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lovely little lonely

A Harry Styles/Nick Grimshaw series.

untouchable (dirty, pretty, beautiful)

160k | E | by mywonderwall

“I just saw someone throw a banana at a car.”

“What?”

“Seems like a waste of a perfectly good banana though, don’t you think?”

“Welcome to New York, kid. You know that’s not the weirdest thing anyone saw today.”

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At age thirty, Nick's only ever loved his best friends and himself, but all of that changes when he meets Harry Styles on a Wednesday night in April.

A slow-burn, New York City AU all about love, friendship, grief, trauma, and healing.

invincible (the days we were golden)

140k | E | by mywonderwall

Sometimes he wishes he could go back in time and sit himself down, look himself in the eye, and say that someday, he’s going to be completely content with his life as a husband with three daughters. That he can’t remember the last time he drank more than a glass of wine or two at dinner. That he’s been having sex with the same person for coming up on twenty years and has loved every second of it. He’s fairly certain his past self would laugh in his face, call him crazy, and offer him a joint or a line of cocaine.

The joint, he’d still take. That much, at least, hasn’t changed.

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Raising children alongside a husband with PTSD turns out to be a lot more complicated than Nick ever expected.

It's still the greatest thing he's ever done.

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I like my men how I like my women

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Honestly, I’m just happy his nails are painted again. I was needing some inspiration for my own.

Harry out in LA - Aug. 25

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hoping that my love will keep you up tonight - nick/mesh, 3k, fifi’s wedding in greece, drunk sex & intimacy & banter

Nick fumbles in the dark, his hand brushing against Mesh’s thigh. He’s being gentle, but the touch sweeps through Mesh, sparking up his spine like a firecracker. Mesh goes speechless again, his breath catching with how right it feels.

read here! reblogs and replies appreciated! :’)

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We tolerate no Simone Biles slander in this house. Still the GOAT. Always the GOAT.

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This is my collection for @wordplayfics prompts showing a glimpse into the future of Famous-Harry & Non-Famous-Louis from my fic Why Didn’t We Make Out the Night We Met?.

Week 1: Struggle | 2.6K | M

Harry’s back ‘home’ from another trip to LA. All Louis wanted was for him to come home to a clean condo.

Week 2: Reduce | 3.5K I M

Louis goes to California for he & Harry’s first pap walk and to meet the infamous Jeff.

Week 3: Divide | 5.6K | M

Harry meets Louis’s siblings at their annual pumpkin carving night.

Week 4:

Week 5:

These can be oneshots. Reading WDWMOTNWM is not necessary. Thank you to the lovely @behindmeday for your fantastic beta skills!

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So agree. Feels very out of character for Harry. I hope there was a misunderstanding or something!

Did you see Charlotte saying she’s been let go “for reasons she doesn’t understand”? So weird and sad!

yeah I feel bad for her. weird though bc I sincerely doubt harry would dump people on his crew without an explanation. he paid his crew out of pocket last year and he clearly cares about them so idk what this is about. she did say last year she wanted to focus on her own music so idk? lowkey frustrating she posted that instagram story in that way though since all it’s going to do is lead to speculation and you know people are going to take this and run with it

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this or that

hot shower or cold shower // texting or calling // earphones or headphones // paperback or hardcover // matte or gel // 12 hour clock or 24 hour clock // blue or green // sunsets or sunrises // tulips or orchids // candle light or moon light // sci-fi or horror // pen or pencil // pandas or koalas // gold or silver // sneakers or boots // denim jacket or leather jacket // pink or purple // wind chimes or dreamcatchers // chocolate or sour candy // deodorant or perfume // drive-in movie theatre or the cinema // pastel colours or neutral/earth tones // butterflies or honeybees // lemonade or iced tea // past or future // constellations or aurora borealis

Thanks for the tag @zannithinks! I discovered how poor I am at quick decisions doing this! 

I tag @berzerkshires @disgruntledkittenface and @daintyharru

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Happy 11th year anniversary of One Direction!

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This is my collection for @wordplayfics prompts showing a glimpse into the future of Famous-Harry & Non-Famous-Louis from my fic Why Didn’t We Make Out the Night We Met?.

Week 1: Struggle | 2.6K | M

Harry’s back ‘home’ from another trip to LA. All Louis wanted was for him to come home to a clean condo.

Week 2: Reduce | 3.5K I M

Louis goes to California for he & Harry’s first pap walk and to meet the infamous Jeff.

Week 3:

Week 4:

Week 5:

These can be oneshots. Reading WDWMOTNWM is not necessary. Thank you to the lovely @behindmeday for your fantastic beta skills!

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Why Didn’t We Make Out the Night We Met 

by Berzerkshires

explicit | 52K words

Louis and Harry meet in an alley outside the hotel Louis is staying for the weekend. Harry introduces himself as Ed, and Louis is completely clueless. They have a relationship through text messages, phone calls, shared pictures and Facetime calls.

Is a cell phone being the only source of communication enough? Will Louis ever learn that he’s really talking to an international popstar? And what happens when the world is shutdown due to a wide spread virus?

Read on AO3

Thank you to Nameless-Ari and behindmeday!

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Smiley. 😊

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Harry arriving at LAX 1/20/2016.

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“All right, anti-vaxxers. Let’s pretend you’re right. You’re not. Pretending is not science” - Hannah Gadsby - Douglas (2020)

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I'm sure you're getting bombarded but I just had to send in some of the very few fics I've read this year (hopefully I can read more soon!) 1-Use You As A Focal Point by Jiksa 2-floating in a most peculiar way by we_are_the_same 3-When the dust settles (Will we be alright?) by mercurial-madhouse 4-Do You Know Who You Are? series by behindmeday 5-a little tenderness by disgruntledkittenface 6-I'll Follow You Into The Flames by rmnn sorry that's so many and there's so many more in my mind 😅

Ummm...yes. lol. I sort of impulsively decided to do this and I did not realize how many would be sent in. haha! But omg so many good fics!!

Use You As A Focal Point by Jiksa / @jiksax

“What am I, the fucking twink whisperer? You’ve been nothing but horrible to me. Last time I tried to kiss you, you lobbed a Chelsea boot at my head.”

Louis shows up at Nick's front door on the wrong side of midnight, asking for... things.

floating in a most peculiar way by we_are_the_same / @so-why-let-your-voice-be-tamed

It's been four months since he last saw him.

(The Coffee Shop / Space AU that I never expected to write)

When the dust settles (Will we be alright?) by mercurial-madhouse (writing_practice) / @mercurial-madhouse

Harry closes the distance between them until the inebriating scent from the newly-presented omega nearly overwhelms him. Learning to balance both genders with their pheromones yet to settle, those who’ve just presented have the strongest scents. In this world, Louis’ scent is a death sentence. They both know they’re racing fate, luck, and time now.

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A ficlet in honor of the brilliant prompt: Male omegas are practically extinct. Most were eradicated due to their magical abilities, leading alphas to fear and envy them and declare civil war. A few hundred years have passed. Louis is a late bloomer, waiting to present as a beta… things don’t go as planned.

Do You Know Who You Are? (series) by @behindmeday

2011 - Louis

Louis was grateful for his friend who always managed to keep them well fed. Louis had no doubt that without Harry he would subsist on a diet of cereal and tea and not much else.

“I knew I kept you around for a reason,” Louis said as he took a seat on one of the stools at their kitchen island. “I’m pretty sure pancakes are what they mean when they say ‘friends with benefits’.”

Harry’s eyes sparkled as he turned around and smiled at Louis. He held the spatula up and waved it around in a jaunty circle. “They’ll be ready in a few, Lou,” he said, smiling at his own rhyme.

Or, Louis has his suspicions. (This is the summary for the first fic in the series!)

a little tenderness by disgruntledkittenface / @disgruntledkittenface

“Listen, my alpha and I broke up and it turns out that all of our friends were really his friends and I need someone to help me through–”

“No,” Harry practically shouts, the word bursting out of him unbidden. He cringes when he sees the shock on Niall’s face, his pale skin flushing lightly. “I’m sorry, but my answer has to be no. I don’t help omegas through heats. I’m really sorry, Liam knows that, so I don’t know why he would give you the idea–”

“It’s not heat, Harry,” Niall interrupts. “It’s depri.”

“Oh. Fuck.”

Touch deprivation makes a lot of sense now that Harry thinks about it. Niall seems generally unwell; he appears to be weak, his skin is pallid and his lips look chapped, and his breathing is ragged. He’s wearing a cozy-looking sweatshirt, but even over FaceTime, he kind of seems cold, hunched over with his arms wrapped around his body. Harry’s never been around an omega in depri as bad off as Niall looks; most of the time, there’s an alpha friend or family member who can help out with scenting and physical contact.

Oh.

I'll Follow You Into The Flames by rmnn

“Candidate Zayn Malik, I’m aware. Next time, I expect to see you arriving with everyone else on shift,” Chief Deluca cut in as he went to shake Zayn’s trembling hand. The rest of the crew looked impressed as they took in Zayn’s form. He felt himself shrinking under their lingering gazes, knowing that all eyes were on his unique appearance from his shorn hair to the various tattoos on display. “Right, Malik, this is Captain Payne, you have any questions, you can direct them to him,” the chief explained, gesturing to a figure leaned against the messy whiteboards. The man had his arms crossed as he observed Zayn with a watchful gaze.

That was all it took for Zayn to feel another wave of anxiety crash over him once again. But this feeling was different. This was not first day jitters, or the stress of having to remember people’s names, this was an explosion of something more battling to cripple Zayn’s demeanor. The man, Captain Payne, was utterly gorgeous.

Or;

A Firefighter AU where Zayn pines and dwells on his past and Liam withholds himself before feelings override professional judgment.

Send me your favorite fic from 2021!