What a doozy of a month! So many good fests right now--I was feeling absolutely spoiled with all this good fic! Happy May, everyone!
Now I’m A Wasteland by LetTheMusicMoveYou / @letthemusicmoveyou28 (6905)
(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).
One, Two, Three Times - You’re On Me by juniperlightning / @juniperlightningwrites (11833)
Based on the prompt: Louis unlocks what he thinks is his hotel room, only to find Harry inside in a towel. The front desk apologises, but Louis keeps running into him all weekend.
Light It Up by mandylynn4 / @mandylynn4 (12000)
Zayn and Louis are sharing a smoke and Harry stumbles upon them. They invite him to join, but he's new to smoking, so they help him learn with shotgunning....
in the quiet where you pull me closer by boyfriendstages (19586)
louis was never supposed to leave the claustrophobic town of holloway. harry was never supposed to fall apart and go even further. they were, though, supposed to find this instead.
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childhood friends who've always been a little too close realize, after losing touch, the resonant purpose of their entire lives is each other.
You Pull Me In by haztobegood / @haztobegood (25028)
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?
Send Me Under by larry_hiatus / @emilarry (26143)
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.
Christmas is Coming, the Goose is Getting Fat by lululawrence / @lululawrence (29390)
Out of desperation, Louis has recently started a job where he cares for the swans that reside year round at a loch in Scotland. It's not a bad deal, overall. He gets to live in the castle whose land the swans live on and most of his expenses are taken care of.
But there's paperwork.
Louis hates filling out paperwork.
Thanks to a stroke of genius, he begins recording daily logs on his phone so he only has to fill out the paperwork once a week before sending it in.
Join Louis through the transcripts of his daily logs in the days leading up to Christmas as he deals with everything you would expect of a December in Scotland; winter storms, a leaking castle, learning more about muted swans than ever expected...... and his soulmate goose that shows up after Louis apparently meets his soulmate.
Too bad he doesn't know who his soulmate is, much less how to find him.
You’re My Favorite Anomaly by LetTheMusicMoveYou / @letthemusicmoveyou28 (47190)
(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?)
Here Is A Long Time Away by turnyourankle / @turnyourankle (58198)
Louis and Harry broke up before they had the chance to come out, but the photos for their planned coming out shoot are still out there, and end up with a drop date without their consent.
Harry is shopping a movie around, and Louis has an upcoming album release on the books. Neither needs a scandal to disrupt their careers, but if they pretend to be together, they'll manage to frame the photo drop as an intentional part of their promo cycle, and they can use the publicity to their advantage.
They just have to pretend to be in love to sell it.
If You Leave by Larrysmomfics / @larrysmomfics (65460)
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.
Double-Edged Dagger (The Tattoo Fic) by crissyfleur (175741)
Harry Styles walks into a tattoo parlour for a cover-up, hoping to leave with a little less regret on his skin. Instead, he leaves with an inconvenient crush on an older man. And that is where his real journey with meaningful tattoos begins.
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comfort reread of the month: Parallel by SomeDovesFly / @somedovesfly (96651)
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My fave WIPs that updated this month:
Cranberries by juniperlightning / @juniperlightningwrites (82211)
A story about two people growing closer together even when the universe seems determined to keep them apart.
Good Grief by faithinthegrapejuice / @faithinthegrapejuice (385111)
Or the one where school-weirdo Harry brainiac Styles has become a palliative care doctor, school-dropout Louis arse-to-die-for Tomlinson a self-made CEO with a terminally ill best friend, and the universe thinks it’s a good idea to throw them back together after 17 years—with two kids, two dogs, a fiercely loyal circle of friends and family, and a whole lot of meant-to-be.
Influenced. by zita17, zmmf / @louisandtheaquarian @zaynmaliksmiddlefinger (612081)
A fake dating with a twist, famous/not-famous, enemies to friends to secret lovers au where Larry and Ziam fall in love behind the scenes while Zarry bicker in public.
to build a home by fckingfreakshow / @fckingfreakshow (55969)
One, two, three, four, one, two–and that’s when Harry saw him.
Standing last from his seat in the front of the church, the man slowly turned to face them. As their eyes locked, the thumping in Harry’s chest stopped and he lost count, like tripping on his own feet. Even in the dim light, filtered through floor-to-ceiling stained glass, the man’s eyes were shockingly blue, holding Harry’s with a quiet intensity that was slicing through his skin like a knife.
or, harry just graduated from college, and on the night his life was supposed to change, everything fell apart.
Total number of fics read: 44 (that’s 2.4 mil words!) across two fandoms
