Fics I read this year (2026) and their covers (part 1):
your memory over me by shimmeringevil ( @shimmeringevil )
covers here ~ 60k words - (exes to lovers/vacation au)
The worst heartbreak of Louis’ life walks right back into it when his parents invite their family friends on an all-expenses-paid trip for their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. Facing a past that he tried to bury long ago, Louis learns that some people have a way of sticking with you even when they’re gone.
baby we’ll be fine (all we gotta do is be brave and be kind) by aloequeera (deleted fic) ~ 140k words - (enemies to friends to lovers/college au)
covers here
Louis hates Harry. Harry hates being hated. First aid kits and kittens make it better.
i was yours (i wish you were mine) by staybeautiful ( @harruandlou )
covers here ~ 50k words - (exes to friends to lovers/famous L-not famous H)
Ten years ago Harry dropped his best friend and high school boyfriend off at the train station and never saw him again. Now, he’s twenty seven, living in NYC, and dreadfully unlucky in love. He can’t stop wistfully thinking of Louis promising that they’d see each other again in ten years time. A chance meeting outside a bar has them tumbling head first into a summer of music, milkshakes, and maybe each other.
by the shore, we bloomed by eulogiseme ( @eulogisemeao3 )
covers here ~ 60k words - (strangers to lovers/fantasy au)
Harry’s a nymph, and Louis’ a human and they hate each other—but not really.
I have some light (I want to mingle it with yours) by StormyDrama28 ( @stormy-28 )
covers here ~ 13k words - (getting back together/angst with happy ending)
Louis is gone and Harry is drowning
Father Figure by likeabluebird ( @likeabluebird01 )
covers here ~ 40k words - (strangers to lovers/Fleabag au)
Carry These Feelings by LadyLondonderry ( @londonfoginacup )
covers here ~ 3k words - (established relationship/fantasy au)
Harry is one of the fae, and has to return to Court once a year to please the Queen.
He makes a detour on his way home to Louis.
Two weeks and I’ll be home.
here comes the sun (little darling) by you_explode ( @nobodymoves )
covers here ~ 40k words - (strangers to friends to lovers/circus au)
Louis and Liam are a trapeze act who’ve just joined Syco Circus. Despite his best efforts, Louis immediately falls head over heels for Harry, one of the jugglers with a penchant for glittery pink leotards. But Louis’s had issues before with intra-circus dating, so he’s trying his best to ignore his feelings. Which is why he’s not at all bothered by Harry flirting with everyone but him.
Don't Look Down by zarah5 ( @zarah5 )
covers here ~ 90k words - (strangers to friends to lovers/coworkers)
AU. In which Louis is a solicitor at one of London’s most prestigious law firms and Harry happens to apply for the position as his trainee. And everyone else is around, too.
Close to Nowhere by angelichl ( @angelichl )
covers here ~ 30k words - (enemies kind of friends to lovers/ghosts au)
Louis and Harry are psychics who kind of hate each other. They go to Tennessee to investigate a haunting.
Bright Yellow Spaceship (Might Make Me Start To Believe) by ships_bravery ( @larentslovechaos )
covers here ~ 13k words - (strangers to lovers/alien Harry)
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.
Turning Page by purpledaisy ( @daisyharry )
covers here ~ 65k words - (enemies to friends to lovers/summer au)
Harry Styles tries to get lost in a place he’s never been. Louis Tomlinson has been perfecting the art of being lost for years. What they don’t expect to find is each other.
Maybe A Little Different by Velvetoscar ( @mizzwilde )
covers here ~ 2k words - (established relationship/fluff)
No relationship is like another, and Harry really wants Louis to understand this. So he uses flowers.
You Really Got Me Now by allwaswell16 ( @allwaswell16 )
covers here ~ 6k words - (strangers to lovers/vacation au)
Louis is the best older brother anyone could ask for. He knows this because he's agreed to help chaperone his younger sister's school trip to Rome. As it turns out, Italy is full of surprises. Fizzy's Italian teacher is surprisingly hot, Rome is surprisingly interesting, and Louis is surprisingly falling in love with more than just the city.
Heart that I Let Down by YesIsAWorld ( @louandhazaf )
covers here ~ 4k words - (getting back together/famous L-not famous H)
Where do broken hearts go? Louis took Harry’s with him when he went to LA, now Harry’s on a mission to find him.
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