girl direction fic fest

homosociallyyours

Promise Not to Hate You

By @homosociallyyours

1k T Larry

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.

Written for @girldirectionfest Femslash Festuary

galacticlarry

Reaching For You, Terrified

by galactic_larry

Harry is just partaking in a trend at The Eras Tour, saying she’ll text her uni best friend, Louis, to tell her she used to be in love with her if Taylor Swift sings “Message In A Bottle” as a joke. Mostly.

What happens when she does actually sing the song?

Written for 5th Annual Girl Direction Femslash Festuary @girldirectionfest

disgruntledkittenface

come see about me

by @disgruntledkittenface for @girldirectionfest

If someone has you blocked come visit Harry she’ll let you look them up on her phone while she’s making your drink. When Zayn sees the offer on TikTok, she’s just desperate enough to take them up on it. It has nothing to do with the girl in the photo or how pretty she is. At least, that’s what she tells herself.

zarry | not rated | 4k

READ ON AO3

haztobegood

The Garden of Broken Things by haztobegood

Pairing: Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson Rating: G Words: 1.5k Summary: It was a mystery how the things found their way to the Garden of Broken Things, even more so where they would return once they were repaired. The whos or hows mattered less than the whys to Harry. These things came to her in need of care, and she was a very skilled Mender.

Written for @girldirectionfest Femslash Festuary 2026!

#signal boost #28th appreciation

5th Annual Girl Direction Femslash Festuary MASTERPOST

Come See About Me by @disgruntledkittenface 4k NR Zarry

If someone has you blocked come visit Harry she’ll let you look them up on her phone while she’s making your drink.

When Zayn sees the offer on TikTok, she’s just desperate enough to take them up on it. It has nothing to do with the girl in the photo or how pretty she is. At least, that’s what she tells herself.

Reaching For You, Terrified by @galacticlarry 3k T Larry

Harry is just partaking in a trend at The Eras Tour, saying she’ll text her uni best friend, Louis, to tell her she used to be in love with her if Taylor Swift sings “Message In A Bottle” as a joke. Mostly.

What happens when she does actually sing the song?

The Garden of Broken Things by @haztobegood 1.5k G Larry

It was a mystery how the things found their way to the Garden of Broken Things, even more so where they would return once they were repaired. The whos or hows mattered less than the whys to Harry. These things came to her in need of care, and she was a very skilled Mender.

Promise Not to Hate You by @homosociallyyours 1k T Larry

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.

Jump the Gun by @ifiwasabluebird28 6k E Larry

A speed-dating hook up for Harry and Louis turns into so much more.

Thank you to everyone who decided to write for this fest!! I am so excited to read everything, and I'm sure plenty of others are too!! I will be reblogging author fic posts today as well as on the 28th! (if you need a fic post, I can provide a generic one-- just lmk!)

homosociallyyours

Promise Not to Hate You

By @homosociallyyours

1k T Larry

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.

Written for @girldirectionfest Femslash Festuary

#femslash festuary 2026 #author post reblog #fic rec

haztobegood

The Garden of Broken Things by haztobegood

Pairing: Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson Rating: G Words: 1.5k Summary: It was a mystery how the things found their way to the Garden of Broken Things, even more so where they would return once they were repaired. The whos or hows mattered less than the whys to Harry. These things came to her in need of care, and she was a very skilled Mender.

Written for @girldirectionfest Femslash Festuary 2026!

disgruntledkittenface

come see about me

by @disgruntledkittenface for @girldirectionfest

If someone has you blocked come visit Harry she’ll let you look them up on her phone while she’s making your drink. When Zayn sees the offer on TikTok, she’s just desperate enough to take them up on it. It has nothing to do with the girl in the photo or how pretty she is. At least, that’s what she tells herself.

zarry | not rated | 4k

READ ON AO3

galacticlarry

Reaching For You, Terrified

by galactic_larry

Harry is just partaking in a trend at The Eras Tour, saying she’ll text her uni best friend, Louis, to tell her she used to be in love with her if Taylor Swift sings “Message In A Bottle” as a joke. Mostly.

What happens when she does actually sing the song?

Written for 5th Annual Girl Direction Femslash Festuary @girldirectionfest

#how to #ao3 #hopefully this is a clear enough explanation

Hi ya! Sorry if this is a dumb question but do we post the fic on AO3 then send you a link? Or do we submit the fic directly to you? I’ve never done one of these before 💓 thanks for doing this!

Hello!! Not a dumb question at all!!

When you're posting the fic to AO3, you'll just need to add it to the collection! There's two ways to do that:

1) the link at the top of the pinned post will take you to the AO3 collection, where you should see a button that says "post to collection"

Tapping that should take you into a new work post on your AO3 that will automatically be submitted to the fest when you hit publish!

2) If you've already got a draft going, you can also add your fic to the collection from your draft post. Just scroll down to the "Associations" header and type in

GirlDirectionFest2026

Just like that, no spaces or punctuation in the field that says "Post to Collections/Challenges." It should look like this:

Again, once you've hit publish the fic will be added to the collection. If you want to be sure it's in there, you can send an ask here or dm me (here or at my main @homosociallyyours ) and I'll confirm it's there.

And when/if you make a tumblr post for reblogging, just tag @girldirectionfest and it'll get added to the queue and shared here!

Hopefully that explains it, but if you have more questions please don't hesitate to ask! I remember how nervous i was to get something wrong the first time i posted to a fest collection ♡

homosociallyyours

snippet!

with Femslash February in full swing and the @girldirectionfest Festuary deadline quickly approaching, I thought I'd share a little bit of what I'm working on for the fest. I'm so excited about this because it's something I've wanted to do for a while, so hopefully I can do it justice. I have a feeling this will be part one of ??? because it's my Below Deck AU!!!

the premise is that Harry and Louis are working on the same luxury mega yacht in the Mediterranean (though they don't realize that immediately) and maybe accidentally fall for each other a little bit. This is after their first meeting but before they've made it to the boat:

Lou smirked back at her, then reached out her free hand, wiggling her fingers until Harry handed over her phone. She entered her information, tongue barely peeking out of her mouth as she chose emojis to go alongside her name. By the time she finished, Harry’s ride had appeared. They parted with a wave, and once Harry was situated and on the way to the hotel, she opened up her contacts.

The woman’s name was Louis, not Lucy or Louise, and she’d chosen a boat, a kiss, and two hand emojis-- the ok symbol and a finger pointing --to go alongside her name. Harry barked a laugh, the driver shooting her a look afterward, and quickly texted Louis back.

Are you writing something for Femslash Festuary? If so, please consider yourself tagged!!

#femslash festuary #snippet

Potential authors, you're tagged!

No snippet to share? No problem! You can write a poem, a drabble, or lil 1k pwp at the last minute :)

haztobegood

Snippet

Thank you to @disgruntledkittenface for tagging me! 🩷 I am very excited for @girldirectionfest Femslash Festuary! Here is a teaser for my fic, posting Feb 27th:

With her first glance around the Garden, the soft morning light revealed a twisted gold chain in need of untangling, a toy truck with a missing wheel, and a shirt missing a button. She tied her long curls back with a pink ribbon, sat at her work bench, and got to work. By the end of each day, Harry’s fingers would be covered in grease or dirt or dust. Her shoulders would ache from hours hunched over her chores. Yet, she never complained. Tending to the garden was her duty. By midday, she’d untwisted the chain and fashioned a new wheel out of a round pebble for the toy truck. The last item in need of her skill was the shirt. As she reached for her trusty sewing kit, the hairs on the back of her neck raised. The odd sensation of being watched prickled her nerves. There were very rarely visitors in the secluded Garden. She looked around, hoping to spot a curious squirrel or cautious hawk in the nearby trees. Instead, two bright blue, very human, eyes stared back at her from the forest.

I tag @allwaswell16 @kingsofeverything @lydiejo @reminiscingintherain @emilarry @harryanthus-annuus @howdididisco to share a snippet of your wips!

#girl direction #femslash festuary #snippet

SO EXCITED FOR THIS !!!!!!!

disgruntledkittenface

snippet

Hiii I'm getting excited for Femslash Festuary! Here's a snippet from my fic, coming next Fridayy:

“Not bad,” Harry says, a smile tugging at her lips. “Your form is pretty sloppy, but not a bad start at all.” “Thank you, thank you.” Zayn grabs her ball and turns back to the lane. She tries not to think too hard, lifting the ball and aiming for the middle as she throws the ball down the lane again. It goes into the gutter almost immediately. When she turns around, Harry is tugging at her lower lip. It’s obvious that she’s trying to hide a smile. “Wow, you really weren’t kidding about being competitive,” Zayn says with a laugh, finding it hard to mind. “I feel like I’m getting hustled or something, except we didn’t put any money on this.” “Oh, no,” Harry replies, walking over to the machine with the bowling balls. “Gus says I’m not allowed to do that anymore.”

Tagging as many people who've written for @girldirectionfest before that I can think of to share a line or snip if they're writing and want to:

@homosociallyyours @uhoh-but-yeah-alright @haztobegood @berzerkshires @neondiamond @louandhazaf @allwaswell16 @beelou

#snippet #teaser #still plenty of time to write!

Yessssss!!!!!! We're gonna be FED!!!

neverforpickles

it’s @girldirectionfest time besties. writing it now hehe. a full proper plot came onto me whilst i was putting moisturisers on…🤭