— 1D Monthly Fic Roundup —
Hi, and welcome to the 1D Monthly Fic Roundup for May 2026! Below you’ll find 1D fics that were all published this month. We hope you’ll check out these new fics! If you would like to submit your own fic, please check this post on how to submit or visit our blog @1dmonthlyficroundup. You can find all our other posts here.
＊ won't you take me by @disgruntledkittenface [M, 2k, Louis/Harry]
Louis is on a yacht off the coast of Italy when a storm hits. She’s thrown into the water and has to swim for cover. It’s just when she thinks she’s out of danger that she should worry the most.
＊ Bright Yellow Spaceship (Might Make Me Start To Believe) by ships_bravery / @larentslovechaos [E, 13k, Harry/Louis]
Louis wanders off into the jungle on his own in Costa Rica during a lads' work trip, looking for some solitude in the midst of a rowdy night of playing pool and drinking. He just needs a moment to himself to get away from all the noise and chaos. He's in paradise, after all.
But when he steps out that night, it's not quite peace that he finds, but rather something, or someone, otherworldly.
AKA Louis has an encounter with an Extraterrestrial Harry Styles and his Bright Yellow Spaceship.
＊ Now I’m A Wasteland by LetTheMusicMoveYou / @letthemusicmoveyou28 [M, 7k, Louis/Harry]
Louis snorts. “Alright, and what about you?”
“What about me?” Curly asks innocently as he leans forward and swipes Louis’ still untouched beer off the table and takes a swig.
Once again, Louis is speechless.
The sheer audacity of this man is nearly incomprehensible.
And yet, Louis can’t deny the excited jitters dancing wildly in his stomach.
He can’t even remember the last time anyone has kept him on his toes like this.
(Or the one where rockstar Louis Tomlinson is living his dream. But fame is a lot more hollow and lonely than he expected. So he goes searching for something that makes him feel again. The last place he expected to find it, is in the green eyes of a go-go dancer at a gay disco).
＊ You’re My Favorite Anomaly by LetTheMusicMoveYou / @letthemusicmoveyou28 [E, 47k, Harry/Louis]
“Don’t you want to ask me?”
Harry frowns. “Ask you what?”
Louis presses his lips into a line. “Don’t you want to ask me if I killed her?”
Harry narrows his eyes. “To be frank with you Louis, I don’t really have time for that. And even if I did, I don’t really care.”
Louis’ brows raise in shock but he seems to mask it quickly enough. “You’re planning to defend me in court and you don’t even want to know if I’m guilty of a heinous crime?” Louis sounds genuinely curious.
(Or the one where human lawyer Harry Styles is defending Louis Tomlinson, a witch accused of using black magic to kill another witch. Louis most definitely uses black magic, but Harry believes him when he says he didn’t kill anyone. Can they prove Louis’ innocence before the real killer gets to them first?)
＊ Lazy by harryanthus_annuus / @harryanthus-annuus [E, 1k, Louis/Harry]
Aka what really happened in Costa Rica
＊ stay for the night (in the palaces in my mind) by we_are_the_same / @so-why-let-your-voice-be-tamed [M, 8k, Harry/Louis]
It's tentative, the voice. Louis keeps his eyes firmly closed. This isn't real, he tells himself. This isn't happening. He’d been so careful.
Zayn was going to kill him. Fuck. He’d known better than to go out for a supply run on his own. But Susie had been sick and he hadn’t wanted to take Mike with him when he was so worried about his little sister. She was only eleven years old, it wasn’t like she could stay on her own.
He knows the rules. He knows that agreement that he’s made with Zayn. If I ever come back different-
He scrunches his eyes shut even tighter, as though that can keep the horrible truth at bay. He doesn’t have to be different, he tells himself. He can just ignore-
Shut up, he thinks. This isn’t real. You’re not real. This isn’t happening.
“I’m sorry you feel that way,” the voice in his head whispers.
＊ (swore to each other) we'd never be enemies by we_are_the_same / @so-why-let-your-voice-be-tamed [M, 35k, Zayn/Louis]
When he’s in a fight like this, he doesn’t think. He doesn’t have to think. There’s this single minded focus, almost like he can predict what move is coming next. Like his muscles are already anticipating, reacting, before he’s even seen his opponent move.
A small tremor in Blitz’ hands and Zayn pushes his own hands up, bringing up a wall of water that blossoms into ice in front of him, keeping Blitz’ electric current from hitting him. He steps back, eyes on the distorted shape on the other side of the ice, though Zayn doesn’t have to guess at his next move.
This is what he’s been doing for the past six months, after all. This is what he’s trained for, it’s his purpose. One of these days, he will manage to complete his task.
One of these days, the fight will go his way, and Blitz will be obliterated.
＊ You Pull Me In Completely by juniperlightning / @juniperlightningwrites [E, 9k, Louis/Harry]
When their relationship fell apart 7 years ago, Louis never expected to see Harry again. He certainly didn't expect to find himself hired to perform as a stripper for Harry's birthday.
＊ Another Second Closer to You by @jooles999 [E, 28k, Harry/Louis]
“Just fuck off Louis” he squirmed at the mention of his name, yet Harry continued abject fury now etched on his face “You’re acting like it was all one sided but you forget that I was actually there and I had the marks and bruises for weeks after. You can pretend you faked it or didn’t enjoy it all you like, but no-one comes three fucking times whilst moaning and whimpering like that unless they are into it MATE!”
“Yeah well what can I say - any hole will do” Louis’s eyes betrayed him staying focused on the road ahead refusing to look in the rear view mirror, his knuckles now white from gripping the steering wheel so hard. He couldn’t back down now, not when Harry was being so vicious.
or Harry and Louis are both Police Officers who despise each other after sleeping together months ago. Every interaction is a competition of escalating hate filled insults until one night when they end up handcuffed together abandoned in a deserted warehouse with no means of escape. Finally forced to face the truth of why things between them went so badly wrong can they reconcile on what might be the last night of their lives.
＊ Running Through the Flames by YesIsAWorld / @louandhazaf [NR, 3k, Louis/Harry]
Louis and Harry broke up fifteen years ago. Louis sees him again in the most unexpected place. Part 5 of Swallow My Words
＊ Don't Go Anywhere I Can't Follow by @allwaswell16 [NR, 2k, Harry/Louis]
Two timestamps for the Limerence verse and inspired by the song Dark To Light
Dark: When Louis visited Liam in the hospital, he had a request that Louis couldn't refuse.
Light: Fate brought two soulmates together as they traveled across Europe. Now, Harry and Louis were ready to celebrate their love with a garden wedding. Part 2 of Limerence
＊ Crimson in My Head by @allwaswell16 [E, 4k, Louis/Harry]
As it stood, Louis generally avoided being alone with Harry.
It wasn’t that he didn’t enjoy being around him. That wasn’t it at all. In fact, it was more like the opposite. He enjoyed it a little too much than was healthy for their friendship.
So he’d spent the better part of three years keeping Harry at arm’s length. When their friends decided to get off campus apartments sophomore year, he’d made sure to attach himself to Liam, leaving Zayn and Harry to get a place with Niall. If they had a study session at the library, he made sure Harry wasn’t the only one going. If they went bowling or to the movies or out to a bar, he made sure there was at least one other person as a buffer between him and Harry.
And so far, it had all worked perfectly. For the most part. With maybe some minor bumps in the road.
Or A friends to lovers story featuring spring break, tiny red shorts, an interfering friend, and a pair of lace panties. Inspired by Looks Like Lucy.
＊ Fall Inside a Painted Sky by @allwaswell16 [NR, 100 words, Harry/Louis]
Maybe if he was braver, he would have been a surfer, too. Inspired by the song All These Skies by Louis Tomlinson
＊ Don't Jump the Gun by @allwaswell16 [NR, 100 words, Louis/Harry]
Louis does not want to be at a movie premiere after-party. Sometimes being loud pays off.
＊ Inside My Naked Eye by @allwaswell16 [M, 100 words, Harry/Louis]
Louis has a secret life, but he's on borrowed time. Inspired by The Observer by Louis Tomlinson
＊ Paper Thin Walls by SullenFairy [T, 3k, Louis/Harry]
Louis peers down at his watch.
From his calculations, he has about 10 minutes left of this interview.
That’s 10 minutes to recite his prepared story. Stay on script, get the promo, keep everyone happy—if only he could remember the reporter's name. He smirks. He’s managed worse.
＊ It’s only me and nobody (I know you’re mad at me) by StormyDrama28 / @stormy-28 [G, 3k, Harry/Louis]
Fuuuuuck… Let me die. I need a cuddle.
Blindly, he flings his arm to the other side of the bed. Empty. And cold. Louis winces and opens his eyes in a jolt.
Or Louis wakes up hungover and alone
＊ Wish Answered by @haztobegood [G, 980k, Louis/Harry]
Someday when the time is right, they will really wish hard for a baby of their own.
Ever since he was young, he'd dreamed of performing. He’s worked hard to get this far in his career, and he loves touring, being on stage, meeting fans. But what if all his success unknowingly came at the loss of his other dreams? He’s spent many nights lying awake with these questions he’s asked himself a thousand times. It doesn't matter. He knows the answer. The timing is never right. As much as Louis wants it, their wishes never align.
＊ Don't Walk Alone by @haztobegood [G, 1k, Harry/Louis]
Harry can't sleep. She follows Louis.
＊ Dream Awake by @haztobegood [T, 828 words, No Pairing, Louis]
Still not a lucid dream… How long will I have to keep writing these before it finally happens?
An Excerpt from Louis' Dream Journal
＊ You Pull Me In by @haztobegood [E, 25k, Harry/Louis]
Harry Styles is unlucky in love and unsuccessful in business, but he has a house with a blue door in his favourite neighbourhood, and a solid group of friends that make sure he never gets lonely. Louis Tomlinson is lucky in life and successful with singing, but the complications of the music industry prevent him from truly being himself. Their lives couldn't be more different. Will fate bring them together or will the complications of fame get in the way?
＊ between now and then by prone_to_overthinking / @loud-as-lions [T, 2k, Louis/Harry]
A series of conversations, and eventually, a decision.
An exploration of conversations had between Harry and Louis about their situation over the years, leading up to Louis' decision to come out.
＊ Send Me Under by larry_hiatus / @emilarry [E, 20k, Harry/Louis]
Nothing is going right in Louis’ life lately. Between his bosses constantly putting him through the shredder, and his relationship being on life support, Louis is in desperate need for the one thing he never allows himself to have. He hasn’t seen Harry in months, but for the right price, Harry can help Louis let go and get him where he needs to be.
＊ Lead Me Home by skipper / @skipperxao3 [E, 54k, Louis/Harry]
It’s 2001, a year of change.
But for Harry Styles, change doesn’t come easy. In fact, it’s nearly impossible. When his brother, Tyler, tells him he’s leaving town for the summer, he begs him to go along. Unwilling to be left behind by the only family he has, Harry begrudgingly agrees to join Tyler and his band on tour. He's forced into a world of unpredictability, unlike the impeccably concise world he’s created.
When introduced to the band’s latest edition, a bass player from the opposite end of town, Harry can’t help himself. He's intrigued. Soon, he finds himself moving closer to the stranger, cautiously accepting the connection he offers.
He gradually welcomes the developing friendship, though it goes against everything he knows, inadvertently bringing a change within him.
＊ i'll hold on a little tighter by 4ureyesonly28 / @evilovesyou [G, 1k, No Pairing, Louis]
Snapshots of Louis' thoughts during the first day of tour.
＊ Protecting The Spark by BeamyK112 [G, 7k, Louis/Harry]
Louis feels the familiar queasy feeling these meetings always leave in the pit of his stomach. "Engagement," he mutters with a thinly veiled hint of bitterness, the word leaving a vile taste in his mouth. "We're talking about a low-brow awards banquet, Sadie. We've been doing this for half our lives at this point. Surely this vacuum is a bit worn out by now."
"On the contrary, Louis," she counters, looking directly at him. "The vacuum, as you call it, is your most valuable asset. This iced out, no contact narrative, it's what keeps the fans dissecting every lyric, every interview, and keeps you both trending on socials. Frankly, it sells. Tickets, magazines and merch, it all skyrockets when we build it up. We need to lean into the illusion of distance. We want frosty looks and cold shoulders. If the press asks about the other, the answer is a polite, empty pivot. You aren't friends, aren't enemies. You're simply… nothing. Just two individuals existing in the same industry on completely independent trajectories, no reason for your worlds to overlap."
＊ Stranger in My Bed by croisblue / @forwhatiam [E, 2k, Harry/Louis]
The research team had been on the frozen planet, Polus, for 139 rotations around its sun when Louis started to feel it, the drowsiness and fatigue.
an Among Us-based AU taken way too seriously
＊ When Lightning Strikes. by worldofnight / @haroldbowie [NR, 69k+, wip, Harry/Louis]
Harry Styles has spent his life chasing the sky that took his mother.
Louis Tomlinson has spent his career trying to understand storms before they turn towns into wreckage.
Harry is impulse, ego, and a GoPro strapped to a death wish.
Louis is training, precision, and a live broadcast hidden under a soaked white button-down.
They hate each other professionally. Personally. Loudly.
Unfortunately, the storm doesn’t care.
When a historic weather system bears down on Harry’s hometown, the chase turns deadly, the rivalry turns intimate, and survival starts looking a lot like being trapped under the only man Harry can’t outrun.
When Lightning Strikes — enemies to lovers, storm chasers, hometown grief, live-feed betrayal, near-death intimacy, and two absolute idiots mistaking obsession for competition.
＊ If You Leave by @larrysmomfics [E, 65k, Louis/Harry]
Picture it, 2014, The Where We Are Tour, and Harry Styles has been madly in love with his blue-eyed, loud mouthed, hedgehog haired bandmate for four years, with little hope of ever having the courage to tell him. Enter 1980's teenage rom-com icon and brat pack princess, Molly Ringwald, who transports him into her world, giving Harry the opportunity of a lifetime to live out versions of her movies, in hopes that walking in someone else's shoes will give him the confidence he needs to take that leap and tell Louis he's in love with him.
The brat pack fic that absolutely no one asked for
＊ truth be told i never was yours (if you love me, let me go) by localopa / @voulezloux [T, 39k, Harry/Louis]
People think of periods in their lives in different ways. Some view them as whole years, with smaller sub periods within them. Some take the “era” approach, times where they were a certain way for a time. Some even use major life events as check points, from graduation to marriage to having kids.
Harry thinks of his life in three chapters: before Louis, during Louis, and after Louis.
harry had it all. a successful solo career, amazing friends, a wonderful partner. when his partner of 10 years breaks up with him out of the blue, he convinces himself it was mutual to cope. when he realizes that he’s still in love and the breakup was never mutual, he does what he should’ve done before: fight to be with louis.
＊ “Your Number One Bottom” by larry_hiatus / @emilarry [E, 5k, Louis/Harry]
Harry thinks it’s hilarious that Louis’ shirt for his show says “BH”, which happens to be the fans’ abbreviation for “bottom Harry”. The shirt also says “N°1”, and Harry plans to prove Louis’ shirt to be right, showing Louis that he really is the “number one bottom”. Part 5 of Different Stages, Same Whores
＊ Does It Make You Feel Alive? by Worldsofdreamers / @defences-down [E, 2k, Zayn/Niall]
After years of dancing around the chemistry they finally take advantage of the wild west that are conferences and hook up.
