they could remember and their friendship has withstood it all...but an unexpected pregnancy might change everything. MPREG
Home For Christmas by @haloeverlasting / ao3Ā (22k) ONE SHOTĀ
The Shameless Hallmark Movie AU you probably didn't ask for.
Or, the one where Harry didn't think he wanted a family, but with a little Christmas magic (and maybe one Louis Tomlinson) he realizes that he is very, very wrong. CHRISTMAS, KID FIC
Waiting For Wonderful by @becomeawendybird / ao3Ā (13k) ONE SHOT
The university class where he met Louis was the beginning of the end for Harry. It took all of an hour for him to figure out that he was in love with Louis, and there was no way around it. It was a part of his DNA; he was tall, he had green eyes, and he was in love with Louis Tomlinson. Louis was his soulmate, and they were going to be together. Eventually.
Harry is willing to wait as long as he needs to for his best friend to realise that they're supposed to be together, but it kills him to watch Louis struggle in his relationship with Mackenzie. All Harry wants to do is be supportive, and sometimes that's all it takes. BEST FRIENDS TO LOVERS
Weāll Rise Up by @suddenclarityharry / ao3Ā (18k) ONE SHOT
āSo,ā Liam begins with a smile, āyou were the associate pastor at your last church?ā
āYes,ā Louis can already feel himself scrunching down in his seat, shrinking against even the reminder of the church he was forced from.
āWas that a good experience for you?ā Liam steeples his hands in front of him as he leans his elbows on the desk in interest.
āIt was for a while but, to be honest, things ended rather badly,ā Louis leans forward too, he needs to get this out and he wants to tell Liam everything, have everything on the table.
Leaning forward even more, Liam seems to be looking for the same thing, āWhat happened?ā
Louis can feel the trembles in his hands again, so he sits on them, biting his lip before admitting, āThey found out Iām gay.ā
In the hallway, thereās a terribly loud thump and then a grunt of pain and Louis twists around to see Harry, sprawled out on the ground just outside the doorway.
Or Louis is a Pastor with no church and a heart filled with uncertainty. Pastor Payne is more than willing to give Louis a new place to work, but it's Music Director Harry that helps him rebuild his faith. RELIGIOUS
(We Will Be) As If Chosen by @alivingfire / ao3 (35k) ONE SHOT
There's not a royal in the world who doesn't carry some sort of secret, and Prince Louis has more than his fair share. To protect himself and his family, Louis withdrew from the public eye and tried to live a quiet life, biding his time until his sister Lottie could take the throne in his stead. Unfortunately for him, the national media and the worst person Louis has ever met team up to bring him kicking and screaming back into the spotlight.
Under the watchful eyes of millions, Louis has to figure out how to keep his carefully constructed house of cards from falling, and the first step to accomplishing that is to keep from falling in love with the irritatingly charming Prince Harry, who just won't stop showing up and trying to whisk Louis out of the constraints of his boring life.
Or: the course of true love never did run smooth, because sometimes people are stubborn and sometimes people are scared and sometimes, just sometimes, love can cause just as many problems as it solves. MODERN ROYALTY, HATE TO LOVE
73 Questions by @literlarryreal / ao3 (6k) ONE SHOT
Louis is more nervous than usual about filming the upcoming episode of Vogueās 73 questions. Musician and soon to be actor Harry Styles may have something to do with that. BANTER