#we_are_the_same

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Tongue Tied by YesIsAWorld | G | 1252 Louis’ new bestie placed a hand on his shoulder; he turned with a sway and looked into his blue eyes. ”What do you wish?” The world spun for a moment, and Louis shrugged. It was easy. The only thing he wanted. “I wish that I could tell Harry that I love him, instead of getting all tongue tied and chickening out.” The Irishman winked. “You never know, your wish may just come true.” “From your lips to God’s ears, mate.” He gave the man a hug. “I gotta go before my Uber leaves me.” He stumbled to the door, and that was the last thing he remembered from the night.

Souls Nailed Together by LadyLondonderry | G | 1691 Harry Styles has a lot of bad luck and a Problem Fixer on speed dial.

A Tight Space by haztobegood | T | 2313 Niall pushes the bedroom door open. A huge mass of brown fur bolts between his legs. Louis startles with a hand to his chest. “What the fuck was that?” “Oh, that’s the cat. I told you Liam found a stray a few days ago. That’s him.” “Are you sure that’s a cat?”

The Cats that Got the Cream by yeah_alright | M | 3032 When Louis accidentally releases the tiger trapped in Harry's thigh tattoo, Harry has to explain not just what the fuck is happening, but that it's not just a tiger. Luckily, Louis has a secret of his own that might help.

do you feel what I feel (does it feel right?) by we_are_the_same | T | 4285 His ears are ringing as he slowly shuffles through the hallway, head bowed and the hood of his sweatshirt all but pulled over his face. There's a quiet but insistent headache pulsing at his temples and he breathes in shakily before knocking just once on the nondescript hotel door that currently feels like it's potentially going to save his life. He stumbles across the threshold the moment the door opens, and Zayn’s arms are there to catch him, wrapping around him in a hug that makes him feel as though he’s finally able to breathe. And this. They didn’t used to do this. They didn’t hug. They weren’t the kind of friends that were comfortable like that. Hell, a few weeks ago they weren’t friends at all. And even right now, he’s not sure what they are. He just knows that Zayn wraps his arms around him and the ringing stops. Oscar could cry.

This is a job for... by phdmama | E | 4753 “I want you to fuck me,” Harry says slowly and doesn’t miss the way Louis’ expression falls, just a bit. “But,” Louis says quietly, “I really want you to fuck me.” They stare at each other, and Harry can’t really be blamed for the despair he’s feeling; he’s been longing for this moment for so long, and he wants it to be perfect for both of them. The words burst out of him. “But,” and yes, he is actually wailing the tiniest bit, but he’s disappointed, so sue him. “If you’re a bottom, and I’m a bottom, then who’s going to top, Lou. Who’s going to top?”

Knight Changes by graceling_in_a_suit | M | 10507 Louis has a promise to keep and a curse to break for a man in a bog. Niall, Liam, and Zayn are along for the ride. The real friends are the dragons we slay along the way.

Losing That Reactive Spark by whoknows | E | 11599 “You didn’t shock me,” the O says, yanking at Harry’s shirt. Harry’s eyebrows furrow, looking down at him. He could probably shake him off if he wanted to, wouldn’t even hurt him. Harry doesn’t. “What’s your name? How come you didn’t shock me?” “Um,” Harry says. “What?” The O sways closer, pushing himself up onto his toes as he peers at Harry’s face. Harry tries not to breathe in too deeply, too obviously. The last thing he needs is for someone to catch him obviously scenting an O that doesn’t belong with him in public. No matter how unhinged that particular O might be. That’s just asking for trouble. “Is it broken?” the O asks, shaking at Harry’s shirt. Harry sways, more confused than ever. The bell on the door dings, and on autopilot Harry shifts them out of the way, allowing the person to pass. His umbrella dangles uselessly from his hand, not doing anything to keep them dry. “Is what broken?” Harry asks. “It’s not broken,” the O says to himself, fast. He shakes his head again, bringing both hands up to his face to push his wet hair back. “Just yesterday – ” He stops, staring at Harry again. It’s a suspicious stare. Harry’s mildly offended by it.

LOUIS RARE PAIR FEST 2024

- Week Seven Roundup -

🫐 I've drowned and dreamt this moment by we_are_the_same / @so-why-let-your-voice-be-tamed

[T, 2k, Louis/Zayn, fic post]

There has been a rivalry between them since they were young. Since the very start of their careers. It’s always been Louis and Zayn, the ones to watch. The ones to do battle and ultimately share the podium. They push each other to be better, is what the world says. They hate each other, is what Zayn and Louis say. And it all comes to a head in Val d’Argenton.

🫐 Countdown by @allwaswell16

[M, 2k, Louis/Tommy Shelby, fic post]

☀️ HL FIC LIBRARY'S SUMMER FIC REC ☀️

Remember to leave kudos and a comment on the fics you enjoyed to show your appreciation! You can find the library's other recs here.

🌴 I'll Fly Away by @juliusschmidt (E, 122k)

Harry and Louis grew up together in Lake County, Harry with his mom and stepdad in a tiny cottage on Edward’s Lake and Louis in his family’s farmhouse a few minutes down the road. But after high school, Louis stuck around and Harry did not; Harry went to Chicago where he found a boyfriend and couple of college degrees. Six years later, Harry ends up back in Edwardsville for the summer and he and Louis fall into old patterns and discover new ones.

ft. One Direction, the local boyband; Horan’s Bar and Grill; families, most especially children and babies; Officer Liam Payne; many local festivals and fireworks displays; and Anne Cox, PFLAG President.

🌴 Jump Before We Fall by green_feelings / @greenfeelings (E, 113k)

Louis and Zayn's lives revolve around running a hotel by the sea, Harry is a student who wants a life far from home for just a little while, Niall doesn't know where life leads him and Liam thinks he has already found all purposes in his life.

🌴 somewhere in between lightning by jassy117, nauticalleeds, shiningdistractionwrites / @nauticalleeds (E, 99k)

A summer gone wrong (or very right) when, under Liam’s persuasion, Louis finds himself drunkenly applying for Love Island, and getting accepted. Oh, well. A summer spent on an island paradise couldn’t be all that bad, right?

Imagine his surprise when Louis arrives in sunny Majorca to find that his first love and ex-boyfriend, Harry, is another contestant, about to capture the hearts of everyone in the villa. Most normal people don’t have to face their ex on an otherwise straight TV show. Most normal people don’t fall for their ex again in front of the whole nation, either. Too bad this whole situation isn’t normal.

🌴 Have Love, Will Travel by @kingsofeverything (E, 97k)

Rather than spend the summer working at their desks, Louis and Harry are given the opportunity to crisscross the country together in a tiny camper, filming their adventures for a YouTube series.

It soon becomes obvious to their viewers that there’s something more than friendship between them. Eventually, they figure it out.

🌴 Salt & Vinegar by elsi_bee / @elsi-bee (E, 77k)

Louis is ready to experience the local flavour during his next few weeks in beautiful Costa Rica. So why does the same British boy keep pulling him in?

🌴 Adore You by @isthatyoularry (M, 67k)

Against his wishes, Harry spends the holidays at his family’s summer estate, and is reluctantly pulled into a courtship he didn’t ask for. Harry doesn’t want to get married, but Louis does. They don’t fit, but then again they really, really do.

Vaguely set in the 1920’s. Headpieces, jazz, fashionable canes, and flapper dresses, and that.

🌴 If I Had Three Wishes (They'd All Be For You) by phdmama / @phd-mama (E, 66k)

When Harry Styles sets off for Provincetown, MA from his tiny hometown of Kerkhoven, MN, he’s facing an uncertain future. He’s always planned to leave, just...not like this. When he meets a gorgeous cabaret performer on his first night in P-town, little does he know how his life is about to change, or how much he has yet to learn. When they become more than just friends, Louis makes it clear he's not looking for anything serious, but at least, Harry consoles himself, they’ll always be friends. Over one extraordinary summer, Harry learns to navigate life on his own through a journey of self-discovery and sexual awakening. But when Harry’s past tragically reappears in his life, will his friendship with Louis be able to hold on?

🌴 Felt Nothing Like Home by QuickedWeen / @becomeawendybird (E, 61k)

The Bon Appétit YouTube channel has become an unexpected success partly due to the newest series developed by classically trained pastry chef Harry Styles who is intent on making the art of baking accessible to the masses. He and his best friend Louis Tomlinson have been with the magazine for years and they’re unused to the level of online fame they’ve suddenly achieved.

It’s easy for Harry to brush it off and ignore it (despite the teasing they get around the test kitchen) because Louis is happily married and has been for years—since just before they met for the first time. Or, it was easy to brush it off, but at the beginning of the summer, just as they’re leading up to the stress of planning the annual holiday issue, Louis and his husband decide to file for divorce.

🌴 We will find a way by Star_Henderson / @tommosgun (M, 54k)

Harry Styles, fresh out of Uni, his first job is assistant tour manager to 17 Black, join them on their tour of European Summer music festivals. Temptation takes over and Harry and Louis become a thing, but can Louis handle this thing? He's not even into guys so why is he in Harry's bed?

Some angst, lots of fluff and sex and music.

🌴 Full Moon Dreaming by jacaranda_bloom / @jacaranda-bloom (E, 43k)

Every month, Full Moon Dreaming reveals a person’s soulmate. Sometimes it’s an object or a place, or for the lucky ones, the love of their life.

Louis has given up hope of dreaming of a person, resigned to living a life devoid of that kind of all-consuming love for another and receiving the same in return.

But when a new neighbour descends on Louis’ beloved Hanson Bay and moves into the other beach house, could all that be about to change?

🌴 You're the Light by @allwaswell16 (E, 31k)

Before beginning a new graduate school in the fall, Louis Tomlinson decides to spend the summer working in Chicago as an editor’s assistant for the Chicago Tribune newspaper and staying with his old college roommate. What he finds on his first day of work is a tall, gorgeous editor named Harry who has the most beautiful green eyes he’s ever seen—and who also happens to be his new boss.

🌴 It's the Climb by @lululawrence (NR, 25k)

The Hannah Montana AU where Louis is a world famous punk rock singer with a stage name of William and Jay drags him back to Tennessee for the summer. In her attempt for Louis to get back to his roots, he just so happens to reconnect with Harry, and things never go quite as Louis expects them to.

🌴 That Summer Feelin' by dimpled_halo / @comebackassholes (E, 24k)

Harry's been looking forward to going back to work at Canyon Moon Camp all year. She's excited for a chance to have a peaceful summer where no one knows her. The last person she expects to see is Louis Tomlinson, the girl with the bad reputation at school back home. Harry is finally forced to face the feelings she's been avoiding since the first time she laid eyes on Louis. Good thing she has all summer to figure them out.

🌴 Strawberry Moon by @turnyourankle (E, 20k)

Harry really should have known better than to agree to one of Niall’s schemes. Especially one that involved Irish magic. Then again, how was he supposed to know he and Louis would end up swapping bodies?

🌴 Not Ready for This by @berzerkshires (E, 18k)

Louis and Harry are both single fathers and their children decide to go out on a date. The dads insist on meeting one another before they agree to let their child go out on this date.

🌴 Under the Moonlight by we_are_the_same / @so-why-let-your-voice-be-tamed (T, 15k)

Harry and Louis have been friends online for years. They've never met despite living only a few hours from one another. One fateful summer a silly little lie, a family vacation and an accidental meet up lead to a week of fake dating on Mallorca. All in all, a holiday Louis won't easily forget.

🌴 Don't delete the kisses by ishiplouis / @pocketsunshineharry (G, 12k)

Louis and Liam have a bucket list to complete during their last summer together and Harry is the too cute for his own good beautician that appears in Louis’ life at the right time.

🌴 The Charles Compass Trilogy by @sadaveniren (E, 8k)

Louis Tomlinson is a successful writer who rents a beach house on the Cape to try and finish the final book in his successful Charles Compass trilogy.

🌴 Tennis Whites by YesIsAWorld / @louandhazaf (E, 4k)

Harry settles himself on the bench, puts his sunglasses on, and focuses his attention on the court. There, in all his glory, is Louis Tomlinson.

🌴 In the Shallows by LadyLondonderry / @londonfoginacup (T, 2k)

Fuck superyachts, Harry thinks.

Actually, fuck all yachts, he amends. He has no idea if this is a superyacht or a regular yacht. Or possibly just a really fancy speedboat. All he knows is that he’s hurtling along at a dizzying speed, pulled by a rope tangled around his tail.

I am never getting on a yacht, he thinks as he whizzes by a school of fish. Nothing good comes from a yacht.

🌴 Point. Drop. Call. by 4ureyesonly28 / @evilovesyou (G, 1k)

Liam/Louis | Teen | 12k

It was always their plan to move to New York together. Or so Louis thought. Alone, in a small apartment, having lost the love of his life, he takes advice from his sister Lottie and starts writing letters to the fire.

“You’ve always been Harry?” He still finds himself needing to ask, remembering why he’d named him that way, some silly reason that he wonders now, was it really that silly, or had he felt the name fit him? Had Harry told him long before either of them had known he’d come to exist this way?

Harry smiles. “I don’t know about that. But I know I’ve never been anyone but Harry.” He looks down at his bunny, who is now happily nibbling on his sweater instead. “I don’t know if I knew my name before you did, but I know that it’s right. I know I’m not a John or a Klaus-” he glances around, “or a Niall.”

It’s far from subtle, but Louis lets him get away with it, just smiles at him. “I agree. Definitely not a Klaus.” He teases, reaching out to brush his fingertips over the bunny’s fur. “I hope she’ll share her name soon. It’ll be nice to welcome her to the family.”

“Family.” Harry sounds it out like he’s trying to taste the word. “Is that what we are?”

Louis frowns a bit. “Yeah. I mean. I think so? Family’s about caring for people, protecting them, being there for them. About investing in each other and being accepted for who you are. So, yeah. You’re my family. And even when you move out, you will be, just like Liam and Zayn are my family.” He reassures him.

There’s an odd look on Harry’s face, the soft thunk of a marble teardrop that hits the floor, startling the bunny and making her hop away. “I like that,” he whispers, though he’s not looking at Louis, and Louis doesn’t make him, only reaches out to gently card his fingers through his hair. “I like - I like that I don’t have to be alone.”

Louis’ heart aches. “Never,” he promises him. “You’ll never have to be alone.”

-from forever is in your eyes by @so-why-let-your-voice-be-tamed​​ / we_are_the_same

[Louis/Harry, 125k, Harry is a Statue au]

Re-Reads:

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. 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’.

3. Peaches and Cream (seducedbycurls) -  The study was to see if two strangers could live together for a month and fall in love.

New Reads:

1. Under the Moonlight (we_are_the_same) - Harry and Louis have been friends online for years. They’ve never met despite living only a few hours from one another. One fateful summer a silly little lie, a family vacation and an accidental meet up lead to a week of fake dating on Mallorca. All in all, a holiday Louis won’t easily forget.

2. The Morning After the Night Before (ladylondonderry) - Harry and Louis have more or less grown up together, even now as adults it’s tradition for their families to spend a few weeks in the summer at a beach house together. Problem one: Louis has been in love with Harry forever. Problem two: It won’t stop raining.

3. Steal My Breath (harryskiwiposes) - Harry keeps coming up with excuses to visit the emergency room, all for an attractive nurse named Louis.

4. Say It With Flowers (reminiscingintherain) - Harry owns a flower shop and Louis comes storming in one day, slaps 20 bucks on the counter and says, “How do I passive-aggressively say fuck you in flower?”

5. ‘Sup (mediawhore) - Gemma really wants her little brother to sign up for a dating app and get back in the game after a messy divorce. Harry thinks he’s way too old to swipe. They compromise to devastatingly embarrassing results.

6. Floating (snowy38) - There’s places that you can go to get help. The doctor’s, psychiatrists, psychologists and all that run in between. And then there’s places that fall on the edge of those recognized institutions. That’s the kind of place Louis Tomlinson needs. It’s the kind of place he has found. And so he goes.

7. Heart on an Open Highway (afirethatcannotdie) - Harry’s a popstar about to release his second album, and Louis is the Radio 1 intern who gets his heart racing.

8. Ain’t No Tellin’ Who’s In Charge Here (whoknows) - The thing about Louis and Harry’s dynamic is that while Louis is the instigator of 99% of the foolishness, Harry will always come back at him with something ten times dirtier than whatever Louis had though up. It’s a vicious cycle that continues until one of them makes a plea for truce.

9. Delicate (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.

10. I Get To Love You (lovelarry10) - A one night stand leaves Harry with a permanent reminder of the night he spent with a stranger. A baby is on the way, and Louis and Harry have nine months to get to know each other before they become a family.

11. Focal Point (rainbowsandgucci) - By the time you read this, I’ll be gone, so don’t bother looking. Last night was lovely, sorry to run. P.S. Thanks for the money.

12. Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night (haroldslouis) - Harry is a bank robber and Louis falls in love with him.

13. Come In And Change My Life (lightswoodmagic (sarah_writes)) - Harry and Louis become friends when Harry looks after Louis’ cat during away games, until one night at a party changes everything between them. It’s just a shame that Louis’ going to be away for the FIFA World Cup for three months.

14. Give A Chance (hattalove) - Louis starts a dead-end job with every intention of quitting as soon as possible. He ends up getting rather more than he’d bargained for.

15. Family Of Penguins (Not Literally) (miamistyles) - Louis and Harry have a son together but Harry is only just finding this out.

Santa Baby (one little thing I really need) by we_are_the_same | T | 3082 When Louis himself had first heard those words - all the nurses at the A&E have a secret line to Santa’s sleigh on Christmas Eve-, not nearly long enough ago to be considered a child himself, but long enough that he hadn't really felt like an adult all the time, he’d laughed them off. Thought they were sweet, of course, but just a line, something said to appease the kids who ended up having to stay overnight. Something to explain the presents that parents brought to the hospital on Christmas morning, or that were waiting for them at home, if they were lucky not to have to stay any longer. Something that would allow a little bit of Christmas spirit in the sometimes sterile rooms of the hospital. But that was before he’d met him.

A Kiss for Christmas by LadyAJ_13 | T | 3272 Louis meets Father Christmas, then twenty one years later, he meets his son.

Step Into Christmas by babyhoneyhslt | G | 4003 Louis just wants to celebrate his birthday in peace, without all the Christmas antics. Instead he wakes up in a strange bed, a confused stranger next to him and a self proclaimed elf calling him Santa.

until springtime, we sleep (i'll wait for you) by istgeve | nr | 5081 “You’re on the naughty list.” “I— what?” “You’re on the na—“ “Yeah, I got that part. But what does it have anything to do w—“ “You’re on the naughty list.” “Harry.” “Yeah?” “What the fuck?” Or a Christmas AU where Louis is on the naughty list and is kidnapped by a very adorable Elf to serve his punishment.

Ho Ho Hopefully by muldxr | T | 5144 Attached to the gift, just under the bow, was a paper tag, and Harry wished desperately that he could write his own name there. ‘To Louis, from Harry.’ What a dream that would be He’d grown fond of Louis over the time that he’d been watching him, wishing that he could be part of Louis’ life, of his world, regardless of the fact that the only thing Harry had ever known was working for Father Christmas—or Nicholas, as he’d preferred to be called.

Santa Claus Is Coming... To volunteer by nekenma28 | T | 5405 Harry's little niece Charlie is going to spend Christmas for the first time without her mother by her side, so he decides to tell her a nice Christmas bedtime story. He just didn't understand how a made-up story could come true and Harry could become a volunteer Santa Claus responsible for delivering billions of gifts in one night having to put up with the provocative Louis elf. But it's like the saying goes... Have Christmas spirit to give ho-ho-ho last!

Under the Pink Willow Tree by brightlyharry | nr | 7631 It's Christmas Eve and also Louis' eighteen birthday. It's the biggest day of Louis' life. He's been keeping up with his elfin studies for years all in preparation for this. He finally gets to join Santa on the sleigh. Nothing Harry says can ruin this day for him, no matter how hard he tries.

Satan/Santa [Series] by taggiecb | E | 15853 Louis keeps stealing some of Harry’s mail, which would be annoying for anyone, but it’s especially troubling when you consider that Harry is Santa Claus. Harry will have to go through hell to get Louis to stop. Literally. Or the one with Santa Harry and Satan Louis and a series of misspelled letters to Santa.