What really matters (116k, chaptered) - uni au, bad boy!louis
After finishing school, Harry Styles starts studying at Manchester University. Harry is a nice, innocent boy who has his heart in the right place. In contrary, Louis Tomlinson doesn’t have anything in common with Harry. He likes parties, alcohol, sex, takes drugs, smokes and works in his father’s dirty business. Their worlds are so different and for sure, they would have never met if it wasn’t for that coincidence that slowly brings them closer to each other and changes both of their lifes completely.
I give my heart for you to heal (57k, chaptered)
“I can’t believe I ever listened to Kaitlyn into agreeing on this stupid not date.” He grunts loudly, making sure that Louis The Fucking Tommo listens.
“Just go back inside and read a book or something!” Louis yells back as he jumps onto his bike, angrily putting on his helmet.
Louis throws a finger at him, and then he’s off.
the one where Louis’ best mate gets married to Harry’s best friend, and they can’t really stand each other, so what do they do when something tragic is set to change their lives?
The bachelor (53k, chaptered) - bachelor!harry, assistant!louis
“Don’t tell me, you’re Lola,” Louis pointed at the little girl and she crowded her father’s leg shyly, sticking her thumb in her mouth.
Harry chuckled lightly and cupped the back of her head with a large palm, his calloused hands catching the fine strands of her hair.
“She’s shy,” Harry told him. “Plus you swore mighty loud…M'Harry by the way,” he stuck his free hand forward, his diction belying his way of life- slow and casual.
The somewhat dainty-looking loud-mouth flicked a look to his hand, then back to his face. Harry waited patiently for him to take it.
“Louis,” he finally shared, clasping Harry’s hand with his smaller one and giving it a gentle squeeze, placing his other over the top of both of theirs. “Tomlinson,” he added. “I’m your personal assistant,” he added.
Or the one where Harry dates six other guys and still falls in love with Louis Tomlinson ;)
I’d still dance with you (59k, chaptered)
“Liam, if you met someone that you really liked, would age matter?” Louis asked.
“I suppose so; to a point, anyway.”
“Like, how young would you go?”
Liam thought it over. “Uh… I don’t know. Like, 24?”
Louis groaned and dropped his head in his hands.
“Why? How old is this guy you like?”
“Twenty-one,” Louis muttered.
“Hang on. He’s 21, and you’re… what? Twenty-eight?”
“Yeah.”
“Wow. Um… well, OK. That’s a, uh, that’s a gap.”
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Or, the 21/28 age difference fic where Harry is younger than Louis thought he was, and even though Louis’ head is telling him not to pursue anything, his heart doesn’t seem to agree.
Own the scars (144k, chaptered)
“But I don’t belong here,” Louis insists.
“Why do you say that?” James asks.
“These people are all drug addicts and alcoholics,” Louis shrugs.
Something sparks in James’ eyes.
“And you’re not?”
Louis has never felt like he was good enough: for his stepdad, for his life-long best friend, for the life he’s supposed to want. After an accident that nearly costs him his life, Louis’ parents send him to rehab where he’s forced to face his demons. On the long and difficult road to recovery, Louis must confront the truths he’s been avoiding about his future, his relationships, and his sense of self-worth. Because before he can love anyone else, he’s got to learn how to love himself first.
If fate is kind (23k, one shot)
Harry, helping out his coworker by taking her daughter to the library on a particularly busy day, runs into the funniest children’s librarian that he’s ever met in his life. He runs into Louis again a few days later, in a kebab shop after a night out, and then again at a wedding at work.
At that point, dating - and, by extension, seeing each other on purpose - makes sense. Harry’s only qualm is that he worries what Louis will say when he finds out that Harry, at 27, still isn’t out to his parents.
Staring across the room (26k, one shot) - library au, librarian!harry, installation coordinator!louis
Harry Styles has a great life. He’s a children’s librarian at the New York Public Library, he’s got wonderful friends, and he loves cooking, green tea, yoga, and his collection of bow ties. He doesn’t mind that his life seems a little structured, maybe even a little boring. But when Louis Tomlinson joins the library staff as the new Installation Coordinator, things become a lot less predictable. Louis gets under his skin right from the start, bossing Harry around, making noise during story time, and eating the last cupcake in the staff lounge. Louis may be almost offensively attractive, but Harry will not be succumbing to Louis Tomlinson’s charms, even if the rest of the library staff have.
Teacups (25k, one shot) - Disneyland au, peter pan!louis, mad hatter!harry
“Looks like your attraction is not any body’s cup of tea today,” he puns cheekily. Harry rolls his eyes and lifts the box onto the counter easily, dusting his hands off without a blink of an eye to Louis. “I think it might be your costume.”
"Alright, babe, you listen here.“ Harry comes forward and makes sure he’s close to Louis’ ear. Louis swallows carefully when Harry speaks. "Cut this shit out, you’re no Peter Pan in my eyes. You’re a fucking twit. I know what you’re like, and that’s all you need to worry about.”
or the au where louis works as peter pan at paris’ eurodisney while harry’s the mad-hatter who works at the teacup ride, and just so happens to be the annoyingly gorgeous man louis is in love with.
Smoke & mirrors (59k, chaptered) - grey’s anatomy au, doctor!louis, doctor!harry
“What are we drinking then?” He asks Harry, claiming his place sitting on the stool by his side.
“Tequila.” Harry replies.
“Neither is sleeping with you, probably, but I’m going to do it anyways, so…” He hands Louis a glass. “Bottoms up!”
Or: the one in which Harry hates Louis, but doesn’t know him. And then… He does.
The dead things we carry (25k, one shot) - historical au, teacher!louis, doctor!harry
September ‘49
He hasn’t seen him since that day in France, that horrible muddy day where for one terrifyingly long second, Louis really thought he was going to die. He winces with the phantom pain, the hand not holding his cane going to his stomach automatically, remembering the franticness, the tenderness, of Harry’s hands while Louis was bleeding out.
This is the man who saved Louis’ life.
For one second, Louis fears Harry won’t recognise him, but his eyes widen when he turns to his left and they meet Louis’. He takes a step forward, reaching for him with a shaky hand before stopping himself.
“Louis,’ Harry says with a shudder and Louis doesn’t think his name has ever carried more weight.
This is the only man Louis ever thought about kissing for real.
“Oh,” Mrs. Padley says, clearly taken aback. “You two know each other?”
There are some things people never fully come home from. Until, one day, if they’re lucky, home comes to them.
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