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HL Fic Library ☁️ Fluff Fics

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☁️ Relief Next To Me by dolce_piccante {M, 333k}

AU. What happens when a baker and a graphic designer meet via a very specific Craigslist post? Fate, friendship, food, and maybe more.

☁️ knock knock, i love you by beautlouis / @thelovejandles {E, 86k}

“Well,” Louis says, searching for something to relieve this tension. “I think if a bloke gets kicked out of his stats exam for a knock knock joke, he deserves to hear the punchline, yeah?”

“Oh!” Harry says, beaming. “I forgot where we left off, what was it again?” He looks overjoyed to be exchanging a shit joke.

“Ah, you said knock knock, then I said who’s there, and then you said Noah,” Louis supplies helpfully. He hates that he's actually curious about the rest of the joke. “So, Noah who?”

“Oh,” says Harry, in a much different tone, dragging out the syllable. He looks bashful now. Louis cannot keep up with this boy, it's going to kill him. “Right, well.” He shuffles his feet. Fuck, what kind of knock knock joke gets a boy nervous? “Noah a good place we could get something to eat?”

[Harry and Louis get kicked out of a statistics exam for passing a knock knock joke note, and subsequently fall in love. Harry's a virgin, there's a cat, a hot cocoa date, a lot of sex, even more knock knock jokes, and everything is lovely and happy.]

☁️ like cranberries on a winter evening by 4ureyesonly28 / @evilovesyou {G, 57k}

Louis hates Christmas. With good reason, too. And no, he doesn’t want to talk about it.

When research for his next novel leads Louis to the website of a quirky little hotel in Northumberland, there is exactly one room available for the two weeks that Louis really wants to get away from his family.

Will the fairy lights, kind smiles, homemade pastries, and genuine friendships awaiting him in Harry Styles’ hotel be enough to cause Louis a change of heart?

☁️ Homegrown by @casuallyhl {E, 51k}

“It wasn’t an easy decision, if I’m honest,” Harry admits, shoulders sagging in on himself. “Moving is really difficult. My whole life was in Manchester. But Manchester didn’t want me. Leeds did.”

“Well, Leeds is happy to have you,” Louis says, giving Harry a kind smile.

Harry brightens a bit at that, undeniably pleased. “Yeah?”

“Yeah,” Louis replies, expression soft and lips curved.

Or, a gardening AU where Harry is new to town and the newest volunteer at the local gardening club, Louis is the attractive grandson of one of the members, and the nosy volunteers hatch a plan to get them together.

☁️ I Really Like Your Styles: The Baking Advent-ure by @homosociallyyours {T, 35k}

Louis isn't much for frills, and the coffee shop he co-owns with his best friend Liam is evidence of that. Yes, it's got a decent sized, well-kept industrial kitchen, but Louis insists that people come to coffee shops for coffee, not mediocre pastry and plastic wrapped cookies. When Liam's campaign for serving treats turns into watching a few baking accounts on whichever popular app he's on, there's one that really gets on Louis' nerves: "I Like Your Styles." With his chipper demeanor and over the top descriptions of the food he makes, Louis is sure that the (unfortunately cute) baker is full of it. Nothing that adorable could possibly be worth the hype.

It doesn't actually take much for him to eat his words...and some quality baked goods, while he's at it.

☁️ Snow In Love by @lululawrence {NR, 33k}

Harry and Louis are best friends and have been for basically as long as they can remember. For the first time since middle school, they are both single for the holidays leaving them with the brilliant idea to take each other as their dates to work events. To make things easier they will pretend like they’re dating. But then they learn something funny.

People thought they were already dating. Weird.

An advent fic featuring childhood friends, fake dating turned actual dating, really horrible secret keeping, and a winter weather surprise.

☁️ You Ain’t Gotta Feel Fear Just Mingle by LadyLondonderry / @londonfoginacup {T, 32k}

Harry has been at his dream job for less than three months, and he knows two things for sure; first, his project manager doesn't know what he's doing, and second, someone in the office is apparently pure evil, and no one will tell Harry who it is.

Oh, and the guy who works in conservation at the other end of the building is the most beautiful man Harry's ever seen, even when wielding a hot iron as a weapon.

Happy Christmas, here's to many more.

☁️ On This Winter's Night by @reminiscingintherain {T, 27k}

When a random bloke offers his lap for a seat on a busy bus in December, Louis' Christmas ends up being much different, and far less lonely than he was expecting.

☁️ Lambing Season by @helloamhere {E, 24k}

“Shut up,” Louis says, an involuntary grin tugging at his mouth. It’s not every boy who will stand in the middle of a cold barn in a suit and play musician trivia. “I’m Louis.”

//lambing season brings sleep deprivation, noisy alarms, cold barns, demanding animals, and warm strangers.

☁️ When Least Expected by Rearviewdreamer / @all-these-larrythings {M, 22k}

Drowning in a sea of emails and Zoom meetings in the living room, his lonely son falling more and more behind in his kitchen classroom, and crushing weight of the world being on house arrest for the foreseeable future, one fateful online interaction suddenly has everything looking up.

☁️ no good unless it's real by @fackinglouis {E, 17k}

“Here,” Harry says, pulling a strap off his shoulder so he can dig his phone out of his bag. “We can get each other’s numbers.”  Louis shakes his head. “I have the practice’s number already,” he tells him. “And my number is definitely on file somewhere.”

 Harry pauses, smile quirking a bit as he stares at Louis. The sun is still in his eyes, though, with his sunglasses pushed up onto his head still, so Louis credits his funny face to that.

 “I’m trying to give you my number, Louis,” Harry explains around a breathy laugh.

 “Oh,” Louis blinks, processing that. He scratches his temple, moves a piece of longer fringe back behind his ear, and then nods. “Okay.”

 Or: Louis is a very busy farmer who’s just trying to make it to his next nap and Harry’s the new hot vet that’s determined to infiltrate every area of his life.

☁️ Captain Cupid by @2tiedships2 {NR, 15k}

“Right,” Niall started, finally getting the opportunity to unleash his horrible plan. “Well, as you both know, I’m an excellent matchmaker. A human Cupid.The best of the best at finding one's mate. And I’ve decided it’s time to make money doing it.”

“Oh, God no,” Louis groaned, picking up his empty plate and placing it in the sink. He needed to escape as quickly as possible.

Or the one where Niall enlists his friends to help start a speed dating side hustle. Things don't go as planned... or maybe they do?

☁️ the inconvenience of wanting you by @tracksuitponytail {M, 14k}

Alpha Louis Tomlinson loves music, his balcony overlooking an unkempt garden, and (most of all) his solitude. When omega Harry Styles moves into the downstairs flat with four-legged company and a love of gardening, Louis is determined to despise the disruption and keep his distance. But Harry, it turns out, is impossible to ignore.

☁️ Just Your Jinx by @larryatendoftheday {T, 10k}

Harry Styles may or may not have accidentally jinxed his extremely fit new neighbor, and it's not so easy to make things right.

☁️ Ever Since by @letsjustsee {NR, 10k}

Louis once again went to leave, but before he could reach the door he heard Barkley jumping off the bed behind him. The giant dog accosted Louis before he could get through, nudging Louis’ legs with all his weight and making him stumble, and Louis had to grab the doorframe to steady himself. “What the heck, Barkley?” Louis was mostly talking to himself, aware that Barkley couldn’t actually understand him, but he had never witnessed the dog acting so oddly. He turned around when he heard a quiet murmur coming from the bed. “What?” He hadn’t been able to make out what Harry said, but at Louis’ question he sat up in bed, hair already wild from the pillow, eyes heavy, and Louis’ stomach gave a little flip. “He wants you to stay.” 

Or, a very fluffy AU where Louis finds a lost dog that he wishes he could keep - until he meets his owner, who he wishes he could keep more.

☁️ and marshmallows by BriaMaria / @briannamarguerite {E, 10k}

Louis Tomlinson’s ass was wet. Well the whole back of him was wet, but it was really, really seeping through the thin jeggings that he swore to Lottie were jeans. In this moment, though, lying spread eagle in the snow bank that was his front yard he admitted that they were indeed some kind of useless fabric that wasn’t denim.

“Ummm.” The voice was deep, hesitant and came from the little walk leading up to Louis’ house. Fucking fantastic. Someone to witness his misery. “Are you alright?”

Louis squeezed his eyes shut hoping that the person would just go away.

The one where Harry has a personal attachment to Louis' house, and Louis can't stop picturing the beautiful stranger dancing in his kitchen.

☁️ He’s Dressed As A Banana by juniperlightning / @juniperlightningwrites {NR, 7k}

Louis gets talked into going to a Halloween party at Niall’s house and ends up falling for the cute stranger in a banana costume.

Loads of music, a bit of banter and a bunch of fluff.

☁️ Birthday Boyfriend by @emmli28 {M, 6k}

It’s Harry’s birthday, and he has had a rather shitty day, to be honest. That changes the moment a complete stranger sits down across from him at a bar and decides to make it the best birthday ever.

☁️ i swear i could give you everything by @alwaysxlarrie {T, 5k}

Louis Tomlinson was not a morning person, so he really should have known better than to start leaving secret notes on coworker Harry Styles' desk before he arrived at the office at 7:30 each morning. But he did have to admit that hearing Harry's reaction everyday was definitely worth it. Not being a morning person might be his downfall in this situation, though. Talk about self sabotage.

☁️ Pretty and Preposterous by @brightlyharry {NR, 5k}

Harry donates a copy of Pride and Prejudice to his little free library. He never expects what comes next.

☁️ Love Mail by @neondiamond {G, 5k}

A week after moving into a new apartment complex, Harry discovers the mailman doesn’t seem to know the difference between numbers 23 and 28. He’s not too mad about it when he finds out just how handsome his neighbour from apartment 28 really is.

who wants to play hangman? by tippitytap 6k (part of a series)

Mae had sent him a lot of messages asking him where the fuck he was, how could he miss this, what could possibly be more important than this, and a handful of messages containing only an emoji to get his attention. He had to scroll pretty far up to find the original cause of the mayhem in his phone, and when he finally saw it, he could not control the gasp that came out of his mouth.

“You announced a new album while we were having sex?” he screeched and turned around to look at Harry, who was still burying his head in the pillow but had a huge grin on his face.

- first, Louis finds out Harry has a new album, then he accidentally leaks some lyrics, then they play hangman on Twitter

in this world, it’s just us by satellite_freak 12k

harry is louis' older brother's best friend. harry and louis are in a secret relationship 

On Thin Ice by Neondiamond 16k 

As the goaltender for one of the best hockey teams in the world, Harry never expected participating in his second winter Olympics would be so eventful. His hidden long-term relationship with the captain of their biggest rival team may have something to do with it.

my gorgeous, my darling by SummonTheSun (tippitytap) 98k

“Are we going to be alright?” Harry whispered ten minutes later. “Despite my family, and all the other shit in our lives?” Louis hummed, his vocal folds vibrating against Harry’s head. “We’ll be alright, gorgeous.”

OR: Harry and Louis have been in a secret relationship for four months when Harry has to confront his inner demons and start thinking about coming out to everyone.

Such Good Luck by casuallyhl 66k 

Louis smiles at Harry’s words, leaning into his touch. “Tell me again.”

Smiling, Harry takes Louis into his arms. Pressing gentle kisses to his face, Harry murmurs, “In six months’ time, I will have my twenty-fifth birthday. On that day, my portion of the inheritance will become legally mine. And I plan that very day to announce to my family that I have found love.” Harry chuckles as he runs his lips lightly along Louis’ cheekbone. “That, in fact, I found love when I was twenty-one years old, and that I have loved and been loved every day since.”

Or, an Edwardian AU where Harry is a young aristocratic lord and Louis is a working class dairy farmer. Secrets are a necessary part of their relationship, but Louis has one that could topple their whole world.

Bambi by orphan_account 2k

When he came back, the boys were all settled in the couch watching what looked like Bambi. “Hey me and Harry watched this on our first date!” He announced as he plopped himself in Harry’s lap, offering the shirt which he took happily and pulled over his head.

“Why would you watch Bambi?” Zayn asked, amused.

Harry rubbed Louis’ back before explaining, “Because at first their like Why the fuck am I watching Bambi? But then they’re cuddling you and crying into your tee shirt, and you know how I cheered Lou up? I just-“

Louis smacked a hand over Harry’s mouth, “Shush, they don’t need to hear that part.”

or Louis and Harry are dating in secret and the boys come over while Louis' getting fucked

Up For It by jacaranda_bloom 18k 

Each year, the five friends take a lads holiday; it’s tradition, and this year is shaping up to be a jam-packed, fun-filled trip with their best mates just like all the rest... or is it?

OR the one where Liam is Mr Organised, Zayn is too perceptive for his own good, Niall is a compulsive matchmaker, and Harry and Louis might just have the surprise to shock them all.

so keep my candle bright by whisperdlullaby 27k

louis returns to his hometown after four years to find that the reverend’s son has done some growing up of his own.

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Re-Reads:

1. Closest It’ll Get (jaerie) - Because He Looks Like Your Super Hot Cousin and This is the Closest It’ll Ever Get to Being Okay.

New Reads:

1. Before We Ever Wrote A Song (casuallyhl) - Harry and Louis work in a coffeehouse on a film studios lot, and Harry wishes Louis would pay half as much attention to him as he does the famous actors.

2. I Will Care For You (lululawrence) - Alpha Harry adopts a baby and hires Omega Louis to be his nanny.

3. Fate Chances Moonlight (simmerup) - Single dad Louis is this close to giving up on daycares altogether and just hiring Niall as his full-time nanny when Liam convinces him to give it one more go. It was the first in a long line of daycares that has driven Louis to the edge, but it’s under new ownership, and this guy is not at all what Louis was expecting.

4. Best Served Cold (sweetums) - Harry bumps into the boy who humiliated him in Year 2. His plan of revenge is hard to carry out when said boy is quite possibly the loveliest person on earth.

5. Turn And Face The Strange - Harry is going to be King, Louis can’t handle it like he thinks, Zayn is finally happy, Liam’s a massive geek, and Niall’s marrying a princess.

6. Second Time’s The Charm (cherrystreet) - Louis’ mother is convinced she met her son’s soulmate at the market. Louis is extremely hesitant to go on the blind date she’s set up, but she’s persistent, begging and pleading, pulling out all the stops. After all, mothers do know best.

7. Send My Love (fallinglikethis, rearviewdreamer) - Louis Tomlinson is fed up with dating losers. Harry Styles is tired of leaving his love life up to fate. Maybe one last try is just what they need to get it right. (Online dating AU)

8. Steal My Heart; Whatever It Takes To Get You Off (resurrectdead) - He’ll have to give it to him, that wasn’t the reaction he’d anticipated. It is, after all, a very specific kink.

9. To Meet Is Surely Where We’re Bound (loupiter) - Louis is 18, up in the air and being forced to spend a weekend with his family at a friend’s wedding instead of attending Leeds Fest. However, he ends up having a much better time in the quiet village of Holmes Chapel than he expects - and it may or may not have something to do with the boy whose house they stay in.

25 DAYS OF FIC COVERS: (11/25)

Tudor Rose by @casuallyhl

Word Count: 73,815

“We are together now,” Louis whispers. “Nothing will separate us again.”

With Louis warm against him, eyes shining brightly, lips red and begging to be kissed, Harry believes him unquestionably.

As they fall into one another, Harry and Louis forget the concerns that monopolize the realm. They forget everything that isn’t greedy hands, hungry mouths, and words of love. They forget that they have no right to one another – not when they’re in the king’s palace.

Or, a Tudor AU where Harry and Louis are young and betrothed lords in Henry VIII’s court, but when Harry catches the king’s eye, their future becomes as unsteady as England without a male heir.

                           Author Spotlight : casuallyhl

A Taste of Desire 

Words: 104k

“As forward as I have been with you this evening, I am also aware this dinner party isn’t the place to conduct business.” Mr. Tomlinson chuckles quietly to himself, shooting a subtle glance across the table towards their hostess. “And besides, I am sure our hostess would be horribly disappointed to learn that we went away this evening with a business agreement and not a mating one.”

Harry, who had been sipping his wine, coughs harshly at this. He splutters, unaccustomed to such blatant statements about mating.

Mr. Tomlinson continues to laugh quietly, clearly pleased at Harry’s reaction.

“Mrs. Humphreys promised that there was an alpha attending the dinner tonight that I would certainly get on well with,” Mr. Tomlinson continues, voice teasing. “She assured me that we would have much in common since we both work with mills.” Mr. Tomlinson glances at Harry, eyes flashing with mirth. “Little did she know that would be where our mutual interests began and ended.”

Or, a Victorian ABO where Harry is the owner of the most successful cotton mill in Manchester, and Louis is an opinionated social activist about to disrupt Harry’s world.

Such Good Luck 

Words: 66k

Louis smiles at Harry’s words, leaning into his touch. “Tell me again.”

Smiling, Harry takes Louis into his arms. Pressing gentle kisses to his face, Harry murmurs, “In six months’ time, I will have my twenty-fifth birthday. On that day, my portion of the inheritance will become legally mine. And I plan that very day to announce to my family that I have found love.” Harry chuckles as he runs his lips lightly along Louis’ cheekbone. “That, in fact, I found love when I was twenty-one years old, and that I have loved and been loved every day since.”

Or, an Edwardian AU where Harry is a young aristocratic lord and Louis is a working class dairy farmer. Secrets are a necessary part of their relationship, but Louis has one that could topple their whole world.

The Edge of the Stars 

Words: 16k

Louis laughed. “You think you can convince some random guy to want to go out with me?”

“Oh baby,” Jay chuckled. “I can convince all of the UK to want to go out with you.”

Or, a Meet the Parents AU where Harry is the man of Louis’ dreams, and it’s up to Jay to convince him to date her son.

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💙 A Taste of Desire (104k)

A Victorian ABO where Harry is the owner of the most successful cotton mill in Manchester, and Louis is an opinionated social activist about to disrupt Harry’s world.

💙 Before We Ever Wrote A Song (13k)

Harry and Louis work in a coffeehouse on a film studios lot, and Harry wishes Louis would pay half as much attention to him as he does the famous actors.

💙 Manifest Destiny (15k)

Louis is a Pony Express rider and Harry runs a station along the trail.

💙 Magic Everywhere We Go (19k)

Harry and Louis go on holiday with their family to Disney World.

💙 Such Good Luck (66k)

An Edwardian AU where Harry is a young aristocratic lord and Louis is a working class dairy farmer. Secrets are a necessary part of their relationship, but Louis has one that could topple their whole world.

💙 Homegrown (51k)

A gardening AU where Harry is new to town and the newest volunteer at the local gardening club, Louis is the attractive grandson of one of the members, and the nosy volunteers hatch a plan to get them together.

💙 Personally I’m Not (4k)

Louis lies in an interview. Harry makes sure to correct him.

💙 The Edge of the Stars (17k)

A Meet the Parents AU where Harry is the man of Louis’ dreams, and it’s up to Jay to convince him to date her son.

let us know who to feature next!

Such Good Luck by casuallyhl (66.2k, E)

Louis smiles at Harry’s words, leaning into his touch. “Tell me again.”

Smiling, Harry takes Louis into his arms. Pressing gentle kisses to his face, Harry murmurs, “In six months’ time, I will have my twenty-fifth birthday. On that day, my portion of the inheritance will become legally mine. And I plan that very day to announce to my family that I have found love.” Harry chuckles as he runs his lips lightly along Louis’ cheekbone. “That, in fact, I found love when I was twenty-one years old, and that I have loved and been loved every day since.”

Or, an Edwardian AU where Harry is a young aristocratic lord and Louis is a working class dairy farmer. Secrets are a necessary part of their relationship, but Louis has one that could topple their whole world.

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Historical, Alternate Universe - Edwardian, Alternate Universe - 1910s, Mpreg, Mpreg Louis, Established Relationship, Secret Relationship, Class Difference, everything is consensual within the class difference, Fluff, Smut, Anal Fingering, Anal Sex, Rimming, Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending

Amanda @casuallyhl tagged me in this a week ago and I have been thinking of fics and planning the draft in my head since then! Now I think I have it down! I bet I will forget some but I'm going off my AO3 bookmarks as my frame of reference, so this should be pretty inclusive!

Okay!

1 When We Were Younger by catfishau

Okay! So I presented myself with the unenviable task of picking my favourite catfishau fic, and this one (it was between this and the supermarket AU one) came out on top, though it is very hard to chose. KK has one of my favourite writing style because it's all so quintessentially British and relatable to me as a Brit, I feel like this is the closest characterisation to how the boys actually would;'ve been as teenagers. I like this fic because you want to know what happens, you need to know how they get past the stumbling blocks in place and most of all you want to know their future. Definitely read it, I love this fic so much. KK inspires me in my own writing.

2. I love your demons (like devils can) by ariadne_odair

okay so sixth form girl dfirection gave me the confidence (at least online and to myself) to come out. The majority of this writers girl direction fics are amazing  (as there are only 1 or 2 i'm yet to read) but this one really really gets me. i adore it, i adore the writing, the style, the relationships (especially between the 5 friends and between gemma and harry), the pacing, everything. Lots of this authors fics changed me but this one is my overall favourite.

3. May You Enjoy Your New Life by aimmyarrowshigh

A 2012 fic! This pre-dates my time as a 1d fan by 3 years lol I remember reading this around the same time as other big epics such as escapade and RNTM. This fic is such a strange concept to me because all the elements don't sound that attractive, and i don't generally read canon Larry fics, but this is the exception. i read it getting on for three years ago and I still think of it regularly.

4. as the winter to foul weather by benzos

this fic is heavy and deals with subject matters far beyond my comprehension, but in my opinion they are dealt with so beautifully. this fic will make you happy, sad, numb, tearful, relieved. there's a whole spectrum of emotions and to find that in a one direction fanfiction is amazing, and proof why this medium should not be discredited. this fic and the others that go with it i shall surely never forget, and that's a credit to the writer.

5. we used to wait by sunsetmog

wow, so i absolutely love tomlinshaw and I love the majority of this authors fics. i am torn between preferring canon tomlinshaw and AU tomlinshaw, but ultimately it doesn't matter to me when the writing is this good. i love the pain of this story, you're immediately invested in the character splights and wanting the resolve, though it certainly comes too soon. i could read 100k more of this easily! like catfishau, this author inspires me with my own writing.

*honourable mention to Truly, Madly, Deeply (10 Things I Hate About You) not your fault but mine and i had rather....

BONUS!!!

6. More Than Words by hazmesentir