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This is a rec of ten ‘classic’ Larry fics that I consider ‘must reads’ and ten more ‘new classic’ fics that I also think of as ‘must reads.’ This rec was requested by this anon and is in order of word count. I took a few things into consideration for both lists: high hit count, high kudos count, and my own personal enjoyment of the fic. I also only included those that can still be found on ao3. If you enjoy them, please leave the author kudos and comments! You can find my other fic recs here. Happy reading!

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CLASSIC MUST READS

⚜️ And Then a Bit, @infinitelymint (E, 158k, future canon, fake relationship, PR relationship, friends to lovers, angst with a happy ending, smut)

⚜️ Escapade, @haydolce​ (E, 146k, wedding date, fake relationship, prostitution, escort Harry, rich Louis, bed sharing, humor, fluff, smut)

⚜️ Wear It Like A Crown, @zarah5undercover (E, 141k, royal au, famous/not famous, Prince Harry, fixer Louis, coming out, outing, secret identity, smut, angst with a happy ending)

⚜️ Unbelievers, @isthatyoularry​ (E, 136k, high school au, enemies to lovers, secret relationship, football player Louis, football player Harry, rich Harry, friends with benefits, angst with a happy ending, smut)

⚜️ Love Is A Rebellious Bird, @gloriaandrews and @100percentsassy (E, 134k, enemies to lovers, London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Harry, concertmaster Louis, hurt/comfort, angst with a happy ending, smut)

⚜️ Red Brick Heart, hazmesentir (E, 98k, uni au, roommates, friends with benefits, drunk sex, jealousy, angst with a happy ending, smut)

⚜️ Your Name Is Tattooed On My Heart, mcpofife (E, 86k, uni au, friends to lovers, punk Harry, pining, flower shop, tea shop, jealousy, smut)

⚜️ And down the long and silent street, @whimsicule (M, 86k, historical au, 19th century, Victorian London, rich Harry, poor Louis, social injustice, poverty, angst, hurt/comfort)

⚜️ don’t tell the gods (we left a mess), @bottomlinsons​ (E, 71k, exes to lovers, fake relationship (lilo), pining, angst, miscommunication, wedding date, humor)

⚜️ No One Does It Better, nodibs (E, 50k, alternate universe, injured Louis, hurt/comfort, fluff, angst, alcohol abuse, alcoholic Harry, bartender Louis)

NEW CLASSIC MUST READS

⚜️ Take My Breath Away, @realitybetterthanfiction (E, 153k, Top Gun au, pilot Harry, flight instructor Louis, hurt/comfort, angst with a happy ending, plane accident, character injury, recovery, PTSD)

⚜️ Walk That Mile, @daisyharry (E, 149k, road trip au, Route 66, strangers to enemies to friends to lovers, college, fluff, smut, light angst)

⚜️ Emperor’s New Clothes, @magicalrocketships​ (E, 92k, famous/not famous, famous Harry, secret relationship, exes to lovers, outing, money trouble, angst with a happy ending, Humph the cat)

⚜️ Where You Lay, @ham-palpert (E, 86k, a/b/o, alpha Harry, omega Louis, fwb, photographer Harry, copywriter Louis, knotting, heat, pining, jealousy, miscommunication)

⚜️ Cameras Flashing, @juliusschmidt (E, 81k, a/b/o, famous/not famous, alpha Harry, omega Louis, coming out, PR relationship, scenting, mating cycles, slow burn)

⚜️ The Second Hand Unwinds, @kingsofeverything (E, 51k, time travel au, aerospace engineer Louis, physics, exes to lovers, angst with a happy ending, age difference (due to time travel), smut)

⚜️ Counterbalance, @louandhazaf (E, 44k, motorcycle racing au, racer Harry, racer Louis, ballet dancer Harry, enemies to lovers, secrets, smut)

⚜️ Reduce Me To A Pleading Cry (Break The Skin and Tantalize), @taggiecb​ (E, 37k, BDSM, sub Harry, dom Louis, CEO Harry, employee Louis, smut, humor, mystery character)

⚜️ No One Like You, @myownsparknow (20k, M, historical au, friends to lovers, artist Louis, artist Harry, art history, painting, letters, France)

Ira Glass

I’ve found this to be so very true. I love my betas with my whole heart. I have such respect and trust in them and I know when I hand by babies over to them they’ll be thoughtful and they only have the story’s best interest at heart. 

@myownsparknow​, you’ve got a fan sending you lots of love and appreciation! @allwaswell16 loves “Just Tell Me the Song and I’ll Sing It” as well as Day 7 of the 30 Days of Smut!

Disclaimer: Please read tags in all fics mentioned this week. The views of asks are solely those of ask authors.

Thank you, I’m very excited about the release day today! The plans mostly involve following the crew on new heists, and maybe seeing how they deal when something *doesn’t* work out, both in their job and in their private lives. 

In honor of Fan Fic Writer Appreciation Day 2019, here are the first lines of fics written by just some of my favorite Larry fic writers! I have so many more favorites that it hurts me to stop here, but I have to stop somewhere. You can find part 1 to this from last year here. You can find my other recs here. Enjoy!

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📖 Louis lets the heat of the small mug of coffee in his hands warm him for a moment before he takes a sip and stares out the glass pane of his kitchen door.

📖 Today’s Chatham Chatter! A little bird told us that the pranksters who outfitted our beloved founder’s statue with a bikini and grass skirt last week is not the fraternity you’d suspect … it was, in fact, a certain mild mannered sorority! 

📖 Louis Tomlinson can't cook.

📖 Liam yawns behind his hand as he stretches in his desk chair.  

📖 Louis checks his rearview mirror as he backs out of his driveway. People rarely come down the dirt road in front of the Farmhouse, but when they do, they’re usually driving really fucking fast.

📖 From the beginning of time there were soulmates.

📖 A prickle of fear runs through Harry’s body. 

📖 Louis stretches his arms overhead and yawns, squats down to wrench open the garage door, then jumps up and pushes it to make sure it catches and doesn’t roll back down. 

📖 There were cattle in the road.

📖 The thing about inheriting a giant, ancient country house from a mysterious great aunt along with a mysterious condition that said you have to live alone in the house for at least six months before the ownership would be fully turned over was that you had to actually, fucking, do that.

📖 For all of his life, Harry had had small expectations for his future.

📖 Harry steps out onto the tarmac at Logan, the humidity of the late August afternoon immediately wilting his curls and drawing the sweat from his skin after the cool of the airplane.

📖 Harry’s falling.

📖 There’s a knock on the door. 

📖 Harry smiled when the Chicago skyline came into view, its imposing cloud-scraping towers nestled into the edge of lake Michigan. 

📖 “This is it, then?”

📖 Charlotte meets her soulmate two weeks into her first season. 

📖 The thing about sleeping with a member of a famous indie band is that the inevitability of having a song written about you is most likely a hundred percent.

📖 Dark clouds roll across the deep green English countryside. 

📖 There’s a light gleaming in the distance.

📖  Louis sat back from his laptop screen and then leaned from side to side to get a better perspective.

📖 Multiple layers of rhythmic sounds created a cacophony in the air.

📖 “Will he feel it?” It’s the same question he’s been wondering all day but hasn’t exactly had the courage to ask.

📖 Louis is not a morning person.

📖 Harry closes his eyes and takes in the applause, savors it. 

📖 It's 3.17 am when he gets the call. 

Happy Fan Fic Writer Appreciation Day to all these amazing writers and the many more who write for our fandom! I have truly loved reading your fics and appreciate all the time and effort that went into creating them! Thank you!  (Writers of the above fics are listed below the cut.)

This is a rec list of my favorite underrated Larry fics, listed by word count. I loved all of these fics, and in my opinion they deserve more kudos and praise. Please leave kudos and comments if you read them! You can find my other fic recs here. 

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🌿 There’s Such a Lot of World to See, @crinkle-eyed-boo​ (E, 125k, Dr Who au, Louis is Dr Who, Impossible Girl arc, science fiction, slow burn, angst with a happy ending, time travel, action, suspense, death, aliens)

🌿 Soul wiped clean, @tommosgun (M, 91k, ex convict Louis, journalist Harry, secrets, lies, fears, smut, first time)

🌿 It’s a Better Place (Since You Came Along), @phd-mama​ (E, 51k, magic au, soulmates, soulbonds, cruise ship, side Ziam, magical accidents, vacation size margaritas)

🌿 Tied Down, @ham-palpert (E, 48k, crime au, criminal Louis, criminal Harry, multiple POVs, non-linear, detective Niall, detective Liam, undercover officer Zayn, drugs, prison, established relationship)

🌿 Forget the Silent Nights, @londonfoginacup​ (T, 44k, advent fic, roommates au, Christmas, pining, fluff, humor)

🌿 The List, @all-these-larrythings​ (M, 32k, friends to lovers au, travel, rich Harry, spoiled Louis, teasing, proposal, wedding, surrogacy)

🌿 My Saddle’s Waiting, @realitybetterthanfiction (E, 28k, auto show au, car racing, wagers, each boy is a car rep for a different car, humor, smut, semi-public sex, car sex)

🌿 One-Two-Three What Are We Fighting For, @taggiecb​ (E, 26k, enemies to lovers au, hate to love, police officer Harry, biker Louis, prejudice, homophobia, hate crimes, stereotypes, therapy)

🌿 When I Run Out of Road, @becomeawendybird (M, 24k, historical au, Giraffe Manor, Kenya, 1930s, British expats, colonialism, giraffes, friends to lovers, travel)

🌿 We’ll Never Fall Apart, @goodmorningtoyouuniverse​ (M, 20k, exes to lovers au, famous/not famous, famous Harry, actor Harry, not famous Louis, psychologist Louis, pet dog, shared pet custody, angst and fluff)

🌿 From Christiana with love, @sweariwouldnt (NR, 18k, friends to enemies to lovers au, police officer in training Louis, unique location, violence, happy ending)

🌿 We’ll Rise Up, @hi-larrie-ous (NR, 18k, religious au, pastor Louis, musical director Harry, pastor Liam, forced outing, acceptance, hurt/comfort, angst and fluff)

🌿 (Make You Want To) Scream, @lululawrence​ (M, 16k, bodyswap au, magical realism, famous/not famous, famous Louis, singer Louis, not famous Harry, smut)

🌿 the beauty of the blistering sky, @icanhazzalou​ (E, 14k, post-apocalypse au, dystopia, biological warfare, death, survival, strangers to lovers, hurt/comfort, angst with a happy ending)

🌿 Only Been Here One Time, @fourdrunksluts (NR, 10k, alien Harry, neighbors, fluff, crack, humor)

🌿 Fire and Ice, @louandhazaf (E, 9k, established relationship au, 5 times fic, smut with feelings)

🌿 So Much Left to Say, @myownsparknow (M, 7k, high school au, football, established relationship, best friends, romance, cheering up)

🌿 One Mississippi, @always-aqua​ (M, 7k, exes to lovers au, angst, getting back together, misunderstandings, miscommunication, hurt, happy ending)