First Meetings Masterlist
a change of heart and a silver lining (ao3) - bellawritess
luke/calum
T, 18k
Summary: Calum’s not obsessed with routine or anything, but he does become accustomed to certain constants in life. Michael is always about eight minutes late. Ashton always records vocals barefoot. Calum always knows the person behind the register at Bake Station.
Except today. Today it’s a stranger, though admittedly a stranger who looks enough like Jack that Calum can easily connect the dots.
“Hi there,” says the bloke in Jack’s place, giving Calum a bright smile. “What can I get for you today?”
If this is Luke Hemmings, Calum’s fucked.
(OR: wrong number AU and strangers to lovers bakery AU battled and this was the outcome.)
and what if you'd never smiled at me (ao3) - kaleidoscopeminds
luke/calum
T, 14k
Summary: Calum's really not happy about the new bakery that's just opened up down the road from his own bakery; it's gaudy and pastel and covered in flowers and is an offence to the name of baking. At least he's got a new regular to make him feel better about it all. One with a smile that can turn a day around just like that, even on a Tuesday.
As If Front Row Wasn't Good Enough Already (ao3) - drummer_boy
michael/luke
G, 8k
Summary: Calum forgot to bring a blanket and has to wait for more than 15 hours in line to get front row for one of his favourite bands.
He doesn't think his day can get any better when a really good looking stranger offers him his fleece blanket.
astral collisions (ao3) - kaleidoscopeminds
luke/calum
E, 42k
Summary: But then maybe it doesn’t really matter what the outcome is, because it’s not like someone like Calum can fall for Luke in twenty-four hours, or anything as fucking stupid as that.
Calum bumps into Luke in the strangest of circumstances in an airport thousands of miles from home, almost fifteen years since he last saw him. A completely innocuous encounter, until an overbooked flight means Calum makes a decision that surprises even himself. Twenty-four hours with a really hot almost-stranger is not really how he saw his work trip ending, but what’s the worse that could happen?
Butterfly (ao3) - merlypops
luke/ashton
M, 29k
Summary: Luke is depressed and Ashton makes him feel loved (and maybe Luke returns the favour too). Also Malum. Yes.
changing flights so you'd stay with me (ao3) - bellawritess
michael/calum, luke/ashton
T, 9k
Summary: “No shit,” Luke says. “A famous guy bought your coffee?”
Calum flips the magazine open as best he can with one hand. It opens to one of those tear-out-page posters, and there’s Michael, captured in the middle of playing his guitar onstage, red lights bleeding out behind him and mouth open in front of a microphone in a stand, as if he’s frozen in place, mid-song. He looks good playing guitar, comfortable onstage.
“A hot famous guy, no less,” Calum says.
Or: five times Calum saw Michael in an airport, and the one time Michael saw Calum.
comfortable silence (ao3) - galacticsugar
luke/calum
E, 41k
Summary: Luke’s boyfriend touched him all the time, but it didn’t feel right anymore. It made Luke’s skin crawl, which was fucked up, because he used to love being touched. In hindsight, it was probably his body trying to tell his brain something wasn’t right with his relationship. At the time, he just thought there was something wrong with him.
Regardless of the reason, the strength of the urge to smother Calum against his chest took him aback, because he hadn’t felt anything like that in so long. And he kinda liked it, which really scared him.
for real (ao3) - galacticsugar
luke/calum
E, 63k
Summary: There’s an order to things in LA. An established code of conduct between celebrity and mere mortal, wherein the mere mortal does not engage with the celebrity unless it is an approved event, like a red carpet or a meet & greet. It’s a symbiotic relationship that allows the celebrities to live their lives in relative peace and allows the mere mortals to look upon their beauty in the wild.
Hey boy, stop pacing around the room (ao3) - Extras0fts
michael/calum, luke/ashton
G, 2k
Summary: Michael read the name written on his coffee cup. He sighed, cringing at the misspelling of his own simple name. In messy handwriting, 'Meekle' was scrawled along the side of the cup. He shrugged before taking his coffee and leaving for his next class while daydreaming about the clumsy barista boy.
Or the story where Calum is a clumsy barista who always gets his crush's order wrong.
If you dance with me darling, if you take me home… Will we talk in the morning? (ao3) - kaleidoscopeminds
luke/ashton, michael/calum
T, 4k
Summary: Luke is drunk, but nicely so, he thinks, everything slightly softer around the edges, lights a little brighter and laughs a little louder. Everyone and everything in the world would be slightly better if they were this level of tipsy all the time, he muses to himself as he waits for his drinks, leaning his chin in his hand on the bar where he’s wedged himself between two other people that were definitely waiting before him, but don’t have Luke’s height or smile.
if you ever feel alone, don't. (ao3) - galacticsugar
michael/luke
T, 5k
Summary: Michael needs a tall man with broad shoulders and a slim waist and he needs one now. Not for sexy reasons, although he wouldn’t turn one down for that. No, he needs a fit model for his design final project that is due in exactly 9 hours, and his usual model is in the hospital after having an allergic reaction to unannounced shellfish in the dining hall pasta.
me and you just singing our song (ao3) - rory_the_dragon
luke/ashton
E, 6k
Summary: Luke's come a long way from the kid he used to be.
He doesn’t know if anyone else has noticed, but Luke feels the difference.
And as soon as Ashton Irwin walks into Michael’s garage, Luke suddenly feels fifteen and blushing all over again.
(Or: the one with the very first band practice)
Pokemon Go Away (ao3) - Monorchism
michael/luke
N/R, 4k
Summary: Michael moved a little, wrapping his arms around me and clasping his hands in front of me. When he relaxed, his hands dropped to my lap. One of his thumbs was resting against my stomach, quite low, and he used it to push my shirt up enough that he was touching my skin. I felt him start to rub patterns into me, and I swore I wasn't breathing.
The worst part was that it was totally absentminded. He didn't even know he was ruining my entire life.
Suit Me, Unsuit Me (ao3) - im_just_a_sucker_for_bromance
michael/calum
E, 3k
Summary: All he wanted was a suit and he had gotten much more than he had bargained for. But he was not going to complain and for the first time, he did not regret forgetting his suit. On the other hand, Michael let out a happy sigh; he was glad he opened the shop door to Calum, unlike his initial plan.
that’s why you like it (ao3) - merlypops
michael/calum, bryana/ashton
E, 69k
Summary: Calum starts doing workouts in the garden over the summer and Michael spends the whole time with his hand down his pants (until Calum takes matters into his own hands).
the kids will be alright, eventually (ao3) - wafflelashton
luke/ashton
T, 45k
Summary: ashton falls in love with his best friend, luke, and is somehow the last to know.
wait for me in the sky (ao3) - galacticsugar
luke/calum
T, 10k
Summary: “Bro is that you?” There’s an unfamiliar, gregarious voice in Luke’s ear, and when he turns around, he’s surprised to see it coming out of the hot eavesdropper’s beautiful lips. He’s leaning over Luke, hands braced on the overhead compartment, and he stares at Luke meaningfully when he says, “I haven’t seen you in fucking ages man! Not since, what, that night we hijacked that backhoe?”
Calum and Luke sit next to each other on a long flight.
you got me (ao3) - welcometobadlands
michael/luke
G, 3k
Summary: Luke didn't plan to be in an animal shelter the next day. But, whether with Ashton's advice from last night in mind or otherwise, he ended up wandering into one after work the next day, regardless.
or AU where Luke is lonely, Ashton sucks, Calum works in an animal shelter and Michael is a hot mess when he meets Luke
