âď¸ HL FIC LIBRARY'S SUMMER FIC REC âď¸
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đ´ 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 Edwardâs Lake and Louis in his familyâs 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; Horanâs Bar and Grill; families, most especially children and babies; Officer Liam Payne; many local festivals and fireworks displays; and Anne Cox, PFLAG President.
đ´ 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.
đ´ somewhere in between lightning by jassy117, nauticalleeds, shiningdistractionwrites / @nauticalleeds (E, 99k)
A summer gone wrong (or very right) when, under Liamâs persuasion, Louis finds himself drunkenly applying for Love Island, and getting accepted. Oh, well. A summer spent on an island paradise couldnât 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 donât have to face their ex on an otherwise straight TV show. Most normal people donât fall for their ex again in front of the whole nation, either. Too bad this whole situation isnât normal.
đ´ 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 thereâs something more than friendship between them. Eventually, they figure it out.
đ´ 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?
đ´ Adore You by @isthatyoularry (M, 67k)
Against his wishes, Harry spends the holidays at his familyâs summer estate, and is reluctantly pulled into a courtship he didnât ask for. Harry doesnât want to get married, but Louis does. They donât fit, but then again they really, really do.
Vaguely set in the 1920âs. Headpieces, jazz, fashionable canes, and flapper dresses, and that.
đ´ 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, heâs facing an uncertain future. Heâs 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, theyâll 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 Harryâs past tragically reappears in his life, will his friendship with Louis be able to hold on?
đ´ Felt Nothing Like Home by QuickedWeen / @becomeawendybird (E, 61k)
The Bon AppĂŠtit 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 theyâre unused to the level of online fame theyâve suddenly achieved.
Itâs 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 yearsâsince 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 theyâre leading up to the stress of planning the annual holiday issue, Louis and his husband decide to file for divorce.
đ´ 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.
đ´ Full Moon Dreaming by jacaranda_bloom / @jacaranda-bloom (E, 43k)
Every month, Full Moon Dreaming reveals a personâs soulmate. Sometimes itâs 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 Louisâ beloved Hanson Bay and moves into the other beach house, could all that be about to change?
đ´ 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 editorâs 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 heâs ever seenâand who also happens to be his new boss.
đ´ 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.
đ´ 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.
đ´ Strawberry Moon by @turnyourankle (E, 20k)
Harry really should have known better than to agree to one of Niallâs schemes. Especially one that involved Irish magic. Then again, how was he supposed to know he and Louis would end up swapping bodies?
đ´ 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.
đ´ 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.
đ´ 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 Louisâ life at the right time.
đ´ 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.
đ´ 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.
đ´ 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 heâs 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.
đ´ Point. Drop. Call. by 4ureyesonly28 / @evilovesyou (G, 1k)
Teenagers get bored on a hot summer day and decide to play a little gameâŚWhoever loses has to call their crush, no matter who or where they are.