Larry Fic Recs
hey hi - my name is abbie and i read a lot of fanfic
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| Title | Author | Summary | Link | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Absolutely Smitten | MyEnglishRose | Adopting Clifford was a way for Louis to finally cope with his loneliness, as a lively dog would spice up his life and his boring daily routine. Now, he surely didn’t expect Clifford to lead him to meet one strange man obsessed with his cat that he walks and cooks with. Somehow, Louis falls in love pretty fast along the way.Or, Louis is walking his dog. Harry is walking his cat. Leashes get tangled, and feelings too. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/21629308 | 20,120 |
| All Too Human | Gotthisniallthang | Louis has a 3-year-old son and works at a day-care while getting his education degree. Harry’s a fresh face popstar with the world in his hands. They meet over applesauce and hide n’ go seek. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/1148544 | 166,252 |
| And I’ll Judge The Cover By The Book | Harrystylesandstuff | At twenty years old Harry has his life figured out. He’ll graduate from the private University of Buckingham and move to Oxford to study journalism. He’ll meet someone who shares his values and accepts who he is, and apply everything his successful parents have taught him. At twenty-two years old Louis has no clue what he wants in life. He’s not sure he’ll pass the year and doesn’t know where he’ll go after that. He spends his time smoking away his doubts about himself with his friends and all he cares about is making sure his family doesn’t fall apart. They don’t belong together. Or a Private University AU where Harry is a queer posh prince, Louis is a closeted troublemaker, and neither expect to understand each other the way they will. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/4775945 | 73,810 |
| And Then a Bit | Infiniteltmint | “We’d like to give the fans what they want.” Magee states, placing his hand on the table in front of him and leaning forward. “We want to give them Larry Stylinson.”. Or, take a parallel universe where Louis and Harry were never together, mix in a two year hiatus and an impending comeback, pour in a dash of lost fans, two tablespoons of strong friendship and a Modest! employee with a good idea. Add a squeeze of pretending to be a couple, lots of kisses and a tattoo or two. Stir. Serve: the mother of all publicity stunts. Aka Harry and Louis fake a relationship for publicity. Eventually it becomes a lot less fake and a lot more real. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/1415272 | 158,824 |
| As Long As Skies Are Blue | Theboyfriendstagram | Summer Camp! AU. Louis has been a football instructor at Lake District Camp for three years when twenty-year old Harry Styles - the latest addition to the counselling team - stumbles not so gracefully into his life. It’s not that Harry is everything Louis can’t stand-except. He is. But that doesn’t stop him from walking in on the naked boy too many times for it to be a coincidence. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/2764406 | 25,268 |
| Baby Heaven’s In Your Eyes | Theboyfriendstagram | They couldn’t be more different if they tried. Louis Tomlinson is 17 years old and in his last year of the most prestigious private school in Doncaster. If there’s one thing that completely annoys him, it’s that there is a poor community college right across the street. Harry Styles is 19 years old, and (once again) in his last year of college. He goes to community college in Doncaster. He never shows up to classes and if he actually bothers to, he’s either high or drunk; sometimes both. His skin is littered with tattoos and if there’s one thing he absolutely hates, it’s the snobby students attending the private school right across from his. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/1897185 | 120,878 |
| Baby We Could Be Enough (I’ll Make This Feel Like Home) | Orphan_account | “Did you clean the table?” Harry asks Louis once Rose is done speaking, now occupied with trying to see if she can reach over and touch Harry’s hair from where she’s sat. At Louis’ nod, Harry frowns. “You didn’t have to do that. You’re my guests here, I could’ve dealt with it later.” Louis just smiles easily, though, adjusting Rose on his lap so that she’s facing Harry better. She manages to tug on a loose wave of hair, and she makes a noise of triumph that both Louis and Harry smile at. “I don’t mind,” Louis murmurs to Harry, even though he’s looking at Rose. “This one here seemed very excited to talk to you.” And, okay. Harry can’t help but think of how domestic this feels, all of a sudden. Or, harry is a photographer who's trying to find his place. louis is a single father with a smile that feels like home. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/5439464 | 52,095 |
| Behavioural Ecology | Turtlekz | Louis Tomlinson is a primatologist working with the Jane Goodall Institute for primate conservation; and Harry Styles is the photojournalist sent from National Geographic to write a piece promoting awareness about the endangered species. They meet, and love is never, ever simple, as we know. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/6051931 | 81,574 |
| Behind My Eyelids Are Islands of Violence | Whisperingwind | Harry has epilepsy. No matter what time it is or where he's to be located, Louis will always come running. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/3487997 | 122,701 |
| Birds In Gilded cages | Graveyardwitch | "There is a hotel in London where beautiful young men and women are kept like birds in a gilded cage, prisoners bound to satisfy your deepest darkest desires.... After being kidnapped as a teenager, Harry Styles was forced into high-class prostitution by the evil Mr Cowell. Louis Tomlinson is heir to his father's corporation, set to inherit millions...But engaged to a woman he doesn't love and deeply unhappy. When they meet at a party sparks fly and they embark on a passionate and dangerous relationship...But can it ever be true love when one of you is being paid? And can Louis ever rescue Harry from The Bird Cage Hotel?" | https://archiveofourown.org/works/2652377 | 157,001 |
| Both Showing Hearts | Kiwikero | Louis Tomlinson is, in fact, not straight. Harry Styles isn’t sure what he is. Together, they figure it out, and maybe fall in love along the way. Or the Uni AU where Louis helps Harry figure out his sexuality, Niall crashed a bachelorette party, Liam works in a printing centre, and Zayn happens to need lots of printing done. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/3627921 | 113,570 |
| Bring Your Body Baby (I Could Bring You Fame) | Theboyfriendstagram | Eighteen-year-old Harry Styles just graduated high school and landed a summer job as a water boy for his favourite football team. His job description is simple: be ready to hand water and towels to players if needed. That didn’t seem to include Louis Tomlinson though, a twenty-three-year-old, recently transferred Paris Saint-German player, who seems to like making Harry’s job much more difficult than it has to be. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/4263903 | 84,134 |
| (But) Baby We're Everything | Writingtwentyfour | A Teacher AU in which Harry and Louis broke up at the end of university, Louis was hired at a primary school just outside London, and Harry enrolled at Cambridge to finish his degree and get his EdD. Years later finds Louis as a year two teacher at the same school he's been employed at since he graduated, and with a three year old son, and Harry as the newest addition to Little Harbor Primary’s staff. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/28213104 | 117,618 |
| Chasing The High | Rearviewdreamer | Louis never thought a week away from his job could change things so much. Or, Louis is a therapist in a rehab facility and Harry has been court ordered to stay there for six weeks." | https://archiveofourown.org/works/2955053 | 90,721 |
| Cocaine For Breakfast | Guccikings | Louis Tomlinson is a drug addict, sent away from his beloved party-scene to recover. There, he discovers that small towns have just as much access to drugs as London did, plus something even better that he just can't get enough of. That something is a boy with green eyes and bouncy curls named Harry Styles. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/15476535 | 309,627 |
| Come Away With Me | Suspendrs | Louis has to pick up the pieces of his daughter's life after his wife dies, and Harry is a beautiful stranger that just wants to help. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/7449553 | 80,349 |
| Crave | Dimpled_Halo | All eyes are on Louis Tomlinson to bring new talent to save Hanover Records from the mess the previous executive left behind. His newest artist, Harry Styles, is charismatic and everything Louis needs to revive the label. It’s up to Louis and his team to make Harry the star he was born to be. When Harry and Louis come face to face, it isn’t the first time they’ve met, and their worlds are about to be turned upside down. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/12951438 | 90,765 |
| Don’t Look Down | Zarah5 | AU. In which Louis is a solicitor at one of London’s most prestigious law firms and Harry happens to apply for the position as his trainee. And everyone else is around, too. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/738944 | 91,709 |
| Dreaming Of You | Velvetoscar | The Begrudging Starbucks AU. The world is winter and steamed milk and creamy espresso shots. The world is a never ending queue. The world is a Starbucks logo and a pink-cheeked smile from Niall and a bored scowl from Zayn and the world is Louis watching his best mate, Liam, fall in love with their newest customer, Harry. Who may or may not be in love with Louis. The world is cruel. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/1234030 | 68,793 |
| Electing Strange Perfections | Scrunchyharry | Back for the summer from university, 19-year-old Louis is faced with a massive problem: their new gardener is quite possibly the most gorgeous man he's ever met. Over the course of the summer, Louis and a 25-year-old Harry will learn that love can be found where you least expect it. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/2760065 | 84,757 |
| Enemies With Benefits | Ssii8 | Where Harry is captain of basketball team and Louis is captain of football team and they hate each other. But somehow this doesn't stop them from having sex. And everything is perfect until they start to feel something more. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/10165181 | 267,068 |
| Escapade | Dolce_Piccante | In the grand scheme of things, finding a date for a wedding should be no problem for Louis Tomlinson. He's rich. He's handsome. He's reasonably well behaved. But when the wedding is for his lifelong best friend (and former boyfriend), and is happening in under a month, finding a date for the ceremony and accompanying festivities becomes more of an adventure than he ever could have planned for. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/4034197 | 146,241 |
| Ever Since I Tried Your Way | Flowercrownfemme | In 1949 Harry left his bride at the altar, running away from the only life he'd known. When a kindhearted farmer offers him a ride in his truck and a place to sleep the two find themselves inexplicably drawn together. Isolated on Louis' farm with nobody but a field of dairy cows to intrude, the men are finally able to explore the parts of themselves they've spent their lives hiding away. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/24744505 | 25,896 |
| Fading | Tothemoonmydear | Louis knows about beauty; the combination of qualities that pleases the aesthetic senses. He creates that combination every day in the garments he designs while studying fashion at uni. The cut of the design, the cooler of the fabric, the intricacy of the stitching; it all comes together to create something beautiful. When the science student with the long legs and dimpled smile agrees to model for him, Louis decides he’s found beauty personified. Harry just thinks Louis needs someone to show him how beautiful he is. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/629683 | 202,393 |
| Falling For Me Won’t Be A Mistake | Rearviewdreamer | Harry is married to his job and so overworked that he doesn't know how to stop. All it takes is a forced Hawaiian get-a-away, the warm tropical breeze of the island, and the most beautiful, elusive man he's ever seen to make him remember what living is like outside of work. Well, that, and the little souvenir he accidentally takes home with him. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/10695111 | 58,596 |
| Title | Author | Summary | Link | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finding Lou | Stylinsoncity | Louis is the nomadic stranger who wanders into Harry’s bookstore. Harry is the skeptic who falls for him. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/6609844 | 60,274 |
| Find You Home | Kingsofeverything | When Louis lies to his family and says he’ll bring his new boyfriend home for Christmas, his best friend and roommate Harry agrees to play the part. It’s that, or be left alone over the holidays. What will happen? No one knows! Perhaps Santa will swoop in with a Christmas miracle. Featuring lovesick idiots, kissing and cuddling, pies and Christmas clichés. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/12966225 | 35,388 |
| Flightless Bird | Audreyhheart | AU where Louis Tomlinson is a principal dancer with The Royal Ballet. When his rival from ballet school, moody dance prodigy Harry Styles joins the company, old wounds are reopened and old passions reignited. During the company's production of Swan Lake the secret that doomed their love is finally revealed, but will it be too late? | https://archiveofourown.org/works/6401653 | 97,723 |
| Folding Corners | Yvessaintlourry | “Do you want to sign up to be a part of our membership program?” he asks, and absolutely not. That’s the absolute last thing Louis wants. A membership? Absolutely ridiculous. A complete scam. He doesn’t even come to this bookstore except for maybe twice a year, so why the fuck would he want- “Okay.” What the fuck, Louis. - Memberships are a scam, but Louis can't seem to say no. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/19270237 | 7,547 |
| Foolishly Completely Falling | Isthatyoularry | Louis is 1/4 of the infamous boy band One Direction and has had a crush on the Prince of Wales for ages. Prince Harry is gay and out and when he spills on a tv show about finding a certain Louis fit, their paths cross and everything turns into a tumult of emotions and anxiety, and the complications when you just want to show the world who you love. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/817363 | 85,965 |
| Give Me Truths | Iwillpaintasongforlou | Louis is a psychology student with a tattoo count as high as his genius IQ. Harry is in a (sort-of) relationship with a homophobic man and hates himself a little more every day. Things fall apart and Louis puts him back together. Or, the one in which Louis falls in love with a fragile boy and tells him every beautiful truth in the world, as long as it makes him happy. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/1712528 | 110,330 |
| Gods & Monsters | Velvetoscar | The instructions were simple: seduce and destroy Harry Styles. Not once did they discuss the option of Louis actually falling in love. So, naturally, that's exactly what he did. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/2090982 | 201,354 |
| Hands Clasped Tight | Afirethatcannotdie | The one where Harry and Louis are high school teachers and their students have been playing matchmaker for over a year. Little do they know, Harry and Louis are already married. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/12476132 | 44,302 |
| Have Faith in Me | Stylinsoncity | As the son of Anne Styles, millionaire owner of one of the world's most luxurious fashion labels, Harry has spent his last seventeen years living in carefree extravagance. And now he's grown tired of it, along with the pressure from his mum to follow in her footsteps and the constant care given to him by her past assistants. When his mum's newest assistant, Louis, moves into the guesthouse, Harry determines to be treated differently. To be treated like an adult. Except Louis is not at all what Harry was expecting... This is a story about growing up, growing in love and having the faith to make it last. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/2148573 | 183,417 |
| Haven | Orphan_Account | "I take it you’re not a new student?”. “What?” Harry mumbles, caught up in the way his eyes are quite literally sparkling in the light. “Oh—No. Not a student.”. “Are you a sub?” Louis asks. Harry clenches his hands into fists, holding them behind his back as he stumbles a bit. “I don’t, uh—I mean. I’ve never really gotten a chance to be a true sub, you know? My ex-partners were always scared they’d hurt me. But, like—If I trusted someone a lot, and if we used a, a safeword. And talked about, you know, boundaries, then—Yes, yeah, I-I’m a sub.”. Louis’ eyes are so wide, his cheeks puffing out in the effort to not burst into laughter. “Oh shit, oh my god,” Harry whispers. “You meant—Oh god." | https://archiveofourown.org/works/8188549 | 35,715 |
| Here In The Afterglow | Fondleeds | “If you hadn’t noticed, I don’t have many friends,” Louis whispers, the blossom of insecurity in his stomach unfurling and clawing its way into his throat. Harry is silent for a long time, and then he speaks; a soft, slow uncurl that makes Louis’ stomach shake. “I’ll be your friend.” - 1970’s AU. In a tiny town in Idaho, Louis’ life is changed forever by the arrival of a curious stranger." | https://archiveofourown.org/works/8598145 | 88,649 |
| Hold Me Closer | Balanceds | Louis Tomlinson is one of the most promising dancers of the English National Ballet, on track to become the youngest principal dancer in the company's history. That is, until forces conspire to significantly complicate his life, including: a surprise ballet, an unfairly attractive guest choreographer, and being pushed into a rivalry with his best mate. Featuring lots of wine, dancing, pining, and a happy ending. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/1585649 | 36,510 |
| Hold You Now | Solvetheminourdreams | The string within Harry's own sweatpants is now dangling outside of his pocket, stretched so far out that the seams of his pants have tightened. His eyes remain hyper focused on Louis, how oblivious he is—scrolling through his phone without a care in the world, while Harry feels his tilt on its axis. Three years ago, Harry Styles said goodbye to communications consultancy firm McQuiston Worldwide, leaving a life of travel and agency PR behind. When he accompanies his best friend to a family wedding across the Atlantic, he'll be forced to reopen old wounds and face his past—one that no one wants to hash out, but may just have to. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/30253536 | 131,332 |
| If You Keep Holding Me This Way | thepriestthinksitsthedevil (stubliminalmessaging) | Harry is a uni student who just so happens to enjoy dressing up as a long-haired androgynous sub persona to go out to bars and pick up men to dominate him. He tries to keep his BDSM life and his personal one separated, but that gets difficult when his crush on a classmate gets serious and his two worlds collide. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/9564719 | 22,863 |
| I Like The Way You Bend For Me | TheCellarDoor | Uni AU, in which Harry is a part-time yoga instructor with rock hard nipples and skin-tight leggings, and Louis most definitely isn’t charmed. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/1466161 | 50,411 |
| I’ll Crash Until You Notice Me | Stylinsoncity | Louis sets off to Barbados to oversee the massive resort his family owns known as Sandy Hill. For years, he's been looking for a change in the monotony of his life, seeking adventure and perhaps love too. What he doesn't expect is the bright eyed boy who spills a milkshake on his shoes. Cue the summer loving. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/4682597 | 61,261 |
| I’ve Been Hoping You’d Be Somewhere Better Than This | Runaway_train | “Does she know who it is then, from the New York office?” Louis enquires. “Yeah, some guy Henry? Henry Styles I think she said?” “Harry.” “What?” “Harry. His name is Harry Styles.” His Heart sank. Louis hadn’t met him, they had only shared a couple emails back and forth, but he knew exactly who he was. And Harry hadn’t just been killing it the Big Apple, he’s been ripping the place to absolute shreds, nailing some of the most lucrative accounts in the business. Louis is so fucked." | https://archiveofourown.org/works/15899463 | 39,980 |
| I'm Caught On Your Coat Again | Annewithane | Louis owns a café next to Harry’s bakery. Harry bakes Louis cake and Louis names tea after Harry and eventually they fall in love. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/4273755 | 24,378 |
| In This Light | Exhilarated | Harry is a wardrobe stylist who likes to live in the moment, and Louis is a popstar who looks dreamy in double breasted jackets. Harry never stood a chance. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/5186000 | 99,234 |
| Into The Blue | Zarah5 | AU. In which Louis is Harry's scuba instructor and quite happy to provide the requested special treatment, pun fully intended. It can't be all that difficult to convince Harry that they're on the same page, right? Also, Niall and Liam may or may not be dating, and Zayn is surrounded by emotionally stunted idiots. He bears it with dignity. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/1035822 | 117,218 |
| Is This Seat Taken? | Lainy122 | A borrowed suit from Zayn, a cigarette and the right attitude, and Louis went from security breach to misplaced celebrity instantly. He could practically see the wheels in the security guy’s head switch from ‘could be dangerous’ to ‘could get me fired’. L.A was so predictable. Louis makes a bet with Zayn that he can sneak into a music awards event without getting caught, and when he ends up posing as a seat-filling member of staff he runs into superstar Harry Styles and sparks fly. Que the music. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/5446571 | 35,507 |
| It Feels Different When You’re With Me | Rearviewdreamer | Harry fell in love with sign language as a kid. He never imagined the first love of his life would lead him straight to his second. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/23294368 | 45,303 |
| Just A Flower Boy | Larryruinedme | Harry Styles is a clumsy, flower crown-wearing, openly gay junior with only two true friends, Niall and Zayn. Louis Tomlinson is the school's attractive, straight football captain, with a small body and a big personality. As fate will have it, Harry has a huge, unrequited, utterly hopeless crush on Louis. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/3820192 | 70,087 |
| Just Breathe | Awriterwrites, Dimpled_Halo | Louis pops his head into the kitchen, “You alright?”. Harry smiles shaking his head, “Just my clumsy arse at it again,” he says laughing. “I oughta put you over my knee and give you a good spanking,” Louis mutters, chuckling. Harry freezes. His pulse races so hard he can feel the blood rushing fast and hot throughout his body, like a livewire, zinging through him in a delirious rush. His mouth goes dry, and his eyes are wide. And when Louis turns around to look at him after being silent for so long, it’s like Louis just knows. He understands. Harry loves him so fucking much. Or, the one where Harry and Louis are on a journey through life together — one that includes discovering dark, hidden parts of themselves that only the other can find. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/9440327 | 50,779 |
| Knock Knock, I Love You | Beautlouis | Harry and Louis get kicked out of a statistics exam for passing a knock knock joke note, and subsequently fall in love. Harry's a virgin, there's a cat, a hot cocoa date, a lot of sex, even more knock knock jokes, and everything is lovely and happy. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/8342227 | 80,066 |
| Led by your beating heart | Missandrogyny | AU where Harry's in One Direction, Louis isn't, and they reconnect over a game of 'Call or Delete'. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/5090168 | 29,423 |
| Title | Author | Summary | Link | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Like Water Over Fire (Like Water On Fire) | MCSSymon | “I’m sorry your highness, I think I misheard you, did you really say that you are hoping to meet your husband?” Oh god, Louis panicked. Was Prince Harry gay? Was he even allowed to be gay? Surely he wouldn’t be allowed to have a selection from a group of men, right? Prince Harry looked partly like he wanted to laugh, but also very, very nervous about what he had just admitted, “Yes, sir, you heard correctly”. Or Prince Harry has 46 men and 13 weeks to find the husband of his dreams, Louis has a limited amount to time to live out a royal fantasy. They might just be exactly what the other needs. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/11222547 | 119,264 |
| Lost and Found | Vthelarrie | There's nothing the famous singer Louis Tomlinson loves more than his dog, especially during times like these where he can't find inspiration to write. Bookstore owner Harry Styles takes in the black labradoodle that was (most likely) abandoned near his shop. Or, where Louis is just looking for his dog but finds love along the way. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/27589550 | 51,736 |
| Loving You Is Free | Littlelouishiccups | Louis is a workaholic record label CEO who hasn't been on a date in nearly a year. Niall and Liam make an account for him on a sugar dating website as a joke. And then Louis meets Harry. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/4287093 | 67,971 |
| Maybe Down in Lonesome Town | Resurrectdead | ”I’m Louis.” He gives it a shake and a squeeze. ”Your very friendly neighbour.”. ”With the very friendly cows,” Harry adds, and Louis huffs a laugh. Or, Harry is a struggling author that moves to the Yorkshire countryside over the summer to escape the same city routine. He doesn't expect to meet a lovely farmer that makes future decisions very hard to make. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/28895448 | 45,453 |
| More Than You Know | Brightlyharry | The one where Louis is a doorman for a luxury apartment building and Harry is the newest resident of the penthouse. Timing fails to be on his side as he tries to catch a glimpse of the building's newest occupant and prove he's a call-boy. When he finally does see Harry in the flesh, he's more captivated than ever. Featuring Liam as a mailman and Louis' trusted friend and no one knows what's going on with Zayn. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/19307158 | 64,711 |
| Never Be | Cherrystreet | The one where Harry Styles moves to Connecticut from England for nine months as a part of a study abroad program, and he just so happens to move in with Louis Tomlinson and family. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/8318785 | 117,522 |
| No Going Back | Jacaranda_Bloom | Sales reps Harry and Louis are bored with their jobs and their lives. After meeting at a conference in Cardiff they hook up, have a few too many drinks, and jokingly apply to become remote lighthouse keepers. Six months, just the two of them, looking after the southernmost lighthouse off the bottom of Australia. It’s not like their applications will be accepted. Right? | https://archiveofourown.org/works/24228511 | 56,102 |
| Not Today | Styyyylinson | The Me Before You fic that no one really asked for. Louis Tomlinson is a high power executive until his accident. Everything in his life changes after that - his way to get around, his boyfriend leaves, and he doesn't have much that he wants to live for anymore. After a failed attempt to take his life, he asks his parents if he can see a doctor to help him go peacefully instead. After their initial shock wears off, they agree as long as Louis waits six months. In walks Harry Styles. He had just lost his job, was feeling down on his luck, and has no idea what he's getting himself into in being an assistant to Louis. He has no knowledge of Louis trying to take his own life, until he overhears his parents talking, and it breaks his heart. Though helping Louis is a pain at times, he wouldn't trade it for anything in the world. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/7078579 | 135,506 |
| Nothing But You On My Mind | Nonsensedarling | Louis Tomlinson is a PR manager hired to improve the image of royal bad-boy Prince Harry Styles. Unfortunately for him, that means being faced with the Prince's constant innuendos, incessant dirty jokes, and relentless flirting. Louis just wants to make it to Princess Gemma's coronation; once she's crowned Queen, his contract is up and he never has to see the Prince again. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/22965409 | 83,724 |
| Piece By Piece | Lovelarry10 and Wander723 | Now that his best friend Liam is getting married Louis Tomlinson needs help, and he’s finally admitted it. He can’t work and be the best dad to his disabled son Mason without it. That’s where Harry Styles comes in. And so begins the love story of a lifetime. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/13704204 | 168,295 |
| Prelude To Forever | AlwaysAqua | "@StylinHarry: So I kinda fell for a boy yesterday at #ChiPride. Kissed & fireworks went off. Literally. He’s a drama teacher. Goes by “Louis” but I prefer Sunshine. Very pretty. The prettiest. Got separated & I’m a fucking idiot who forgot to get his number. Anyone know him? #helpfindsunshine. Or, Louis and Harry meet at Pride in Chicago and spend the day falling for each other before getting accidentally separated." | https://archiveofourown.org/works/15493371 | 13,503 |
| Rather be sad with you (than anywhere away from you) | Ohsailor | University AU. Louis, Niall, and Liam have already been living together for four years when they get a new roommate. Harry’s in pre-med and Louis is struggling to graduate and fulfill his family’s hope of him becoming an esteemed lawyer while battling his mental health | https://archiveofourown.org/works/4767983 | 145,990 |
| Relief Next To Me | Dolce_Piccante | AU. What happens when a baker and a graphic designer meet via a very specific Craigslist post? Fate, friendship, food, and maybe more. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/1117942 | 333,703 |
| Right By Your Side | Mezzidemo | Marine Biologist Harry Styles works at SeaWorld Australia and conducts dolphin therapy sessions for people suffering trauma or fear of water. He loves his job and his life in Australia, but it all gets turned upside down when a beautiful blue-eyed boy from the UK is sent down under for therapy after a near drowning incident. Louis Tomlinson dived into the river to save his sister without a second thought to his own safety. When he almost drowned trying to save her, the after effects are severe. After a particularly bad panic attack, he is referred to a program in Australia, where he finds himself in the care of the prettiest boy he's ever seen. Can they maintain the professional boundaries required to get Louis well again, or will their desire for each other be too hard to fight? | https://archiveofourown.org/works/3388160 | 154,446 |
| Running Home To You | Sincewewereeighteen | Harry can’t help but look at his iTunes library. What he did not expect was to see his name there: Harry Styles, and a half-played album. He has to ask. Or, the one in which Harry and Louis take the same plane, and even though they're both sort of nomads, they end up finding a home in each other. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/15517404 | 18,369 |
| Salt and the Appetite | SadaVeniren | No Control is a No From Me - By Harry Styles. I know this is probably a controversial opinion and review because I have only heard great things from people going to No Control before but I cannot recommend it to anyone. While the facility is nice, the people who work there do not seem to care for their clients well being, and I do not feel safe going there in any capacity. I suppose when I want to play next I will have to travel back down to London, or maybe, unfortunately, Liverpool. If I must. Aka Harry, a popular BDSM blogger, writes a negative review about Louis’ club. Louis wants to have a chance to make it up to him. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/15084101 | 14,458 |
| Save me...... | SavageMonkey | Harry is struggling with the loss of his partner, raising his daughter Addie all on his own. He is hoping to find solace at a local community center grief meeting. Louis is dealing with his own loss, but has a whole new approach to life that Harry didn't know existed. Harry is a successful personal chef. Louis is a star of the stage. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/848601 | 59,748 |
| Shake Me Down | AGreatPerhaps12 | Harry's new to college, fresh out of Catholic school and conversion therapy camp, and Louis runs the campus LGBTQIA organization. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/3331958 | 208,589 |
| Show Me Life Like I’ve Never Seen | Rearviewdreamer | Louis never expected to leave the small art studio three blocks down from his job with anything besides the painting he caught a glimpse of and simply couldn't forget. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/8583859 | 42,953 |
| Simply Irresistible | Rearviewdreamer | Louis only comes to town to start up a successful restaurant, but finds he can't quite leave once the job is done. Though, that might have more to do with him falling for his quirky neighbour than anything else. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/14136516 | 12,588 |
| Smaller Than Me | Checkthemargins | Harry's just finished his first year of uni on his way to becoming Dr. Harry Styles, Neurosurgeon. He's young, he has endless potential, three amazing best mates, a new love and the world at his fingertips. The fact that his new boyfriend may or may not be a sex-worker, of course, throws a wrench into the works. But it's not true. Really. Probably. It most definitely might not be entirely true. And that’s all Harry needs to know. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/543083 | 22,935 |
| So Keep My Candle Bright | Whisperdlullaby | Louis returns to his hometown after four years to find that the reverend’s son has done some growing up of his own. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/1903281 | 78,571 |
| Soft Hands, Fast Feet, Can’t Lose | Dolce_piccante | American Uni AU. Harry Styles is a frat boy football star from the wealthy Styles Family athletic dynasty. A celebrity among football fans, he knows how to play, he knows how to party, and he knows how to fuck (all of which is well known among his legion of admirers). Louis Tomlinson is a student and an athlete, but his similarities to Harry end there. Intelligent, focused, independent, and completely uninterested in Harry’s charms, Louis is an anomaly in a world ruled by football. A bet about the pair, who might be more similar than they originally thought, brings them together. Shakespeare, ballet, Disney, football, library chats, running, accidental spooning, Daredevil and Domino’s pizza and blend into one big friendship Frappuccino, but who will win in the end? | https://archiveofourown.org/works/5799241 | 112,853 |
| Somewhere Only We Know | Bethaboo | Personal assistant Louis knows something is up with his best friend and employer Harry. And it's not just his big tour coming up or the ever-increasing womanizing rumours about the popstar. To get to the bottom of Harry's moodiness, Louis decides he has to kidnap him and take him on a roadtrip up the California coast to Portland. The roadtrippiest road trip fic ever written. Basically an excuse for gratuitous fluff and smut with a pinch of angst tossed in for good measure. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/2763668 | 44,536 |
| Staring Across The Room | Allwaswell16 | Harry Styles has a great life. He’s a children’s librarian at the New York Public Library, he’s got wonderful friends, and he loves cooking, green tea, yoga, and his collection of bow ties. He doesn’t mind that his life seems a little structured, maybe even a little boring. But when Louis Tomlinson joins the library staff as the new Installation Coordinator, things become a lot less predictable. Louis gets under his skin right from the start, bossing Harry around, making noise during story time, and eating the last cupcake in the staff lounge. Louis may be almost offensively attractive, but Harry will not be succumbing to Louis Tomlinson’s charms, even if the rest of the library staff have. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/12782901 | 26,783 |
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| Stranger Stars | Shaylea | Five years ago, Africa offered a grieving Louis Tomlinson an escape from an England he couldn't tolerate. Now it's become home as he leads overland tours across the continent with his best friend and driver Zayn Malik. What's meant to be just another ordinary six-week trip from Cape Town to Nairobi turns into anything but, when future lawyer/current photographer and songwriter Harry Styles and his friends join Louis' latest set of passengers. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/23086588 | 212,307 |
| Stuck With You | Millsx | When Harry agreed to pretend to be Louis Tomlinson's boyfriend for publicity, he never expected to actually fall in love with him, and most definitely didn't think he'd be stuck with him in his shallow, overly large mansion in Manchester for two months due to a global pandemic. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/24184687 | 14,702 |
| Take Me To Church | Wickerdarcher_o8 | Louis is the new kid at school in Bible Belt, USA, who is fascinated by the quiet kid that seems to be an outcast. It takes everything in his arsenal to break the walls of Harry Styles down. Harry has a troubled past that has lead him to go against everything Louis thought he believed. Louis sees something brokenly beautiful in Harry, and Harry finds the stability he has longed for in Louis. After many conversations, Louis makes a confession that could cost them everything. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/16558676 | 414,467 |
| Take Off Your Running Shoes | Polkadotpeacoat | AU- Harry is the fit supermarket check out boy. Louis wants to sleep with him. Summer romance ensues. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/725550 | 54,618 |
| That Sounds Fake but Okay | Dancingontheceiling | Harry Styles is a rookie journalist forced to work the gossip desk at a major New York magazine. Louis Tomlinson is the A-list actor who doesn't appreciate Harry or his articles. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/4766945 | 112,553 |
| The Art Of The Giants | Asphodelknox | Louis is dancing away from an old relationship when he meets Harry at a bookstore in the busy streets of Seattle. Harry is just a bookstore owner hoping his handsome weekly visitor could become something more. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/11679540 | 10,535 |
| The College Experience | TheRoseIsTakenCareOf | Louis, an upper year Residence Advisor and sexy loudmouth aspiring journalist, pulls along quirky and anxious first year student Harry, determined to help him get the most out of college. The younger boy quickly learns that college isn't just about bad roommates and boring professors, but a place for getting hopelessly lost trying to take a shortcut in the dead of night, getting pulled up onstage in a coffeehouse, getting a bit tipsy and making bad decisions, and maybe even falling for someone entirely off limits. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/4567533 | 58,491 |
| The First Year | Parmahamlarrie | When Louis Tomlinson was assigned a first year student to be his roommate for his final year at the University of Manchester, his expectations were low. All he needed was a cheap place to sleep and keep his stuff amidst his nights out, willing his brain to forget his past. He never expected Harry Styles to become his eclectic, sweet, and cuddly best friend. That was never the plan. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/33958117 | 46,972 |
| The Night Sky Is Changing Overhead | Orphan_account | Harry is a tattoo artist, Louis is a drama professor, and they meet during an argument at a café. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/6805309 | 124,022 |
| The Pain Is For Pleasure | Lovelarry10 | Louis and Harry have been together for a few months. Everything is great, but there’s one question burning in the back of Louis' mind - why won’t Harry have sex with him? | https://archiveofourown.org/works/17463980 | 67,227 |
| The Reason Is You | Rearviewdreamer | Louis is running out of time to find a summer job. His best friend offers him one that promises early mornings, late nights, long hours, and the best people he'll ever meet. Lucky for Louis, one of those people is Harry Styles. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/9535349 | 37,429 |
| The Stars In Your Eyes Light Up The Sky | Orphan_account | Once again, Harry’s life was on a fast track into seriously uncharted territory. He had known from the moment he’d woken up on that horrible morning that he would have no choice other than to come out. Publicly. Harry Styles, the first publicly gay Prince of England in British History. That would be his luck. Or, the one where Harry is a prince forced out of the closet and Louis is a boy bander forced in. When they meet, everything changes. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/1066315 | 60,071 |
| Through The Wheatfields and the Coastlines | thepolourryexpress | “You’re not from around here, are ya?” Hot Cowboy asks, tracking his little lamb with his eyes. Louis frowns slightly, having thought he was doing pretty well at not sticking out like a sore thumb. It’s not like he’s not from around here — it’s not his first summer he’s spent at his grandparents'. But he supposes that the Manhattan city lifestyle that he’s used to is always going to shine through. “I’m visiting family for the summer,” Louis explains, cheeks a little pink. “Trying to get some work done without distractions.” Or, alternatively, the one where Louis needs inspiration, and a certain cowboy and his lamb are the perfect distraction. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/27551119 | 52,855 |
| Tired Tired Sea | MediaWhore | As a B&B owner on the most remote of all the British Isles, Louis Tomlinson is used to spending the coldest half of the year in complete isolation, with his dog and the sea as sole companions. Until, one day, a mysterious stranger on a quest to rebuild himself rents a room for the winter. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/19277764 | 113,303 |
| To The Ends of the Earth | Stylinsoncity | During a yearlong hiatus, Louis visits Harry at his cabin in Idaho, where long-buried feelings ignite like the fire keeping them warm. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/5924089 | 68,488 |
| Touch | Kotabear24 | Harry's shy and virginal with a past, new on the football team; Louis' the (experienced) popular star of the team and Harry's new mentor. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/548402 | 228,329 |
| Truth Be Told (I Never Was Yours) | JustForTommo | The one where Louis and Harry have a complicated past, Louis is getting married to someone that’s not Harry, and the universe has decided to have a laugh and make Harry the wedding planner. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/1716161 | 76,907 |
| Unbelievers | Isthatyoularry | It’s Louis’ senior year, and he’s dead set on doing it right. However, along with his pair of cleats, a healthy dose of sarcasm and his ridiculous best friend, he’s also got a complicated family, a terrifyingly uncertain future, and a mortal enemy making his life just that much worse. Mortal enemies “with benefits” was not exactly the plan. Or, the one where Louis and Harry definitely aren’t friends, and football is everything. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/3592992 | 136,875 |
| Undone, Undress | Angelichl | Louis' new roommate is shy, skittish, and flinches at the slightest sounds. He's an art major who gets drunk on cherry wine, wears lacy lingerie, and shows up late at night covered in bruises that blossom across his skin like flowers. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/15528606 | 134,067 |
| Walk That Mile | Purpledaisy | Harry stares at him, the line of his jaw standing out scarily. “I wanted to get the most out of this trip so I planned it carefully.” His voice is low and steady and somehow that’s worse than when he was yelling. “So far you’ve put your sticky fingers on everything I’ve tried to do”. “Sticky fingers?” Louis repeats, offended. “Are you saying it’s my fault you got stung by a bee? Had you been alone you would have gotten halfway to the Dotty Diner and ran the car off the road because of an allergic reaction, so don’t go blaming me.” - A Route 66 AU where falling in love was never a part of the plan." | https://archiveofourown.org/works/12329163 | 149,570 |
| Wanted Most | Geralt_Of_Rivia | Louis Tomlinson is a thief, and a damn good one at that. Most have heard of him. Most don't understand him. And Harry Styles is the FBI agent who can never seem to catch him. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/1074632 | 156,236 |
| Way in the World | Flowsque | When Louis Tomlinson enters the waiting room, Harry can distinctly feel his heart sinking to his stomach. The man's hair is ruffled and dishevelled and his red jersey, damp with sweat from training, clings to his perfect and chiseled body. He stands there, almost unreal, against the glass door, peering inside the office.Harry knew this would’ve happened, sooner or later. That he would have bumped into him. They play for the same club after all, even if they’re in different leagues. It’s not weird. It is not. Except it totally is. Or, the one where Harry has a knee injury and an embarrassing crush on Manchester United's pretty number ten." | https://archiveofourown.org/works/4186497 | 74,826 |
| We'll play hide and seek to turn this around (give me love like never before) - The Strawberry Milk Fic | Wankerville | An au where harry paints his nails and drinks strawberry milk and is too nervous for it to be nothing and louis' just trying to figure out whats wrong with him | https://archiveofourown.org/works/1368217 | 19,610 |
| We're Still Going, Eight In The Morning | Nooelgallagher and Yoursongonmyheart | The one where Harry owns a bakery, Louis is a radio DJ, and Niall and Liam roll their eyes at their incessant flirting. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/5586844 | 31,939 |
| Wear It Like A Crown | Zarah5 | AU. As part of a team of fixers hired to handle a gay scandal in Buckingham Palace, Louis expects Prince Harry to be a lot of things—most notably a royally spoilt brat. Never mind that the very same Prince Harry used to star in quite a number of Louis' teenage fantasies. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/1816771 | 141,303 |
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| When It’s Late At Night | Rearviewdreamer | Louis has zero interest in an ex-boybander turned solo artist when his appearance on the show gets announced, but that's exactly who he gets stuck with when Harry Styles shows up at the Late Late show to promote the release of his debut album. For an entire fucking week. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/10756491 | 25,599 |
| When We Find Love | Angelichl | “I have a boat,” Louis reasons, turning around to match Harry’s gaze. He looks gorgeous like this, standing on the edge of the wooden dock, the nighttime breeze gently ruffling his hair, eyes dark beneath the sky full of stars. “Is that okay?”. “You mean like… You want to-“ He gestures between them with a quick flutter of his hands, “-with me, on your boat?”. Louis nods, trying not to let a crazy grin overtake his face. “Only if you want to.”. Or, the famous/not-famous AU in which Louis lives in a house by the lake and doesn't know Harry is famous." | https://archiveofourown.org/works/13894038 | 38,876 |
| Wild And Unruly | 100percentsassy and Gloria_andrews | Harry is a cowboy sitting on the biggest oil reservoir in Wyoming, and Louis is the paralegal assigned to pressure him into selling his land. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/2723093 | 123,655 |
| With My Body and Soul, I Want You More Than You’ll Ever Know | BoosBabycakes | Louis knew he was in love the first time he saw the ultrasound. He felt perfectly content with it being just him and the baby. He had a plan. Until fate teaches him that love is full of surprises. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/31986886 | 58,828 |
| You Come Beating Like Moth's Wings | 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. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/812489 | 81,077 |
| You Make It Easy | Rearviewdreamer | Harry has dreamed of a career in the lighting industry for years. Those dreams only become bigger and brighter when he’s hired to work on Louis Tomlinson’s first solo world tour. At the end of the day, he ends up getting more than just an amazing job out of the deal. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/17472986 | 26,847 |
| You Set of Avalanches in My Heart | Orphan_account | Louis has eyes that could burn down cities. Harry wants to be made of skyscrapers and bridges and concrete. Or, Harry is the editor of the university newspaper and has been in love with an anonymous poet for a year. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/2767445 | 22,366 |
| Young & Beautiful | Velvetoscar | Louis, to his horror, attends an elitist university in which the name Zayn Malik means something, Niall Horan doesn't stop talking, there are pianos everywhere, and Harry Styles, only son of a drug-addled, clinically insane ex-rocker, has a perfect smile and empty eyes. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/838537 | 227,417 |
| You Were A Beam of Light, Lit Up My Broken Sky | CuckooTrooke | Harry showed no signs of moving anywhere, so Louis saw that as an opportunity to kiss him again. He locked their lips back together, nudging Harry’s mouth open the slightest bit and let his tongue brush against Harry’s. Harry squeezed Louis' tie in his fist, tugging on it so hard Louis had to tuck his fingers inside his own collar. He smiled in the kiss, “Easy, love.”. Louis was prepared for everything except for the words that left Harry’s mouth next; “You reckon you could tie my hands with this?” | https://archiveofourown.org/works/30408501 | 84,581 |
| You're ripped at every edge, but you're a masterpiece | Valentia | Harry Styles knows he's weird. He likes girly things like flowers and the colour pink and painting his nails and he doesn't have any friends. But he understands that because how could someone like him if he doesn't even like himself? It's his first semester at uni and really, he just hopes the horrors of his past won't repeat themselves. Louis Tomlinson has been a uni student for a while now with a rule of not dating new students. He still helps Harry find his way to his first class, though. He's also really sweet and really hot and Harry knows it won't end well, but it doesn't keep him from falling for Louis anyway. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/14257632 | 50,475 |
| You’re An Asshole (But I Love You) | Theboyfriendstagram | College AU where Harry studies law and psychology. Louis is a phallophobic frat boy who’s majoring in acting, plays footie and needs tutoring in psychology. Of course they hate each other but that doesn’t stop them from having a ridiculous amount of sexual tension. Or, Louis is a frat boy with a drinking problem who doesn't know what he wants to do with his life, and Harry is a psychology student who always takes care of him and might just be exactly what Louis doesn't want, but really needs. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/3400229 | 85,867 |
| Your Mess Is Mine | Amory | Louis is the father to the most brilliant little boy in the world who is all Louis really needs, or at least that's what he tells himself. Harry is a gorgeous boy bander fresh off a two-year break and a massive scandal that's left him a little broken and more than ready to move on. They fall in love. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/3426800 | 176,723 |
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| Crave | Dimpled_Halo | All eyes are on Louis Tomlinson to bring new talent to save Hanover Records from the mess the previous executive left behind. His newest artist, Harry Styles, is charismatic and everything Louis needs to revive the label. It’s up to Louis and his team to make Harry the star he was born to be. When Harry and Louis come face to face, it isn’t the first time they’ve met, and their worlds are about to be turned upside down. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/12951438 | 90,765 |
| Haven | Orphan_Account | "I take it you’re not a new student?”. “What?” Harry mumbles, caught up in the way his eyes are quite literally sparkling in the light. “Oh—No. Not a student.”. “Are you a sub?” Louis asks. Harry clenches his hands into fists, holding them behind his back as he stumbles a bit. “I don’t, uh—I mean. I’ve never really gotten a chance to be a true sub, you know? My ex-partners were always scared they’d hurt me. But, like—If I trusted someone a lot, and if we used a, a safeword. And talked about, you know, boundaries, then—Yes, yeah, I-I’m a sub.”. Louis’ eyes are so wide, his cheeks puffing out in the effort to not burst into laughter. “Oh shit, oh my god,” Harry whispers. “You meant—Oh god." | https://archiveofourown.org/works/8188549 | 35,715 |
| If You Keep Holding Me This Way | thepriestthinksitsthedevil (stubliminalmessaging) | Harry is a uni student who just so happens to enjoy dressing up as a long-haired androgynous sub persona to go out to bars and pick up men to dominate him. He tries to keep his BDSM life and his personal one separated, but that gets difficult when his crush on a classmate gets serious and his two worlds collide. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/9564719 | 22,863 |
| Just Breathe | Awriterwrites, Dimpled_Halo | Louis pops his head into the kitchen, “You alright?”. Harry smiles shaking his head, “Just my clumsy arse at it again,” he says laughing. “I oughta put you over my knee and give you a good spanking,” Louis mutters, chuckling. Harry freezes. His pulse races so hard he can feel the blood rushing fast and hot throughout his body, like a livewire, zinging through him in a delirious rush. His mouth goes dry, and his eyes are wide. And when Louis turns around to look at him after being silent for so long, it’s like Louis just knows. He understands. Harry loves him so fucking much. Or, the one where Harry and Louis are on a journey through life together — one that includes discovering dark, hidden parts of themselves that only the other can find. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/9440327 | 50,779 |
| Salt and the Appetite | SadaVeniren | No Control is a No From Me - By Harry Styles. I know this is probably a controversial opinion and review because I have only heard great things from people going to No Control before but I cannot recommend it to anyone. While the facility is nice, the people who work there do not seem to care for their clients well being, and I do not feel safe going there in any capacity. I suppose when I want to play next I will have to travel back down to London, or maybe, unfortunately, Liverpool. If I must. Aka Harry, a popular BDSM blogger, writes a negative review about Louis’ club. Louis wants to have a chance to make it up to him. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/15084101 | 14,458 |
| The Night Sky Is Changing Overhead | Orphan_account | Harry is a tattoo artist, Louis is a drama professor, and they meet during an argument at a café. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/6805309 | 124,022 |
| You Were A Beam of Light, Lit Up My Broken Sky | CuckooTrooke | Harry showed no signs of moving anywhere, so Louis saw that as an opportunity to kiss him again. He locked their lips back together, nudging Harry’s mouth open the slightest bit and let his tongue brush against Harry’s. Harry squeezed Louis' tie in his fist, tugging on it so hard Louis had to tuck his fingers inside his own collar. He smiled in the kiss, “Easy, love.”. Louis was prepared for everything except for the words that left Harry’s mouth next; “You reckon you could tie my hands with this?” | https://archiveofourown.org/works/30408501 | 84,581 |
| You're ripped at every edge, but you're a masterpiece | Valentia | Harry Styles knows he's weird. He likes girly things like flowers and the colour pink and painting his nails and he doesn't have any friends. But he understands that because how could someone like him if he doesn't even like himself? It's his first semester at uni and really, he just hopes the horrors of his past won't repeat themselves. Louis Tomlinson has been a uni student for a while now with a rule of not dating new students. He still helps Harry find his way to his first class, though. He's also really sweet and really hot and Harry knows it won't end well, but it doesn't keep him from falling for Louis anyway. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/14257632 | 50,475 |
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| And I’ll Judge The Cover By The Book | Harrystylesandstuff | At twenty years old Harry has his life figured out. He’ll graduate from the private University of Buckingham and move to Oxford to study journalism. He’ll meet someone who shares his values and accepts who he is, and apply everything his successful parents have taught him. At twenty-two years old Louis has no clue what he wants in life. He’s not sure he’ll pass the year and doesn’t know where he’ll go after that. He spends his time smoking away his doubts about himself with his friends and all he cares about is making sure his family doesn’t fall apart. They don’t belong together. Or a Private University AU where Harry is a queer posh prince, Louis is a closeted troublemaker, and neither expect to understand each other the way they will. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/4775945 | 73,810 |
| Baby Heaven’s In Your Eyes | Theboyfriendstagram | They couldn’t be more different if they tried. Louis Tomlinson is 17 years old and in his last year of the most prestigious private school in Doncaster. If there’s one thing that completely annoys him, it’s that there is a poor community college right across the street. Harry Styles is 19 years old, and (once again) in his last year of college. He goes to community college in Doncaster. He never shows up to classes and if he actually bothers to, he’s either high or drunk; sometimes both. His skin is littered with tattoos and if there’s one thing he absolutely hates, it’s the snobby students attending the private school right across from his. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/1897185 | 120,878 |
| Both Showing Hearts | Kiwikero | Louis Tomlinson is, in fact, not straight. Harry Styles isn’t sure what he is. Together, they figure it out, and maybe fall in love along the way. Or the Uni AU where Louis helps Harry figure out his sexuality, Niall crashed a bachelorette party, Liam works in a printing centre, and Zayn happens to need lots of printing done. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/3627921 | 113,570 |
| Enemies With Benefits | Ssii8 | Where Harry is captain of basketball team and Louis is captain of football team and they hate each other. But somehow this doesn't stop them from having sex. And everything is perfect until they start to feel something more. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/10165181 | 267,068 |
| Fading | Tothemoonmydear | Louis knows about beauty; the combination of qualities that pleases the aesthetic senses. He creates that combination every day in the garments he designs while studying fashion at uni. The cut of the design, the cooler of the fabric, the intricacy of the stitching; it all comes together to create something beautiful. When the science student with the long legs and dimpled smile agrees to model for him, Louis decides he’s found beauty personified. Harry just thinks Louis needs someone to show him how beautiful he is. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/629683 | 202,393 |
| Find You Home | Kingsofeverything | When Louis lies to his family and says he’ll bring his new boyfriend home for Christmas, his best friend and roommate Harry agrees to play the part. It’s that, or be left alone over the holidays. What will happen? No one knows! Perhaps Santa will swoop in with a Christmas miracle. Featuring lovesick idiots, kissing and cuddling, pies and Christmas clichés. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/12966225 | 35,388 |
| Give Me Truths | Iwillpaintasongforlou | Louis is a psychology student with a tattoo count as high as his genius IQ. Harry is in a (sort-of) relationship with a homophobic man and hates himself a little more every day. Things fall apart and Louis puts him back together. Or, the one in which Louis falls in love with a fragile boy and tells him every beautiful truth in the world, as long as it makes him happy. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/1712528 | 110,330 |
| If You Keep Holding Me This Way | thepriestthinksitsthedevil (stubliminalmessaging) | Harry is a uni student who just so happens to enjoy dressing up as a long-haired androgynous sub persona to go out to bars and pick up men to dominate him. He tries to keep his BDSM life and his personal one separated, but that gets difficult when his crush on a classmate gets serious and his two worlds collide. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/9564719 | 22,863 |
| I Like The Way You Bend For Me | TheCellarDoor | Uni AU, in which Harry is a part-time yoga instructor with rock hard nipples and skin-tight leggings, and Louis most definitely isn’t charmed. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/1466161 | 50,411 |
| Just A Flower Boy | Larryruinedme | Harry Styles is a clumsy, flower crown-wearing, openly gay junior with only two true friends, Niall and Zayn. Louis Tomlinson is the school's attractive, straight football captain, with a small body and a big personality. As fate will have it, Harry has a huge, unrequited, utterly hopeless crush on Louis. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/3820192 | 70,087 |
| Knock Knock, I Love You | Beautlouis | Harry and Louis get kicked out of a statistics exam for passing a knock knock joke note, and subsequently fall in love. Harry's a virgin, there's a cat, a hot cocoa date, a lot of sex, even more knock knock jokes, and everything is lovely and happy. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/8342227 | 80,066 |
| Never Be | Cherrystreet | The one where Harry Styles moves to Connecticut from England for nine months as a part of a study abroad program, and he just so happens to move in with Louis Tomlinson and family. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/8318785 | 117,522 |
| Rather be sad with you (than anywhere away from you) | Ohsailor | University AU. Louis, Niall, and Liam have already been living together for four years when they get a new roommate. Harry’s in pre-med and Louis is struggling to graduate and fulfill his family’s hope of him becoming an esteemed lawyer while battling his mental health | https://archiveofourown.org/works/4767983 | 145,990 |
| Shake Me Down | AGreatPerhaps12 | Harry's new to college, fresh out of Catholic school and conversion therapy camp, and Louis runs the campus LGBTQIA organization. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/3331958 | 208,589 |
| Smaller Than Me | Checkthemargins | Harry's just finished his first year of uni on his way to becoming Dr. Harry Styles, Neurosurgeon. He's young, he has endless potential, three amazing best mates, a new love and the world at his fingertips. The fact that his new boyfriend may or may not be a sex-worker, of course, throws a wrench into the works. But it's not true. Really. Probably. It most definitely might not be entirely true. And that’s all Harry needs to know. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/543083 | 22,935 |
| Soft Hands, Fast Feet, Can’t Lose | Dolce_piccante | American Uni AU. Harry Styles is a frat boy football star from the wealthy Styles Family athletic dynasty. A celebrity among football fans, he knows how to play, he knows how to party, and he knows how to fuck (all of which is well known among his legion of admirers). Louis Tomlinson is a student and an athlete, but his similarities to Harry end there. Intelligent, focused, independent, and completely uninterested in Harry’s charms, Louis is an anomaly in a world ruled by football. A bet about the pair, who might be more similar than they originally thought, brings them together. Shakespeare, ballet, Disney, football, library chats, running, accidental spooning, Daredevil and Domino’s pizza and blend into one big friendship Frappuccino, but who will win in the end? | https://archiveofourown.org/works/5799241 | 112,853 |
| Take Me To Church | Wickerdarcher_o8 | Louis is the new kid at school in Bible Belt, USA, who is fascinated by the quiet kid that seems to be an outcast. It takes everything in his arsenal to break the walls of Harry Styles down. Harry has a troubled past that has lead him to go against everything Louis thought he believed. Louis sees something brokenly beautiful in Harry, and Harry finds the stability he has longed for in Louis. After many conversations, Louis makes a confession that could cost them everything. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/16558676 | 414,467 |
| The College Experience | TheRoseIsTakenCareOf | Louis, an upper year Residence Advisor and sexy loudmouth aspiring journalist, pulls along quirky and anxious first year student Harry, determined to help him get the most out of college. The younger boy quickly learns that college isn't just about bad roommates and boring professors, but a place for getting hopelessly lost trying to take a shortcut in the dead of night, getting pulled up onstage in a coffeehouse, getting a bit tipsy and making bad decisions, and maybe even falling for someone entirely off limits. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/4567533 | 58,491 |
| The First Year | Parmahamlarrie | When Louis Tomlinson was assigned a first year student to be his roommate for his final year at the University of Manchester, his expectations were low. All he needed was a cheap place to sleep and keep his stuff amidst his nights out, willing his brain to forget his past. He never expected Harry Styles to become his eclectic, sweet, and cuddly best friend. That was never the plan. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/33958117 | 46,972 |
| Touch | Kotabear24 | Harry's shy and virginal with a past, new on the football team; Louis' the (experienced) popular star of the team and Harry's new mentor. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/548402 | 228,329 |
| Unbelievers | Isthatyoularry | It’s Louis’ senior year, and he’s dead set on doing it right. However, along with his pair of cleats, a healthy dose of sarcasm and his ridiculous best friend, he’s also got a complicated family, a terrifyingly uncertain future, and a mortal enemy making his life just that much worse. Mortal enemies “with benefits” was not exactly the plan. Or, the one where Louis and Harry definitely aren’t friends, and football is everything. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/3592992 | 136,875 |
| Undone, Undress | Angelichl | Louis' new roommate is shy, skittish, and flinches at the slightest sounds. He's an art major who gets drunk on cherry wine, wears lacy lingerie, and shows up late at night covered in bruises that blossom across his skin like flowers. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/15528606 | 134,067 |
| We'll play hide and seek to turn this around (give me love like never before) | Wankerville | An au where harry paints his nails and drinks strawberry milk and is too nervous for it to be nothing and louis' just trying to figure out whats wrong with him | https://archiveofourown.org/works/1368217 | 19,610 |
| Young & Beautiful | Velvetoscar | Louis, to his horror, attends an elitist university in which the name Zayn Malik means something, Niall Horan doesn't stop talking, there are pianos everywhere, and Harry Styles, only son of a drug-addled, clinically insane ex-rocker, has a perfect smile and empty eyes. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/838537 | 227,417 |
| You're ripped at every edge, but you're a masterpiece | Valentia | Harry Styles knows he's weird. He likes girly things like flowers and the colour pink and painting his nails and he doesn't have any friends. But he understands that because how could someone like him if he doesn't even like himself? It's his first semester at uni and really, he just hopes the horrors of his past won't repeat themselves. Louis Tomlinson has been a uni student for a while now with a rule of not dating new students. He still helps Harry find his way to his first class, though. He's also really sweet and really hot and Harry knows it won't end well, but it doesn't keep him from falling for Louis anyway. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/14257632 | 50,475 |
| You’re An Asshole (But I Love You) | Theboyfriendstagram | College AU where Harry studies law and psychology. Louis is a phallophobic frat boy who’s majoring in acting, plays footie and needs tutoring in psychology. Of course they hate each other but that doesn’t stop them from having a ridiculous amount of sexual tension. Or, Louis is a frat boy with a drinking problem who doesn't know what he wants to do with his life, and Harry is a psychology student who always takes care of him and might just be exactly what Louis doesn't want, but really needs. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/3400229 | 85,867 |
| You Set of Avalanches in My Heart | Orphan_account | Louis has eyes that could burn down cities. Harry wants to be made of skyscrapers and bridges and concrete. Or, Harry is the editor of the university newspaper and has been in love with an anonymous poet for a year. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/2767445 | 22,366 |
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| Enemies With Benefits | Ssii8 | Where Harry is captain of basketball team and Louis is captain of football team and they hate each other. But somehow this doesn't stop them from having sex. And everything is perfect until they start to feel something more. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/10165181 | 267,068 |
| I’ve Been Hoping You’d Be Somewhere Better Than This | Runaway_train | “Does she know who it is then, from the New York office?” Louis enquires. “Yeah, some guy Henry? Henry Styles I think she said?” “Harry.” “What?” “Harry. His name is Harry Styles.” His Heart sank. Louis hadn’t met him, they had only shared a couple emails back and forth, but he knew exactly who he was. And Harry hadn’t just been killing it the Big Apple, he’s been ripping the place to absolute shreds, nailing some of the most lucrative accounts in the business. Louis is so fucked." | https://archiveofourown.org/works/15899463 | 39,980 |
| Nothing But You On My Mind | Nonsensedarling | Louis Tomlinson is a PR manager hired to improve the image of royal bad-boy Prince Harry Styles. Unfortunately for him, that means being faced with the Prince's constant innuendos, incessant dirty jokes, and relentless flirting. Louis just wants to make it to Princess Gemma's coronation; once she's crowned Queen, his contract is up and he never has to see the Prince again. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/22965409 | 83,724 |
| That Sounds Fake but Okay | Dancingontheceiling | Harry Styles is a rookie journalist forced to work the gossip desk at a major New York magazine. Louis Tomlinson is the A-list actor who doesn't appreciate Harry or his articles. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/4766945 | 112,553 |
| Unbelievers | Isthatyoularry | It’s Louis’ senior year, and he’s dead set on doing it right. However, along with his pair of cleats, a healthy dose of sarcasm and his ridiculous best friend, he’s also got a complicated family, a terrifyingly uncertain future, and a mortal enemy making his life just that much worse. Mortal enemies “with benefits” was not exactly the plan. Or, the one where Louis and Harry definitely aren’t friends, and football is everything. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/3592992 | 136,875 |
| Walk That Mile | Purpledaisy | Harry stares at him, the line of his jaw standing out scarily. “I wanted to get the most out of this trip so I planned it carefully.” His voice is low and steady and somehow that’s worse than when he was yelling. “So far you’ve put your sticky fingers on everything I’ve tried to do”. “Sticky fingers?” Louis repeats, offended. “Are you saying it’s my fault you got stung by a bee? Had you been alone you would have gotten halfway to the Dotty Diner and ran the car off the road because of an allergic reaction, so don’t go blaming me.” - A Route 66 AU where falling in love was never a part of the plan." | https://archiveofourown.org/works/12329163 | 149,570 |
| Wanted Most | GeraltOfRivia | Louis Tomlinson is a thief, and a damn good one at that. Most have heard of him. Most don't understand him. And Harry Styles is the FBI agent who can never seem to catch him. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/1074632 | 156,236 |
| When It’s Late At Night | Rearviewdreamer | Louis has zero interest in an ex-boybander turned solo artist when his appearance on the show gets announced, but that's exactly who he gets stuck with when Harry Styles shows up at the Late Late show to promote the release of his debut album. For an entire fucking week. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/10756491 | 25,599 |
| Wild And Unruly | 100percentsassy and Gloria_andrews | Harry is a cowboy sitting on the biggest oil reservoir in Wyoming, and Louis is the paralegal assigned to pressure him into selling his land. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/2723093 | 123,655 |
| Stuck With You | Millsx | When Harry agreed to pretend to be Louis Tomlinson's boyfriend for publicity, he never expected to actually fall in love with him, and most definitely didn't think he'd be stuck with him in his shallow, overly large mansion in Manchester for two months due to a global pandemic. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/24184687 | 14,702 |
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| All Too Human | Gotthisniallthang | Louis has a 3-year-old son and works at a day-care while getting his education degree. Harry’s a fresh face popstar with the world in his hands. They meet over applesauce and hide n’ go seek. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/1148544 | 166,252 |
| Chasing The High | Rearviewdreamer | Louis never thought a week away from his job could change things so much. Or, Louis is a therapist in a rehab facility and Harry has been court ordered to stay there for six weeks." | https://archiveofourown.org/works/2955053 | 90,721 |
| Is This Seat Taken? | Lainy122 | A borrowed suit from Zayn, a cigarette and the right attitude, and Louis went from security breach to misplaced celebrity instantly. He could practically see the wheels in the security guy’s head switch from ‘could be dangerous’ to ‘could get me fired’. L.A was so predictable. Louis makes a bet with Zayn that he can sneak into a music awards event without getting caught, and when he ends up posing as a seat-filling member of staff he runs into superstar Harry Styles and sparks fly. Que the music. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/5446571 | 35,507 |
| Led by your beating heart | Missandrogyny | AU where Harry's in One Direction, Louis isn't, and they reconnect over a game of 'Call or Delete'. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/5090168 | 29,423 |
| Somewhere Only We Know | Bethaboo | Personal assistant Louis knows something is up with his best friend and employer Harry. And it's not just his big tour coming up or the ever-increasing womanizing rumours about the popstar. To get to the bottom of Harry's moodiness, Louis decides he has to kidnap him and take him on a roadtrip up the California coast to Portland. The roadtrippiest road trip fic ever written. Basically an excuse for gratuitous fluff and smut with a pinch of angst tossed in for good measure. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/2763668 | 44,536 |
| Tired Tired Sea | MediaWhore | As a B&B owner on the most remote of all the British Isles, Louis Tomlinson is used to spending the coldest half of the year in complete isolation, with his dog and the sea as sole companions. Until, one day, a mysterious stranger on a quest to rebuild himself rents a room for the winter. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/19277764 | 113,303 |
| When It’s Late At Night | Rearviewdreamer | Louis has zero interest in an ex-boybander turned solo artist when his appearance on the show gets announced, but that's exactly who he gets stuck with when Harry Styles shows up at the Late Late show to promote the release of his debut album. For an entire fucking week. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/10756491 | 25,599 |
| When We Find Love | Angelichl | “I have a boat,” Louis reasons, turning around to match Harry’s gaze. He looks gorgeous like this, standing on the edge of the wooden dock, the nighttime breeze gently ruffling his hair, eyes dark beneath the sky full of stars. “Is that okay?”. “You mean like… You want to-“ He gestures between them with a quick flutter of his hands, “-with me, on your boat?”. Louis nods, trying not to let a crazy grin overtake his face. “Only if you want to.”. Or, the famous/not-famous AU in which Louis lives in a house by the lake and doesn't know Harry is famous." | https://archiveofourown.org/works/13894038 | 38,876 |
| Your Mess Is Mine | Amory | Louis is the father to the most brilliant little boy in the world who is all Louis really needs, or at least that's what he tells himself. Harry is a gorgeous boy bander fresh off a two-year break and a massive scandal that's left him a little broken and more than ready to move on. They fall in love. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/3426800 | 176,723 |
| Running Home To You | Sincewewereeighteen | Harry can’t help but look at his iTunes library. What he did not expect was to see his name there: Harry Styles, and a half-played album. He has to ask. Or, the one in which Harry and Louis take the same plane, and even though they're both sort of nomads, they end up finding a home in each other. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/15517404 | 18,369 |
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| Foolishly Completely Falling | Isthatyoularry | Louis is 1/4 of the infamous boy band One Direction and has had a crush on the Prince of Wales for ages. Prince Harry is gay and out and when he spills on a tv show about finding a certain Louis fit, their paths cross and everything turns into a tumult of emotions and anxiety, and the complications when you just want to show the world who you love. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/817363 | 85,965 |
| In This Light | Exhilarated | Harry is a wardrobe stylist who likes to live in the moment, and Louis is a popstar who looks dreamy in double breasted jackets. Harry never stood a chance. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/5186000 | 99,234 |
| Lost and Found | Vthelarrie | There's nothing the famous singer Louis Tomlinson loves more than his dog, especially during times like these where he can't find inspiration to write. Bookstore owner Harry Styles takes in the black labradoodle that was (most likely) abandoned near his shop. Or, where Louis is just looking for his dog but finds love along the way. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/27589550 | 51,736 |
| You Make It Easy | Rearviewdreamer | Harry has dreamed of a career in the lighting industry for years. Those dreams only become bigger and brighter when he’s hired to work on Louis Tomlinson’s first solo world tour. At the end of the day, he ends up getting more than just an amazing job out of the deal. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/17472986 | 26,847 |
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| Ever Since I Tried Your Way | Flowercrownfemme | In 1949 Harry left his bride at the altar, running away from the only life he'd known. When a kindhearted farmer offers him a ride in his truck and a place to sleep the two find themselves inexplicably drawn together. Isolated on Louis' farm with nobody but a field of dairy cows to intrude, the men are finally able to explore the parts of themselves they've spent their lives hiding away. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/24744505 | 25,896 |
| Maybe Down in Lonesome Town | Resurrectdead | ”I’m Louis.” He gives it a shake and a squeeze. ”Your very friendly neighbour.”. ”With the very friendly cows,” Harry adds, and Louis huffs a laugh. Or, Harry is a struggling author that moves to the Yorkshire countryside over the summer to escape the same city routine. He doesn't expect to meet a lovely farmer that makes future decisions very hard to make. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/28895448 | 45,453 |
| Through The Wheatfields and the Coastlines | thepolourryexpress | “You’re not from around here, are ya?” Hot Cowboy asks, tracking his little lamb with his eyes. Louis frowns slightly, having thought he was doing pretty well at not sticking out like a sore thumb. It’s not like he’s not from around here — it’s not his first summer he’s spent at his grandparents'. But he supposes that the Manhattan city lifestyle that he’s used to is always going to shine through. “I’m visiting family for the summer,” Louis explains, cheeks a little pink. “Trying to get some work done without distractions.” Or, alternatively, the one where Louis needs inspiration, and a certain cowboy and his lamb are the perfect distraction. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/27551119 | 52,855 |
| Wild And Unruly | 100percentsassy and Gloria_andrews | Harry is a cowboy sitting on the biggest oil reservoir in Wyoming, and Louis is the paralegal assigned to pressure him into selling his land. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/2723093 | 123,655 |
| Title | Author | Summary | Link | Word Count |
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| All Too Human | Gotthisniallthang | Louis has a 3-year-old son and works at a day-care while getting his education degree. Harry’s a fresh face popstar with the world in his hands. They meet over applesauce and hide n’ go seek. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/1148544 | 166,252 |
| Baby We Could Be Enough (I’ll Make This Feel Like Home) | Orphan_account | “Did you clean the table?” Harry asks Louis once Rose is done speaking, now occupied with trying to see if she can reach over and touch Harry’s hair from where she’s sat. At Louis’ nod, Harry frowns. “You didn’t have to do that. You’re my guests here, I could’ve dealt with it later.” Louis just smiles easily, though, adjusting Rose on his lap so that she’s facing Harry better. She manages to tug on a loose wave of hair, and she makes a noise of triumph that both Louis and Harry smile at. “I don’t mind,” Louis murmurs to Harry, even though he’s looking at Rose. “This one here seemed very excited to talk to you.” And, okay. Harry can’t help but think of how domestic this feels, all of a sudden. Or, harry is a photographer who's trying to find his place. louis is a single father with a smile that feels like home. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/5439464 | 52,095 |
| (But) Baby We're Everything | Writingtwentyfour | A Teacher AU in which Harry and Louis broke up at the end of university, Louis was hired at a primary school just outside London, and Harry enrolled at Cambridge to finish his degree and get his EdD. Years later finds Louis as a year two teacher at the same school he's been employed at since he graduated, and with a three year old son, and Harry as the newest addition to Little Harbor Primary’s staff. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/28213104 | 117,618 |
| Come Away With Me | Suspendrs | Louis has to pick up the pieces of his daughter's life after his wife dies, and Harry is a beautiful stranger that just wants to help. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/7449553 | 80,349 |
| Piece By Piece | Lovelarry10 and Wander723 | Now that his best friend Liam is getting married Louis Tomlinson needs help, and he’s finally admitted it. He can’t work and be the best dad to his disabled son Mason without it. That’s where Harry Styles comes in. And so begins the love story of a lifetime. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/13704204 | 168,295 |
| Save me...... | SavageMonkey | Harry is struggling with the loss of his partner, raising his daughter Addie all on his own. He is hoping to find solace at a local community center grief meeting. Louis is dealing with his own loss, but has a whole new approach to life that Harry didn't know existed. Harry is a successful personal chef. Louis is a star of the stage. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/848601 | 59,748 |
| With My Body and Soul, I Want You More Than You’ll Ever Know | BoosBabycakes | Louis knew he was in love the first time he saw the ultrasound. He felt perfectly content with it being just him and the baby. He had a plan. Until fate teaches him that love is full of surprises. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/31986886 | 58,828 |
| Your Mess Is Mine | Amory | Louis is the father to the most brilliant little boy in the world who is all Louis really needs, or at least that's what he tells himself. Harry is a gorgeous boy bander fresh off a two-year break and a massive scandal that's left him a little broken and more than ready to move on. They fall in love. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/3426800 | 176,723 |
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| Finding Lou | Stylinsoncity | Louis is the nomadic stranger who wanders into Harry’s bookstore. Harry is the skeptic who falls for him. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/6609844 | 60,274 |
| Folding Corners | Yvessaintlourry | “Do you want to sign up to be a part of our membership program?” he asks, and absolutely not. That’s the absolute last thing Louis wants. A membership? Absolutely ridiculous. A complete scam. He doesn’t even come to this bookstore except for maybe twice a year, so why the fuck would he want- “Okay.” What the fuck, Louis. - Memberships are a scam, but Louis can't seem to say no. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/19270237 | 7,547 |
| Lost and Found | Vthelarrie | There's nothing the famous singer Louis Tomlinson loves more than his dog, especially during times like these where he can't find inspiration to write. Bookstore owner Harry Styles takes in the black labradoodle that was (most likely) abandoned near his shop. Or, where Louis is just looking for his dog but finds love along the way. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/27589550 | 51,736 |
| Staring Across The Room | Allwaswell16 | Harry Styles has a great life. He’s a children’s librarian at the New York Public Library, he’s got wonderful friends, and he loves cooking, green tea, yoga, and his collection of bow ties. He doesn’t mind that his life seems a little structured, maybe even a little boring. But when Louis Tomlinson joins the library staff as the new Installation Coordinator, things become a lot less predictable. Louis gets under his skin right from the start, bossing Harry around, making noise during story time, and eating the last cupcake in the staff lounge. Louis may be almost offensively attractive, but Harry will not be succumbing to Louis Tomlinson’s charms, even if the rest of the library staff have. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/12782901 | 26,783 |
| The Art Of The Giants | Asphodelknox | Louis is dancing away from an old relationship when he meets Harry at a bookstore in the busy streets of Seattle. Harry is just a bookstore owner hoping his handsome weekly visitor could become something more. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/11679540 | 10,535 |
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| Behind My Eyelids Are Islands of Violence | Whisperingwind | Harry has epilepsy. No matter what time it is or where he's to be located, Louis will always come running. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/3487997 | 122,701 |
| It Feels Different When You’re With Me | Rearviewdreamer | Harry fell in love with sign language as a kid. He never imagined the first love of his life would lead him straight to his second. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/23294368 | 45,303 |
| Not Today | Styyyylinson | The Me Before You fic that no one really asked for. Louis Tomlinson is a high power executive until his accident. Everything in his life changes after that - his way to get around, his boyfriend leaves, and he doesn't have much that he wants to live for anymore. After a failed attempt to take his life, he asks his parents if he can see a doctor to help him go peacefully instead. After their initial shock wears off, they agree as long as Louis waits six months. In walks Harry Styles. He had just lost his job, was feeling down on his luck, and has no idea what he's getting himself into in being an assistant to Louis. He has no knowledge of Louis trying to take his own life, until he overhears his parents talking, and it breaks his heart. Though helping Louis is a pain at times, he wouldn't trade it for anything in the world. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/7078579 | 135,506 |
| Piece By Piece | Lovelarry10 and Wander723 | Now that his best friend Liam is getting married Louis Tomlinson needs help, and he’s finally admitted it. He can’t work and be the best dad to his disabled son Mason without it. That’s where Harry Styles comes in. And so begins the love story of a lifetime. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/13704204 | 168,295 |
| Show Me Life Like I’ve Never Seen | Rearviewdreamer | Louis never expected to leave the small art studio three blocks down from his job with anything besides the painting he caught a glimpse of and simply couldn't forget. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/8583859 | 42,953 |
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| Don’t Look Down | Zarah5 | AU. In which Louis is a solicitor at one of London’s most prestigious law firms and Harry happens to apply for the position as his trainee. And everyone else is around, too. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/738944 | 91,709 |
| Hold You Now | Solvetheminourdreams | The string within Harry's own sweatpants is now dangling outside of his pocket, stretched so far out that the seams of his pants have tightened. His eyes remain hyper focused on Louis, how oblivious he is—scrolling through his phone without a care in the world, while Harry feels his tilt on its axis. Three years ago, Harry Styles said goodbye to communications consultancy firm McQuiston Worldwide, leaving a life of travel and agency PR behind. When he accompanies his best friend to a family wedding across the Atlantic, he'll be forced to reopen old wounds and face his past—one that no one wants to hash out, but may just have to. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/30253536 | 131,332 |
| I’ve Been Hoping You’d Be Somewhere Better Than This | Runaway_train | “Does she know who it is then, from the New York office?” Louis enquires. “Yeah, some guy Henry? Henry Styles I think she said?” “Harry.” “What?” “Harry. His name is Harry Styles.” His Heart sank. Louis hadn’t met him, they had only shared a couple emails back and forth, but he knew exactly who he was. And Harry hadn’t just been killing it the Big Apple, he’s been ripping the place to absolute shreds, nailing some of the most lucrative accounts in the business. Louis is so fucked." | https://archiveofourown.org/works/15899463 | 39,980 |
| That Sounds Fake but Okay | Dancingontheceiling | Harry Styles is a rookie journalist forced to work the gossip desk at a major New York magazine. Louis Tomlinson is the A-list actor who doesn't appreciate Harry or his articles. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/4766945 | 112,553 |
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| I'm Caught On Your Coat Again | Annewithane | Louis owns a café next to Harry’s bakery. Harry bakes Louis cake and Louis names tea after Harry and eventually they fall in love. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/4273755 | 24,378 |
| Simply Irresistible | Rearviewdreamer | Louis only comes to town to start up a successful restaurant, but finds he can't quite leave once the job is done. Though, that might have more to do with him falling for his quirky neighbour than anything else. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/14136516 | 12,588 |
| We're Still Going, Eight In The Morning | Nooelgallagher and Yoursongonmyheart | The one where Harry owns a bakery, Louis is a radio DJ, and Niall and Liam roll their eyes at their incessant flirting. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/5586844 | 31,939 |
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| Foolishly Completely Falling | Isthatyoularry | Louis is 1/4 of the infamous boy band One Direction and has had a crush on the Prince of Wales for ages. Prince Harry is gay and out and when he spills on a tv show about finding a certain Louis fit, their paths cross and everything turns into a tumult of emotions and anxiety, and the complications when you just want to show the world who you love. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/817363 | 85,965 |
| Like Water Over Fire (Like Water On Fire) | MCSSymon | “I’m sorry your highness, I think I misheard you, did you really say that you are hoping to meet your husband?” Oh god, Louis panicked. Was Prince Harry gay? Was he even allowed to be gay? Surely he wouldn’t be allowed to have a selection from a group of men, right? Prince Harry looked partly like he wanted to laugh, but also very, very nervous about what he had just admitted, “Yes, sir, you heard correctly”. Or Prince Harry has 46 men and 13 weeks to find the husband of his dreams, Louis has a limited amount to time to live out a royal fantasy. They might just be exactly what the other needs. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/11222547 | 119,264 |
| Nothing But You On My Mind | Nonsensedarling | Louis Tomlinson is a PR manager hired to improve the image of royal bad-boy Prince Harry Styles. Unfortunately for him, that means being faced with the Prince's constant innuendos, incessant dirty jokes, and relentless flirting. Louis just wants to make it to Princess Gemma's coronation; once she's crowned Queen, his contract is up and he never has to see the Prince again. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/22965409 | 83,724 |
| The Stars In Your Eyes Light Up The Sky | Orphan_account | Once again, Harry’s life was on a fast track into seriously uncharted territory. He had known from the moment he’d woken up on that horrible morning that he would have no choice other than to come out. Publicly. Harry Styles, the first publicly gay Prince of England in British History. That would be his luck. Or, the one where Harry is a prince forced out of the closet and Louis is a boy bander forced in. When they meet, everything changes. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/1066315 | 60,071 |
| Wear It Like A Crown | Zarah5 | AU. As part of a team of fixers hired to handle a gay scandal in Buckingham Palace, Louis expects Prince Harry to be a lot of things—most notably a royally spoilt brat. Never mind that the very same Prince Harry used to star in quite a number of Louis' teenage fantasies. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/1816771 | 141,303 |
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| Flightless Bird | Audreyhheart | AU where Louis Tomlinson is a principal dancer with The Royal Ballet. When his rival from ballet school, moody dance prodigy Harry Styles joins the company, old wounds are reopened and old passions reignited. During the company's production of Swan Lake the secret that doomed their love is finally revealed, but will it be too late? | https://archiveofourown.org/works/6401653 | 97,723 |
| Hold Me Closer | Balanceds | Louis Tomlinson is one of the most promising dancers of the English National Ballet, on track to become the youngest principal dancer in the company's history. That is, until forces conspire to significantly complicate his life, including: a surprise ballet, an unfairly attractive guest choreographer, and being pushed into a rivalry with his best mate. Featuring lots of wine, dancing, pining, and a happy ending. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/1585649 | 36,510 |
| Way in the World | Flowsque | When Louis Tomlinson enters the waiting room, Harry can distinctly feel his heart sinking to his stomach. The man's hair is ruffled and dishevelled and his red jersey, damp with sweat from training, clings to his perfect and chiseled body. He stands there, almost unreal, against the glass door, peering inside the office.Harry knew this would’ve happened, sooner or later. That he would have bumped into him. They play for the same club after all, even if they’re in different leagues. It’s not weird. It is not. Except it totally is. Or, the one where Harry has a knee injury and an embarrassing crush on Manchester United's pretty number ten." | https://archiveofourown.org/works/4186497 | 74,826 |
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| Absolutely Smitten | MyEnglishRose | Adopting Clifford was a way for Louis to finally cope with his loneliness, as a lively dog would spice up his life and his boring daily routine. Now, he surely didn’t expect Clifford to lead him to meet one strange man obsessed with his cat that he walks and cooks with. Somehow, Louis falls in love pretty fast along the way.Or, Louis is walking his dog. Harry is walking his cat. Leashes get tangled, and feelings too. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/21629308 | 20,120 |
| All Too Human | Gotthisniallthang | Louis has a 3-year-old son and works at a day-care while getting his education degree. Harry’s a fresh face popstar with the world in his hands. They meet over applesauce and hide n’ go seek. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/1148544 | 166,252 |
| As Long As Skies Are Blue | Theboyfriendstagram | Summer Camp! AU. Louis has been a football instructor at Lake District Camp for three years when twenty-year old Harry Styles - the latest addition to the counselling team - stumbles not so gracefully into his life. It’s not that Harry is everything Louis can’t stand-except. He is. But that doesn’t stop him from walking in on the naked boy too many times for it to be a coincidence. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/2764406 | 25,268 |
| Baby We Could Be Enough (I’ll Make This Feel Like Home) | Orphan_account | “Did you clean the table?” Harry asks Louis once Rose is done speaking, now occupied with trying to see if she can reach over and touch Harry’s hair from where she’s sat. At Louis’ nod, Harry frowns. “You didn’t have to do that. You’re my guests here, I could’ve dealt with it later.” Louis just smiles easily, though, adjusting Rose on his lap so that she’s facing Harry better. She manages to tug on a loose wave of hair, and she makes a noise of triumph that both Louis and Harry smile at. “I don’t mind,” Louis murmurs to Harry, even though he’s looking at Rose. “This one here seemed very excited to talk to you.” And, okay. Harry can’t help but think of how domestic this feels, all of a sudden. Or, harry is a photographer who's trying to find his place. louis is a single father with a smile that feels like home. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/5439464 | 52,095 |
| Behavioural Ecology | Turtlekz | Louis Tomlinson is a primatologist working with the Jane Goodall Institute for primate conservation; and Harry Styles is the photojournalist sent from National Geographic to write a piece promoting awareness about the endangered species. They meet, and love is never, ever simple, as we know. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/6051931 | 81,574 |
| Birds In Gilded cages | Graveyardwitch | "There is a hotel in London where beautiful young men and women are kept like birds in a gilded cage, prisoners bound to satisfy your deepest darkest desires.... After being kidnapped as a teenager, Harry Styles was forced into high-class prostitution by the evil Mr Cowell. Louis Tomlinson is heir to his father's corporation, set to inherit millions...But engaged to a woman he doesn't love and deeply unhappy. When they meet at a party sparks fly and they embark on a passionate and dangerous relationship...But can it ever be true love when one of you is being paid? And can Louis ever rescue Harry from The Bird Cage Hotel?" | https://archiveofourown.org/works/2652377 | 157,001 |
| Cocaine For Breakfast | Guccikings | Louis Tomlinson is a drug addict, sent away from his beloved party-scene to recover. There, he discovers that small towns have just as much access to drugs as London did, plus something even better that he just can't get enough of. That something is a boy with green eyes and bouncy curls named Harry Styles. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/15476535 | 309,627 |
| Come Away With Me | Suspendrs | Louis has to pick up the pieces of his daughter's life after his wife dies, and Harry is a beautiful stranger that just wants to help. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/7449553 | 80,349 |
| Dreaming Of You | Velvetoscar | The Begrudging Starbucks AU. The world is winter and steamed milk and creamy espresso shots. The world is a never ending queue. The world is a Starbucks logo and a pink-cheeked smile from Niall and a bored scowl from Zayn and the world is Louis watching his best mate, Liam, fall in love with their newest customer, Harry. Who may or may not be in love with Louis. The world is cruel. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/1234030 | 68,793 |
| Electing Strange Perfections | Scrunchyharry | Back for the summer from university, 19-year-old Louis is faced with a massive problem: their new gardener is quite possibly the most gorgeous man he's ever met. Over the course of the summer, Louis and a 25-year-old Harry will learn that love can be found where you least expect it. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/2760065 | 84,757 |
| Escapade | Dolce_Piccante | In the grand scheme of things, finding a date for a wedding should be no problem for Louis Tomlinson. He's rich. He's handsome. He's reasonably well behaved. But when the wedding is for his lifelong best friend (and former boyfriend), and is happening in under a month, finding a date for the ceremony and accompanying festivities becomes more of an adventure than he ever could have planned for. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/4034197 | 146,241 |
| Ever Since I Tried Your Way | Flowercrownfemme | In 1949 Harry left his bride at the altar, running away from the only life he'd known. When a kindhearted farmer offers him a ride in his truck and a place to sleep the two find themselves inexplicably drawn together. Isolated on Louis' farm with nobody but a field of dairy cows to intrude, the men are finally able to explore the parts of themselves they've spent their lives hiding away. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/24744505 | 25,896 |
| Finding Lou | Stylinsoncity | Louis is the nomadic stranger who wanders into Harry’s bookstore. Harry is the skeptic who falls for him. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/6609844 | 60,274 |
| Have Faith in Me | Stylinsoncity | As the son of Anne Styles, millionaire owner of one of the world's most luxurious fashion labels, Harry has spent his last seventeen years living in carefree extravagance. And now he's grown tired of it, along with the pressure from his mum to follow in her footsteps and the constant care given to him by her past assistants. When his mum's newest assistant, Louis, moves into the guesthouse, Harry determines to be treated differently. To be treated like an adult. Except Louis is not at all what Harry was expecting... This is a story about growing up, growing in love and having the faith to make it last. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/2148573 | 183,417 |
| Here In The Afterglow | Fondleeds | “If you hadn’t noticed, I don’t have many friends,” Louis whispers, the blossom of insecurity in his stomach unfurling and clawing its way into his throat. Harry is silent for a long time, and then he speaks; a soft, slow uncurl that makes Louis’ stomach shake. “I’ll be your friend.” - 1970’s AU. In a tiny town in Idaho, Louis’ life is changed forever by the arrival of a curious stranger." | https://archiveofourown.org/works/8598145 | 88,649 |
| Like Water Over Fire (Like Water On Fire) | MCSSymon | “I’m sorry your highness, I think I misheard you, did you really say that you are hoping to meet your husband?” Oh god, Louis panicked. Was Prince Harry gay? Was he even allowed to be gay? Surely he wouldn’t be allowed to have a selection from a group of men, right? Prince Harry looked partly like he wanted to laugh, but also very, very nervous about what he had just admitted, “Yes, sir, you heard correctly”. Or Prince Harry has 46 men and 13 weeks to find the husband of his dreams, Louis has a limited amount to time to live out a royal fantasy. They might just be exactly what the other needs. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/11222547 | 119,264 |
| Loving You Is Free | Littlelouishiccups | Louis is a workaholic record label CEO who hasn't been on a date in nearly a year. Niall and Liam make an account for him on a sugar dating website as a joke. And then Louis meets Harry. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/4287093 | 67,971 |
| More Than You Know | Brightlyharry | The one where Louis is a doorman for a luxury apartment building and Harry is the newest resident of the penthouse. Timing fails to be on his side as he tries to catch a glimpse of the building's newest occupant and prove he's a call-boy. When he finally does see Harry in the flesh, he's more captivated than ever. Featuring Liam as a mailman and Louis' trusted friend and no one knows what's going on with Zayn. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/19307158 | 64,711 |
| Never Be | Cherrystreet | The one where Harry Styles moves to Connecticut from England for nine months as a part of a study abroad program, and he just so happens to move in with Louis Tomlinson and family. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/8318785 | 117,522 |
| No Going Back | Jacaranda_Bloom | Sales reps Harry and Louis are bored with their jobs and their lives. After meeting at a conference in Cardiff they hook up, have a few too many drinks, and jokingly apply to become remote lighthouse keepers. Six months, just the two of them, looking after the southernmost lighthouse off the bottom of Australia. It’s not like their applications will be accepted. Right? | https://archiveofourown.org/works/24228511 | 56,102 |
| Not Today | Styyyylinson | The Me Before You fic that no one really asked for. Louis Tomlinson is a high power executive until his accident. Everything in his life changes after that - his way to get around, his boyfriend leaves, and he doesn't have much that he wants to live for anymore. After a failed attempt to take his life, he asks his parents if he can see a doctor to help him go peacefully instead. After their initial shock wears off, they agree as long as Louis waits six months. In walks Harry Styles. He had just lost his job, was feeling down on his luck, and has no idea what he's getting himself into in being an assistant to Louis. He has no knowledge of Louis trying to take his own life, until he overhears his parents talking, and it breaks his heart. Though helping Louis is a pain at times, he wouldn't trade it for anything in the world. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/7078579 | 135,506 |
| Prelude To Forever | AlwaysAqua | "@StylinHarry: So I kinda fell for a boy yesterday at #ChiPride. Kissed & fireworks went off. Literally. He’s a drama teacher. Goes by “Louis” but I prefer Sunshine. Very pretty. The prettiest. Got separated & I’m a fucking idiot who forgot to get his number. Anyone know him? #helpfindsunshine. Or, Louis and Harry meet at Pride in Chicago and spend the day falling for each other before getting accidentally separated." | https://archiveofourown.org/works/15493371 | 13,503 |
| Relief Next To Me | Dolce_Piccante | AU. What happens when a baker and a graphic designer meet via a very specific Craigslist post? Fate, friendship, food, and maybe more. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/1117942 | 333,703 |
| Right By Your Side | Mezzidemo | Marine Biologist Harry Styles works at SeaWorld Australia and conducts dolphin therapy sessions for people suffering trauma or fear of water. He loves his job and his life in Australia, but it all gets turned upside down when a beautiful blue-eyed boy from the UK is sent down under for therapy after a near drowning incident. Louis Tomlinson dived into the river to save his sister without a second thought to his own safety. When he almost drowned trying to save her, the after effects are severe. After a particularly bad panic attack, he is referred to a program in Australia, where he finds himself in the care of the prettiest boy he's ever seen. Can they maintain the professional boundaries required to get Louis well again, or will their desire for each other be too hard to fight? | https://archiveofourown.org/works/3388160 | 154,446 |
| Save me...... | SavageMonkey | Harry is struggling with the loss of his partner, raising his daughter Addie all on his own. He is hoping to find solace at a local community center grief meeting. Louis is dealing with his own loss, but has a whole new approach to life that Harry didn't know existed. Harry is a successful personal chef. Louis is a star of the stage. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/848601 | 59,748 |
| Show Me Life Like I’ve Never Seen | Rearviewdreamer | Louis never expected to leave the small art studio three blocks down from his job with anything besides the painting he caught a glimpse of and simply couldn't forget. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/8583859 | 42,953 |
| Simply Irresistible | Rearviewdreamer | Louis only comes to town to start up a successful restaurant, but finds he can't quite leave once the job is done. Though, that might have more to do with him falling for his quirky neighbour than anything else. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/14136516 | 12,588 |
| Stranger Stars | Shaylea | Five years ago, Africa offered a grieving Louis Tomlinson an escape from an England he couldn't tolerate. Now it's become home as he leads overland tours across the continent with his best friend and driver Zayn Malik. What's meant to be just another ordinary six-week trip from Cape Town to Nairobi turns into anything but, when future lawyer/current photographer and songwriter Harry Styles and his friends join Louis' latest set of passengers. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/23086588 | 212,307 |
| Take Off Your Running Shoes | Polkadotpeacoat | AU- Harry is the fit supermarket check out boy. Louis wants to sleep with him. Summer romance ensues. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/725550 | 54,618 |
| The Night Sky Is Changing Overhead | Orphan_account | Harry is a tattoo artist, Louis is a drama professor, and they meet during an argument at a café. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/6805309 | 124,022 |
| When We Find Love | Angelichl | “I have a boat,” Louis reasons, turning around to match Harry’s gaze. He looks gorgeous like this, standing on the edge of the wooden dock, the nighttime breeze gently ruffling his hair, eyes dark beneath the sky full of stars. “Is that okay?”. “You mean like… You want to-“ He gestures between them with a quick flutter of his hands, “-with me, on your boat?”. Louis nods, trying not to let a crazy grin overtake his face. “Only if you want to.”. Or, the famous/not-famous AU in which Louis lives in a house by the lake and doesn't know Harry is famous." | https://archiveofourown.org/works/13894038 | 38,876 |
| You Come Beating Like Moth's Wings | 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. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/812489 | 81,077 |
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| As Long As Skies Are Blue | Theboyfriendstagram | Summer Camp! AU. Louis has been a football instructor at Lake District Camp for three years when twenty-year old Harry Styles - the latest addition to the counselling team - stumbles not so gracefully into his life. It’s not that Harry is everything Louis can’t stand-except. He is. But that doesn’t stop him from walking in on the naked boy too many times for it to be a coincidence. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/2764406 | 25,268 |
| Bring Your Body Baby (I Could Bring You Fame) | Theboyfriendstagram | Eighteen-year-old Harry Styles just graduated high school and landed a summer job as a water boy for his favourite football team. His job description is simple: be ready to hand water and towels to players if needed. That didn’t seem to include Louis Tomlinson though, a twenty-three-year-old, recently transferred Paris Saint-German player, who seems to like making Harry’s job much more difficult than it has to be. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/4263903 | 84,134 |
| I’ll Crash Until You Notice Me | Stylinsoncity | Louis sets off to Barbados to oversee the massive resort his family owns known as Sandy Hill. For years, he's been looking for a change in the monotony of his life, seeking adventure and perhaps love too. What he doesn't expect is the bright eyed boy who spills a milkshake on his shoes. Cue the summer loving. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/4682597 | 61,261 |
| The Reason Is You | Rearviewdreamer | Louis is running out of time to find a summer job. His best friend offers him one that promises early mornings, late nights, long hours, and the best people he'll ever meet. Lucky for Louis, one of those people is Harry Styles. | https://archiveofourown.org/works/9535349 | 37,429 |