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Harry Styles' Guide to Dating your Co-Star

Harry Styles has never starred in a rom-com. When he is offered a role in one, alongside thriller-star Louis Tomlinson, he sees his opportunity to expand his horizon. But Harry's golden rule of dating is simple. "Never date your co-star." When Louis and Harry's chemistry becomes crystal clear to everyone, Harry is determined to prove to everyone that you don't have to fall in love with your co-star. Even if you really like kissing them on screen...

Bend Like a Hairpin by LetTheMusicMoveYou / @letthemusicmoveyou28

Rating: M - Words: 25.8k

Written for @romcom1dficfest

Who could have guessed that Harry’s entire FBI career could hinge on his ability to convincingly swing around a stripper pole without braining himself?

Harry stands in front of the pole, his back still to Louis, and takes a big breath. He just has to hope it’s not obvious from behind that he’s completely freaking out. He closes his eyes and tries to listen to the music, letting his heartbeat match the beat.

(Or the one where FBI agent Harry Styles screws up in a mission and he has one more chance to save his career. He’s going undercover as a stripper to investigate a strip club suspected of money laundering. There’s just 2 problems: 1) Harry can’t dance, and 2) he might be falling for the club’s owner Louis, who just happens to be the prime suspect).

Title from Locked In by Estella Dawn

Hello Again

Thea Tomlinson and Belle Styles are work besties. When Belle decides that Harry needs a date for his fiftieth birthday party, Thea suggests her Dad. What the pair don't know, is that Harry and Louis went on a date nearly thirty years previously, and it didn't end well...

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"'Yoga. Harry's yoga class,' he deadpanned, frowning at the traffic that was starting to build in front of him. Louis needed to get home and shower this experience off his skin. Probably a cold one, if he thought too much about Harry in those leggings. 'This was all you, no?' 'Nope. Not me, not a chance.' He could imagine the expression on her face as she denied being involved in this weird set up. 'You're a shitty liar, Theadora.' Drumming his fingers on the steering wheel, that cold shower felt further and further away as the red lights held steady in front of him.  'Fuck. Full naming me.' 'Damn straight!' Louis scoffed, shaking his head a little, unable to hold back the smirk on his face. 'Why did you do it?' 'Do what?'  Another lie.  Louis wasn't sure if he should be offended or amazed by her ability to lie so easily; clearly a trait she'd picked up from him and never brushed off. It was always difficult to argue with a smaller version of himself."

happened in a heart-ring for @romcom1dficfest

The Love Alarm AU where Harry is a student working at his mum's bakery and Louis is the unattainable embodiment of Harry's every desire. Their paths cross.

To distract himself from the cacophony of Love Alarm ’s notification washing over the room, Harry dedicates his attention to staring at the colourful doodles dancing on the sides of pages of his notebook. Undeniably, witnessing such situations enables developing the ability to sympathise with those lacking social adorations who are haunted by the awareness their being is drowned out by the existence of someone else, glistening, bold and vivid, among the crowd, while they remain unnoticed. Recognising whose arrival must have caused such a reaction does not require complex deduction skills, and simply the knowledge of the presence of this person has a blush bite into Harry’s cheeks. Despite his efforts to make peace and embrace his position, the noise carries an unpleasant reminder of Harry’s blandness and significance. He bites the inside of his cheek as his muscles turn firm because of the tension, and his body naively attempts to blend with the surroundings by remaining still.

fic: you could be the one that i love

author: wildestdreams

rating: explicit

word count: 39.7k

“Yeah, yeah, yeah,” Niall waved off. “Now, let’s talk man to man to man. You two have had a crush on each other since uni. Now’s your chance to finally get something going. I could see the sparks and connection and attraction back then and I can still see it now, God damn it! You’re just denying fate at this point.”

He looked impassioned, his blue eyes wide and imploring. Louis shook his head again and chuckled. “You can’t just snap your finger and expect us to, like, get it on.”

“I’m not,” he reasoned. “I’m merely telling you to do something about it.”

or

A Missed Connections AU.

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Title: this love is alive Ship: Louis Tomlinson/Harry Styles Rating: Explicit Summary: