Louis leaned back in his chair so he could see the time over the oven, and was surprised to find it was only a little past 9. It was earlier than he was usually up on a Saturday, but Diego clearly wasn’t expecting anyone, so who just showed up at someone’s house unannounced this early in the morning? It had to be family, right?
The sound of the door opening and two voices speaking loudly and quickly in Spanish was what finally got Diego holding his palm out to Louis and saying, “Just… stay here, yes? Yes,” before scurrying off towards the front door.
Diego’s voice joined in with the rapidfire Spanish, and that was kind of hot, actually. Louis really enjoyed hearing the differences in his vocal tone and inflections when he was speaking Spanish versus English, but he needed to focus.
Mostly he needed to focus on the fact that there were strangers here. Strangers that Diego might not mind running into whilst only wearing a t-shirt and pants, but Louis sure did. Especially since Diego was at least in a clean top. Louis was wearing the one he found on the floor that Diego had been wearing last night. And oh god… his hair. He had no idea what his hair looked like. He was definitely not in any state to be meeting anyone right now.
The issue was, if Louis was going to make it to the bedroom without being noticed, he had to hope that they hadn’t come much further inside than the front door or they would definitely be able to see him. Curse the modern aesthetic of an open floorplan.
Taking a deep breath, Louis decided to risk it. After all, both of the surprise visitors seemed to be quite fond of Diego based on their tone of voice, but considering Louis knew maybe ten words in Spanish, he had no idea what anyone was saying.
Louis started trying to creep his way towards Diego’s bedroom, but he hadn’t made it very far when he realized the three of them were definitely incredibly close to the kitchen and there was now silence.
“Mijo, who is this?”
Louis froze, his back still turned towards the three people in the living room. Because what was he supposed to do? How exactly was Diego going to explain Louis to these people who clearly cared for him?
“Ma, Pa…”
Diego’s voice was close to Louis now, so he turned and looked over at Diego, who put his arm around Louis and turned him towards the strangers… who were apparently his parents.
“This is Louis.” After a brief pause where he squeezed Louis’ shoulders a bit, Diego then said, “We only recently started seeing each other.”
Louis tensed, doing his best to school his face, but this was a lot right now. They only just met each other last night, for fuck’s sake, and now he’s not only meeting the man’s parents, but he’s being introduced as his boyfriend?
Let Us Be Lovers by lululawrence featuring art by @lemelous
Coming April 14 as a part of @onedirectionbigbang Round 8!
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While making dinner tonight, I very very fleetingly, but very seriously and legitimately thought “I should watch Goncharov tonight”
And then I Remembered.
That it's no longer on poob?
Hat tip @darkmoonstruck for drawing my attention to the lovely rufous snowy owl spotted in Michigan!
official cephalopod post
Mountain Investigation by @babyhoneyheslt
with art by @haztobegood for @onedirectionbigbang
Pairing: Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson
Words: 35k
Rating: T
Summary:
As a plane crash investigator, Louis has handled his fair share of strange cases, but something is different about the crash of British Airways flight BA278.
Crashed into the Brecon Beacons, over the Pen Y Fan mountain, very few survived.
One of them being the pilot, Harry Styles.
While evidence is pointing to a pilot error, something isn't adding up with Harry's story and Louis is determined to figure out what exactly happened that night and why Harry isn't all that keen to prove his own innocence.
Watch the trailer here!
Louis leaned back in his chair so he could see the time over the oven, and was surprised to find it was only a little past 9. It was earlier than he was usually up on a Saturday, but Diego clearly wasn’t expecting anyone, so who just showed up at someone’s house unannounced this early in the morning? It had to be family, right?
The sound of the door opening and two voices speaking loudly and quickly in Spanish was what finally got Diego holding his palm out to Louis and saying, “Just… stay here, yes? Yes,” before scurrying off towards the front door.
Diego’s voice joined in with the rapidfire Spanish, and that was kind of hot, actually. Louis really enjoyed hearing the differences in his vocal tone and inflections when he was speaking Spanish versus English, but he needed to focus.
Mostly he needed to focus on the fact that there were strangers here. Strangers that Diego might not mind running into whilst only wearing a t-shirt and pants, but Louis sure did. Especially since Diego was at least in a clean top. Louis was wearing the one he found on the floor that Diego had been wearing last night. And oh god… his hair. He had no idea what his hair looked like. He was definitely not in any state to be meeting anyone right now.
The issue was, if Louis was going to make it to the bedroom without being noticed, he had to hope that they hadn’t come much further inside than the front door or they would definitely be able to see him. Curse the modern aesthetic of an open floorplan.
Taking a deep breath, Louis decided to risk it. After all, both of the surprise visitors seemed to be quite fond of Diego based on their tone of voice, but considering Louis knew maybe ten words in Spanish, he had no idea what anyone was saying.
Louis started trying to creep his way towards Diego’s bedroom, but he hadn’t made it very far when he realized the three of them were definitely incredibly close to the kitchen and there was now silence.
“Mijo, who is this?”
Louis froze, his back still turned towards the three people in the living room. Because what was he supposed to do? How exactly was Diego going to explain Louis to these people who clearly cared for him?
“Ma, Pa…”
Diego’s voice was close to Louis now, so he turned and looked over at Diego, who put his arm around Louis and turned him towards the strangers… who were apparently his parents.
“This is Louis.” After a brief pause where he squeezed Louis’ shoulders a bit, Diego then said, “We only recently started seeing each other.”
Louis tensed, doing his best to school his face, but this was a lot right now. They only just met each other last night, for fuck’s sake, and now he’s not only meeting the man’s parents, but he’s being introduced as his boyfriend?
Let Us Be Lovers by lululawrence featuring art by @lemelous
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ALL OF YOU FOR ETERNITY - Ao3
Meet the walker of the night, aka, vampire, aka Louis Tomlinson, who is dwelling between the lovers from the past and the present!
Fic by @signofcomfort
Art by Yours Truly, @ohharold
For the @onedirectionbigbang round 8!
by Signofcomfort with amazing Artworks by OhHarold
Complete | 29K | M
Louis Tomlinson/Harry Styles,
Read the tags, please!
Out now as a part of @onedirectionbigbang
Meet the walker of the night, aka, vampire, aka Louis Tomlinson, who is dwelling between the lovers from the past and the present!
A beat passed between them, the curtains fluttered, and Louis could still hear faints of Harry's heart, stuttering, trying to keep the pace with Louis’. But Louis’ own wasn't slowing down. It had never stopped screaming and shouting since the day Edward turned to dust. The only love of his life. The only sacred thing that had decided to leave Louis behind. And Louis had learned how to be with that reality. He was breathing it. It had made it so much easier to let Harry go, so much easier to let his hurt onto Harry. And maybe Harry was indeed born for that. To take the pain that Edward had passed onto Louis. Didn't hurt people hurt people? And Louis was broken, cruelty didn't seem fit to describe him, not when he had watched so much of what life had repaid him before he went out in the search, knocking on Martha’s door.
Thank you so much @ohharold for being part of this story by adding additional layer to it with very fitting and wonderful artworks! Been an amazing journey!
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If he told her everything, he was pretty sure he’d get no sympathy. He’d be killed instantly to avoid causing even more pain.
Evil omega.
“I don’t have a story to tell,” he said.
“Everybody has a story to tell,” she refuted.
“I don’t,” he insisted.
She stared at him.
“You’re a male omega who has left the security of his pack and risked going crazy with rogueness, who’s been hunted for at least two weeks by three alphas from the most powerful pack in the region, and who has at least to some degree gained some favour in our pack in a matter of days. Louis, you’re everything but a wolf without a story. I can wait for you to tell me. But be aware that I cannot wait for long. Your trial will start in two days.”
When Aurora left, Louis started biting his nails again, uneasy.
-From Rogue Omega by @loretheloner
46/?
All the One Direction fics I read and enjoyed in March 2025. For more new fics, check out this month's fic roundup at @1dmonthlyficroundup ! You can find my other fic recs here.
- Louis / Harry -
🩷 you're all i ever dreamed of by staybeautiful / @harruandlou
(E, 53k, established relationship) after a Monday lunch with Zayn, Louis finds himself reevaluating what "too soon" means, especially when it comes to Harry. Part 2 of such a beautiful dream
🩷 Rogue omega by @loretheloner
(M, 38k, omegaverse) Louis is a rogue on the run from his birth pack, who want to kill him because he's a male omega. A story about prejudice, prophecies, and rejection. Also a story about kindness, resilience and soulmates.
🩷 Give Me A Try by rainbow_kings
(E, 28k, roommates) AU where Harry is absolutely, hopelessly in love with his best friend, Louis. But Louis is dating somebody else. It takes them a while to figure it all out.
🩷 the evenness i fake by @shimmeringevil
(E, 26k, omegaverse) Harry doesn’t do relationships. He has a perfectly enjoyable friends-with-benefits agreement with a perfectly lovely omega, and he doesn’t see the need to change that anytime soon.
🩷 Give it All by mirilik / @louis-arssets
(NR, 18k, uni) Somehow things get complicated when Louis starts dating Nick and Harry realises that he might have some feelings for his mate which are very not appropriate for a best friend.
🩷 lost stars by @tommolinson
(M, 14k, addiction) a story about losing and finding yourself again (and finding love within yourself, and others)
🩷 Neptune by Pumpkinspice_Lou / @c-e-d-dreamer
(G, 14k, high school) Harry has always been in love with his best friend Louis, but when new student and goal keeper Zayn starts getting close with Louis, Harry can't help but assume the worst.
🩷 waiting room is getting crowded by harrysboy / @calumsboy
(T, 13k, exes) broken-up harry and louis both decide to get their oops and hi tattoos covered. what they didn't decide on, however, was having their appointments booked for the same time.
🩷 feed a fever, starve a heart by @insightfulinsomniac
(E, 12k, alpha/alpha) Most people don’t find their soulmates before they present, especially since soulmate identification can only come through pheromones released after presentation. But if a first rut or heat begins without the person’s soulmate present, so does dangerous rut fever.
🩷 contingencies by honey_beeing
(M, 10k, famous/famous au) where Louis and Harry are actors who long ago were married on set and find out too late. Like twenty five years too late.
🩷 Always Yours by heartbreakwthr
(E, 8k, roommates) Prompt 89: Jealous and Possessive Harry when someone new arrives in their group and has a crush on Louis.
🩷 You Keep Pulling Me In by galactic_larry / @galacticlarry
(T, 5k, girl direction) Being invited to a high school reunion was pretty much the last thing Harry wanted, so of course it had to happen. What happens when her friend and co-worker, Louis, offers to be her fake girlfriend for the evening?
🩷 Harry Styles is NOT Refundable by IceQueenRia
(E, 4k, sex work) He needed a date. But it turned out ‘come to my ex-girlfriend’s engagement party’ wasn’t a great pick-up line. So Louis looked online and hired an escort.
🩷 You Can't Go To Bed Without A Cup Of Tea by @enchantedlandcoffee
(G, 333 words, canon) Louis can't sleep and stumbles across a sad Harry on his way to make a cup of tea.
- Rare Pairs -
🩷 The Duke and the Poor Sods Who Work For Him (series) by LadyLondonderry / @londonfoginacup
(T, 8k, Zayn/Liam, Louis/Harry, Niall/Lewis Capaldi) “I have decided,” Louis Tomlinson, Duke of Elbany announces as he flounces into the room, “that we must have a hermit for our woods!” Liam Payne, not a Duke of much of anything, is very used to statements like these. They make him tired. “A… hermit, sir?”
🩷 (un)stuck by yeah_alright / @uhoh-but-yeah-alright
(T, 3k, Zayn/Harry) Coworkers Zayn and Harry find themselves stuck in their office elevator together one evening after work. In such a small space, there may not be enough room for Zayn's crush on Harry to stay hidden.
🩷 Pink Guinea Club by @haztobegood
(NR, 837 words, Harry/Chappell Roan) Harry's one night stand was interrupted by four adorable guinea pigs.
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＊ In Alleyways and Fire-escapes by yourdelicatepov / @harrysmaison [M, 25k, Louis/Harry]
“Shut the fuck up, Zayn,” Louis mutters, not having the energy to even speak louder.
“I’m just saying, you should’ve heard him out. He probably had a good reason to act like that–”
Louis raises his head from the cushion to glare at Zayn. “Are you seriously taking his side right now? When he literally tried to accuse you?”
“I’m not siding with him, Louis,” Zayn says calmly. “I’m just saying that no normal person acts like that unless he’s either gone mad or really scared.”
“Scared? What the fuck would he be scared of?”
Zayn shrugs, looking away. “I don’t know,” he says but he very much looks like he does know.
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. Part 1 of Hearts at Stake
＊ Even the stars in the skies, they are wrong by flamboyo / @riverswater [M, 14k, Louis & Zayn]
“I feel like,” Zayn starts again, after another long pause. “I feel like I was given something beautiful, but that is also a ticking bomb. And it’s gonna go off soon, and it’s gonna destroy me. So I know I should destroy it first.” He hides his face in his hands, and Louis refrains from offering him a cuddle. He’s finally talking. “But I don’t know if I have the guts to. I don’t know if I really want to. Because it’s so beautiful and rare, and I’ve wanted it for so long. But now that I have it, it’s corroding me. And I don’t know how long I can keep going like this.”
It’s May 2014, and the Where We Are tour just started in South America. The boys are buzzing with excitement, but Zayn can't take it anymore. He is ready to leave the band.
Louis knows that no reasoning will ever convince him to stay.
＊ It'll Never Change, Baby by Worldsofdreamers / @defences-down [M, 1k, Zayn/Niall]
Ten years have passed, and so much has changed in the time since.
Or a look into the 25th of March 2025
＊ Not Without My Muse by Worldsofdreamers / @defences-down [E, 34k, Zayn/Niall]
Life continues as it always does at a relentless pace. Touring, moving across the country and familial responsibilities keep everyone busy. But never too busy to spend time together. A How It Found Us Sequel
＊ Lover Be Good To Me by Worldsofdreamers / @defences-down [E, 3k, Zayn/Niall]
A long weekend calls for a trip up north.
The fact that it's their anniversary is icing on the cake.
＊ 23 and Me by yeah_alright / @uhoh-but-yeah-alright [E, 315 words, Louis/everyone]
Louis only works for about 30 minutes on March 15 each year, just enough time for his short but intense Ides of March special: Impale Caesar! 60 people surround him, 23 of whom have paid extra for the honor of stabbing their dicks into one of his holes. Part 13 of Glory Hole-idays
＊ Out of Our Systems: Part 5 by Rearviewdreamer / @all-these-larrythings [E, 13k, Harry/Zayn/Louis]
After two and a half years into their relationship filled with fun, laughter, and love, the only thing they need a little more of is time. Part 5 of Out of Our Systems
＊ The Tokyo Surprise by @srldesigns6277 [E, 8k, Harry/Louis]
Harry surprised his fans by running the Tokyo Marathon, so Louis surprised him in return.