#disgruntled masterpost

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I participated in @wordplayfics for the first time this year! It was such a fun way to be creative, 10/10 recommend. With each of these fics, the idea felt like kismet and everything just kind of came together. I was a little tired by the last week, but I'm still sad it's over!

We'll Always Have Blockbuster | Prompt: Hill

stylinshaw, 3.8k, 90s AU, polyamory

Code Name: Raven | Prompt: Asset

zarry, 2.6k, spy AU

Pier 39 | Prompt: Seal

larry, 4.6k, shapershifter AU

dark horse | Prompt: Lawyer

larry, 3.4k, dark Harry AU

Here's to Us | Prompt: Publish

narry, 2k, reverse Hallmark AU

There are over 100 fics written for Wordplay this year! You can check out the collections here:

[Week 1] [Week 2] [Week 3] [Week 4] [Week 5]

And thanks to the mods @louandhazaf and @lululawrence !

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it's time to begin (29.4k, NR) | Advent Fic, Coffeeshop AU, Time Loop AU, Meet-Cute

dark horse (3.4k, NR) | Girl Direction, Dark Harry, No Smut

Pier 39 (4.6k, NR) | Shapeshifter AU, San Francisco, Sea Lions, No Smut

hooked on a feeling (4.5k, E) | Girl Direction, San Francisco, 1970s, Topless Waitresses, Sexual Awakening, Smut

sun series (300 words, NR) | Girl Direction, Exes to Lovers

the perfect sky is torn (6k, NR) | Exes to Lovers, Crack, No Smut

When Harry Met Louis (45.6k, M) | Girl Direction, When Harry Met Sally AU, New York City, Friends to Lovers, Documentarian Harry

A Haunting in Doncaster (666 words, NR) | Girl Direction, Ghost Harry, Mentions of Murder, True Crime, Open Ending

i'm going out tonight (3.8k, M) | Established Relationship, Karaoke, Dancing, Semi-Public Sex

call me any, anytime (2.2k, E) | Canon Compliant, Exes to Lovers, Masturbation, FaceTime, Hopeful Ending

pretty please? (3.4k, E) | Girl Direction, Established Relationship, BDSM, Daddy Kink, Paddling

Red (4.3k, E) | Exes to Lovers, Angst with a Happy Ending, Swiftie Louis, Explicit Sexual Content

Suddenly Last Summer (44k, E) | Rich Louis, Strangers to Lovers, Mystery Elements, Open/Ambiguous Ending

routine surveillance (2.6k, E) | Dark Harry, Voyeurism, Masturbation, Open/Ambiguous Ending

when we're finished saying nothing (3.3k, M) | Girl Direction, Alpha/Alpha, Established Relationship, Nesting, Knotting

I Choose You (3.6k, NR) | Accountant Louis, Established Relationship, Domestic Fluff, No Smut

something to dream about (100 words, M) | Girl Direction, Drabble, Established Relationship, Implied Sexual Content

baby, you're the end of june (13.6k, E) | Alpha Harry, Omega Louis, Advertising AU, Accidental Courting, Friends to Lovers

Darling, so it goes (195k, E) | Royal AU, Famous/Famous, Falling in Love, Developing Relationship

subverting expectations (2.7k, M) | Girl Direction, Met Gala, Strangers to Lovers, Daddy Kink

comfort (666 words, NR) | Established Relationship, Grief/Mourning, Pick Someone Supportive, Halloween

this is my jam (4.5k, M) | Bathhouse AU, 90s AU, Strangers to Lovers, Exhibitionism, Hopeful Ending

making my way downtown (2k, M) | Dramatic Harry, Texting, Masturbation

pink like the paradise found (18.4k, M) | Girl Direction, Bartender Louis, Flirting, First Time

dream lover (5k, M) | Girl Direction, Real Housewives of New York AU, Flirting, Dirty Talk

face to face at the kitchen table (2k, NR) | Exes to Lovers, Hopeful Ending, No Smut

i must admit i thought i'd like to make you mine (50k, M) | Girl Direction, Fake Relationship, Strangers to Friends to Lovers, Wedding Planning

come to me wild and wired (5.4k, E) | Girl Direction, Established Relationship, Fluff and Smut

we should open up (before it's all too much) (43k, M) | Depressed Harry, Vampire Louis, Grief/Mourning, Emotional Hurt/Comfort

just one look (and i fell so hard) (15k, M) | Meet-Cute, Fluff, Flirting, Strangers to Lovers, Broadway

black coffee in bed (3.4k, M) | Girl Direction, Established Relationship, Fluff and Smut

an honest mistake (2k, NR) | Baker Harry, Meet-Cute, Misunderstandings, Fluff, Flirting

please forgive me if my lips quake (1.6k, GA) | Girl Direction, Meet-Cute, Flirting, Fluff

mix it up and down my body (2.5k, M) | Girl Direction, Established Relationship, Smut, Kink Discovery

bambi legs (11.5k, NR) | Girl Direction, Asexual Harry, Coming Out, Fluff, Flirting, First Date, No Smut

you came into my life (57k, M) | Queer Eye AU, Firefighters AU, Coming Out, Pining, Flirting, Fluff and Angst

tell me what you need (2.4k, GA) | Coffeeshop AU, Barista Louis, Fluff, Flirting, No Smut

caught up in your love affair (8k, NR) | Royal AU, Famous/Non-Famous, Established Relationship, Engagement, No Smut

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if i'm being honest | Must Be Love | Niall Horan

Narry, 22.2k, Explicit, Girl Direction, Original Cat Character, Butch/Femme, Falling in Love, Explicit Sexual Content

flicker | Flicker | Niall Horan

Ziall, 5.6k, Not Rated, Canon Compliant, Post-Breakup, Angst, Closure, No Smut

This Town | This Town | Niall Horan

Ziall, 12.4k, Not Rated, Canon Compliant, Post-Breakup, Angst, OT4 Friendship, No Smut

too into you | Cinema | Harry Styles

Harry/Chris Pine, 11k, Explicit, Coffeeshop AU, First Date, Dancing, Recreational Drug Use, Spit Kink

something to dream about | Daydreaming | Harry Styles

Larry, 100 words, Mature, Girl Direction, Drabble, Established Relationship, Implied Sexual Content

when we're finished saying nothing | Written All Over Your Face | Louis Tomlinson

Larry, 3.3k, Mature, Girl Direction, Alpha/Alpha, Established Relationship, Nesting, Knotting

face to face at the kitchen table | Too Young | Louis Tomlinson

Larry, 2k, Not Rated, Exes to Lovers, Hopeful Ending, No Smut

this cookie's baking | Wild Thoughts | DJ Khaled feat. Rihanna

Gryles, 8.1k, Mature, Girl Direction, Canon Compliant, Friends to Lovers, Smut

i'm going out tonight | Bejeweled | Taylor Swift

Larry, 3.8k, Mature, Established Relationship, Karaoke, Dancing, Semi-Public Sex

Red | Red (Taylor's Version) | Taylor Swift

Larry, 4.3k, Explicit, Exes to Lovers, Angst with a Happy Ending, Swiftie Louis, Explicit Sexual Content

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this cookie's baking

Nick and Harry have a long-overdue conversation.

gryles | mature | 8k

like sun on the rise

Harry isn’t like anyone Nick has ever met before. Maybe that’s why they work.

gryles | mature | 8.9k

just the thought of you

Harry's been pining after her neighbor for two years. It only takes a small kitchen fire for her to make a move.

lirry | mature | 2.7k

if i'm being honest

Niall is perfectly happy in her dating life, always finding a reason to break things off before her relationships get serious. When she finally gets a chance with Harry, her dream girl, their friend Louis makes her promise to give her a real chance. The only problem is that Harry has a cat… and Niall is not a cat person. Instead of running like she usually does, Niall has to figure out how to live with an adorable menace. And when it starts to feel like love, Niall has to decide: Is she ready for the real thing?

narry | explicit | 22k

count me in

Zayn wants to propose to Harry, but she can’t find the right ring. Niall and Louis are no help at all.

Actually they help a lot.

zarry | not rated | 3k

make you mine this season

After Harry’s Christmas plans fall through, she decides to surprise her best friend Nick in New York. Unfortunately, Nick decided to surprise her in San Francisco at the same time. When they realize what happened, they each resign themselves to staying and spending time in the other’s city. Harry tries to make the best of things, making elaborate plans to distract herself from feeling lonely, while Nick is just looking forward to her first real vacation from her hectic job in years. Neither of them will have the Christmas that they expected, but maybe they’ll each get the one that they need.

zarry | mature | 28.5k

tempted by the fruit of another

Zayn stumbles into a world of possibility when she stays with Harry and Louis for a few weeks.

zourry | explicit | 3k

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still, somehow

Louis trims Liam's split ends.

lilo | not rated | 1k

enough to make a girl blush

When Louis moves from her small hometown to the city, she runs into her childhood friend Niall. Despite her surprise at learning that Niall presented as an alpha, she’s immediately drawn to her. As their relationship progresses and Louis settles into life in the city, she learns that love, sex and identity aren’t always as simple as she’d been taught growing up.

And she wouldn’t have it any other way.

nouis | explicit | 22k

if you should try to kiss her

Harry's annual Christmas party gives Louis her chance to be brave and tell Nick how she feels.

tomlinshaw | not rated | 3k

make you mine this season

After Harry’s Christmas plans fall through, she decides to surprise her best friend Nick in New York. Unfortunately, Nick decided to surprise her in San Francisco at the same time. When they realize what happened, they each resign themselves to staying and spending time in the other’s city. Harry tries to make the best of things, making elaborate plans to distract herself from feeling lonely, while Nick is just looking forward to her first real vacation from her hectic job in years. Neither of them will have the Christmas that they expected, but maybe they’ll each get the one that they need.

tomlinshaw | mature | 28k

you wanna be on top?

Zayn’s experience as a contestant on America’s Next Top Model left her more than a little traumatized. She thinks she knows what to expect when she lets herself be talked into making an appearance on the show a couple of years later.

Louis manages to surprise her.

zouis | not rated | 6k

tempted by the fruit of another

Zayn stumbles into a world of possibility when she stays with Harry and Louis for a few weeks.

zourry | explicit | 3k

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with love on the line (E, 7k)

Harry and Louis have always been Harry and Louis. Then they meet Nick.

A relationship in three snapshots.

i get so lost inside your eyes (M, 3.6k)

When Niall invites Zayn to stay over for the first time, Zayn has no idea that Niall has a surprise in store for her. Or that she’ll like it so much.

still, somehow (NR, 1k)

Louis trims Liam's split ends.

like sun on the rise (M, 8.9k)

Harry isn’t like anyone Nick has ever met before. Maybe that’s why they work.

subverting expectations (M, 2.7k)

Harry goes to the ladies’ room at the Met Gala expecting a cigarette and a break from the boredom. Instead, she gets Louis.

Darling, so it goes (E, 195k)

Harry Styles is a world-famous actor at the height of his career but a personal low point when he meets His Serene Highness Prince Louis of Monaco by chance. He doesn’t think they’ll ever see each other again, but after striking up a correspondence, it turns out they have more in common than he thought. Then they start to fall for each other. Louis is different from anyone Harry has dated before and their relationship moves fast as Harry realizes he’s ready for a change. Soon Harry finds himself adapting to an entirely new life, in a country where he doesn’t know the rules, the customs, even the language. Harry is used to people underestimating him, and he’s more determined than ever to prove them wrong.

He just needs Louis to meet him halfway.

Grace Kelly AU.

baby, you’re the end of june (E, 13.6k)

In which Harry courts Louis. Entirely by accident.

The Referral (E, 5.4k)

Louis has noticed that since he turned fifty, his sex drive has started to slow down. Unfortunately, that’s not the case for his younger boyfriend Harry. A problem solver by nature, Louis wants to do something special for Harry, to show him how much he appreciates him even after ten years together. When he suggests getting a referral for a sex worker to give Harry what he hasn’t been lately, it doesn’t take long for Harry to agree.

And then they meet Tom.

something to dream about (M, 100 words)

Louis gives Harry something to dream about while she's gone.

enough to make a girl blush (E, 22k)

When Louis moves from her small hometown to the city, she runs into her childhood friend Niall. Despite her surprise at learning that Niall presented as an alpha, she’s immediately drawn to her. As their relationship progresses and Louis settles into life in the city, she learns that love, sex and identity aren’t always as simple as she’d been taught growing up.

And she wouldn’t have it any other way.

make you mine this season (M, 28.5k)

After Harry’s Christmas plans fall through, she decides to surprise her best friend Nick in New York. Unfortunately, Nick decided to surprise her in San Francisco at the same time. When they realize what happened, they each resign themselves to staying and spending time in the other’s city. Harry tries to make the best of things, making elaborate plans to distract herself from feeling lonely, while Nick is just looking forward to her first real vacation from her hectic job in years. Neither of them will have the Christmas that they expected, but maybe they’ll each get the one that they need.

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i fell in, i'm falling, i'm for you 

When Zayn gets a job teaching at the same school where his ex Harry works, he realizes he wants a second chance. Now he just has to do something about it.

zarry // M // 10k

a little tenderness 

Touch deprivation makes a lot of sense now that Harry thinks about it. Niall seems generally unwell; he appears to be weak, his skin is pallid and his lips look chapped, and his breathing is ragged. He’s wearing a cozy-looking sweatshirt, but even over FaceTime, he kind of seems cold, hunched over with his arms wrapped around his body. Harry’s never been around an omega in depri as bad off as Niall looks; most of the time, there’s an alpha friend or family member who can help out with scenting and physical contact.

Oh.

narry // NR // 10k

just the thought of you 

Harry's been pining after her neighbor for two years. It only takes a small kitchen fire for her to make a move.

lirry // M // 2.7k

making my way downtown 

So Louis didn’t text him back. So what?

So fucking everything.

larry // M // 2k

this is my jam

Harry goes to a gay bathhouse for the first time. 90s AU.

larry // M // 4.5k

obsessed 

Usually when Nick's a disaster, it sends men running. This one's different.

gryles // NR // 100 words

comfort 

It’s a hard time of year for Louis. Luckily he has Harry.

larry // NR // 666 words

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Under the cut are links to 16 fics with no smut that I’ve written for the following pairings: gryles, larry, lirry, narry, shiall, tomlinshaw and ziall!

gryles

obsessed

Usually when Nick's a disaster, it sends men running. This one's different.

A gryles drabble.

larry

an honest mistake

“You look different when you’re not covered in come,” he blurts out, immediately regretting each and every life choice that has led to this exact moment. Elevator Guy is going to hate him.

Louis has ridden the elevator with his neighbor all week. The first time they speak, there’s a misunderstanding.

bambi legs

“Oh my god,” Zayn says, rolling her eyes and standing up. “You do know what this means, right?”

“Yes?” Harry tries, looking up pathetically and hoping Zayn will take pity on her.

“This means she doesn’t even need the fabric she buys from you every other week,” Zayn says slowly, as if speaking to a small child. “She doesn’t come here for the fabric. She comes here for you.”

Harry works at her family’s fabric store sometimes and always sells the most interesting fabrics to Louis. Louis is the wannabe fashion designer who keeps buying fabric she doesn’t necessarily need just to find a way to talk to Harry.

caught up in your love affair

“And the corgis took to you straightaway,” Harry remarks.

“That’s true,” Louis chuckles.

 “I’ve spent the last 29 years being barked at,” Harry deadpans, jerking his hand toward Louis, “this one walks in, absolutely nothing.”

Louis outright giggles at that, saying, “They were just lying on my feet during tea.”

“Wagging tails,” Harry says, shaking his head.

“It’s because they don’t understand flirting,” Louis tells him, “you can’t charm them the way you do everyone else.”

Royal AU. Prince Harry announces his engagement to Louis Tomlinson in an interview with longtime friend and BBC host Nick Grimshaw. Inspired by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

comfort

It’s a hard time of year for Louis. Luckily he has Harry.

face to face at the kitchen table

Two years ago, Louis broke up with the only person he ever loved. Now it's time to admit that he was wrong.

please forgive me if my lips quake

Hi ! Got your number from your cat Lou. Just want to make sure they’re not lost, only visiting

Harry's pet cat wing-womans her into a date.

tell me what you need

“And a fresh cherry?” he asks, pinching his bottom lip between his fingers. He waits as Louis stares him down, his brow furrowing.

“No? What the fuck,” Louis rasps, looking bewildered.

coffeeshop AU

lirry

you’re my rugged heart

It's the first day of spring. And it's snowing.

narry

a little tenderness

“Listen, my alpha and I broke up and it turns out that all of our friends were really his friends and I need someone to help me through–”

“No,” Harry practically shouts, the word bursting out of him unbidden. He cringes when he sees the shock on Niall’s face, his pale skin flushing lightly. “I’m sorry, but my answer has to be no. I don’t help omegas through heats. I’m really sorry, Liam knows that, so I don’t know why he would give you the idea–”

“It’s not heat, Harry,” Niall interrupts. “It’s depri.”

“Oh. Fuck.”

Touch deprivation makes a lot of sense now that Harry thinks about it. Niall seems generally unwell; he appears to be weak, his skin is pallid and his lips look chapped, and his breathing is ragged. He’s wearing a cozy-looking sweatshirt, but even over FaceTime, he kind of seems cold, hunched over with his arms wrapped around his body. Harry’s never been around an omega in depri as bad off as Niall looks; most of the time, there’s an alpha friend or family member who can help out with scenting and physical contact.

Oh.

shiall

a bagel for all seasons

“You know what I think?” Shawn asks with a trademark grin. “I think we’re growing on you. Admit it, big city lawyer, this small town isn’t so bad.”

Niall cackles. He should hold back more, since he is leaving soon, but he likes this confident, joking side of Shawn, so he relents.

“It’s not so bad here,” he admits. “Can’t get a bagel to save my life, but the people are friendly.”

Niall is a lawyer from the big city who’s sent to a small town to get paperwork signed for his firm’s biggest client. He only expected to be there for one night, but the longer his stay lasts, the more he starts to fall in love with the town and its cast of quirky characters.

One in particular.

A Shiall Hallmark Christmas AU.

an ivy hollow halloween

Niall is pretty happy with the Halloween costumes he thought of for him and Shawn. That is, until he sees Louis and Harry's.

tomlinshaw

if you should try to kiss her

It’s kind of their thing now. They make relentless snarky comments to and about each other and exchange meaningful eye contact every time they think no one is looking. At least, that’s what Louis thinks they’re doing, like their own extended lesbian mating ritual. It seems obvious to her that they’re inevitable in some kind of cosmic, grand design type of way; they’re eventually going to end up together and fix up an old house and Nick will build a chicken coop for the backyard (or hire someone to build it, probably) and then they’ll live happily ever after, bickering the whole time.

If only she could be sure that’s what Nick thinks they’re doing.

Harry's annual Christmas party gives Louis her chance to be brave and tell Nick how she feels.

Leo season

“Didn’t catch your name earlier?” he asks, tilting his head to go along with his lilting voice.

“Nnrg,” Nick replies smoothly, failing to meet Louis’ hand with his own as he realizes just how garbled his smooth reply actually was. He overcorrects and vaguely slaps Louis’ hand before managing to wring it in his own, much to Louis’ apparent amusement.

Carefree. Confident. Over the top. Nick may be a bit of a disaster, but no one can deny the mood for Leo season suits him.

ziall

This Town

It’s not until he’s inside the venue and sees Zayn from a distance for the first time in person since trying to fall asleep curled around him their last night together that the nerves hit and his bravado starts to feel false.

When Zayn left the band, he left Niall too.

flicker

Niall has waited so long to hear these words, imagined this scenario hundreds of times, and now that it’s here, he’s actually speechless. He’d hoped, but he’d never let himself believe they’d actually get here.

Because at Christmas, you tell the truth: A month after the AMAs, Niall and Zayn finally talk.