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HL Fic Library 🎬 Actor Fics

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🎬 Time Bomb by ThisSentimentalHeart {M, 291k}

“Why exactly are you here?” Louis asked, feigning annoyance and failing pathetically at it. “My publicist told me I can't go anywhere near you.” Harry said, eyes still smudged with last night's eye liner. “That makes you my favorite person in the world.”

Or the one where Louis has everything: a lead role in a giant Hollywood franchise, a glittering new house with an entertaining Irish neighbor, and a steady, normal boyfriend who he probably loves. Louis never expected to become a household name among young Hollywood overnight. He also never expected to find something endearing about the enigmatic rockstar who keeps showing up on his back porch.

🎬 Darling, so it goes by @disgruntledkittenface {E, 195k}

Harry Styles is a world-famous actor at the height of his career but a personal low point when he meets His Serene Highness Prince Louis of Monaco by chance. He doesn’t think they’ll ever see each other again, but after striking up a correspondence, it turns out they have more in common than he thought. Then they start to fall for each other. Louis is different from anyone Harry has dated before and their relationship moves fast as Harry realizes he’s ready for a change. Soon Harry finds himself adapting to an entirely new life, in a country where he doesn’t know the rules, the customs, even the language. Harry is used to people underestimating him, and he’s more determined than ever to prove them wrong.

He just needs Louis to meet him halfway.

Grace Kelly AU.

🎬 Eight Cakes and Two Eulogies (Make a Happy Marriage) by yesllliam {M, 135k}

The Honourable Louis Tomlinson, heir to the Earldom of Colbury and the multi-billion pound family business, RLA Enterprises, often feels under pressure to conform to the expectations of those around him. The 30 year old, nerdy and rather homely physicist part of himself feels he ought to be getting married and carrying on the family line – as does his formidable Grandmother. The only problem is, after his last disastrous relationship, seven years ago, he has little desire to get intimate with another woman, let alone marry one. Of course, Harry, his famous actor of a best friend, always likes to pip in that he is free to marry him and while Louis loves him to pieces, the joke is getting a bit old now.

🎬 And What If I Were You by jacaranda_bloom / @jacaranda-bloom {E, 109k}

For Louis, will losing his sight give him the clarity to realise what is right in front of him?

For Harry, will losing the love of his life give him the strength to finally open his heart?

And can they find their way back, before they lose each other forever?

A story of love. A story of loss. A story of fighting for each other, no matter the odds.

🎬 king of my heart by wildestdreams / @thelavendrhaze {E, 83k}

Harry shrugged, his shoulders brushing against Louis’. “I think since I was young, I craved that feeling, though. I didn’t always hate being a prince, but over time, certain aspects of it just bothered me so much. I remember being four years old and realising that every person in the world knew my name, and I wasn’t sure if I wanted that. I told my mum as much and she tried telling me that being a prince is not a punishment. That it was a privilege that I should be happy about it, but no one asked me if I was. But looking up at the sky, I remember that all of this will one day mean nothing, and neither will I. All the pressure will then disappear and I could just be.”

Louis stayed quiet, allowing Harry the space to open up because he knew Harry wasn’t looking for advice, but just someone to confide in. What he wished he could tell him was that in the short amount of time that he’d known the prince, in Louis’ eyes, he couldn’t be insignificant if he tried. He was brighter than every star up there in the sky. He was all Louis could look at and think about.

or A Red, White, and Royal Blue AU where Hollywood elite, Louis Tomlinson, finds himself falling for the closeted Prince of England.

🎬 A Thousand Miles From Comfort by @littlelouishiccups {E, 74k}

It wasn’t like Louis was Lindsay Lohan or Justin Beiber. He’d had one fucking meltdown and a handful of public drunken accidents. And now he could never screw up ever again. He hit the STOP button on the treadmill and matched his pace as it slowed to a stop. 

“It’s not break time yet!” Harry told Louis, tapping his watch with a stern expression. “Come on, you were doing so well! Don’t quit now! Ten more minutes and then you can have a break!”

“I don’t want to be here anymore,” Louis spat. “It’s not anything you did, okay? I just… I don’t know. I can’t do this. I hate playing the stupid media game. That’s what all of this is! There’s no point.” 

 In which Louis is a closeted gay actor and a recovering addict with a troubled past. Harry is the personal trainer who helps him get his life back in shape.

With Liam as Louis' childhood best friend, Zayn as a famous R&B artist, and Niall as a fanboy.

(aka the trainer au)

🎬 The Brightest Lights by Rearviewdreamer / @all-these-larrythings {M, 70k}

After watching yet another actor walk away with his Oscar, Louis is on the lookout for the role of a lifetime that might finally get him the one thing he has always wanted. He didn't think coming out of his self-proclaimed break to do another film would be all that difficult, but that was before he met his new co-star.

🎬 Home To You by Crowsonthewire / @crows-onthewire {E, 54k}

“If someone wrote that for me I’d probably be a crying mess before it was even over. I’m crying a little right now actually.”

It’s about you, Harry’s brain screamed. I wrote it about you.

Gemma appeared in the doorway then and dragged Louis away. With one winking smile he was gone. Harry curled up and stuffed his face into his duvet so he could cry with no one hearing.

At fifteen, Harry wrote his first song for an oblivious seventeen year old Louis Tomlinson. Ten years later he’s a singer/songwriter who cant find any words for his second album and Louis is a closeted actor tired of LA. 

They both try to run from the things weighing them down and in the process, they find each other.

🎬 my only working remedy by YesIsAWorld / @louandhazaf {E, 42k}

Harry is a famous actor, and the media portrays him as a lothario who sleeps with every woman he meets. His Team steps it up a notch when Harry is in between movies and they do a promo by launching the contest “Win a Date with Harry Styles!” Everything goes wrong for Harry's Team when the winner is a guy, Louis Tomlinson. But for Harry, everything goes right.

🎬 Rise up like the sun by Star_Henderson / @tommosgun {M, 41k}

“I wasn't taking a sneaky pic.” Louis blurted out, the guy stood at one of the urinals taking a piss. “You were.” The guy answered coolly. “I would've taken a pic with you if you'd just asked.” “No I didn't want a pic with you.” The guy turned his head, quirking his eyebrow sardonically. “No you're far too cool for that, you just wanted to violate my privacy.” Louis squeezed his eyes shut. “I'm sorry. Look..” He walked towards the guy flicking his phone out. “Hey.” The guy hunched over, hiding his junk. “Oh no no, I wasn't gonna take a pic. Fuck.” Louis threw his hands up, stopping in his tracks. “Look I'm going to show you I'm deleting it.” Louis turned his phone and the pic disappeared. “You looked familiar, I was going to send it to my friend and ask who you were, I'm sorry, dick move.” Louis sighed, smiling apologetically. The guy zipped and walked to the basin. “So you invade my privacy then insult my level of fame by pretending to not know who I am.” The guy was turned away from Louis. “Look I'm...shit.” Louis inhaled noisily. The guy turned, a grin spread over his face. “I'm fucking with you.”

🎬 walk my days on a wire by sunshiner {M, 38k}

Harry hums, staring at his hands in his lap, and Louis can still feel their smoothness, how solid they were in between his own. “Do you think it’s the same for us? Are we here only because of the likeliness of our jobs? Of our lives?” “We’re here because we have inventive managers,” Louis says, giving Harry’s leg a little nudge with his knee, but all that’s going around in his head is, I think I'd be in the same spot in every possible universe.

or, when actor Louis Tomlinson used to daydream about dating Harry Styles, this is not what he had in mind.

🎬 If I Should Stay by gloria_andrews / @gloriaandrews {E, 31k}

Louis is a television actor who suddenly needs a bodyguard. Harry is the bodyguard he ends up hiring. 

A fic loosely based on the classic 1992 movie The Bodyguard.

🎬 Fall At My Door by @kingsofeverything {E, 29k}

A-list actor Harry Styles and award-winning musician Louis Tomlinson have an acquaintances-with-benefits relationship, so whenever their busy professional lives happen to land them in the same city, they meet up. It’s a mutually beneficial arrangement.

And that’s all it is. Until it isn’t.

🎬 One Minute to Midnight by QuickedWeen / @becomeawendybird {E, 29k}

Louis Tomlinson is at the height of his game in Boston's financial scene. He's got the instinct, and he's got the guts to take calculated risks that make everyone around him a lot of money. Everything is going well until the day after he gets promoted when he wakes up forty years older than his actual age.

Two years later he's adapted to his new life as a retiree, but he's lonely and desperate for company closer to his real age during the rigorous holiday party season. He gets some questionable advice from Niall and turns to the Seeking Arrangement app where he finds Harry Styles, a local actor he's been a fan of since they had an undergraduate class together. But what happens when a few dates here and there isn't enough?

🎬 Something To Remember by @parmahamlarrie {T, 25k}

Every time you meet your soulmate, the event is marked on your skin forever in the form of a corresponding tattoo in roughly the same place on both of your bodies. Sometimes, it takes a few tries before you piece together who that person is, leading some to be more covered in soulmarks than others.

Travel writer Louis Tomlinson has no tattoos.

Neither does singer and actor Harry Styles.

Will a trip to Maui’s most exclusive and private resort bring these two soulmates together, or will their bodies be constant reminders of what they missed out on?

🎬 What do you mean he's coming? by MediaWhore / @mediawhorefics {G, 15k}

When Harry accepted to be his sister’s Maid of Honour, despite how non-traditional of a choice he was, he didn’t think writing a speech for the wedding reception would be this hard. Now, not only does he have less than two weeks left to find something moving and inspirational to say, but Gemma just confided in him that her old childhood best friend is going to be in attendance. The one who moved to LA and they haven’t seen in fifteen years because he was too busy becoming an Academy Awards winner. But hey, no pressure. It’s just Louis Fucking Tomlinson. 

Harry is screwed.

🎬 Hold My Heart by Awriterwrites / @a-writerwrites , @phdmama {E, 14k}

“Excuse me, mate, I’m the window seat here.” The voice was soft, apologetic, and accented in something a bit unfamiliar — northern England, maybe, Harry thought. 

“Oh,” Harry jumped to his feet and moved aside, “I’m sorry, I didn’t see you standing there.”

The other man laughed as he swung a bag into the overhead compartment and slid into the seat. “You were well caught up in that book, mate. What are you reading?”

Harry paused, wondering how to explain the fact that he was reading an epic and x-rated romance that was the story of a relationship between a prince and the man he’d enslaved. “Oh, you know, just some fiction my sister recommended.” He turned to look at the man and froze. 

Sitting next to him was Louis Tomlinson.

Or, the one where famous Louis Tomlinson offers his hand and a lot more to his seat mate on a transatlantic flight.

🎬 in all of them, you by amorasue / @eulogisemeao3 {E, 11k}

Sworn off of love, A-List actor and model Harry keeps finding his way back to Louis, an uncouth rockstar who unexpectedly bludgeoned his way into Harry’s life one evening, on the rooftops of Paris, after the break of his engagement. Every so often they reunite, when destiny crosses their paths, sharing passion-filled nights over the years in cities all across the world. In a constant state of mourning over the past, Harry becomes blind to the love that’s been following him over the years, hidden between gentle touches and yearning gazes.

One night in Portofino changes everything.

🎬 Six Ways to Sunday by @silverstuff50 {E, 11k}

Prompt 97: H is an award winning actor who’s a massive fan of The Six, an indie band fronted by a certain LT. H confesses his love for the band in an interview, L takes the piss when asked about him, saying H isn’t cool enough to stan The Six. An internet feud starts with the fandoms facing off, whilst behind the scenes H’s secret crush on L makes him determined to change the man’s mind about him. While the fandoms are at war, the two men bicker over Twitter, but behind the scenes the ice is slowly thawing.

Or: Harry’s a fanboy and Louis secretly likes the fact. Or maybe not so secretly….

🎬 Paper Houses by @allwaswell16 {E, 11k}

Reason to have sex #6: Rebound

“Who is that?” He hisses.

Zayn holds up a hand to stop Louis from speaking any further.

The voice on the other end of the phone continues. “Then, he saw a photo of him on Insta with his little sister and brother, and he was so gone, dude. He basically demanded that I find Louis for him! And he’s never demanded anything from me ever !”

“Pshhhh, Louis’ been jerking off to Harry for years--”

Louis dives from his place on the couch to sprawl across Zayn’s desk, snatching the phone up. There are loud noises coming from the other end of the phone as Louis shouts into it. “Who is this? Zayn has no idea what he’s talking about--”

Someone on the other end has begun shouting into the phone at the same time. “I never demanded anything--”

Crimson in My Head

by @allwaswell16 for @howdidigethereficfest

As it stood, Louis generally avoided being alone with Harry. It wasn’t that he didn’t enjoy being around him. That wasn’t it at all. In fact, it was more like the opposite. He enjoyed it a little too much than was healthy for their friendship. So he’d spent the better part of three years keeping Harry at arm’s length. When their friends decided to get off campus apartments sophomore year, he’d made sure to attach himself to Liam, leaving Zayn and Harry to get a place with Niall. If they had a study session at the library, he made sure Harry wasn’t the only one going. If they went bowling or to the movies or out to a bar, he made sure there was at least one other person as a buffer between him and Harry. And so far, it had all worked perfectly. For the most part. With maybe some minor bumps in the road. Or A friends to lovers story featuring spring break, tiny red shorts, an interfering friend, and a pair of lace panties. Inspired by the song Looks Like Lucy.

gambled our souls to the summer |E|60k

“Harry Styles,” Louis said with a bored tone. “Aren’t you meant to be getting married today?” “Fuck off,” Harry retorted, finally leaning up off the hood of his car. He looked around the parking lot, which was full of cars, but free of any other people. “Can I have a ride?” “To your wedding?” Louis teased just to see Harry roll his eyes. “Away from my wedding.”

that's showbiz, baby!

by: eulogiseme | 97k | NOW COMPLETE

Thirty two year old, war veteran, Louis has been employed by the influential Edgar Styles to be a personal bodyguard for his son, upcoming popstar, Harry Styles. Chosen for his skill, intellect and dedication, Louis is more than prepared for his new job. But when he arrives, he learns that his duty is much bigger. The omega is being stalked and they want him to have an alpha by his side at all times, one who can play pretend for the cameras, but behind the scenes keep his eyes peeled for an intruder.

What they want is a fake relationship with Harry and Louis at the centre of it, to lure out the stalker.

He tells himself it'll be fine. He's been in all sorts of jobs that have required more from him. It won't be that hard.

For the @bottomlouisficfest

Rated: E 54K

A/B/O || Enigma Alpha Harry || Intrigue || Smut

Enigma alphas are rare, but there's only one Titan alpha. And as intimidating as he is, omega doctor Louis needs him for his research...

a vigil fire series by yourdelicatepov

Rated: M+E || Words: 31K || Completed

PART 1: we could catch a spaceship to the moon (but we'd crash)

Harry is a vigilante who carries the weight of the world on his shoulders and Louis needs him to stop before he kills himself

(Prompt 10.1: "Retirement")

PART 2: the world is just a figment of the fools (so say your prayers)

Harry is a vigilante who carries the weight of the world on his shoulders, but maybe he didn't have to. Because Louis was Harry's whole world. And Louis was enough. And he needed to tell Louis that before it was too late.

(Prompt 10.2: "Heart")

PART 3: would you even want me (lookin' like a zombie)

Harry is a vigilante who can no longer carry the weight of the world on his shoulders. But Louis is here. Louis is his world, the love of his (singular, fragile, very precious) life. And Harry has said more 'Sorry's than 'I love you's to him in all these years. It's high time he fixes that.

(Prompt 10.3: "Regret")

written for @wordplayfics

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