perched in the dark

flowers growing from the dead, cold things becoming warm 🌸

Adding to this list as of 2/5/25. Additions will be in green.

Just wanted to make a list of some of my favorite loustat fanfics so far. I'll definitely be adding onto this list as I continue to read more.

Anything by cherhorowitz8. This person's writing style is so amazing and every single fic that has been written has had me hooked. I recommend checking out their page, but a few of my personal favs are:

like you mean it in spite of all my faults eligible once more, with feeling of bruised egos and preconceived notions répondez s'il vous plaît as you were

thepettymusingsofmeat fledgling eat your heart

chinxe stereoscopic parsimony emissivity inertia hyperspectral

pocketusn i try to be chill girl, but honestly, i'm not it's like a sucker punch straight to my heart

lesfleursrouges the last day of summer like time stands still

anonymouswords123 none of them your true nature

canonthatdivides je t'ai dans la peau

dirtygoldensoul the saint

pasterquesix before you see me come (back) to me

vitamin_kay cheerful oblivion you sip what the devil's drinking

emblue_sparks reviens, mon coeur

introruins silk chiffon

louisredsuit his rightful home

prouvaireafterdark burning in water, drowning in flame

delgay go and tell the world (you're all mine)

tulipblossums heaven is in your eyes

Post reunion fics we'll be diamond when the golden days are done by rickybobby you are the moon that breaks the night for which i have to howl by peacefrog

Also, honorable mention to meet me at the barre by dancermk. I'm not sure what happened, but I no longer see this fic anymore and it was one of my absolute favorites.

All these fics are absolutely amazing and beautifully written in my opinion. There are more that I plan to add that I wasn't able to get around too just yet, and again as I read more I will add as well.

i'm pretty sure every fic is rated m or e so 18+!! and be mindful of the tags or content warnings :-)

loustat:

cord of communion by themasterletters. maybe my favorite loustat fic ever i think it's a must read / human au with rockstar single dad lestat and teacher louis

fifth avenue by ohofcourse. human au, after years of separation, claudia finds lestat, now the resident pianist at the new york philharmonic, and asks for his help in ending louis' new relationship (also claudia/madeline)

Since my last fic roundup it appears I've been promoted into the role of Loustat fic librarian, LOL. I've been asked for a lot more recomendations, and I thought I'd group these thematically rather than by length or AU type. There's a few repeats here from the previous list but that just means you really should read them!

Time-bending

“Once more, with feeling” Human Loustat are caught in a time loop, repeating the same day over and over… By @cher-horowitz

“Come (Back) to Me” Modern painter Louis is drawn to a painting an an old chateau and time travels back to the 18th century to meet the young marquis in the portrait… By @suikamelon6

“Return” Modern vampire Louis suddenly time travels to 18th c Paris, where he encounters human Lestat and Nicki at the theatre… (ongoing)

“Ten Minutes” Lestat’s caught in a time loop, destined to relive the Paris trial again and again

“Daniel Molloy, Time Bandit” Daniel time travels from 1980s Night Island back to 1790s TdV where Armand doesn’t know him, but is intrigued… (This one's not Loustat but I still wanted to include it)

Fairy Tales

“Tale as Old as Time” Beauty and the Beast AU with Loustat trapped in a cursed castle

“Fly Away with Me” Peter Pan AU mixing childhood memories of the du Lac children flying to Neverland with grown-up Louis and Pan/Lestat (ongoing)

“La Bête” Human Louis travels to France to research a mysterious 18th tale of a beast that roamed the Auvergne… (ongoing) (Not a straight 1:1 fairytale but fuck it, I love this one so much and it deserves more readers) By @penguinsandbats

“Bittersweet” (ch18) Standalone Beauty and the Beast Loustat chapter from a month-long challenge

“Rumpelstiltskin” Louis wakes up in the Dubai penthouse and must complete tasks for his mysterious captor will eat him (Loumand, not Loustat)

“The Wolf Fur Slipper” Prince Louis must get married, and a Cinder-fella Lestat dreams of escaping his awful family to live in a fairy tale romance…

Crossovers

IWTV x The Newsreader: “One of our Reporters Is Missing” The original crossover fic! Louis sees Dale on Australian tv, and travels to reunite with what he thinks is a mind-wiped Lestat. By @angstosaur

IWTV x The Newsreader: “Roving” Helen Norville meets up with Daniel Molloy in the 1980s in America and travels to NOLA, tapes in tow, and stumbles upon Lestat…

IWTV x The Newsreader: “I thought we could have an orgy” Loustat/TimDale PWP set in the Darwin episode of S1

IWTV x Cunk on Life: “Cunk on Fangs” Philomena Cunk is asked by her good friend Daniel Molloy to travel to Dubai to interview a vampire with him… (ongoing)

IWTV x Ted Lasso: “No Such Thing As Bad Publicity” Keeley is employed to improve Lestat’s PR for his European tour

IWTV x Killing Eve: “In the White Room (L’homme Lestat)” modern vampire story where Lestat is kidnapped by a mysterious organisation and forced to become their assassin while Louis and Armand try to help/rescue him with help from Villanelle. By @angstosaur

IWTV x True Blood: “Under the Blood Moon” Human Louis finds out at his dad’s funeral that the company is bankrupt and meets a vampire Lestat at a dive bar while he’s drowning his sorrows (ongoing/abandoned?)

(There's also some IWTV x Hannibal ones but I'm not really into that show SORRY! Feel free to suggest some in your RBs if you're into it though)

Sex Workers

“Before You See Me” Human AU with sex worker Louis hired to help heal a heartbroken actor Sebastian Wilde (Lestat). Sex with all the feelings. By @suikamelon6

“Many happy returns” Modern human PWP with sex worker Lestat delivering a birthday gift to Louis in the library

“Make me, break me, shake me” Human AU with escorts Loustat as roommates until Louis realises what Lestat really needs - a good dicking.

“Baby Treat me Nice” Human AU with kindergarten teacher Louis discovering the dad of one of his students is actually his Only Fans crush… (ongoing/abandoned?)

“Assignment” Modern AU with an anxious and stressed human Louis requesting professional services to lose his virginity, and a blond man appears at his door... By @riley-beautrelle

“Pretty Boy” Daniel discovers after Dubai that Lestat became a porn star after being left for dead and penniless and is now the highest paid gay porn star in America

“Music When the Sun Goes Down” Modern human/vampire AU with sugar baby Louis gaining a new & exclusive rich blond client… (ongoing/abandoned?)

That was the last sunrise I ever saw. Perhaps the kindest thing the dark gift has given me. // It was the last time I saw my brother. It was the last time I saw the sun. It was the only time I ever felt free.

Incipit vita nova - 1903 ,detail

di Cesare Saccaggi (Italy, 1868-1934)