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When reading fanfic keep in mind that for professional literature: 

Short story: under 7,500

Novelette: between 7,500 and 17,500

Novella: between 17,500 and 40,000

Novel: over 40,000

Fics over 40k are literally a novel written and shared for free.  If you have written a 40k+ fic, you have literally written a novel.

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New Louis song: I BROKE IT ALL was registered today, with James Earp and Benjamin Leftwich - 04.11 via @stormyhale

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Linger like a tattoo kiss

Louis lifts his head and eyes him sceptically, "Alright love?".

"Yeah, of course," Harry nods.

"...'Kay good talk," Louis mumbles and goes back to his phone. They sit there in quiet for another five minutes before Louis puts his phone away and snaps, "The answer is yes I'll do it."

Harry laughs, "You don't even know what I'm going to ask of you."

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Louis paints Harry's nails.

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Linger like a tattoo kiss

Louis lifts his head and eyes him sceptically, "Alright love?".

"Yeah, of course," Harry nods.

"...'Kay good talk," Louis mumbles and goes back to his phone. They sit there in quiet for another five minutes before Louis puts his phone away and snaps, "The answer is yes I'll do it."

Harry laughs, "You don't even know what I'm going to ask of you."

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Louis paints Harry's nails.

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A love like ours 

"You betrayed me"

He's standing behind Harry as he breathes out the words, he can see him tense up once he makes his presence known.

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Or. Two souls in ancient Greece

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The wrath of Gucci 

"It's a slipper" Harry adds uselessly while still holding the dammed thing too close to Louis' face for his liking.

"Yea it's definitely something" Louis muses, his eyes fixated on it as he gently pushes it further from him. He wanted to look away but physically couldn't, it's almost as if he's in a trance, enchanted by the ugliness of it if you will.

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Or. Harry receives a PR package from Gucci and in it are a pair of the ugliest slippers Louis has ever seen. Harry wants him to wear them for their mini photoshoot.

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Waited All Year To Be Near

lovelarry10

27k, completed 

Harry’s preparing for the holidays at home with his four children while Louis is deployed. All he wants is his husband home for Christmas. But Louis’ half a world away...

Main tags: Soldier Louis, Christmas fic, family, coming home, past mpreg harry

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This was a  sweet and very Christmassy fic. Louis and Harry’s kids are the most adorable and throughout the the short fic I kept thinking to myself “wow Harry truly is a super dad with the most patience”. I also like that Louis is called ‘papa’ and Harry ‘daddy’ and not mama. I don’t know why but that’s something that always stands out so much to me. 

It’s a very fluffy, happy and feel good one shot and all of the kids have a piece of my heart. 

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color me blue

amory

Words: 51749

And Louis is not a fucking coward, but this hurts so much more than he ever thought it would.

Everyone knows that Louis is broken and Harry likes to think he can fix everything.

Main tags: suicide attempt, happy ending, sad louis, model harry _______________________________________________________________________

When I first started reading this fic I thought it was a one shot and i’ve never been happier to be wrong. You might get the impression from reading the description that Harry has a savior complex, but that couldn’t be farther from the truth (there is a hint of savior complex but it follows with a realization) (which I’m happy about). 

Even though this fic deals with some heavy topics it radiates warmth and you’ll find yourself rooting for all of the characters. I read it in one go and probably will read it again and again, it genuinely is a beautiful and heartfelt fic. What I like the most about it is that we see a major character development in Louis which leaves the fic on such a happy, soft and hopeful note. 

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To Be Loved and To Be In Love RealName Words:34995 “First Dates AU. Louis Tomlinson is a thirty-year-old divorcee whose friends have signed him up for the Channel 4 show First Dates. Harry Styles is a twenty-eight-year-old lawyer who has never been in a long-term relationship. They are filmed going on their first date.” Main tags: Lawyer Harry, reality TV, first dates, divorced Louis _______________________________________________________________________ Reading this fic feels like watching the tv show First Dates. For a short while we meet these two characters and follow them on them on their story. We see them fall in love but there’s a spot (multiple spots) of angst as well, which I really like.

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Let's Fall in Love in a Place You Want to Stay

by embro

Words:134170 Completed 

“A George of the Jungle / Tarzan AU where Louis is a model who meets Wild Man Harry in the Congo. He was raised by apes and barely speaks a word of English and turns Louis' life upside down.”

Main tags: Model Louis, Tarzan AU, language barrier, jungle 

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The Tarzan AU is one of the most well known fics of the fandom. However it’s one of my favs so I wanted to mention it. I genuinely love it so much. I think I always come back to that fic because of the dynamic between Louis and Harry. I love that in this fic we see the characters make mistakes, and that’s alright because they keep trying to better themselves and listen to each other. Harry his relationship with his real mother breaks my heart every time. 

It’s safe to say that this is one of my comfort fics.

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just a flicker in the dark

by falsegoodnight

Words: 57194 Completed.

“Harry Styles is his case partner. High and mighty, annoyingly smug Harry Styles who’s known him for years and has fucking seen him naked for fuck’s sake.He glances at Venus who’s blinking up at him with curious eyes, no doubt sensing the agitation sparking in his magic. 

“This is not happening,” Louis says loudly. “This is not fucking happening. I am going to kill Liam, oh my god.” He doesn’t even know if Liam is responsible for this but it feels like something he’d do to drive Louis absolutely insane - exes don’t just show up to your assigned haunted house out of nowhere. “Fucking fuck!” He nearly jumps when Harry knocks again, his muffled voice carrying through the wood. “I can hear you, you know,” he drawls, sounding frustratingly amused. Louis exhales, resisting the urge to scream.

-Or, Louis is a struggling witch desperate to prove himself after yet another magic disaster and finds a calling in the haunted house of client Niall Horan. Things get more complicated when he’s assigned a case partner: acclaimed medium and ex-boyfriend, Harry Styles.”

Main tags: paranormal, ghost hunters, exes to lovers, magic

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If you haven’t read this fic well... what are you doing? In the tags it says “not meant to be scary” but honestly I read this fic at 2 a.m. and I was crapping myself. The tension, the angst, the love,... It’s one of those fics that makes you feel what the characters are feeling. Usually as the reader you know a bit more of what is going on. But that was not the case at all with this fic. You discovered the story with the characters and the author loves a sudden plot twist let me tell you that. It’s one of those fics that make you want more, I want to go on more adventures with these characters. Even though magic is involved and it deals with the paranormal it’s still realistically written. 

What a beautiful and trilling fic and I encourage everyone to read it, 15/10 recommend it.

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I really need to fix my blog and masterpost it’s a hot mess 

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Cold Little Heart

Words:194589 Chapters:31/31

by seducedbycurls

“Louis is a soft omega with an abusive past and an alpha child A few months after getting a divorce, Louis meets Harry, an ex-military alpha wolf that offers him something -odd.

In exchange for teaching him how to cook, Harry will babysit his son, Abraham Louis really could use the help.”

Main tags: ABO, single parent louis, past abuse, protective harry, mpreg 

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This fic has a special place in my heart. It’s one of my absolute favourites and it’s so well written. The only thing I don’t like is the fact that Louis is called ‘mother’ or ‘mama’. I am going to be honest, I always read a version where Louis is called ‘father’ or ‘papa’. It’s a pet peeve of mine when he’s called ‘mother’. But apart from that this fic is perfect to me, it’s so incredibly well written and all the characters are likably (except for Louis’ ex). It’s one of this fics that allows you to be completely sucked in by the AU and you just can’t put it down. Abraham has a piece of my heart he’s the sweetest little boy.

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We're What's Right In This World

48809 words by BriaMaria

“Why did you talk like that in Brighton? If you weren’t planning on ever telling me?” Louis asked. “Is it because you think you’re going to die?”

“It’s war, Lou,” Harry said finally.

The words were a knife slipped between his ribs. Everything hurt and he was bleeding. He shifted up, his palms cradling Harry’s jaw, his lips against his boy’s. Not kissing, just resting there, so Louis could feel him. “Promise you’ll come back to me.”

Harry’s hands smoothed down the sides of Louis’ body. “You know I can’t do that. I’ll never lie to you.”

“Promise me. We’re going to have our cottage. And our dogs. And our breakfast in the garden where nothing grows because of the wind from the sea. Promise me.”

“I won’t.” Stubborn as always, his boy. “I’ll promise you, I’ll love you all my life. I’ll promise you, you’ll never leave my thoughts. I’ll promise you, you’re my forever and my always. But promising you something I can’t cheapens the things I can.”

Or the World War II AU where Harry goes off to fight and all Louis wants to do is be the boy who brings him home.

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This is one of my absolute favorite fics ever. I dare to say it’s one of my comfort fics. 

In this AU Louis is blind and he has been from a young age. Harry and Louis have been friends since they were children and over the years they’ve developed feelings for each other. 

In around 48k words we see the characters grow up and go through different stages of life. We also read about the effects of life on them. This fic in no way glamorizes war or blindness. 

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The Devil's Angel

86054 words by lilacsweaters_ivorylilies 

“"You belong to nobody else but me, asphodel."

Ezekiel 28:13 - For Lucifer has been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was his covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of his tabrets and of his pipes was prepared in him in the day that he was created.”

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In this fic Louis is an angel (an asphodel) and Harry is the devil himself. This fic completely shies away from clichés and is so amazing to read. The author included many descriptions of both heaven and hell which makes it so much more fun to step into the AU. 

This fic is both heartbreaking, beautiful and it will keep you on your toes at times. There is mpreg but this doesn’t dominate the fic and personally I think it brings the story to a nice end. 

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Emperor's New Clothes

by sunsetmog 89063 words, completed

“The fact that Louis’ most precious belonging was a cat with a face like thunder and an uncanny ability to cover every single inch of Louis’s clothing with cat hair was something that Louis chose not to think about too much.

or: Harry’s a pop star and Louis isn’t, and there’s a non-disclosure agreement where there used to be a relationship.”

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I think I read this fic in one go. It is amazingly written and you understand all of the characters their actions and why what happened happened. Regardless of how you might feel about certain characters you’ll find yourself rooting for them and for them to get/ be better. 

I also like that this fic doesn’t sugarcoat how difficult life can be and how one decision can turn everything around, and not always for the better.

It does have a happy ending!