the moon knows

vi (harrysmaison)'s side blog for fics my ao3 is yourdelicatepov

[howdididisco]

In Alleyways and Fire-escapes by yourdelicatepov

M | 25.6K

Louis's life has been a drag since Harry left him. He's stuck between uni and his part-time bar job, occasionally hooking up here and there. He hates Harry for leaving, and the fact that he can't forget him. But at least he's got Zayn- his flatmate and only real friend who's also the least problematic person ever. Louis wishes he could just move on and find joy, but, spoiler alert, things are about to get real messed up.

[erohda]

Paris AU Fic Rec

1. Je Vole (34k)

Harry and Louis are thieves in Paris. They’re all the other has.

2. Eiffel In Love (53k)

All Louis and Harry had was Paris and ten days to fall for each other. But, of course, they never really needed that long.

3. Une Photographie D'Amour (27k)

Louis gets lost in Paris and Harry shows him around in exchange for a photo.

4. Paradisiac (73k)

Louis runs away from his home, and right into Harry. They meet on a train travelling 300 km/h to Paris.

5. I Know You Have a Heavy Heart (I Can Feel it When We Kiss) (14k)

In which Louis is spending New Year’s alone in France but he’s definitely not running away, and Harry is a french florist with an ever present smile who cares a lot. They meet a cold night in the outskirts of Paris.

6. Tiptoe Through Our Shiny City (7k)

The one where they’re two strangers on a train and end up spending the day in Paris. Because that’s what you do when you’re young and definitely not in love.

7. Love me blue (79k)

Sequel for Under the Lights Tonight. Louis Tomlinson loves milky tea, a strong contour, the Paris skyline, and Harry Styles. Just not necessarily in that order.

8. Talking to the Moon (5k)

A boy with blue eyes, a vampire with red lips, and Paris

9. Too Soon (69k)

It wasn’t as though Louis Tomlinson hadn’t been in the tabloids about his diva-like behaviour. Tantrums, mood-swings and temper were all mentioned in those articles. But what it all boiled down to was brattishness. Louis Tomlinson was a brat and now Harry had to photograph him.

10. Paris Holds the Key (9k)

Culinary AU. Harry is an extern pâtissier abroad for three months, Niall gets him the job, Louis is a cheeky server who only speaks French, and Liam is Harry’s boss and really likes Zayn’s bread.

11. Rose and White Dawn (36k)

It’s not about being scared. It’s about being reasonable, doing the right thing. Eventually Louis would do something to Harry he couldn’t fix, and the thought of that boy breaking beneath him is too much to—it’s not fair. It’s not fair to Harry. He should be able to love someone that can love him back, no questions asked. Easy, easy, easy.

Louis can’t love properly anymore. He doesn’t know how.

He just knows how to take, how to run. How to stain a body black with his hands.

12. Undertow (15k)

As if Harry’s world wasn’t already on the brink of change, a twist of fate turns the man he once photographed in the streets of Paris and never forgot from faint memory, to a one night stand, to even more. He wishes he could say he fought harder not to be pulled into the undertow, but he really, really didn’t.

credit for manip (x)

more fics

[berrystainedsue]

28th april fic rec!

what an insane month for this fandom lololol from friendship breakups (again) to engagements. i thought i hadn't read much this month but theres some goodies in here <3

Who I Am, and All I've Ever Known (19K) by louislittletomlintum | @louislittletomlintum

"Good boy,"

The TV in Harry's mind switched off, the static grey mess of pixels and harsh white noise clicking over, black taking over the screen in an absorbing way that led to pure calm.

or the one where harry gets an opportunity to show off how he's the very best sub louis has ever had

꩜ ꩜ ꩜ ꩜

You Make Lovin' Fun (109K) by homosociallyyours | @homosociallyyours

Harry is a 28 year old travel writer at a gay magazine who gets the assignment to go a lesbian cruise. She figures it's a nice chance to have some fun in the sun, but she's not expecting much else-- even if her partner and best friend are both encouraging her to hook up with someone while she's there. 

When she locks eyes with a gorgeous silver fox from across the room, she starts to think she could've been wrong. There are lots of things standing in the way of anything real happening with her and Louis, but that doesn't stop them from falling for one another. True love isn't always easy, but they do make lovin' fun.

꩜ ꩜ ꩜ ꩜

you're just like an angel (your skin makes me cry) (41K) by littlefondheart

It was a Wednesday evening when Louis broke up with Rry. It was a Wednesday evening 5 years later, when Rry realized she was a woman. And it was a Wednesday evening when she found out, that in five weeks, she’d be seeing Louis for the first time since her transition.

In the silence that followed, Rry could feel the weight of a decade condensed into a single held breath. There are memories that resist burial, that jostle against the grave markers of new identities.

And so it began; she spent five weeks remembering, pouring over their horrific, beautiful story.

꩜ ꩜ ꩜ ꩜

to what happened in monaco! (19K) by boyfriendstages

Louis is used to looking after difficult guests at Palais Solstice in Monte Carlo. He’s not used to looking after a spoiled, glitter-brained omega who smells like heat and trouble, sprawls out in uncontained clothes, and doesn’t have a clue what he’s doing to Louis (and Louis’ inner alpha).

So. A week in Monaco, a job Louis can’t walk away from, and the slow slide from irritation to something much filthier.

꩜ ꩜ ꩜ ꩜

[series] Out of Our Systems (56K) by Rearviewdreamer | @all-these-larrythings

After a year of long distance, Louis knows exactly what to expect when he and Harry finally move in together. An endless loop of good morning kisses, romantic weekends exploring the city, and falling asleep in each other's arms every night is all they’ve ever wanted. Then, they meet Zayn.

꩜ ꩜ ꩜ ꩜

spill out all of your love for me (24K) by hershelrogue

It sounds simple in her head. Then she imagines telling her girlfriend about the tentacle dildo hidden in the back of her closet, and she can’t help but wonder how that would be received.

She knows it is fucking weird. She is weird in general, but a tentacle dildo would probably freak Louis out completely. How do you even tell someone that?

Hey, I know I said I don’t like dildos, but I have this tentacle one that really fucking rocks.

or: harry has been dating her girlfriend, louis for months and while everything is mostly perfect, she has one single problem; she wants louis to fuck her with her tentacle dildo.

꩜ ꩜ ꩜ ꩜

service entry (9K) by fckingfreakshow

the one where harry is a slutty cater waiter and louis’ favorite thing to eat.

꩜ ꩜ ꩜ ꩜

please yourself like you mean it (10K) by InsightfulInsomniac | @insightfulinsomniac

Harry Styles, model-turned-influencer, is a household name for nearly anyone under the age of forty, thanks to his popular brand, Pleasing. It seems like the entire young adult population can be found walking the streets in a Pleasing branded crewneck and with Pleasing polish decorating their nails. The world has bought into Harry Styles, and thus, into Pleasing.

Except for Louis Tomlinson. Call him cynical, but he's thirty-three, lives in an expensive, empty apartment in New York, and only lives for his job and his weekly pub night with his best friend. Harry Styles means nothing to him... until his marketing firm acquires Pleasing's next campaign: sex toys (and personal lubricant).

He's not happy about the new partnership, and he's not afraid to make his displeasure known. Even if that means saying it to Harry Styles' unfairly pretty face. What could go wrong?

꩜ ꩜ ꩜ ꩜

[series] Piece by Piece by SadaVeniren (45K) | @sadaveniren

He rubbed his hand over his lower stomach and closed his eyes. Louis was going to lose his fucking mind.

(aka Harry tells Louis he's pregnant and it goes as expected)

꩜ ꩜ ꩜ ꩜

amore (19K) by sallysimpsons | @leojfitz

or: Harry and Louis have been friends for ages, sleeping together any chance they get. One night in Rome, Harry decides that it's time to confess his feelings.

꩜ ‧.°. 𖦹.°.‧ ꩜‧.°.𖦹 .°.‧ ꩜ ‧.°. 𖦹.°.‧ ꩜‧.°.𖦹 .°.‧

stat time!!!

651,215 words read (143% more than last month) + an extra 100K because i FINALLY finished my jilted bride fic and started beta reading!! (follow me on @sunflower-sue for updates)

20 fics read (33% less than last month)

18 authors (-28% less than last month)

i’d love to know if youve read any of my recs!

[allwaswell16]

A fic rec of One Direction friends to lovers fics as requested via dm. This is part two, and you can find part one here. Please leave kudos and comments for the writers! You can find my other recs here. Happy reading!

- Louis / Harry -

☕️ The Greatest Thing by @infinitelymint

(E, 163k, canon) Harry and Louis haven’t spoken since the band broke up when a dangerous combination of Niall Horan, tequila, and an ordained Elvis impersonator means that the two of them have to embark on their biggest publicity stunt to date - together.

☕️ This Multiplicity of Powers by @helloamhere

(E, 149k, superheroes) Maybe there’s a universe where he doesn’t have to keep all his secrets on the inside. But this isn’t that universe. //an X-Men AU.

☕️ For the Right Reasons by @juliusschmidt

(E, 105k, Bachelor au) Harry doesn’t agree to be the Bachelor expecting to find love. Louis may have signed up to be a contestant on the Bachelor, but he’s not interested a ring or a proposal, not from Harry, not from anyone. He wouldn’t turn down a few more Instagram followers, though.

☕️ Have Love, Will Travel by @kingsofeverything

(E, 97k, road trip) Rather than spend the summer working at their desks, Louis and Harry are given the opportunity to crisscross the country together in a tiny camper, filming their adventures for a YouTube series.

☕️ Chasing, Searching, Dreaming by @parmahamlarrie

(E, 46k, kid fic) Harry has known who his soulmate is since he was twenty years old, and ever since, he has been waiting for Louis to be ready for him. The unexpected passing of Louis' mum, and the fact that now he is the guardian of his twin two-year-old little siblings, just means that Harry is going to have to wait a bit longer.

☕️ Looking Through You by @allwaswell16

(E, 41k, famous/not famous) just as Harry is set to embark on his next world tour, a drunken confession causes a rift between once inseparable friends. As Harry tries to make sense of his feelings for Louis, he begins writing his next album to express them

☕️ (but maybe all along) i'm afraid by localopa / @voulezloux

(T, 39k, grief) the five stages of realizing you’ve been in love with your best friend, who definitely doesn’t feel the same, this whole time.

☕️ hard times in elmsmere by @stylinsoncity

(M, 37k, time travel) for louis, being a full-fledged vampire complicates everything, not just his relationship with harry but with harry’s entire coven who took Louis in as an orphan.

☕️ Snow In Love by @lululawrence

(NR, 33k, fake relationship) For the first time since middle school, they are both single for the holidays leaving them with the brilliant idea to take each other as their dates to work events. To make things easier they will pretend like they’re dating. But then they learn something funny. People thought they were already dating. Weird.

☕️ 'cause I want you (for the worse and for the better) by nonsensedarling / @absoloutenonsense

(NR, 26k, omegaverse) When Louis gets invited along to Anne's wedding, Harry is prepared to let people think whatever they want about their relationship. That's what Louis said -- let people think whatever they want. That changes when Louis sees his ex, who turns out to be Anne's future husband's son. 

☕️ On a starlit night by @lunarheslwt

(M, 24k, Omegaverse) omega and future Luna Louis is holding a mating ceremony to find his mate, but what he doesn’t expect to see amongst the alphas vying for his hand, is a familiar, yet unexpected face: Harry Styles.

☕️ I Left My Heart In Every Chorus by FelintoGirl / @felinto-girl

(G, 15k, love confession) The five times a pining Harry sang karaoke with his friend Louis, who didn’t get the gist of the song selections, and the one time Louis finally got it.

☕️ Captain Cupid by @2tiedships2

(NR, 15k, omegaverse) the one where Niall enlists his friends to help start a speed dating side hustle. Things don't go as planned... or maybe they do?

☕️ Awaken As Mine by thinlines / @thinlinez

(E, 9k, Omegaverse) Omega Harry was sure he had found his alpha, but how to get reading crazed, bookworm Louis to look twice at him was a mystery for the ages.

☕️ I Roll 'til I Change My Luck by larry_hiatus / @emilarry

(T, 8k, disabled character) Dating is hard enough when you're gay. When Louis reveals to his Tinder matches that he uses a wheelchair and has a service dog, things tend to get even more complicated. Too bad the guys on dating apps aren't as sweet and understanding as his best friend Harry...

☕️ softness as a weapon by @ursulalequeen

(NR, 7k, body worship) Harry tries on a lingerie set. Louis walks in with a hard on and a personal mission to make him believe he’s pretty.

☕️ Close Our Eyes (Pretend We're Miles Away) by @haztobegood

(E, 5k, murder) Louis and Harry have been on the run for a day and a half now. It’s a hard situation to be in, and they’ve been trying to cope the best they can since their relaxing girls’ weekend at a rented cabin turned into a living nightmare.

☕️ In Jest by LadyLondonderry / @londonfoginacup

(T, 4k, soulmates) Louis whose soulmark is visible thanks to his low-cut top. Louis, Harry’s soulmate, who seems to either be blissfully ignorant of that fact or maliciously ignoring it. Harry would really like to know which.

- Rare Pairs -

☕️ Let's Not Fight in Vegas by YesIsAWorld / @louandhazaf

(E, 10k, Louis/Nick Grimshaw) Louis really should have told Nick that he was head over heels before Nick and Harry walked down the aisle.

☕️ It’s a Craving Not a Crush by LetTheMusicMoveYou / @letthemusicmoveyou28

(E, 9k, Liam/Louis) the one where Liam and Louis are best bros who end up getting married so that Liam has the insurance he needs to go to rehab. Now that he’s sober, they can get divorced. But do they want to?

[theficpusher]

Rose Tattoo | nr | 3087 Based on this tumblr post: "I passed a flower shop next to a tattoo shop and at first I laughed because I thought it was ironic and then i freaked because imagine your OTP in a florist/tattoo artist AU."

Enchanted To Meet You | G | 4553 Harry is a kitchen witch working in a flower shop while working on his first cookbook. Louis is a green witch working at the tattoo shop next door and spending lots of his free time at the flower shop, flirting with the cute employee, whom he offered an umbrella too once.

lemongrass and sleep by moonshinelouis | E | 5370 Louis is a tattoo artist and Harry wants a rose tattoo.

Ink & Petals by nocontextshruti | G | 6268 Harry has always been told he’s too slow, too careful, too much, not enough in the ways that matter. Louis never asks him to be anything else. Between a flower shop, a tattoo studio, and a collaboration that neither of them expected, something begins to take shape-quiet, intentional, and impossible to rush. For the first time, Harry doesn’t feel like he’s falling behind. For the first time, he feels like he might actually be enough.

The Clover Guy by martianbarnes | T | 7873 “Is everything ok?” the Clover Guy said. “It’s kinda rude to stare like that, ya know?” “No, sorry. ‘S just…” Zayn made a vague gesture towards the guy’s face, but that only made the latter’s eyebrow to go higher. With a giggle escaping his mouth, Zayn had finally said, “You have a big-ass clover on your forehead, mate.”

Come On Make It Easy, Say I Never Mattered | G | 8584 "And he has totally stupid dimples when he smiles, and weirdly cool tattoos. And don’t even get me started on the actual parlor-” “Let me guess, weird and stupid?” Liam asks jokingly. “Yes! Exactly! So weird and stupid!” Louis waves his arms around to prove his point. “Mhmm, yep, I see.” Zayn had finally come back out with his water and he and Liam were leaning against the front counter watching Louis rant. “I knew I could count on you to agree with me Leemo.” “You like him,” Liam smiles smugly at the look of utter shock on Louis’ face. “What! How did you get that out of everything I said? Did you not hear me call him weird and stupid?” “Oh I heard you loud and clear,” Liam turns to Zayn. “Did you Zayn?” Louis looks at Zayn hopefully, waiting for him to prove Liam wrong. “Yep, I heard him. Sounds a lot like he likes Harry to me.” Tattoo parlor/flower shop au. Harry runs the tattoo parlor where Zayn gets his piercings done, and one fateful day Zayn brings Louis with him. Niall and Zayn scheme, Harry draws lots of flowers, Louis teases him, because what is healthy affection, and Liam pops in to act like the protective dad he is.

Roses and Daggers (Flower-shop x Tattoo-Parlour) by temptingstyles | E | 10514 Harry smirked to himself, flicking ash to the ground as he imagined Louis's reaction to what he was about to do. His fingers were already brushing against the petals of the flower Louis had just tucked behind his ear. It was ridiculous, Harry thought, the way a single soft gesture from Louis could make his knees feel weak, even after years together. But Harry wasn't about to let that tenderness win right now. He plucked the vibrant dahlia from his ear and rolled it between his fingers as a plan formed - a brat's play, calculated and guaranteed to push Louis right to the edge. Harry took one more drag, savoring the burn as his other hand moved to the zipper of his jeans. His lips curled into a wicked grin as he slid the flower down, tucking it deliberately into the zipper. Bold fuchsia against the denim was loud, ridiculous, and exactly the kind of audacity that would get under Louis's skin. He adjusted it for dramatic effect, and waited for the fireworks. - Louis, owner of the flower-shop Roses, is dragging a very stubborn and frustrated Harry Styles by his curls across the boutique lined street to Daggers, Harry's tattoo parlour, to teach him a lesson.

HL Tattoo Shop & Flower Shop [Series] by tequila-tequila | E | 11477 Harry is tired of finding watermelon seeds on his balcony every morning. So he does what any polite, young man would do: he finds out who the perpetrator is, and ask them politely to stop. The problem is, said perpetrator is local punk Louis, who likes telling pretty boys his spitting habits and gets himself into situations he really doesn't need to be in. Original Prompt: A Keeps spitting their watermelon seeds over the balcony, and B finds them and gets angry.

soft laugh meets the eyes by sunflowersue | E | 12948 Louis winks, “Nah, I like a little pain. If you know what I mean. What about you?” “Um…” Harry giggles, “Yeah, I think, I mean know, I like pain.” A florist x tattoo artist AU where Harry brings weekly blooms into Dagger Tattoo Studio, and Louis has no option but to fall in love

[hlficlibrary]

Hi! Could you recommend some road trip / travel fics where they travel the world together? xx

Hi! I have a road trip rec, so I'll list that one and include a few world travel fics, too!

✤ Road Trip

For the Right Reasons by @juliusschmidt

Harry doesn’t agree to be the Bachelor expecting to find love. He’s just hoping for an exciting jaunt around the world, half a dozen new friends, and, if he’s lucky, an amazing hj or two.

Louis may have signed up to be a contestant on the Bachelor, but he’s not interested a ring or a proposal, not from Harry, not from anyone. He wouldn’t turn down a few more Instagram followers, though.

Limerence by @allwaswell16

Louis Tomlinson needs to get away from his life for a bit. So he's going on a trip across Europe that he once planned to take with his best friend. He expects to meet up with a lot of old friends and see the sights. What he doesn't expect is to keep seeing the same (kind of annoying) TikToker everywhere he goes…

You Come Beating Like Moth's Wings by supernope

Harry smiles. He's only known Louis for about two hours, knows nothing about him past his first name, but he's nice and sarcastic and helpful and so, so pretty. And Harry's still got a few days left in Barcelona, and he thinks he wouldn't mind spending them with Louis.

Also known as, Harry takes the summer before uni to travel Europe and meets Louis in Barcelona, and they end up traveling together.

An Amazing Race Around the World (And to my Heart) by Thingssicant / @slowlyseducedbycurls

“This year marks our thirtieth race around the world, thirty seasons of teams bound by friendship, family, and even some people who just band together for the chance at the prize. But this year, we want to remove that dynamic,” Phil said, rubbing his hands together gently.

The cameras were whirring around them, trying to get every shocked face and gasp from the teams. Louis could feel a ringing in his ears, a new nervousness he hadn’t felt during the entire journey to this competition.

He was sweating more now, more than he could blame on the California sun, as Phil started to read the names of the new teams, the members hugging their loved ones before joining a complete stranger in their new allotted spot.

Or an Amazing race Hate to Lovers au

[allwaswell16]

A fic rec of One Direction friends to lovers fics as requested via dm. This is part two, and you can find part one here. Please leave kudos and comments for the writers! You can find my other recs here. Happy reading!

- Louis / Harry -

☕️ The Greatest Thing by @infinitelymint

(E, 163k, canon) Harry and Louis haven’t spoken since the band broke up when a dangerous combination of Niall Horan, tequila, and an ordained Elvis impersonator means that the two of them have to embark on their biggest publicity stunt to date - together.

☕️ This Multiplicity of Powers by @helloamhere

(E, 149k, superheroes) Maybe there’s a universe where he doesn’t have to keep all his secrets on the inside. But this isn’t that universe. //an X-Men AU.

☕️ For the Right Reasons by @juliusschmidt

(E, 105k, Bachelor au) Harry doesn’t agree to be the Bachelor expecting to find love. Louis may have signed up to be a contestant on the Bachelor, but he’s not interested a ring or a proposal, not from Harry, not from anyone. He wouldn’t turn down a few more Instagram followers, though.

☕️ Have Love, Will Travel by @kingsofeverything

(E, 97k, road trip) Rather than spend the summer working at their desks, Louis and Harry are given the opportunity to crisscross the country together in a tiny camper, filming their adventures for a YouTube series.

☕️ Chasing, Searching, Dreaming by @parmahamlarrie

(E, 46k, kid fic) Harry has known who his soulmate is since he was twenty years old, and ever since, he has been waiting for Louis to be ready for him. The unexpected passing of Louis' mum, and the fact that now he is the guardian of his twin two-year-old little siblings, just means that Harry is going to have to wait a bit longer.

☕️ Looking Through You by @allwaswell16

(E, 41k, famous/not famous) just as Harry is set to embark on his next world tour, a drunken confession causes a rift between once inseparable friends. As Harry tries to make sense of his feelings for Louis, he begins writing his next album to express them

☕️ (but maybe all along) i'm afraid by localopa / @voulezloux

(T, 39k, grief) the five stages of realizing you’ve been in love with your best friend, who definitely doesn’t feel the same, this whole time.

☕️ hard times in elmsmere by @stylinsoncity

(M, 37k, time travel) for louis, being a full-fledged vampire complicates everything, not just his relationship with harry but with harry’s entire coven who took Louis in as an orphan.

☕️ Snow In Love by @lululawrence

(NR, 33k, fake relationship) For the first time since middle school, they are both single for the holidays leaving them with the brilliant idea to take each other as their dates to work events. To make things easier they will pretend like they’re dating. But then they learn something funny. People thought they were already dating. Weird.

☕️ 'cause I want you (for the worse and for the better) by nonsensedarling / @absoloutenonsense

(NR, 26k, omegaverse) When Louis gets invited along to Anne's wedding, Harry is prepared to let people think whatever they want about their relationship. That's what Louis said -- let people think whatever they want. That changes when Louis sees his ex, who turns out to be Anne's future husband's son. 

☕️ On a starlit night by @lunarheslwt

(M, 24k, Omegaverse) omega and future Luna Louis is holding a mating ceremony to find his mate, but what he doesn’t expect to see amongst the alphas vying for his hand, is a familiar, yet unexpected face: Harry Styles.

☕️ I Left My Heart In Every Chorus by FelintoGirl / @felinto-girl

(G, 15k, love confession) The five times a pining Harry sang karaoke with his friend Louis, who didn’t get the gist of the song selections, and the one time Louis finally got it.

☕️ Captain Cupid by @2tiedships2

(NR, 15k, omegaverse) the one where Niall enlists his friends to help start a speed dating side hustle. Things don't go as planned... or maybe they do?

☕️ Awaken As Mine by thinlines / @thinlinez

(E, 9k, Omegaverse) Omega Harry was sure he had found his alpha, but how to get reading crazed, bookworm Louis to look twice at him was a mystery for the ages.

☕️ I Roll 'til I Change My Luck by larry_hiatus / @emilarry

(T, 8k, disabled character) Dating is hard enough when you're gay. When Louis reveals to his Tinder matches that he uses a wheelchair and has a service dog, things tend to get even more complicated. Too bad the guys on dating apps aren't as sweet and understanding as his best friend Harry...

☕️ softness as a weapon by @ursulalequeen

(NR, 7k, body worship) Harry tries on a lingerie set. Louis walks in with a hard on and a personal mission to make him believe he’s pretty.

☕️ Close Our Eyes (Pretend We're Miles Away) by @haztobegood

(E, 5k, murder) Louis and Harry have been on the run for a day and a half now. It’s a hard situation to be in, and they’ve been trying to cope the best they can since their relaxing girls’ weekend at a rented cabin turned into a living nightmare.

☕️ In Jest by LadyLondonderry / @londonfoginacup

(T, 4k, soulmates) Louis whose soulmark is visible thanks to his low-cut top. Louis, Harry’s soulmate, who seems to either be blissfully ignorant of that fact or maliciously ignoring it. Harry would really like to know which.

- Rare Pairs -

☕️ Let's Not Fight in Vegas by YesIsAWorld / @louandhazaf

(E, 10k, Louis/Nick Grimshaw) Louis really should have told Nick that he was head over heels before Nick and Harry walked down the aisle.

☕️ It’s a Craving Not a Crush by LetTheMusicMoveYou / @letthemusicmoveyou28

(E, 9k, Liam/Louis) the one where Liam and Louis are best bros who end up getting married so that Liam has the insurance he needs to go to rehab. Now that he’s sober, they can get divorced. But do they want to?

[1dmonthlyficroundup]

— 1D Monthly Fic Roundup —

Hi, and welcome to the 1D Monthly Fic Roundup for March 2026! Below you’ll find 1D fics that were all published this month. We hope you’ll check out these new fics! If you would like to submit your own fic, please check this post on how to submit or visit our blog @1dmonthlyficroundup​. You can find all our other posts here.

Happy reading!

＊ Dancing All Dirty by larry_hiatus / @emilarry [E, 4k, Louis/Harry]

Harry loves dancing and letting loose, especially on nights he performs. After a sign in the crowd tells him to “respectfully shake some ass,” Louis decides to take him somewhere where he can do just that. Harry has always enjoyed the club scene, but when Louis gives him a vibrating buttplug, Harry has a feeling that it will be a bit different this time.

＊ Wish You Were Here by @sunnafternoon [E, 88k, Harry/Louis]

"Nervous? Why would I be nervous to spend twelve weeks in a foreign country riding around in an old piece of junk car with a dull-as-fuck mechanic who thinks he's a model and smiles too much just to impress our mother?" Harry glares at the side of his sister's head as she backs out of the driveway. "Do you know he winked at her? He fucking winked Violet!"

"Oh, so Louis thinks he's a model, does he?"

Harry ignores her smirk. "Betrayed. Pissed off. Abused! Those are more fitting words that describe my state of mind."

Only a week ago, Harry was summoned to his mother's office, introduced to a complete stranger, and assigned the stupidest project he's ever heard of. Now, he's on his way to America to shoot videos of the newest investment properties she's acquired, and turn the footage into a travel vlog.

-or- Harry and Louis can’t stand each other and the houses they have to film turn out to be haunted. Worst. Roadtrip. Ever.

＊ Legend by @doozy4ever [T, 38k, Louis/Harry]

The former members of One Direction are gathered for an Italian holiday, all together for the first time in years. Compilation videos of music videos and questionable fashion choices and Niall's guitar lead to a conversation the boys weren't sure they would ever have. Their decisions will make Directioners' dreams come true, and might heal some relationships along the way.

-or- The 1D reunion we all wish could happen

＊ Finding Polaris by Charlie_Stardst / @charliestardst [E, 63k, Harry/Louis]

Harry and Louis' story began long before even they knew the other existed. Before the universe had shape, there were two forces whose love shattered the void and scattered itself across the cosmos, becoming everything that would ever be. Years later, two boys meet one following his dream, the other finding his. But the world they are about to enter has rules about what love looks like. Still, behind the noise, they build something real, but secrets are a monster and they lose each other to fear, timing, and an industry that demands sacrifice without mercy.

Years later, grief, unfinished promises, and the pull of something unbreakable draw them back together — forcing both men to face what they endured, what they lost, and whether love can still be chosen after everything. Can they forgive each other, themselves and allow fate to string them back together. Or will Harry run and Louis let him. A slow-burn story of grief, healing, power, devotion, and finding peace beneath the stars.

OR Two stupid boys who thought they were not enough to love and be loved in return.

＊ You make me brave by @jooles999 [E, 47k, Louis/Harry]

“For future reference, if you are going to compliment someone’s eyes you might think about being a little more descriptive, like a line in a poem…so erm you could say let me think…..erm…. like pools of emeralds glinting with sunlight shimmering though the erm.. hang on ooh yeah through the forest at twilight.” Harry sang out the words twirling his fingers as if conducting an orchestra with an exaggerated lilt of musicality in his tone.

“Harry I'm a fucking builder, you are lucky I didn't say they are green like mouldy bread so your welcome!” Louis held up his beer bottle and gestured a salute.

or Louis and Harry are both self employed builders who have been rivals for 2 years, when bidding for the same property they formed an unexpected alliance and bought a derelict Victorian property in order to prevent Cowell from demolishing it.

Harry is besotted with Louis and has had a crush on him for years. Cowell is a nasty piece of work who targets Harry because of their past, this a story of discovery and two people who help to make each other brave.

＊ Kensington Gore by @silverstuff50 [E, 56k, Harry/Louis]

Vampire Louis Tomlinson has waited decades for a promotion, but when the job is steeped in archaic laws, he needs to find a willing human to fake a lifelong bond with him until he gets promoted and changes the law.

Enter Harry Styles; beautiful, dramatic, infuriating, and luckily, willing.

While Louis is pretty sure he can handle Harry for as long as it takes to get the new law passed, he soon realises he may have bitten off more than he can drink...

＊ About the Gravity of Distant Lights by childofthelarents / @child-of-the-larents [T, 187k, Louis/Harry]

“I want him to have at least four buttons open in the front. It looked too closed-up in the picture,” Harry's manager instructed sharply through the phone. When Louis searched for his eyes, Harry was already watching him. “Should I do it?” Louis asked quietly. Harry’s nod was more of a small jerk, but it was enough. Louis rose onto his toes, slipping his fingers beneath the thin fabric to undo the top button while urging Harry to lean down, ignoring Harry’s breath against the backs of his hands. The moment stretched. Finally, all four buttons were open. When Louis stepped back, Harry instinctively followed his hands before realizing the task was finished. He straightened quickly, face burning as Louis turned him toward the mirror.

In his life as a lawyer for one of the country’s biggest TV productions, Louis is used to control, strategy, and distance. But when he becomes entangled in the chaos of their newest show, all that precision is challenged by someone impossible to ignore (featuring the infamous "The Bachelor" TV show)

＊ who is the lamb? who is the knife? by @lunaticcat28 [E, 3k, Harry/Louis]

Harry no longer has the heart to tell Louis that the daughter he lulls to sleep every night is not real. ࣪ ִֶָ☾.𓁹‿𓁹 ִֶָ☾.

After losing their daughter in a car accident, Louis starts imagining a doll he brought for her-as her. Louis is going crazy, Harry knows that. Then why does the doll’s stitched smile get more and more crooked as each day passes?

＊ Another Try May Lead To Forever by ColourfulSuitmoon / @colorfulsuitmoon [E, 9k, Louis/Harry]

When Harry reaches towards the door handle there’s suddenly a warm body pressed against his back and a hand stopping him from turning the handle. He can feel Louis’ breath on the side of his neck. It’s painfully familiar, yet somehow also a completely new situation and Harry has to close his eyes so he can focus on getting the hell out of here.

“Why are you really here, Harry?” Louis whispers in Harry’s ear and goose bumps start to litter his skin.

“I don’t know,” Harry tries again but he does know. He’s known it since he saw Louis at the stadium.

“I think you do,” Louis says softly before he grabs Harry’s wrist and turns him around. Harry blinks his eyes open and stares at Louis’ blue eyes while slumping against the door.

＊ I have some light (I want to mingle it with yours) by StormyDrama28 / @stormy-28 [G, 13k, Harry/Louis]

But Harry doesn't want them, doesn't want their sad and compassionate looks, their gentle and comforting words. Their pity. Because that's what it is, in the end. Pity to see him lose himself day after day. Pity to see him withdraw into his own dark bubble. Pity to see him destroyed by a single boy.

A boy.

Not just any boy.

The love of his life.

Or Louis is gone and Harry is drowning.

＊ We will go where none have dared to fly by refusethyname / @gonebylouist [G, 107k, Louis/Harry]

Welcome to the island of Berk. Some would describe it as your typical Viking village—small, hard and stubborn. But if you asked Louis Tomlinson, he would reply with the following: “Berk? It’s twelve days north of hopeless, a few degrees south of freezing to death, and the cherry on top has to be that it is right on top of the meridian of misery. Almost as though fate had pointed a finger at the map and declared, ‘Yes, that’s the place most likely to make you regret being born.’ In other words, it is tough.”

— aka the How To Train Your Dragon AU

＊ Give My Worst To The Curse by LetTheMusicMoveYou / @letthemusicmoveyou28 [E, 22k, Harry/Louis]

Louis hums. “True. Doesn’t mean it wouldn’t still be a risk for me to lend you a hand though. Forgive me detective, but you haven’t exactly given me many reasons to trust you over the years.”

Harry nods. He expected that response.

“No, but if you did help me, I would owe you a great debt.”

And there it is again, that wicked smile that has shivers shooting down Harry’s spine.

Of fear or excitement, Harry’s not entirely sure. And he really doesn’t want to think too hard about it.

“That is an intriguing idea.” Louis grins, his blue eyes dragging meaningfully over Harry’s face. “I must say, you would look awfully pretty in my pocket.”

(Or the one where detective Harry Styles is being framed for a high profile murder. Ironically, the only person that can seem to help him is his sworn enemy, and London’s most ruthless mob boss: Louis Tomlinson).

＊ Nothin' Sweeter Than My Baby by Worldsofdreamers / @defences-down [E, 2k, Zayn/Niall]

Heaven is a place, devotion a song played out in sighs and gasps.

- Fic Fests -

＊ 1D Angst Fest / @1dangstfest / masterpost

A One Direction fic fest for angst tropes

[homosociallyyours]

You Make Lovin’ Fun

100k girl direction, E 

Harry is a 28 year old travel writer at a queer magazine who gets the assignment to go on a lesbian cruise. She figures it’s a nice chance to have some fun in the sun, but she’s not expecting much else– even if her partner and best friend are both encouraging her to hook up with someone while she’s there. 

When she locks eyes with a gorgeous silver fox from across a crowded room, she starts to think she could’ve been wrong. There are lots of things standing in the way of anything real happening with her and Louis, but that doesn’t stop them from falling for one another. True love isn’t always easy, but they do make lovin’ fun. 

Coming June 8th to the One Direction Big Bang with art by @stelloulas

Subscribe Here!!

[sunnafternoon]

It's here! 🚨 WISH YOU WERE HERE 🚨 out now on ao3! L & H are enemies a roadtrip to take videos of vacation rental properties that turn out to be haunted. Bratrry & Jealouis, slow burn, supernatural elements, Worst. Road trip. Ever. 89K | E2L

https://archiveofourown.org/works/80453671/chapters/211267396

[homosociallyyours]

Got A New Tin Roof (And Maybe You Too)  3k, Larry, fluff by homosociallyyours

It’s Harry’s first summer in Austin, TX and to say it’s unbearably hot would be an understatement. He hopes that adding a tin roof to his back porch will stave off a little of the heat, but first he’ll need to contend with helping his hot contractor install the roof on a very warm summer day. With a little bit of flirtation and a slight chance of rain, it just might be possible Harry that could find some relief.

Written for the @wordplayfics week 4 prompt “tin”–please check out all the great fics written for this fest!!

[emilarry]

Give Me a Bite (I just can’t fight it)

19.8K ~ Explicit

Written for @bottom-harry-ficfest

Vampire Louis hasn’t thought about Harry in weeks, not since Louis stumbled out of the man’s cottage with a full stomach and empty balls and a promise that he would never see that stupid witch again. But when Louis becomes convinced that Harry cast a spell on him, the intensity of his bloodlust mixed with Harry’s adrenaline seeking could have drastic consequences.

Read it on AO3!

[so-why-let-your-voice-be-tamed]

my love will never leave you (Larry, 10,5k, T) In a world where memories are used as currency, Louis will do anything it takes for Harry to get better. This fic was written as part of the @wordplayfics challenge for the prompt “extract”. 

[away-now]

I hope everyone has had a lovely March! This month has been crazy at work, but I did get some time off to see Louis! Though that means I haven't been reading much. Don't fear though, even if this list is short it has some great fics for you to check out! Happy reading!

❃ A Nest for Two by @homosociallyyours

Louis/Harry | 1.1k | G | Nontraditional Omegaverse, Nesting

Harry and Louis are a pair of omegas who are moving into their first place together. They have a special room set aside for their nest, but it turns out that building a nest for two isn't always easy, even when you have the space for it. Fortunately they can figure it out together.

This was so sweet and soft!

❃ I'm Your Un-Wingman by @homosociallyyours

Louis/Harry | 2.3k | G | Friends to Lovers, Idiots to Lovers, Scheming

Harry and Louis are flirty best friends who have a bet about how long each of them can stay celibate. In order to win, they both (separately) ask Niall to be the opposite of a wingman, keeping the potential suitors AWAY when they go out that night. Niall agrees, but fate-- and the friendly and helpful bartender, Liam --has other plans.

They are ridiculous! Good on Niall for finally managing to knock some sense into them.

❃ Dancing All Dirty by @emilarry

Louis/Harry | 4.7k | E | Dom/Sub, Vibrators in Public, Semi Public Sex, Daddy Kink

Harry loves dancing and letting loose, especially on nights he performs. After a sign in the crowd tells him to “respectfully shake some ass,” Louis decides to take him somewhere where he can do just that. Harry has always enjoyed the club scene, but when Louis gives him a vibrating buttplug, Harry has a feeling that it will be a bit different this time.

This was amazing!

❃ All work and some play by @lunarheslwt

Louis/Harry | 6.7k | E | Dom/Sub, Massage, Edging

“How’s the article coming along, Harry?” Louis sounded like he was teasing, and it was maddening. Harry could barely tell his left from his right, lost in pleasure. “Um….” he tried, “s good,” he got out hoarsely, willing himself to keep working, typing clumsily. Louis picked up the pace slightly. “Yeah?” “Yeah, I’m nearly”- a sudden twist at the head on an upstroke had him snapping his hips up from the chair, “o-ohhh um- m nearly done, most of it- it’s done,” he managed. “Yeah? How much do you have left to write?” Louis was now tugging at him in earnest, twisting his hand on every upstroke, and Harry was jerking into his touch in little motions. “I have- oh Jesus fucking Christ- I ummm, fuckkk, like another para or two maybe god I don’t know, Lou." OR Harry is struggling with writer's block and an impending deadline, and Louis takes matters into hand, quite literally, providing him just the right kind of drive to keep going.

What a great motivational method! all Harry wants is to be good for Louis.

❃ hard times in elmsmere by @stylinsoncity

Louis/Harry | 37.7k | M | Time Travel, Vampire Louis, Witch Harry, Friends to Lovers

in elmsmere, a vampire’s need for blood is only awakened after their first feed. and with their first taste of the vein comes strength, speed and in louis’ case, raging bloodlust for harry, his best mate since the age of three. for louis, being a full-fledged vampire complicates everything, not just his relationship with harry but with harry’s entire coven who took Louis in as an orphan. he’s struggling enough to adjust to life in the present when an older version of harry magically appears to him and requests his help in the future.

I loved this one! Time travel and vampire Louis, such a treat. I love how oblivious Louis is in the beginning, and by the end he's all in.

[sunbathingwithyou]

happy march 28th! here are all my favorite 1D fics from this month.

Promise Not to Hate You by homosociallyyours / @homosociallyyours (1156)

Louis is a singer/songwriter and semi-useless lesbian who's finally decided to confess her feelings to her best friend Harry. She's doing it in a song, of course, which is both easier and harder than it sounds.

wonderland (you and i got lost in it) by tommolinson / @sunflowrry (4728)

or, the one where they get their happily ever after

or or, the fourth and final instalment of 'guys my age'

Dancing All Dirty by larry_hiatus / @emilarry (4755)

Harry loves dancing and letting loose, especially on nights he performs. After a sign in the crowd tells him to “respectfully shake some ass,” Louis decides to take him somewhere where he can do just that. Harry has always enjoyed the club scene, but when Louis gives him a vibrating buttplug, Harry has a feeling that it will be a bit different this time.

always been a consequence (when you call me baby) by tommolinson / @sunflowrry (5649)

‘miss you, baby,’ the message on his phone reads. Two words. Two words that fuel so many emotions inside him. Anger. The love he will probably always feel for him. More anger. Betrayal. Annoyance. And the urge to swipe his tongue over Louis' body and lick and bite and touch.

He pinches the bridge of his nose, fighting the inevitable headache off. Louis got under his skin too easily, and Harry knew that, he did. But there was something about him so openly admitting that he missed him that rubbed him the wrong way.

How could you miss me, he thinks. You’ve got your arms around a perfect girl’s shoulder.

or, the one where harry and louis are exes who are definitely, absolutely over each other… until they very much aren’t.

or or, the one based on 'taste back' by harry styles

(Secret) Santa, Tell Me by therogueskimo / @bravetemptation (10942)

When Louis Tomlinson's Secret Santa starts leaving him puzzle pieces and raunchy Christmas-themed pick-up lines, he's determined to figure out who in the office has a crush on him. Surely it wouldn't be any of his friends, even if he might want it to be.

the heart of the world is blue by shinyblueeyes (25016)

“Hold on— what did you say?”

Zayn heaves a sigh. “I should’ve known you weren’t listening. I said half-seven works best for Harry and should also mean we miss the dinner rush folks.”

“You invited Harry?”

“Yeah? Obviously we invited Harry, Lou. He’s Niall’s flatmate.” Zayn’s tone drips with how blatantly fed up he is with Louis. “Can you play nice for literally two fucking hours? I still don’t know why you hate him.”

Blinking, Louis turns fully to face his flatmate, alpha cringing in his chest. “What? I don’t hate him."

Zayn fixes him with a flat look. “Sure, alright.”

knives don’t have your back by turnyourankle / @turnyourankle (51358)

The lone survivor of an on campus massacre that claimed the lives of his four housemates, Harry is urged to take a sabbatical or transfer. Instead, he chooses to stay in school, move into the dorms, and overcome his fears.

He finds comfort in a budding friendship with Louis, an upperclassman who lives on his floor, not realizing that their relationship will bring him closer to his traumatizing past rather than farther from it.

my kingdom for a kiss upon her shoulder by hemakeshimstrongx / @hemakeshimstrong (55098)

"this is where i grew up! we're here for the next six months. oh, and, um, we're married now." "i'm sorry. it just sounded like you said you've taken me out of my home and into a place where flowers vomit up other flowers. i must have misheard that last part, too, because i can't seem to recall a betrothal." "it's okay if you forget that part, just don't forget the consummation."

[or: a hades!louis persephone!harry au that has long been waiting and finally prompted by the BHFF]

Kensington Gore by SilverStuff50 / @silverstuff50 (56444)

Vampire Louis Tomlinson has waited decades for a promotion, but when the job is steeped in archaic laws, he needs to find a willing human to fake a lifelong bond with him until he gets promoted and changes the law.

Enter Harry Styles; beautiful, dramatic, infuriating, and luckily, willing.

While Louis is pretty sure he can handle Harry for as long as it takes to get the new law passed, he soon realises he may have bitten off more than he can drink…

Curtain Call by pointerbrother / @pointerbrotherblog (60957)

Really, if anyone should be going flush with embarrassment, it’s Louis. He’s the one who showed up outside Harry’s hotel room in the middle of the night, sloshed off his face without a shirt on, begging for— sex, Harry thinks. Not Harry, necessarily, because he’d never beg for Harry outright, not even when he’s coming apart at the seams and fucked off his face. But sex. That’s simpler.

It wasn’t much for most, but it was a fucking moon landing for Louis.

–

As One Direction near their 'hiatus', Harry and Louis near the end of another, more complicated era.

Boyfriend by Accident by Darling28 / @darling-28 (78304)

@RobbiesAngel:

Seeking: Fake boyfriend. Mission: Survive a four-day wedding in the Highlands without being pitied or set up. Must bring charm, humour and ability to fake fondness in photos. Payment: emotional trauma and whisky. DM me if gay, unhinged and presentable.

Welcome To Another Morning (The Sun’s Still Shining But It’s Grey) by larry_says_red (143028)

In a world mostly seen in grey, colour is a rare, extraordinary gift - reserved for those who have met their true soulmate. There’s nothing one can do but listen to voices anywhere, hoping against all odds to recognise the one that will bring the colour to their life, whatever that might mean.

Louis has never seen a rainbow, nor knowingly met anyone who has. At thirty-one, he comfortably moves through life in shades of grey, never questioning what he might be missing. Soulmates? Pop culture flirts with the trope, but it feels as distant as time travel, vampires, or superheroes - more fantasy than expectation. Still, every now and then, a glimpse of art or a vivid description in a book sparks a longing for something beyond his monochrome world.

Then a new technology arrives, and while it proves a game changer for many seeking their one-in-a-lifetime relationship, it gradually turns Louis’ world upside down in ways he could never have anticipated.

*

comfort reread of the month: We’ll Be Seamless by dinosaursmate / @dinosaursmate (52085)

*

My fave WIPs that updated this month:

Cranberries by juniperlightning (56291)

A story about two people growing closer together even when the universe seems determined to keep them apart.

Good Grief by faithinthegrapejuice / @faithinthegrapejuice (339275)

Or the one where school-weirdo Harry brainiac Styles has become a palliative care doctor, school-dropout Louis arse-to-die-for Tomlinson a self-made CEO with a terminally ill best friend, and the universe thinks it’s a good idea to throw them back together after 17 years—with two kids, two dogs, a fiercely loyal circle of friends and family, and a whole lot of meant-to-be.

Here Is A Long Time Away by by turnyourankle / @turnyourankle (41383)

Louis and Harry broke up before they had the chance to come out, but the photos for their planned coming out shoot are still out there, and end up with a drop date without their consent.

Harry is shopping a movie around, and Louis has an upcoming album release on the books. Neither needs a scandal to disrupt their careers, but if they pretend to be together, they'll manage to frame the photo drop as an intentional part of their promo cycle, and they can use the publicity to their advantage.

They just have to pretend to be in love to sell it.

Influenced. by zita17, zmmf / @louisandtheaquarian @zaynmaliksmiddlefinger (548090)

A fake dating with a twist, famous/not-famous, enemies to friends to secret lovers au where Larry and Ziam fall in love behind the scenes while Zarry bicker in public.

to build a home by fckingfreakshow / @fckingfreakshow (19261)

One, two, three, four, one, two–and that’s when Harry saw him.

Standing last from his seat in the front of the church, the man slowly turned to face them. As their eyes locked, the thumping in Harry’s chest stopped and he lost count, like tripping on his own feet. Even in the dim light, filtered through floor-to-ceiling stained glass, the man’s eyes were shockingly blue, holding Harry’s with a quiet intensity that was slicing through his skin like a knife.

or, harry just graduated from college, and on the night his life was supposed to change, everything fell apart.

Total number of fics read: 103 (that’s 2.3 mil words!) across two fandoms

[1dangstfest]

WAVE I

🖤 'Cause You Were Mine for the Summer (73K) by @4izhalo

🖤 dry your tears, I'm right here (28K) by anditsonlyforthebrave

🖤 im low on gas you need a jacket (47K) by @eversincezourry

🖤 From Dark to Light (4K) by @chelsea-frew

🖤 Yearning in silence (44k) by Tragaryen

🖤 I have some light (I want to mingle it with yours) (13K) by @stormy-28

🖤 You Still Like to Wear my Jumper (Five steps of letting go) (13k) by @felinto-girl

🖤 something to serve as light (69k) by Suiza

🖤 You broke me first (and then put me back together) (27K) by SweetieR

🖤 The Omega Queen (31K) by @loretheloner

End of Wave I…. See you in June for Wave II

[metamorphesque]

this is what it means to be human

Everything, Mary Oliver

The Breathing, Denise Levertov

A Prayer by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

The Laughing Heart by Charles Bukowski

Like a Small Café, That’s Love by Mahmoud Darwish (translated by Mohammad Shaheen)

Having a Coke with You by Frank O’Hara

Eating Together by Li-Young Lee

The Orange by Wendy Cope

The Quiet Machine, Ada Limón

To Go Mad, Paruyr Sevak

Our Beautiful Life When It’s Filled with Shrieks by Christopher Citro

Hammond B3 Organ Cistern, Gabrielle Calvocoressi

Peace XVIII, Khalil Gibran

Your Unripe Love, Paruyr Sevak (from “Anthology of Armenian poetry")

Here and Now by Peter Balakian

Ich finde dich (I find you) by Rainer Maria Rilke

The Thing Is by Ellen Bass

One Art by Elizabeth Bishop

Miss you. Would like to take a walk with you. by Gabrielle Calvocoressi

I Want to Write Something So Simply by Mary Oliver

What's Not to Love by Brendan Constantine

Where does such tenderness come from? by Marina Tsvetaeva

You Are Tired (I Think) by E. E. Cummings

Living With the News by W.S.Merwin

What the Living Do by Marie Howe