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As an avid One Direction fan fic reader, 2023 has been a truly amazing year for fics! I read so many incredible fics this year, so please check out all my recs for the year here! Below you will find fics that made me cry or cry with laughter. Others brought me comfort during hard times or filled my heart with joy or had me screaming into my pillow in surprise. I share this list with you all not to say that these fics are better than others from this year, but to say thank you to these writers who have left a mark on me with their fics.
To all our fandom's writers, thank you for the gift of your stories! Sending much love to you in the new year!
⚜️ Louis / Harry ⚜️
And What If I Were You by jacaranda_bloom / @jacaranda-bloom
(E, 109k, famous/not famous) For Louis, will losing his sight give him the clarity to realise what is right in front of him? For Harry, will losing the love of his life give him the strength to finally open his heart? And can they find their way back, before they lose each other forever?
De amore ex tempore by @persephoneflouwers
(M, 101k, historical) the Middle Ages AU where Harry is a philosopher, whose thoughts happen five centuries too soon and Louis is a painter, whose art happens five centuries too late. & Or: the Time Travel AU where alternate versions of themselves live simultaneously in different realities and their paths collide every time, until somehow, they converge into one.
Gemma's Dad (Could Use A Guy Like Me) by @lululawrence
(NR, 82k, age difference) Louis wasn't planning on getting home and learning that Gemma's dad had gotten the house in the divorce and was dealing with things by focusing on work, the house, and his newly planted garden. It becomes obvious early on that Harry is a bit lost and Gemma is worried about him. To help both of them, Louis is more than happy to help Harry find himself again.
Teach me how to love by @perfectdagger
(E, 70k, one night stand) The one in which Harry is bad at sex and Louis spreads it all over town and to make up for it, decides to help him with no agenda of getting anything from it, but in the end, he ends up getting more than he bargained for.
your memory over me by @shimmeringevil
(E, 64k, exes) The worst heartbreak of Louis’ life walks right back into it when his parents invite their family friends on an all-expenses-paid trip for their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. Facing a past that he tried to bury long ago, Louis learns that some people have a way of sticking with you even when they’re gone
saw some things on the other side by we_are_the_same / @so-why-let-your-voice-be-tamed
(M, 61k, murder mystery) Unfortunately, Louis’ plan doesn’t take into account the fact that instead of writing murder mysteries, he will find himself in one.
and i would search the night sky to find you by devilinmybrain / @thedevilinmybrain
(E, 56k, omegaverse) Harry Styles is a high class, well-bred Omega attending Bosworth Academy - a prestigious boarding school looking over the small town on Kinsey. He has his whole life already planned for him, learning his place as the potential mate for an important Alpha, practicing his home making skills, and be obedient above all else.
Suddenly Last Summer by @disgruntledkittenface
(E, 44k, mystery) Suddenly he has someone who listens to him and cares about what he thinks. Someone who really sees him. But their happily ever after is forever marred by an incident at a party during Labor Day weekend, and Louis is left with a choice to make.
Train Tracks and Porcelain by @jaerie
(E, 41k, historical circus au) Shadows were forming into people and things and, there in the middle of it, Louis watched the humongous head of an elephant emerge from a box car right in front of his eyes. Or a Water For Elephants inspired AU
You're Not My Type (still I fall) by Imogenlee / @imogenleewriter
(M, 38k, omegaverse) This is just a bit of rain; it'll blow over. Then Harry will just... well, alright, he isn't entirely sure what to do when the rain stops because he'll still be stuck and lost. 
My Other Half Was You by @lululawrence
(NR, 35k, small town au) Four years, seven months, and sixteen days after the day that changed everything, Louis turns a corner and literally runs into the man who just might change it all again.
I Really Like Your Styles: The Baking Advent-ure by @homosociallyyours
(T, 35k, coffee shop) Louis isn't much for frills, and the coffee shop he co-owns with his best friend Liam is evidence of that. Yes, it's got a decent sized, well-kept industrial kitchen, but Louis insists that people come to coffee shops for coffee, not mediocre pastry and plastic wrapped cookies. 
You Ain’t Gotta Feel Fear Just Mingle by LadyLondonderry / @londonfoginacup
(T, 32, coworkers) Harry has been at his dream job for less than three months, and he knows two things for sure; first, his project manager doesn't know what he's doing, and second, someone in the office is apparently pure evil, and no one will tell Harry who it is.
Cowboy Like Me by Rearviewdreamer / @all-these-larrythings
(M, 29k, thief au) Going legit and starting over in a small town was supposed to solve all of Harry’s problems. That was until a string of robberies in wealthy towns brings him face-to-face with his rogue ex-partner and their dicey, unresolved past.
'cause I want you (for the worse and for the better) by nonsensedarling / @absoloutenonsense
(NR, 26k, omegaverse) When Louis gets invited along to Anne's wedding, Harry is prepared to let people think whatever they want about their relationship. That's what Louis said -- let people think whatever they want. 
what's left of my halo's black by LiveLaughLoveLarry / @loveislarryislove
(E, 22k, fwb) A year after a devastating breakup, Louis is still trying to put himself back together - but getting over a breakup is hard when you work as a wedding planner. Thankfully, his coworker Harry is the most supportive friend Louis could ask for.
'tis the damn season by YesIsAWorld / @louandhazaf
(E, 17k, girl direction) Harry returns to her small hometown over the holiday season and starts to think about the road not taken.
Captain Cupid by @2tiedships2
(NR, 15k, omegaverse) the one where Niall enlists his friends to help start a speed dating side hustle. Things don't go as planned... or maybe they do?
It Will Always Be You by @phdmama
(E, 15k, older Larry) If you had told Louis Tomlinson a year ago that he would be celebrating his birthday by kissing the man who is the love of his life on a Church Street park bench in Burlington VT as the snow drifted softly down, he would have told you that you were extremely imaginative. 
Eyes on the Horizon by yeah_alright / @uhoh-but-yeah-alright
(E, 12k, age difference) Freshly dumped, recently fired, and about to turn 40, Harry's friends insist on taking him skydiving to cheer him up.
You Light Up the Path by QuickedWeen / @becomeawendybird
(T, 12k, mermaid au) Louis Tomlinson left his home in Doncaster as a young man with the intent of making enough money to send it back home to his family and support them however he could. Harry, or so he likes to be called, is the myth and legend himself known as the Staithes Mermaid. 
Sex Drunk Suckerpunch by thinlines / @thinlinez
(E, 7k, sugar baby) Sugar Baby Louis did what any sugar baby should avoid doing but (clichely) end up doing anyways, that is, failing for his sugar mama.
Court Wine by @enchantedlandcoffee , red_panda28 / @red-pandaaa
(T, 7k, omegaverse) after a misunderstanding during a scrabble game, Alpha Louis starts courting Omega Harry without the latter being aware of it.
you give me feelings that i adore by @alwaysxlarrie
(T, 7k, a/b/o) 5 times Louis scents Harry's things and the 1 time Harry returns the gesture.
Truth or Drink by @kingsofeverything
(M, 6k, exes to lovers) Harry and Louis broke up years ago, and they're seeing each other again for the first time to play Truth or Drink. On camera.
Perfect, For Now by @parmahamlarrie
(T, 4k, omegaverse) Moving to a new city is always hard, being away from home, finding your new community - none of it is easy. Dealing with all of this while being touch deprived is even more difficult.
Unplant by @hellolovers13
(M, 4k, neighbors) Louis should've looked where he was going, then he wouldn't have to desperately try to save a little flower now.
nights like these by localopa / @voulezloux
(G, 3k, angst with a happy ending) you smile at me and say “it’s time to go.” but i don’t feel like going home.
sorry for... by stretchmybones / @lookwhatyoumademelou
(M, 1k, roommates) How else was Harry supposed to apologize properly? He was indeed a stress baker. 
Mistletoe Kiss by @neondiamond
(G, 1k, roommates) A little bit of mistletoe is just the thing Louis needed to let his roommate Harry know he’s got quite the crush on him.
Still by downcamethelightning / @downcamethelightnings
(G, 666 words, Halloween) FBI Agent Louis calls Harry to investigate a case believed to have taken place in Harry's own home. Harry is quite familiar with the victim's face.
⚜️ Rare Pairs ⚜️
The Light Out In The Madness (Hold Tight) by @lalalaartje
(E, 46k, Niall/Louis) When Louis ends up with Niall as a roommate after a messy break up with Harry, he considers it truly life saving. They become fast friends and while Louis is sceptical about Niall's idea to start fake dating to take revenge on Harry, it can't be that bad, can it?
neither wanting more, neither asking why (series) by @justanothershadeofblue
(E, 40k, OT5) If Louis is the origin, Zayn the expansion, Liam the complication, Niall the solution, then Harry - Harry's the completion.
Bloom by LadyAJ_13 / @ladyaj-13
(T, 28k, Louis/Liam) In early 1970s Oxford, Detective Sergeant Louis Tomlinson has to deal with the dual pressures of a case that hits too close to home, and the arrival of new colleague Liam Payne.
Jump! by @reminiscingintherain
(M, 15k, Louis/Tommy Longhurst) “I absolutely know what this means, lad,” he replied, his voice gentle and supportive. “The way you’re reacting to being out there? That’s exactly why I chose you for the support slot.” He gave a reassuring squeeze. “You deserve this, okay?” 
Cold Spring by @nouies
(E, 8k, Louis/Pedro Pascal) Louis is a coffee shop owner and Pedro is his newest customer.
Chaos by @haztobegood
(M, 100 words, Louis/OMC [bodyguard]) Against the barricade, it’s complete chaos.
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alwaysxlarrie · 1 year
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50 feel good fics for sad/bad days
alright sooo i meant to post this a while ago but life got in the way so here it finally is!! considering recent....news, maybe it was just a blessing in disguise & the universe had me wait until we really needed some feel good fics. i had a lot to recommend, but instead of making a list that was 545311 miles long, i’m gonna split it into two parts. so here’s part 1! happy (belated) valentine’s day (especially to @lemonade-soul -- hope you enjoy this now that it’s finally here lol) !!!!!
the order: alphabetical !
5 golden rules by ladidah (4k)
look our mans harry is just out here trying his best and ya know what? louis is obsessed with it and him and i am obsessed with them and this fic
you smile like the sun by softspoken (1k) 
i simply do not think i could explain how cute this fic is so i just need you to read it and then you’ll understand
a+ for effort by embro (7k) 
look me in the eye and tell me that nervous harry, protective/supportive louis, shy flirting n banter on harry’s part n innuendos and obvious flirting on louis’ part, and both of them being teachers doesn’t sound amazing to you 
all i need is oxygen (and you) by @lululawrence / lululawrence (11k)
sus writes the cutest slow burns that always leave a smile on your face. harry pining over louis & louis weaseling his way into harry’s life ??? does it get any better ???
anybody have a map? by @2tiedships2 / 2tiedships2 (13k)
the way melanie writes louis’ internal monologue but also just dialogue in general is so *french kiss*. i adore her fics!!!
ain’t that a kick in the head! by keysmashlesbian & @karasunonolibero (22k)
this is such a funny fic but it’s also so cute i could read it 3823748 times and not get bored
all your mates are here by @londonfoginacup / ladylondonderry (36k)
have you been looking for a lovely crack abo lite fic set during christmas? if so, you’ve come to the right place! here she is!
as golden as the coast by softandslow (12k)
the visualizations & descriptions & relationship dynamics written in this are so cute and pure. captain niall always wins baby !!!
back to seventeen by @ireallysawanangel / crimsontheory (26k)
listen, when i say i have a thing for harry crushing on louis before they even interact in the fic, i mean it. this is such a cute and sexy take on childhood crush to lovers. i’ve said it once & i’ll say it again -- i adore the way nicole writes their dynamic & you will too!!
baby thinking of you keeps me up at night by ballsdeepinjesus (9k)
something about the way louis goes from condescending & over it in every way in regards to harry to just like fully in it and infatuated w him soothes my soul sm. and the way harry’s just there, ready for him like ‘oh fuck yeah lets goooo’. i’m obsessed. plus it’s got thigh fucking and we love thigh fucking
breathless for an eternity by cabinbythesea (7k)
i mean ok listen this is essentially mostly just porn w some plot but!!! i adore larry’s’ dynamic and the way you can tell that they clearly have an instant connection and that they care about each other and are so supportive to each other and i just ugh. such a good fic.
charm your pants off by @evilovesyou / 4ureyesonly28 (2k)
look louis just wants to take a cute patient on a date and who can blame him???
darling, can’t you see by @tommokat / tommokat (11k)
this!! fic!! is!! so!! cute!! the way louis & harry’s relationship changes and develops throughout the fic is so heartwarming and cute and the smut at the end???? andi very pleasantly surprised me w the smut and i am so happy about it
everywhere and nowhere by @2tiedships2 / 2tiedships2 (16k)
the way harry courts louis & wins him over is so cute!!! once again, i love how mel writes out their relationships, the banter, the internal monologues, etc. would def recommend 
freeze this moment in a frame and stay like this by @rosesau / rosesau (5k)
niall truly takes one for the team in honor of harry’s infatuation constantly like the good bff he is and you know what? it lands him a no-longer-moping harry and a new bff louis. the way that as soon as they have a bridge to get to each other, larry become inseparable is truly *chef’s kiss*
found my hallelujah by @ireallysawanangel / crimsontheory (34k)
if you were wondering, no i will not shut up about this fic ever. there is some angst in this, but i’d say it’s more hurt/comfort overall than anything. right off the bat, harry & louis are enamored w each other & it’s so cute n lovely (look nicole all i’m saying is that i would pay such good money for a part 2 lemme tell u. speaking of which, i actually just realized that i think i left this comment almost word for word on the fic LMAO)
give a little sing to the singles by @londonfoginacup / ladylondonderry (31k)
look i’m obsessed with emmu’s advent calendar fics & what about it ???? the crack is just written so well while still keeping things realistic and i love seeing harry’s relationship w everyone change & develop as the story goes. not to mention niall’s plotline?? and the ending??? where’s that lady gaga gif when you need it??
gorgeous (it makes me so mad) by @artxghoul / resurrectdead (29k)
i have raved about this fic before & i will continue to rave about it!! no one can stop me!! i adore how cracky but still cute and sweet and hot and wonderful it is from the moment larry meet until the very end it’s got the best vibes. the plot twist at the end makes it 10x better too. 
i made a map of your stars by @brightbluelou / brightbluelou (5k)
not only is this a super adorable popular louis worms his way into shy harry’s life, i think it’s also a lovely fic that touches on making friends who accept you and help you feel comfortable when you’ve got anxiety. it’s such a cute lil fic and i adore it
i’ll be there by @allwaswell16 / allwaswell16 (5k)
as you may have guessed, enemies to lovers can make me a bit wary. but i trust anitra so i read this anyway (i may or may not have read this before we became friends but that is neither here nor there thank u) and i’m so glad i did!!! it’s so cute n cracky n i adore it n their relationship development
i’ve been thinking ‘bout it all day by @kingonafiftymetreroad / lsforever (7k)
she’s a slow burn (techincally. or i’m just impatient. but who’s to say honestly), but she’s so cute. i know i keep saying it about these fics, but the way larry’s dynamic is written!!!!!  larry’s friendship is so cute that you really don’t even notice until they cross the line to more than friends and you’re like ‘oh hell yeah, here we go!’
just one look (and i fell so hard) by @disgruntledkittenface / disgruntledkittenface (15k)
the way louis is just so protective & supportive of harry & their dynamic comes so easily is adorable & like watching a flower bloom. i love this fic sm
just jump by @jaerie / jaerie (9k)
louis helping harry come out of his shell is so cute n sexy at the same time ugh we love to see it
kiss from a rose by @chloehl10 / lovelarry10 (15k)
shy, anxious harry getting secret admirer notes??? louis being a cute lil soft bean with him????? i cry, i really truly do
knock knock, i love you by beautlouis (86k)
if you’re interested in ~90k words worth of fluff & larry falling in love, read this asap immediately!!!
late night talking by @kingsofeverything / kingsofeverything (53k)
lauren knows how i feel about this fic bc i gave her live commentary unprovoked, but like??? it’s so good??? i told her that i think louis is sneak dating harry and she didn’t confirm this but she didn’t deny it either, sooooo. it’s the theory i’m going with hehe. flirty louis and cautious yet yearning harry are written so well. this also appreciates the ‘hey babe’ lyric from written all over your face in the way that it was simply meant to be appreciated.
let our hearts collide by @crinkle-eyed-boo / crinkle-eyed-boo (76k)
ok!!!!! listen!!!! i’m not saying she’s not angsty, b u t !!!! this shit is so good. you’re guaranteed to leave with a smile. kim does such a good job of creating & developing louis and harry’s relationship while (sometimes to my dismay) remembering to also keep up liam & harry’s relationship for as long as it’s necessary LMAO. but it’s just such a lovely, heartwarming fic that makes any tears it might also produce so worth it
lazy days and pancakes for two by @cyantific / cyantific (4k)
ugh this fic is so cute. when i betaed it, my heart was constantly melting at the fluff and i was constantly giggling bc of the banter & humor incorporated. it’s just so sweet and gives you such a realistic vision into what their irl daily life on days off might be like i cry
midnight memories by grand buzz (2k)
i would cry if there were a sequel to this. the author does such a good job at giving you a visual of harry being endeared yet exasperated with louis and louis being unapologetically mischievous as well and i’m here for it !!
masterpiece by rainbowslovehl (11k)
ok so, like. take fetus x factor larry’s dynamic of harry quite literally chasing after louis and just hoping to impress him with every breath he takes but just like. with grown adults. that is larry’s dynamic in this fic and i am telling u, it’s so good and cute and funny and read it asap pls
may we all have a vision now and again by @gaycousinlarry / momentofclarity (4k)
the best way i can describe this fic is bittersweet, but in the best way. louis can and will make harry feel unprecedented emotions in any & every universe
make him want to sin @becomeawendybird / quickedween  (9k)
i mean, harry immediately infatuated and louis immediately being flirty? am i nothing if not predictable? there are some plot twists as well! well. for harry at least. the reader has hindsight 20/20 hehe. i’m also obsessed w the dynamic at the table.
my saddle’s waiting by realitybetterthanfiction (28k)
listen, this fic has a special place in my heart bc it’s based in chicago yes, sure bUT the character & relationship developments that take place throughout the whole thing is phenomenal. i think the subtle things in this fic really make it so captivating
nothing but a little bit of love by cabinbythesea (7k) 
this says it’s not rated but it gets quite steamyyy at some points. but i’m just a sucker for louis chasing and seducing harry and showering him with love and that’s quite literally what this is and we do absolutely love to see it
our lives, non-fiction by @indiaalphawhiskey / indiaalphawhiskey (113k)
ok look, there is actually a decent amount of angst in this, but imo it’s v much hurt/comfort as well. the way india writes smut & dirty talk??? *french kiss* but even more than that, the character development, relationship development?? how louis & marcel support each other once they find even ground??? this fic will leave you w a smile and some tears to go w it and i’m obsessed. it’s on the longer end, but so worth it (i am in fact doing a fic rec list on long fics bc it’s me and who am i if i don’t continue to make fic rec lists in 2023???)
packed lunches, sticky fingers, and accidental levitation by @londonfoginacup / ladylondonderry (10k)
this has such phenomenal writing & like idk if this was intended to be read like a crack fic but it’s got such crack fic enegy and i’m obsessed w that. it’s also such a fucking creative fic it’s actually kinda mindblowing imo
promise not to fade away by you_explode (9k)
one thing i love about this fic is that it could’ve very easily been incredibly angsty and a slow burn. but instead the author decided to have mercy on us and make it short, fluffy, and sweet. and threw in some hot smut as well. it’s just so soft and wonderful and i’m so ?? i think this is one of the first fics i ever read from this fandom & it’s never left my mind since
ready to fall by @crazyupsetter / whoknows (21k)
this is the perfect combo of crack x serious/sweet imo. who is louis if not sneaky, mischievous & a tease and who is harry if not infatuated w louis, persistent & accommodating?? a wonderful pair, we love to see it. obsessed !
stars will align for us by @2tiedships2 / 2tiedships2
since mel mostly writes omega louis (& phenomenally at that!) you better believe i savor the absolute shit out of this omega harry fic. just the way louis does his best to protect harry and weasels his way into harry’s life while he always maes sure he’s okay and that harry knows he enjoys spending time with him and i just ???? my heart melts everytime i read it 
stood up by panda_bear21 (8k)
listen i have a thing for punk louis & harry already crushing on louis before they interact during a fic (i blame the way fetus harry was so obviously obsessed w louis for this) and this fic has both of those things. there is some light angst & mentioning of closeting, but the fluff so v much outweighs it.
staring across the room by @allwaswell16 / allwaswell16 (26k)
harold thinks he can resist the charms of louis tomlinson but really ... he should know better than that. this fic is so cute, sweet, and the sequel???? my heart!!!! this fic has my heart through n through n through
‘sup by @mediawhorefics / mediawhore (6k)
i! love! larry’s! dynamic! in! this! especially when harry puts his foot in his mouth and louis chases him down and is like ‘yeah, no. we’re gonna talk, darling.’ i cry and i laugh. sidenote: louis saying ‘sit your ass down’ is everything to me
single bells ring by @absoloutenonsense / nonsensedarling (16k)
i love this non-traditional abo take !!! the way louis’ attitude changes the second he lays eyes on / talks to harry is the funniest and cutest thing. louis is so mischievous and harry is so coy and the lil plot twist at the end wins you over without a doubt
tell me what you need by @disgruntledkittenface / disgruntledkittenface (2k)
listen. we have mischievously flirting louis. we have always-puts-a-foot-in-his-mouth-but-still-manages-to-endear-louis-anyway harry. we truly do love to see it!
the first time i ever saw your face by sweetrevenge (5k)
this has such a cute plot twist that i didn’t see coming, but adored! this is essentially just harry swooning over louis & honestly?? who can blame him??? not me!!!
when did i first know? i always knew by @panye / eynap (7k) 
stephanie works hard at producing fine shiall content and i am here to recommend her lovely work to you. we’ve got larry, we’ve got ziam, we’ve got romance, we’ve got a proposal, we’ve got smut. what more could you ask for??? read it. appreciate it. love it. 
why’d you come in here looking like that? by @homosociallyyours / homosociallyyours (7k)
i’m someone who doesn’t love it when miscommunication is a plot device so i love that megan had them talk out any confusion that, let’s be honest, can very easily happen when online dating. but the cute, awkward flirting and banter is so good. i love this fic from how soft louis is with marcel at the end and the way louis asks him out as well ???? my heart !!!!
we’re watching a television with no sound by orphan account (2k)
harry and louis’ immediate connection is so sweet and cute. just like the way they’re so tactile and comfortable w each other within minutes of meeting & you can feel the fond so strongly is just *chef’s kiss* honesty. i reread this fic like monthly, if not bi-weekly.
you’ve been taking up my mind by styleandsin (10k)
fanboy!harry/famous!louis ?? on a recommended list of mine ?? who’s shocked ?? absolutely no one. i love the premise of this fic and how their relationship/dynamic changes n develops quickly but in a way that doesn’t actually feel too fast -- just like irl tbh
young hearts on the chase by @polaroidlouis / daffodilsforlou (7k)
i love the spin that this has where the omega does the courting. the way louis just .... lets harry weasel his way into louis’ daily routine is top tier. they’re so soft and fluffy w each other it’s just so cute pls read this thnak u
please remember to leave kudos & comments on any of the fics that you read and/or enjoy!!!! 
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becomeawendybird · 2 months
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I Feel It When My Heart Beats by QuickedWeen (10.6k, E)
Harry offers to be her best friend Liam's fake date to his work Valentine's Day party, and the night takes an unexpected turn.
Additional Tags: Fake/Pretend Relationship, Valentine's Day, Party, Office Party, Sugar Baby Harry Styles, Girl Direction, Smut, Strap-Ons
A femslash Valentine's remix of Ride My Sleigh Tonight by @kingsofeverything for the @dirtythirtyfest
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hlficlibrary · 1 year
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HL FIC LIBRARY 📚 AUTHOR REC
AO3: QuickedWeen
Tumblr: @becomeawendybird
STATS:
📚 Number of fics: 68
📚 Posting Since: 2016
TOP 5 FICS:
1️⃣ Small Doses (Loving You It's Explosive) [E, 38k]
Louis Tomlinson finds himself at Vitality Fitness to try and turn his life around after having left his cheating boyfriend of four years. The gym's owner, Liam, quickly becomes a good friend, but his right hand man is rude and dismissive from the get-go.
Louis and Harry continue to clash all while Harry is trying to move his way up the ranks in Manchester's amateur boxing circuit, but they can't seem to stay away from each other.
2️⃣ Tell Me This Is Paradise [E, 19k]
Harry Styles has been lucky in love but unlucky in the bedroom with all of her previous boyfriends. When her best friend Niall finds out that she's never had an orgasm, she knows just what Harry needs: Louis Tomlinson. Niall sets Harry up to get sorted out.
3️⃣ Buried Like Treasure [E, 40k]
Prince Harry Styles is very private. He chooses to keep himself out of the public eye but feels lonely and isolated while surrounded by people in his hectic royal life. When he finishes his dissertation, he decides to take a solo holiday to one of the royal family's properties in the Swiss Alps.
Semi-retired thief Louis Tomlinson has been pulled in for one last job: steal a painting from an uninhabited mansion. Neither one of them expects a natural disaster.
4️⃣ I've Always Liked the Fireworks [T, 12k]
When alphas and omegas reach the age of twenty-one they are required to attend a Proving Day ceremony. Omegas watch as alphas do their best to compete in events, show off their skills, and prove how good a mate they can really be. The whole thing is a bit ridiculous, but Louis Tomlinson has always dreamed of finding his mate. He's got two unsuccessful Sheffield Proving Days under his belt and decides to go for the much more competitive one in Manchester. His goal is to play his best, leave it all out on the pitch, and hope that one of the omegas watching just happens to be his mate.
5️⃣ Far Afield [T, 11k]
Harry Styles is a witch who owns the best flower shop in Manchester. Lottie Tomlinson is planning her wedding, and brings her brother along to her first appointment. Both men have been having a bad day and sparks fly.
HIDDEN GEM:
💎 When I Run Out of Road [M, 24k]
It's 1932 when Harry Styles sets off on an adventure to the African continent and the most popular new travel destination: Nairobi. He has reservations at the best club in town and plans to stay for a few weeks. What he doesn't expect is to meet and get to know a wonderful family along the way.
The Deakins are sponsors of the Royal Ballet, traveling with the company to see them perform in Nairobi for the first time. They take Harry under their wing, treat him like part of their family, and change his life in ways he never imagined.
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girldirectionsource · 2 years
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not quite human/fully human fic rec
hiiii I saw this ask that @twopoppies received and anon, if you’re around, I have some recs for you!
MERMAIDS
Kiss the Girl by @hazzabeeforlou
VAMPIRES
Late-night Devil by @musiclily  
Temptation by @star55
Withdrawal Was the Weeping by @becomeawendybird
WITCHES
Crystal Ball on the Table by @becomeawendybird
Must be the Season of the Witch by @evilovesyou
Witch Girlfriend Drabbles by @absoloutenonsense
A/B/O
Check the A/B/O and omegaverse tags!
As always, if anyone knows a fic that’s not included here, please send it in!
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dirtythirtyfest · 2 months
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Here are the works included in the Dirty Thirty Fest!
Dirty Diana by @uhoh-but-yeah-alright
I Feel It When My Heart Beats by @becomeawendybird/quickedween
Started Off With Birthday Sex by @larry-hiatus
like a fire hydrant by @justanothershadeofblue
The Surprise Party by @homosociallyyours
Clemency by @littleobelia/banaanipoika
One Thing (for my birthday) by @berzerkshires
From the Dining Table by @littleroverlouis
Bavarian Cream by @berzerkshires
Stray by @haztobegood
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OFFICE FIC REC: Below you will find find that take place in an office, have Harry and Louis as coworkers, or just in general have to do with work.
📖 if it kills me by @nobodymoves (110k)
Harry and Louis have worked together in a difficult office environment for three years. They're best friends; Louis is the bright spot of all of Harry's days. But Louis is in love with Harry, and Harry's engaged to someone else. And that's only the beginning. The Office AU. More or less follows the first five seasons. A lot of pining and misunderstanding the depth of feelings and rejection and angst, until there isn’t.
📖 Baby, Won't You Look My Way? by @peachbootylouis (50k)
Louis tiptoed to the door and opened it, looking over his shoulder for a moment. Harry looked absolutely gorgeous, almost enough to make him strip back down and give it another go. But that wasn’t who Louis was. So he sighed and stepped outside, leaving back to his flat. And for the first time in years, he felt alive. Or the where Louis’ routine centered life runs like clockwork until a chance hook up throws a wrench named Harry into it all. But as it may turn out a change in plans could be what Louis has needed all along.
📖 Secrets, Santa? by @indiaalphawhiskey (19k)
Right, okay, so Harry had confessed his deepest, darkest, dirtiest secrets to a stranger who turned out to be his boss. No big deal. This was probably just the beginning of Harry’s own hilariously heartwarming, wildly romantic Hallmark Christmas movie, come to life, right?
📖 Hike Up Your Skirt (And Show Your World To Me) by @twopoppies (17k)
Louis has a very hands on approach to training his new secretary. How else can he make sure Harry realizes his full potential?
📖 Through the Warning Signs by @ireallysawanangel (12k)
Harry and Louis have been best friends for years, but when Louis suggests they become friends with benefits, how will Harry handle that while also being in love with Louis?
📖 Make Him Want to Sin by @becomeawendybird (9k)
Harry is a curatorial assistant at the London Museum of Natural History, on the day of the big annual gala he catches a glimpse of someone unexpected.
📖 Blame It On Christmas by @larrysballetslippers (7k)
Life was good until a new coworker showed up. It’s a little insane but not even a little bit funny how much Harry instantly despised the new guy. He’s always late, but always shows up with the most charming smile so nobody can get mad. His desk is a mess and he doesn’t seem to have ever learned the words ‘thanks’ or ‘sorry.’ And as if a bad employee isn’t bad enough, this particular bad employee is none other than the CEO's nephew, Louis fucking Tomlinson. Or, Harry is the six-time winner of the yearly Christmas sweater competition, but it all changes when a new coworker shakes up his whole world.
📖 On That Note by @allwaswell16 (6k)
Louis’ office job on an omega only floor would be absolutely fine, if not for the alphas he and his friends have to deal with in the building. But although they’ve never met face to face, the friendly notes sent between him and Harry in Purchasing help him get through the day.
📖 i swear i could give you everything by @alwaysxlarrie (5k)
Louis Tomlinson was not a morning person, so he really should have known better than to start leaving secret notes on coworker Harry Styles' desk before he arrived at the office at 7:30 each morning. But he did have to admit that hearing Harry's reaction everyday was definitely worth it. Not being a morning person might be his downfall in this situation, though. Talk about self sabotage.
📖 Hello Darling by @zanniscaramouche (5k)
As CEO, Mr. Tomlinson is used to spending more nights curled on his office coach than his bed, but this time it isn't an impending merger or new client deal keeping him hibernated on the fortieth floor this Christmas Eve. A city wide blizzard warning, a power outage, and a dismal lack of tea leaves him hours away from what he expects to be one of the more pathetic Christmas mornings of his life. That is, until the new bright eyed intern scares the living crap out of him.
📖 baby you're the boss at home by @loveislarryislove (3k)
Louis sets up a camera in the master bedroom, so she can watch over her wife while she's at work. But it doesn't take long for Harry to notice -- and to decide to have some fun with it, at the expense of Louis' sanity.
📖 Sweeter Than Fiction by @lookslikefairytale (2k)
With that, Louis channels every single Drama lesson he ever took in school, and starts walking towards Curly Angel, as his drunk brain has dubbed him in the past twenty seconds. It sounds at least a little less biblical than His Saviour. And then, in lieu of a great conversation opener, he does the only thing his drunk brain can come up with. He grabs Curly Angel, pulls him close and kisses him. or, the one where Louis has to attend the most boring work party and Harry might be his way out of there.
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Historical Girl Direction
🎀 The Sweet Yoke by little_obelia @littleobelia (1k, T)
Harry prays to Mother Mary, Undoer of Knots, to send a healer to attend to the Order's ailing hens. Mother Superior consults the blessed yellow pages and finds Tomlinson, L., a local veterinarian.
🎀 Oh Valley Girl by LadyLondonderry @londonfoginacup (3k, G)
Out past the rolling hills and the churning sea sits a little fishing village, nestled in a valley where its residents are protected from the elements, as well as from the outside world as a whole. Harry lives in this little fishing village, and she loves nothing more than feeling the earth beneath her and seeing the sky above her and sometimes dreaming of adventure. Then one day a ship arrives.
🎀 Too Great a Temptation by QuickedWeen @becomeawendybird (5k, G)
Harry and Louis attend a fancy dress ball.
🎀 In a Little Bit of Trouble by QuickedWeen @becomeawendybird (5k, T)
Agent Louis Tomlinson is in hot water and finds help in the most unlikely of places: the sweet waitress at her local automat.
🎀 Hoist the Colours High by Kerasines @justlarried (5k, M)
They’re facing each other, closer now, so close, cut off from the world completely, or at least it feels that way. The blanket cages them in, blocks out the moonlight, dulls the sound of the wind, the sea, and the birds coming from outside. The air is hot and musky, but she thinks she could stay under this blanket forever. It’s their own little universe, in here, shared breath and shared heat and shared time. Or: A Girl Direction Pirates of the Caribbean AU featuring Harry as Will Turner, Louis as Elizabeth Swann, swords, and my obsession with girls in men's period clothing.
🎀 Only You (Blue Always Stays True) by BeautifulWisdom @justanotherghostblr (11k, M)
Regency AU. Lady Harriet falls for her sister's best friend the elusive Alpha Lady Louise who couldn't possibly return her tender feelings. Or could she?
🎀 Withdrawal Was the Weeping by QuickedWeen @becomeawendybird (11k, E)
Confined by life and society, Harry spends her Sunday afternoons walking aimlessly about the countryside as it's her only source of freedom. One Sunday she is aided by the most beautiful woman she has ever met, but not everything is as it seems. Was it a trick of the light? Was it Harry's own active imagination? There is nothing to do but try to find her again.
🎀 Harriet and Louise by Blaaake @newleafover (29k, E)
There’s nothing Harriet can do to alter the world, but she can make Louise laugh. A regency-era girl direction AU
🎀 The Changer and the Changed by homosociallyyours @homosociallyyours (59k, M)
It’s the spring of 1977 and Harry Styles has just moved to New York City after graduating college. She knows she’s a lesbian. She just needs to figure out how to meet other lesbians. Louis Tomlinson works at a popular women’s bookstore in the Lower East Side, Womon’s Direction, where she spends her days reading feminist literature, writing poetry, exchanging friendly barbs with her boss Niall, and dreaming of finding someone to love. When Harry and Louis meet, their connection is instantaneous. Slowly but surely, Louis welcomes Harry into her community of women. Stonewall veteran and old school butch Niall; Liam, a land dyke who’s moved to the city for love; and Zayn, a lesbian musician who’s been ostracized by a vocal part of women’s community for being trans, welcome Harry with open arms, ready to help her find her place in New York City’s bustling lesbian scene. It’s a time of growth for everyone involved.
🎀 into the great wide open by mixedfandomfics @ficshl (69k, T)
It only took a week or so for Harry to truly get into the routine of life on the road. They woke before dawn each morning, ate a small meal, packed up the tent and rounded up the livestock, all before setting out. On a good day, they could make it twenty miles. There hadn’t been many bad ones, but Louis confessed that on a previous trip there had been a solid week where they hadn’t made it more than five miles a day. Soon, Louis promised, animals would start going lame, and wheels would start breaking, and people would start going hungry. The beginning was the easiest, and the end was doable only because the hope of finishing the trek fueled everyone. It was the middle bit, with the tedious marching hundreds of miles from any settlement, that people succumbed to the journey.
🎀 Among Lavender Fields by homosociallyyours @homosociallyyours (70k, E)
At twenty-one, Louis Tomlinson is more than ready to shed the girl next door image that's been with her since her entry into film in her childhood, but with a mother and father steeped in Hollywood tradition it's felt impossible. Meanwhile, Harry Styles is a young, struggling musician new to London, friendless yet eager for the next phase of her life to begin. When French director Marie Coutard casts the two of them in her film, it's a chance for both to break away from the people they've been. Together, they struggle through an acting process that's new and unfamiliar for both of them, learning more than they could've imagined about themselves along the way. As they spend long days picking lavender and long nights sharing the things they've never been able to tell anyone else, their love blooms. Will the flower fade, or will the love they make among lavender fields be one they carry with them to the end?
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sunkissedlouis · 3 months
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favorite fic authors?
hiiiii anon!
@thedevilinmybrain @thinlinez @allwaswell16 @becomeawendybird @softfonds @brightgolden @jaerie @givesuethemoon @insightfulinsomniac @thechavier @wecantalktomorrow @greeneyesfriedrice @kingsofeverything @starryhaze28 @stylinsoncity @itsmotivatingcara @haztobegood @hazzabeeforlou @lovingstheantidote @indiaalphawhiskey @hellolovers13 @neondiamond @larry-hiatus @lululawrence @larrydoinglaundry @enchantedlandcoffee @sadaveniren @lunarheslwt @thebreadvansstuff @louisandtheaquarian @homosociallyyours @justanothershadeofblue @tommokat @greenblueish @babyhoneyheslt @berzerkshires @sun-lt @itsnotreal @uhoh-but-yeah-alright @louandhazaf @bananaheathen @littleroverlouis @parmahamlarrie @likelarryfics @red-pandaaa
(i'm probably forgetting more sorry :c)
sending all the love and support to all these talented writers and their wonderful works! 💕💕💕
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crinkle-eyed-boo · 7 months
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On this Fic Writers Appreciation Day, I just feel so lucky to be part of this community of AMAZING writers.
Thank you all for inspiring me, for giving me stories to read that make ME want to create, for writing stories that entertain me, for stories that make me think, and for stories that push me out of my comfort zone. Thank you for accepting the stories I put out into the world and for making me feel seen. Thank you for supporting me and tagging me in things even when words run dry and my muse decides to take a hiatus.
You are all appreciated. Your contributions to the fandom are treasured. You are valid and belong here whether or not you're actively writing! Give all of these authors a follow and a kudos today!
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@disgruntledkittenface @kingsofeverything @louandhazaf @sadaveniren @indiaalphawhiskey @myfineline @twopoppies @lovingstheantidote @greenfeelings @allwaswell16 @becomeawendybird @absoloutenonsense @neondiamond @nouies @lululawrence @londonfoginacup @haztobegood @hazzabeeforlou @uhoh-but-yeah-alright @bananaheathen @tommosgun @homosociallyyours @greeneyesfriedrice @harryslonecurl @tommokat @larrysballetslippers @alwaysxlarrie @louisandtheaquarian @brightgolden @laynefaire @fallinglikethis @thelavendrhaze @justalarryblog @jacaranda-bloom @reminiscingintherain @gaycousinlarry @runaway-train-works @infinitelymint @juliusschmidt @2tiedships2 @daggerandrose @phdmama and many many more <3
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parmahamlarrie · 6 months
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I'm back! Life got away from me a bit the last few months, but I'm so happy to have a rec list for you all once again! x
🍎 Wild And Unruly || @100percentsassy @gloriaandrews || 123.6k Cowboy Harry, Lawyer Louis, Strangers to Enemies to Lovers I'm late to the party on this one, I know, but this was such a joy to read amongst my summer travels!
🍎 begging for you to take my hand (wreck my plans, that's my man) || hemakeshimstrongx || 70.1k Famous/Non Famous, Rockstar Louis, Photographer Harry, Touring, Established Relationship I adored this so much! It was such a fun read.
🍎 Follow Your Arrow || @ladyaj-13 || 36.2k A/B/O, Pack Dynamics, Canon Divergent, Touch Deprivation
🍎 Blush || @dip-lou-in-honey || 33.4k Historical AU, A/B/O, Period Typical Sexism
🍎 We Don't Need No Pier of Paper (From the City Clerk) || @2tiedships2 || 26.1k A/B/O, Soulmate AU, Online Dating, Arranged Marriage The joy of getting this fic in my inbox! Always a lovely read from this author.
🍎 Something To Remember || @parmahamlarrie || 25k Soulmate AU, Famous Harry, Writer Louis, Travel, Hawaii My one fic I've written in months... But one I love!
🍎 Meet Me In The Hallway || @bananaheathen || 15.8k Genderfluid Harry, Established Relationship, Implied/Referenced Abuse, Bad Parents, Angst and Feelings and Smut Y'all know how I adore this author! I rarely let angst seep into my reading, but this one was heart wrenching in the best way.
🍎 It's All Novel: How to Care for Your Omega in Heat || @insightfulinsomniac || 12.9k A/B/O, Omega Harry, Alpha Louis, Established Relationship, Heat, Communication Truly one of the BEST sequels! I love this series so much!
🍎 Black Leather, Blue Lace || @insightfulinsomniac || 8.5k Soulmate AU, Established Relationship, Farmer Louis, City Girl Harry, Exhibitionism
🍎 Court Wine || @enchantedlandcoffee @red-pandaaa || 7.3k A/B/O, Non Traditional A/B/O, Nesting, Miscommunication, Idiots in Love
🍎 Trying to Find the Words (To Say For Ages) || @insightfulinsomniac || 6.8k College AU, Fluff and Smut, Roommates to Lovers
🍎 just the two of us (we can make it if we try) || @starryhaze28 || 5.9k A/B/O, Pregnant Harry, Omega Drop, Established Relationship This is one of the fics that has stuck with me the longest recently, such a good idea!
🍎 You're Always on My Mind (And So Is Your Hair) || @insightfulinsomniac || 4.9k Canon, Fluff and Smut, Quiff Louis
🍎 I'm fastening myself to you with with a stitch || @greeneyesfriedrice || 3.3k Girl Direction, Service Kink, D/S, Established Relationship There were so many good girl direction fics recently, but this one truly stood out.
🍎 my lap is the best place for you to be || @bottomhaztoplou || 2.9k A/B/O, Historical, Intersex Omegas, Pregnant Harry, Established Relationship
🍎 this love is ours || wherewestwood || 2.5k A/B/O, Established Relationship, Chirping Some fun fluff for your day!
🍎 and it was love at first blush || @bottomhaztoplou || 2.4k A/B/O, Historical AU, Ballroom Dancing, Courtship, Courting Rituals
🍎 Touch the Sky and Kiss the Sun || @londonfoginacup || 2.1k Soulmate Au, Famous/Non-Famous, Musician Louis, Make Up Artist Harry God, okay. This one. One of the best fics I've read in months, and I'm so serious. I am very picky on my soulmate AU and this one capture everything good about the trope in such a short word count!
🍎 Lights Are So Bright || @becomeawendybird || 2.1k Famous/Famous, Quarterback Louis, Singer Harry Could easily read 100k of this!
🍎 listen to me, butterfly || wherewestwood || 2.1k A/B/O, Established Relationship, Canon, Nesting
🍎 Family Bonding || @neondiamond || 1.6k Kidfic, Established Relationship, Adoption
For past rec lists: click here!
Looking for something more specific? Send me an ask!
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allwaswell16 · 1 year
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A fic rec of One Direction fan fics with Louis as a sugar daddy as requested in this ask. If you like the fics, please leave kudos and comments for the writers! You can find my other fic recs here. Happy reading!
-Larry-
🙤 Pretty Please (With Sugar On Top) by @angelichl
(E, 113k, a/b/o) Harry is a sugar baby omega who cons rich alphas for a living. Louis is a rich alpha with too much self-control.
🙤 The Money Mark by @brightgolden
(E, 52k, a/b/o) Where Louis is Harry’s first sugar daddy who dumped him over text and their paths cross, seven years later.
🙤 One Minute to Midnight by QuickedWeen / @becomeawendybird
(E, 29k, curse au) Everything is going well until the day after he gets promoted when he wakes up forty years older than his actual age.
🙤 Santa Baby Honey by @sadaveniren
(E, 28k, Christmas au) Louis is the CEO of a toy company and Christmas is a stressful time of year so his assistant decides the best way to make him chill out is by getting him laid through a Secret Santa
🙤 drain the whole sea by brainwaves
(E, 27k, writers au) 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.
🙤 Cold Without You Here by trulymadlylarry
(M, 13k, long distance) the one where Louis is Harry's sugar daddy and goes on a business trip.
🙤 Sweet on You by dontlietomehoney
(M, 13k, uni au) Harry is a student going to Uni for a degree in business and one day Louis Tomlinson, a multibillionaire and owner of his own record company, comes to guest lecture. 
🙤 When I Land, You're Mine by Phillipa19
(E, 10k, series) Louis goes away on yet another business trip, but when he stops calling Harry to check in, Harry decides to take matters into his own hands.
🙤 whatever you like by itiswhatitisbutterfly
(E, 9k, country club au) Harry works at a country club, Louis is a millionaire member of said country club. Harry wants in his boat and his apartment but also in his pants.
🙤 Millions and More by iwillpaintasongforlou / @canonlarry
(E, 6k, pwp) Louis is a 22 year-old millionaire who enjoys spoiling his baby.
🙤 you can take it off by blankiehxrry
(M, 5k, stripper Harry) “I could give you more than that. Just let me. Give me a chance, baby.”
🙤 heavy hitter by docklands / @hershelsue
(E, 3k, drug dealer) Louis is a drug dealer and the commander of every cartel in California. 
-Rare Pairs-
🙤 The Referral by @disgruntledkittenface
(E, 5k, Louis/Harry, Louis/Harry/Tom Hardy) When he suggests getting a referral for a sex worker to give Harry what he hasn’t been lately, it doesn’t take long for Harry to agree. And then they meet Tom.
🙤 The Grundy County Auction Incident by @haztobegood
(T, 4k, Louis/Harry/Nick Grimshaw) He had to stand out to be noticed. And he did want to be noticed because, today, Harry was looking for a new sugar daddy.
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alwaysxlarrie · 2 years
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fav fics of june/july 2022
recently, i read some fics that i enjoyed which is big for me! (however, there are a few fics that i read a while ago, recently found again & still enjoyed them, as well) i tend to reread the same fics over & over again, so i wanted to celebrate by putting together a lil fav fics of the month list lol. thank you to all the writers who created these fics & put them out there for the world to enjoy. i appreciate your efforts, talent & love for fic writing & the boys :’)
do you think the tides know by @loveislarryislove / livelaughlovelarry
“Zayn had known from the beginning that his summer fling with Louis was just that – a summer thing, and no more. He’d known that Louis’ heart was already taken, known that this was just a chance for Louis to learn more about himself and his sexuality. Louis had been upfront about it the whole time. Unfortunately, Zayn dramatically underestimated how easy it would be to fall in love with Louis.
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“Um.” Louis swallowed hard. “Okay. I just, like – have you kissed guys?” Zayn nodded. “Guys, girls, a few non-binary people. I’ve met all sorts at the clubs near the university.” “Could you-” Another pause. “Like, I was wondering, would you… just to see what it’s like?” Zayn blinked. “Would I… kiss you?” Louis’ face was pale, but his gaze was steady on Zayn’s as he nodded. “If you want,” he said. “You don’t have to, if it’s too weird, or like… but I just… I wanted to try. I wanted to know.”
Or, a fic based on the folklore love triangle, but it’s nobody’s fault and no one means to hurt anyone.”
your head in your hands as you colour me blue by @hershelsue / docklands
“Harry moves to Paris. With no one to talk to, he makes friends with his neighbour from the window next to his, a painter named Louis with a burning passion for life. He sees Harry for who she really is.”
i think you’re already home by @jaerie / jaerie
“Seeing Louis Tomlinson today, it would be hard to guess that he was ever once a member of the world's most famous boyband. These days he doesn't even the leave his own house. The truth is he can't leave his own house. He can't even remember the last time just standing at an open door didn't send him into a debilitating panic attack. But, against his friend's advice, Louis is ready to add meaning to his life again. He's ready to start a family. So what if he doesn't have an omega? There are plenty of surrogacy services just waiting to help the rich and famous become parents. He just has to find the right one for the job.”
the first time i ever saw your face by sweetrevenge
““Hi, is this seat taken?” The stranger asks and Harry swears he short circuits for a moment. He’s been staring at him from across the bar all night and he still doesn’t feel prepared to see him this close up. He gazes at the stranger for what probably is an inappropriately long amount of time, eyes catching on things he hadn't noticed when he was sitting so far away. He opens his mouth to say “No, please sit” but then... “Did you know that center bit of citrus fruit is called a juice sac?” Harry is a little bit enamored with the gorgeous stranger sitting across from him at the bar.”
and i will steady your hand by @icanhazzalou / kiwikero
“All first year university students who had not yet presented were strongly advised to join the Fire Away meetings, a support group for so-called 'late bloomers.'
They were not, however, advised to fall in love with someone else at the meetings without knowing what they might eventually present as.”
second time’s the charm by @cherrystreet / cherrystreet
“Louis’ mother is convinced she met her son’s soulmate at the market. Louis is extremely hesitant to go on the blind date she’s set up, but she’s persistent, begging and pleading, pulling out all the stops. After all, mothers do know best.
(Or maybe they don’t.)”
i want to be just as close as the holy ghost is by @thedevilinmybrain / devilinmybrain (venomedveins) 
“It's like a compass – forced to spin and spin but always end north. Harry is singing Amazing Grace, hymnal placed delicately in his gloved hands, and then suddenly his mind will flash to Louis’ grinning face, sprawled out on the picnic blanket. The feeling of his warm hands on Harry’s waist, gently guiding him across the street just as the father instructs them all to bow their heads in prayer. Harry nearly bites through his tongue when he goes up to take communion and the moment the wafer is placed on his tongue, he thinks about the feeling of Louis’ mouth on his, his taste in his mouth, his stubble brushing against Harry’s smooth jaw.
Louis wants only three things in life - to pass his classes, to find a cure for hangovers after a night out with the lads, and to get church going, goodie two shoes omega Harry to go out with him.”
come on over, we’ve got something to share by @jaerie / jaerie
“Even as an unbonded omega with a four year old, Harry had everything he needed. His beautiful son, a nice apartment, money to pay the bills -- oh, and an alpha next door always willing to knot his brains out.“
may we all have a vision now and then by @gaycousinlarry / momentofclarity
“On a cold December night, Louis meets Harry for the first time.”
the only one (when it’s said and done) @londonderrytea / ladylondonderry
“Louis Tomlinson, alpha, twenty nine years old, is head of the Tomlinson pack.
He's unbonded, and happily so. A trip to the neighbouring Arthur pack certainly isn't going to change that.”
your touch is the only thing i feel by @2tiedships2 / 2tiedships2
“Liam. Liam was finally here. Louis kept his eyes closed and cuddled farther into Liam’s side, revelling in the pheromones Louis’ body desperately needed. He wasn’t sure how long Liam had been holding him, but Louis figured it had to have been at least an hour by the way his body had loosened. The need of an alpha’s touch seemed to have been temporarily lifted from his mind.
Louis listened to the sounds of the pub around him. It was louder than before he had fallen asleep and he briefly wondered why Liam hadn’t just woken him to go back to their flat.
“Who the fuck are you?”
Louis’ eyes flew open at the sound of Niall’s voice, and the arm that had been around Louis shoulders lifted in the same instant. He missed the warmth immediately.
Louis looked from Niall’s stormy face over to the person who was definitely not Liam. The alpha Liam impersonator, who smelled a lot better than the actual Liam now that Louis was alert, looked back at Louis with wide eyes and familiar furrowed brows.
Or the one where Louis refuses to settle for just any alpha despite intense touch deprivation. Fortunately Harry isn't just any alpha.”
erva venenosa by @hershelsue / docklands
“Harry goes to his first all-gender party. There, he meets Louis, an eccentric bartender who claims to know more than he does. He turns Harry's world upside down.”
delicate by @fallinglikethis / 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.”
kiss me again, you fool by @wabadabadaba / wabadabadaba
““Louis, you’re cuter than a button. Will you be my valentine? Hm, no,” Marcel scowls. “It is true but no. ‘I love you a latte!’ But wait, does he drink coffee? Only sometimes so that doesn’t make sense.”
Marcel sticks his tongue out as he ices three more cookies.
“I go bananas for you,” Marcel giggles. “That’s cute, but not sophisticated enough. He’s the best designer on our floor, he deserves something better. ‘Right from the start, you stole my heart?’ No, I don’t want to scare him off. I should probably just speak from the heart, that’s always what mom says. But then Gemma says that’s lame, I don’t knooow,” Marcel groans.
or the one where Marcel has a huge crush on his coworker, Louis, and decides Valentine's Day is the day to put himself out there.”
buried like treasure by @becomeawendybird / quickedween
“Prince Harry Styles is very private. He chooses to keep himself out of the public eye but feels lonely and isolated while surrounded by people in his hectic royal life. When he finishes his dissertation, he decides to take a solo holiday to one of the royal family's properties in the Swiss Alps.
Semi-retired thief Louis Tomlinson has been pulled in for one last job: steal a painting from an uninhabited mansion. Neither one of them expects a natural disaster.”
i could be your new addiction by orphan_account
“"she hangs up, and harry hasn’t a clue what he just got himself into.
it’s mainly: nanny?"
harry works as a nanny, and louis is the girls' older brother.”
frankincense-ational by @londonderrytea / ladylondonderry
“Harry Styles works at the Hillsyde Library with his friend Zayn and best mate Niall. It’s December, which means Christmas, which should be the happiest month of the year…
Except Niall just broke up with his boyfriend, Zayn needs to let up on the rules a little, and the library is getting their fire alarm system replaced, which means that for the next few weeks there are going to be firemen patrolling the library ‘looking for fires’ while the system is down.
Harry almost hits one of them with his car right off the bat - and of course he’s the hot one.
Happy Christmas, here’s to many more.
A 2017 Advent Fic”
when tomorrow comes by @jacaranda-bloom / jacaranda_bloom
“When Louis and Niall are partnered up to complete a project on Omega scents and how they effect the nesting behaviours of Alphas, little does Louis know that the course of his life is about to be forever altered.
OR the one where Louis is an Omega who has been keeping himself pure for his Alpha, Harry is a traditional Alpha focusing on his studies while he waits to find his bondmate, and Niall is a sneaky bastard who keeps borrowing Louis’ clothes and never returning them.”
boy for sale by @ohpleaselarry / ohpleaselarry
“Three large cushioned chairs face him, each holding a suited man. Mr. Horan, Mr. Payne, and Mr. Malik respectively sit at these chairs, eyes on Harry as he steps up to the middle of the room, lowers fluidly to his knees, hands behind his back, and looks to each man one by one, neck prickling with the eyes all on him, on his nude body.
They’re all going to have him, and yet Harry only really wants one man here, and it’s the man who steps up behind him, sets a hand on the nape of his neck, right over his collar.
“Alright,” Louis says, voice raspy and authoritative, “Mr. Horan, you’re first. Would you like his mouth or his arse?””
smells like omega spirit by @lululawrence / lululawrence
“Louis is an omega doing a test run on neutralizers for a class project. Every time he talks to Harry he smells completely different.
Harry is an alpha who can't figure out if he's going crazy or his sense of smell is broken, but all he wants to figure out what Louis' real scent is.
Somehow they figure it out.”
scent partner by @roseanddagger / amomentoflove
“The name of the company was horrible: Scent Partner. Whoever was on the marketing team should be fired immediately for green-lighting that name. But the instructions were simple.
Alphas wear a shirt for three days and nights. The shirt gets sent to omegas nearing their heats to pick the alpha who smells the best to them. The company notifies the alpha and gives them the opportunity to say no. If both parties agree, they meet at a heat room for the omega’s heat. Everything is safe and consensual.”
you’re outta control (what is your mind) by @sadaveniren / sadaveniren
“Omega sub seeking Daddy Hiiiiiii, I (MO27) am seeking a daddy of any persuasion to help me take control of my life! I need someone responsible and able to put me in my place - especially when it comes to my spending habits. Doms who are promising to pay me £400 a week or something like that need not apply 🙅🏻 I’m just an omega with too much spending money that somehow manages to spend it all and it leaves me with no spending money.
DM me and we can talk
#NeedARealKingWhoCanHandle
aka Harry is looking for a daddy to help him budget. He finds Louis. They have a lot of sex.”
never been knotted by @allwaswell16 / allwaswell16
“Harry doesn't mind that he presented as a beta. It mostly just makes his life easier and more convenient. There's just one small problem: he'd really like to be knotted.”
dust to dust by @dinosaursmate / dinosaursmate
““There’s no way it’s true.” Harry shrugged, letting out a small laugh. “Louis can’t be… dead.” Dead. The force of the word hit Harry like a ton of bricks. There were actually rumours that his Louis was dead. His heart rate picked up. It wasn’t true. No way. --- Harry, an active participant in the One Direction Tumblr fandom, comes across a rumour that Louis died and has been replaced with a lookalike.”
a+ for effort by @harryventura / embro
“Harry is the music teacher and Louis is the P.E. teacher and there's a whole lot of crushing going on.”
like poison coursing through me by orphan_account
“Louis loves it when Harry's desperate.
Or, the one with copious dirty talk, Daddy Louis, and Harry wetting himself in the shower.”
you’ve been taking up my mind by @styleandsin / styleandsin
““Wish I had a popstar boyfriend who wrote me songs,” Harry mutters petulantly. He’s kind of kidding. He’s happy for Liam, and if who he falls in love with ends up being a famous singer who writes him songs, great. But he’s also a tad jealous because he remembers his phase—that he definitely grew out of a long time ago—where he was certain he’d marry Louis Tomlinson.
Harry's always been a fan of Louis Tomlinson, and when he gets a artist pass for a music festival (thanks to his best friend's new popstar boyfriend) he doesn't expect to actually meet Louis.”
my saddle’s waitiing by @realitybetterthanfiction / realitybetterthanfiction
“Harry smiled when the Chicago skyline came into view, its imposing cloud-scraping towers nestled into the edge of lake Michigan. The air was crisp and biting, as it was more often than not in the midwest in February, but that didn’t stop him from rolling his windows down to allow a bit of that infamous wind to fill his lungs. He put the pedal to the floor, cruising down Lake Shore Drive, weaving in and out of traffic as his pretty Shelby GT350 tore up the asphalt. Sometimes it felt like he spent all year waiting for this trip, the two weeks he got to play in the city of broad shoulders. The Chicago Auto Show.
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When Harry finds himself in charge of Ford's installation at the Chicago Auto Show, there's already a lot on the line. Little does he know that a seemingly harmless bet on the fastest pony car might just up the stakes even more. With the help of a few familiar friends, Harry finds out that sometimes it's not about the destination, but who's along for the ride. And that Niall will not be denied his churros.”
turn any corner, there’s something new by @balanceds / balanceds
“AU. After graduating from uni with his degree in Costume Design, Harry Styles is finally ready to start as a dresser on his first real West End show. Nothing can get in his way.
Well, except for maybe dressing Olivier-winner Louis Tomlinson. Who Harry has not-so-secretly been wanking to for years. Even worse, although Louis has never commented publicly on his sexuality, he seems to be paying a worrying amount of attention to Harry's arse. Staying professional proves to be difficult.
(basically lots of fluff, backstage hijinks, and a dab of smut)”
why’d you come in here looking like that? by @homosociallyyours / homosociallyyours
“Marcel may have forgotten how to date, just a little. That's the reason his sister forces him onto Tinder.
Now that he's somehow mutually super-liked Louis he worries just a little about how everything is going to go. His worry leads him to a brand new look that feels like it might just be a misrepresentation of who he really is. Will Louis expect him to always have a little bit of rockstar swagger? Or are dark-rimmed glasses and sweater vests something he could be into?
Featuring intentional and accidental makeovers, mini-golf, and figuring it all out.”
last but not least, honorable mentions go to the two fics i posted this summer hehe:
it’s like i’m powerful with a little bit of tender
“Harry was looking to impress his crush of three years with a show stopping outfit for an anti fourth of July party. Enter appreciative and supportive sales associate Louis, who seemed to be a much better option for him in just about every way. Maybe this was Harry's sign to ditch his endless unrequited pining, take chances, and have new experiences.”
and i don’t care it’s obvious
“However, his issue was that no one had ever created a guide that one could follow in regards to what to do or how to feel when your crush was your sister's best friend. Harry would like someone to please come up with a book dedicated to said guidelines because as it was, he was absolutely winging it and hoping for the best.”
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becomeawendybird · 7 months
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Keys to the Palace by QuickedWeen (E, 5.9k)
Harry Styles is an common omega, a servant to the richest family in town and best friend to their son. He never knew that sending packages of supplies to their kingdom's soldiers on the front line would lead to this.
Additional Tags: Alternative Universe - Kingdom, Alternate Universe - Fantasy, Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Omega Harry Styles, Alpha Louis Tomlinson, Soldier Louis Tomlinson, King Liam, Alpha Liam Payne, Omega Zayn Malik, Smut, Public Sex, Knotting
This fic was written for @wordplayfics 2023
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kingsofeverything · 1 month
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Which of my top 2 is your favorite?
Inspired by @becomeawendybird Molly’s poll, and because my top 2 are sort of in the same boat.
The Second Hand Unwinds was written for the 2018 HL Summer Exchange (rip exchanges 😭) and immediately became my most popular fic and has kept that number one spot, but… Say Something is close to unseating it.
They’re such different fics! I mean, time travel and exes vs. omegaverse age difference and mpreg?
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girldirectionsource · 2 years
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Hello! Could you please help me find the fic where Louis is a sailor on a naval ship and Harry is the captain’s wife and they have sex? Sorry if this is quite vague. Harry’s heel also gets stuck in a grate at some point? TYIA x
hiii yes, I know exactly what fic you're describing!
Ride the W.A.V.E. by @becomeawendybird
Petty officer Louis Tomlinson can't resist a good thing when it's right in front of her.
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