ultimate narry fic rec list
1. These four walls and me - 65k On the outside, it would appear that Niall’s perfectly content with his life the way it is: spending his days with his three pups as they take care of his flock of sheep. In reality, Niall’s got far more going on than meets the eye, but he won’t let anyone close enough to help. That is, until someone comes along who’s not willing to take no for an answer.
2. Emotional knapsack - 63k “We could do a,” Harry leans forward, “like a, small show? Or shows? Like, not a full tour. Not that we’re like, going to record or anything or change anything about our hiatus. But, we’ve got the songs?” “Just a small thing,” Niall could slap himself for how light his voice comes out, clearing his throat and meeting Harry’s big eyes with his own, “just a bit of fun.” (Harry and Niall go solo, together.)
3. Does it almost feel like nothing changed at all - 19k “You don’t have room to talk,” Louis says, pointing a finger at Harry and narrowing his eyes. “Seeing as how you were seventy five million years late to the meeting today.” “Well I’m bloody well here now!” Harry shouts. Everyone goes quiet, Zayn even manages to pause whatever Robert Downey Jr. is doing on the telly, and it’s right then, in the middle of the first split second of quiet since Harry arrived that he hears it. “Wait,” Harry says, cocking his head to the side and listening more closely. “Is that a baby crying?” OR: Niall gets a baby left w him and Harry moves in to help him take care of her
4. Can’t help falling in love with you - 21k Niall is an Irish popstar and Harry asks him to his sister’s wedding via Twitter, never expecting he’d actually say yes.
5. Once in your life - 13k There’s a moment of silence where Harry considers just passing out right there, head hanging off the bed, because the alcohol’s finally catching up to him in the most unpleasant way. “When we’re thirty?” “When we’re thirty.” Harry repeats. His eyelids are slowly drooping closed, fingers going slack around the beer he’s clutching. He’s just slipping over the edge when there’s the rustle of material and he squints open one eye to look at Niall. “We’ve done stupider things.” Niall shrugs. Niall and Harry make a marriage pact.
6. Nobody Said it was easy Niall’s a doctor who assumes harry has a wife
7. Eventually we find our way based of Audrey, wait
8. So it goes harry’s mum thinks they’re dating
9. Home is where the he heart is Harry has always been with Niall, has always gone where Niall’s gone. So flying across the pond and drifting across the USA with Niall really isn’t all that different. Until it is.
10. Broken hearted boy harry always get hurt by breaking up niall’s been in love with harry and tells him after a long time
11. Chasing happiness Niall is famous harry his best friend is home
12. If you could be my wishing star niall is a shooting star
13. Hook, line and sinker Niall is a merman
14. A kiss just like a whisper niall’s dad thinks they’re together
15. Limits don’t exsist harry helps Niall with his math
16. Come closer Niall is in the group the preps and harry the bikers
17. Between sheets and paint harry goes to an art exhibitation and meets Niall
18. The biggest loser harry is contestant in biggest loser Niall is his coach
19. Camp harry they meet at a music camp
20. Growing up (Or the one where Harry and Niall grow up and fall in love together.)
21. Inside a clock harry meets a timekeeper after his fight with Niall 22. searching Niall looks at harry’s Google searches
23. You were the one to save me and i’ve never been happier Niall stutters harry becomes his best friend
24. It will come around Niall is in love with harry and harry is oblivious to it
25. Of demons and angels harry is a shadow hunter Niall becomes a shadow hunter
26. The countdown Like the timer on the inside of his wrist, Harry has been counting down the days-hours- minutes-seconds until he meets his soul mate. But then Harry meets Niall.
27. 911 you’re my emergency harry is a surgeon Niall is a paramedic
28. Intensified by a absence harry is a time traveler
29. Stay with me until the end Niall and harry are boyfriends harry is in a boyband
30. To the sky, a joyful smile niall has cancer
31. Baby, you and I, were born to shine niall is a chimney cleaner
32. It was just so weird Louis and harry swap from body
33. Mastering The art of friends cooking the boys are in a team on a cooking show niall and harry like each other
34. Got lips like sugar cane candy shop
35. The boy at grimey’s records Niall world in a record shop
36. Trial and error the one where Harry and Niall are best friends who fall in love.
37. See you later, boy One day, Niall runs Harry over with a skateboard.
38. Know your place niall meets harry at the x factor
39. Turn all your grey skies blue Niall’s a new single dad, and Harry’s his daughter’s teacher at the daycare.
40. Hey niall, did you know? Niall is kinda nerdy and awkward and wears glasses and loves facts. Louis kinda sets him up on a couple dates.
41. Whole weekend recovery harry is niall’s room mate in decuyper house
42. Baby, you make my heart beat faster Niall’s into Harry. Harry’s into taxidermy.
43. I’m not trying to stop you Niall and Harry are the only ones left on campus over the Christmas holiday
44. Are you there god? It’s me, niall niall is married to harry his friends don’t know it and have a fan club about harry
45. Just smile Harry and Niall decide to go to the prom as just friends. It doesn’t work out quite as planned.
46. See to my soul Niall and Harry are cast in their university’s production of ‘Spring Awakening’, and Niall has an awakening of his own.
47. Baby, you don’t know what it’s like In which Louis is a good friend, Liam is kind, Zayn is always stressed, Niall is the new guy and Harry falls in love
48. Her human’s human Button (cat) isn’t quite sure what to make of the new blond boy in her human’s life.
49. Kiss me till you’re drunk niall is liam’s friend and heart liked niall he’s 3 years younger than niall (written through ages)
50. Friends just sleep in another bed tour starts: niall and harry grow closer
51. Half a heart harry is looking for his soul mate his whole life he stood hoping when he’s 19 then he meets niall
52. Just words the one where Niall starts writing a fan fiction of his own and the constant slashy comments leave him confused about his feelings for Harry.
53. Endless road Summary: Eighteen year old Harry Styles planned to spend six months backpacking across Europe with his older sister Gemma. What he didn’t plan was to meet an irresistible blonde boy called Niall on their very first stop. As Harry starts to fall in love with Niall, there’s only one thing he’s certain about. Gemma can’t ever find out. Unbeknownst to Harry, his budding relationship with Niall isn’t the biggest secret being kept over the course of their travels.
54. Eighteen Ed listens — and is inspired — as the relationship between one of his best friends and his best friend develops and changes into something wonderful.
55. Keep it down Harry’s trying to write a paper but some idiot in the university library keeps distracting him.
56. A narry Cinderella story Harry is Cinderella. Niall is Prince Charming. And that is just how the story goes.
57. The kind of love I need Harry Styles befriends the blind boy in the grade below him, but he never expected to fall in love
58. By fairest blood Harry is the prince, and Liam is the huntsman. And Niall is the fairest of them all. Snow White and the Huntsman AU
59. Baby, I Warm milk floods his mouth. The hand in Niall’s hair tightens. “Oh my god,” Niall says, his mouth full. He doesn’t know whether to spit it out or to swallow it.
60. Hair of the dog Featuring VetTech!Harry, WitsEnd!Niall and the rascally beastie that brings them together.
61. And us their men
The school’s production of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is underway, but not until Ben finds his perfect Romeo. Harry, a Shakespeare enthusiast, is asked to audition for the part, and Niall, a stagehand watching in the balconies, inadvertently becomes his Juliet.
62. To being neighbours. It starts off something like this, with textbooks and a noisy apartment complex, but then there’s a kid involved and Harry isn’t quite sure where he went wrong. Or right. (Or the kid!fic no one asked for.)
63. Children off all ages Niall grew up in the circus, Harry didn’t, but they both live under extraordinary circumstances and all they really want is each other.
64. Harry styles and the seven years chase Harry and Niall bump into each other, literally, on top of the Astronomy Tower, and then skirt around feelings for seven years.
65. So ill go for you with everything I’ve got Niall is about to give up on his dreams and Harry is the one who makes him hold on. When harry met niall OR When Harry Met Sally AU where Harry is Harry and Niall is Sally and they are both completely stupid (for each other. Harry rides along with niall to new York
66. A slide into first Niall’s a minor league star baseball player, Harry’s in love with him, Liam makes really good hot dogs, Louis’s a mascot wrench, and Zayn shows up to pull everything together.
67. Good enough niall meets harry at the set of master chef
68. Until the end of time Niall Horan has always been in love with Harry. And things are perfect until Niall meets Zayn.
69. The wedding singer It’s not that Harry doesn’t believe in love, exactly - he just thinks that romance and marriage and all that comes with it are overrated. Niall has sung at over a hundred weddings, and is determined to prove Harry wrong. After all - there’s a reason for all those songs.
70. Leviticus Harry is the new kid with a bad attitude and Niall’s the son of priest who’s never even thought about girls- let alone boys. Somehow, they make it work.
71. Flipping the script Or the one where Harry’s always topped but now he wants to bottom and Niall just wants his Harry back.
72. Baby, put on heart shaped sunglasses cause we’re gonna take a ride The one where Niall’s got it all figured out and Harry’s a little bit insane… but it’s not that simple. It never felt right calling this just friends or: harry and niall’s friendship from ages six to sixteen. (and nineteen at the very end).
73. Sky with the turbulence (or Niall is a literal angel, and Harry is really strong. Like, really
74. The injury Niall and Harry live in the same apartment building and when Niall hurts his leg Harry is there to take care of his friendly and cute neighbor he’s been crushing on.
75. Stay with me (a little longer) (or the one where Harry and Niall meet again after seven long years).
76. Happens all too fast niall and harry meet at law school
77. Our possible past Niall may have traveled the world and found love everywhere he went, but there was only one he would always return
78. To The rules of dating niall horan Sometimes they laugh and sometimes they cry. Regardless what of life throws at them, or what it takes away, Niall and Harry will fight their way through the troubles of love—together.
79. Blanket forts and netflix Niall and Harry are best friends living in New York and this is basically just a whole bunch of fluffy dates and schmoop. Oh and crying Louis.
80. 7:39 Every morning Niall catches the 7:39 rush hour train to work. One day some prick steals his seat.
81. Maybe with me Harry tries to help Niall hook up. Set during the American leg of the TMH tour.
82. If these drugs don’t kill me, baby, you might – In which university student Niall does a lot of drugs, lands himself in the hospital and meets a certain seventeen year old boy named Harry Styles who has tried to kill himself on multiple occasions.
83. Remember that In rome on the bus harry and Niall start shagging on tour
84. Wait ‘till our mums find out niall and harry have been best friends since they were kids and, well, pops
85. Handwritten au university Manchester Harry and Niall meet trough photography class
86. The button chronicols (cat) she doesn’t like her human’s human Green Christmas
87. It’s supposed to be innocent Niall inviting Harry over to Ireland for his family’s Christmas festivities. He’s just being a good friend. Instead, it turns into an excuse for Maura and Denise to try and push the two smitten boys together at every opportunity.
88. Show me your love niall and harry go to las vegas as best friends and go home married.
89. And if it’s quite alright, you could be my way of life A comfy cozy, post break up, slightly golf!AU where Harry fills all the cracks and gaps left in Niall’s heart.
90. If I got a condo on a cloud then I guess you can stay at my place Harry can’t just show up to his sister’s wedding where his ex boyfriend is going to be without somebody with him, I mean he can’t just loiter around the chocolate fountain. So that’s why he enlists Niall’s help.
91. Every time we kissed there was another apple to slice into pieces Harry’s a nanny in New York. Niall’s his boyfriend. It’s summer. That’s it. That’s the story.
92. Something unexpected Harry doesn’t like basketball—never understood it, and probably never will, but the cute blond sitting next to him just might make the game bearable. Oh, and there’s also a kiss cam.
93. Second home Harry and Zayn are roommates. Zayn’s friend Niall has a habit of visiting when Zayn’s not around. Sort of written for the prompt: ‘my roommate’s best friend is really obnoxious but also hot au’ that someone reblogged on tumblr. There is only you Or: the one where Harry has the unusual ability to take his soulmate’s bad feelings and suffer through them himself.
94. The art of scraping through (Where Harry can’t seem to make his luggage light enough to get checked in, and Niall offers him his extra baggage allowance. Then fate intervenes, the way it does.)
95. Baby say yeah Harry’s a rich kid looking for something to eat. Niall’s the only employee left in a restaurant that happens to be closed now, actually
96. Welcome to the jungle Harry falls in love with Niall a little too hard and a little too fast. It’s not very punk rock.
97. Yoga to be joking harry does yoga with niall and tries to suck his own dick
98. All in one The only thing was that Niall couldn’t. He couldn’t let himself fall that hard so carelessly ever again. The dangers of heartbreak were way too high. Nothing was there to catch you from that traumatic fall. Niall and harry are best friends and co-workers.
99. Baby, it’s cold outside After a one night stand, Harry and Niall get snowed in together.
100. Snowdrop Summary: Niall works at a cemetery and one day, he notices a curly haired boy, visiting someone’s grave.
101. Ache for home Niall is asexual. This changes things, eventually for the better.
102. But your brand is all the rage (or so I’ve been told) Or the one where Harry’s been in love with Niall since they were seventeen and he’s in an indie band that seem to take off overnight and him and Niall no matter what happens will always be HarryandNiall.
103. My heart is beating the same “Because that’s all Zayn is, now. He’s not a human, Niall’s boyfriend, anymore. He’s just the dog Niall saved from the rescue shelter sale.”
104. Mad ones (pool party remix) Harry buys a car in NYC = OT5 road trip to LA. 24-hour diners, shit hotels, Polaroids, golf, line dancing, and too many people in the backseat: this is what dreams are made of.
105. A proper kiss Liam has a Christmas party, Louis has a devious streak, and Harry has a crush on Niall. Awkward What’s the perfect first kiss like? Could you describe it? Can you remember it? Would you repeat it again if you ever got the chance?
106. Bleach and fabric softener Summary: Harry’s roommate Louis had managed to turn their washing machine into something from The Exorcist, forcing the boys to use a local Laundromat. However, after coming across a blonde boy with blue eyes and a smile that made his insides squirm, he didn’t think it would be too bad.
107. Please know that I’m yours to keep After running off on his fiance Harry goes back to North Carolina his hometown and reunites with old friends and the love of his life.
108. The whole world is sleeping, but my world is you Or; Harry lives his dreams and Niall helps him save them.
109. Just a little rush, babe Harry’s a vampire who’s awful at parallel parking, being scary, and being alone. He meets Niall walking home alone one night.
110. In medias res Harry Styles is an HMRC agent with a penchant for numbers and being alone, who one day wakes up to find a voice inside his head narrating his life.
111. Everything, from falling in love with a lovely (possibly Anarchist) baker to brushing his teeth is told through the voice of a snarky author who’s known for killing off his protagonists, and this time’s no different.
112. See the fire, watch it glow or niall falls in love during tmh.
113. What makes you different Niall’s wings are a secret hidden in plain sight, a curse and a blessing at the same time.
114. Tell me you want me to stay Harry just really wants this girl to leave him the fuck alone. He’s an idiot. But that’s okay, because Niall is too.
115. Selfish pain Summary: Prince Niall is the youngest son of King Tomlinson. His older brothers Louis and Liam are Alphas while Niall is an Omega. Everything changes the day King Malik comes for a state visit.
116. Standing next to me Liam meets Louis in a coffee shop and doesn’t quite know how to feel about it. Luckily, neither does Louis. They go on Not Dates, Harry and Niall cuddle a lot, and Zayn is the only sane man in town.
117. Wabbit season Or, Harry turns into a rabbit and Niall’s there to take care of him.
118. While there’s still something left Or, Niall and Harry are both assassins -and old fuck buddies- hired by competing firms to kill each other. (Mr. and Mrs. Smith au)
119. Summer stars niall meets harry when Jess dies. Then they go into seven minutes in Heaven Heartbreak hero (Alternatively, Niall’s Guide On How to Win Back the Girl, patent pending. It should work, in theory.)
120. Maybe you’re my snowflake Harry Styles loves the snow. Niall Horan loves the stars. And somewhere between snowflakes and night skies, they start loving each other.
121. Soul mate’s words Or the one where Niall, a hopeless romantic, slowly watches each of his friends’ and family members find their soul mates until it’s finally his turn
122. . I need an hour just to say hello or where a shy, stuttering Harry works at the golf course, where he meets Niall
123. Show the marks upon your skin soul mate. You get bruises and scars what the other person gets.
124. Words cannot espresso niall and harry work in a coffeeshop. Niall is a Girl
125. People fall in love in mysterious ways The plan is fly to Dublin and be engaged by the end of the weekend. It’s not supposed to include a slight detour, a series of delays and a beautiful but brazen Irishman who changes, well, everything. Inspired by the movie Leap Year.
126. Groovy, baby Niall is still from the 70’s and still living with Harry in 2015 But he’s disappearing by the second
127. Our possible pasts niall runs out the we ding with Nathan skyes. He meets hat rt at a farm where he works. He runs away later t
128. By your side Harry is blind and Niall gets partnered up with him for a project.
129. Loving you feels so right Or the one where Niall is a stripper with a past and Harry is a soloist with a few secrets of his own.
