This is a fic rec of my favorite long One Direction fics that are 100k words or longer as requested in this ask. You can find all my other fic recs here. If you enjoy the fics, please leave kudos and comments for the writers! Happy reading!
⚜️ the unfinished game (series) by @bottomlinsons
(M, 240k, royal au, historical, arranged marriage, Prince Harry, Prince Louis, enemies to friends to lovers, love letters, betrayal, political intrigue, war, slow burn, angst with a happy ending, engagement, wedding)
With his crown and country at stake, Harry must decide who to trust in this strange new land. And the sly Crown Prince of Ryde doesn't seem inclined to make things easy.
⚜️ Light, Spark and Fire (series) by @greenfeelings / green_feelings
(E, 216k, Harry/Louis, Zayn/Liam, a/b/o, alpha Louis, omega Harry, alpha Liam, omega Zayn, music industry, music mogul Louis, uni student Harry, singer Harry, music mogul Zayn, pop star Liam, pining, angst, slow burn, true mates, omega drop, bonding, break up, getting back together, songwriting, smut)
Louis and Zayn run a music label, Liam is Britain’s up-and-coming pop star, Harry’s working on taking Louis’ walls down until he builds his own up, and Niall holds them all together without realising he does.
⚜️ Three Days in February by @mercurial-madhouse
(E, 187k, mind reader au, canon divergent, supernatural elements, magical realism, cursed Louis, mind reader Louis, banter, humor, hurt/comfort, slow burn, pining, smut)
How close is too close? Harry and Louis are about to find out after a drunken night leaves Louis cursed.
⚜️ And Then a Bit by @infinitelymint
(E, 158k, future canon, fake relationship, PR relationship, friends to lovers, angst with a happy ending, smut)
take a parallel universe where Louis and Harry were never together, mix in a two year hiatus and an impending comeback, pour in a dash of lost fans, two tablespoons of strong friendship and a Modest! employee with a good idea.
⚜️ Take My Breath Away by @realitybetterthanfiction
(E, 153k, Top Gun au, pilot Harry, flight instructor Louis, hurt/comfort, angst with a happy ending, plane accident, character injury, recovery, PTSD, smut)
There is a prestigious school in the British Royal Navy classified as Premier Delta - or as it is known by its flyers, 1D.
⚜️ This Multiplicity of Powers by @helloamhere
(E, 149k, Louis/Harry, X-Men au, superheros, superpowers, mutants, angst, hurt/comfort, canon typical violence, healing, courage, slow burn, teacher Louis, politics, found family)
Maybe there’s a universe where he doesn’t have to keep all his secrets on the inside. But this isn’t that universe. //an X-Men AU.
⚜️ Own the Scars by @crinkle-eyed-boo
(E, 144k, friends to lovers au, slow burn, addiction, overdose, coma, intervention, rehab, therapy, recovery, angst with a happy ending, Tomlinshaw relationship, end game Larry, med students, family issues, friendships, smut)
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.
⚜️ Pull Me Under by @zarah5
(E, 140k, football au, fake relationship, coming out, famous Louis, professional football player Louis, agent Liam, side Ziam, teammate Niall, romance, smut)
As the first British footballer to come out at the prime of his career, it helps that Louis Tomlinson is in a long-term, committed relationship. Even if that relationship is fake.
⚜️ Love Is A Rebellious Bird by @gloriaandrews, @100percentsassy
(E, 134k, enemies to lovers au, London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Harry, concertmaster Louis, bullying, angst with a happy ending, hurt/comfort, smut)
Louis is the concertmaster of the London Symphony Orchestra, Harry is the New! and Exciting! interim conductor/ex-cello prodigy who "has made Mozart cool again" according to Esquire Magazine
⚜️ Hold You Now by @solvetheminourdreams
(M, 131k, ex-fwb au, slow burn, angst with a happy ending, homophobia, Louis/OC, pining, world travel, wedding, family issues, hurt/comfort, mild smut)
When he accompanies his best friend to a family wedding across the Atlantic, he'll be forced to reopen old wounds and face his past—one that no one wants to hash out, but may just have to.
⚜️ forever is in your eyes by we_are_the_same / @so-why-let-your-voice-be-tamed
(M, 125k, fantasy, sculptor Louis, supernatural elements, mythology, slow burn, hurt/comfort, oblivious Louis, moral dilemmas, statue Harry, traveling, no smut)
Harry stands there, as though nothing’s changed, and of course he does, because he’s a statue.
⚜️ California Sold by @isthatyoularry
(M, 123k, Louis/Harry, demisexual Louis, fake/pretend relationship, friends to lovers, famous Harry, not famous Louis, coming out, fluff, angst, sexual content)
A fake-relationship AU between two lifelong best friends.
⚜️ I’ll Fly Away by @juliusschmidt
(E, 122k, friends to lovers, childhood friends, small town, bisexuality, coming out, friendships, American H&L, angst with a happy ending, smut)
Harry and Louis grew up together in Lake County, Harry with his mom and stepdad in a tiny cottage on Edward’s Lake and Louis in his family’s farmhouse a few minutes down the road.
⚜️ You Make Lovin' Fun by @homosociallyyours
(E, 109k, girl direction, age difference, older Louis, silver fox Louis, cruise ship, lesbian cruise, writer Harry, strangers to lovers, polyamory, slow burn, smut)
Harry is a 28 year old travel writer at a gay magazine who gets the assignment to go a lesbian cruise.
⚜️ Say Something by @kingsofeverything
(E, 105k, a/b/o, omega Harry, alpha Louis, mpreg Harry, unexpected pregnancy, age difference, older Harry, divorced Harry, heat/rut, pregnancy kink, hurt/comfort, lawyer Harry, theatre manager Louis, smut)
At fifty years old and recently divorced, Omega Harry Styles isn't interested in dating.
⚜️ Through Eerie Chaos by MediaWhore / @mediawhorefics
(G, 102k, ghost hunter au, haunted manor, ghost Louis, photographer Harry, aristocrat Louis, historical fantasy, 1920s, supernatural elements, slow burn, angst, fluff)
The Ghost Hunter AU where Niall lives to prove ghosts are real, Zayn is a skeptical librarian and Harry gets caught up in a century-old mystery and catches feeling in the process.
⚜️ somewhere in between lightning by jassy117, nauticalleeds, shiningdistractionwrites / @nauticalleeds
(E, 100k, Love Island au, contestant Louis, contestant Harry, exes to lovers, reality show, summer, law student Louis, baker Harry, sexual tension, smut)
A summer gone wrong (or very right) when, under Liam’s persuasion, Louis finds himself drunkenly applying for Love Island, and getting accepted.
⚜️ Little Lion Man by Writcraft / @writsgrimmyblog @writcraft
(E, 123k, Louis/Nick Grimshaw, Harry Potter au, coming of age, wizard Louis, wizard Nick, Hogwarts, mental health issues, first time, character death, injury, recovery, kink exploration, smut)
As Louis tries to negotiate coming of age, sexuality, first times, homophobia in the wizarding world and his growing feelings for Nick, a new evil emerges which puts Louis and Nick in serious danger.
⚜️ I Had Rather Hear My Dog Bark At A Crow by sunsetmog / @magicalrocketships
(E, 122k, Louis/Nick Grimshaw, canon, hate to love, kink discovery, secret relationship, long distance, coming out, skype, d/s elements, angst with a happy ending, smut, watersports, size kink, rough sex)
Nick and Louis don't like each other, not even a little bit, not even at all.
⚜️ Permanent by scottmcniceass
(E, 114k, Zayn/Liam, football au, football player Liam, car accident, injury, hometown, depression, smut)
At twenty-six, Liam has made a name for himself as one of the best football players of his generation. He's in the prime of his game when a car accident threatens to end his career permanently.
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