#hidden gems

Boston Bricks by Kate K. Burke and Gregg LeFevre Winthrop Lane Boston, MA March 29, 2026

And it’s still there, just abandoned and hidden behind the trees. You would never know it by driving by but walk just beyond the overgrowth and you’ll see what used to be the most magical place on earth.

Pictured are then/now comparisons that I had almost deleted due to not being able to get a clear “after” shot… but decided to make a post out of them instead.

🌟 23 HIDDEN GEM MUST-READ FICS 🌟

Thank you to @allwaswell16 for the challenge! In the spirit of getting more fics out there, I've tried to pull 23 fics from my favorites that haven't been recc'd yet!

💎 The Section by bananaheathen / @bananaheathen (M, 11144 / Teacher Louis Tomlinson, Nude Modeling, Mutual Pining)

💎 the trail provides by whatabadchoice / @lydiejo (E, 13497 / Alternate Universe - the PCT, Hiking as a (Terrible) Substitute for Therapy, Harry Styles Has a Service Kink)

💎 pink like the paradise found by disgruntledkittenface / @disgruntledkittenface (M, 18477 / Girl Direction, Lesbian bar, sexual awakening)

💎 Play for Keeps by Rearviewdreamer / @all-these-larrythings (M, 18928/ board game convention, Wingman Louis, wingman Harry)

💎 Checking Them Out?: How to Use Your Library Science Degree To Get an Alpha by InsightfuIinsomniac / @insightfulinsomniac (E, 19965 / Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Librarian Harry, Strangers to Lovers)

💎 Take Our Bodies Higher by littlelouishiccups / @littlelouishiccups (E, 21039 / Phone Sex Operator!Harry, Phone Sex, Kink Exploration)

💎 Barefoot in Blue Jeans by indiaalphawhiskey / @indiaalphawhiskey (E, 24462 / Football Player Louis, Au Pair Harry, Slow Burn)

💎 Style (Louis’ version) by dead_tobeginwith / @dedtobeginwith (E, 25875 / Poet Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson is Harry Styles’ muse, Idiots in Love)

💎 Take Me Down Slow (Don’t Let Me Go) by jacaranda_bloom / @jacaranda-bloom (E, 26859 / Non-traditional Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Omega Heat, Friends to Lovers)

💎 Bitter Ends Turn Sweet by allwaswell16 / @allwaswell16 (E, 30164 / Getting Back Together, Rock Star Louis Tomlinson, Non-famous Harry Styles)

💎 Something About Liminal Spaces by kingsofeverything / @kingsofeverything (E, 34307 / Soulmates, Silver Fox Louis Tomlinson, Slow Burn)

💎 Know a Trick or Two by SadaVeniren / @sadaveniren (E, 44468 / One Night Stands, Quidditch Player Louis Tomlinson, Muggle Harry Styles)

💎 And Now I Date Cate’s Brother by sunflouwerhabit / @sunflouwerhabit (NR, 46604 / Pop punk Louis Tomlinson, Louis writes a song for Harry, it goes viral)

💎 That Smile and That Midnight Laugh by yeah_alright / @uhoh-but-yeah-alright (T, 50275 / Alternate Universe - Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) Fusion, Girl Direction, Coming Out)

💎 Loyal Knight and True by rainbowninja167 (E, 51569 / Magical Realism, Everyone’s a Poet, love spells)

💎 you were in my dream by staybeautiful / @harruandlou (E, 59348 / harry is a baker, louis is a builder, Acquaintances to Lovers)

💎 Glass Closets and Greenhouses by tiredtiredtz / @tiredtiredtz (E, 60933 / Popstar Harry Styles, Footballer Louis Tomlinson, Strangers to Lovers)

💎 The Lone Hydrangea by lightswoodmagic (sarah_writes) / @lightswoodmagic (E, 77190 / Some slightly haywire magic, Louis has the blackest thumb, But Harry’s magic helps him out)

💎 Stranger than Larry Fiction by Larrysmomfics / @larrysmomfics (E, 90738 / Post-Hiatus, Larry reading fics, friends to lovers but really idiots to lovers)

💎 Parallel by SomeDovesFly / @somedovesfly (E, 96651 / BDSM, Polyamory, OT5 Smut) 

💎 Black Raspberries and Butterscotch by MushroomMushroom28 (E, 114714 /Soulmates, Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Alternate Universe - Medieval)

💎 All in the Golden Afternoon by leighllbealright / @leighll-be-alright (E, 126040 / single dad louis tomlinson, harry styles owns a pre-school, Harry is super weird)

"Under 500 kudos" hidden gems/underrated fics part 2 collab with one of my discord servers (part 1 here)

Feel free to reblog with your favorites and I'll try to keep post updated 🥰

--- please give these works some love with comment --- (let me know if I missed tagging author)

🐺⭐ Wolfstar 🐺⭐ (completed unless noted)

•Tea, mild flirtation and the long way around to one another by @lucigoo (7k) canon divergent, older wolfstar

•fire in my brain (and i'm burning up) by @littleoldrachel so emotional and great exploration of affects of aging with lycanthropy

•Fuck It, It’s Fine by @r33sespieces (24k) right person wrong time... until it is

•Please Set Me On Fire by @jennandblitz (28k) Slytherin death eater Sirius

•Through Old Flesh and Cold Bones by lanearoo @shunstanpike (16k) God's own country au

•Boys In Wartime Want To Dance by everythingintransit (16k) 1st wizarding war relationship snippets

•Survival of love and Scotland by Albatrez (44k) muggle au, road trip

•Moonlight Mile by jennandblitz (17k) canon divergent kid fic

•when world goes quiet by @madefortherain (wip 63k, 8/15 chap) uni au

•love on the fly by @mybelovedmoon (wip 30k, 6/? Chap) meet ugly strangers to lovers

•your slaps don't stick, your kicks don't hit by englishghosts (4k) post prank

•you loved me the same by @sorealis (13k) explorations of effects of lycanthropy as remus ages. Mcd.

•A Song for the End of the World by @wannabelilybriscoe (wip 297k, 35/? Chapters) zombie apocalypse

•Crash (Into Me) by imparfait @je-suis-imparfait (2k) siren au

•Bad Moon Rising by barkatthemoon @barkingatthemooninsteadofwriting (wip 204k 45/?) remus after Halloween 81

•A Bridge Over Troubled Water by @sliebman10 (17k) nursing home au

•where the falling stars land by @theresthesnitch (1k) the moon does have a favorite star

•r/relationship_advice by @goldenprophetwrites (8k) remus asks for advice about Sirius in reddit

•The Shape of Words by RageCollector (20k) deaf remus has an encounter with Sirius and his bike

•Hope's Landing by Themesis (47k) strangers to lovers au

•Rescuing Remus Lupin by @thestralsofspinnersend (17k) Remus captured on werewolf mission and sirius rescues him

•The Archive of a Full-Time Grocery Stocker by VerminWorship (wip, 48k ch 6/?) Deaf remus and Sirius raising deaf harry

•Comfort Crowd by @rawenbeau autistic and mute remus, Slytherin Sirius (wip 64k, 20/31 chap)

•the end of the world (as i know it) by foxesandsharks (wip 30k, 7/? Chap) Remus is recently diagnosed as being in kidney failure

•You've Never Had Chocolate Like This by @bluedahlia912 (35k) modern au sirius raising Harry, remus owns chocolate shop.

•the magic fabric of our dreaming by @rae-lune (40k) no voldy sirius pov, Hogwarts on

•Made of Us by @the-avengent (11k wip) 2nd war divergent, trans remus mpreg

•Burn For You by Siriusly_Reggie_13 (17k) soulmates, Remus didn't go to Hogwarts

•Let Me Believe (Ever After) by @brigid-faye (47k wip 6/12 ch) ever after au

•The Point of Vanishing by @greenibis (80k, wip) Hogwarts fic

•Coparenting With Benefits by mooneroni @m00neroni (38k wip 6/22 chapters) a/b/o mpreg fwb

•Petit pas by Curiosities (58k) modern ballet au

•Themed Adventures by Sp00nhater (2k) day at Disney with disabilities (check out whole series too!)

•The Road to Thistle Creek by viwrites @just--vi (wip 33k, 6/? Chap) alien invasion

•Dignity be Damned by VioletThistle (121k) post poa fix it

•Let Me Touch You or The Five Times Sirius Black Kissed Remus Lupin and the One Time Remus Kissed Him Back by @jadedandconfusedao3 (13k) spin the bottle

•A Great Idea by lurikko (2k) get together

•Once in twenty lifetimes by @patriceavril (2k)

•night lights by @soloorganaas (2k) wolfstar at Hogwarts

•water language by @wanderingbandurria (6k) canon divergent

•Really Close Friends by @remtv (5k) older domestic wolfstar

•Mending Spines by @emjayeingray (5k) after a long time apart, Sirius has a job he only trusts Remus to do

•from the jaws of defeat by @goldenprophet, @ixiedust-writes , @remuspinksweater (11k) Sirius is in the ER for unconventional reason

•don't mug yourself by @kaaaaaaarf (1k) Rockstar Sirius and fanboy Remus crack

•Fel i Fod by @tealeavesandtrash (17k) hunger games au

•Become a Cake Master in Only 2 Months! by @floretissogay (13k) raising teddy, Remus takes baking classes

•A New Chapter (26k) Remus struggles to work with his disability/chronic illness (self rec bc I was threatened lovingly lol)

•the record by @afirefromashes (31k) fluff and angst mutual pining

•Rumspringa by lifeisabitch @lifeisabitch-butimcute (76k) Remus is Amish and meets James and then Sirius. Story of their friendship, family dynamics and precious wolfstar relatization and pining