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HL Fic Library 📸 Famous/Not Famous Fics

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🩷 Tired Tired Sea by MediaWhore / @mediawhorefics {M, 113k}

As a B&B owner on the most remote of all the British Isles, Louis Tomlinson is used to spending the coldest half of the year in complete isolation, with his dog and the sea as sole companions. Until, one day, a mysterious stranger on a quest to rebuild himself rents a room for the winter.

🩷 In A Twinkling by jacaranda_bloom / @jacaranda-bloom {E, 98k}

Louis’ Nan just wants him to be happy, to settle down with a nice boy, and bring him around for Christmas.

Louis is too busy with his career to bother about relationships, but in an attempt to appease his Nan, he sends her photoshopped pictures of him and his pretend boyfriend, Harry. The fact that the man in the pictures is none other than Harry Styles, world famous Gucci model—and recurrent star of Louis’ fantasies—is irrelevant. It’s not like their paths will ever cross…

So it comes as somewhat of a surprise when Louis returns home for Christmas and walks into his Nan’s sitting room only to find the real-life Harry Styles happily chatting away with the grey-haired ladies of his Nan’s Crochet Circle.

Featuring Niall and Liam as Louis’ childhood friends, Harry as the painfully perfect man of Louis’ dreams, Zayn as Harry’s very protective best mate, Louis’ Nan as a well-meaning matchmaker, and Louis as a guy who thinks he’s happy with his life, until a certain someone shows him what he’s been missing.

🩷 Emperor's New Clothes by sunsetmog / @magicalrocketships {E, 92k}

The fact that Louis’s most precious belonging was a cat with a face like thunder and an uncanny ability to cover every single inch of Louis’s clothing with cat hair was something that Louis chose not to think about too much.

or: Harry’s a pop star and Louis isn’t, and there’s a non-disclosure agreement where there used to be a relationship.

🩷 Cameras Flashing by @juliusschmidt {E, 81k}

With his breakout single platinum three times over and his second album still selling out in stores around the world, Louis Tomlinson has made it to the top. However, his position as Pop Heartthrob of the Decade is threatened by the edgier, more artistic Zayn, who happens to be releasing an album a week after Louis’ upcoming third. Louis needs something groundbreaking- scandalous, even- to push past him in the charts. Much to Louis’ dismay, his PR team calls in The Sexpert.

Consulting with PR firm Shady, Lane and Associates pays the bills so that Harry Styles can spend his down time doing what he really loves: poring over data. On weekends and late into the evenings, he researches gender, presentation, and sexual orientation, analysing the longitudinal study that is his father’s life’s work. That is, until his newest client, the popstar with the fascinating secret, drags him off his couch and frighteningly close to the spotlight.

As the album’s release date approaches, will Tomlinson and Styles be able to pull off the most risky PR scheme of the millennium and beat Zayn in sales or will the heat of their feelings for each other compromise everything?

🩷 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)

🩷 another dream but always you by you_explode / @nobodymoves {M, 66k}

Harry is a Dreamwalker; he has the ability to visit people in their dreams and help put them on the right path. He's assigned to Louis, who's struggling after the break-up of his band. It's an unusual assignment from the beginning; Harry has a crush on Louis, and Louis's subconscious immediately decides Harry is the love of his life. When Dreamers cast Harry as their love interest, he can usually redirect them, but Louis is insistent on being Harry's boyfriend, and despite knowing they have no future, Harry wants to keep up the charade.

🩷 My Sweetest Downfall by kiwikero / @icanhazzalou {M, 42k}

Louis is a retired guardian angel. After the death of his last charge, he became jaded. Humans die—what use is prolonging the inevitable?

He's more than happy to forget about humanity altogether until one day, when Louis is pulled from his desk job for a new assignment: protect One Direction's Harry Styles. It doesn't help that there's something about Harry that Louis can't resist, and it's making him question everything he's ever known. Humans are strictly off limits, and breaking that rule means risking everything, but Harry just might be worth it.

This is a story about forgiveness and discovery, featuring an angel who wants to be a little more human and a human who is so much more than he seems.

🩷 hymns for restless stars by @turnyourankle {E, 37k}

Every Holiday season Louis has his pupils write down their Christmas wishes for class. He's read almost every wish under the sun, but one girl's wish takes him by surprise. It's for her uncle not to be alone anymore. It's not a wild wish by any means, but Louis had no idea that former teen idol Harry Styles was lonely in the first place.

🩷 But Why Wonder, Why Wonder? by @100percentsassy {E, 30k}

The one where Marcel Styles has improbably landed a job in the fashion industry, and Louis Tomlinson is the actor-turned-lingerie-designer he’s been infatuated with for years.

🩷 Bitter Ends Turn Sweet by @allwaswell16 {E, 30k}

It had been four years since Harry first heard the song his ex wrote about him and far longer since they broke up. He forgave Louis long ago, and now his life was focused on his career, his family, and especially his son, Max. But Louis was back in Chicago, after all this time, and he’s not an easy man to ignore.

Or a songfic inspired by the song Chicago

🩷 Rewriting the Melody by LadyAJ_13 / @ladyaj-13 {T, 26}

Louis doesn’t get put in One Direction. This time, the path to true love takes the long way round, including singing in toilet cubicles, fruit baskets, and long distance band counselling from someone who really doesn’t know what he’s doing, he just wants to keep talking to Harry.

🩷 Singing To Tiny Dancer by BriaMaria / @briannamarguerite {E, 22k}

“Yes!” Harry punched a fist into the air. He laughed at the confusion that wrinkled the little space between Louis’ brows.

“What?”

“You’re flirting with me,” Harry smiled, letting his dimples pop.

Louis’ face went blank for two seconds and then he rolled his eyes, one side of his mouth lifting. “Am not.”

“You soooo are,” Harry sang out, poking him in the shoulder. “You like me.”

“I was simply showing you how to actually bring… what did you call it? Your A-game.”

Harry adopted a patronizing expression, sure it would piss him off. “And you did great. Really.”

“Oi, fuck off,” Louis said, but he was actually laughing now. Outright. It was gorgeous and Harry wanted to live in this moment forever. It was the very best one he’d experienced. He wanted to always remember the image of Louis’ crinkled eyes, the sound of his breathy giggles, the smell of citrus that radiated off him as he swayed in his amusement. And Louis didn’t even know his name.

Or ... When everything gets to be a bit too much for A-list actor Louis Tomlinson, he runs back to the town he had never really called home and the boy who was the only one he did.

🩷 Then We Talk Slow by @letsjustsee {E, 20k}

The picture showed Harry smiling widely (with a fucking dimple) at the camera, his glossy brown curls situated artfully around his shoulders. Louis couldn’t see his whole outfit, but it seemed to consist of a pink, floral button-up with most of the buttons undone. Louis could also detect the dark outlines of tattoos on his chest, although he couldn’t quite make out what they were underneath the shirt. What he could make out was that his own heartrate seemed to have picked up significantly. Shit. This was so not good. Not only had Louis drunkenly sent messages in a deliberate attempt to interact with this man, he was now insanely attracted to him without ever having met him in person. Maybe Liam was right – drunk tweeting really was a horrible, rotten idea.

A famous/non-famous AU in which Louis banters back and forth with his new record company on Twitter, only to find out that Harry is the man behind the tweets.

🩷 Play (series) by @taggiecb {E, 19k}

Louis loves working towards a goal. His friends say having a goal in life is the only thing that keeps him sane some days. Right now he is working towards his before twenty five bucket list, and fate must have been smiling on him the day he won tickets for a show at Wembly, getting into one of the locker rooms is something he will have to think about later. Plus it doesn't hurt that the show he's seeing is his favourite celebrity crush Harry Styles.

🩷 Confessions of a Fabricated Alpha by @jaerie {E, 18k}

Hearing it now almost made Harry hang up the phone, but he sighed and pressed one to be connected to one of their alpha operators. He’d already committed to this low point in his life and hanging up meant he couldn’t wallow in it and he was in a wallowing mood.

“You are being connected to alpha operator number forty-four. Rogue will be with you shortly.”

The name was said in a different voice like a voice mailbox someone might have on their office phone. It made him snort out a laugh at how stupid it all was. It felt like a budget sex line.

 or famous alpha Harry Styles has a secret and paying an alpha to roleplay a relationship with him over the phone is the only way he can be himself.

🩷 Be Mine? by @softfonds {E, 11k}

Getting dumped the week before Valentine's Day wasn't in Harry's plans, and neither was being dragged to a concert to forget about it. But a sign Zayn brings manages to turn his night around in more ways than he hoped for.

🩷 More Than a Mic Drop by @haztobegood {E, 7k}

“You dropped the mic last night.”

“Oh, yeah. I did.” Louis gives a little shrug. He tucks his hands into the pockets of his baggy grey sweatpants.

“That was really careless.” His tone is very stern, unlike his usual bubbly and helpful voice when he suggests Louis try singing a chorus for the third time as he adjusts the sound mix again. Harry levels him a serious look and suddenly the room feels too hot. “You could have broken the mic and we don’t have a lot of spares.”

🩷 I Remember (The Distances We Covered) by @lululawrence {NR, 5k}

@ColleenisStylish: @LouisTomlinson my dad thinks he’s sat next to you on a train from Edinburgh right now, so if you could confirm that would be amazing. His name is Harry and he’s just had white wine and says you’re on red x

Louis glanced at the glass of red wine in his hand before taking a quick look around those nearest him on the train. Just across the aisle in a seat facing him was a man with graying, curly hair falling into his face yet somehow staying above his glasses. He was reading a book as he tapped his foot, seemingly oblivious to everything around him, and there sitting on the table in front of him was a half glass of white wine.

🩷 That’s the way love goes by bella28 {T, 4k}

“Why would someone attend a concert when they have a soulmate goose?” Harry questioned his sister bewildered. “Everyone knows that they can get very aggressive. Why did security even let this person enter the venue, they must know what a risk this is!”

His sister didn’t seem to know the answer. They were both aware that soulmate geese were sent to people that didn’t get their shit together with their soulmate. Hopeless cases in Harry’s opinion. Who didn’t recognise their soulmate when they standing were right in front of them?

OR: In a world, where soulmate geese are sent to the people who can't figure out who their soulmate is, Harry finds himself stuck with a goose when he is attending a concert of his favourite artist Louis Tomlinson.

🩷 Touch the Sky and Kiss the Sun by LadyLondonderry / @londonfoginacup {T, 2k}

Louis Tomlinson knows without a shadow of a doubt that Harry Styles is his soulmate.

Walking in the Wind by Untitled_Doc53 | nr | 390 Louis and Harry go on a hike.

Virginia is for Lovers by haztobegood | G | 1727 Harry and Niall go hiking in the Appalachian Mountains.

Big Dipper by gettingaphdinlarry | nr | 3175 “It’s weird being here,” Liam said. “Things are the same but—” “Completely different?” Niall looked at Liam and held his gaze. Niall’s face was a soft pink in the fire’s light. He looked younger, and Liam had to look away as a memory washed over him. Niall was seventeen again, sitting on the damp rocks by the Mississippi River, the day they’d first gone hiking together. Liam still had the rock he’d picked up there, chock-full of fossils. :: Liam and Niall haven't seen each other in years, until they go on a candlelit snowshoe hike together.

Any place you'll allow by kassio | E | 4225 Louis has to be spotted in Aspen, which means that Harry can't be spotted in Aspen. Louis has a great idea for how to be alone together in the wilderness, though, especially since it's Super Bowl Sunday and no one will be out on the trails. And a lonesome mountain adventure is rife with possibilities...

Somewhere Only We Know by kiwikero | E | 6321 Harry Styles rather enjoys his weekly visits to Peak District National Park. There are seemingly endless trails, gorgeous scenery, and plenty of friendly faces—not to mention one very, very fit Park Ranger.

Get Lost and Found by crimsontheory | T | 9437 When Louis is forced to go hiking in the mountains for his best friend's stag do, the very last thing he expects is to meet a beautiful stranger in the middle of the woods.

Of the Earth by angelichl | G | 24152 Harry embarks on a backpacking trip in West Virginia to figure his life out after breaking up with his boyfriend. He meets Louis along the way.

Walls Are Just Walls (You Are My Home) by Anonymous | E | 26003 After being injured in a hiking accident, musician Harry and his bodyguard are stuck on the trail with no cell service, no supplies, and with nightfall coming. Louis, who’s a wilderness first responder, comes across them, gives first aid, and calls for a rescue. Once the rescue’s over and Harry’s family is there to care for him, Louis doesn’t figure he’ll ever see Harry again, but he does— at the talk shows he and Harry appear on so they can talk about their experience, at the concert Harry invites him to, through all texts and DMs. It’s amazing how well they get along and how much Louis likes him. Could someone like Harry ever return his feelings?

recently, i read some fics that i enjoyed which is big for me! (however, there are a few fics that i read a while ago, recently found again & still enjoyed them, as well) i tend to reread the same fics over & over again, so i wanted to celebrate by putting together a lil fav fics of the month list lol. thank you to all the writers who created these fics & put them out there for the world to enjoy. i appreciate your efforts, talent & love for fic writing & the boys :’)

do you think the tides know by @loveislarryislove / livelaughlovelarry

“Zayn had known from the beginning that his summer fling with Louis was just that – a summer thing, and no more. He’d known that Louis’ heart was already taken, known that this was just a chance for Louis to learn more about himself and his sexuality. Louis had been upfront about it the whole time. Unfortunately, Zayn dramatically underestimated how easy it would be to fall in love with Louis.

~*~

“Um.” Louis swallowed hard. “Okay. I just, like – have you kissed guys?” Zayn nodded. “Guys, girls, a few non-binary people. I’ve met all sorts at the clubs near the university.” “Could you-” Another pause. “Like, I was wondering, would you… just to see what it’s like?” Zayn blinked. “Would I… kiss you?” Louis’ face was pale, but his gaze was steady on Zayn’s as he nodded. “If you want,” he said. “You don’t have to, if it’s too weird, or like… but I just… I wanted to try. I wanted to know.”

Or, a fic based on the folklore love triangle, but it’s nobody’s fault and no one means to hurt anyone.”

your head in your hands as you colour me blue by @hershelsue / docklands

“Harry moves to Paris. With no one to talk to, he makes friends with his neighbour from the window next to his, a painter named Louis with a burning passion for life. He sees Harry for who she really is.”

i think you’re already home by @jaerie / jaerie

“Seeing Louis Tomlinson today, it would be hard to guess that he was ever once a member of the world's most famous boyband. These days he doesn't even the leave his own house. The truth is he can't leave his own house. He can't even remember the last time just standing at an open door didn't send him into a debilitating panic attack. But, against his friend's advice, Louis is ready to add meaning to his life again. He's ready to start a family. So what if he doesn't have an omega? There are plenty of surrogacy services just waiting to help the rich and famous become parents. He just has to find the right one for the job.”

the first time i ever saw your face by sweetrevenge

““Hi, is this seat taken?” The stranger asks and Harry swears he short circuits for a moment. He’s been staring at him from across the bar all night and he still doesn’t feel prepared to see him this close up. He gazes at the stranger for what probably is an inappropriately long amount of time, eyes catching on things he hadn't noticed when he was sitting so far away. He opens his mouth to say “No, please sit” but then... “Did you know that center bit of citrus fruit is called a juice sac?” Harry is a little bit enamored with the gorgeous stranger sitting across from him at the bar.”

and i will steady your hand by @icanhazzalou / kiwikero

“All first year university students who had not yet presented were strongly advised to join the Fire Away meetings, a support group for so-called 'late bloomers.'

They were not, however, advised to fall in love with someone else at the meetings without knowing what they might eventually present as.”

second time’s the charm by @cherrystreet / 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.

(Or maybe they don’t.)”

i want to be just as close as the holy ghost is by @thedevilinmybrain / devilinmybrain (venomedveins) 

“It's like a compass – forced to spin and spin but always end north. Harry is singing Amazing Grace, hymnal placed delicately in his gloved hands, and then suddenly his mind will flash to Louis’ grinning face, sprawled out on the picnic blanket. The feeling of his warm hands on Harry’s waist, gently guiding him across the street just as the father instructs them all to bow their heads in prayer. Harry nearly bites through his tongue when he goes up to take communion and the moment the wafer is placed on his tongue, he thinks about the feeling of Louis’ mouth on his, his taste in his mouth, his stubble brushing against Harry’s smooth jaw.

Louis wants only three things in life - to pass his classes, to find a cure for hangovers after a night out with the lads, and to get church going, goodie two shoes omega Harry to go out with him.”

come on over, we’ve got something to share by @jaerie / jaerie

“Even as an unbonded omega with a four year old, Harry had everything he needed. His beautiful son, a nice apartment, money to pay the bills -- oh, and an alpha next door always willing to knot his brains out.“

may we all have a vision now and then by @gaycousinlarry / momentofclarity

“On a cold December night, Louis meets Harry for the first time.”

the only one (when it’s said and done) @londonderrytea / ladylondonderry

“Louis Tomlinson, alpha, twenty nine years old, is head of the Tomlinson pack.

He's unbonded, and happily so. A trip to the neighbouring Arthur pack certainly isn't going to change that.”

your touch is the only thing i feel by @2tiedships2 / 2tiedships2

“Liam. Liam was finally here. Louis kept his eyes closed and cuddled farther into Liam’s side, revelling in the pheromones Louis’ body desperately needed. He wasn’t sure how long Liam had been holding him, but Louis figured it had to have been at least an hour by the way his body had loosened. The need of an alpha’s touch seemed to have been temporarily lifted from his mind.

Louis listened to the sounds of the pub around him. It was louder than before he had fallen asleep and he briefly wondered why Liam hadn’t just woken him to go back to their flat.

“Who the fuck are you?”

Louis’ eyes flew open at the sound of Niall’s voice, and the arm that had been around Louis shoulders lifted in the same instant. He missed the warmth immediately.

Louis looked from Niall’s stormy face over to the person who was definitely not Liam. The alpha Liam impersonator, who smelled a lot better than the actual Liam now that Louis was alert, looked back at Louis with wide eyes and familiar furrowed brows.

Or the one where Louis refuses to settle for just any alpha despite intense touch deprivation. Fortunately Harry isn't just any alpha.”

erva venenosa by @hershelsue / docklands

“Harry goes to his first all-gender party. There, he meets Louis, an eccentric bartender who claims to know more than he does. He turns Harry's world upside down.”

delicate by @fallinglikethis / fallinglikethis

“They say opposites attract. Maybe that’s why nerdy, shy Harry Styles has such a huge crush on rough, brash Louis Tomlinson. And now, he's stuck in a lift with him.”

kiss me again, you fool by @wabadabadaba / wabadabadaba

““Louis, you’re cuter than a button. Will you be my valentine? Hm, no,” Marcel scowls. “It is true but no. ‘I love you a latte!’ But wait, does he drink coffee? Only sometimes so that doesn’t make sense.”

Marcel sticks his tongue out as he ices three more cookies.

“I go bananas for you,” Marcel giggles. “That’s cute, but not sophisticated enough. He’s the best designer on our floor, he deserves something better. ‘Right from the start, you stole my heart?’ No, I don’t want to scare him off. I should probably just speak from the heart, that’s always what mom says. But then Gemma says that’s lame, I don’t knooow,” Marcel groans.

or the one where Marcel has a huge crush on his coworker, Louis, and decides Valentine's Day is the day to put himself out there.”

buried like treasure by @becomeawendybird / quickedween

“Prince Harry Styles is very private. He chooses to keep himself out of the public eye but feels lonely and isolated while surrounded by people in his hectic royal life. When he finishes his dissertation, he decides to take a solo holiday to one of the royal family's properties in the Swiss Alps.

Semi-retired thief Louis Tomlinson has been pulled in for one last job: steal a painting from an uninhabited mansion. Neither one of them expects a natural disaster.”

i could be your new addiction by orphan_account

“"she hangs up, and harry hasn’t a clue what he just got himself into.

it’s mainly: nanny?"

harry works as a nanny, and louis is the girls' older brother.”

frankincense-ational by @londonderrytea / ladylondonderry

“Harry Styles works at the Hillsyde Library with his friend Zayn and best mate Niall. It’s December, which means Christmas, which should be the happiest month of the year…

Except Niall just broke up with his boyfriend, Zayn needs to let up on the rules a little, and the library is getting their fire alarm system replaced, which means that for the next few weeks there are going to be firemen patrolling the library ‘looking for fires’ while the system is down.

Harry almost hits one of them with his car right off the bat - and of course he’s the hot one.

Happy Christmas, here’s to many more.

A 2017 Advent Fic”

when tomorrow comes by @jacaranda-bloom / jacaranda_bloom

“When Louis and Niall are partnered up to complete a project on Omega scents and how they effect the nesting behaviours of Alphas, little does Louis know that the course of his life is about to be forever altered.

OR the one where Louis is an Omega who has been keeping himself pure for his Alpha, Harry is a traditional Alpha focusing on his studies while he waits to find his bondmate, and Niall is a sneaky bastard who keeps borrowing Louis’ clothes and never returning them.”

boy for sale by @ohpleaselarry / ohpleaselarry

“Three large cushioned chairs face him, each holding a suited man. Mr. Horan, Mr. Payne, and Mr. Malik respectively sit at these chairs, eyes on Harry as he steps up to the middle of the room, lowers fluidly to his knees, hands behind his back, and looks to each man one by one, neck prickling with the eyes all on him, on his nude body.

They’re all going to have him, and yet Harry only really wants one man here, and it’s the man who steps up behind him, sets a hand on the nape of his neck, right over his collar.

“Alright,” Louis says, voice raspy and authoritative, “Mr. Horan, you’re first. Would you like his mouth or his arse?””

smells like omega spirit by @lululawrence / lululawrence

“Louis is an omega doing a test run on neutralizers for a class project. Every time he talks to Harry he smells completely different.

Harry is an alpha who can't figure out if he's going crazy or his sense of smell is broken, but all he wants to figure out what Louis' real scent is.

Somehow they figure it out.”

scent partner by @roseanddagger / amomentoflove

“The name of the company was horrible: Scent Partner. Whoever was on the marketing team should be fired immediately for green-lighting that name. But the instructions were simple.

Alphas wear a shirt for three days and nights. The shirt gets sent to omegas nearing their heats to pick the alpha who smells the best to them. The company notifies the alpha and gives them the opportunity to say no. If both parties agree, they meet at a heat room for the omega’s heat. Everything is safe and consensual.”

you’re outta control (what is your mind) by @sadaveniren / sadaveniren

“Omega sub seeking Daddy Hiiiiiii, I (MO27) am seeking a daddy of any persuasion to help me take control of my life! I need someone responsible and able to put me in my place - especially when it comes to my spending habits. Doms who are promising to pay me £400 a week or something like that need not apply 🙅🏻 I’m just an omega with too much spending money that somehow manages to spend it all and it leaves me with no spending money.

DM me and we can talk

#NeedARealKingWhoCanHandle

aka Harry is looking for a daddy to help him budget. He finds Louis. They have a lot of sex.”

never been knotted by @allwaswell16 / allwaswell16

“Harry doesn't mind that he presented as a beta. It mostly just makes his life easier and more convenient. There's just one small problem: he'd really like to be knotted.”

dust to dust by @dinosaursmate / dinosaursmate

““There’s no way it’s true.” Harry shrugged, letting out a small laugh. “Louis can’t be… dead.” Dead. The force of the word hit Harry like a ton of bricks. There were actually rumours that his Louis was dead. His heart rate picked up. It wasn’t true. No way. --- Harry, an active participant in the One Direction Tumblr fandom, comes across a rumour that Louis died and has been replaced with a lookalike.”

a+ for effort by @harryventura / embro

“Harry is the music teacher and Louis is the P.E. teacher and there's a whole lot of crushing going on.”

like poison coursing through me by orphan_account

“Louis loves it when Harry's desperate.

Or, the one with copious dirty talk, Daddy Louis, and Harry wetting himself in the shower.”

you’ve been taking up my mind by @styleandsin / styleandsin

““Wish I had a popstar boyfriend who wrote me songs,” Harry mutters petulantly. He’s kind of kidding. He’s happy for Liam, and if who he falls in love with ends up being a famous singer who writes him songs, great. But he’s also a tad jealous because he remembers his phase—that he definitely grew out of a long time ago—where he was certain he’d marry Louis Tomlinson.

Harry's always been a fan of Louis Tomlinson, and when he gets a artist pass for a music festival (thanks to his best friend's new popstar boyfriend) he doesn't expect to actually meet Louis.”

my saddle’s waitiing by @realitybetterthanfiction / realitybetterthanfiction

“Harry smiled when the Chicago skyline came into view, its imposing cloud-scraping towers nestled into the edge of lake Michigan. The air was crisp and biting, as it was more often than not in the midwest in February, but that didn’t stop him from rolling his windows down to allow a bit of that infamous wind to fill his lungs. He put the pedal to the floor, cruising down Lake Shore Drive, weaving in and out of traffic as his pretty Shelby GT350 tore up the asphalt. Sometimes it felt like he spent all year waiting for this trip, the two weeks he got to play in the city of broad shoulders. The Chicago Auto Show.

----

When Harry finds himself in charge of Ford's installation at the Chicago Auto Show, there's already a lot on the line. Little does he know that a seemingly harmless bet on the fastest pony car might just up the stakes even more. With the help of a few familiar friends, Harry finds out that sometimes it's not about the destination, but who's along for the ride. And that Niall will not be denied his churros.”

turn any corner, there’s something new by @balanceds / balanceds

“AU. After graduating from uni with his degree in Costume Design, Harry Styles is finally ready to start as a dresser on his first real West End show. Nothing can get in his way.

Well, except for maybe dressing Olivier-winner Louis Tomlinson. Who Harry has not-so-secretly been wanking to for years. Even worse, although Louis has never commented publicly on his sexuality, he seems to be paying a worrying amount of attention to Harry's arse. Staying professional proves to be difficult.

(basically lots of fluff, backstage hijinks, and a dab of smut)”

why’d you come in here looking like that? by @homosociallyyours / homosociallyyours

“Marcel may have forgotten how to date, just a little. That's the reason his sister forces him onto Tinder.

Now that he's somehow mutually super-liked Louis he worries just a little about how everything is going to go. His worry leads him to a brand new look that feels like it might just be a misrepresentation of who he really is. Will Louis expect him to always have a little bit of rockstar swagger? Or are dark-rimmed glasses and sweater vests something he could be into?

Featuring intentional and accidental makeovers, mini-golf, and figuring it all out.”

last but not least, honorable mentions go to the two fics i posted this summer hehe:

it’s like i’m powerful with a little bit of tender

“Harry was looking to impress his crush of three years with a show stopping outfit for an anti fourth of July party. Enter appreciative and supportive sales associate Louis, who seemed to be a much better option for him in just about every way. Maybe this was Harry's sign to ditch his endless unrequited pining, take chances, and have new experiences.”

and i don’t care it’s obvious

18,783 words - Complete 

“The town itself is tiny, as evidenced by the ten minutes it’s taken Louis to drive the entire thing. There’s not a single recognisable brand in sight—no Tesco or McDonald’s or even a bloody Starbucks. Lining the streets instead are mom and pop stores with names like ‘Jerry’s Burgers’ and ‘The Market Basket’ and…

“'Naked & Proud?'” Louis almost slams on the brakes at the outlandish sign, the name written in a seemingly innocent font, words curved around a large cartoon peach. He can’t help turning into the carpark, easing the car into a spot next to a beat up truck.

He isn’t sure what to make of it. Surely it isn’t a strip joint or sex shop, not with the families and little old ladies going in and out of the establishment. Some kind of nudist hangout, perhaps?

And, oh, God. Did Louis’ mother accidentally send him to live in a nudist colony?

25 DAYS OF FIC COVERS: (18/25)

Paint The Sky With Stars by @icanhazzalou 

Word Count: 62,870

On 10 April 1912, Harry Styles boards the finest ship the world has ever seen. Still grieving the death of their mother, he and his sister are being sent to America to live with a callous uncle who cares more about his business connections than family. Harry prepares himself for a long, disappointing voyage alone in his stateroom.

Louis Tomlinson has borrowed and saved, and finally has enough to purchase a Third Class ticket to America. With all of his belongings in a single ruck sack, he boards the Titanic filled with hope for a brighter future. Never one to sit still, he can’t resist exploring the massive ship, and soon goes sneaking into First Class in a stolen steward’s uniform.

By a twist of fate, Louis finds himself in Harry’s stateroom, entranced by the most attractive man he’s ever laid eyes on. He keeps returning day after day, even if he doesn’t understand what it is about Harry that continues pulling him in. That’s all right; Louis has a week to figure it out, and Harry is plenty willing to help.

Except they don’t have a week. They have four days. Because on 15 April, their entire world will be turned upside down.

Or, the historically accurate Titanic AU with a happy ending.

In honor of Keri/@icanhazzalou‘s 30th birthday, here are 30 of her fics you absolutely must read. Do not pass ‘Go’; do not collect $200. (But please do wish her a happy birthday!)

1. Wash. Rinse. Repeat. --> I don’t know how a fic that mentions bird poop practically every other sentence can be so damn cute, but it is.

2. Paint The Sky With Stars  --> The Titanic fic, ‘nuf said.

3. Toes on the Edge --> Cave fic! This is the first kiwikero fic and where it all began. Since Keri wrote it, I’ve had the privilege of experiencing a tour of the real-life cave Moaning Caverns was modeled after, where she formerly had the same job Tour Guide Louis does in this series. The cave is beyond stunning, and you’ll get a sense of that just from reading this one. And your appreciation of speleology will only grow when you read...

4. Dip His Toe In --> Cave fic sequel! All the scenery, more action. *wink, wink*

5. threadbare --> Get ready for a total change of pace. Poignant historical fiction and lots of pining.

6. Sail Your Sea, Meet Your Storm --> Workaholic Louis is forced to go on a singles cruise. And hey, he’s 30 in this one!

7. Both Showing Hearts --> A fan favorite uni AU, featuring experienced Louis and Harry the baby gay on campus. Oh, you’ve read it? Read it again! :-)

8. My End and My Beginning --> Somebody’s getting married in the sequel to Both Showing Hearts. Who could it be? ;-)

9. Never Had a Chance --> Louis and Harry are both virgins until they decide to help each other out, but it’s not like that. Or is it? High school/camping AU.

10. False Advertising --> I love this little one! Ice skating and mistaken identity.

11. My Sweetest Downfall --> A guardian angel AU that is So. So. So. So. Massively. Good. You will weep.

12. Naked & Proud --> In Keri’s words, “In which Harry runs an organic store, not a nudist colony, and Louis doesn't know whether to be relieved or disappointed.” In my words, “funny yet meaningful.” And if you’re stuck in a traffic jam and you’d rather listen to this one...

13. [Podfic] Naked & Proud --> Same thing but Keri reads it to you!

14. They Never Quite Leave --> **Favorite fic alert! I repeat, favorite fic alert!** This is the best ghost story you’ll ever hear (except for the sequel).

15. We’re Not Who We Used to Be --> Ghost fic sequel. Hauntingly lovely.

16. Baby, What a Big Surprise --> Accidental teen pregnancy and angst, but it’s a great read, I promise. 

17. A Sunday Kind of Love --> Some pwp, just in time for Super Sunday!

18. Let It Snow --> A true drabble (exactly 100 words) that I’m going to bribe her into expanding on. What is it gonna take, Keri?

19. A Stór Mo Chroí --> Feuding clans! Kilts! Kissing!

20. Do You Like My Sweater? --> Another personal fave. It’s an A/B/O frat house AU without any of the cringiness you might expect. 

21. Mermaid fic --> This is so mean... I’m teasing y’all right now. It hasn’t been published yet, but expect seriously great things from this one! I’ll link when it’s available.

22. Something Just Like This --> OT5 as superheroes! Okay, Harry isn’t a superhero, but he is a super journalist... and super bait for super villains.

23. i can be the motor (you’ll be the gasoline) --> Porn without plot—with plot.

24. Happened So Fast --> Zayn and Louis meet Harry at an anime con. There’s banana custard involved.

25. ‘Til I Tasted You --> Harry the food blogger plus one huge disaster in the kitchen: his biggest fan, Louis.

26. [Podfic] I can’t remember how this started (but I can tell you exactly how it ends) --> So Keri didn’t actually write this Stucky fic (but she reads it, and it’s gorgeous.) 

27. Day 19: Anyway You Want Me --> Awkward but sexy couples’, um, yoga. We’ll call it yoga.

28. Somewhere Only We Know --> Park rangers are hot, right? Especially helpful ones named Louis.

29. In This Light --> A very sweet American high school AU. Photographer Harry and the soccer star he can’t keep out of his lens.

30. A Snowball’s Chance --> Last but not least, a wintery birthday fic.

>> My Favorite Fics by kiwikero <<

My Sweetest Downfall | 42k

Louis is a retired guardian angel. After the death of his last charge, he became jaded. Humans die—what use is prolonging the inevitable? He's more than happy to forget about humanity altogether until one day, when Louis is pulled from his desk job for a new assignment: protect One Direction's Harry Styles. It doesn't help that there's something about Harry that Louis can't resist, and it's making him question everything he's ever known. Humans are strictly off limits, and breaking that rule means risking everything, but Harry just might be worth it. This is a story about forgiveness and discovery, featuring an angel who wants to be a little more human and a human who is so much more than he seems.

{First of all, I just want to say that I teared up just thinking about this fic and rereading my comment on it. That’s how much I love it. I recommend that you read this fic during a thunderstorm just as I did. It helps to properly punctuate the drama of the fic. I honestly don’t even know where to start...the most amazing scene endings, Zayn as God, sassy guardian angel Louis, a lovely thread woven through the fic about forgiving yourself, and who knew angel wings could be so hot? I never wanted this fic to end.}

‘Til I Tasted You | 15k

Louis is Harry Styles' biggest fan. It doesn't matter that Harry is famous for being a food blogger and Louis can't cook to save his life. At least, until Harry offers to give Louis a cooking lesson. Then it matters just a teensy bit.

{Oh, how I love this delightful famous/not famous fic! All of Louis’ pining for food blogger Harry, all his terrible cooking disasters, the sweet Lilo friendship. This is such a lovely, fun, fluff of a fic!}

Both Showing Hearts | 113k

Louis Tomlinson is, in fact, not straight. Harry Styles isn't sure what he is. Together, they figure it out, and maybe fall in love along the way. Or, the Uni AU where Louis helps Harry figure out his sexuality, Niall crashes a bachelorette party, Liam works in a printing centre, and Zayn happens to need lots of printing done.

{I remember when this fic first started being published, and my friends were all telling me I had to read this amazing uni fic. I remember reading it as a WIP and being so blown away with each update. It was one of those that you just really looked forward to and squealed whenever there was an update. I love that feeling! It’s such a well thought out story that comes full circle. It’s so beautifully crafted, and the characters are so real. The Ziam subplot is probably my favorite Ziam subplot ever. Like if someone were to say, oh it’s the one where Zayn needs a lot of printing done, I feel like anyone who had read this fic would know immediately what you mean.}

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Threadbare by kiwikero

Harry Styles was eight years old when Louis Tomlinson kept him from falling into a machine in a Manchester textile mill.

He was 18 years old when nothing, not even the threat of death, could keep Harry from falling in love with Louis.

Mature

And I made a short playlist for this fic because I love it so much. Here you go: