10k || NR || soulmates au
The colours are blinding and she is willing to be blinded by them one last time.
She makes a wheezing noise, and waves her free hand around as the worst of the blur starts to clear and she can see past the mist around her vision.
Louis’ teary laughter only confirms her decision.
It’s the best one she’s ever made in her life.
au. harry never wanted her soulmate. the universe pairs her with louis.
written for the @girldirectionfest
Louis and fans back in 2010/1
Louis’ reaction to bringing back the braces
Words: 149k | Rating: Explicit | Pairings: Larry & Ziam
X-Men AU | Superheroes/Superpowers | Friends to Lovers | Pining | Hurt/Comfort | Slow Burn | Angst with a Happy Ending
Words: 3k | Rating: Mature | Pairing: Larry
Girl Direction | Strangers to Lovers | Lifeguard Louis | Fluff | Smut | Semi-Public Sex
Words: 4k | Rating: Mature | Pairing: Larry
Soulmates | Supernatural Elements | Established Relationships | Hurt/Comfort | Dark Magic | Curses | Heavy Angst with a Happy Ending
Words: 8k | Rating: General | Pairing: None
Genderfluid Harry | Gender Identity | First Kiss | Self Exploration
📷 beach tits by @jaerie
Words: 2k | Rating: Explicit | Pairing: Larry
Strangers to Lovers | Lactation Kink | Male Lactation | Stranger Sex | Semi-Public Sex
☀️ roseate by @inlockets
Words: 3k | Rating: Not Rated | Pairing: Larry
Strangers to Lovers | Genderfluid Harry | Gender Identity | Shy Harry | Soft Harry | Feminine Louis | Hurt/Comfort | Fluff | Happy Ending
Words: 51k | Rating: Explicit | Pairing: Larry
But I’m a Cheerleader AU | Strangers to Friends to Lovers | Conversion Camp | Internalized Homophobia | Hurt/Comfort | Slow Burn | First Time | Angst with a Happy Ending
Words: 7k | Rating: Explicit | Pairing: Larry
ABO | Trans Character | Gender Identity | Transitioning | Dysphoria | Self Exploration | Quarantine | Pandemic
Words: 29k | Rating: Explicit | Pairings: Larry & Ziam
Age Difference | Strangers to Lovers | Silver Fox Louis | Teacher Harry | Businessman Louis | Best Man Harry | Weddings | Secret Relationship | Fluff | Happy Ending
🕶 Golden by @louandhazaf
Words: 3k | Rating: General | Pairing: Larry
Friends to Lovers | Mythology | Happy Ending
Words: 30k | Rating: Explicit | Pairing: Larry
Scientist Louis | Android Harry | Robot/Human Relationship | Inventor Louis | Rich Louis | Jealous Harry | Touch-Starved | Sharing a Bed | Fluff | First Time | Smut | Happy Ending
Words: 4k | Rating: Explicit | Pairing: Larry
ABO | Camboy Harry | Camboy Louis | Non-Traditional ABO Dynamics | Secret Identity | Pining | Humor | Plot Twist | Happy Ending
Words: 97k | Rating: Explicit | Pairing: Larry
Road Trip AU | Friends to Lovers | Co-Workers | Camping | Pining | Fluff | Humor | Mild Hurt/Comfort | Sharing a Bed | Slow Burn | Smut | Happy Ending
📷 The End by @harryanthus
Words: 5k | Rating: Teen and Up | Pairing: Larry
Post-War | Soldier Harry | Mute Louis | Psychological Trauma | Hurt/Comfort | Hopeful Ending
Words: 71k | Rating: Not Rated | Pairing: Larry
Eroda AU | Strangers to Friends to Lovers | Supernatural Elements | Magic | Suicidal Ideation | Depression | First Time | Angst with a Happy Ending
Words: 15k | Rating: Explicit | Pairing: Larry
Canon Compliant | 2015 Era | Established Relationship | Hurt/Comfort | Miscommunication | Anxiety | Angst with a Happy Ending
Words: 25k | Rating: Explicit | Pairing: Larry
Strangers to Lovers | Phone Sex Operator Louis | Fluff | Pining | Phone Sex | Smut | Happy Ending
Words: 48k | Rating: Not Rated | Pairing: Larry
Historical: 1910’s | Friends to Lovers | Farmer Harry | Law Student Harry | Shop Owner Louis | Hurt/Comfort | Slow Burn | Happy Ending
Words: 1k | Rating: Mature | Pairing: Larry
Trans Harry | Coming Out | Gender Identity | Pandemic | Hopeful Ending
Words: 14k | Rating: Explicit | Pairing: Larry
Strangers to Lovers | Fighter Harry | Bartender Harry | Paramedic Louis | Injured Harry | Hurt/Comfort | Smut | Happy Ending
Your least recently used emoji is how people feel when they see you
Hii! Pass the happy!💕 When you get this, reply with 5 things that make you happy and send this to the last 10 people in your notifications! 😊💞 (and thank you for the fic rec mention anitra!! i hope your friend enjoys! i'm so excited to check out the other fics on the list!)
You're welcome, Alex! I'm super excited for her to see the list! And honestly I am about to fill up my bookmarks with the fics from that list because I saw so many fics I had no idea about that looked SO good! Anyway, okay 5 things...I've even turned this particular ask game into fic recs lol. So 5 fics that make me happy just off the top of my head...
Louis has just moved into his new apartment in the fancy Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London. All was well until he notices that his neighbour rarely closes the curtains which makes for an unlikely friendship to form.
Or AU where Louis is a ghostwriter working from home, and Harry is his firefighter neighbour who happens to have the cutest dog on Earth.
Shawn has a crush. Niall knows it. But he also knows what this part is like, how fast it all moves. Shawn will be onto something new – someone new – before he knows it, and that's fine.
It's been easy to keep him at arm's length so far, but when Shawn invites Niall to be his plus one at Teddy and Emily's wedding, the task becomes much more difficult. Because Niall loves weddings, and because his own feelings – the ones he's been resolutely ignoring – are maybe stronger than he thinks.
Harry's favorite camboy is doing something special for Christmas. He can't exactly miss it, can he? Absolutely not.
And Harry smiled revealing a dimple on his milky cheeks and Louis was helplessly endeared by the little boy, he never thought anyone could be more precious than him.
And it never ever changed.
or the au where soul marks get coloured when they realise they’re in love with their soul mate and Harry has a coloured soul mark, Louis doesn’t.
I’d like an Earl Grey with milk and sugar, please.
Louis had the phrase memorized, even though it had disappeared off its place on his upper arm over thirteen years ago now.
At fourteen he didn’t understand. Soulmarks don’t just disappear. Not unless…
Unless one of them dies.
Or, the one where Louis loses his soulmate before even getting the chance to meet them, and he is in no way prepared for the kind of distraction his new friend Harry proves to be.
A POST-APOCALYPTIC LARRY/ZIAM SOULMATES AU BY @mercurial-madhouse / writing_practice FOR @onedirectionbigbang FEST ROUND FOUR.
| ARTWORK BY @hiccoops | PLAYLIST BY @onlyforthebabes |
“Wait. Just so I’m clear in me fucking noggin,” Niall says. “An international worldwide takeover is well under way and the only thing standing between having hot showers and a second end of the world is us five fuckers?”
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Society shattered when all electricity suddenly cut off across the globe, plunging the world into darkness. Now, Prometheus Industries is the sole remaining supply of power, a saving grace to those who survived Lights Out. As fugitives in no-man’s land struggling to break into Prometheus HQ, death lurks around every corner for Louis and Zayn. Things get complicated when a routine recon falls apart and Louis collides with Harry and his mates Niall and Liam, survivors with their own agenda.
When staying alive is already a constant battle, the deadliest weakness is to be in love. For Harry and Louis, finding each other sits on top of the endless list of What Else Could Go Wrong.
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Your least recently used emoji is how people feel when they see you
a short story
T || harry/louis || 4k
His crush blossomed after that, growing into something more, something deeper. Sometimes he had entertained the idea of Harry being his first love, the unforgettable, naïve and juvenile kind. A love stemming from a definition long gone stale.
there are too many things unsaid and a rooftop might just be the place where they finally say everything.
Written for the @1daboficfest / Explicit / 20k
ABO, Alpha Harry, Omega Louis, Farmer Harry, Dating Agency Owner Louis, Soulmates, Blind Dates, Farmers Markets, Meddling Friends, Smut.
One would assume that the charismatic omega who co-owns the local matchmaking service would have found a mate and settled down ages ago. His clients, in fact, are always a bit surprised when they come to learn that Louis is still single. But Louis doesn’t mind, not really. His standards are just high; he is happy holding out for his alpha, his soulmate, and chooses to not waste his time with anyone else, despite what his friends might think.
That is, until his best mate from uni drags him out of bed far too early on a Saturday morning after a night of drinking to go to a farmers market, of all places. It’s there that he proceeds to make an utter fool of himself in front of the hottest alpha he has ever laid eyes on. There’s truly no coming back from that, is there?
OR The one where omega Louis makes love matches, alpha Harry makes cheese, and meddling friends might finally make their dreams of finding their soulmate come true.
T || harry/louis || 4k
His crush blossomed after that, growing into something more, something deeper. Sometimes he had entertained the idea of Harry being his first love, the unforgettable, naïve and juvenile kind. A love stemming from a definition long gone stale.
there are too many things unsaid and a rooftop might just be the place where they finally say everything.
E || Harry/Louis || 8k
Louis was something dangerous — not in a way that would physically scar him but they knew — everyone knew he would end up leaving a mark on Harry.
Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson | 63k | 13/13 Chapters
Written as part of @onedirectionbigbang with art, including this lovely moodboard, by the incredible @rishimaaaaa
It felt like the blood froze in Harry’s veins even as he got a bit lightheaded. He hadn’t even made it two practices, only one of which he was remotely in charge of, without giving it all away and now he and Liam were both absolutely fucked.
“Shit,” Harry breathed out. “Who all have you told? Does everyone know? I thought I covered it better than that…”
“No, no,” Louis said quickly. “They’ll figure it out soon enough, though, because they’ll get used to you changing things up, but you’re only going to trip over your so called Americanisms for so long before they realize it’s because you don’t actually know fuck all about football.”
Harry sighed. “Yeah. I figured. I just need to bullshit for long enough to allow Liam to get the situation figured out from his end.”
“Right, which brings me to my entire point. I think we can find a mutually beneficial arrangement with all of this.” Louis leaned forward. “You need to learn the ins and outs of the sport incredibly fast. I can help you with that.”
“What do you want in exchange?”
Or, an AU inspired by a 30 second trailer of Ted Lasso that doesn’t actually have much in common with the show at all.
3.219 words / Harry x Louis
A short fic about navigating the world as someone who has, for all intents and purposes, recovered from an eating disorder. There’s a cat too.
The author writes in a uniquely submerged way. It keeps the focus out of unnecessary action and lets us follow Harry’s thought process with no distractions. Reading this was a pleasant surprise because it’s expected that a fic dealing with such a heavy topic would be fundamentally sad, but it isn’t. There is something very lovely about how it give us something real and relatable.
Trigger warning for a past eating disorder and thoughts of relapsing. Please read tags carefully for this one.
5.027 words / @finelineficfest / Harry x Louis
Louis beams at him with pineapple juice dribbling down his jaw and it clicks into place.
The bright, smooth, silken feeling, honeyed and polished is hope.
Louis reminds him of how beautiful hope truly is.
or a post war au where Harry is trying to find hope.
This author doesn’t rely on action-based plot development to build the story and the stillness only works in favour of the heavy and heartfelt scenes. The language is almost poetic, with philosophical and metaphorical undertones that contribute to the intensity of the situation portrayed. Truly a very special work.
5.700 words / Louis and Men Fest / Louis x Sam Fender / Explicit
Sam rearranges all the thoughts in his head that had been bouncing around since Louis had said relationship shit. Gone are flouncy bottle blondes who are not so subtly taking advantage of him and instead there’s Calvin Harris, breaking his heart. As if Calvin Harris deserves someone kind and generous like Louis to begin with.
First of all, this author is great at writing rare pairings, wow. This specific work is Louis/Calvin Harris turns into Louis/Sam Fender. It’s a fun read, the characterization is good all around and the dynamics between the characters feel very on point and realistic. If you’re looking to get out of your bubble to read good unpopular pairings, definitely start with this one.
5.975 words / @secretlarryvalentine / Harry x Louis
Louis has been a vampire for sixty years. He just turned his boyfriend into one.
It’s a bit more complicated to adjust than they had anticipated.
This fic is very sweet, with a good touch of humour. It’s nice how we both get a glimpse into an established relationship and into a completely new dynamic for them as a couple. The author does a great job walking that line of writing a gentle, loving, pair while coming full circle to solve the issue at the start of the fic.
10.175 words / @harryandmenfest / Harry x Zayn / Explicit
And that’s when he sees him.
Illuminated by the bright morning light pouring through the windows, clad in ugly corduroy pants and an embroidered green jacket with what looks like a purse slung over his shoulder, and totally unaware of Zayn’s presence. His ex-boyfriend. Harry. Or H, as he used to call him back in the days when he thought they’d stay together forever. Maybe even get married. Have the houseful of kids that Harry had always wanted.
Fuck. Harry.
When Zayn gets a job teaching at the same school where his ex Harry works, he realizes he wants a second chance. Now he just has to do something about it.
Exes to lovers is such a hard trope to master and this author did such a wonderful job navigating awkwardness, tension and the tender re-growth and blossoming of a love once lost! This fic has a myriad of wonderful moments and such real and developed characters in a comparatively small word count.
55.297 words / Louis and Men Fest / Louis x Bucky Barnes
Louis Tomlinson just wants to find his family.
Bucky Barnes just wants a life worth living.
A Lucky Apocalypse AU
Well, let’s talk about a very rare and unexpected pairing: Louis/Bucky Barnes. And if the mention of Bucky Barnes kissing Louis Tomlinson doesn’t pique your interest in the first place, then read this fic for the 55k of incredibly well-written zombie apocalypse world building. You will end up wanting to go through the Louis/Bucky tag on ao3 to see if you can find something else that gives you as much joy as reading this.
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