happy march 28th! here are all my favorite 1D fics from this month.
Promise Not to Hate You by homosociallyyours / @homosociallyyours (1156)
Louis is a singer/songwriter and semi-useless lesbian who's finally decided to confess her feelings to her best friend Harry. She's doing it in a song, of course, which is both easier and harder than it sounds.
wonderland (you and i got lost in it) by tommolinson / @sunflowrry (4728)
or, the one where they get their happily ever after
or or, the fourth and final instalment of 'guys my age'
Dancing All Dirty by larry_hiatus / @emilarry (4755)
Harry loves dancing and letting loose, especially on nights he performs. After a sign in the crowd tells him to “respectfully shake some ass,” Louis decides to take him somewhere where he can do just that. Harry has always enjoyed the club scene, but when Louis gives him a vibrating buttplug, Harry has a feeling that it will be a bit different this time.
always been a consequence (when you call me baby) by tommolinson / @sunflowrry (5649)
‘miss you, baby,’ the message on his phone reads. Two words. Two words that fuel so many emotions inside him. Anger. The love he will probably always feel for him. More anger. Betrayal. Annoyance. And the urge to swipe his tongue over Louis' body and lick and bite and touch.
He pinches the bridge of his nose, fighting the inevitable headache off. Louis got under his skin too easily, and Harry knew that, he did. But there was something about him so openly admitting that he missed him that rubbed him the wrong way.
How could you miss me, he thinks. You’ve got your arms around a perfect girl’s shoulder.
or, the one where harry and louis are exes who are definitely, absolutely over each other… until they very much aren’t.
or or, the one based on 'taste back' by harry styles
(Secret) Santa, Tell Me by therogueskimo / @bravetemptation (10942)
When Louis Tomlinson's Secret Santa starts leaving him puzzle pieces and raunchy Christmas-themed pick-up lines, he's determined to figure out who in the office has a crush on him. Surely it wouldn't be any of his friends, even if he might want it to be.
the heart of the world is blue by shinyblueeyes (25016)
“Hold on— what did you say?”
Zayn heaves a sigh. “I should’ve known you weren’t listening. I said half-seven works best for Harry and should also mean we miss the dinner rush folks.”
“Yeah? Obviously we invited Harry, Lou. He’s Niall’s flatmate.” Zayn’s tone drips with how blatantly fed up he is with Louis. “Can you play nice for literally two fucking hours? I still don’t know why you hate him.”
Blinking, Louis turns fully to face his flatmate, alpha cringing in his chest. “What? I don’t hate him."
Zayn fixes him with a flat look. “Sure, alright.”
knives don’t have your back by turnyourankle / @turnyourankle (51358)
The lone survivor of an on campus massacre that claimed the lives of his four housemates, Harry is urged to take a sabbatical or transfer. Instead, he chooses to stay in school, move into the dorms, and overcome his fears.
He finds comfort in a budding friendship with Louis, an upperclassman who lives on his floor, not realizing that their relationship will bring him closer to his traumatizing past rather than farther from it.
my kingdom for a kiss upon her shoulder by hemakeshimstrongx / @hemakeshimstrong (55098)
"this is where i grew up! we're here for the next six months. oh, and, um, we're married now."
"i'm sorry. it just sounded like you said you've taken me out of my home and into a place where flowers vomit up other flowers. i must have misheard that last part, too, because i can't seem to recall a betrothal."
"it's okay if you forget that part, just don't forget the consummation."
[or: a hades!louis persephone!harry au that has long been waiting and finally prompted by the BHFF]
Kensington Gore by SilverStuff50 / @silverstuff50 (56444)
Vampire Louis Tomlinson has waited decades for a promotion, but when the job is steeped in archaic laws, he needs to find a willing human to fake a lifelong bond with him until he gets promoted and changes the law.
Enter Harry Styles; beautiful, dramatic, infuriating, and luckily, willing.
While Louis is pretty sure he can handle Harry for as long as it takes to get the new law passed, he soon realises he may have bitten off more than he can drink…
Curtain Call by pointerbrother / @pointerbrotherblog (60957)
Really, if anyone should be going flush with embarrassment, it’s Louis. He’s the one who showed up outside Harry’s hotel room in the middle of the night, sloshed off his face without a shirt on, begging for— sex, Harry thinks. Not Harry, necessarily, because he’d never beg for Harry outright, not even when he’s coming apart at the seams and fucked off his face. But sex. That’s simpler.
It wasn’t much for most, but it was a fucking moon landing for Louis.
As One Direction near their 'hiatus', Harry and Louis near the end of another, more complicated era.
Boyfriend by Accident by Darling28 / @darling-28 (78304)
Seeking: Fake boyfriend. Mission: Survive a four-day wedding in the Highlands without being pitied or set up. Must bring charm, humour and ability to fake fondness in photos. Payment: emotional trauma and whisky. DM me if gay, unhinged and presentable.
Welcome To Another Morning (The Sun’s Still Shining But It’s Grey) by larry_says_red (143028)
In a world mostly seen in grey, colour is a rare, extraordinary gift - reserved for those who have met their true soulmate. There’s nothing one can do but listen to voices anywhere, hoping against all odds to recognise the one that will bring the colour to their life, whatever that might mean.
Louis has never seen a rainbow, nor knowingly met anyone who has. At thirty-one, he comfortably moves through life in shades of grey, never questioning what he might be missing. Soulmates? Pop culture flirts with the trope, but it feels as distant as time travel, vampires, or superheroes - more fantasy than expectation. Still, every now and then, a glimpse of art or a vivid description in a book sparks a longing for something beyond his monochrome world.
Then a new technology arrives, and while it proves a game changer for many seeking their one-in-a-lifetime relationship, it gradually turns Louis’ world upside down in ways he could never have anticipated.
comfort reread of the month: We’ll Be Seamless by dinosaursmate / @dinosaursmate (52085)
My fave WIPs that updated this month:
Cranberries by juniperlightning (56291)
A story about two people growing closer together even when the universe seems determined to keep them apart.
Good Grief by faithinthegrapejuice / @faithinthegrapejuice (339275)
Or the one where school-weirdo Harry brainiac Styles has become a palliative care doctor, school-dropout Louis arse-to-die-for Tomlinson a self-made CEO with a terminally ill best friend, and the universe thinks it’s a good idea to throw them back together after 17 years—with two kids, two dogs, a fiercely loyal circle of friends and family, and a whole lot of meant-to-be.
Here Is A Long Time Away by by turnyourankle / @turnyourankle (41383)
Louis and Harry broke up before they had the chance to come out, but the photos for their planned coming out shoot are still out there, and end up with a drop date without their consent.
Harry is shopping a movie around, and Louis has an upcoming album release on the books. Neither needs a scandal to disrupt their careers, but if they pretend to be together, they'll manage to frame the photo drop as an intentional part of their promo cycle, and they can use the publicity to their advantage.
They just have to pretend to be in love to sell it.
Influenced. by zita17, zmmf / @louisandtheaquarian @zaynmaliksmiddlefinger (548090)
A fake dating with a twist, famous/not-famous, enemies to friends to secret lovers au where Larry and Ziam fall in love behind the scenes while Zarry bicker in public.
to build a home by fckingfreakshow / @fckingfreakshow (19261)
One, two, three, four, one, two–and that’s when Harry saw him.
Standing last from his seat in the front of the church, the man slowly turned to face them. As their eyes locked, the thumping in Harry’s chest stopped and he lost count, like tripping on his own feet. Even in the dim light, filtered through floor-to-ceiling stained glass, the man’s eyes were shockingly blue, holding Harry’s with a quiet intensity that was slicing through his skin like a knife.
or, harry just graduated from college, and on the night his life was supposed to change, everything fell apart.
Total number of fics read: 103 (that’s 2.3 mil words!) across two fandoms
