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HL Fic Library 📚 High School Enemies To Lovers Fics

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📚 Unbelievers by @isthatyoularry {E, 136k}

It’s Louis’ senior year, and he’s dead set on doing it right. However, along with his pair of cleats, a healthy dose of sarcasm and his ridiculous best friend, he’s also got a complicated family, a terrifyingly uncertain future, and a mortal enemy making his life just that much worse. Mortal enemies “with benefits” was not exactly the plan.

Or: The one where Louis and Harry definitely aren’t friends, and football is everything.

📚 Springbrooke by skipper / @skipperxao3 {M, 98k}

Springbrooke is a small town, rich and filled with perfection. 

At the start of his senior year, Harry, an omega with no desire to fit in, meets Zayn, an Alpha with no desire to stand out. With him, he makes a pledge to survive one year, his final year at Springbrooke High, and he’s determined to make the best of it. He struggles through new relationships along with the old, discovering the true meaning of love and friendships in ways he never expected. 

To Harry, each day that passes is one day closer to breaking free and his chance to leave without looking back. Though he soon learns, in the end, it’s not leaving that matters, but what you take with you when you go.

📚 with venom on your tongue by wildestdreams / @thelavendrhaze {E, 91k}

While Louis had to try so hard to stay focused and be the best, Harry somehow did the same things with ease and confidence. He hated how Harry glided through life, carrying happiness on his shoulders like it was nothing when it was arduous for Louis. His carefree demeanor made Louis feel crazy.

But that feeling just motivated him to always keep his eyes on the prize. Number one in the class rankings every year and the valedictorian spot the next year when they graduated. He was so close he could taste it. And if the only thing in his way was Harry Styles, then Louis was willing to up the stakes to figure out what made him weak just to beat him.

“Whatever,” Louis eventually said to Liam. “He’s a fucking cliche.”

or a boarding school AU where Harry and Louis are academic rivals until they realize they’re more similar than they thought.

📚 don't you think that it's boring how people talk? by wildestdreams / @thelavendrhaze {E, 86k}

Hey Upper East Siders, Gossip Girl here. Your one and only source into the scandalous lives of Manhattan’s elite.

or a Gossip Girl AU where Louis is the king of the Upper East Side and Harry is the bad boy he loves to hate until a late-night limo ride changes everything.

📚 Truly, Madly, Deeply (10 Things I Hate About You) by sunsetmog / @magicalrocketships {E, 54k}

The first Louis had heard of Harry auditioning for X Factor was the night he'd turned up on Louis' doorstep the day before leaving for Boot Camp, with a DVD and an illicit bottle of vodka.

Thing was, Louis hated secrets, and he really hated being made a fool of, and he really, really hated Harry Styles.

or: the one in which they're all in sixth form together, and Harry auditions for X Factor without them.

📚 Twisted Perfection by emilyxlarry {M, 49k}

"I need to talk to you." Is all Harry says before grabbing Louis' wrist and practically yanking him away. Louis makes a not so masculine noise and glances behind him just to see that his friends couldn't care less that he's about to get murdered.

"Listen Harry, I was just messing around, there's no reason to start a physical fight. I mean — I'm only five nine and you're, like, seven feet tall, I couldn't possibly win against you. I still have a life to live, I have a family that cares about me. If you're gonna murder me, can you at least wait until I finish college? That's the least you could do." Louis rambles as Harry drags him all the way to the locker rooms. Harry just ignores him.

"If you beat me up you'll probably get kicked off the team — " Louis words are muffled by Harry's lips pressing into his own.

Or the one where Louis and Harry hate each other, but a little bit of petty arguing and subtle violence isn’t very good at hiding how they really feel.

📚 far away for far too long by alwaysinmy {M, 46k}

“What are you on?” Harry asks starting to chuckle.

“What?”

“You must be on crack to think that I would do this!” Harry says almost laughing now.

“Harry, I’m serious,” Louis pleads.

“What in the world makes you think I would do this?!” Harry exclaims.

“200 pounds.”

“200 pounds isn’t gonna make m-,”

“And I’ll tutor you in Calculus!” Louis blurts out.

“What?” Harry is very confused.

“I said,” he pauses. “I’ll tutor you. I know you’re almost failing. I’ll help you, if you help me,” Louis says seriously. Harry stops laughing.

“What would being your fake boyfriend require?” Harry asks suddenly interested.

or the one where Louis needs to prove to the Gay-Straight Alliance Club that he isn’t the homophobic guy they think he is and the only way to do that is to get his ex-best mate, Harry Styles, to be his fake boyfriend.

📚 Supposed to Be by kikikryslee / @flamboyantommo {M, 26k}

“I’m making a movie for a film competition, and I want you to be in it,” Harry told Louis. “I think you would be a great leading actor in it.” “Why?” “Because it’s you. I mean, who wouldn’t want to know all about the amazing Louis Tomlinson? It would be a great movie.” “You don’t have some weird crush or, like, secret obsession with me, do you?” Louis asked. Harry bit his tongue so he didn’t say “Ew, I have standards.” He didn’t think that would go over well. Of course, that was assuming Louis understood what that meant. --- Or, the Geek Charming AU where Harry's a film geek, Louis' a popular jock, and they both need each other to get what they want.

📚 You're So Square (Baby I Don't Care) by mmaree / @zqua1d {E, 15k}

“So does it say who my new co-counsellor is?”

“Yeah, it does.” Zayn doesn’t even try to hide his smirk and Louis just knows.

He sucks in a breath. “It’s that bloody Styles kid, isn’t it?”

Zayn starts cackling, and Louis takes a moment to rethink every life decision he’s ever made, figure out where he went wrong and why karma hates him so much.

“I’m stuck with Britain’s Biggest Boy Scout for the rest of the summer, aren’t I?”

Or a summer camp au where Louis tries to sort out whether he wants to murder or snog his perky co-counsellor.

📚 defying stars by localopa / @voulezloux {T, 9k}

the marching band au only one person (and that was me) asked for.

📚 Worth a Thousand Words by TheIfInLife / @larryismyotpuniverse {NR, 7k}

“Look, I’m learning some new stuff!”

My name is Louis. My favorite color is green. I like movies. Do you know sign language?

Harry huffed grumpily. Why are you learning sign language?

“Because, I want to be able to talk to you.” Louis looked small, gripping tightly at the steering wheel.

Why?

You’re my friend. Louis signed shakily, having to try it a few times before getting it right. And well, Harry just snapped.

We’re not friends. I don’t know what makes you think that we’re okay but we’re not. You stopped being my friend once you found out that I went deaf. I don’t know if this is your way of ‘making up for it’ or if you think that hanging out with the deaf guy and learning a bit of sign language is your ‘kind deed’ to the world but I don’t want to be your charity case and I don’t want to be your friend. or Harry went deaf at 5 years old and Louis just wants the chance be heard.

📚 Why Don’t We Start Writing The Story Of Us by red_panda28 / @red-panda-28 {T, 6k}

Immediately after the words left his mouth, Louis wanted to face palm himself. Nerves always brought out joking as a deflection technique, it was almost an instinct.

Harry only looked up long enough to reply with a flat, “no,” before turning back to his book.

“Alright,” Louis said, rocking forward on the balls of his feet and shoved his hands in his pockets. “I’ll, uh… leave you to it.”

OR Alpha Louis and Omega Harry get off on the wrong foot, Louis has the worst timing, and Harry believes in second chances. Three times Louis asks Harry on a date and the one time Harry accepts

📚 It’s Probably Because I’ve Got a Big Lesbian Crush on You by yeah_alright / @uhoh-but-yeah-alright {T, 6k}

Harry's never really concerned herself with being part of the popular crowd. But as the new girl in school the second semester of her junior year, she finds herself unwittingly competing for Queen Bee status against high school royalty Louis Tomlinson. Maybe there's more to their rivalry than it seems.

A not-quite-Mean Girls AU

📚 A Thin Line by orphan_account {T, 6k}

"Our mums think we're infatuated with each other you halfwit," Harry pointed out. "murder over tea and biscuits isn't an option...sadly."

Or

Monday 20.09.2021 | Sociology

Hello everyone! This is my first study post. I’ll be using this account as a means of keeping myself motivated with revision :)

Today I finished some Sociology revision since I’ve already ended up behind in my work even though it’s only my first week of school.

For some reason I’ve never been able to study. To sit down and revise for hours was impossible, especially during A-Levels (luckily I got pretty good grades at GCSE with little revision)- I would sit down for maybe 5 mins at a time before freaking out, getting severely distracted or overstimulated and finally, navigating to somewhere on the Internet, usually Youtube, and getting stuck there for hours on end. And so it continued. I was scared, overwhelmed by how much I needed to do, and felt hopeless because it took me ages to understand or memorise anything properly, and anyway I’d already lost so much time. Unsurprisingly, my final results were poor. I remember opening the envelope and feeling numb, I’d expected it. I tried to put on a positive smile, and slipped away off home on my own. The point is I was struggling and I didn’t get or ask for help. I’m 22 now and doing an apprenticeship at a well-known british media company. University was never something I wanted to go through after Sixth-Form Hell- and that’s okay: it’s not for everyone and there are other options. I’ve also finally found how best I study. If any of the above resonated with you, it may help you too?

Don’t make it into a big deal, literally nothing matters anyway, what will happen, will happen.

Make LISTS - make a to-do list and break it down into manageable chunks. It’s clear then what little things you need to do to make a big difference- and checking tasks off your list will feel so good. You’ll feel productive, accomplished and not guilty, allowing you to sleep better at night too.

Don’t worry if you don’t understand things first time round, just read and let it wash over you.

USE THE POMODORO TECHNIQUE - this time-management technique has saved my shocking attention span and me from my ability to get distracted- breaks are built in too which is amazing.

Decide on the task to be done.

Set the pomodoro timer (traditionally to 25 minutes).

Work on the task.

End work when the timer rings and put a checkmark on a piece of paper.

If you have fewer than four checkmarks, take a short break (3–5 minutes), then go to step 2.

After four pomodoros, take a longer break (15–30 minutes), reset your checkmark count to zero, then go to step 1.

TAKE BREAKS - If you’re not using the pomodoro technique, at least make sure you take sufficient breaks and regularly, set a timer for 25/30/45 min chunks to work and then go outside for 5/10 mins, get a cup of tea, have a screen break, talk to someone, stretch your legs, jump around, dance, sing or do something else that makes you happy.

STEP-BACK/REST  - Feeling overwhelmed? Teary? Stressed? Like you’ll never get through and it’s all hopeless? You’re literally just tired- your brain is like “nah I’m overstimmed...I’ll just shut down”. So you need to step back and get perspective or you won’t be productive- try a walk, a break, or an early night. Better sleep will mean you can cope for longer periods of time.

Make up stories - this is the best way I’ve found to memorise info- especially acronyms and numbers. Create a narrative with the information as the characters, and imagine it visually in your head. Add detail, and anthropomorphise/personify objects to make it weird and memorable but also make sense and resonate with you. For example to memorise the order in which to build a PC, I made up a story about the relationship between a CPU and a motherboard... Your brain has the capacity to memorise 3x the Internet apparently, or so my Chemistry teacher once told me (even if it’s only 1x, that’s still a fair bit).

SLEEP - I cannot stress enough how important sleep is. Without it you won’t cope- trust me, I know. Try to get 7/8 hours a night, and make sure to go to sleep before midnight- I like to aim for 10:00pm, then read a book for half an hour to calm down. Getting enough daylight helps, and also writing a to-do list before you sleep. If you still can’t calm down...

Exercise - If I’m still buzzing with thoughts, worries, or maybe the urge to do a million things that aren’t studying but I need to get to bed, I will do a home workout/yoga or just dance to my favourite music. Also my brain gets tired out my listening to music as I fall asleep- kinda like brain exercise.

Remember: this isn’t forever.

And finally.... 

Always have an evening treat - if you need to study all day, make sure you have time for yourself in the evening, and do something you love, preferably away from the screen if you’ve been on your laptop all day and your eyes are starting to ache. I like to draw, paint, maybe bake cookies or force myself on an evening walk, even if I think I can’t be bothered because I always end up feeling amazing and tired out, in a good way.

1) IKEA!!! I love this. i cant stop thinking about this fucking ikea themed cake. why is there an ikea themed cake? what the fuck?? also the meat balls !!! 15/10

2) GLOBE this cake is gorgeous i mean look at the accuracy of the countries it’s glorious. the piping at the bottom is also beautiful- however i don’t believe for a minute that this was made by a kid. 9/10

3) very nice creative design “omg she’s just like me” yeah heheh 10/10

4) apparently MFL stands for modern foreign languages but i read it as milf- loses points for not being milf. the flowers are nice i guess 6/10

5) ANOTHER MEATBALL CAKE!!!! it looks too much like meat balls and it makes me uncomfortable and also no way did a kid make this again 8/10