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Re-Reads:

1. Captain Jack (jaerie) - Louis has been searching for something and Harry is there to give it to him. Drugs, sex, disappointment, and the tangled web they’ve woven that keeps them trapped in the same cycle.

New Reads:

1. Do Not Disturb (Kiss Me Beneath the Milky Twilight) (sada veniren) - Harry doesn’t want to become a boring old married couple a year into their relationship and tries to spice up their sex life.

2. Another Day Gettin’ into Trouble (whoknows) - Harry’s drunk when the idea occurs to him. He’s also a pop star, so sometimes his drunk ideas turn into actual things instead of just ideas. The clone-a-willy kit is one of them.

3. Hit It Hit It Twist It Twist It (floweredhalo) - “Do I smell like weed?” Harry blurts, almost too loud considering how close they’re sitting. Harry watches as the guy’s mouth drops open in a small o and the way he laughs startles them both. “Oh, my god, no, you’re good, man,” he says and laughs again, before shaking his head and tapping his papers on the desk.

4. To Change how You See and What You Believe (jaerie) - Harry and Louis are best friends who just happen to fall into bed with each other sometimes, it’s not a big deal. After a drunken night of discussing their kinks, they wake up naked together. They don’t remember what happened, but they’ve done it before and they’ll probably do it again, but five months later, a surprise changes everything.

5. It’ll Be (styleandsin) - Louis has always wanted children and he decides he’s done waiting for love to come first. However, after adopting a baby girl just days after she’s born, he quickly realizes how hard parenting is. Louis hires Harry to be his nanny, and it all works out great. Until Louis falls in love with him.

6. The Light is Coming (ishiplouis) - Louis is lost but Harry is there to save him.

7. It’s Always You, I Always Knew (fackinglouis) - Louis pines pathetically and miserably for his best friend who is inconveniently taken.

8. The Tiny Little Bungalow (pointerbrother) - Fifteen-year-old Louis Tomlinson gets reluctantly uprooted from his Doncaster-life when his dad decides to move in with his new girlfriend Anne and her two kids. Speaking of the kids, one of them is this curly-haired bloke who’s just a little too pretty for both his own and Louis’ good.

9. What’s Inside Your Imagination (is as Real as Anything Else) (suspendrs) - Harry’s a witch who likes to pretend he’s a human pretending he’s a witch, and Louis’ the human in a not-so-clever costume that keeps catching his eye.

10. One Mississippi (alwaysaqua) - Louis and Harry broke up two years ago and now Louis has nowhere else to go and Harry reluctantly lets him back in.

11. Standing Room Only (svpportive) - Louis had two seconds to wonder what was going on before he was suddenly engulfed by two strong arms from behind. “Not that this isn’t lovely, but I don’t think this is quite what I asked for.”

12. Love the Cronch (velvetnoodle (goldfishsunglasses)) - Louis’ new boyfriend is a 1900 year old alien who never fucking learned how to eat.

13. I’ll Stand by You (harrystanslouis) - Harry and Louis have been hooking up for two years. What happens when an unexpected surprise is thrown into their world?

14. Thursday (dinosaursmate) - Louis keeps busy juggling work, hookups, and looking after his flatmate. That is, until Harry comes along, and Louis finds himself living for Thursday.

15. Heaven (travis_crux) - Alpha Emperor Harry Styles had conquered more than half the country of Cynthia in his six year reign, thanks to the unwavering loyalty and firm presence of Louis Tomlinson who was assuredly a beta until he wasn’t. // (WARNING: imo the writing is not very good, but ... i did read the whole damn thing so i felt compelled to include it in the list anyway.)

16. Deleted Your Number (So I Can’t Call You) (tofiveohfive) - The ten hours before Harry comes home to Louis, and the five hours after he does.

17. I Know that it’s Complicated, but I’m a Loser in Love so Baby (lakeoffire) - Harry is smart, but when he talks he sounds like a blithering idiot, so he stays in the back and bakes cakes. Louis is bubbly and wonderful, he is eccentric and sees past Harry’s speech impediment.

18. I Just Wanna Give You Love (lululawrence) - The world is in black and white until you meet your soulmate, but Harry is world famous and Louis is ... well ... not.

19. Solid as a Stone (When Everything is Gone) (louisnights) - It’s the zombie apocalypse and Louis is stuck with Harry, with whom he shares a complicated relationship.

20. Stealing Flowers (lululawrence) - Louis pines after the sexy stranger on the subway and almost asks him out. That’s when the strange posters start showing up around Brooklyn.

                      Author Spotlight : pointerbrother

Fucking Animals 

Words: 116k

“Just, off the record,” she says, voice lower, eyes sharper, crook of her mouth quirking up a little, “don’t you ever miss it? A good knot? You must.”

Louis blinks and then swallows, thickly. “No,” he exclaims, offended that she’d even ask, “I love my husband. And anyway, how could I miss something I’ve never had?”

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Louis is the frontman of an equal rights-movement, author of a book about beta-omega marriage and the struggles of being born and boxed into a personality you don't necessarily feel you fit. The notion that an omega must want to be with an alpha or else he or she's just settling for less, is bullshit.

But, fucking hell.

Where We Belong

Words: 118k

They had it all. Reasonable flat, reasonable money, (somewhat) reasonable friends and love beyond all reason.

They were perfect. Louis thought.

The Tiny Little Bungalow 

Words: 118k

“She wants us to move in with her and - and her kids, of course.”

Louis blinks harder. “Wait - what?!” He can’t fathom it. They’ve only been dating for five months or summat. “And you agreed to this?! Without even running it by me?!”

“Yes,” Troy sighs, eyes wide and apologetic, stature provocatively calm in contrast to Louis’ jittery one, “and I knew you’d have a reaction like this one, but there’s really nothing I can tell you other than… well, that I’ve said yes already and since you’re only fifteen you’re coming with me. And… that I’m sorry to uproot you like this, lad. But… yeah. I don’t know what more to say.”

“Wait,” Louis can’t hardly breathe, “wait - hang on, does - does this mean that-”

His dad nods. “Yes. We’re moving to Holmes Chapel.”

or Fifteen-year-old Louis Tomlinson gets reluctantly uprooted from his Doncaster-life when his dad decides to move in with his new girlfriend Anne and her two kids. Speaking of the kids, one of them is this curly-haired bloke who's just a little too pretty for both his own and Louis' good.

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we both knew the cost by irishmizzy, miss_bennie

Louis expected certain things from the hiatus: songwriting sessions with Liam, long meetings for his new label, and lots of time in LA with Freddie. He never thought “getting together with Harry” would be on that list. Or that it would be followed quickly by “breaking up with Harry.”

It’s been nearly a year since they spoke, but when Niall’s save-the-date comes, Louis knows it’s only a matter of time before he and Harry have to talk about everything that’s happened between them. It doesn’t help that One Direction’s hiatus has an end-date and that, too, is rapidly approaching. The last thing he wants to do is spend an entire week trapped in an Irish castle where he’ll be forced to deal with everything, but Niall and Liam aren’t giving him any choice in the matter.

That Rusty Old Minivan by pointerbrother / @pointerbrotherblog

Taking an evening class was never meant for meeting people, let alone someone with a face like Harry Styles'. But as with most things in Louis' life, things rarely turned out as he meant for them to.

These are not necessarily fics that were written/released in 2019, nor are they all fics I first discovered in 2019 - just my favorites of the fics I’ve read this year. In no particular order:

1. Another Day Gettin’ into Trouble (whoknows) - Harry’s drunk when the idea occurs to him. He’s also a pop star, so sometimes his drunk ideas turn into actual things instead of just ideas. The clone-a-willy kit is one of them.

2. The Tiny Little Bungalow (pointerbrother) - Fifteen-year-old Louis Tomlinson gets reluctantly uprooted from his Doncaster-life when his dad decides to move in with his new girlfriend Anne and her two kids. Speaking of the kids, one of them is this curly-haired bloke who's just a little too pretty for both his own and Louis' good.

3. We’ll Be Seamless (dinosaursmate) - Louis spends all his spare time scrolling arty nude blogs on Tumblr but amongst them all, Green is his favourite.

4. Tightrope (sadaveniren) - Louis gets pregnant from "one last time" sex and he and Harry somehow think they'll be able co-parent without it being weird for anyone (most especially their new boyfriends).

5. We Will Find Our Way (supernope) - Harry and Louis are uni students studying abroad in New York, stuck in the dorms together over Christmas.

6. Autumn at My Window (thecellardoor) - Harry and Louis are both in the band and have been sharing flats and hotel rooms for nearly five years, but never made the leap past 'friends who are too close for comfort'.

7. Falling for Me Won’t be a Mistake (rearviewdreamer) - Harry is married to his job and so overworked that he doesn't know how to stop. All it takes is a forced Hawaiian get-a-away, the warm tropical breeze of the island, and the most beautiful, elusive man he's ever seen to make him remember what living is like outside of work. Well, that, and the little souvenir he accidentally takes home with him.

8. Fumbling in the Dark (quodpersortem) - Louis is straight, Harry is not. They still shag a lot.

9. Let’s Redecorate Our Lives (thoughtlessblogger) - Louis hires a decorator and gets more than he'd anticipated.

10. Your Kiss (dimpled_halo) - Louis and Harry are best friends who make things more complicated when they start to kiss.

11. Time Bomb (thissentimentalheart) - Louis has everything: a lead role in a giant Hollywood franchise, a glittering new house with an entertaining Irish neighbor, and a steady, normal boyfriend who he probably loves. Louis never expected to become a household name among young Hollywood overnight. He also never expected to find something endearing about the enigmatic rockstar who keeps showing up on his back porch.

12. I Want You So Much (but I Hate Your Guts) (becauselarry) - Louis gets accepted to play for the Manchester University Alpha-Beta Football Team. The only problem: Louis is actually an Omega. He is determined to make it big in the football world, though, and he can't do that bound to an Omega team. With the help of a faked doctor's certificate and some pretty strong suppressants he is ready to fight for his dream.

13. Maps can be Poems when You’re on Your Own (suspendrs) - Harry falls in love with the guy his best friend is fooling around with.

Author: pointerbrother

Rating: Explicit

Word Count: 118,562

Summary: Fifteen-year-old Louis Tomlinson gets reluctantly uprooted from his Doncaster-life when his dad decides to move in with his new girlfriend Anne and her two kids. Speaking of the kids, one of them is this curly-haired bloke who's just a little too pretty for both his own and Louis' good.

Story Link

Tied Together By A Knot by scribblewrite | E | 3203 Louis wishes Harry could knot him, but that's just not how biology works. Harry still finds a way to fulfill Louis's fantasy.

dripping like a saturated sunrise (spilling like an overflowing sink) | E | 4004 This is shameless 4K of omega Harry being ‘too’ wet and in heat and using his extensive collection of sex toys

to wrap me in paper by juliusschmidt | E | 6037 Louis hasn't been keeping track of his ruts, but, it turns out, Harry has.

Woke Up Feeling Knotty by jaerie | E | wc Beta Louis has a kink for knotting and the secret aesthetic porn blog he runs about it is more than proof. When he accidentally finds out his alpha best friend Harry is one of his biggest fans, he knows he has to come clean after everything that has already happened between them. Harry just might be willing to help him out anyway.

Maybe One Day by pointerbrother | E | 60511 “I’d like to say welcome to you all, old friends and as well as new, I’m honoured that you’ve come and that we’re all embarking on this as first-timer’s together,” Liam says, raising a glass. They’re all sat cross-legged in a circle on the livingroom-rug that Louis and Zayn rolled out just half an hour ago, with champagne in plastic-cups and Niall plinging intermittently on a badly strung guitar. Like a proper sixties hippie commune. Like what they are now, Louis supposes, give or take fifty years. “Cheers to our new family! Let it be a happy one!” -- When Louis and the majority of his friends agree to live together in one big house in Manchester, the idea seems crazy, but like a great opportunity. Louis just forgets to factor in the issue of living a bit too closely with people that he's always wanted even closer than that. Mainly Harry, that is.

Fucking Animals by pointerbrother | E | 116688 “Just, off the record,” she says, voice lower, eyes sharper, crook of her mouth quirking up a little, “don’t you ever miss it? A good knot? You must.” Louis blinks and then swallows, thickly. “No,” he exclaims, offended that she’d even ask, “I love my husband. And anyway, how could I miss something I’ve never had?” --- Louis is the frontman of an equal rights-movement, author of a book about beta-omega marriage and the struggles of being born and boxed into a personality you don't necessarily feel you fit. The notion that an omega must want to be with an alpha or else he or she's just settling for less, is bullshit. But, fucking hell.

Mark my Heart on Your Skin by catrinahart | T | 2090 Sometimes Harry gets a little jealous that everyone loves Niall so much.

i just might want you by messagetoman | T | 2961 Harry's needy of Zayn's attention and Zayn's possessive of Harry. They decide to go on a break in the middle of a fight.

use your hands and my spare time by englandziam | M | 3213 Sometimes Liam likes to show Zayn who he belongs to.

at the end of the day by sky_reid | E | 7178 if harry dies with her head between louis' legs, she'll die a happy woman.

Maybe I'm Just Kinda Bored(It Is What It Is) by mystic_believexx | M | 9085 “Look, don’t worry, yeah? We’re not doing anything bad. Just gonna go have a couple of drinks is all. We’ll be back before Liam or Harry even notice we’re missing!” Zayn gave him a look of utter disbelief. In hindsight, sneaking out of the hotel to go clubbing just a few days before his heat hadn’t been Louis’ smartest idea. Cue possessive Harry and a whole lot of unexpected shenanigans that end with Louis getting exactly what he wants from the Alpha!

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Going from friends to lovers is never easy. But what about when you've already crossed that line and suddenly, you have to deal with what comes after?