So true!!
https://x.com/louieslove28/status/1908947941718642708?s=46&t=KM1Y22XQBNGo6oNfvMQrQQ
Oh, 100% true.
@songsofhome / songsofhome.tumblr.com
So true!!
https://x.com/louieslove28/status/1908947941718642708?s=46&t=KM1Y22XQBNGo6oNfvMQrQQ
Oh, 100% true.
hi do you know any fic(s) based on how I met your mother? specifically the episode drumroll please but anything is fine
Hi, anon...Here are some fics based on that show for you...
“Anyways Louis, weddings are like the most romantic places ever. This is where Chandler and Monica got together, and they are like one of the best couples out there! I bet you can find someone here,” Niall remarks as he swallows the last bite of his cake. “And how will that happen exactly Ni?” Louis scans his eyes around the crowded hall. “Am I supposed to just lock eyes with someone and suddenly…” Louis trails off slowly.
Louis’ eyes just met the greenest pair of eyes he had ever seen. Across the room, at a table in the back, sat the most stunning man in the entire world. -----
Or, where Harry is Prince Charming, Louis trying to find the love of his life, and Niall just wants to eat more cake.
How I Met Your Mother AU based on the episode where Ted meets Victoria for the first time.
“You’re doing it again.” Zayn’s voice breaks him away from his thoughts.
Louis furrows his brows. “What?”
Zayn waves his hand around. “You’ve got that dreamy look on your face. You’re thinking about the future love of your life, again aren’t you?”
Zayn is staring at him in a way like he’s daring Louis to lie so he could call him out on it. Liam and Zayn can read him like a book, making it hard for Louis to keep anything from them. Instead of trying to lie, he resigns himself and lets out a breath.
“I am.”
A How I Met Your Mother au with a better ending. Louis is ready to find the love of his life and when he meets Harry he thinks he's finally found them. Liam and Zayn have been together since college and are ready to take the next step in their relationship, except Zayn might be having doubts. And Niall is happy with no strings attached dating until a new employee at the bar they frequent walks into his life and makes him question his entire existence.
Harry and Louis try to maintain a friendship despite having a romantic past together. When Harry starts to have troubles with his current relationship, a realisation dawns upon Louis;
He’s never stopped loving Harry.
On New Years Eve, Louis contemplates revealing how he feels to Harry, only to find out that Harry is now engaged.
The AU where Harry and Louis never got over each other but it takes them some time to figure things out.
Harry biking in London not on a lime bike for once lmao x
Someone in Epcot is a larrie https://x.com/caffeinette/status/1909299698785005915?t=jPaU0CwwV6bPQJHIy-jdjw&s=19
LOLLLL! Together, like a couple, since 2010. 🤣
Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson || Teen and Up || 35k
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.
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For the @onedirectionbigbang 2025!
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Louis was living his ordinary life right until one day, when he woke up in a world that wasn't his. He doesn't know how or why he got here, but one thing is certain: he must find a way back home. Trapped in dangerous underworld where power is everything, and trust is a luxury, he is determined to escape. Meeting Harry changes everything and Louis is faced with an impossible choice — will he fight to return to the life he lost, or surrender to love he never saw coming?
written by @larryyouknow for @1dangstfest
art by @moon-sun-thyme
written for @1dangstfest
by: etherealbliss / 88k / NOW COMPLETE
After a string of unlucky events, Louis finds himself forced to bring his sharp financial acumen to Harmonia, a beauty and apparel brand known for its whimsical aesthetics but hurt by its inability to make a profit in all its years of operation. Unfortunately, his assistance seems to be far from appreciated by the co-founder and CEO, Harry, who is stubborn, spoiled, and much to Louis' dismay: drop-dead gorgeous.
With no other option, he and Harry form an unlikely team in the mission to make Harmonia successful. But as the lines begin to blur through late nights and stolen glances, Louis realizes that the traits he had once despised might just make Harry impossible to resist.
Niall and Maria were next to his car as promised, but a third person was there with them. They were carrying a bouquet of flowers, but Harry couldn't tell what kind from this far away. Niall seemed to be a little spooked but was smiling, and so was Maria. As Harry came closer, the stranger's scent finally hit his nose.
It was familiar, a scent Harry would never forget. Almond, chocolate, buttercream. Once a scent so sweet and addicting to something that triggered Harry's omega response. Louis.
The alpha must've heard him coming because he turned towards him. He looked older. He was older, but he also looked a bit worn down. Different. Still breathtakingly beautiful, tho. His hair was shaved on the sides. It wasn't fully brown anymore, grey strands stood out among the brown hair. He had a beard now, trimmed very low. So, so beautiful.
Harry blinked, wishing for his disappearance. He wanted to laugh and cry. Days, months, years wishing for Louis to come back and, as soon as he does, Harry first thought is to wish him gone. He blinked again. Louis was still there. Fuck.
The bouquet he was carrying was made of carnations, yellow roses, chrysanthemums and baby's breath. The typical flowers you would give to someone who just gave birth. Harry's heart broke a little more. Louis gave him a small smile, eyes tracing his face the same way Harry had done to him. Harry suddenly felt conscious of his dirty lilac scrubs, the wildness of his hair, the bags under his eyes.
Before either of them could say something, Maria screamed for his attention, her cries of “daddy” ringing loudly in the parking lot. Harry went to her, cuddling her tight against his chest, letting her scent him. Niall gave him a guilty, bewildered look.
“Hi, baby. Daddy missed you sooo much. Did you have fun with Niall, huh?”
Maria nodded enthusiastically, ponytails swinging along with her head. — “Yes! He promised to take us out for dinner today. And ice cream after.”
“Ice cream? This late at night? Doesn't seem like a good idea to me.”
“But he promised!! Please, pleaaase?”
Harry smiled at her, ignoring the fact that Louis, her other dad, was staring at them. Niall's scent grew a bit stronger, like he was scent-marking them. Harry frowned but said nothing.
“Ni, can you unlock the car? I'll buckle her in and we can go.”
The car beeped and Harry tried to do as he said, but his hands were shaking too much for him to get it at first. This was one of his worst nightmares. When he thought about it – about Louis meeting Maria for the first time – it was always in a controlled environment and after Louis was made aware of the fact that he was somebody's father. After he promised not to take her away from him. After he promised to stay. Not like this. Not when Harry was tired and distraught.
Maria seemed to notice his distress and pressed her lips on his cheek. “Okay, daddy?”
Harry gave her a kiss back and smiled. No matter what, Maria was always capable of bringing him back from the depths of his mind. — “Always, sweetie. Daddy just missed you a lot today.”
Harry finished buckling her in and closed the door of the car. He turned to find Niall and Louis silently staring at each other. There was an annoyed look in Louis’ eyes, the flowers now hanging low on his hands. Some baby's breath falling on the floor.
“Careful. You don't want to ruin Zayn's bouquet.” — The words were out before Harry could think better. Both alphas turned towards him. Feeling pressured to say something, anything, that wasn't about his daughter, Harry continued. — “He is fine, by the way. His daughter was born forty-five minutes ago.” — Harry turned to Niall, hoping the alpha would smell his scent pleading for him to comply. — “I'm tired. We should go now, Niall.”
“Of course, love. Get in the car.”
“Wait, wait. Harry” — Louis says, stepping closer to them. He was visibly confused, like he was the one blindsided. — “You have a kid? A toddler?”
Harry can't help but chuckle, an empty twisted sound he doesn't recognise. — “Looks like it.”
Louis flinched, eyes going back to Maria on the back seat. Harry moves a bit to cover his view of her. The alpha frowned – and it hurts how much he looks like her – but doesn't comment on it. — “She has blue eyes.”
“Beautiful, aren't they? When I'm out with her, people always say they are a copy of mine.” — Niall says, throwing an arm around Harry's shoulders. It makes him want to laugh. It's not a lie. People who don't know them sometimes think he is Maria's father, but to have him imply that in front of Louis makes Harry want to straight up giggle. — “Something about skies and seas and both of them being blue.”
Louis seemed more bewildered now. — “Right, right.”
Maria, with her four year old impatience, knocks on the window and whines about them taking “aaages” to go, that they must hurry because she would “starvee” to death. The perfect excuse to end that awkward meeting. Harry looks back at Louis and doesn't bother to say goodbye, just nods at him and enters the car. Niall follows suit and does the same.
When the car is finally leaving the parking lot, Louis just a tiny dot on his mirror, Harry allowed himself to feel.
“Fuck.”
Coming soon for the @onedirectionbigbang Round 8!!
Fic by @ineverateakiwi | Art by the amazing @berzerkshires
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harry wearing a black suit for a wedding? pigs flying everywhere
And of all these things I’m sure of (41k)
@1dangstfest | unorthodox | chicken fic
ACTOR FIC REC: Below you’ll find fics where Harry is an actor, Louis is an actor, or they’re both actors!
📖 Paint Me In A Million Dreams by @greenfeelings (112k)
In short, Harry’s in love with someone and doesn’t care about dating anyone else, Louis never felt home in L.A., Liam writes love songs for someone he shouldn’t write love songs to, and Niall makes everything better with good food.
📖 I Get To Love You by @chloehl10 (83k)
A one night stand leaves Harry with a permanent reminder of the night he spent with a stranger. Louis has no idea who the handsome stranger he took to bed is… until his friends make a shocking discovery.
Louis needs a break from everything, from acting and the constant pressure of life in LA. He decides to move back home for a bit, some time with his family is exactly what can lift his spirits. What he doesn’t expect is to fall in love. Both with the town he hated so much so that he couldn’t wait to leave it years ago and with a curly haired florist that was the complete opposite of the guys he’d often meet in LA.
📖 Rise up like the sun by @tommosgun (41k)
Louis is a doctor on his way to UCLA for an interview. Harry is an actor who Louis vaguley recognizes. He attempts to take a sneaky photo, to send to his friend to help identify him but leaves the flash on. They bond over stupid mistakes, french toast, and motorbike rides to the ocean.
📖 Hooked on a Feeling by @dandelionfairies (37k)
Louis is a famous actor. Harry is not. He also has no idea who Louis actually is. After a one night stand, Harry ends up pregnant. Louis finds out the day he walks into the bakery that Harry owns. From that moment, he makes it known that he plans to be in the baby’s life. Over a short time, their own friendship builds into something more. How will Harry handle knowing who Louis actually is? How will they handle it all when the paparazzi get a hold of the story?
📖 If I Should Stay by @gloriaandrews (31k)
Louis is a television actor who suddenly needs a bodyguard. Harry is the bodyguard he ends up hiring.
A fic loosely based on the classic 1992 movie The Bodyguard.
📖 Drain to the Stars by @roguenauticals (28k)
Louis lived a very quiet life at his inherited book shop in Notting Hill, until Oscar-winner Harry Styles walked through the door.
📖 sweet, where you lay by @infinitelymint (27k)
Louis Tomlinson is a twenty-eight year old successful actor living in New York. Harry Styles is a twenty year old up and coming model and coincidentally also the one who turns Louis’ world completely upside down.
or, Louis is Zachary Quinto and Harry is Miles McMillan. Falling in love was always in the cards for them.
📖 Dancing With Masks by @softfonds (18k)
With awards season coming up and new films on the way for both of them, Harry and Louis’ managers decide it’s time for them to date for publicity. They don’t mind, given that they are best friends and have known each other for ages. Besides, after years of sexual tension built into a fake relationship for press, what could possibly go wrong?
📖 What do you mean he’s coming? by @mediawhorefics (15k)
When Harry accepted to be his sister’s Maid of Honour, despite how non-traditional of a choice he was, he didn’t think writing a speech for the wedding reception would be this hard. Now, not only does he have less than two weeks left to find something moving and inspirational to say, but Gemma just confided in him that her old childhood best friend is going to be in attendance. The one who moved to LA and they haven’t seen in fifteen years because he was too busy becoming an Academy Awards winner. But hey, no pressure. It’s just Louis Fucking Tomlinson.
Harry is screwed.
📖 (Won’t You) Stay to the A.M. by @lululawrence (15k)
Harry tucked a few loose strands back up into the bun on top of his head and headed to the front of the building. He really would rather no one saw him behind the gym where he worked if possible so they wouldn’t have a chance to catch on that the address he gave for work was actually his friend Ed’s and the number belonged to his buddy Niall. Harry didn’t like the term homeless, because he was making at least some money now and he was actively looking for a better gig so he could actually afford at least a bed in this massive city, but that’s basically what he was. It’s nothing to be ashamed of, he knew that, sometimes shit just happened and this was how it turned out, but he also didn’t want to broadcast his situation if he didn’t have to either. Especially if Louis Tomlinson, Britain’s most talented young actor, was going to be frequenting Harry’s place of employment on a regular basis.
📖 Come As You Are by @alarriefantasy (12k)
Highschool Reunion AU where Harry is Niall’s flatmate, Zayn and Liam are married, and Louis is just trying to find his way back home.
📖 Tan Lines and Some Memories by @harrieberrie (11k)
It’s summer in California and blockbuster movie star Louis Tomlinson is looking forward to a break and spending his days lazing away at his beach house.
Harry Styles is the indie movie darling he’d been avoiding ever since Louis saw his movie at Cannes and harbored an unreasonable grudge against him.
A unicorn t-shirt finally brings them together in person. Summer romance ensues.
📖 The Duke by @jumperlouis (11k)
Harry is the Duke of Wellington and Louis is an actor performing at the Apsley House Festival.
Best friends Louis and Harry are the stars of an English Renaissance theatre troupe that travels the countryside performing history and morality plays. Louis plays all of the male lead roles, and opposite him, Harry plays all of the female lead roles. They’ve been secretly in love with each other for as long as they’ve been friends, and the manager of their company, Niall, has finally decided to do something about it.
the Drop The Mic drabble no one asked for.
therogueskimo & sunflouwerhabit | 190k | AO3 | Complete
Louis knows three things to be true:
1) His ability to see the future is not an honor or gift. It destroys lives.
2) He can never return home to Braris
3) Solitude is his only hope for survival
Enter Harry.
Written for the @1dangstfest , with @bravetemptation
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Fantasy AU | Witch/Seer Louis | Mortal Harry | Strangers to Friends to Lovers | Reasonably Paced Burn | Angst with a Happy Ending | Hurt and Comfort | Attempt at Humor | Falling in Love | First Times | Life in Milan, Ohio (Ohio Again? Always Ohio!).
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Hello my fellow Magian,
Today, Liz and I are sharing with you a story that quite literally consumed our every waking thoughts for the past seven months. The enormity of this moment, for my own tired little heart, cannot be overstated.
In Your Eyes, I’m Alive has gone on quite the journey. From the last of the summer days in August 2024 - when we Facetimed for over two hours to plot this story - to the now bittersweet innocence of September and a new, horrific normal come October. In the barren cold of November, December, and January, we wrote and we plotted and we cried and we laughed and we sent late night audio messages and we grieved and we grieved and we grieved. We spent Harry’s birthday together in February and wrote a few scenes while sitting side by side.
Now we’re here.
Life looks so different than it did in August. Much of what has changed has been for the worse. In so many ways, In Your Eyes, I’m Alive was my safety net. A constant. Something for me to invest the good and the ugly of life into. She is a reflection of my soul through some of the worst months of my life. Please be gentle with her.
And read the Author’s Notes and Tags for relevant Content Warnings. Reach out to either Liz or myself if you have questions or concerns.
Please go forward into Braris. Revel in the magic. Predict the future with Louis, be entranced by the wonderfulness that is Harry. Wear Magenta. Book an appointment at the Apothecary and fall in love with Bagel the cat. Laugh with Niall and Liam and learn with Dariun. Go to the winter markets with Zayn. Cry and laugh and grieve and find that a better world is possible, we just have to be brave.
Of course, thank you to Pey, Jae, and Maggie for being our extra eyes and for loving this story, too. Thank you to Niv for creating two gorgeous moodboards. Thank you to Addie and Caro for all their work in organizing the Angst Fest.
Most of all, thank you to Liz for making my life bolder and better and for letting me join you in these universes. Thank you for introducing me to the world of fantasy and encouraging me every step of the way. I love getting to write with you, and to know you. You’re incredible. I love you!
Sending you all our love. The story has been ours and ours alone for seven months. I am so excited to welcome you into this magical little universe we have created.
Go forth into Braris. Stay awhile.
She was created with love and with magic.
Sincerely,
The Wordsmith and the Archivist x
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me, an aged monarch lounging on my fur-strewn throne, gesturing for my servant to bring me my monacle: Bring them here! Bring them here, I say. Let me look at them.
guards: *drag the unwitting blog before me*
me, peering intently at the new blog and poking them with my scepter: Is this a real person? Hmm? What have you to say for yourself? What are your fandoms? Your interests? Speak up, these old ears aren’t what they used to be.
guards, tentatively: they do seem to be a real person, sire. We found them in possession of several memes and a fandom rant.
me, subsiding back into my sumptuous furs and waving them away: most extraordinary. It has been an age since there was a real person, but just as well, the dungeons have been overflowing with those tacky pornbots. This newcomer may remain in my domain. Make them welcome. And fetch me a quill! I feel a ficlet coming on…
this is the funniest thing i have ever read
finally some pic of happy harry!
LOOK AT HIM skjdkbfndhdkhdjsjs
A series of posts with the top five fics of each category by kudos plus five more hidden gems from that category! Remember to leave kudos and a comment on the fics you enjoyed to show your appreciation! You can find the library's other recs here.
1️⃣ For As Long As I Can Remember (It's Been December) by green_feelings / @greenfeelings {E, 128k}
After recovering from a severe accident that causes Harry to lose his memory of three years, he moves to London to start his life over as a star chef. Little does he know that when he falls in love with Louis at first sight, it’s not the first time they meet.
Featuring an unintentional game of hot and cold, Harry chasing memories that won’t come back, Louis burying himself in work to try and forget what he can’t forget, Liam being torn between two of his best friends, Zayn as a moral compass and Niall saving the day with good music and brutal honesty.
2️⃣ take my hand (and my heart and soul) by bananasandboots / @anylessreal {M, 45k}
Harry feels nauseous when he opens his mouth. "Hey. Um, hi. It's me," he mumbles before realizing with a jolt that Louis might not have his number anymore. "It's Harry... Styles," he tacks on, screwing his eyes shut and pinching the bridge of his nose. This was a terrible idea.
There's silence on the other end for a long time. Harry understands. He shouldn't have called. He tries not to let the static swallow him whole.
"I – yeah. Hi," Louis finally answers, slowly, awkwardly. "I um. Sorry. I heard about your accident. You're alright?"
Or, the one where Harry hasn't spoken to his best friend in sixteen months and can't remember why.
3️⃣ Fugue by iwillpaintasongforlou / @canonlarry {E, 16k}
Harry falls asleep a 17 year-old who lives in Cheshire and is probably rockstar Louis Tomlinson's biggest fan. He wakes up 24 with a wedding ring on his finger, two kids, and Louis Tomlinson attempting to wake him up with a blow job. The doctor calls it organic retrograde amnesia, says he might never get back the last seven years of his life. The only thing that feels the same is how he feels when Louis touches him, and maybe that's enough to make him fall in love all over again.
4️⃣ The Dead of July by whimsicule / @baroness-elsa {M, 117k}
Being an Avenger means continuing to be Captain America and smiling and being honorable for the public and Harry does his best. But it doesn’t give him time to figure out who he is supposed to be once he takes off his uniform and puts the shield to the side. Just being Harry had always involved Louis, and Harry fears he doesn’t know how to exist without him.
or: Harry is Captain America, and Louis’ been dead for 70 years.
5️⃣ Indestructible by whoknows {E, 24k}
“Hi,” Harry murmurs, and Louis hiccups out a sob.
“Hi,” he manages, still clutching onto Harry’s shoulders. Harry’s fingers drift across Louis’ cheeks, and there’s something off about Harry’s expression, but Louis can’t figure out what it is.
“I’m okay,” Harry says, and Louis is going to say something to that, even if he doesn’t know what, except Harry’s kissing him.
Louis freezes.
💎 Stand By Me by MsHydeStylinson / @mizzhydes {E, 100k}
He was almost home when his eyes caught the text sprayed on the wall saying ”Treat People With Kindness”. Yeah, right. He couldn’t help but laugh bitterly. How naïve are some people? The world was too fucking unfair to even consider thinking like that. One day, sooner or later, they would learn their lesson just like everyone else and their own carefully built little Shangri-La would collapse in the blink of an eye. Just like Harry’s had. Poof, and everything had gone.
Or, In the wake of a tragic event, Harry left home at the age of nineteen, leaving behind everything he ever loved. The only thing that kept him going was his passion for music and his dream of making it big in the entertainment world.
What happens when Harry later encounters the man who once broke his heart? Is it possible to find forgiveness for the person who bitterly betrayed him? Could love really prevail despite the trauma he carries with him from his past?
💎 Jade by Halos_Boat / @halohamilton {M, 91k}
Harry was in a shipwreck, lost at sea with an injury to his head that causes him to lose part of his memory. Louis happens to notice the boy and dives in to rescue him, then aiding him to health again with his mother’s help.
Harry may have lost part of his memory, part of his life, but he gained something better than he could have ever imagined; he fell in love with Louis.
But, the life that Harry couldn't remember may just come between them.
The Amnesia AU where Harry and Louis still end up falling in love.
💎 I'm Praying (that you don't burn out or fade away) by @lululawrence {NR, 74k}
“Louis,” Harry breathed happily. His smile widened as he realized he’d finally found him, and he was stood before his soulstar. This was the closest they’d been in 31 Earth years, which had felt extraordinarily long for Harry, even in his star form. He could hardly withhold his happiness at seeing him again.
“Erm, yeah,” Louis said, interrupting Harry’s thoughts with his brows furrowing and looking clearly suspicious. “And you are?”
Harry and Louis are literal stars who have known they were soulmates from their creation eons ago, however when Louis came to Earth to start the next phase of their fated future, he forgot everything. Even Harry.
This leaves Harry to break the rules and instead of waiting for Louis to call him and join him on Earth, he crashes down on his own. Without Louis there to guide him and help him learn how to adjust to having a human body and everything associated with that, Harry has no other choice but to do the best he can.
As Harry tries to correct what has gone wrong, he finds that friendship can be a light even in the darkest night, and through those bonds even separated soulstars can find their fated path once more.
💎 Making Waves by @haztobegood {E, 30k}
After Louis Tomlinson, an arrogant millionaire, is thrown overboard and loses his memory, a mistreated employee convinces him that they are married. Thrust into an unfamiliar life he cannot remember, Louis must learn to live with his new husband and daughters and adjust to a less extravagant life.
Or, the one where Louis can’t remember, Harry needs money, and Niall has a plan. An Overboard AU.
💎 i forget (but i remember you) by honey_beeing {T, 3k}
Where Harry has anterograde amnesia and needs Louis's help sometimes.
Louis Tomlinson is just a bartender. A chaotic little shit of a bartender, sure, but still—a normal, very straight man just trying to flirt with models and get free drinks out of it.
Until he accidentally Snapchats a murder. With a leprechaun filter. To his public story.
Now he’s the FBI’s biggest headache and only eyewitness in a high-profile assassination. Which is why he ends up in Witness Protection—with a fake husband.
Enter: Harry Styles. FBI adjacent. Professional. Mysterious. Also alarmingly good at pretending to be married.
For safety, they must convincingly pose as newlyweds. Hold hands. Sit close. Share a bed. You know. Normal married stuff.
It’s all fake. Totally fake. Absolutely, definitely fake.
...Until it starts to feel like it’s not.
Now they’re stuck in suburbia with nosy neighbors, flirty baristas, Niall texting from FBI HQ, and a growing number of feelings no one wants to name.
There are rules. They just keep breaking them.
Or: The one where Louis goes into Witness Protection and ends up in a fake marriage with a very real problem: he might be catching feelings for his FBI-assigned husband. Read on AO3 here