Just finished Netflix‘ „Holiday Secrets“ in one sitting, in German because that’s my native and wow.
WTF I‘m speechless. After watching the first 15 minutes I texted my friend „omg there’s a Christmas-themed German mystery mini series that’s very much like Dark“ and wtf.
I‘m just empty, I can’t feel anything anymore. I felt so much stuff that happened and every character was so great EXCEPT OF FUCKING PETER AND FUCKING OLAF AND FUCKING MORITZ (Lara WTF you can do so much better) and aggggh I want to talk with someone about it and I want to see Fanart and headcanons and theories so you guys better watch it! It only has 3 episodes. And this series better becomes BIG or else I’m going to cry.
Thank you so much to all the amazing authors for sharing your stories with us!
» Top 5 stories + 16 more under the cut «
Lightning Strikes Twice
by dinosaursmate | groupie Louis | famous/not famous | all the smut | drug abuse | light angst | depression | fluff | old age | 104k
“Louis Tomlinson,” Harry said slowly, shaking his head and betraying a slight grin. “What the fuck are the odds?”
“Small world,” Louis said lightly, shrugging and holding his hand out to Harry, smirk playing on his lips. “Wasn’t sure you’d remember me.”
“Haha! Please.” Harry slid his palm into Louis’, grasping and shaking it. It must’ve been… what? Thirty years?
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Two tales, one story. One: a tale of a rock star taking a shine to a fan who is different from all the others, and two: a tale of an older, washed up rock star, who - on the brink of resigning himself to a life of loneliness - finds fate intervening.
Try to not remember (rather than forget)
by hereforlou | major character injury | coma | hospitalization | angst | fluff | hurt/comfort | minor Louis/OMC | happy ending | 59k
Harry hadn’t left, not really. He had been right there the entire time. And that’s what had made it worse, knowing that his body was within touching distance but his mind, everything that made Harry Harry, was lost somewhere Louis wasn’t able to reach.
He hadn’t left, but that’s what it had felt like most of the time. Just as if one day Harry had up and left him.
(Or the one where Harry wakes up.)
Holiday Secrets
by mafkaast | pining | secrets | christmas | Tomlinson Twins | 84k
Harry Styles, a charming, kind and family-oriented lad, is in his second year of University, studying abroad in the United States. When Harry can’t afford to go home for Christmas, his roommate William Tomlinson takes him along to his family. William rarely talks about or visits his own family and seems very private about his twin brother Louis. Immediately upon meeting William’s large, loud family, Harry is intrigued with Louis. He is alluring yet awfully shy and secretive. And even when they grow closer to each other, Louis continues to remain somewhat frightened and distant. What is Louis hiding, what is his secret?
Now In A Minute
by thealmightyavocado | 13 going on 30 | childhood friends | famous/not famous | humour | fluff | little angst | 90s | 150k
13 feels like yesterday for many people, but for Louis it actually was.
More than anything in the world, Louis Tomlinson dreams of growing up. Simply skipping over all of the awkward, embarrassing years of teenage existence and getting on with life. Real life.
So when thirteen-year-old Louis wakes up in the body of his thirty-year-old self, he expected everything in his adult life to be picture perfect. And maybe it is. He has it all…or so it seems.
Except his favorite person and lifelong best mate, Harry Styles, is totally missing from the equation and Louis doesn’t understand why. He has a lot of catching up to do and as adult life turns out to be more than what he bargained for, Louis can’t help wondering why a life that seemed so perfect, feels so empty.
Or the 13 going on 30 au that should have been done years ago.
Saving's What I Need
by jaerie for 1000 Feelings For Which There Are No Names Challenge | werewolves | car accidents | medical inaccuracies | medical procedures | surgery | 17k
We've all had those moments. A flash of something on the side of the road, a swerve, an instinctual slam on the break pedal. This is the story of the one time Louis' reflexes were just not quite quick enough and the beautiful white dog that was on the other side of the impact. He just doesn't know that beautiful dog is Harry.
Christmas at the Holly Lodge
by lululawrence for Secret Santa HL Fic Exchange | christmas | meet-cute | fluff | humour | light angst | 17k
Harry made his way to the back of the lodge and saw a building that looked like it used to be a barn, that had obviously had some renovations done. The lights were on and it looked a little like Santa’s workshop. As Harry walked closer, he saw that one of the windows was cracked open and through it came the tune of Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas is You. Dancing along was the most beautiful man Harry had ever seen.
The guy was really going to town, too. It looked like he was organizing boxes of ornaments or something, but he had taken time to pause and hold up...was that a hot glue gun?...to sing into so he was belting right along with Mariah.
Harry covered his mouth with his gloved hand to hold back the giggles, and continued walking. He didn’t want to disturb the guy and embarrass him by letting him know he’d been seen. It was adorable and Harry needed to make sure he had a better first impression than that. He could already tell this visit was going to be interesting.
Or the one where Louis is the owner of the Holly Lodge, Harry is an investment advisor, and maybe Christmas miracles really do exist.
Sidewalk angels echo hallelujah
by nooelgallagher | christmas | miracles | 10k
“It’s Christmas,” his mum says, like that changes anything. “And miracles work overtime at Christmas. Look at you.”
When Louis' dog goes missing 7 days before Christmas, he doesn't have much hope for a Christmas reunion. But miracles come in all shapes and sizes, and Harry just might take the form of his.
Break Me Down, Build Me Up
by alex4968 | period-typical homophobia | 1800s early 1900s | 16k
America, as it’s been told, is the world of riches. Men and women alike can come to the land of the free and achieve the American dream, regardless of their background. He wanted nothing more than to create a better life for his sisters, for himself, and perhaps for his future. Harry Styles was never a part of the plan.
[or: Louis moves his family to America to try and find a better life. Harry finds him instead.]
Miles to go before I sleep
by elizamackenzie for LiteLarry Quote Challenge | winter | magic | angst | happy ending | pining | 23k
Harry lets out a sigh, and says it in the simplest way he can, “I go to bed on March 20th and I wake up on December 21st. And for me…” he lets out another breath, shaking his head a bit, “It doesn’t feel like a single day has passed.”
Louis blinks, the words slowly settling around them. “So, for the rest of the months you just…”
“I don’t exist.” And Harry can see the way the information hits Louis, his expression dropping suddenly, his shoulders slumping. Because there is a world of difference between being somewhere else for nine months and not being anywhere at all. Between voluntarily choosing to go—and potentially to stay—and having no choice in the matter. Between nine months of phone calls and visits and texts. And nothing.
Always You
by DuchessKitty16 for 50 Reasons to Have Sex Larry Fic Fest | Near-Death-Experience | minor character death | car accident | 7k
Reason #26: Celebrating the Joy of Life After a Near-Death Experience
Old friends from Uni gather for their friend Luke’s funeral in California. It’s the first time that former best friends Louis and Harry have seen each other since they fought bitterly three years before, when Harry decided to move from London to NYC with his fiancé Isaac. Louis had despised Isaac and always let Harry know it. In reality, Louis was so in love with Harry that it clouded all rational thinking when it came to Harry’s relationship with Isaac.
Harry and Isaac have since divorced but although Harry has reconnected with all of their other friends, he’s never reached out to Louis, and Louis is still angry about it. Forced to travel to the wake together in Harry's car, Louis and he fight bitterly, not realizing that a 16-wheeler is barreling down the hill towards them, just as Louis drops the bombshell that he's in love with Harry and always has been.
Harry is just barely able to maneuver the car out of the way of the truck, and in the aftermath of Louis' confession and still feeling the adrenaline rush of barely escaping with their lives, they fall into a passionate embrace and show each other how much they've always cared.
This bed was never made for just me.
by pastelgoth | kid fic | angst | grief/mourning | witness protection | post mpreg | 12k
AU. Louis has been gone for over eighteen months. Harry wishes he wasn't about to celebrate their daughters birthday without him.
Dreaming of you
by orphan_account | college/university | infidelity | smut | angst| casual Liam/Louis | 10k
It’s as he’s smoking on their shitty little balcony that it really dawns on Louis. These thoughts he’s having are about Alex’s boyfriend. His brother’s boyfriend. Louis is an awful person.
He’s always been the kind of person to want what he can’t have and while he’s never wanted anything like this, he can’t stop thinking about it now. How small he’d look next to Harry. How he could easily pin Louis to a wall. How good his long, thick fingers would feel on him, in him . He feels his dick twitch and leans against the cold glass door leading back into the house.
[or; Louis falls in love with his brother's boyfriend.]
I need home (our tangled bones)
by togetherwecouldbealright | kid fic| fluff | pining | 68k
Louis runs a record label and Harry is his daughter's new nanny. Over the course of a year, Harry helps Louis learn what it really is to be a father and somehow they find an unexpected home in each other.
Or, the kid fic where Louis wants to make Harry a star, Zayn just needs everyone to stop being stupid, Niall laughs his arse off at everything, Liam attempts to keep things in order and Harry takes a chance.
There is a Light
by perfectdagger | Christmas | New Year's | fluff | little angst | kid fic | single parents | 18k
Louis and his daughter have had a pretty bad year and things start to change when Harry tries to buy the same doll Louis intended to buy for his little girl for Christmas.
Two girls.
Two fathers.
Two families, meeting and becoming exactly what the other needed during the holidays.
Christmas/New Years AU in which Harry and Louis are single parents and they meet at an odd encounter at the toy shop and somehow, they end up together, bonded by their little ones.
For Reasons Wretched and Divine
by indiaalphawhiskey for 1D Reverse Bang 2017 | enemies to friends to lovers | bullying | homophobic language | betrayal | angst| 94k
Ten years ago, Harry Styles was just a nerdy kid with one friend and a debilitating crush on the captain of his school’s football team. He thought the stars were smiling down on him the day he and Louis Tomlinson were paired for their end-of-term Literature project. But because Harry’s life is decidedly not a fairytale, the budding friendship quickly leads to the least happy ending of all time.
Now, Harry Styles is a household name. Barely twenty-seven with two Grammy nominations to his name, the singer-songwriter is poised to take the music industry by storm with his highly anticipated third album. So, what happens when the best producer in the business is also the only person Harry’s vowed never to speak to again?
An AU in two parts. Two boys, two stories, and hopefully, two chances at love.
Strength in Softness
by larrymylove | hurt/comfort | past abuse | gyms | fluff | banter | teasing | light dom/sub | light bdsm | 16k
"As soon as he saw Harry’s picture, he froze. It was a picture of Harry practicing his boxing, heavy black gloves covering his fists as he punched at a bag hanging from the ceiling. His face was focused and he looked like an absolute beast. Louis reached out and touched the picture with his finger, consistently amazed by the duality of Harry. As he started at the picture, he wondered if Harry had pink nail varnish on his toes when it was taken, and what other tattoos and secrets he had buried underneath his workout gear and hard expression."
Or, the one in which Harry is a boxer/trainer, and teaches Louis that there can be, and is, strength in softness.
The Haunting of Louis Tomlinson
by HelloAmHere | magical realism | ghosts | supernatural elements | ambiguous/open ending | 11k
“I'm not afraid of ghosts,” Louis said.
Every single magnet unstuck itself from the fridge and fell to the floor in a clattering cascade.
“I'm only a little afraid of ghosts,” Louis said.
Too Much To Bare
by soloistharold for 1D Reverse Bang 2017 | kid fic | pining | emotional infidelity | angst | 18k
"From where Harry was sitting, Louis’ face looked more angular, more mature. He found himself studying Louis’ features, from the way his hair fell against his forehead, to the prominence of his cheekbones, to the dip of his cupid’s bow, and finally, to the subtle curve of his small lips.
He stared and stared and stared, noticing how his eyes crinkled every time he laughed at one of Chandler’s stupid jokes, watching the way his mouth moved when he smiled, feeling a slight yearning in his chest for more contact. He wanted to reach forward, maybe tuck a stray strand of hair behind his ear, press his lips against the warmth of Louis’ cheek… perhaps let them wander to the right a bit and capture Louis’ lips in a kiss.
He wondered what Louis would do if Harry kissed him. Would he get mad and push him away? Or would he welcome it? Maybe bring a hand up to cup Harry’s cheek and use the other to stroke his hair.”
OR Harry has been in love with Louis for as long as he can remember despite his many efforts to move on, until finally, in a last ditch attempt to put it all behind him, Harry pushes away everyone he loves.
My Sweetest Downfall
by kiwikero for One Direction Big Bang: Round Five | guardian angels | famous/non-famous | angst | happy ending | forbidden love | 42k
Louis is a retired guardian angel. After the death of his last charge, he became jaded. Humans die—what use is prolonging the inevitable?
He's more than happy to forget about humanity altogether until one day, when Louis is pulled from his desk job for a new assignment: protect One Direction's Harry Styles. It doesn't help that there's something about Harry that Louis can't resist, and it's making him question everything he's ever known. Humans are strictly off limits, and breaking that rule means risking everything, but Harry just might be worth it.
This is a story about forgiveness and discovery, featuring an angel who wants to be a little more human and a human who is so much more than he seems.
Night Out
by HelloAmHere | part I of the Symphony Hall series |a/b/o | ONS | banter | mild dom/sub | smut | 9k
Symphony hall was the first place Louis had felt at home in this city, and he always had the box to himself. Until tonight.
I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
by Anonymous for HL Winter Fic Fest 2017 | neighbours | meet-cute | christmas | fluff | 7k
Louis takes a deep breath, and replies very quickly to get it over with, “Well, see, I don’t have any heat in my flat right now and it’s hard enough to go to sleep when I’m bloody freezing—”
“Oh god. And my music’s gone and made it even worse,” Harry cuts in.
“Well, it only went out today,” Louis explains, “So it wasn’t that bad before, erm. Now.”
“Before?” Harry asks, horrified. “How long has this been?”
“Oh, erm,” Louis folds his hands where they hang in front of him and admits, “All week.”
Harry visibly wilts. He looks so sad, it makes Louis feel awful. He’s gone and crushed someone’s Christmas spirit. Some beautiful boy who looks like Danny Zuko is sad now and it’s Louis’ fault, which means he doesn’t stand a chance at being the cute neighbor from the floor below. And now he’s going to have to sleep in his freezing cold flat knowing he may as well have ruined Christmas.
Or, Louis' heat is out, Harry's a terrible upstairs neighbor, and an empty Christmas tree is the perfect excuse to fall in love.
I Just Want You (For My Own)
by Anonymous for HL Winter Fic Fest 2017 | office party | secret santa | pining | mutual pining | fluff | 6k
“I made it so that you’re Harry Styles’ secret santa!” Niall practically shouted, clearly excited by his handiwork.
Louis blinked once, twice, three times.
“I’m sorry, I must be hearing things because it sounded like you just said that you made me Harry Styles’ secret santa, which I know can’t possibly be true,” Louis said evenly with a shake of his head.
“Oh, but it is! I did!” Niall exclaimed happily.
Or, Niall is tired of listening to Louis pine over the cute, curly-haired boy who works on the fourth floor, so he rigs the company’s secret santa. Holiday antics ensue.
Take Your Time
by Layne Faire for LiteLarry Quote Challenge | friends to lovers | pining | light angst | fluff |happy ending | 11k
When Harry finds himself in the middle of a messy break-up with no place to live, Louis offers a spare room in his flat. Unbeknownst to Harry, Louis has been infatuated for years. Over the objections of their friends, who know the truth, Harry accepts. Can Louis survive Harry moving into his home…and closer to his heart? Will Harry see what's right in front of him?
