Covers for my 6 Velvetoscar's ( @mizzwilde ) favourite fics:
Young & Beautiful (227,417k words)
Louis, to his horror, attends an elitist university in which the name Zayn Malik means something, Niall Horan doesn't stop talking, there are pianos everywhere, and Harry Styles, only son of a drug-addled, clinically insane ex-rocker, has a perfect smile and empty eyes.
Core 'ngrato (49,626k words)
It's been over a year since Louis broke up with Harry and Harry still believes in forever. And maybe the world does, too.
Une Annee Sans Lumiere (594 words)
"Your eyes are shooting stars."
Gods & Monsters (201,354k words)
The instructions were simple: seduce and destroy Harry Styles. Not once did they discuss the option of Louis actually falling in love. So, naturally, that's exactly what he did.
Dream On (7,902k words)
You are the divine thing I want, the thing of grace and beauty; but I don’t know how to do it.
Dreaming of You (68,793k words)
The world is winter and steamed milk and creamy espresso shots. The world is a never ending queue. The world is a Starbucks logo and a pink-cheeked smile from Niall and a bored scowl from Zayn and the world is Louis watching his best mate, Liam, fall in love with their newest customer, Harry. Who may or may not be in love with Louis. The world is cruel.
10. (I Don't Need) Permission To Be (22k) - todayisdeadinside (@obviously-im-a-boyo)
9. Can't Even Think Straight (34k) - shimmeringevil (@shimmeringevil)
8. Grabbed me by the ribbons in my hair (held me so I couldn't go nowhere) (32k) - thebreadvan (@thebreadvansstuff)
7. terms and conditions may apply (28k) - girlfriendrry (@grlfriendrry)
6. There Is a Seat Waiting for You at Tables You Haven't Even Seen (5k) - prettystylinson (@prettystylinson)
5. funeral of broken hearts (42k) - tommolinson (@sunflowrry)
4. favourite crime (102k) - loulivia
3. that's the dream (29k) - tosuefromlou (@tosuefromlou)
2. Paper Rings (WIP - 124k) - shimmeringevil (@shimmeringevil)
1. A Soft Place To Land (112k) - girlfriendrry (@grlfriendrry)
Thank you to every single writer who trusted us with their stories in 2025. Your creativity brings light to this fandom when it needs it most. Cannot wait to see what you all create next!!
Last night I had a dream One Direction got back together. It was like a documentary made for t.v on the jimmy fallon show. And basically it started with the boys singing Rock Me (don't know why) and then it continued on.
After that there was a screen that had Zayn's name scrambled and it just kept scrambling it ( aynz, nzay, Zayn) and then words formed around ZAYN's name " What happens after Zayn" was spelt out vertically.
Then it cuts to Harry's house, which by the way was filled with running stuff. There were medals, trophies, posters, and pictures everywhere, even the ceiling. And basically you can hear Harry's voice say:
" In my head, I try to work out all the things that could have happened if Zayn stayed in the band. Would we break up anyway? Would we be on tour right now? And as I've gotten older I think we all needed to stop."
And sadly I woke up after that.
I knew the background information like that they were getting back together for Liam because it's something he would have wanted. They definitely looked more sad because Liam wasn't there (background information).
It was also crazy how realistic it was because the boys literally look like how they do now. They all had the same haircuts that they do now, Harry had his mustache, their voices sound like they do in real life.
i only watched a third of the diary of a CEO with Louis, and despite the weight of this interview, even now, I was pleasantly surprised by how many times in this third of the two hours Lou mentioned Zayn and said “Alienated”🥰
Here are some of the amazing bottom Louis fics that were posted or completed during the month of September. We hope you enjoy this list. Happy reading!
1) Oh Shit | Explicit | 3,178 words
The story where Louis accidentally sextxted his boss.
2) Disobey For A Curious Feeling | Explicit | 3,335 words
Note: The main pairing is Louis/Zayn Malik.
Zayn frowned to himself as he threw a dart. Louis was as subtle as a brick. As usual.
Zayn had spotted the lovebite and given Louis hell for it.
“You two haven’t changed, always marking your territory.”
Louis had said nothing and got a round in. Three rounds and a smoke later, Louis was encroaching on Zayn’s space, whispering in his ear, giving what he clearly thought were subtle, hidden touches. Which would be fine if they weren’t in public, being filmed.
He took Louis aside, giving the cameraman a reassuring look that said, I’ll sort this.
“Louis, you’re being a bit too obvious for where we are,” Zayn muttered into Louis’ ear. Which wasn’t helping matters, in Louis’ opinion. The warm air on his ear, the scent of Zayn, and his soft voice were not helping Louis at all.
“But Zayn…” Louis whined, trying to paw at Zayn, eyes pleading. “Wanna…”
Zayn cut him off with a firm grip on his bicep.
“Can you be a good boy while we’re working,” Zayn growled, never releasing his grip, “and then we can see what you deserve when we get back to the hotel? Or are you going to continue to be a brat, cause a scene, and ruin everyone’s work?”
3) Let's Cross The Lines We Lost | Explicit | 4,239 words
Note: The main pairing is Louis/Zayn Malik.
"You could have reached out, you asshole. Remember when you had a life and stopped making bitchy comments about mine?"
"Dickhead." Louis spits out.
"You have no idea." Zayn hisses.
4) Birthday Bash | Explicit | 5,257 words
Note: This fic is locked and can only be read by AO3 users.
It's Harry's 29th birthday and he planned to celebrate it with his band after the show. But a surprise from Louis changes the course of the night...
5) Silky Skin Pressed Where I Need It | Mature | 6,251 words
Note: This fic was written for the Bottom Louis Fic Fest. Check out the full collection here.
An established relationship AU where most of the fic is just Louis going around town going to appointments like the hair salon, the nail salon, and waxing to get ready for Harry when he comes home and the entire time they’re texting each other.
6) Purity University | Mature | 6,288words
Note: This fic was written for the Bottom Louis Fic Fest. Check out the full collection here.
Louis is a church mouse in a small town, but when he's thrown into the wild world of college and meets the effortlessly charming Harry Styles, his life takes an exhilarating turn. This is the story of how one night with a golden frat boy changes everything.
7) Work Your Magic | Mature | 8,738 words
Note: This fic was written for the Bottom Louis Fic Fest. Check out the full collection here.
Louis is the town witch who doesn't believe in (his) magic, and Harry is a badly injured fairy who is found unconscious in the forest and needs his help to heal.
8) Hands All On My Thighs, We Can Go Like All Night | Explicit | 10,444 words
Louis raises an eyebrow, amused. “You always run when someone winks at you, or am I just lucky?”
Harry wants to disappear. Actually vanish. Poof. Gone.
But Louis steps closer. Not crowding him, just near enough that Harry can smell his scent: vanilla and something warmer, something he has never smelt before. His voice softens. “I liked the way you looked at me.”
Harry swallows hard. “I—I wasn’t—looking.”
Louis smirks again. “You were. And that’s okay, because that’s the whole reason I work here.”
9) Your Scent Keeps Me Calm | Explicit | 11,087 words
Omega Louis buys a new hoodie from a sweet alpha named Harry. The scent calms him down so much that he goes back week after week to buy more clothes.
10) Make Love, Not War | Explicit | 12,161 words
Friends to lovers trope where H & L are irrevocably whipped for one another.
11) Took The Breath From My Open Mouth | Explicit | 16,410 words
Note: This fic was written for the Bottom Louis Fic Fest. Check out the full collection here.
Moving to a new city was an impulsive decision Louis made. A decision he would have regretted if it weren’t for a certain cute cashier that changed his mind.
12) Why Is She Still Here? | Explicit | 17,530 words
Note: This fic was written for the Bottom Louis Fic Fest. Check out the full collection here.
Girl that’s trying to steal your boyfriend AU where Louis and Harry just made their relationship official and the girl who’s obsessed with Harry is definitely not happy about it. She makes backhanded comments to Louis, keeps openly flirting with Harry, etc. It gets worse when she needs to move out of her place (probably because she’s awful to live with) and has to reluctantly move in with Louis, who has an extra room, so now she has to actually hear them having sex all the time. She needs to be insufferable and get humbled all the time, like a scene where she tells Louis “You know that Harry and I dated, right?” and Louis’ like “dated?” She goes on about her and Harry and says “oh, he didn’t tell you?,” implying that Harry was hiding it, but Louis goes, “he just said that you guys made out a few times when you first met,” and she gets super offended and keeps trying to make it out to be that Harry was in love with her but she’s the one that broke it off.
13) Shall I Stay? Would It Be A Sin? | Mature | 18,809 words
“You know,” Louis murmured, “this place never changes. Every time I come back, I still feel sixteen.”
Harry turned his head slightly, studying Louis in the golden spill of light from the villa windows. The years had sharpened his features, but the boy Harry remembered was still always there—in the curve of his smile, the way his lashes cast delicate shadows on his cheeks.
“Is that a good thing or a bad thing?” Harry asked.
Louis hummed, considering. “Depends. When I was sixteen, I used to dream about kissing you right here on this terrace.” Harry’s breath caught. “I’d imagine coming home, walking from the fields with handfuls of flowers,” Louis continued, voice soft, “and you’d be waiting in the doorway, leaning against the frame, smiling at me like I was the best thing you’d seen all day. Then you’d meet me at the bottom of the stairs and kiss me like there was no tomorrow.” He cut himself off with a quiet laugh. “God, it’s embarrassing.”
Harry swallowed. “It’s not.”
Louis smiled faintly, though it didn’t quite reach his eyes. “Yeah. It was a sixteen years old boy’s fantasy. One that never came true.”
14) My Aching Soul Still Dances For Yours | Not Rated | 19,422 words
It's simple: Harry wants his omega back.
Except it's not that simple.
Or is it?
15) Capture Your Lust | Explicit | 20,643 words
Note: This fic was written for the Bottom Louis Fic Fest. Check out the full collection here.
Louis Tomlinson is a very sought after Top Model, Harry Styles is a very sought after, very married, Fashion Photographer. Lust is the theme of their shoot, and the only thing on Louis' mind.
16) In Case Of (No) Emergency | Explicit | 23,213 words
Note: This fic was written for the Bottom Louis Fic Fest. Check out the full collection here.
Louis has never thought of himself as a damsel in distress but then again, he’s never accidentally summoned a firefighter who looks like harry.
After one burnt-toast incident, Louis can’t stop thinking about Harry nor can he stop finding new and increasingly ridiculous reasons to get him back to his flat.
17) Best Friends Don't Bite (Except When They Do) | Explicit | 37,345 words
Note: This fic was written for the Bottom Louis Fic Fest. Check out the full collection here.
It's not unproblematic when your best friend has a habit of biting your neck, your shoulder, or your wrist in public.
This is the story of how Louis and Harry navigate a 20 year friendship where Harry has bitten Louis whenever he craves his attention or needs to be grounded. It comes with a specific set of issues... especially concerning their respective partners.
What does a lake house and a game of truth-or-dare have to do with anything, you ask? Well, the truth has a way of being revealed, and a weekend away with their chaotic friend ground is perhaps all that is needed for Harry and Louis to come face to face with their feelings... fucking finally, their friends would say.
18) So Pull Me Tight And Close Your Eyes | Not Rated | 43,598 words
Note: This fic was written for the Bottom Louis Fic Fest. Check out the full collection here.
Harry is a marine on leave for a few months, Louis is a vet that tries not to think about the past. It just feels right.
19) Breaking The Rules, Falling for You | Explicit | 53,975 words
Louis is just trying to graduate without losing his mind — but apparently the universe has other plans, because Harry keeps showing up in the uni coffee shop, grinning like he’s flirting on purpose (he definitely is). Between coffee shop bickering, campus fair chaos, and way too many run-ins with the man, Louis’ biggest problem isn’t hating Harry anymore… It’s pretending he doesn’t want to climb him like a tree.
20) You Never Gave A Sign (I Gave So Many Signs) | Mature | 69,187 words
Note: This fic was written for the Bottom Louis Fic Fest. Check out the full collection here.
Arranged marriage AU where they hate each other, but hate can only last so long.
21) The Uncarved Fate | Explicit | 102,637 words
Note: This fic was written for the Bottom Louis Fic Fest. Check out the full collection here.
He sculpted the man of his dreams.
Days later, that man walks through his door.
Louis never believed in magic - only in longing and the way his hands could bring beauty to life in stone. So when Harry appears, the exact image of the man he carved, Louis lets himself believe it’s fate. A miracle. The love he’s always wished for, finally made real.
And at first, it is. Romantic. Passionate. Unbelievable.
But as days pass, Louis begins to see the cracks. Harry doesn’t remember where he came from. He stays close, but never seems to choose it. And slowly, painfully, Louis realises: Love without free will isn’t love at all.
If he wants to keep Harry, he has to find a way to let him go.
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On days when all her favorite boys: students, just children, teachers, even gardeners are taken away, Hank promises: “I will stay. I’m not going anywhere, I'm not leaving you”.
like Erik did
Erik, which was her first — feeling, genome, sincerity; more-than-friend, less-than-lover, practically-sworn-enemy. The weak point of a strong Charlie Xavier. And for some reason the world decided to hit it, crumble the foundation, take up one of the few holy images of Charlie's life, which she so frantically didn’t want to recognize.
“They gave him these revolutionary ideas. It's all Shaw! There is good in Erik, I saw it myself. He is not capable of this. I know him, trust me”
“He is already wanted in all states and in Cuba too. No more Erik Lehnsherr, Charlie, only Magnito”
But she still refused to believe to the that, because: “Hank, it's just Erik”.
Our Erik
My Erik
However, then Charlie still had to say goodbye. In her head — the azure coast of Cuba, the clear endless sky and the hum of airplanes, Moira's lips, which were warm and soft, her hair fell on her confused face when she kissed Charlie for a long time, shot through, there in the sand and kissed so brutally and quickly at the mansion goodbye, which she did not even suspect — like an outlet; Charlie probably gave her all her bad memories for storage, where behind closed centuries the silhouette of the fearless Moira was eaten by another, male, too familiar. Wrong but necessary.
Xavier waited after — naively so, too girlish; maybe Erik will enter her door, and she will even forgive him: for leaving, for taking Raven — her beloved Raven — with him, and for her own back stitched with his stray bullet.
But Lensherr didn’t show up. Not every other day. Not in a week. A month later, Charlie saw reports about him on all three television channels with the headlines "worse than a nuclear bomb." He never came back to her.
And Hank stayed. Stuttering a little, looking loyal with his huge blue eyes. He simply remained under the recitative of the cries of the already-not-his-professor and her broken nails clinging to his shoulders in another attempt to get on her feet, which she no longer felt, under an empty gaze full of viscous longing and doom, looking at him so plaintively and frankly — Hank is the one who chose to stay.
How Erik chose to leave
Hank McCoy says: “There's no professor here anymore”.
Everyone thought Icarus felt first, but, no, it was Apollo.
Apollo is freedom, the bright light, the one who was enchanted by a boy captured in the labyrinth. When Icarus dreamed of escape, Apollo was hugging him: with a quiet melody among the walls, with his father’s promises to get out, and with the sun rising somewhere very high above his head.
With Apollo, Icarus learned how to fly —
And how to be afraid of losing him.
Cause when you're smitten by sunshine, you’ll always be chasing him, feeling everything for him, and you'll never be enough. What can the closed gates give to the open sky besides the feeling of being wanted, obsession, mutual jealousy and inaccessibility?
— I want to spend the rest of my life with you, — Icarus shouted at the clouds.
— l’ll always be only yours, — answered Apollo, kissing his wings.
The wax melted with the force of this love. An inexplicable heat and an uncontrollable hunger bound them together — too strong, too golden.
But someone had to let go first.
Even if Apollo's curls shone like stars, even if his eyes were the sky, the grass and the ocean all at once. Even if it turned out that Icarus never wants anything more than to be in Apollo’s arms forever, he couldn’t lock his beloved one in his own ribs.
A God forced to live a mortal life would no longer be a god.
