As an iconic way to start a relationship as any -- or, frankly, sometimes a way to end one! Living together can be tricky, with different schedules or cleaning preferences or dietary needs or social energy levels, and all the million things that need to get done... it can be a lot.
But sometimes, it works beautifully! I always love when people ask how long after we started dating my now-wife and I moved in together -- I laugh and tell them "negative two months". I'd been crushing madly for two years at that point, but it all worked out. Yes I am living a fanfiction.
Anyways, here are 13 other cases of characters living a fanfiction!
Set the Sky Alight, Oh Holy Night by LadyLondonderry/@londonfoginacup (33896, Teen, Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik/Liam Payne, Lewis Capaldi/Niall Horan) ā fic post
Six boys move in together in a house that's falling apart. Also, it's Christmas. One house, five almost-strangers (plus Niall), six new beginnings.
Reccer says: It's funny, it's chaotic, it's adorable. This fic is yet another unhinged Advent fic by this writer. Hilarious and full of mishaps that seem like they'd be too ridiculous to be true, but you have the feeling the author lived through most of them. Each chapter made me laugh out loud and Louis is so clueless, he reminds me of myself in real life.
Make It Up As We Go Along by lululawrence/@lululawrence (52297, Not Rated, Niall Horan/Zayn Malik/Liam Payne/Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson) ā fic post
Warnings: Abandoned baby, postpartum depression
Harry, Zayn, and Niall are roommates and a baby gets left on their doorstep. Based on the movie 'Three Men and a Baby,' but make it poly with A/B/O dynamics. OT5 endgame.
Reccer says: It's full of big FEELINGS but so soft and sweet at the same time. It starts off with Harry and Zayn. The rest of the characters each join the story in their own time, which helped to highlight the different relationships in the group really well.
And of all these things Iām sure of by Xunorthodox/@ltwritten (42742, Mature, Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson) ā fic post
or, Louis never thought he would be competing with a chicken for Harryās affection, yet here he is.
Reccer says: Exes to lovers and has flawed characters that make you feel sonething!!
Youāve Begun to Feel like Home by Harrysboy /@calumsboy (65551, Explicit, Harry styles/Louis Tomlinson) ā fic post
When mermaid Louis accidentally gets caught in a fishing net and brought up to the surface, he finds himself stuck as a human. All he knows is that he's lucky Harry was the fisherman who caught him and offered him a place to stay
Reccer says: Or, a story about healing, belonging, friendship, and romantic love that sneaks in like sand between your toes.
Send Someone to Love Me by louislittletomlintum/@louislittletomlintum (58333, Explicit, Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson) ā fic post
the one where louis rescues a wolf and gets a lot more than he bargained for
Reccer says: They are roommates kind of! Louis takes Harry in when he's stuck as a wolf! It's got smut, angst, and a happy ending!
Oh Glory by Alivingfire /@alivingfire (20000, Explicit, Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson) ā fic post
Harry Styles is Team Great Britainās newest swimmer, and has spent his whole life training for this moment, a chance at the gold medal in the Rio 2016 Olympics. All his training, hard work, and dedication to no distractions is tested when heās assigned to the same Rio apartment as Louis Tomlinson, British gymnast and Harryās childhood crush.
Reccer says: This fic is so fun!!! The flirting is top tier, and the smidgen of angst makes it all the sweeter.
Flat 302 by crissyfleur/ (312772, Not Rated, Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson)
On the third floor, in Flat 302, life was anything but ordinary. It was the kind of place where the door was always open, smelled like takeaway and you could always hear laughter echoing through the halls. And living there was fucking great, until Harry Styles moved in. Or The one where sharing a room with Harry is the worst thing thatās ever happened to Louis. And then the best.
Reccer says: This was a really satisfying OT5/uni/coming out fic
Remember Me Before You by Kingsofeverything/@kingsofeverything (294000, Explicit, Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson) ā fic post
Desperate to find a new place to live after he comes home to find his boyfriend cheating, Harry moves into a loft with three strangers. A New Girl AU
Reccer says: I love that the humor from the show translates so well to the fic! And making it a big queer loft is SO GOOD
Speed Dates and Slow Lanes by Zita17/@louisandtheaquarian (34652, Explicit, Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson) ā fic post
Overworked drama TA and script reader Louis Tomlinson just wants to make it through the end of the semester unscathed when an impromptu road trip turns his relationship with his best friend and roommate Harry Styles upside down. Basically, this is the story of what happens AFTER a pair of idiots try to become lovers.
Reccer says: I love a road trip fic, and a road trip through Southern California (my first home) even more.
You Can Hear It In The Silence by Imogenlee /@imogenleewriter (234864, Explicit, Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson) ā fic post
When Harry Styles was accepted into a post-grad degree, he knew he could no longer afford his flat, leaving him with three options: 1) Move back into student halls. 2) Become homeless. 3) Move in with his best (and only) friend, Niall, and three of Niall's other mates. He went with the third option. But it was a close race.
Reccer says: I felt like the writer really captured the chaos of roommate life!
Peeping by jacaranda_bloom/@jacaranda-bloom (16573, Explicit, Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson) ā fic post
Louis has a thing for his housemate, Harry is under the impression that clothing around the house is an optional extra, and neither of them seem to be able to stop wanking long enough to get their shit together and admit their true feelings.
Reccer says: This fic is fucking delightful. They are both so good at riling each other up!
Slippery When Wet by yeah_alright/@uhoh-but-yeah-alright (3407, Explicit, Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson) ā fic post
Harry has a habit of hot tubbing topless, to both the delight and dismay of her housemates Louis and Zayn. When it gets to be too much for Louis one day, she flees to her room to take care of herself, only to be surprised by Zayn showing up in her doorway and suggesting they take mutual advantage of Louis' view of the back garden where Harry's still enjoying her hot tub time. In which Louis finds out the only thing hotter than Harry is getting off a few feet from a good friend who finds her just as overwhelming.
Reccer says: This fic is so steamy!!!
Remind Me Again by momentofclarity/@gaycousinlarry (28939, Explicit, Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson) ā fic post
He loves it when they do this, when they find comfort in each other like this, so close, soft and sweet. They have never really talked about it beyond āOh so thatās a thing we do nowā all those years ago, but itās also something they have silently agreed not to share with their friends. This is just for them, just like the way they sometimes fall asleep in each otherās beds, pressed closed under the covers, or how they love to cook each other dinner and light candles all over the flat. They have lived together since they were teenagers and over the years they have settled into each other in ways that the other boys just wouldnāt understand. The romantic platonic friends to lovers AU where they are forced to speak about everything that has always been unspoken.
Reccer says: This fic just sticks in my braināsomething about the deep comfort they have with each other, and the moment when they almost lose it
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