HL Fic Library 🩵 Famous/Famous Fic Rec

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🩵 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.

🩵 In My Place by kassio {E, 97k}

Prince Louis has it all. He's wealthy, privileged, famous, and handsome, with a loving family and a world of opportunities. There's only one problem: he isn't actually the queen's son.

Harry and Niall Horan don't have much, but they have a dream: to win the X Factor and achieve something more than their normal middle-class life.

Two dreams collide and two very different paths come together when Louis requests to meet with Harry after seeing him on the X Factor.

🩵 everything to lose by @stylinsoncity {M, 92k}

harry is a global popstar who's convinced the world he has it all -- a happy marriage to a devoted alpha, two beautiful children, two grammy awards, three platinum albums, and a budding film career. but some aspects of his image aren't as true as they seem. like the fact he's been separated for over a year, uses meaningless flings to cope and occasionally forgets responsibilities or commitments to his family.

he and louis once commanded stages together. they tackled any challenges to their future. and no matter how hard things got, they always returned to one another. harry would always return to louis. until one day, he finds he can't.

🩵 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.

🩵 When the Lights Go Out by thelarenttrap / @antidotetogo {E, 79k}

“Louis, what do you have to say about how last week ended?” the reporter asks. There’s a moment of silence. Harry is looking at the reporter, but eventually gives in and looks down the table at Louis. He’s looking straight ahead, as if Harry isn’t even in the room. “If you can’t take the heat, then get out of the kitchen.” Harry leans forwards, placing his arms on the table and leaning onto them to get as close to his microphone as he can while looking at Louis. “And what’s that supposed to mean?” Louis turns to him, his icy blue eyes meeting Harry's. “Driving is your fuckin’ job, act like it.”

In its near eighty years of existence, Formula 1 has never had an out gay driver. In 2017, Harry Styles signs a contract with Scuderia AlphaTauri alongside his childhood friend and competitor, Louis Tomlinson. The next decade of their careers is some of the most tumultuous press--on and off the track--Formula 1 has ever seen.

aka the one where Louis and Harry are childhood friends to enemies to lovers over the course of 15 ish years.

🩵 Late Night Talking by @kingsofeverything {E, 53k}

Louis Tomlinson has a new album coming out and a second world tour on the horizon. Promo season gets underway with a stop at Late Night Talking, the late night show hosted by Harry Styles, and Harry Styles just happens to be the man who blew a chance to date Louis a decade ago.

🩵 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.

🩵 I Do by @brightgolden {E, 43k}

After moving to Los Angeles when he was just eighteen years old with the hope to be a household name in Hollywood, Harry Styles finally earns himself an Oscar several years down the road.

But his new found fame is rattled when he bumps into a certain Louis Tomlinson backstage after four long years. It doesn’t take beyond one coincidence for his past to catch up to him and Harry finds himself tirelessly trying to replace what he had lost.

🩵 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.

🩵 Rooms on Fire by @softfonds {E, 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.

🩵 Hearts Don't Break Around Here by sincewewereeighteen {E, 26k}

"Another car has stopped at the beginning of the carpet. People are going to collapse any time soon, and Louis knows why. Harry Styles has just arrived. And Louis. Well. Louis is a grown man. He curses himself a hundred times for even letting his heart race in his chest. He knew they were bound to meet tonight. What the hell is wrong with him?"

Or: the one in which Harry's having his big movie debut and Louis sings on its soundtrack. 

🩵 can we please get back to loving? by journeytothepast / @suckerforhome {E, 20k}

exes to lovers AU where Harry and Louis have to meet up with each other after their sex tape gets leaked.

🩵 if i had the chance, the things i would do to you by @missandrogyny {E, 14k}

Niall sighs. He leans forward, pushing his mug of tea carefully to the side, before bracing his elbows on the table, chin in his hands. It makes him look like some sort of bottle-blonde cherub. "You have quite the fanbase, Harry. I'm not denying that. And you've done a good job of popping out every once in a while in the past two years, just to make sure you're still talked about. But that's all you've done, and I'm not satisfied. I want more." He blinks at Harry. "Don't you want more?"

(Or: AU where Harry and Louis compete in the Lip Sync Battle)

🩵 burn this flame by rainbowninja167 / @rainbowtitania {E, 13k}

“You’ve played keeper before?” Tomlinson asks suspiciously, hands on his waist.

“Er, yeah,” Harry coughs. “Loads of times.”

“Alright Popstar, if you’re sure,” Tomlinson tells him with a shrug, his professional expression already curling into laughter. Harry tries not to read too much into it. After all, how hard can goalkeeping really be?

When Harry gets invited to play in a celebrity charity match with Louis Tomlinson, Manchester United's star player, he's determined to impress him with brilliant football skills. The only flaw in Harry's otherwise foolproof plan? He has absolutely no football skills, brilliant or otherwise.

🩵 The Prince and The YouTuber by @haztobegood {E, 12k}

The Annual Rosendal Spring Gala hosted by the Royal Family is the most prestigious fundraiser in the country. When a problem with the honorary foundation arises, Crown Prince Louis Tomlinson must pick a new worthy foundation on short notice. He discovers the perfect replacement in an unlikely place, while watching his favorite YouTuber, Harrysparkles.

🩵 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}

“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--”   When model Louis Tomlinson admits to having a celebrity crush on a very famous actor in an article in GQ magazine, he has no idea it will lead to anything. He definitely never suspects he will fall so hard and so fast for Harry Styles. When reality begins to interfere, their relationship is put to the test.

🩵 sensitive to pressure by momentofclarity / @gaycousinlarry {E, 4k}

Harry’s breath stutters on its way up his throat, his cheeks heating more with each step as Louis gets closer and Harry can’t move. Feet stuck to the carpet, heavy and unwilling, unable to shuffle away or take control, stuck in place and waiting.

🩵 just let me adore you by moon_rose25 / @darkinfinity {G, 3k}

When Louis is a famous football player and goes on a talk show to talk about football, but talks about the concert he went to during the Summer instead. Spoiler alert! It was Harry's concert.

🩵 Lights Are So Bright by QuickedWeen / @becomeawendybird {G, 2k}

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[1]

“So,” he says casually, looking from Nick back to Louis, “you and Nick didn’t come back to the bar last night.”

And the sentence just hangs in the air between them, like an accusation. Louis can practically see the effort Harry’s putting in to keep his face neutral, but the intense frog expression creeps its way back in. And suddenly Louis get it.

Harry is jealous.

He wants to laugh. It’s preposterous to think of, being jealous of Nick of all people. Nick who can see Louis’ feelings for Harry written all over his face and in everything he does.

“Yeah, after we went for a smoke, I just felt like going home,” Louis explains, biting back a smile. Knowing he’s not being clear enough, he continues, “Nick just walked with me, stretching those ridiculous legs of his, I guess, but Liam picked him up as soon as we got back to my apartment building.”

Harry is still glowering. It’s ridiculous. It’s so fucking cute. Louis is so fucked.

[2]

“I do! We do,” Harry says, looking at Louis, who smiles warmly at him. “I just always thought I would adopt, but I guess I see the issues here for, like… succession?”

“Yes, my successor has to be a biological relative,” Louis says gently. “Lottie wants no part of it, that’s why she was so eager to donate eggs. And I’m not sure if she’ll have children of her own.”

“It is actually a matter of state,” Hervé adds, not unkindly. “Securing the line of succession secures Monaco’s status as an independent principality. If there is no biological heir, upon the prince’s passing then the state would be absorbed by France.”

“Oh, fuck,” Nick mutters, summing up how Harry feels. Well, he wasn’t wrong when he tried to tell Harry what a big fucking deal all of this would be. 

[3]

“Sorry to bother,” he says lowly, dripping sarcasm. “But would you mind shutting the fuck up? You’re ruining the show for the rest of us with your passive-aggressive bullshit.”  

Harry automatically twists around to see the couple’s response; it looks like husband is gearing up for a retort, but there are quiet murmurs of agreement from the people around them, and the man on his seatmate’s other side even claps him on the back in thanks. Chagrined, the couple slump down in their seats, their lips unhappily sealed.

Harry turns to the man next to him, who’s already looking at him from under the smudge of long, dark lashes that frame his blue eyes. A slow grin overtakes Harry’s face as he meets the man’s steady gaze. For once his words don’t fail him, and he leans in just close enough so the man will be able to hear him as he whispers “thank you.”

[4]

“Is that another new tattoo, Z?” she asks, reaching out and gently turning Zayn’s arm to get a better look. “Oh, yin yang, right?”

Louis immediately squeezes Harry’s thigh, turning to her with wide eyes, but Harry’s too busy fishing for a thin slice of cucumber at the bottom of her glass to register what’s happening. Zayn is still holding her arm out so Liam can see the tattoo when she glances up and Louis pointedly looks from her to the tattoo and back again. Harry’s confused face is adorable, she looks like a disgruntled kitten trying to surmise what Louis is attempting to silently communicate. It takes a minute, but understanding finally dawns in her eyes and she claps her large hand over her mouth, her shoulders shaking with laughter.

“What?” Zayn asks, throwing a dirty look at them.

“Nothing,” Louis manages in a strangled voice. “Nothing! Great tattoo. Harry? Shall we?”

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pumpkin spiced regret by disgruntledkittenface | M | 1803 You know what they say: If you can’t take the heat in the kitchen, masturbate in the guest bathroom.

Let Me In One More Time by homosociallyyours | E | 3384 At the last minute, Harry's mother springs a bunch of new guests on her for their Thanksgiving meal. When Harry hears that the eldest daughter, Louis, will arrive early to "help" she's not exactly pleased. But when she opens the door she's surprised to see a familiar and unexpected face.

Feeling Thankful by AFA929 | T | 3877 When Liam is in America for college, he isn't able to get home for Thanksgiving. He's feeling lonely. That is, until he meets a handsome man in the grocery store who invited him over for dinner.

hope your heart is strong enough by suspendrs | nr | 4030 Prompt: Set in the US, Harry spends Thanksgiving with Louis' family, or vice versa. Chaos ensues.

With You I Am Never Alone by LiveLaughLoveLarry | T | 6296 Louis comes up with the idea of holding a Thanksgiving dinner for their families. Harry loves it. And him.

candle wax and polaroids | T | 13801 "I could think of much worse ways, Harry. I look forward to meeting you when you aren't half naked," Louis teased, and Harry swore Louis glanced down at his bare chest. Harry blushed, watching Louis shut the bathroom door behind him. And that's how he met his sister's boyfriend. or, gemma brings her "boyfriend," louis, home for thanksgiving.

bring out feelings in me i never show | M | 24652 “I really think you should stop reading,” Liam says, having moved to hover behind Louis’ back at some point. “I can already see the cogs turning in your head, Louis, and I don’t like this.” “Shut up,” Louis waves him off and continues reading. I can do these things, at your request: openly hit on other female guests while you act like you don’t notice; start instigative discussions about politics and/or religion; propose to you in front of everyone; pretend to be really drunk as the evening goes on (sorry I don’t drink, but I used to); start an actual, physical fight with a family member, either inside or on the front lawn for all the neighbors to see. [Louis accidentally hires a felon to be his fake boyfriend for Thanksgiving. Or, the fake boyfriends au no one asked for, inspired by this.]

Loving with a Little Twist by hrrytomlinson | E | 29189 “What are you going to do?” “I don’t know Niall! I just promised my mother I’m bringing my boyfriend - a boyfriend I don’t have - to Thanksgiving dinner. What should I do? I can’t call back and be like, ‘Oh yeah mom, that boyfriend I said that I have, I don’t actually have. Sorry to disappoint you.’ My life is ruined.” Harry returns to suffocating himself with the pillow. Niall laughs and Harry growls at his best friend’s unwarranted happiness in this life-ending situation. Harry is fucked. Fuck. He needs a boyfriend. Fuck. (or a thanksgiving themed fake/pretend relationship au)

Always Expanding by loutwix | nr | 38693 Harry's speechless. Apollo’s just revealed he has a thing for mortals, himself specifically, and it's the most connected to his Greek mythology class that he's ever felt. How does one react when gods reveal such a thing? Do they bow? Do they flirt back? Do they just drop to their knees in awe? He's not sure, but he can only do his best with what he's given, which is currently a wet, blushing, naked boy gripping his towel with all his might while poetically side-eyeing Harry's next move. or (Gemma brings Louis home for Thanksgiving, and Hot Harry is the last thing he expected.)

happy happy mondayyyyy

“Those reindeer were fucking, Liam,” Harry says, as serious as he can be. “Fucking. F-U-C-K-I-N-G.” — @kingsofeverything

Someday, Louis would like to sit down with Harry and discuss his penchant for public nudity. — @stylinsoncity

“I’m glad you hit on me in a bar and didn’t remember who I was,” Harry says when they pull apart.

“I am being spontaneous! I just wrote down something that wasn’t planned before!” —@allwaswell16

“Lazy fucking sod of a slumlord,” Louis comments, shaking his head in disapproval at the mention of their mutually disliked landlord.  — @beyondxmeasure

Harry is almost positive Niall was put on this planet to ensure that Harry lives a well and thoroughly embarrassed life for the entirety of his existence. Because not only is Niall painfully aware of Harry’s little crush, but he had also gone out and made it his personal mission to become best mates with Harry’s little crush as soon as Harry had told him last year about the “really fit lad on the footy team” that he had seen while covering the match for one of his other articles. — @maggieisalarrie

Anytime Harry had managed to pay any mind to the football games, Louis had always been wearing a helmet. Consequentially, when first he saw the unnaturally beautiful boy before him with the toffee colored hair and sweat stained caramel skin, throwing his head back in laughter, Harry was caught so off guard he almost emptied his spit valve on the flautist sitting in front of him (which earned him a very dirty glare, but hey, he’s only human). — @lululawrence

So Louis didn’t text him back. So what? So fucking everything. — @disgruntledkittenface

Harry would never admit it, but the next time it happens, it is completely intentional. — @thebreadvansstuff

LOUIS RARE PAIR FEST 2024

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🫐 I regret you all the time by @disgruntledkittenface

[E, 3k, Louis/William Prince of Wales, fic post]

Louis’ friends don’t understand, and they wouldn’t even if he explained. But every time William texts, Louis drops everything to go see him.

🫐 I'm the Big Fish by @lululawrence

[NR, 5k, Louis/Pedro Pascal, fic post]

Today is the wonderful, amazingly talented, phenomenal @disgruntledkittenface​’s birthday!! Maggie is one of our fandom’s most prolific writers. She always challenges me to push myself, both as a writer AND as a reader. I am usually a down the middle Larry and only Larry reader, but I will ALWAYS read a rare pair from Maggie. And I always fall in love with her characters, no matter what pairing she writes because the stories are always fully realized, the characters unique but familiar at the same time, and the writing so warm and comforting and emotionally intelligent. 

To celebrate her birthday, I decided to pick my favorite fics of hers. You’ll see a good deal of Larry, obviously, but we’ve also got Tomlinshaw, Gryles, Shiall, and the incredibly underrated Horchata pairing (Niall/Nick Grimshaw). Give these a read and some kudos today! Here they are, in no particular order. 

Darling, so it goes (Larry, 195K, E) : Maggie’s Grace Kelly inspired magnum opus for this year’s Big Bang. I had the pleasure of being able to go on the journey with Maggie, reading it as she wrote it, and I’m just so proud of her. This is the kind of fic you can just marinate in. The world building and the amount of research she put into this is astounding and it never feels like an exposition dump. Plus, the SMUT is super hot. I’m so envious of her skill in writing dirty talk. 

hold this thread (Gryles, 26.6K, E) :  Maggie’s summary on this one is perfect, so here you go: On his way to visit Henry getting ready for his London Fashion Week show, Nick bumps into a (stupidly pretty) model and pulls a loose thread on the sample he’s wearing. Horrified, Nick tries to mend the simple mistake, but it may just unravel into the best thing that ever could have happened to him. Listen, I love how Maggie writes Nick Grimshaw and whenever I see Harry’s Gucci campaigns, especially behind the scenes footage, I think of this fic. 

i must admit i’d like to make you mine (Girl!Larry, 50K, M) : Maggie is one of the best ambassadors for Girl Direction out there, and this Fake Dating AU is a great way to dip your toe into that world if you never have before. It’s soft and lovely and has a cat cafe. 

reach the stars (Horchata, 19K, M) : Getting a fic for your birthday is like the BEST present. While I was writing Own the Scars, Maggie and I would talk about the future for all those characters. She came up with the idea that Nick and Niall would end up together in the future, and I was just like...okay, yes. Yes, they do. It became this WHOLE THING and I was just so so so so happy that she eventually brought some of it to life. Her takes on the characters I created are so authentic because she knew them as intimately as I did. This is a gift I will always treasure <3

walk, walk fashion baby (Tomlinshaw, 23.8K, E) : Of all of Maggie’s rare pairings, I may like her take on Tomlinshaw the best. I am particularly soft for her Louis in this fic. He really does go on a journey of self-discovery in this one, and the way she writes their relationship in this fic is so fucking good. 

just one look (and i fell so hard) (Larry, 15.2K, M) : As a New Yorker, I am completely biased towards this one. Maggie captures the magic of a perfect New York evening flawlessly. She uses the tagline for the Broadway Production so perfectly that I giggled about it for MONTHS every time a commercial using it came on. 

a bagel for all seasons (Shiall, 29.8K, NR)  : The Hallmark Christmas Movie AU we all deserve starring grumpy big city lawyer Niall and Shawn as the small town baker whose charms he is powerless against. Featuring Larry as the cat loving owners of the local B&B and Liam as the pure-hearted owner of the local Christmas Tree farm. 

use your heart while it’s beating (Horchata, 7.7K, M)  : I will never get over Maggie’s Soft Dom Niall and neither should you. 

you came into my life (Larry, 57K, M) : I consider Maggie’s Queer Eye AU to be one of our modern fandom classics. I will always treasure this Louis’ journey and will be forever soft for her take on Jonathan Van Ness. Plus that yoga scene! WHEW.

baby, you’re the end of june (Larry, 13.6K, E) : Maggie’s Accidental Courting Fic! I’ve really loved all of her takes on the omegaverse (a trope that I love but is so daunting to me as a writer) but this one is a particular fave because her Harry is so damn endearing.