Best coming out fics? Really like canon ones! :)
not ready to lose today by imsosorry:
Summary: "I don’t mean, like,“ Louis starts, coughing a bit, “I don’t think he’s become a diva or summat. I’m not trying to start shit. But like - he’s different, yeah? Or am I different?”
“Maybe neither of you is different,” Zayn suggests. “Maybe just, like, your relationship has changed.”
That much is obvious, but the way Zayn says it makes it sound profound.
“Tour’s gonna be weird as fuck,” Louis says with a laugh that’s a lot lighter than how he feels.
(Or, the one where Louis figures it out.)
Nobody compares to you by fallenflowercrowns (meggiewrites):
Summary: Harry has a long-term crush on his bandmate and best friend Louis, who is straight, at least as far as he knows. He also starts falling in love with this guy he met on tumblr. Who also has a crush on his own best mate. Things are about to get complicated.
Or, the one where Harry falls in love twice, Louis is just incredibly sweet and supportive, and Al from tumblr is super nice but also really secretive about his identity - not that Harry can blame him, considering his own blog is run under false pretences, too.
Bravery by andthensusays:
Summary: And suddenly, Niall was angry. He was really, really angry. Because Harry should look like that all the time—so happy and peaceful and free. Louis had a relaxed, lazy smile on his face to match Harry’s, and Niall couldn’t even remember the last time he’d seen Louis look so content. And it wasn’t fair, it wasn’t right.
Because if there were ever two people who deserved a happily ever after, it was Harry and Louis.
as loud as lions by orphan_account:
Summary: Every few seconds there’s a blinding camera flash, and it’s overwhelming even for Harry so he can’t imagine how Louis feels. All he can do is hold his hand, tight, like they’ve never been allowed to in public before, and let all these middle-aged men with their zoom lenses get a good long look.
It Goes, It’s Golden by lucythegoosey:
Summary: The chaos Zayn left in his wake wouldn’t feel so disastrous if Harry had Louis. But everything between them crashed and burned a long time ago. All Harry is left with is a hopeless longing and a fear that the band’s current disarray will set in for good.
…And then he finds himself stuck on a sixteen hour plane trip with Louis Tomlinson.
This could either be the most awkward flight of Harry’s life, or the beginning of an atonement he’s been dreaming of since 2013.
Canon Compliant AU in which Harry and Louis broke under the strain of it all and now, years on, there’s a chance to put all the pieces back together. Set in early April 2015 all the way through to October. Written in Harry and Louis’ perspectives, alternating every chapter.
Stop the Presses by Fuzzypurplestuff:
Summary: Harry gets injured on stage. This is the aftermath.
it was there, i saw it in your eyes by orphan_account:
Summary: Louis Tomlinson’s dream has always been clear—become a famous singer. He just didn’t know what he’d have to do, and what he’d have to give up, to get there.
(Or, the life of a famous boy bander hiding a secret. Including a dash of sexuality crisis, a pinch of contractual obligations, and a heavy dose of Rainbow Bondage Bears.)
When we were younger by luinlote:
Summary: In where you can see into Harry and Louis’ life together through the years through the eyes of others and eventually their own, as their life keeps spinning madly around them.
This Isn’t Where It Ends by moodlighting:
Summary: The atmosphere is just…insane. Louis feels like he’s hardly taken a breath since the first note in Clouds, and that feels like hours and hours ago already. Energy ripples over the crowd and it’s a tangible thing - something you can see, feel. They’ve been feeding off it all night. Louis can see it in Liam’s feet, dancing fast and free without a care, and Niall’s huge, toothy grin, which hasn’t left his face since he stepped out with his guitar, and in Harry’s very presence on the stage - always enormous, but he’s truly a force tonight, whipping the fans into a frenzy at every turn.
Louis has been watching the three of them all night. He’s seen how in love with this they all are in these final moments, how carefree and overloaded with joy they’re feeling, and Louis’ heart feels swollen.
Bigger Than Life by rippedgloves:
Summary: “Boybander Harry Styles spotted leaving West Hollywood joined hand in hand with new beau, Xander Ritz”
His heart drops in his chest as he scrolls down, ignoring the short irrelevant article and looking desperately for a picture. Sure enough, there’s pap shots of Harry and Xander, walking hand in hand, looking drunk and cheerful and together.
And that’s—that’s really not what Louis was expecting at all.
