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allwaswell16 · 2 years

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These are all the One Direction fics I read and enjoyed in March 2022. You can listen to my podcast to hear me talk about each of these fics as well as an overview of what was posted on ao3 in March including the fics on this month’s fic roundup which you can find here! Please let the writers know if you liked the fics by leaving kudos and comments! Happy reading!

Fanfictional Podcast #36 | ko-fi | fic recs

-Larry-

🌿 For the Right Reasons by @juliusschmidt

(E, 105k, Bachelor au, friends to lovers, reality tv, mutual pining, slow burn, fake/pretend relationship, jealousy, travel, angst with a happy ending, smut, this fic murdered me)

Louis may have signed up to be a contestant on the Bachelor, but he’s not interested a ring or a proposal, not from Harry, not from anyone.

🌿 i'm a captain on a jealous sea by @thedevilinmybrain

(E, 15k, canon, jealousy, fighting, angst, hurt/comfort, love declarations, exhibitionism, honestly I wanted to punch Nick in the face so who could blame Louis?)

What Louis actually has a problem with is the way Nick Grimshaw looks at Harry.

🌿 Mr. Tuesday by @jaerie

(E, 7k, sex worker Harry, client Louis, religion, closeted Louis, sexual inexperience, off screen Louis/OFC in a forced marriage, softest most heartbreaking sex work fic you'll ever read, comment on it and maybe we'll get more of this fic!)

Tuesday. Harry loved Mr. Tuesday.

🌿 More Than a Mic Drop by @haztobegood

(E, 5k, canon divergence, famous/not famous fic, canon Louis, sound engineer Harry, tour, bdsm, dom/sub, dom Harry, sub Louis, smut, um wow this was hot)

Harry levels him a serious look and suddenly the room feels too hot. “You could have broken the mic and we don’t have a lot of spares.”

🌿 Call Me Yours by @maggieisalarrie

(T, 5k, high school au, recreational drug use, hurt/comfort, breakup, getting back together, smut, oof poor Harry, this hurt just right)

A story about love and lust with some miscommunication and, of course, a happy ending.

🌿 Naturally by @neondiamond

(E, 5k, teachers au, PE teacher Louis, music teacher Harry, camping trip, bed sharing, meddling students, pining, smut, loved the meddling students!)

When PE teacher Louis first gets assigned to be a chaperone on a weekend long camping trip with a bunch of high school seniors, he’s not too excited about it.

🌿 I Feel Safe With You by dimpled_halo / @comebackassholes

(E, 3k, part 3 in series, dom Louis, sub Harry, Harry as Marcel, sex work, kink exploration, kink negotiation, smut, pretty sure Marcel has a Louis kink which is pretty relatable)

The last two scenes have been everything Marcel could ever ask for so he can only imagine what Louis will come up with today.

🌿 Vesper by YesIsAWorld / @louandhazaf

(NR, 3k, girl direction, friends to lovers, bisexual Louis, separated Louis, vibrator, omg I mean I think Louis did this all on purpose, please read it and let me know what you think)

“No.” Louis shook her head, lips tucked into her teeth. “Not like a…” she waved her hands around, “woowoo vibe. Like, a, you know, a vibrator.”

🌿 In the Cards by @homosociallyyours

(NR, 3k, tarot reading, bluffing, fluff, humor, this was so cute and funny!)

When Zayn has an emergency & needs to leave the metaphysical store he works at, a very clueless Louis must give a not-so-clueless Harry a tarot reading.

🌿 two bananas for a pound (three bananas for a euro) by docklands / @hershelsue

(G, 1k, established relationship, mpreg Harry, cravings, fluff, banter, humor, this ficlet made me smile)

Harry loves bananas. Except now, with the pregnancy, everything with them makes him sick. Louis fixes it.

🌿 Pink and Pretty by sunandthemoon

(G, 1k, high school au, secret admirer, Valentine's Day, pining, shy Harry, side Ziall, fluff, this was so cute!)

Louis, in the spirit of the holiday I’ve finally decided to gather my guts and tell you how I feel.

🌿 stay hydrated! by absolutehly / @thestylinsons

(NR, 637 words, canon, kissing, watersports, concert, getting romantic over a piss bucket yes pls lol)

Where Louis drinks too much water during a show and is grateful he has a break during Fearless.

-Rare Pairs-

🌿 like air to me by yeah_alright / @uhoh-but-yeah-alright

(M, 5k, Zayn/Louis, exes to lovers, heartbreak, five times fic, angst with a happy ending, flashbacks, implied smut, wow this was gorgeous writing and hurt so good)

Five times Louis’ smoke break brings back memories of Zayn and one time it brings him back to Zayn’s doorstep.

🌿 Keep Up by mynameispiaivy / @missrefridgefreetorator

(G, 4k, Louis/Michael Blackwell, canon, Michael pov, pining, banter, birthday, fluff, mentions of depression, wip, I'm so excited for this and I already love it!)

29. he’s going to be 29 in a couple of days. Jesus.

🌿 Kiss & Run by @fallinglikethis

(E, 4k, Zayn/Louis, fwb, childhood best friends, pining, angst with a happy ending, smut, oh god the pining I loved it so much)

When Louis and Zayn were kids, they started an innocent game of tag called Kiss and Run.

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neondiamond · 2 years

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🌿 Recently Read Fics - March 2022 🌿

These are all the amazing fics I read over the past month (from shortest to longest). Don’t forget to leave kudos and comments to show the authors your appreciation if you read any of these! 💚

🌿 stay hydrated! by @thestylinsons (637, NR)

Where Louis drinks too much water during a show and is grateful he has a break during Fearless.

🌿 Pay Attention (To Me) by @onlyforbravest (689, G)

“You know when you’re so tired and exhausted, but your mind is too hyper and restless to calm down and thereby let your body relax, but you’re too tired to do anything about it? Yeah, me too.”

(Louis is both exhausted and hyper, and all he wants is some attention and rest. Mostly rest. And some complaining maybe.)

🌿 Cherished by @neondiamond (1k, G, yes this one is mine, but we love a bit of self-promo in this house)

When Harry’s very pregnant and uncomfortable, Louis finds a way to make him feel loved and cherished.

🌿 two bananas for a pound (three bananas for a euro) by @hershelsue (1k, G)

Harry loves bananas. Except now, with the pregnancy, everything with them makes him sick. Louis fixes it.

🌿 breathe me in by @dehydratedpool (2k, T)

It's the end of the world. Louis confesses to Harry.

🌿 got my heart beating fast (it’s cardiac arrest) by @bottomhaztoplou (2k, E)

Harry's in preheat and Louis just wants to take care of him until they bond.

🌿 let’s run all the red lights by @quelsentiment t (3k, G)

Sometimes—like right now—Harry was starstruck by Louis. What was he even still doing in their small boring town? He was destined for greater things, Harry was sure of it. So, until the day came where Louis would inevitably go away, Harry was holding on to each one of their moments together like it was a pearl on a precious necklace that he couldn’t afford to lose.

Or: Harry has always been in love with Louis, and he doesn’t know what to do about it.

🌿 (knew that we would be alright) from the first time by @so-why-let-your-voice-be-tamed (4k, T)

Ten years into the relationship, Louis Tomlinson tells his children all about how he met and fell in love with their father.

🌿 Spring Fever by @kingsofeverything (4k, E)

Harry’s finally out of the first trimester. He and Louis celebrate.

🌿 All I Need by @tommokat (4k, T)

Harry’s been dating Louis for a magical three months, but before they can go any further, he has a big secret to reveal.

🌿 Sunny Pleasure by @jaerie (4k, E)

They've been hiding their accidental bond since Harry was 16 and Louis was 18. Now they're pregnant and it's almost time to break the news so they don't have to keep hiding anymore. They take some soft time to themselves first.

🌿 Love So Soft by @lululawrence (4k, NR)

The one where Harry and Louis have been friends since they were kids, but when Louis' heat comes early, that balance that always existed between them suddenly changes.

🌿 A Hand to Hold and a Hand Held by @londonfoginacup (5k, NR)

When Harry goes to the One Direction concert one year with his sister, he doesn't expect to go home with the amazing Louis Tomlinson himself.

But then, he really doesn't expect that night to have an impact on the rest of his life either.

🌿 Naturally by @neondiamond (5k, E, more shameless self-promo)

When PE teacher Louis first gets assigned to be a chaperone on a weekend long camping trip with a bunch of high school seniors, he’s not too excited about it. That changes when he finds out his fellow Music teacher Harry, who Louis happens to have a massive crush on, is also coming.

🌿 next to candle light (your smile is the brightest) by @onlyfor-thegays (7k, E)

Louis leaned in brushing his lips to Harry’s ear, sniffing at his hair.

“Used my shampoo again, love?” Louis asked, curiously.

Harry nodded, gripping Louis tighter.

“Wanted to be closer to you,” Harry replied, sincerely.

In truth, they had been separated for maybe an hour or so. Louis found his alpha stupidly endearing anyways.

strong omega louis takes cares of soft alpha harry (pre rut/ rut fic)

🌿 A Christmas Kiss by @parmahamlarrie (8k, T)

Harry never expected to spend Christmas in the Emergency Room, but it might just be the (second) best thing to ever happen to him, after the birth of his son, of course. Because while in that hospital waiting for his son to be discharged, he met the most beautiful pediatric nurse he’s ever seen.

Or the one where Harry is a single dad, Louis is a pediatric nurse, and Arlo needs to stop eating hazelnuts.

🌿 14 Days of Valentine’s by @stylesthebrave (9k, E)

Harry’s birthday and Valentine’s Day are exactly two weeks apart. Louis wants to give Harry everything he wants — and more.

🌿 Save Some Luck For Me by @jaerie (10k, E)

Louis arrives at the 2018 Winter Olympics to make history as the first omega to win a gold medal at the games. Harry, his oiled up crush from the Summer Olympics, just happens to show up to sabotage him, but maybe helps him win in the end.

🌿 a little tenderness by @disgruntledkittenface (10k, NR)

“Listen, my alpha and I broke up and it turns out that all of our friends were really his friends and I need someone to help me through–”

“No,” Harry practically shouts, the word bursting out of him unbidden. He cringes when he sees the shock on Niall’s face, his pale skin flushing lightly. “I’m sorry, but my answer has to be no. I don’t help omegas through heats. I’m really sorry, Liam knows that, so I don’t know why he would give you the idea–”

“It’s not heat, Harry,” Niall interrupts. “It’s depri.”

“Oh. Fuck.”

Touch deprivation makes a lot of sense now that Harry thinks about it. Niall seems generally unwell; he appears to be weak, his skin is pallid and his lips look chapped, and his breathing is ragged. He’s wearing a cozy-looking sweatshirt, but even over FaceTime, he kind of seems cold, hunched over with his arms wrapped around his body. Harry’s never been around an omega in depri as bad off as Niall looks; most of the time, there’s an alpha friend or family member who can help out with scenting and physical contact.

Oh.

🌿 All I Want Is You by @polaroidlouis (13k, E)

“It’s been ages,” Harry whispers. The curls tickling the top of Louis’ ear, though a bit higher than he remembers, are familiar enough that any potential awkwardness between them dissolves.

“I know,” Louis chuckles. Although if he closes his eyes - and he does - he can almost pretend it hasn’t been that long.

Until there’s a small, high pitched voice pulling Harry apart.

“Mommy?”

🌿 Like it was at the start by @quelsentiment (14k, T)

Louis and Liam have been best friends since they were kids. When they get their soulmate marks at 15 and discover that they're bonded by something supposedly stronger than friendship, they have a hard time adjusting to this new reality.

A platonic soulmates AU set in Lake Louise, Canada.

🌿 Lost Our Focus by @wabadabadaba (20k, M)

Would he say yes if Niall were to propose again? After everything they’ve been through—their shitty first apartment with the bug problem, their first fight, Niall’s hockey career, Harry’s stress over his job, the move, the abortion. Would Harry say yes to another lifetime with Niall? He wanted the answer to be easy, he wanted to be able to say yes without missing a beat like the first time he answered.

or the one where the marriage between Harry and Niall is falling apart and Harry thinks his hope for change will be the end of them.

🌿 Enchanted by @brightgolden (25k, E)

Where Louis finally meets his neighbour. After a few conversations, he begins to realise he is too weak to resist the charms of the new mother and his six month old daughter.

🌿 there now, steady love (so few come and don’t go) by @so-why-let-your-voice-be-tamed (42k, M)

It becomes just another fact of life. The sky is blue. The grass is green. Louis sees when people are about to die.

🌿 Blood Pomegranate by @hershelsue (48k, M)

Louis Zinchenko is an orphan. Like many others, he ends up being kidnapped by the heads of the Silver Man project, a scheme run by the USSR government to create genetically enhanced soldiers. After he manages to escape, he is taken in by the Russian mafia, where he finds a home. His artificially baneful organism serves the organisation well and his status as public enemy quickly rises. A titanium body, a staggering amount of money and immoral glory seem to indulge him abundantly. During a mission, however, Louis’ particular universe shifts when he stumbles across Dr Harry Styles, an English geneticist who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

🌿 Call It True by @a-brighter-yellow (48k, E)

With dreams of being a successful novelist, Harry’s been working so hard that he almost doesn’t notice the smoothie shop that just opened down the street. But he can’t miss the mysterious, irresistible boy who works there, nor the strange but entirely positive effect his drinks seem to have. Harry needs to know what’s going on and he wants to get close to Louis, though not necessarily in that order.

🌿 thinking about the t-shirt you sleep in by @absoloutenonsense (52k, E)

Harry's alpha fraternity donates to a local thrift shop (because of Liam's latent crush on a cute beta in his lecture). Louis' financial situation (and confusing omega instincts) lead him to make some interesting fashion purchases. Lots of pizza, feelings, and not-really-lying.

🌿 What I Have With You (I don’t want with anyone else) by @lululawrence (73k, NR)

Louis is an asexual alpha, Harry is his aromantic alpha friend and possible roommate, and faking a relationship might be exactly what they need to get their families and friends off their backs.

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