hello lovely, hope you’re doing well! I was just wondering if you’d know (bc you nearly always know the answers to these questions) of any new ish tomlinshaw?? i feel like I’m starved of them, and am currently rereading all the old fics i can find! By new I mean like 2019 on, or even if you know of anyone writing tomlinshaw atm!! thank you thank you
Hi! So first of all, yes writers are still writing Tomlinshaw! Definitely not as many as there used to be, but it's still a pairing that gets written! Here are all the ones I've read and enjoyed since 2019! Happy reading!
—Recent Tomlinshaw Fics—
You and Me (Got a Whole Lot of History) by LadyAJ_13 / @ladyaj-13
Nick loves the crush and fever of being right in the thick of things, but just the thought of Louis looking down and spotting him makes him feel a little queasy.
It hadn’t been a proper thing. It wasn’t a relationship.
here with me by haveufoundwhaturlookingfor / @sup3rbloom
Louis has been secretly dating Nick, and things were going so smoothly, but then Nick finds out that he's pregnant and they have no choice but to tell everyone about their relationship.
Particular by LadyAJ_13 / @ladyaj-13
Nick is very particular about the upkeep of his hallway's Brazilian hardwood floor. He is very particular about the cleaning of his kitchen's fine Wedgewood china.
He is less particular in his bedroom.
You know I love you, babe by @lululawrence
Nick sighed happily to himself. Yet another wonderful decision by Past Nick was stocking the fridge with the cheesecake. He honestly had no recollection of purchasing it, but it was the best thing he’d eaten all day. There was something so perfectly satisfying about a piece of cheesecake.
He should wax poetic to Louis about it. Tell him how he didn’t miss him at all because the cheesecake was all he would ever need.
Or the one where Nick fucks up and scrambles to make it right. Too bad that just makes things worse.
Food Fight by LadyAJ_13 / @ladyaj-13
It’s Louis’ famed cooking skills against Nick’s more cultured palate.
Fight.
Little Saint Nick by LadyAJ_13 / @ladyaj-13
Nick meets a stranger in a bar and is told this Christmas season, he needs to 'learn to be nice'.
Costumes Must Be Sexy, Slutty and/or Stupid by LadyAJ_13 / @ladyaj-13
It's a bit of a blast from the past to get an invite to Nick Grimshaw's fancy dress housewarming.
Shape of You by @reminiscingintherain
Ed goes onto BBC Breakfast to promote Divide. Nick flirts. Louis isn't impressed.
the next bit was spanners to my plan by LadyAJ_13 / @ladyaj-13
The first time was an accident. The second time was an accident too.
Or: Louis and Nick end up shagging on the sly, everyone sends far too many emojis and far too few words, and eventually they're going to have to sort themselves out.
Use You As A Focal Point by Jiksa / @jiksax
“What am I, the fucking twink whisperer? You’ve been nothing but horrible to me. Last time I tried to kiss you, you lobbed a Chelsea boot at my head.”
Louis shows up at Nick's front door on the wrong side of midnight, asking for... things. Part 2 of I Found 'verse
if you should try to kiss her by @disgruntledkittenface
It’s kind of their thing now. They make relentless snarky comments to and about each other and exchange meaningful eye contact every time they think no one is looking. At least, that’s what Louis thinks they’re doing, like their own extended lesbian mating ritual. It seems obvious to her that they’re inevitable in some kind of cosmic, grand design type of way; they’re eventually going to end up together and fix up an old house and Nick will build a chicken coop for the backyard (or hire someone to build it, probably) and then they’ll live happily ever after, bickering the whole time.
If only she could be sure that’s what Nick thinks they’re doing.
Harry's annual Christmas party gives Louis her chance to be brave and tell Nick how she feels.
I'mma Give You A Promotion by @lululawrence
Nick: We should move in together
Louis stared at the phone, blinking in confusion. Maybe he really had already fallen asleep. There was no way in hell that Nick would be asking him to move in with him in their actual reality.
Louis swiped open his phone and was still staring at the text when Nick’s face took over his screen.
"What are you on about with moving in together?”
“Well, we can either not see each other at all during the stay at home order, or we can move in together,” Nick explained.
“And you figured we should just move in together?” Louis asked, shocked.
Or the one where Louis and Nick have had a bit of a thing, but it was never meant to be permanent. They hadn't even defined it. Then COVID happened and changed everything.
A Fist Full of Glitter by @reminiscingintherain
Nick G: Fancy going to the BRITs tonight? Got a ticket with your name on.Louis: Is there any universe in which I’d say no to this? I think not.Nick G: I’ll pick you up at 6:30pm. Suit’s being messengered over now.Louis: You spoil me. <3 xx
Or: Louis' a Sugar Baby, Nick's his proper and formal Sugar Daddy. What could possibly happen to make that change?
The Colors Are Different by orphan_account
“I didn't know you'd be here Grim!” Harry says happily. Nick looks equally peeved as he catches sight of Louis right there, wearing the exact same shirt as he is. Louis really should’ve gone over to Ed – he could’ve spared both of them this traumatic experience.
‘Didn’t know you would be here either.’
It’s clear Nick mostly means Louis.
It’s not like there’s some sort of rule about the host of Capital’s morning show and the host of Radio 1’s breakfast show not being at the same events, but – they kind of pretend there is anyways.
or the one where Nick and Louis are opposites in every way, except maybe they aren't after all.
With Your Hand In Mine by @lululawrence
Louis reached out and latched his hand onto Nick’s arm. “What was that?”
“One of the previous inmates that mysteriously died here, I’d imagine,” Nick whispered into Louis’ ear.
Louis shivered, but he wasn’t sure if it was because of Nick being so close or the fact he was growing more and more concerned that he was going to pee his pants during this.
Okay, it was the latter if the shot of anxiety currently running through him was any indication, but he did have goosebumps from Nick’s breath grazing Louis’ neck as well.
Or the one where Louis hates haunted houses, Nick likes them, and Louis likes Nick. Things end better than Louis expects.
Swerve the Handshake by @lululawrence
There's a pandemic afoot and social distancing is being recommended for everyone, but what is to be done to still greet people with respect whilst avoiding the handshake?
Scott and Chris have ideas, and Grimmy becomes attached to a particular suggestion.
Brighter This Time by Jiksa / @jiksax
Louis’s a little lost, a little heartbroken, and maybe a little… something else. Nick’s just a shit bartender.
burning our pretty little hearts by icarusinflight
Nick's twenty-nine, and still not the least bit ready for it, when he finds his soulmate.
Can't Forget You by @writcraft
Nick wakes up in hospital and discovers he's lost several years of memories, including getting together—and breaking up—with Louis Tomlinson, the owner of the local café that Nick's being trying to pull for ages.
As he tries to work out what went wrong, Nick falls in love with Louis all over again.
To Fall Down At Your Door by sunsetmog / @magicalrocketships
Nick has failed to pay attention in any of the meetings leading up to him filming a documentary in the Scottish Highlands, mostly because he's just been dumped and he's in the middle of some very important wallowing. This does not entirely explain what Louis Tomlinson is doing there filming in the Highlands with him, and it absolutely does not explain why the world's press seems to think that they've just got married without telling anyone.
He's fairly certain none of this is actually his fault, but it doesn't change the fact that everything has suddenly got a little bit weird.
You're a Nightmare, I'm a Disaster by @lululawrence
As Nick scanned the shelves, his eyes caught on a bright blue binding. Snooki, it read, A Shore Thing.
“Oh my God,” Nick mumbled, trying not to laugh as he picked it up. He’d watched bits and pieces of Jersey Shore way back in the day.
Without bothering to look any further around the store, he headed up to the counter where Blue eyes was watching him. Nick cleared his throat nervously and set the book on the counter and the man immediately flashed him a look of disdain.
“Seriously? Out of everything we have available, you chose the book we special ordered for a customer?”
“Well, it can’t be that bad if someone specifically requested it, right?” Nick said, trying to keep a teasing tone.
“Why do you think we still have it if it was a special order?” the man asked with a scoff. “They returned it after reading something like three pages.”
Nick frowned at the book. “Well that doesn’t seem very fair.”
Or the one where Nick is a writer, Louis works in a bookshop, and things don't exactly start off on the right foot, but they might just end on it.
You are the feeling of drugs, pulling the chain of my love by WeAreTheLuckyOnes
Louis gets bored with all the questions by the next week and tells everyone, in no uncertain terms, to fuck off, in a Facebook post he subsequently deletes the next day. Instead, he chooses to ignore all his friends.
And text Nick.
Kind of Tough to Tell a Scruff (Stand and Deliver) by sunsetmog / @magicalrocketships
There must be one good thing about your new place.
Nick considers for a while. There's a fit bloke lives down my hall, he types finally.
In which Nick moves north and Louis lives next door.
A Reckless Hallelujah by sunsetmog / @magicalrocketships
You're too short to be a dancer, they'd said. Competition's really tough. You should have applied when you were 11. You can't commute to the Royal Ballet School from Doncaster, they'd said. Why would you even try?
The Million Reasons Why by @reminiscingintherain
When closeted Manchester United striker Louis Tomlinson visits his secret boyfriend Nick Grimshaw on the Radio 1 Drivetime Show to promote his charity work, how long can secrets remain secret?
Taking The Plunge by @writcraft
The one with lots of diving metaphors.
Or: Nick and Louis agree to be boyfriends. Eventually.
Leo season by @disgruntledkittenface
“Didn’t catch your name earlier?” he asks, tilting his head to go along with his lilting voice.
“Nnrg,” Nick replies smoothly, failing to meet Louis’ hand with his own as he realizes just how garbled his smooth reply actually was. He overcorrects and vaguely slaps Louis’ hand before managing to wring it in his own, much to Louis’ apparent amusement.
Carefree. Confident. Over the top. Nick may be a bit of a disaster, but no one can deny the mood for Leo season suits him.
Like Honey to the Bee by @lululawrence
Nick didn’t even remember knocking, but suddenly the door he also didn’t realise he was leaning on opened and he started falling inside Louis and Harry’s flat.
“Fuck,” Nick blurted as he tried to right himself. He was caught by Louis, which was great because he was exactly who he wanted to see and he didn’t really fancy dropping a massive jar of honey on his doorstep.
“Nicholas?” Louis asked.
Nick couldn’t help it. Hearing Louis call him by his full name made him shiver. He usually hated it, but there was something magical about Louis Tomlinson that made the usual negative association suddenly become an incredibly positive one.
“I brought you honey,” Nick blurted as he handed Louis the jar.
“I can see that,” Louis said, sounding confused. “Thanks?”
“Of course! It’s what friends do, yeah?”
Or the one where Nick has been trying to find a way to get past the banter stage with Louis for ages, and honey might be just what he needs to finally do so.
That's My Thing by yeah_alright / @uhoh-but-yeah-alright
“Suppose I did it on purpose.”
And Louis’ eyebrow jumps again, just for a moment.
“Did you now?” His eyes flash, an underlying playfulness belying the anger painted across his, fuck, absolutely sharp as knives cheekbones. “Wanted a bit of trouble, maybe?”
All Nick can do is nod, tightly and rapidly. His tongue darts out to wet his lips, eager for Louis to demand he put them to work.
Nick comes home to find Louis inexplicably primed for a fight...or perhaps something a bit more interesting.
You Don't Care About Me (One More Night) by @lululawrence
“Nick. You’re into guys. What should I do?”
Nick snorted. “You think just ‘cause I’m gay, I know what you should do?”
Louis blinked at him and Nick admired his eyelashes against his will. “Well. Kind of, yeah.”
“That is not how this works,” Nick said. “Besides, it’s not like you can just go and suck someone’s dick to be sure you like it the way I did. You’re too famous to try it my way.”
Louis’ expression changed to one of awe. “That’s how you figured it out? You sucked some random’s dick?”
Nick shrugged. “Yeah. Basically. I mean, I knew for pretty damn sure before that, mind you, but that did solidify the matter for me.”
“I need to suck a dick,” Louis said, turning to look at the wall of Nick’s room.
“You could suck mine, if it would help,” Nick offered before he could stop himself.
Or the one where Louis pines for Harry and Nick helps ease his way into figuring himself out through a friends with benefits sort of arrangement. Things quickly turn complicated.
pas de deux by @turnyourankle
Nick has been teasing Louis for a long time.
walk, walk fashion baby by @disgruntledkittenface
He couldn’t give a fuck about impressing these people, he’s only there to play the supportive boyfriend. But as he searches high and low for said boyfriend, one thought keeps gnawing at him, the sinking suspicion that Nick had dressed him up not so that Louis would feel more comfortable at the event, but so that Nick would feel more comfortable with Louis at the event.
Maybe this assignment is starting to fuck with his head.
Louis loves his supportive boyfriend, his passionate and interesting band of friends and coworkers, and his pair of quirky and dedicated dogs. What he doesn’t love is his job as co-editor of the Lifestyle section at a popular site aimed at millennials. But he was getting by until a new assignment landed in his lap: Let Your Boyfriend Dress You For A Week. His best mate Harry assured him it’d be a laugh, a bit of fun, but Louis was sure that Nick would dress him like an utter knob and his mates would take the piss all week.
He didn’t expect to actually learn something about himself.
regular touch by icarusinflight
Shoes for sale
Paid £110
Looking for £80
Will sell for £50 and a good story
or Nick makes an impulse shoe purchase, and gets more than she’d bargained for when she puts them up for sale.
London Rain by @writcraft
Anonymous online encounters seem like a good way for Louis to explore his growing interest in men. Having phone sex with Nick Grimshaw was not part of the plan.
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