UPDATED AU: FICS INSPIRED ON MOVIES/BOOKS/SHOWS
Everything that shine ain’t always gonna be gold (49k, one shot) - inception au
Inception-inspired AU. Louis Tomlinson is the most respected and skilled extractor in the dream-sharing business; together he and his point man Zayn have been hired countless times to steal hundreds of valuable secrets straight from the minds of CEOs and politicians. One day, a mysterious and wealthy client contacts Louis and Zayn, offering them triple their normal rate in exchange for successfully completing a job that other extracting teams have deemed “impossible.” The one catch is that this client wants the very best - so he’s decided to team Louis’ skills up with those of Louis’ most hated rival, another highly-respected extractor named Harry Styles. Can Louis and Harry work together to complete the job and get the payout, or will they lose their minds along the way?
You drive me crazy (but it feels alright) (102k, chaptered) - bridget jones’ diary au
Bridget Jones’ Diary AU.
“Harry is not short for Harold,” he corrects, his voice as thick as molasses. He lowers his eyes to Louis’ sequined lapels, rubbing one between two fingers. “Is this small or extra small? It looks lovely.”
Louis breaks away from his grip with a petulant huff and pushes him back with two fingers.
“You’re mocking me. Again.”
Harry smiles and it’s a real honest swoop of his lips this time. Louis’ stomach swoops with them.
To be loved and to be in love (34k, one shot)
First Dates AU. Louis Tomlinson is a thirty-year-old divorcee whose friends have signed him up for the Channel 4 show First Dates. Harry Styles is a twenty-eight-year-old lawyer who has never been in a long-term relationship. They are filmed going on their first date.
This wicked game (70k, chaptered) - the bachelor au
An AU in which The Bachelor is gay, Louis is a contestant, Harry is the bachelor, everyone drinks a lot of champagne, the entire world gets to watch them fall in love, and no one plays by the rules.
Devil town (50k, chaptered) - southern us au
a southern us au
“Mmm,” Louis hums, tipping his head slightly in acknowledgement. “You know what I reckon all the baseball games you’ve seen have in common?”
Harry rocks on his heels, uncertain, drifting. If it were daylight, if he could see Louis’ face, maybe he’d see where this was going. As it is, he hazards a guess, smiling beseechingly even though Louis probably can’t see him very well. “That I didn’t know what was going on?”
“I reckon,” Louis says, taking the cigarette from his mouth and flicking the ashes to the ground, “you only ever paid attention to baseball when it involved paying attention to me.”
Devil in the Bible belt (40k, one shot) - shameless au
A Shameless AU starring Louis as Fiona and Harry as Jimmy/Steve.
(or, Louis is raising his seven siblings by himself, and Harry steals cars and crash lands into Louis’ life. Together, they navigate south side Chicago and love.)
Because you saw me when i was invisible (32k, chaptered) - princess diaries au
A (not so) loosely-based Princess Diaries AU, in which Harry finds out he’s the heir to the throne of a country he’s never even heard of.
All is far in love and war (34k, chaptered) - the nanny au
The Nanny AU in which Louis is the sassy gay Nanny-by-accident taking care of the kids of movie director Harry Styles. Also there’s Liam as the butler, Niall as Louis’ best friend, Zayn as the model/actor and Nick as Harry’s partner from work that maybe wants a bit more from Harry than cooperation.
My heart’s a stereo (and this melody is meant for you) (122k, chaptered) - music & lyrics au
the Music & Lyrics AU that no one asked for, in which Louis is Hugh Grant, and Harry is Drew Barrymore, and the slow burn is (hopefully) worth the wait.
The dead of July (117k, chaptered) - captain america au
Harry is Captain America, and Louis’ been dead for 70 years.
The last person on earth i could ever marry (50k, chaptered) - pride and prejudice au
A Pride and Prejudice AU, where Harry is fed up with rich men and Mr Tomlinson is a very rich man.
Who Painted the moon black (95k, chaptered) - hunger games au
Hunger Games AU where Louis Tomlinson is district six’s victor from the 69th Hunger Games and Harry Styles is district seven’s victor from the 72nd Hunger Games.
Leave it to the breeze (81k, chaptered) - great british bake off au
a great british bake off au in which louis cares about winning and winning only, harry is made of sunshine and rainbow sprinkles, and niall sticks his nose into other people’s business. also featuring liam as louis’s best friend-slash-concerned mother, and zayn as a macaron connoisseur.
Outwit, outplay, outlast (60k, chaptered) - survivors all-stars au
a Survivor All-Stars AU in which Harry and Louis are just in this game to win the million dollars, but they end up with something better.
I would name the stars for you (i would take you there) (91k, chaptered) - notting hill au
a vaguely Notting Hill-like AU (or that made for TV Disney movie Starstruck if you’ve seen it… no? Just me?) starring popstar!Harry and bookkeeper/soulful poet!Louis; and including guest appearances by Fate, a wise elderly aristocrat, and lots and lots of pining.
Two halves of a blue sky (28k, one shot) - notting hill au
Harry had tried to get used to the attention fame had brought him - had learned to at least pretend to deal with the rumours and speculation about every aspect of his life, had learned to pretend to be all right with the paparazzi shadowing his every move, had learned to pretend to cope with too-many-fans mobbing him whenever he went anywhere - but after being outed all too publicly, it all became too much. A break from it all on island in the middle of the Pacific, far away from everything and anything seemed to be just the sort of thing Harry needed.
A distraction was even better, especially when it came in the form of a gorgeous surfing instructor with a smile that could outshine the sun - even if a summer romance hadn’t been on the original agenda. A heart-shaped island in the middle of the ocean was probably sort of place to fall in love. But Louis had his own reasons for being in Tavarua, and those might just mean that neither of them get the happy ending they’re looking for.
Elysian (81k, chaptered) - beauty and the beast au
Harry is running out of time to fall in love, but with Louis, it seems as if there’s all the time in the world.
Let’s fall in love in a place you want to stay (134k, chaptered) - tarzan au
A George of the Jungle / Tarzan AU where Louis is a model who meets Wild Man Harry in the Congo. He was raised by apes and barely speaks a word of English and turns Louis’ life upside down.
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