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Harry Styles @HarryStyles_KE

hi again! so, i wanted to apologize one more time for the whole “helogogjs good gksdjid” thing, and also say that i didn’t just accidentally open your DM’s when i wasn’t paying attention earlier. i sort of had a question about a tweet you posted yesterday? like. the whole “rent a boyfriend” thing? is that something you were serious about? and if so, how does one come to hire you to be their boyfriend? i’m, um, asking for a friend

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Harry dreads an impending visit to his hometown, where he’ll be forced to reunite with a newly engaged ex-boyfriend, a childhood best friend turned near stranger, and a family who never understood just how desperately he needed to leave.

In the midst of it all, a ludicrous Twitter proposition brings him to Louis.

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a larry fake dating au | strangers to friends to lovers pining | fluff fluff fluff | and some angst | but mostly fluff | happy ending | inordinate amount of taylor swift references | lou’s kangaroo truths

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pure imagination ; larry

strangers au | one shot | 5.7k

summary: “louis meets harry when he's completely plastered, stroking his dog clifford at three in the morning. when louis asks him what on earth he's up to, harry just shrugs, says something about dogs being brilliant, and then pukes on the lawn before passing out.

now louis has to drag him inside the house to make sure he doesn't croak.

or where louis is a writer with insomnia trying to continue the second part of his book and suddenly finds himself caught up in an absurd and ridiculous situation with a thoroughly sloshed stranger who claims to adore dogs.”

                  .・。.・゜✭・.・✫・゜・。.

“"Oh, hi!" the stranger greets with a cheerful stutter, his voice deep and his cheeks reddened from the night's chill.

His attempt to get up is a disaster, his knees buckle due to the lack of resistance in his calves, and his tall frame wobbles before stabilizing halfway. Louis is amazed that he doesn't just topple forward and faceplant on the grass. Nevertheless, he remains alert and watches him with the same caution he knows he should employ during potentially dangerous situations.

Author: nonsensedarling

Word Count: 7625

FIC OF THE WEEK → just call me inspiration by hereforlou / @hereforlou (51k)

The truth is Louis knows he’s going to hell, if there is such a thing, but it isn’t because he writes erotic fiction for a living. If anything, it’s because his muse, the reason he’s inspired to write about people shagging in increasingly creative ways everyday, is the sweetest, loveliest, most genuine (and completely oblivious) future children-book illustrator in the world.

(Or, the one where Louis is a writer, Harry is an art student, and they inspire each other in very different ways.)

To live on the moon with you (26k, one shot)

In which Louis is a struggling writer who gets sad sometimes and Harry works in an ice cream shop. Zayn is the best friend in the world and Liam is shy and Niall thinks they’re all definitely a clique.

C'mon baby, make me fall in love with you (56k, one shot)

Louis is an unrecognised and disenchanted journalist working at Real Exposure, a tabloid that’s on the brink of going under. In order to save the paper, Simon, the editor-in-chief, decides they need a story that will shock everyone and keep the name Real Exposure on everybody’s lips. Enter Harry Styles, the former teenage popstar turned tabloid darling. Simon is certain Harry is hiding dark secrets about his past, and Louis is tasked with going undercover to dig them up. But when Louis gets a lot closer to Harry than he originally planned, he ends up having to make some serious decisions that could affect his entire career.

With these arms folded (21k, chaptered)

Harry Styles is living a peaceful existence in California as a very successful song writer. He has his lake house, and his cat, and his small town existence. That is until he receives a curious email one sunny summer morning, and his life almost immediately gets turned upside down buy a force that's bigger than any storm he's seen outside his window.

Paint the sky blue (26k, one shot)

“I’m really—” The words die inside Louis’ mouth and time seems to stop. The face is the same, and yet, different. His eyes are still haunting, and Louis feels like he dipped into an abyss of obscure feelings. He stares back at Louis and he doesn’t know what to think, what he could read in his black expression. Without notice, he wraps his arms around Louis’ waist and pulls him into a tight hug. He is taller than Louis and it is with a sense of satisfaction that Louis realises how he fits in Harry’s arms perfectly. “I thought I’d never see you again,” Harry drawls out. Voice rough and controlled. Or, Harry and Louis are separated when they are younger with harsh promises of never seeing each other again. But oh, Fate has other plans for them.

Color me blue (51k, chaptered)

And Louis is not a fucking coward, but this hurts so much more than he ever thought it would. Everyone knows that Louis is broken and Harry likes to think he can fix everything.

Every story ever told (54k, chaptered)

Becoming a best-selling author isn’t as difficult as Louis would have guessed. It seems all you need these days is the perfect blend of alcohol induced philosophy, complete disregard for one’s dignity, a live blog about how fucked love is, and a bored publisher interested enough to offer him a deal.

You set off avalanches in my heart (22k, one shot)

Harry is the editor of the university newspaper and has been in love with an anonymous poet for a year.

Another hazy may (41k, one shot)

louis is a terrible poet and harry lives in the now and they have six weeks to fall in love but, really, it only takes six seconds. bookshop meets military meets summer romance au ft. marlboros, the backstreet boys, and underrated literary devices.

I would name the stars for you (i would take you there) (91k, chaptered)

a vaguely Notting Hill-like AU (or that made for TV Disney movie Starstruck if you’ve seen it… no? Just me?) starring popstar!Harry and bookkeeper/soulful poet!Louis; and including guest appearances by Fate, a wise elderly aristocrat, and lots and lots of pining.

Then we kiss (all i wanna do is have a good time) (23k, one shot)

harry is a potential new writer for a comedy show. louis is his kind-of boss. they flirt. stuff happens.

Drain the whole sea (27k, one shot)

For a great chunk of his life, Harry has had a passion for writing, a passion that turned into an aspiration, which turned into a dream he’s been chasing for the past few years, first in the States and now in a shitty flat in London. None of his attempts to get anywhere have succeeded, leaving him with weary bones and two dead-end jobs that he doesn’t enjoy in the slightest. When he finds an unusual yet promising opportunity that could possibly get him somewhere and help him further his current failure of a writing career, he doesn’t hesitate to take it. Despite his boyfriend Sam’s pleading, he lets this dream bring him to the luxurious yet quaint home of world-renowned, best-selling author Louis Tomlinson.

We were just like glue (23k, chaptered)

Louis works in a library where his own books sit on the shelves. Also, there may or may not be a Harry Styles involved and he may or may not be Louis’ muse. Not that Louis is admitting to anything.

Core ‘ngrato (49k, one shot)