#Etched in Salt (is a cathedral of the world)

[allwaswell16]

One Direction fics with similar vibes to the fic Beautiful War by itsmotivatingcara which is also listed below and as requested in this ask. If you enjoy the fics, please leave kudos and comments for the writers! You can find my other fic recs here. Happy reading!

Beautiful War by @itsmotivatingcara (M, 103k)

Five years ago, Louis was nearly the next victim in a string of murders plaguing Portland, Oregon. He managed to escape and the Angel Killer was apprehended and sent to prison. Now, Louis' a best-selling author that assists state police with minor cases. He still suffers from the events of the days he'd been held hostage, but he's found ways to cope.

That is, until the killings start up again. A body was found in the woods. A body that bared the same signature the media had dubbed: The Angel of Death.

Special Agent Harry Styles leads the case, and he doesn't buy into the clairvoyant bullshit that Louis spewed to save face five years ago. He's certain that Louis Tomlinson was involved.

Until they meet, and they're both left questioning everything they'd thought to be true.

Or An FBI-Clairvoyant AU

—Harry/Louis—

☽ If these walls could talk by louislittlesuns

(M, 94k, murder mystery) Harry and inspector Tomlinson get caught in a frantic race against time to solve the murder and stop rumours from spreading.

☽ Black with Autumn Rain by whimsicule

(T, 93k, magical realism) Harry is a journalist, Louis has lots of secrets and the moors aren't exactly the ideal place to rekindle a lost romance.

☽ technicolor by @creamcoffeelou

(E, 81k, serial murders) The slow-burn, hate-to-love, crime au where Harry is a psychic, Louis is a detective, and the world is against them.

☽ Baby, I think we might be too cold to float by @forreveries

(M, 81k, murder mystery) Harry is a journalist that goes to Lake Tekapo, New Zealand, to look into a girl’s disappearance after a year of no movement from police. 

☽Derail the Mind of Me by pleasinglouis / @pleasing-louis

(E, 77k, Criminal Minds au) The Behavioral Analysis Unit gets called in to help a small town police department find the killer leaving behind a string of victims with a particularly jarring signature. 

☽ knives don't have your back by @turnyourankle

(M, 51k, uni au) The lone survivor of an on campus massacre that claimed the lives of his four housemates, Harry is urged to take a sabbatical or transfer. Instead, he chooses to stay in school, move into the dorms, and overcome his fears.

☽ Close to Nowhere by angelichl / @loveletterharry

(E, 34k, paranormal investigators) Louis and Harry are psychics who kind of hate each other. They go to Tennessee to investigate a haunting.

☽ once upon a dream by thedeathchamber / @louehvolution

(E, 33k, Medium/Criminal Minds au) Louis is psychic and gets caught in the middle of a murder investigation led by FBI Special Agent Harry Styles.

☽ Red Sun Rises (Like an Early Warning) by JessHallvol6

(E, 32k, psychic Harry) Kingsbrew Hill has a lot of things. An old record shop, a library, and plenty of rain. It also has three unsolved missing persons cases.

☽ Etched in Salt (is a cathedral of the world) by @helloamhere

(E, 24k, crime solving) Louis asks for very few things in life, and they are: to solve cases, to keep bad people from doing their bad things, to get good coffee, to go home to a spacious apartment with nobody else in it, and to manage his stupid telempathy powers with minimal interference.

☽ my solitude ain't the same no more by cinemayougot

(M, 10k, historical) Louis is a traveling homicide detective who goes to the small town of Holmes Chapel to investigate the murder of a young woman.

—Rare Pairs—

☽ Be Still by thisonegoes

(E, 150k, Zayn/Harry) Detective Zayn AU.

☽ your crimes are quiet, my love by lightswoodmagic / @lightwoodsmagic

(E, 97k, Zayn/Liam) A darker Miss Congeniality AU that follows Zayn and Liam, MI5 agents, partners since training and best friends, as they race to stop a serial killer.

[hlficlibrary]

Do you know a fic like beautiful war? Like Harry protects Louis (it’s doesn’t have to be a thriller or murder it can be just normal but with protective Harry please) Thank you!

Hi, anon! You're very welcome! Here are some fics that fit what you're looking for!

once upon a dream by thedeathchamber / @louehvolution

Louis is psychic and gets caught in the middle of a murder investigation led by FBI Special Agent Harry Styles.

aka. the Medium/Criminal Minds-inspired AU no one ever asked for.

Etched in Salt (is a cathedral of the world) by @helloamhere

Louis asks for very few things in life, and they are: to solve cases, to keep bad people from doing their bad things, to get good coffee, to go home to a spacious apartment with nobody else in it, and to manage his stupid telempathy powers with minimal interference. And now he's stuck in a tiny cabin in a snowstorm in the middle of god-awful-nowhere with Harry Styles. Because of course he is.

Close to Nowhere by @angelichl

“I will kill you in your sleep,” Louis threatened as he quickly stepped out of his jeans.

“I don’t think that would work very well baby, seeing as you talk to dead people all the time.”

“I’ll kill you in your sleep and ignore your ghost. And don’t call me that.” 

Louis and Harry are psychics who kind of hate each other. They go to Tennessee to investigate a haunting.

[blouisparadise]

Hello! can you please share the pdf of the last fic-rec list that you have?

We don't have all of them, but here are some of them:

Night Out

Saving Symphony Hall

Just Let Me

Compass To My Soul

Hold On To Your Heart

Lost & Found In Oblivion

Invisible String

Etched In Salt (Is A Cathedral Of The World)

[paramedicabroad]

Wieliczka & Bochnia Royal Salt Mines

Today, let's embark on a virtual journey through the UNESCO World Heritage Sites of the Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines in Poland. Join me as we delve into the depths of these remarkable underground landscapes.

Begin your subterranean adventure in the Wieliczka Salt Mine, a labyrinth of tunnels and chambers that has been in operation for over 700 years. Descend into the mine's depths and witness the extraordinary beauty carved out of salt by generations of miners.

Marvel at St. Kinga's Chapel, an underground marvel carved entirely from salt. The intricate sculptures, chandeliers, and altarpieces create a breathtaking subterranean cathedral that testifies to the miners' craftsmanship.

Discover the enchanting Underground Lake, a subterranean body of water that adds an ethereal touch to the Wieliczka Salt Mine. The reflections of the salt formations on the water's surface create a mesmerizing scene.

Journey to the Bochnia Salt Mine, one of the oldest salt mines in the world, with a history dating back to the 13th century. Explore its network of chambers, including the iconic and massive Chamber of King Casimir the Great.

Traverse the vast underground chambers in both mines, each telling a story of the challenges and triumphs of salt mining. The sheer scale of the excavations and the intricate details carved into the salt rock showcase the ingenuity of the miners.

Admire the salt sculptures that adorn the mines, from whimsical characters to intricate reliefs. These salt-carved artworks not only showcase the artistic talents of the miners but also add a unique aesthetic to the subterranean environment.

Both the Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines earned their UNESCO World Heritage status in 1978, recognizing the historical, cultural, and technological significance of these underground marvels. They stand as a testament to the importance of salt in European history.

Beyond their historical and cultural significance, the salt mines are believed to have therapeutic benefits. The microclimate within the mines, rich in salt particles, is said to have positive effects on respiratory health.

In conclusion, the Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines invite us to venture beneath the surface and witness the legacy of centuries of salt mining. As UNESCO World Heritage Sites, they beckon us to appreciate the cultural and technological achievements of the miners who carved these subterranean wonders. When you're ready to explore a world where history is etched in salt, these mines promise to inspire and captivate. 🏰⛏️🌟

[nooradeservedbetter]

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Did I queue that post and then was asleep when it posted yes I did.

🔁 A fic you’ve re-read several times

Etched in Salt (is a cathedral of the world) by HelloAmHere I could read anything this author puts out tbh, this one in particular has a characterisation of Louis that I find really true to my own reading, and it has a mystery, and hate to love, and forced proximity... I love it. I really love it.

✨ A fic you wish you could read again for the first time

Run and I'll Give Chase, orphaned Had to think long and hard about this one, and I'm still not sure if this is the real answer. I like the comfort of knowing what's going to happen, so I'm not sure about experiencing things for the first time. But I think this one shook me so much the first time I read it, so I'll go with it.

Ask me about the fics I like!

[theficpusher]

It's Mutual by Janie_17 | T | 2841 “I’m in love with Harry,” Louis said firmly, hands on his hips. “Great. Why are you telling me, exactly?” Niall barely lifted his head from the cereal bowl in front of him. Louis felt his own features twist in frustration. “Because! You asked me for a good reason why he can’t come to your party.” “Hmm,” Hummed Niall in response. “I think that’s more of a reason he should come, don’t you?” Grinning he pushed back the chair and walked his bowl over to the sink. “Just chill out about it and maybe it’ll even work in your favor. Besides, it’s our party.”

Every Time We Touch by wabadabadaba | G | 5806 Louis laughed when he heard the term professional cuddler for the first time. His doctor let Louis laugh and then explained the purpose behind the profession and how it could help Louis. It took a few weeks but Louis finally scheduled an appointment, now all he had to do was leave his car and walk into the house. or the one where Louis is suffering from touch deprivation so he goes to see Harry who is a professional cuddler.

I can’t do this alone (sometimes I just need a light) by Only_angel_28 | nr | 7858 “Harry,” he says after another contemplative moment, “can I hug you?” It’s been...well, Harry doesn’t actually know how long it’s been. Less than an hour, probably, but already Louis says his name like it’s safe in his mouth, and now he’s opening his arms like Harry could be safe there too. “Please,” Harry nearly sobs, and sinks into him the way butter melts on toast. It’s an apt metaphor, really, because what Louis is giving him is as essential and sustaining as a loaf of bread to a starving man. His basic need for physical affection is as vital as his need for sustenance, for sleep, and he can’t believe he’s allowed himself to ignore it for so long. Or: Harry is having a rough time. Louis is the kind stranger who makes him smile again.

Loving You's the Antidote by lululawrence | nr | 11263 Nick and Harry had never been an obvious match. When eighteen-year-old Harry, newly presented as an omega, came home freshly bonded to Nick, a man nine years his elder and a beta no less, Anne had been more than skeptical and Eileen had shared some harsh words of her own. That didn’t deter them, though, and their families soon realised there really was something special about the bondmates that allowed them to work together almost seamlessly. It was only a few months later that Harry started getting sick. Or the one where Harry and Nick have been able to keep Harry's disorder at bay over the course of their relationship, but when they move to London and away from their support system, they find themselves in desperate need of help.

Just a touch of your love by thegirlontheblackhoodie | E | 12168 “What if something happened to you? What would I say to Niall?” “Nothing, he would have to wait to see my corpse on the news like everyone else.” Deadpanned Harry. Louis’ gasp was all the answer he got. Ok, so that might have been a bit too much. With a calmer voice, he said, “It’s really fine. I’ve walked to the tube countless times, I can handle myself. Just go home and tell Niall to stop mothering me.” Louis was finally walking by his side and gave him a sideways glance before talking. “He doesn’t know, does he? Of your, uh, condition.” Harry tensed and his breath became erratic, but he didn’t say a word. Louis continued. “His nose probably hasn’t picked it up, and you’re lucky Liam’s also a beta, but it took me a minute to confirm it. Your scent is gettin’ so…” He seemed to struggle to find a word. He didn’t finish the sentence, but the emotion in his voice made Harry’s tummy churn. -- Or, Harry is a touch starved omega trying to get through it on his own. Louis happens to be the only alpha around to realize it and offers to help.

Etched in Salt (is a cathedral of the world) by HelloAmHere | E | 24417 Louis asks for very few things in life, and they are: to solve cases, to keep bad people from doing their bad things, to get good coffee, to go home to a spacious apartment with nobody else in it, and to manage his stupid telempathy powers with minimal interference. And now he's stuck in a tiny cabin in a snowstorm in the middle of god-awful-nowhere with Harry Styles. Because of course he is.

Saving Symphony Hall by HelloAmHere | E | 124766 “I think I have an idea,” Louis said. Slowly, and reluctantly, but with a growing sense of the inevitable. “God damnit, I think I have a really good idea.” “Oh christ, that's the problem-solving face,” Babs said. “Last time we saw that face, he sold a company.” “Wait, what?” Zayn asked. “Right place, right time,” Louis said. “Also, fuck my life,” “What?” Zayn repeated. Niall patted his hand. “I usually just roll with whatever Louis is about to do,” he said. “It’s better for us all.” “That’s the attitude,” said Louis, “I’ll tell you tomorrow. Tonight, I need to do some research. Zayn, give me your number. I’m gonna save our symphony.”

Shake Me Down by AGreatPerhaps12 | nr | 208589 Harry's new to college, fresh out of Catholic school and conversion therapy camp, and Louis runs the campus LGBTQIA organization.

[fanficsiamobsessedwith]

Etched in Salt (is a cathedral of the world)

Etched in Salt (is a cathedral of the world) by HelloAmHere

Louis asks for very few things in life, and they are: to solve cases, to keep bad people from doing their bad things, to get good coffee, to go home to a spacious apartment with nobody else in it, and to manage his stupid telempathy powers with minimal interference. And now he's stuck in a tiny cabin in a snowstorm in the middle of god-awful-nowhere with Harry Styles. Because of course he is.  

[helloamhere]

Hi there! I was just wondering if you’re comfortable with people printing physical copies of your books for personal use? Lambing Season and Etched in Salt (is a cathedral of the world) are two of my favourite fics of all time and I’d really like to give them a proud place on my bookshelf. Thank you for creating fiction that has such a soft space in my heart, I hope you’re having a brilliant day. 💌

Hi friend!! You are perfectly welcome to do so, and I hope it's enjoyable to have a physical copy! I miss both those worlds :)) and no one ever uses the full name of Etched in Salt, haha thank you that brought me some joy!

In thanks for your kind words and for loving my stories, here is a snippet from a future scene that I wrote one time for a tentative Etched in Salt sequel. Hope it stands alone as a soft lil snippet of gratitude:

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“I had a dream,” Louis said, at three am and in no coherent state to be talking at all. Harry was about to feel impugned in the one general area of human life that he felt the very best at--taking Louis apart--when Louis bit gently at the back of Harry’s shoulder in some kind of extremely weird admittance and vulnerability, and finished; “I had a dream that we were together, and then I couldn’t read people anymore, couldn’t be the telempathy, even when you weren’t there.”

Harry turned around to his other side. They had been laying with Louis behind him, loose-limbed and drained and unpredictable about touch, and it wasn’t always Harry’s preference but it was Louis’ to have the space to make faces at the ceiling without anybody knowing, so Harry always rolled away. He turned back now. This required finding Louis’ eyes in the dark, his face looking open, and trusting, and a little worried at the corners.

“Be the telempathy?” Harry asked.

“It’s part of me,” Louis said, and if it was chastising in a Louis way, which was quiet and careful and not at all what people expected, perhaps Harry deserved that. Harry put his hand on Louis’ neck and jaw and smoothed at the tension with his thumb.

“Do you think that’s gonna happen?”

“What, that a stupid dream is gonna come true, because I’m losing my grip on reality? Not even your dick could do that,” Louis said quickly. He leaned into Harry’s hand just like he’d leaned into Harry’s palm at the beginning of the night, and Harry smiled at him, and at all of his prickly, indeterminable reality. A force of nature, and Harry wouldn’t have it any other way. No fun in having things that you controlled.

“No,” Harry said, clearly. He smoothed his thumb down to Louis’ jaw, he crooked it into the bend of that hard bone, more fragile than people knew. “Do you think it’s gonna happen, that the price of letting someone in is that you have to lose who you are? Do you think that's what intimacy does to people? Do you think that the world demands that from you?”

Louis blinked, owlish, startled. “I don’t,” he started, and stopped, and looked down. Harry waited. This was a gamble, like everything about being with someone extraordinary was a gamble. It was possible that he was wrong.

But Louis’ other hand crept across the sheets enough to touch Harry’s curled-in shoulder, and he didn’t think so.

"Or maybe just to you," Harry suggested, knowing as he said it how close it was hitting home by the way that Louis' fingers shivered, a telling tremble like a bird against his skin. "Maybe it's just you who isn't allowed to be with people and to help people at the same time. Maybe you don’t know if you’re allowed to be this with me, and that for them. Maybe you think you can't stand back and above every living soul and be a telempathic hero if you ever let yourself forget about it. If you sometimes, just occasionally, let yourself be one of us."

“I don’t think that,” Louis said. He looked raw and warm at the same time, somehow, folded into their massive bed and still turned toward Harry even when Harry knew he wanted to stare at the ceiling instead, and Harry loved him and he didn't know whether he’d ever get to tell Louis and he didn’t know, even, if it mattered when Louis probably knew, boundary case or not. Louis would never say it, and Harry had admitted this to himself a very long time ago and made peace with it. It was another cost of the extraordinary and it was worth it.

"Are you sure?" Harry asked.

"No," Louis said, with such simplicity that it ached. “But it’s not like I could possibly give you up even if it did mean that.”

And Harry’s heart constricted, his breath catching in his chest, the joy that felt so enormous it was like getting lost, and he thought about how Louis had described it, joy and fear and sadness and anger, not separate oppositions but a network, how feeling any one of them at all meant admitting that you would feel all of them. And that Louis knew that more than anyone else Harry had ever met, and yet he still went on, and chose this.

And Louis said: “I love you, you know.” And it turned out that it was Harry who couldn’t speak anymore, and Louis who pulled him close and made it all right, understanding in a way that had never needed words at all, and smiling.

[saintqueer]

fave fics? gimme top 10

you go ahead and ask me the hardest question first wahhh lol

okay here goes, these are my top ten as of now and in no particular order

- Etched in Salt (is a cathedral of the world) by HelloAmHere

- And down the long and silent street by whimsicule

- Ever Since I Tried Your Way by flowercrownefemme

- Our Lives, Non-Fiction by indiaalphawhiskey

- We're What's Right in this World by BriaMaria

- Promise in the Sky by Throwthemflowers

- Flawless by Throwthemflowers

- Of the divine series by devilinmybrain

- Threadbare by kiwikero

- The dead things we carry by MediaWhore

i think the lesson here is that i like angsty, historical stuff way too much. also poverty and religious trauma.

[hlficlibrary]

Hi hii

I hope you're doing FANTASTIC.

Please suggest some fics where Louis is maybe a medium or psychic. Love love love these fics ! 🥰😘

Hi, anon! I hope you're doing fantastic as well! Here are some fics that fit what you're looking for!

Etched in Salt (is a cathedral of the world) by @helloamhere

Louis asks for very few things in life, and they are: to solve cases, to keep bad people from doing their bad things, to get good coffee, to go home to a spacious apartment with nobody else in it, and to manage his stupid telempathy powers with minimal interference. And now he's stuck in a tiny cabin in a snowstorm in the middle of god-awful-nowhere with Harry Styles. Because of course he is.

written in the stars (that's you and me) by @fackinglouis

Louis pushes himself up on one elbow and stretches enough to just barely trace his fingertips over Harry’s jawline. Harry’s eyes drop to track his movements as he does it again. “D’you feel that?” he whispers. 

To him, it feels like all of the universe’s magic lives just beneath his skin when he touches Harry with intent. It feels like something special. Louis watches Harry’s lips part and wants to touch that too. He almost does, but then Harry shakes his head. “Feel what?” 

Written for the prompt: Louis is a funny and bratty psychic and Harry is set on proving he's a scam.

Close to Nowhere by @angelichl

“I will kill you in your sleep,” Louis threatened as he quickly stepped out of his jeans.

“I don’t think that would work very well baby, seeing as you talk to dead people all the time.”

“I’ll kill you in your sleep and ignore your ghost. And don’t call me that.” 

Louis and Harry are psychics who kind of hate each other. They go to Tennessee to investigate a haunting.

[blouisparadise]

Etched in Salt (is a cathedral of the world) by HelloAmHere is bl?

It is, but there is a BH mention.

Etched In Salt (Is A Cathedral Of The World)

[twopoppies]

hi gina! i saw you reblog the fic pushers touch starved fic rec, but i was wondering if you knew of any more? they make me feel better in the time isolation lol, thank you in advance <3

Hi sweetheart. You can find fics that fall into that category in my Sadness/Loneliness fic rec and I’d additionally suggest these:

Keep Me Closer by zanni_scaramouche / @zanniscaramouche (T, 18K) This so tender and thoughtful and just… delicate. I wish I’d stopped to copy down some of the beautiful prose, but I didn’t want to stop reading! The author smoothly wove in their backstories and I loved how viscerally they described the character’s physical reactions to each other. It’s just a beautiful piece of writing.

Literally Making Love by Brooklyn_Babylon / @twopoppies (E, 30K)

Holding up one of the android's eyes to the workshop’s windows, he smiled as the light picked up the gold flecks in the pale green of his irises. Louis had always paid attention to even the tiniest details.

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All Louis intended to do was rescue someone in need from loneliness. He had no idea it would be himself.

Saving Symphony Hall by @helloamhere (E, 125K) Artist Harry. I’ve recommended this one quite a bit because it’s just chock full of so much wonderful stuff – great story, great OT5 friendships, great banter, sexy smut…so much good stuff. In addition I really enjoyed how Harry as an artist was fleshed out. I also really liked the juxtaposition of Artist Harry (who’s also an Alpha) and data driven/left brain Louis (who’s also an Omega). A great read (also, there’s a terrific prequel you might want to start with if you like the concept of the fic).

Where Your Heart Is by freetheankles / @anymerrylilthought (E, 154K) This one is an absolute heartbreaker. These are two characters who’ve gone through the wringer, so if you’re looking for rainbows and kittens….not here. But there’s so much flirting and fighting and sexiness and finally FINALLY a happy ending. This fic has been deleted, the link is to a google drive.

The Woods are Lovely, Dark and Deep by @helloamhere (WIP, 4 part series so far, mixed ratings, 71K) Amazing world building, complex characters, beautiful writing. It’s still a WIP, but it’s so worth reading (and the author says they’re working on more so…fingers crossed)!

Etched in Salt (is a cathedral of the world) by @helloamhere (E, 24K) You all know I love this author’s writing –– this time they give us a dark, American, thriller with a bit of psychic goodness. Bonus points for Harry taking care of Louis in a very deep way.

Shake Me Down by AGreatPerhaps12 (NR, 209K) this fic will run you through the wringer, but it’s really a great read. I really like the way the author took the boys from enemies to friends to boyfriends, and how we got to see how protective and supportive Louis became towards Harry.

Just Let Me by @helloamhere (E, 15K) I don’t know how many ways to say this author writes like a dream, but I can’t help recommending them again. The characterizations are so lovely in this one and I really enjoyed the pining and sense of hurt/comfort woven through this fic.

[theficpusher]

Ask If You Know The Answer by disarm_d | E | 4656 It takes them longer than it should to realize that something is up. Telepathy.

Read you like a book by becka | E | 8089 Louis realises Harry can read his mind. He'll do anything to make Harry admit it. Set during the North American leg of the WWA tour.

Electricity Keeps On Hitting Me by alienharry | E | 10336 Louis falls miserably onto his back, lying next to Shawn on the carpeted floor. “I can’t believe he got struck by lightning before the rest of us. He’s the baby of the group.” “Trust me,” Shawn says, a bite to his words as the pounding in his head gets louder the closer Niall gets to him. “I would’ve rather it’d been you. I feel weird.” In the distance, he hears a muffled, “Christ, get yourself together, man.” And then the front door is shutting. “If Niall gets struck too,” Louis threatens. “I’m leaving the group.” - Shawn gets struck by lightning and finds himself with telepathy. Things get more than a bit complicated when Niall’s thoughts tell him something they shouldn’t.

Only In Dreams by usernicole | T | 11240 Nick's been through worse than a couple of boybanders being able to read his mind. That's a lie.

Always Wanna Blow Your Mind by jibrailis | E | 18316 Harry accidentally buys a ring that gives him special sex powers. It’s terribly confusing for everyone involved.

Etched in Salt (is a cathedral of the world) by HelloAmHere | E | 24416 Louis asks for very few things in life, and they are: to solve cases, to keep bad people from doing their bad things, to get good coffee, to go home to a spacious apartment with nobody else in it, and to manage his stupid telempathy powers with minimal interference. And now he's stuck in a tiny cabin in a snowstorm in the middle of god-awful-nowhere with Harry Styles. Because of course he is.

[falsegoodnight]

Oooh diff anon here but would you mind sharing a few more of your favorite fics? I’m looking for new things to read!!

ahh sure!! once again, i have a lot of my favs bookmarked on my ao3 page and i also have a tumblr tag which you can find here for favs too!!

just going to do a few that have stuck with me!!

✰ Quietly Our Hearts Beat by @darlou | E | 7k (am obsessed with this fic!! also this author in general is a comfort author!)

When he first saw the boy, face caked with dirt and wincing in pain but fiercely determined to hold a strong front, he knew he’d die before he let anything happen to Louis.

✰ Etched in salt (is a cathedral of the world) by @helloamhere | E | 24k (a year ago i did this fic rec bingo where i chose this fic for the prompt 'a fic that makes you feel seen' and yup, that still holds <3)

Louis asks for very few things in life, and they are: to solve cases, to keep bad people from doing their bad things, to get good coffee, to go home to a spacious apartment with nobody else in it, and to manage his stupid telempathy powers with minimal interference. And now he's stuck in a tiny cabin in a snowstorm in the middle of god-awful-nowhere with Harry Styles. Because of course he is.

✰ The Haunting of Louis Tomlinson by @helloamhere | T | 31k (another one by helloamhere! i just love any ghost fic, okay? and this was the first one i ever read <3 louis is such a delight and harry <333 felt so much for him!)

Louis is a plucky Gothic Heroine, Harry is a Mournful Spirit, and Big Country Houses are full of mystery and suspense, as Big Country Houses ever are!

✰ once upon a dream by @louehvolution | E | 33k (just... iconic. a classic. this author is exceptionally talented)

Louis is psychic and gets caught in the middle of a murder investigation led by FBI Special Agent Harry Styles.

✰ Something In The World Today by @crazyupsetter | E | 48k (have lost track of how many times i’ve read this fic... another comfort author; could add many of their fics to this list!)

It shouldn’t be a surprise, the first time that Louis drops to his knees in front of Harry. It shouldn’t be, because it’s been something that Louis has needed for a long time. It shouldn’t be, because he’s been crawling out of his skin for weeks on end. It shouldn’t be, because Harry always makes him feel better. It shouldn’t be, because he’s needed this even when he didn’t know that he needed it.

Somehow, it still is.

✰ haunted by the ghost of you by @missandrogyny | E | 49k (am adding this one here again just to emphasize again that i love ghost fics <3 and that this fic is probably my most reread ever <333 so so good)

He’s tall—that’s the first thing that registers in Louis’ head when he spots him, standing with his hands behind his back. Tall, with curly hair, staring at them with the widest, greenest eyes Louis has ever seen. And wait, are those dimples? Louis didn’t know ghosts could have dimples.

Because he’s definitely a ghost, this boy. At first glance he looks normal, standing there pigeon-toed in a band shirt (The Ramones, Louis can’t help but note incredulously), dark jeans, and some boots, with rings on both hands, and tattoos littering his left arm—a sleeve made of anchors and names and roses and other completely unrelated things. But he’s also a little bit translucent; if Louis focuses, he can see the outline of the furniture, the design of the wallpaper through him.

“Hi,” the boy—the ghost—says to Louis. His face shifts; somehow his dimples dig deeper into his cheeks. His eyes flit from Louis, to Niall, to Liam, and finally to Zayn, and his face goes from shocked to elated. “I’m Harry.”

At in that exact moment, standing between three of his best friends and staring at a (quite handsome) ghost, Louis can only think one thing.

Nick Grimshaw was right.

✰ Latibule by @thelesserneptune | E | 54k (perhaps my introduction to neptune’s writing??? i hadn’t even seen spirited away when i first read this but i was entranced from the first few paragraphs!)

A Spirited Away AU of sorts where Louis just wants to heal and be left alone, only for all his plans to be destroyed by the hands of an infuriating British God.

✰ This Wicked Game by @cherrystreet | E | 70k (a classic, a comfort read, one of the first fics i ever read in the fandom <3 and one that will truly never get old!)

An AU in which The Bachelor is gay, Louis is a contestant, Harry is the bachelor, everyone drinks a lot of champagne, the entire world gets to watch them fall in love, and no one plays by the rules.

✰ And down the long and silent street by whimsicule | M | 86k (reread this one in the summer for the first time since 2018 i think?? so incredible and wonderfully written!!)

Wherein Louis and Harry are on the opposite ends of the social ladder, but their paths still cross on the filthy streets Louis calls his home. The odds are staked against them from the beginning, and even more when Louis' past finally catches up with him.

✰ Tainted Saints and Velvet Vices by @toomanydreamers | E | 126k (hogwarts au... enemies to lovers... twiwizard tournament... need i say anymore? okay, but this fic blew my mind!)

A self-fulfilling Hogwarts AU in which Louis is new to seventh year and Harry is the resident devil-may-care Slytherin set to make his entire experience a living misery. Due to less than favourable circumstances they're forced to forge an unwilling, tentative relationship for their own survival. Repressed emotions, decidedly unromantic ballroom dancing, Triwizard Tournament tasks, creative jinxes and twilight flying above the Forbidden Forest ensue.

this is just a sneak peek of my favorites list!! once again, check my bookmarks or just go through my fic recs tag because they are too many wonderful fics to name!! 

[suguwu]

brought war into your bed

part one: harbinger

hawks can strip you bare with nothing but a glance.

but you can see him, too.

AO3 version

part two: bring your hunger

notes: uh. hi. not entirely sure what i’m doing here and certainly couldn’t predict i’d be writing fic for a birdman but. here i am. there are more chapters on AO3 but i’ll catch up here eventually!

pairing: hawks x fem!reader

rating: explicit

series warnings (will be updated as the series continues): non-linear narrative, sex, dirty talk, wing kink, angst and fluff, earthquakes

this chapter: smut, brief dirty talk

word count: ~1k

“Hey,” you pant softly, cupping his face between your hands, a cradle of flesh and bone.

Hawks goes still.

His eyes glint molten in the dim light, a flint strike flash of gold. He turns his face into your palm. His lips are wet against you, still glistening with your own slick. Where others have kissed, though, have pressed their lips soft against the tender flesh, Hawks only waits.

You gaze at him for a moment. He’s something else in the dimness, something caught between worlds, the windswept ruffle of his hair gleaming like spun straw, his wings hollowed to shadowed arches, a cathedral nave of bone and feather.

He’s relentless tonight.

Each touch is made to bring you to breaking, to drown you in bliss. You ache with sensitivity, sparks firing across your nerves like lightning, arcing from strike point to strike point until you’re drowning in the pleasure of it.

He meets your eyes languidly, a slow drip of honey-gold want dragging across your skin. He’s laid siege to you all night. Taken you apart and put you back together again, his fingers curling deep, his tongue spearing into your dripping cunt. Even now, oddly quiet and watching you, his thumb is skating across your peaked nipple, a promise of a scorching touch.

You don’t need to pick me apart, you want to tell him. Nights like this, there’s something sharp to him. He tells you you’re dripping so much that he could scent you from across the room, coos about how fast you take three of his fingers, how fucking tight you are. His amber gaze sweeps across your skin like wildfire, but there’s something distant in him. In the breathless seconds between the deep thrusts that devastate, that sing through you like an arrow cutting through the air, you can see him evaluating. Searching for weakness.

Don’t bring war into my bed, you think, tucking the words away to die behind the cemetery gate of your teeth.

You know he doesn’t mean it like that. You suspect it’s so instinctual he might not even realize that sometimes he looks at you like you’re just another battle, a fight to be won, someone to be stripped down into weak points and nothing else.

(Sometimes you wonder if other heroes do this to their lovers. If they break them down into pieces to make sense of them.

You have a feeling that not many of them do.)

Hawks’ eyes are glittering in the low light, the incandescent gold of a falling star framed by the velvet night of the markings etched into his skin.

He twists his fingers without warning, strokes in and out until your cunt spasms around him. White heat ladders up your spine, settles into your bones like smoldering embers, splitting across your nerves.

“Fuck, Hawks!”

He scrapes his teeth against your palm, licks at the salt of your skin. “Apparently you need to be reminded that I’m three fingers deep in your soaked cunt,” he says. “Kinda insulted.”

“Shut up,” you say, but then he’s moving down, nestling between your legs, and you don’t have enough breath to speak anymore.

Hawks laughs, low and deep, and you arch at the sound of it vibrating against your cunt. He throws an arm across your hips and pins you down with a nonchalance that makes you gush around his fingers.

“So sensitive,” he says. His breath is hot against your folds.

He’s delicate at first, licking over your clit lazily, the slow pace at odds with his quick fingers pounding into you roughly. The fog of it envelops you. He takes you apart with ease, curls his fingers deep inside you until you’re begging, voice breaking on his name. When he finally closes his lips around your clit and sucks, you buck into the tide of it, caught in the current rippling through you.

Hawks just presses you back down again.

His lips are red and glistening when he kisses his way across the map of your body, setting his teeth against your collarbone. There’s something smug curled up in the corner of his lips.

“Can’t wait to feel your tight cunt clenching around my cock,” he coos. “You always cum on it so prettily. And so many times, too.”

You moan, tightening around nothing.

He rises above you. His vermilion wings are fluttering, translucent in the low light, stained glass set into bone. He pushes into your cunt with a quick thrust, spears you open like you were made for him. It punches a sobbing gasp out of you. Hawks pulls you up into a kiss, his hand heavy and tight against the back of your neck. He rolls his hips, grinds slow into you, lets you feel every inch of his cock splitting you wide.  

His amber eyes are sharp and searching.

[larryfanfiction]

Psychic AU

🔮 once upon a dream by thedeathchamber (57k)

Louis is psychic and gets caught in the middle of a murder investigation led by FBI Special Agent Harry Styles. aka. the Medium/Criminal Minds-inspired AU no one ever asked for.

🔮 written in the stars (that's you and me) by fackinglouis (22k)

Louis pushes himself up on one elbow and stretches enough to just barely trace his fingertips over Harry’s jawline. Harry’s eyes drop to track his movements as he does it again. “D’you feel that?” he whispers. To him, it feels like all of the universe’s magic lives just beneath his skin when he touches Harry with intent. It feels like something special. Louis watches Harry’s lips part and wants to touch that too. He almost does, but then Harry shakes his head. “Feel what?” Written for the prompt: Louis is a funny and bratty psychic and Harry is set on proving he's a scam.

🔮 Close to Nowhere by angelichl (34k)

“I will kill you in your sleep,” Louis threatened as he quickly stepped out of his jeans. “I don’t think that would work very well baby, seeing as you talk to dead people all the time.” “I’ll kill you in your sleep and ignore your ghost. And don’t call me that.” Louis and Harry are psychics who kind of hate each other. They go to Tennessee to investigate a haunting.

🔮 Etched in Salt (is a cathedral of the world) by HelloAmHere (24k)

Louis asks for very few things in life, and they are: to solve cases, to keep bad people from doing their bad things, to get good coffee, to go home to a spacious apartment with nobody else in it, and to manage his stupid telempathy powers with minimal interference. And now he’s stuck in a tiny cabin in a snowstorm in the middle of god-awful-nowhere with Harry Styles. Because of course he is.

🔮 you've got a smile that takes me to another planet by aceofdiamonds (13k)

harry is too cool for circuses. louis is a fortune teller who knows literally everything. obviously, they're meant to be.

🔮 We’ll Never Be Lonely in the Dark by QuickedWeen (6k)

Detective Louis Tomlinson keeps getting blocked when he tries to use his psychic gift to locate a missing child. One late night he manages to get through but instead of finding who he’s looking for he lands in the bedroom of a mysterious man. Harry Styles, nursing student, baker, and all around exhausted medium, thinks he’s having the best sex dream he’s ever had when his fantasy man shows up in his subconscious. But is that really what’s going on?

🔮 Through the Dark by nowweare9direction (58k)

A Firefly!AU where Louis’s a captain who aims to misbehave, Niall may or may not actually have a medical degree, Zayn used to have a legitimate job, Liam fixes stuff, and Harry fogs things up.

🔮 technicolor by creamcoffeelou (81k)

When the small town of Twin Lakes begins experiencing a string of serial murders, a team of detectives is called in to help. Louis is the head of the team and meets a hard-headed psychic who everyone else seems to believe is the one who will solve the case. Louis isn't so sure. OR The slow-burn, hate-to-love, crime au where Harry is a psychic, Louis is a detective, and the world is against them.

🔮  Shadow Dances by Itsmotivatingcara (101k)

Louis Tomlinson has a begrudging gift, he’s able to communicate with the spirits of the dead. Often against his will, and almost always at the most inconvenient of times. He and his partner, Zayn Malik, work for a covert division of the New Haven Federal Bureau of Investigations. They aid in all kinds of cases, though their talents lie in the obscure and unsolvable. It’s when a strange new case falls onto their desks that they’re left questioning the extent of their abilities, and whether they were ever truly alone. Harry Styles was brought into the FBI for not only his skills, but his ability to mitigate the influx of spirits surrounding the elusive and obnoxiously infuriating sharp-tongued medium he’d been assigned to. Louis gets under his skin, he’s impulsive and a risk to the team according to Harry. They do however have to find a way to set aside their sordid history, and their reluctant attraction, to track down the murderer plaguing their coastal city. Or A FBI - Medium AU

🔮  Beautiful War by Itsmotivatingcara (103k)

Five years ago, Louis was nearly the next victim in a string of murders plaguing Portland, Oregon. He managed to escape and the Angel Killer was apprehended and sent to prison. Now, Louis' a best-selling author that assists state police with minor cases. He still suffers from the events of the days he'd been held hostage, but he's found ways to cope. That is, until the killings start up again. A body was found in the woods. A body that bared the same signature the media had dubbed: The Angel of Death. Special Agent Harry Styles leads the case, and he doesn't buy into the clairvoyant bullshit that Louis spewed to save face five years ago. He's certain that Louis Tomlinson was involved. Until they meet, and they're both left questioning everything they'd thought to be true. Or An FBI-Clairvoyant AU

🔮 i've heard it both ways by louistomlinsons (26k)

“I, uh.” Harry is scrambling, trying to think of something believable on the spot. He remembers the woman from reception and her phone call and says the only thing he can think of. “I’m a psychic.” Everyone stills. Zayn laughs, Detective Edwards looks confused, and the officer holding the door open looks mildly frightened. “A psychic?” Zayn gets out between his laughs. “I’ve heard it all. You’re definitely spending the night in the holding cell now. You’re wasting all of our time here.” an au based on the tv show psych where harry is shawn, louis is jules, liam is gus, niall is mcnabb, and zayn is lassie.

🔮 This Morning I Woke Up (Still Dreaming) by FallingLikeThis (2k)

Louis rushes to open the door to his flat when he hears the knocking signaling that his appointment has arrived. He pulls it open to see one of his regular clients standing there, a broody man standing next to her eyeing Louis warily. “Gemma,” Louis greets warmly, hugging his client hello. “Hey, Louis,” she says into his neck before letting him go to turn, gesturing at her companion. “This is my brother, Harry.” “Hello, Harry,” Louis says, shaking Harry’s hand. He gets flashes when their hands touch, small glimpses of the loss and pain Harry carries around with him. It’s gone as soon as Harry pulls his hand away and Louis pretends he didn’t see anything. Harry hasn’t asked for his services, though Louis suspects that’s why Gemma’s brought him here.

🔮  Echoes & Omens by Itsmotivatingcara (100k)

Echoes of the dead come in many forms. Their imprints forever tied to the ones who'd killed them. Louis Tomlinson is able to track the dead using their echoes, they call to him. He's used that gift to aid Scotland Yard in their investigations, with the hopes of studying Criminology at Cambridge University. He's lived a life of privilege and good fortune as a Marquess, son of the late Duke Tomlinson, with his life mapped out since day one. Until two terrible truths are revealed. One, he's adopted. Two, his biological parents are London's most notorious serial killers. Against his family's wishes, Louis travels to Chicago to uncover the truth of their incarceration. Much to his dismay, his biological mother's Lawyer, Harry Styles, wants to take his case. Together, they work to uncover what really happened all those years ago, but perhaps more is revealed than they could've ever anticipated. Trapped in a whirlwind of portents and omens, Louis and Harry find themselves pitted against an enemy they'd not foreseen.

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