hiya!! dont know if you remember me, it's the "friends with benefits to forget our exes au" anon!! how have you been? have you given any more thoughts to the au? with harry's album, especially fine line and to be so lonely/cherry, i had so many vibes coming. the line "spreading you open is the only way of knowing you" send shivers down my spine, like harry falling so hard for louis but not knowing how to talk about it and so much pinning and the only way he can express his devotion is by... (1)
Anonymous said: … (2) by eating louis out for hours and the role of sex in their relationship because so much more; obviously louis has big feelings for him too but we wouldn’,t know because it’s from harry’s pov. and then at some point they’re so close to actually have the talk and harry feels like maybe they could hve something more and then BOOM his ex comes back and fucks things up more now!! featuring drunk calling, a lot of communication except when it comes to their feelings for each other…
Anonymous said: … (3) lots of kinky sex because that requires TRUST, fashion icon harry (bonus points if he wears glasses) and nerdy mathematician louis who likes to wear harry’s jumpers because that’s a classic!!! fine line really did a good number on me
yes!! ok listen. under the cut bc I have a lot of thoughts:
they were introduced through mutual friends on a night out, just after harry and his ex officially ended it. harry didn’t know who louis was but he was so taken by how fun he was, dancing with everyone and not caring what other people thought. louis was so different from harry’s typical friend group who were all art types that acted too cool for everything, and yeah harry loved to be moody and vague with his posh friends but he also loved to laugh and make a fool of himself sometimes. maybe they both left the bar to get mcdonalds or something and that was how they became friends: drunkenly sharing fries and laughing over everything.
harry is a serial monogamist, the kind of person who doesn’t know how to not be in a relationship so he’s pretty unsettled now that he’s single. louis is the kind of person who sleeps around a lot, not because he’s afraid of commitment but because he figures the only way he’s gonna find The One is by putting himself out there and trying out a lot of different people. louis does have a steady hookup partner, but then that person moves across the country for a job opportunity and louis knows they’re never gonna see each other again. so harry is trying to get over his ex and louis is looking for casual sex and there’s no doubt they’re both using each other from the start. and “using” is a harsh term bc it’s all good natured and they‘re both aware of what they’re doing, no lies or deception necessary bc it’s all consensual.
their friendship is casual and easy and so is their ”agreement.” the first time it happens is unexpected—they’re a bit tipsy and sharing a hotel room for their friend’s destination wedding and one thing leads to another. usually louis leaves after a hookup instead of sticking around until morning, but he can’t leave this time bc he literally has nowhere to go. in the morning, they don’t talk about it, and it’s a little awkward, but it becomes an inside joke between them when their friends notice the hickeys on harry’s neck at breakfast and worry over him because they think he burned himself on the curling iron while doing his hair for the wedding. they make eye contact over the table and have to stifle their laughter.
so then it happens again. and again. and it becomes a thing. harry is the one to initiate it the first time they’re back in the city, sending louis a needy text in a moment of weakness, but louis shows up at his door right away and they don’t talk about it.
which isn’t to say they don’t talk at all—they’re actually really chatty, except when it comes to sleeping together, which is unspoken. harry enjoys chilling in bed afterwards, turning over onto his side, and talking louis’ ear off. it starts with ranting about his ex and turns into discussing novels and films and their jobs and their families. harry likes to ask louis about work because he loves hearing about all his nerdy math stuff and he knows louis will talk to him in his soft raspy voice, tracing his fingertips over harry’s shoulder until harry falls asleep.
louis never stays until the morning, always leaves sometime when harry is passed out from the impressive number of orgasms wrung out of him. harry tells himself that’s fine, that he doesn’t mind.
And Touch Me Like You Never by runaway_train @runaway-train-works
Length: 36k
“Lets move back a bit yeah?” Harry clutches at his waist with a free hand and tugs him to move through the crowd until they are almost at the back of the group and settles them both beside the far wall. “There. That better?”
Louis looks up at him, as if he’s a tad dazed. “Uh, yeah, thanks. Can’t really see much from back here either though.”
Harry lifts a shoulder and grins at him, placing a hand on the wall behind Louis to pen him in. “We’ll just have to create our own fireworks then, won’t we?” He says it jokingly with a wink, and Louis laughs but he seems nervous. He must know that Harry is harmlessly flirting. Harry flirts with everyone after all, including Louis.
“Do you think this is a good idea Haz?” Louis asks quietly, almost too quietly in the clamour of the room, his head bowed as he scuffs his shoe on the carpet.
“Stop over thinking it Lou, it’s one kiss. What’s the worst that could happen?”
Or
The one where Harry and Louis agree to be each other’s New Year’s kiss and it ends up being a lot more than they bargained for.
When Louis's upcoming heat threatens his success at his new dream job, he asks the best (and only) person he can think of to help him through it: his best mates' best mate, Harry Styles. Harry reluctantly accepts, and together the two navigate a strange friends with benefits relationship that quickly turns complicated.
Nooo wait if Harry is seeing a guitar-playing poetry guy, maybe the guy spends weeks being all private about this one poem set to music and implying it’s about his love and Harry is all begging to hear it but then the night of the poetry reading/open mic, he plays its and ITS ABOUT SOMEONE ELSE. Another guy who is there and he gets off stage and they kiss afterward and Harry is left heartbroken!!
oh my god this is so valid lol, harry being 100% certain the love poem is about him, except.. it’s not hahshshsh yep definitely adding this in
(1) i just had an idea for a fic i dont know what to do with it tbh so i came to you cause i love the way your write! friends with benefits h&l where they both try to forget about their exes and they find comfort talking about their heartbreak to each other throughout the fic; they're very open while being friends and they talk a lot but when they have sex it's that kind of unspoken thing where they dont look at each other and imagine their ex
Anonymous said: (2) like obviously i know it's kind of cliché but i feel like with the way you write, it can be so emotional and you could make their relationship into a very well developed one idk i just could see it in a very well portrayed universe by you
oh I love this 💕 thank you for thinking of me and sharing this idea! I don’t think I’ve ever written fwb before (?) so I’d be totally up for this! if you have any more ideas or specifics I’d love to hear them. it would be really cool to explore each of their insecurities as they’re coming from different relationships
