This is a fic rec of my favorite Regency era One Direction fics as requested in this ask. You can find all my other fic recs here. If you enjoy the fics, please leave kudos and comments for the writers! Happy reading!
🌸 Lightning Strikes The Heart by @justalarryblog
@fournipplesau
(E, 130k, Bridgerton au, Regency era, enemies to friends to lovers, a/b/o, alpha Harry, omega Louis, heartache, angst with a happy ending, mating, first time, virgin Louis, angry sex, emotional sex, fluff, smut)
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🌸 The Murmur of Yearning by MediaWhore /@mediawhorefics
(M, 93k, widow fic, historical, Regency/Victorian era, arranged marriage, past abuse, minor character death, slow burn, trauma, anger, happy ending)
Four years ago, Harry Styles was forced into a marriage of convenience to enrich and ally both his and his promised's families.
🌸 won't you wear my watermark by@bottomlinsons
(E, 90k, Regency era, historical, soulmates, slow burn, soul marks, sexual tension, sexual awakening, angst, pining, smut)
The new Earl of Harrisson is a young man, an impulsive romantic, forced to shoulder too much responsibility far too soon.
🌸 Mead Of Poetry by MyEnglishRose /@lwtisloved
(E, 65k, a/b/o, alpha Harry, omega Louis, Regency era, The Viscount Who Loved Me adaptation, jealousy, misunderstandings, dancing, rivalry, angst with a happy ending, enemies to lovers, slow burn, smut)
Under the pressure of continuing the Styles viscountcy line now that he is getting older, Harry sets himself three rules to finally settle down and marry: firstly, the omega needs to be reasonably attractive, secondly, they must be of great mind, thirdly, they cannot be anyone he would ever fall in love with.
🌸 Lend Me Your Hand by QuickedWeen /@becomeawendybird
(M, 63k, soulmates au, Regency era, historical, soul marks, London, flirting, Viscount Louis, fluff, light angst, smut)
Society has long since decided that the soulmarks everyone is born with are entirely unfashionable.
🌸 If I Loved You Less by@allwaswell16
(E, 36k, Regency era, a/b/o, alpha Harry, omega Louis, aristocracy, courting rituals, dancing, secrets, light angst, pining, historical, scenting, heat, smut)
Louis has the aristocracy at his feet and all the suitors he could hope for, but his secrets may ruin his chance at a love match.
🌸 Our Sweetest Memorial by @softfonds
(E, 35k, Regency era, Persuasion au, slow burn, hate to love, mpreg Harry, getting back together, exes to lovers)
Ever since Harry was forced to break off an engagement five years ago, he resolved to never marry for the remainder of his life.
🌸 Lies & Liability by 4ureyesonly28 / @evilovesyou
(M, 34k, a/b/o, alpha Louis, omega Harry, fake/pretend relationship, Regency era, strangers to lovers, hurt/comfort, pining, horse riding, dueling, heat, no smut)
Harry Styles has only three wishes when he leaves River Dane Manor to go to Town for his first season: that his sister has rented a townhouse that will provide him as many of the comforts of the country life he has grown accustomed to as possible, that he will not trip and fall when he is presented to Her Majesty the Queen, and that he will enter matrimony out of true love, no matter how favourable the match with any which alpha may be.
🌸 Something Wicked This Way Comes by @mugglemirror
(E, 16k, murder mystery, Regency era, sexual tension, unreliable narrator, angst, jealousy, enemies to lovers, rimming, smut)
A regency murder mystery au where Louis is married to an earl and Harry is a detective.
🌸 Autumn at Fairbridge Hall by noellehenry / @noellehenryfics
(M, 14k, Regency era, country house, ball, fox hunting, marriage proposal, historical, North Yorkshire, smut)
Mr. Louis Tomlinson hosts an Autumn Ball and a Fox Hunting Party at his estate Fairbridge Hall, with the intention of finding suitable husbands for his younger sisters.
🌸 Trust Me Tonight by 28sunflowers / @vintageumbroshirt
(E, 10k, royal au, Regency era, sexual inexperience, virgin Harry, arranged marriage, mpreg Harry, Prince Harry, Prince Louis, smut)
After Harry’s eighteenth birthday, his father calls him into a meeting to say that he is to be married to Prince Louis of France in just over a week.
🌸 Sigh for Sigh by logogram /@et-y-etc
(E, 10k, a/b/o, alpha Harry, omega Louis, Regency era, miscommunication, pining, angst with a happy ending, historical, marriage of convenience, knotting, smut)
When his father's sudden illness forces Harry to get married in a hurry, he's delighted that Lord Louis Tomlinson is the one who makes him an offer.
🌸 I Think I Dreamed You Into Life by patdkitten /@doncasterkitten
(T, 5k, Regency era, historical, royalty, Regency romance, writer Louis)
When Louis falls asleep in front of his laptop, things get a little odd: he wakes up inside the world of his book.
🌸 a long road to london by words_unravel
(M, 25k, Louis/Liam, A Week to be Wicked adaptation, Regency era, fake/pretend relationship)
Despite their contrary companionship, Louis Tomlinson convinces Captain Liam Payne, formerly of Her Majesty's Navy, to run away and elope with him.
🌸 Yours, Truly by @hkafterdark
(T, 12k, Louis/Liam, letters, Regency era, historical, epistolary)
A tale in letters of, among other things: scandal, terrible attempts at flirting, homesickness, Society, misadventures involving members of Parliament, and falling in love.
