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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?
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25 Apr 2026
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"Nervous? Why would I be nervous to spend twelve weeks in a foreign country riding around in an old piece of junk car with a dull-as-fuck mechanic who thinks he's a model and smiles too much just to impress our mother?" Harry glares at the side of his sister's head as she backs out of the driveway. "Do you know he winked at her? He fucking winked Violet!"
"Oh, so Louis thinks he's a model, does he?"
Harry ignores her smirk. "Betrayed. Pissed off. Abused! Those are more fitting words that describe my state of mind."
One week ago, Harry's mother introduced him to a complete stranger, and assigned them the stupidest project he's ever heard of. Now, he's on his way to America to shoot videos of the newest investment properties she's acquired, and turn the footage into a travel vlog.
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Harry and Louis can’t stand each other and the houses they have to film turn out to be haunted. Worst. Roadtrip. Ever.
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“Oh my gosh oh my gosh!! I loved this!! Loved their dynamic- the banter was incredible and ah the pining!! Such a great story!!”
"Did hit the heart after ever chapter?? You bet your bippy I did!! Incredible!! I couldn't put this book down!!"
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20 Apr 2026
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Louis hums. “True. Doesn’t mean it wouldn’t still be a risk for me to lend you a hand though. Forgive me detective, but you haven’t exactly given me many reasons to trust you over the years.”
Harry nods. He expected that response.
“No, but if you did help me, I would owe you a great debt.”
And there it is again, that wicked smile that has shivers shooting down Harry’s spine.
Of fear or excitement, Harry’s not entirely sure. And he really doesn’t want to think too hard about it.
“That is an intriguing idea.” Louis grins, his blue eyes dragging meaningfully over Harry’s face. “I must say, you would look awfully pretty in my pocket.”
(Or the one where detective Harry Styles is being framed for a high profile murder. Ironically, the only person that can seem to help him is his sworn enemy, and London’s most ruthless mob boss: Louis Tomlinson).
Title from Drugs by Mother Mother.
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11 Apr 2026
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When Louis is done, he rolls to the side and picks the bottle from the nightstand, taking a sip before handing it to Harry.
“You know,” he says. “Rich boy come tastes exactly like poor boy come.”
Harry almost chokes on the water. This guy is annoyingly funny.Harry is a rich, entitled snob who has his whole life planned out by his parents. One day he meets Louis, an annoyingly attractive guy who plays in a punk band. He doesn't expect for his whole life to be turned upside down.
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10 Mar 2026
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Harry remains impassive as he says, “I never said we were sleeping together.”
“But you have, right?”
He sighs heavily through his nose, figuring there’s no use in hiding it. Not if it means as little as he says it does. “Yeah. Sure. We’ve slept together.”
The smug grin is evident in Pippa’s voice. “And are you seeing other people?”
“Don’t see why we can’t. It’s not like it’s anything serious.”
Pippa hums. “Interesting.”
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in which louis has always had clear intentions, harry has always been a bit of a brat, and it seems like everything yet nothing has changed since they broke up a few years ago. except now they're fucking.
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03 Feb 2026
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Harry Styles, Detective Chief Inspector of the Metropolitan Police's witch division, is forced by his boss to co-lead his current investigation into a string of supernatural murders with the incredibly annoying, and frustratingly hot Louis Tomlinson.
DCI Louis Tomlinson wasn’t expecting to be paired with the most uptight man he’s ever met, so naturally, he messes with him any chance he gets. The fact that his co-lead is gorgeous just makes Louis more determined to wind him up.
Together they combine cases and grapple with the elusive murderer. Can they catch a magical serial killer while dealing with their growing desire and feelings for each other?
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22 Jan 2026
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“But I searched for all your weak spots,” Louis said as he watched Harry’s pupils go wide. “Did you search mine?”
Harry didn’t fight back as the grip on his wrists began to tighten. Instead, he smiled and gave him an unbothered look. He then slowly broke the hold with a twist of his wrists, just enough for Louis’ fingers to slip free. He dragged his muddy fingertips along the edge of Louis’ jaw, tracing it with precision, then down the lengths of his throat until his open palm came to rest at the center of Louis’ chest-- his heart.
“I did,” he whispered, pressing his palm in harder. “It’s right here.”
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or, a bastard knight falls for the prince he's sworn to protect and everything goes up in flames.
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27 Nov 2025
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Harry Styles is the laird of Clan Edwards who is just trying to keep his clan afloat when they get word that the Mackenzies have been cutting a swath through the Midlands and beyond, and their sights are set on the northern Highlands next. In an attempt to garner extra protection for his clan, Harry sets out to mend his father's past wrongs and ally with their neighbors to the west, Clan Sutherland.
Louis Tomlinson is the mysterious commander of the Sutherland army sent back with Harry on orders from his laird to help shore up Clan Edwards' defenses. As the winter draws nearer by the day, the two are thrown together to prepare for the invasion that they expect as soon as the ground thaws.
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26 Jul 2025
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College AU where Harry studies law and psychology. Louis is a philophobic 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.
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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.
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01 Nov 2024
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When Louis turns twenty-one, he receives a call from the National Secondary Gender Services alerting him to prepare for his first rut. Everyone presents two to three days after their twenty-first birthday, and all heats and ruts require medical supervision just in case one thing goes wrong:
Rut fever.
Most people don’t find their soulmates before they present, especially since soulmate identification can only come through pheromones released after presentation. But if a first rut or heat begins without the person’s soulmate present, so does dangerous rut fever.
Louis is certain his first rut will be normal. He hasn’t seen the only person he ever had a crush on in childhood in nearly three years, and besides, they were only ever best friends.
Everything will be fine… right?
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08 Sep 2024
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Louis is an out-of-control teen heartthrob, Harry is hired to get him back on track and they both hate each other while they secretly don't.
“I'm not your personal assistant you know,” Harry says once he gets there and Louis lets him in and he shoves the bag into his hands. “I'm your publicist.”
“I know that,” Louis smiles a devilish grin patting Harry in the middle of his chest as he takes the bag, “but look at you personally assisting me,” he says looking in the bag and pulling out the Cheetos. I also know that my PA turns his phone on silent at night, and clearly, you don't. Waiting for a booty call or something?” Louis says turning on his heels and scurrying over to his sofa and plopping down. Harry swears he sees a puff of orange dust soar into the air when Louis opens the bag. He's amazed that couch is as clean as it looks.
**As of Oct 2022, I will be removing the broken photos and writing out what was in them. Please be patient.
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12 Sep 2023
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somewhere in between lightning by jassy117, nauticalleeds, shiningdistractionwrites
Fandoms: One Direction (Band)
07 Jun 2020
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As Louis took another bite, he thought back to how he had once believed that the hardest thing about being on Love Island would be Liam handling his social media.
He had been wrong. It was Harry Styles, peeking over at Louis as he forked a pancake into his mouth, and gauging his reaction. It was having to quench the swelling of his heart, which felt simultaneously like hope and the breaking of a thousand pieces.---
A summer gone wrong (or very right) when, under Liam’s persuasion, Louis finds himself drunkenly applying for Love Island, and getting accepted. Oh, well. A summer spent on an island paradise couldn’t be all that bad, right?
Imagine his surprise when Louis arrives in sunny Majorca to find that his first love and ex-boyfriend, Harry, is another contestant, about to capture the hearts of everyone in the villa. Most normal people don’t have to face their ex on an otherwise straight TV show. Most normal people don’t fall for their ex again in front of the whole nation, either. Too bad this whole situation isn’t normal.
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16 Jan 2023
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Let's Fall in Love in a Place You Want to Stay by embro for screwbystyles
Fandoms: One Direction (Band)
23 May 2015
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A George of the Jungle / Tarzan AU where Louis is a model who meets Wild Man Harry in the Congo. He was raised by apes and barely speaks a word of English and turns Louis' life upside down.
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29 Nov 2022
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The year is 1934 and Harry Styles was to inherent the largest tobacco firm in the south. His parents have picked out the “perfect” girl for him to marry and he has the privilege of receiving the highest education possible. The problem was, Harry hadn’t realized he didn’t actually want any part of that future until he met a mechanic named, Louis Tomlinson.
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03 Oct 2022
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Harry is a rockstar headlining two nights at Coachella and Louis is an EDM festival goer who manages to sneak into the VIP area with his best friend. He never expected the plan to actually work but then again, neither did he expect to get irritated and tell off someone who would turn out to be the most expected act of the weekend.
or a festival AU featuring face glitter, shoulder rides, and a lot of sarcastic remarks. (Also inspired by this.)
Part 2 coming December 26th!
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- Part 1 of festival AU (name TBA)
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01 Oct 2022
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"So, I guess we'll go?" Louis asks later, when Harry has calmed down and eaten his weight in Chinese food. He plays with this chopsticks, spearing another piece of chicken and pops it in his mouth. "I mean, I wouldn't mind. We could make it an adventure."
Harry observes him, watches him seated across from him on their old living room carpet, with a container of food on his lap. He's fidgeting, avoiding meeting Harry's gaze–he probably knows that Harry's mad at him for ruining the one chance they had to get out of this situation. And he's not wrong, Harry is definitely very mad. Harry wants to strangle him and castrate him and smack him upside the head.
But he's also Harry's best friend, and despite everything, despite all the fuck-ups and the plot twists and everything just not playing out the way it should, he'd still rather be stuck in this situation with Louis than any of the other boys. He's got Harry's back, and in a weird, abstract way, he knows they'll be able to get out of this situation, together.
Harry sighs. "We're going," he says resignedly, his shoulders slumping.
Oh well. There are definitely worse ways to spend the weekend than pretending to be engaged to his best friend.
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28 Sep 2022
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Harry Styles is his case partner. High and mighty, annoyingly smug Harry Styles who’s known him for years and has fucking seen him naked for fuck’s sake.
He glances at Venus who’s blinking up at him with curious eyes, no doubt sensing the agitation sparking in his magic.
“This is not happening,” Louis says loudly. “This is not fucking happening. I am going to kill Liam, oh my god.” He doesn’t even know if Liam is responsible for this but it feels like something he’d do to drive Louis absolutely insane - exes don’t just show up to your assigned haunted house out of nowhere. “Fucking fuck!”
He nearly jumps when Harry knocks again, his muffled voice carrying through the wood. “I can hear you, you know,” he drawls, sounding frustratingly amused.
Louis exhales, resisting the urge to scream.
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Or, Louis is a struggling witch desperate to prove himself after yet another magic disaster and finds a calling in the haunted house of client Niall Horan. Things get more complicated when he’s assigned a case partner: acclaimed medium and ex-boyfriend, Harry Styles.
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23 Sep 2022
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The Afterlife Fic (The Best I Ever Had in My Entire Life... Or Death) by LovingCup
Fandoms: One Direction (Band), Larry Stylinson - Fandom, Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson - Fandom
12 Apr 2017
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AU- After dying in an accident, Louis Tomlinson arrives in the Afterlife. Not Heaven and not Hell, Louis finds himself in Judgment City UK: a pristine city where the food and entertainment are divine and the newly departed must undergo a Review of their life on Earth to determine if they have lived a life worthy of advancement in the universe, or if they must be returned to Earth to be born again in a new body.
On his first full day in the Afterlife, Louis meets Harry Styles, and the two have an instant connection. Over the course of their Reviews, they fall in love and begin to find that even though they didn't know each other on Earth, they are nonetheless linked to one another in perfect ways. Both are hoping to move ahead in the universe together, but they are challenged with the threat of separation if one or both of them is sent back to Earth to be born again.
Loosely based on the Albert Brooks' film "Defending Your Life" starring Brooks and Meryl Streep. One scene in particular is drawn from the movie, but other than that scene and the general concept, this story veers far away from the film. There were no blowies in the 1991 movie, I swear!- Language:
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15 Apr 2022