#and saying i worship Zayn is crazy

[gracefullou]

Why do you worship Zayn when him breaking the contracts cost Louis his bonus? Zayn didn't even go to Jay's funeral or said anything about Fizzy because he doesn't give a shit about Louis or his family yet you worship at Zayn's altar? Why didn't Louis break the contracts same as Zayn did? Is it because Zayn was smarter than Louis? Hired better lawyers because Zayn has more brains than Louis ever did? Zayn already had his first album written when he broke the contracts and left middle of tour. 

Where do i worship Zayn 😭 i literally always say i don't like him/ his music and when it comes to history with Louis i don't like that either. But, the truth is the global reach that he gave to the band is undeniable (if you're referring my tags on Sea's posts bc that's the only time i've said something positive about him). And i said it was bc of his pakistani origins and relegion at the time (and good looks ofc). In Asia but especially in arab and muslim countries he was it. Anything he did was news and therefore 1d was news. Perrie from LM was public enemy number one bc she was his gf 😭. People in these countries didn't care about Hrry at all and these are A LOT of people. So my point was Zayn's contribution to the band was far greater than Hrrys's. Hrry was just the mediocre white man that they chose to shove down our throats and show him as the leader even though he has nothing special to offer publicly or bts. And as much as i love Louis, the band didn't do much to him when it comes to gp tbh. His impact was more bts. Yes, he was the main driving force in the band and without his creative output they wouldn't be here (Zayn was news bc the band was already big and the media support international stars it's like a matter of pride. But if they weren't already famous no one would give a shit). But despite being the fans' favorite Louis was not very known to the gp. He had very very few solos, no screentime in their mv (i will never get over that soml when he looked that delicious and we saw him for like 3secs), they never made him the focus of photoshoots/ interviews, they didn't protect his image at all... So me saying Zayn global reach doesn't in anyway take away from what Louis gave to the band. Idt they would even work after the X-Factor if it weren't for him. People like him who give their ALL to a group and don't have a selfish bone in their body don't exist anymore. It would've been a battle of egos without him and the band would've been over After the X-Factor max. He gave them spice, fun, flavor, the best songs ( he never left a song to himself so that he can release it when he went solo like someone else we know. Even very personal ones like lygb or very important ones like home), he stood up for them (and is still paying for it). He is everything and absolutely no one deserves him. I just hope the universe gets its shit together so that he can start receiving the rewards for the work and love he gives everyday.

[littlefreakrry13]

it’s our paradise and it’s our war zone…

Lando Norris x fem!reader

Warnings: SMUT!! not very detailed tho!!

a/n: guysss this is my first time writing like ever so I’m sorry if this is absolutely horrible but I think I did kinda good for my first time writing!! enjoy😏😏

The storm outside mirrored the chaos in the room. The rain battered the windows, but it was no match for the tension crackling between you and Lando. He stood a few feet away, his chest rising and falling, his green eyes dark with frustration.

"You don't get it, do you?" His voice was sharp, cutting through the silence like a blade. "You think I'm just playing games with you? That I don't give a damn about this?"

Your arms crossed, trying to match his intensity even though your heart was pounding. "I think you're so good at shutting me out that I can't tell if you care anymore!"

His jaw tightened, his hands balling into fists at his sides. "I don't shut you out. I'm trying to protect you!"

"From what?" you fired back, your voice trembling. "From you? Because that's exactly what it feels like, Lando!"

He took a step closer, the heat radiating off him palpable. "You have no idea how much you drive me mad," he growled, his voice low and dangerous. "How every time we fight, I want to pin you against the wall and remind you exactly who you belong to."

The air left your lungs at his words, your pulse quickening as he closed the distance between you.

"Say something," he demanded, his hands gripping your arms as he stared into your eyes. "Tell me I'm wrong. Tell me you don't feel it too."

You swallowed hard, the fire in his gaze setting you alight. "I-"

But you didn't get the chance to finish. His lips were on yours before you could speak, the kiss searing and possessive. His hands gripped your waist, pulling you against him as if he couldn't stand the thought of you being even an inch away.

You whimpered against his mouth, your hands clutching his shirt as he backed you toward the wall. The kiss was a battle, each of you pouring your frustration, your anger, and your love into it.

"You think I don't care?" he growled against your lips, his hands sliding down to grip your thighs. With one swift motion, he lifted you, your legs wrapping around his waist instinctively. "You're the only thing I care about."

"Lando," you gasped as his lips moved to your neck, nipping and sucking at the sensitive skin. His teeth grazed your collarbone, his hands gripping you so tightly you knew you'd have marks tomorrow.

"Mine," he muttered, his voice low and rough. "Every inch of you. Mine."

You tugged at his hoodie, desperate to feel him, to get closer. He let you pull it off, tossing it to the floor before his hands returned to your body, sliding up under your shirt to push it over your head.

"You drive me crazy," he murmured, his lips trailing down your neck as his hands roamed your bare skin. "But I'd rather lose my mind than lose you."

He carried you to the bed, laying you down with a controlled intensity that sent a shiver through you. His hands worked quickly, removing the rest of your clothing with a precision that left you breathless. His eyes darkened as they took in your bare body, his jaw tightening as if he was holding himself back.

"God, you're perfect," he muttered, his voice thick with emotion. "And you're mine."

"Then stop talking and show me," you challenged, your voice daring.

His lips curved into a wicked grin as he leaned down, his mouth capturing yours in a kiss that left you dizzy. "Careful what you wish for," he whispered against your lips before trailing kisses down your body.

The heat between you burned hotter with every touch, every kiss, every word. Lando's hands were everywhere, gripping your thighs, your hips, your waist as his lips worshipped your skin. When his mouth moved lower, teasing and tasting, your body arched beneath him, his name spilling from your lips like a broken mantra.

"You're so impatient," he teased, his voice vibrating against you as his fingers tightened on your thighs.

"Lando," you gasped, your voice trembling.

"That's right," he growled, his tongue and lips drawing sounds from you that made his name the only thing you could say. "Say it again."

By the time he moved back up your body, his hands bracing on either side of your head as he hovered over you, you were already undone. His face was flushed, his curls wild, and his eyes burned with a need that matched your own.

"You're mine," he repeated, his voice a low growl as he positioned himself. His movements were slow, deliberate, teasing you until you could barely breathe.

"Stop holding back," you whispered, your hands gripping his shoulders.

He let out a low laugh, leaning down to kiss you deeply as he gave you exactly what you wanted. The rhythm he set was unrelenting, each thrust deep and deliberate, sending shockwaves through your body.

His hands gripped your hips, pulling you closer, deeper, as his name fell from your lips again and again. "You feel so good," he muttered against your lips, his voice raw and unfiltered.

Your fingers dug into his back as the tension built between you, threatening to break you apart. When you finally shattered, the sound of your release sent him over the edge, his body tensing as he followed you.

He collapsed beside you, his arm draped over your waist as he pulled you close. His breath was warm against your neck, his lips brushing your skin as he whispered, "Don't you ever doubt how much I want you”

You turned to face him, your hand resting on his cheek as you smiled. "I never will again," you promised.

Because no matter how chaotic, messy, or intense it got, this was your paradise.

[dreamofjoys]

𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐌𝐎𝐅𝐉𝐎𝐘𝐒 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒

— Act like an Angel, Dress like crazy

Participating fandoms: Genshin Impact, Honkai Star Rail (HSR), Twisted Wonderland (Twst), Ikemen Prince (IKEPRI), Ikemen Villain (IKEVIL), Lovebrush Chronicle (LBC), Wuthering Waves (WuWa), Love and Deepspace (LADs)

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THIS YEAR'S KINKTOBER SPECIAL / NOTES:

♡ Event will be divided into 4 series

- Short fic series (short headcannons of 2 characters per day) - Full fic series (more words + features 1 character per day) - Threesome series (you read that right, threesome. enjoy 2 men fucking/fighting over you. or maybe they will cooperate together to make you feel good) - Gangbang / Dragon series (heavily demanded lmao if you have read my fic 'The Dragon's Beloved' then yeah same lineup same characters // expect to be f by multiple dragons // this is for my followers who have been waiting for a long time)

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♡ Expect content such as Noncon, Dubcon, kidnapping and etc. They apply to certain fics only

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♡ To navigate this year's kinktober fics, you can refer to this post for the full masterlist OR search #dreamofjoyskinktober2024 on my blog (in the event that the links on this post does not work)

KINKTOBER SCHEDULE —

SHORT FIC SERIES (separated)

Day 1 ➤ Gun Play ♡ Boothill (HSR) , Gilbert (IKEPRI)

Day 2 ➤ Mirror Sex ♡ Dr Ratio (HSR) , Prefect Luminary (LBC)

Day 3 ➤ Hate Sex ♡ Blade (HSR) , Alhaitham (Genshin)

Day 4 ➤ Masochist ♡ Sunday (HSR) , Geshu Lin (WuWa)

Day 5 ➤ Manhandling ♡ Danfeng (HSR) , Chevalier (IKEPRI)

Day 6 ➤ Clothes Grinding ♡ Zayne , Sylus (LADs)

Day 7 ➤ Somnophilia ♡ Ayato (Genshin) , Malleus (Twst)

Day 8 ➤ Thigh Riding ♡ Nanook (HSR) , Chevalier (IKEPRI)

Day 9 ➤ Aphrodisiac ♡ Jiaoqiu (HSR) , Neuvilette (Genshin)

Day 10 ➤ Degradation ♡ Cael , Prefect Luminary (LBC)

Day 11 ➤ Breeding Kink ♡ Zhongli (Genshin) , Lilia (Twst)

Day 12 ➤ Face Sitting ♡ Sunday , Nanook (HSR)

Day 13 ➤ Cock Warming ♡ Neuvilette (Genshin) , Malleus (Twst)

Day 14 ➤ Mutual Masturbation ♡ Chevalier , Gilbert (IKEPRI)

FULL FIC SERIES

Day 15 ➤ Bondage ♡ Blade (HSR)

Day 16 ➤ Vouyeurism ♡ Jingyuan (HSR)

Day 17 ➤ Orgasm Control ♡ Gilbert (IKEPRI)

Day 18 ➤ Somnophilia ♡ Chevalier (IKEPRI)

Day 19 ➤ Body Worship ♡ Zayne (LADs)

Day 20 ➤ Corruption ♡ Sunday (HSR)

Day 21 ➤ Monster Fucking ♡ Malleus (Twst)

THREESOME SERIES

Day 22 ➤ Public Sex ♡ Jiyan & Geshu Lin (Wuwa)

Day 23 ➤ Shower Sex ♡ Cael & Prefect Luminary (LBC)

Day 24 ➤ Oviposition ♡ Neuvilette & Zhongli (Genshin)

Day 25 ➤ Deepthroating ♡ Jingyuan & Blade (HSR)

Day 26 ➤ Spanking/Mating Press ♡ Chevalier & Gilbert (IKEPRI)

Day 27 ➤ Overblot Smut ♡ Leona & Malleus (Twst)

Day 28 ➤ Daddy Kink ♡ Victor & William (IKEVIL)

Day 29 ➤ Oviposition ♡ DanHeng & DanFeng (HSR)

GANGBANG / DRAGON SERIES

Characters involved for both fics: Neuvilette, Zhongli (Genshin), Malleus (Twst), Danheng, Danfeng (HSR)

Day 30 ➤ Sex Toys

Day 31 ➤ Hunter & Prey

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[shysuccubusstuff]

day 20: Corruption kink + Corruption kink+ Virgin! Couple + Praise kink + (slight) Face fucking + Squirting + Exhibitionism + Praising – Foreseer! Zayne

Content: Religious topics (This is heavily influenced by what I know about the Catholic church (like how the ceremonies work and stuff) but they are not related, as this is only focused on Astra as God. Just to let you all know.) + Corruption kink + Virgin! Zayne + Face fucking + Foul language + Praising + Exhibitionism – Foreseer! Zayne. Non proof-reader.

Summary: Just Foreseer! Zayne but instead of being isolated and being a demigod, he is the head of the Church who worships Astra.

Word count: 2390 words.

Note: Can you imagine I finished all my essays less than a week ago and I already have a lot of stuff to do? So sad… Btw, I just love pretty men crying with their puffy lips and slightly reddened eyes, specially when the reason is that they love too much a certain person.

You had been going to the same church for several months, always one of the first who arrived, with your sweet smile as you helped the elders to climb the stairs to get to the church. You sometimes even actively participated in the mass, reading the fragments of what was said about Astra with your soft voice resonating all around the believers.

It all went downhill when you finally met the head of the Church.

A young man with black hair and green eyes, quite tall, slim, with slender hands a cold exterior. He always seemed busy, either by preparing the ceremony or by helping different activities promoted by the church. He was always kind with the rest of believers, but you always felt as if something was always between him and the rest of the believers. That’s why you tried to approach him; Didn’t he feel lonely? Always rushing around the corridors with his robe fluttering behind him, his hands completely filled with many heavy books as he looked exhausted.

So, one night, you decided to go to the church alone in order to confess. You knew that he would be inside the confessional as the old ladies had been gossiping about “a deep and rich voiced priest”. You held your breath before entering inside, pressing the small medal that you always held close to you. The church was completely silent as you entered, your steps resonating all around the empty hall. You sat down inside the small cubicle, your voice trembled as you tried to speak:

“I… I want to become someone close to you, Foreseer.” Your voice left you as a small whisper, barely audible even for the man that was next door. The silence was all that answered… You waited a few minutes, your heart pounding like crazy inside your chest making you feel way too conscious. “…Foreseer?” The man audible gasped, coughing for a moment before finally answering.

“What do you mean by that, dear one?” He tried to keep his cold exterior as his heart began to race.

“I mean I want to become friends, being friends is more than enough. I… I feel that you are always alone, and if I could grant you even a single moment of comfort, that would be enough for me.” Zayne’s face flushed, his mouth attempting to form the most charming smile you would ever be able to see.

“I do not think that this is the place nor the time to say something like that, I hope you are aware of my position, as well as my responsibilities to the Church.” Zayne got up, just about to leave the confessionary, but your warm hand stopped him on his tracks.

“Please! I know I may be acting as a child, but I truly desire the happiness of all of the members, that includes you, Foreseer. I just can’t turn my head and pretend that everyone is doing fine when I always see you exhausted around the church! You may think that you’re being sneaky, but I have seen your eyebags as you give the sermon. Please, just---” Zayne got free of your grip, leaving the cubicle in a rush, and just as you were about to leave, his hand pulled you out. What you encountered was not what you expected. It was Zayne, but he looked so different. His face was slightly flushed, with warm tears running down his cheeks. You looked at him completely baffled, did you hurt him that much? Your hands run to his face, not caring about the great difference between your status, you wiped his tears with your sleeves, but this just caused him to cry even more.

“Do you even know what you are doing? Since you started to come here, everything in my life is going wrong. Astra has been acting completely spoiled, always giving me even greater tasks while reducing the time I have to do it, my brothers have suddenly been sent to different churches, my… my head is unable to focus, even my chest has been strange, and all of this started since you came here with your pretty face, and that cute smile and with your kindness and---” Zayne stopped himself before feeling even more embarrassed, his hands trembling as he got his hand closer to yours. “Were you sent by Astra to tempt me?...” His eyes were crystallised, his nose slightly red as he tried to stop himself from crying.

“Zayne! What’s wrong? Did I hurt you that much with my selfish request?” You took his hand, embracing him as his whole body trembled.

“I’ve been trying… I even avoided you after the mass, I just couldn't, I kept thinking about you all the time, even while I kept myself secluded inside that cold room, a single thought about you was enough to set my heart ablaze. I can’t keep on denying it, please, I need you, I will do whatever for you to accept this impure me. Just---” Zayne’s knees fell to the ground, warm tears falling down his cheeks while his hands kept grabbing yours.

“Zayne, please look at me.” You took his face with both of your hands, moving his head so he could look at you. “I love you, you are not impure, you are simply a human being, it is impossible for us to live without feeling anything at all. You don’t have to punish yourself by secluding yourself, I’m sure Astra would never want that.” You kissed his forehead, as he buried his face against your stomach.

“I love you… I love you so much… I love your smile when you help others, I love the fact that you come here every single week to pray and help me with all the children… I love you.” Zayne got up, taking your face between his cold hands and kissing you, a single and cast kiss, just enough for him to deliver his true feelings for you. Suddenly, his kisses started to get faster, leaving little to no time for you to breath.

“Zayne… We shouldn’t---”

“I’ve been restraining myself for far too long… Please.” You leaned your hands on Zayne’s chest, allowing him to keep on kissing your lips. His breath soon quickened, his face blushing till the tip of his ears. Zayne was about to speak when you suddenly heard the heavy door of the church being opened, rushing, you pushed Zayne back into the small confessionary, covering his mouth as you tried to keep as still as possible.

“Dear father? I came for guidance regards a certain topic…” The voice of a man echoed around the four walls, his steps moving closer towards the confessionary. Zayne took your hand off his mouth, whispering for you to let him do his duty.

“Enter the confessionary, dear one.” His voice went back to his usual tone, almost fooling you if it wasn’t because of the hard feeling that kept rubbing against  your  stomach.

“I fear I may have committed a grave sin… These past weeks I have become quite infatuated with a certain sister… She is always so kind with all of us that I can’t help but be charmed by her…” The man that entered kept rambling about that great woman inside the community, suddenly, a bold idea struck you. With great care, you moved the heavy clothing concealing Zayne’s body, not stopping even if Zayne darted you a hard glance and his hands took yours.

“What are you doing…? Be careful with those sinful hands---” His sentence was cut short, as your hands crawled over his stomach, gradually making your way into his undergarments. Zayne coughed, his body tensing as he tried to keep his mouth completely shut.

“Are you ok, father? Do you need---?”

“No need, you can proceed, I am listening.” Zayne’s hands pushed you down, trying to keep you still. Of course, that would not work for him, as you lost no time, taking his length out of his underwear and starting to kiss the tip of his length. His breath quickened, as his hands clasped your head, trying his best not to push your head to take his full length.

The man’s blabbering kept on going as you slowly took most of Zayne’s member, using one of your hands to masturbate what was left out. You used your tongue to play with his tip, while changing the force of your sucking.

“So, I believe I have explained to you the whole situation, what do you think I should do, father?” Zayne opened his eyes, his jaw clenching as he cursed under his breath as his grip on your hair strengthened.

“I… I would advise you to avoid her, after all, she does not seem as interested in you. Nevertheless, do not lose confidence, as you will find your chosen one without failure.” The man thanked him, leaving the cubicle and closing the door of the church for the night.

“Did you have fun?” Zayne looked down at you, his brows slightly furrowed. “Well, you are probably far too busy to answer.” Zayne grabbed your head, suddenly pushing it against his stomach, forcing his whole length inside your mouth. You gagged as a few tears formed in your eyes, your mouth suddenly being filled to the brim, forcing you to try your best not to choke on his heavy load. “Oh… you did so good, dear. It is now my turn to satisfy you, am I wrong?” Zayne clothed himself, then lifting you in a bridal style and letting you sit on the central table in the church.

“Zayne! Wait, this is a sacred---” Zayne cut you down, smiling as he spoke with a playful tone.

“Oh, sure a confessionary is not, right?”  Your face flushed, allowing him to spread your legs open as he kneeled down, his face getting closer and his lips leaving soft kisses against your panties. His hands kept rubbing the inner part of your thigs while his mouth started to make a slow trace towards your clit, giving it a few licks before moving away, his hands finally getting rid of your pantyhose together with your underwear, tossing them to one of the chairs close to it.

“Let me pleasure you, my love.” Zayne kneeled again, moving your whole body closer to the edge, his warm breath hitting against your entrance. His tongue started to lick all over your lower half, the pace being painfully slow, not rushing even as your fingers pulled slightly from his hair, giving you a warning look before going back to his own duty. Your legs twitched a bit as Zayne’s tongue kept torturing your poor clit, but this had only started, as his mouth suddenly started to suck on your clit, making your eyes roll back and your legs clasp against his head.

“Wait! I… I feel really weird right now Zayne, maybe we should stop before---” Zayne sucked harder on your clit, making you bite your hand as a poor attempt of keeping your mouth shut.

“Just let me pay your act of kindness, then I will let you go, understood?” His voiced sounded demanding, so you complied, allowing him to make a mess out of you. His tongue went back to that special place, warming you up again by making simple motions with his tongue, then starting to suck on your clit again.

As you slowly got used to the immense pleasure, one of his hands made his way to your entrance, one of his digits slowly entering yourself. At the same time, his other hand started to create a bit of pressure on your lower stomach as his fingertip kept rubbing against your G-spot.

“Zayne, Zayne, I can’t do it anymore, I feel really weird...!” Instead of slowing down, Zayne’s movements only hastened causing that knot in your lower half to finally break. Before you were able to think, some warm and clear liquid were expelled as you reached your first orgasm. You felt completely ashamed, trying your best to get Zayne’s hands away so you could try and make a run for it. This did not work, as he quickly comforted you.

“Dear, that is not what you think it is, calm down.” He kissed your forehead, while his clean hand caressed your hair. “It’s ok, my love. I should have warned you about this type of thing, I focused too much on pleasuring you, I do apologise. Have I angered you?” He looked at you like a kicked puppy, his head resting on your lap as if trying to make himself look smaller.

“How… how did you even know about this? Aren’t you supposed to be pure?”

“Despite what one might think, our religion does not forbid this type of… physical encounter, as long as we do plan on sharing a romantic bond.” He started to kiss your stomach, peppering it with kisses and suddenly lifting you up. “I shall prepare a bath for the both of us, there is no need to rush our current relationship.” He kissed your forehead once again before taking you his private place, letting you catch a glimpse of the extremely cared garden filled with jasmine flowers. He walked until he reached a wooden door, opening it and letting you sit on his bed. “Give me a second.” You could hear the water running as he filled the bathtub, your mind slowly drifting to sleep as you felt completely relaxed on his company.

[twopoppies]

hi!! i looked in your fic rec MP and i didn't see it, so i thought I'd ask. i read In Vogue recently and LOVED it and then I've been binging project runway episodes (bc why not) and now I'm craving good fashion fics. maybe even a project runway one. have you read any good ones? and could you maybe rec some?

Hi sweetheart. Ohhh, I love that fic. And yes, I’ve got a few that have to do with fashion.

In Vogue by otpwhatever / @thecelineharry (M, 121K) This one is just….so much. The intensity of the characters, the crazy hot smut (oh god, the window scene), the FASHION, the angst (I had to take a walk around the block after reading it), the epic love story between two men who could rule the world if they could just figure their shit out. The fic has been deleted, but the link is to a download.

These Constant Stars by stylinsoncity (M, 31K) This author has written so many great fics and this one is really lovely. I also always like when one of the boys is not what he seems to be on first glance. There’s also a second part, told from Harry’s POV.

Three French Hems by 100percentsassy, gloria_andrews (M, 20K) the characterizations and set up for this fic are sharp and funny, making this a really fun read. Plus there’s a lot of talk of Louis worshipping Harry’s thighs. LOL!

Fading by tothemoonmydear (M, 202K) Let me start by asking you to please read the tags on this one. It’s a very well-written fic, but it deals very graphically with Louis’ character’s eating disorder. At the time it was written some people felt it did not portray ED recovery accurately, so if the subject is at all triggering for you, please don’t read this one. Of that’s not an issue for you, make sure you have tissues ready because I ugly cried through almost all of this. I read it years ago and loved it at the time, but it’s not one I could handle reading twice.

sweet, where you lay by @infinitelymint (E, 27K) I read this ages ago and my notes only say that it was “sweet and sexy”, which is not terribly helpful. But this author is a good one, in general, so I feel safe including it here.

The rest of these were suggested by @cuethetommo who generally likes the same sort of fics I do. I either haven’t read these, or don’t remember enough about them to have an opinion! 😆 But I trust her.

Put It All On Me by LoadedGunn (M, 15K)

"Yeah, yeah, give it to me, that's it, spread your legs a bit, there you go."

The camera follows Louis as he does. Maybe if the modelling thing doesn't work out, he could try the porn industry. Then again, he's a bit too stocky to be twinky and a bit too twinky to be anything else. He likes that about himself, though. Well, directors and photographers like that about him. He could pull off pretty and edgy, could do GQ in the morning and a perfume commercial in the afternoon. Right now he thinks he could pull off anything, because it's Harry fucking Styles directing him.

Or, a Top Model AU where Louis is accidentally there to make friends, not become Britain's Next Top Model. (Also Zayn is the supermodel host.)

you pull me in by yoursongonmyheart (NR, 7K)

“Did you really wear silk jammies to meet him?” Fizzy is almost in tears.

He’s going to kill them.

He’s really going to kill them.

Ernie throws his backpack on the floor before telling Fizzy, quite loudly, “Mr. Styles looked at Achoo like this” and making an exaggerated jaw dropped face.

“That is not what happened!” Louis protests.

“And Achoo looked at Mr. Styles like that, too!” Doris pulls the same face before laughing.

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//or the one where Louis is a model, Harry teaches Doris and Ernie at primary and now might be a good time to fall in love.

This Road Leads Where Your Heart Is by LittleLostPieces (E, 15K)

Alright, so Louis has a bit of a type is the thing. And as fit as his supermodel flatmate (Harry) may be, he isn't what Louis is looking for in a potential partner. That’s all. He’s not Louis’ type, with his miles of lanky limbs and his bright, boyish eyes. His impossibly tight, little body and infectious laughter are not what Louis wants. They're not. Really.

swimming in a champagne sea by delsicle (E, 17K)

Louis is a supermodel. Harry is a celebrity photographer known for capturing the brightest up and comers in their most candid moments. They meet at London’s most exclusive New Year’s Eve party.

An alpha/alpha fic filled with confusion, banter, Ubers, and glitter

Life at Shutter Speed by zarah5 (E, 20K)

AU. Having landed a job modelling for an outdoor clothing catalogue, Harry certainly wouldn’t mind doing some extracurricular work for photographer Louis Tomlinson. Say, a private photo session? Yes, please? Good thing that Harry has ten days and three beautiful locations -- Morocco, Indonesia and the Swiss Alps -- to make Louis see just how good they could be.

Special Topping by LoadedGunn (E, 20K)

'Who would even want so many pizzas so late at night?' Harry wonders before the door opens.

Oh. Apparently short guys with shaggy brown hair and a scruff and bright blue eyes and heart-stopping smiles. That's who.

Harry's not even ashamed of how he nearly drops all the pizzas. This guy is gorgeous and Harry hasn't noticed anyone like that in ages, let alone provided services to them. If he opened his mouth right now the only thing that would come out is, "By special topping did you mean my dick?"

Or, the AU where Harry delivers pizza and Louis really just wants Tim Gunn to spank him.

everywhere (i want to be with you) by itiswhatisbutterfly (E, 42K)

Harry and Louis meet because they have terrible friends, they fall in love because something feels right in a world of uncertainty and shifting grounds. Louis is an actor and Harry is a model at the top of his game, the best things in life are the most unexpected ones and the things that hit you when you are least expecting it.

Featuring winter in London, nights in Paris, early mornings in New York, burning heat in Monte Carlo and an enduring love spent transcending four corners of the globe.

Young Gods by sincewewereeighteen (E, 77K)

“Why don’t you stay?” Harry looked down at him and snorted. “What?”

“You’re not my type, Louis”, the boy rolled his eyes sitting on the edge of the bed to put on his boots.

“Says the man you just had sex with”, Louis pointed feeling smart, but Harry was one step ahead of him, with the answer on the tip of his tongue.

“You see, if you were my type, I wouldn’t have”, Harry winked, cheeky as hell. “I would’ve gotten to know you first.”

“Bullshit”, he accused the boy not letting it show how intrigued he was. “How can you know I’m not your type if you don’t know me?”

“How about I list five things about you to prove I’m right and if any of them are false I’ll lie down again.”

“Ok. Go.”

[Or: the one in which Louis is a model and Harry's supposed to be a normal guy... Until he isn't.]

[kingstylesdaily]

Stevie Nicks Answers All Our Questions About Harry Styles

Of all the disciples to worship at the altar of Stevie Nicks, none have managed to capture the attention of rock’s reigning priestess quite like Harry Styles.

The 26-year-old rocker (who this week received three Grammy nominations) is the Gucci-clad poster boy carrying the torch for a bygone era of music history that the Fleetwood Mac frontwoman helped crystallize. Styles recently cited the group’s 1977 (and still charting) classic “Dreams” as one of the first songs he learned the words to growing up. Their friendship began in 2015 after the former One Direction member presented his idol with a hand-piped birthday cake after a Fleetwood Mac gig in London. (“Glad she liked carrot cake,” he later said.) The years since have seen the duo’s mutual affection blossom into one of pop culture’s most cherished bondings.

Last year, when Styles inducted Nicks into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, he proclaimed the 72-year-old “everything you’ve ever wanted in a lady, a lover, in a friend.” Nicks has gushed about him in interviews as everything from “the son she never had” to her “love child” with bandmate Mick Fleetwood. Styles earned her official seal of approval after covering “The Chain” every night of his first solo tour in support of a record that sounds closer to Crosby, Stills & Nash than anything he released under his prior band.

“Harry could’ve lost a lot of fans, but he didn’t,” Nicks recently told Vogue over the phone. “I’m so proud of him because he took a risk and didn’t go the One Direction route. He loves One Direction, I love One Direction, and a gazillion other people do too, but Harry didn’t wanna go the pop route. He wanted straight-up rock and roll circa 1975.”  

Nicks has been embracing some of the busiest years of her dual careers as both Fleetwood Mac frontwoman and solo sorceress—and doing so amid a global pandemic. Since she last performed with Styles at the Forum for his Fine Line release show in December, she’s released a 24 Karat Gold concert film and “Show Them the Way,” her politically minded single and first piece of original music in six years. After Miley Cyrus asked for Nicks’s blessing before releasing her “Edge of Seventeen”–tinged “Midnight Sky,” the two joined forces for an exhilarating new mash-up titled “Edge of Midnight.”

In honor of Styles making history as the magazine’s first solo cover boy, Nicks caught up with Vogue to answer all our questions about their cosmic connection. Currently beachside with her quarantine bubble in Hawaii, she’s been doing what one would expect Stevie Nicks to be up to during a pandemic: writing new music, dancing around her house to “Watermelon Sugar,” and “casting little spells.” As befitting rock’s foremost storyteller, our intended 30-minute chat turned into a two-hour confessional about her love of Styles, working with Cyrus for the first time, joining Fleetwood Mac, the president-elect Joe Biden, the Met Gala, betta fish funerals, and much more.

ksd note: edited to only include Q&A about Stevie and Harry!

Did you get a chance to look through Harry’s cover story yet?  

Right before I called you, I sat here and looked at all the pictures on my new iPad. What can I say? That’s my Harry. I think the thing that’s most wonderful about him—and I’ve told him this, and sometimes I think he takes it the wrong way—is that he’s such a kooky guy. He’s the type of person you’d wanna live next door to. He’d look out the window, see you having a hard time planting flowers, and rush out asking, “Can I help you with those roses?” “Sure, but you are Harry Styles, right?” That’s who he is.

I really only know him to a certain extent, but I have gotten to experience some big moments in his life, like when he released his first solo record at the Troubadour. I always think of Tom Petty saying, “So, you wanna be a rock star or you wanna be a pop star?” It’s two completely different things, and he really could have gone pop like his friend Zayn [Malik]. I was sorry that Zayn didn’t keep going more because I thought he was really good. But he took the pop route, which I think was right for him. Harry could’ve lost a lot of fans doing rock and roll, but he didn’t. Harry did a long tour with that first record and said, “I’m a different person now. I have a full-on rock band, and this is what I’m gonna do.” With many of my records, I’ll stuff down peoples’ throats until they like it, and that’s exactly what he did. Then he went away and wrote Fine Line, one of my favorite records.

What were your immediate thoughts listening to Fine Line for the first time?

Me and four of my friends sat with Harry in his living room  in London and listened to it a few times before it came out. But it wasn’t really Fine Line yet. The first time we listened to it, nobody really said anything. The second time everyone started to go, “I think this song is great, but it should be second in the sequence.” By the third listen, it was five girls screaming, “Well, Harry really now, I think you need to take these four that are called Harry Songs and do this and that—” while he’s sinking in his reclining chair thinking, Are these women ever gonna leave? Thanks for your opinions, but oh, my God, stop already.  

What changed when you heard the record in it’s finished form?

This record means a lot to me. When it was all put together, I listened and said, “Oh, my god, the Beatles live.” A whole lot of people live in these songs. Fleetwood Mac lives there. I live there. When I listen to “Fine Line,” I hear melodies that would’ve worked on “A Day in the Life. “It has that same kind of complexity. I think the Beatles would’ve thought, Here we’ve influenced a young man who took some incredible things from us and made them his own years and years later.

Earlier this year you posted a message saying that Fine Line is Harry’s Rumours. Can you elaborate on what you meant by that?

When Harry asked me to do “Landslide” with him at the Forum, I asked why, and he said, “Because I want you to be there. You were there for my first night at the Troubadour for the first record.” That night I wrote him a letter that said, “This is your Rumours so you have to really respect it and adore it because these kinds of records sometimes don’t ever come again.” Fleetwood Mac went on to make many great records, but people would bet their life on the fact that Rumours was the one. And this might just be the one for Harry. We were all kind of the same age when we made Rumours. I was 28, and Lindsey [Buckingham] was 27. I actually don’t even know how old Harry is—he’s that timeless to me.

Do you have a personal favorite of his songs?

Every one represents a different thing to me. “Sunflower” is such a great little song. He loves to do crazy videos, and one time I called him and said, “I have an idea. You’re gonna be a bee, and the sunflower would be your girlfriend, and you guys would get married and live in a beehive with your little bee children. You’d sing the lyrics ‘kiss in the kitchen like it’s a dance floor duh duh duh’ and show this entire bee relationship.” 

What did he think of that pitch?

When I finished, the other end of the phone was silent. I said, “No, really, think about it. It’ll be fantastical like a Francis Ford Coppola movie.” He’s like, “Yeah, okay...” [laughs]. I also love the “Adore You” video with the little fish because I have my own special relationships with fish.

In what sense?

I always have two beta fish, but they have to be separated otherwise they’ll kill each other. I stick my finger into their aquarium, and the blue one will swim around my hand like a little dolphin. When my fish get old and suddenly die, I have funerals for them in my backyard where I play Celine Dion. I have them filmed, and everything [laughs]. It’s too much, but I thankfully haven’t had any recent fish deaths. I haven’t even been able to sit down and show Harry the videos of my little fish, so when I saw the “Adore You” video, I couldn’t believe it.

Why is it important for you to foster these relationships with younger artists like Harry who’ve been so openly influenced by you?

I’m inspired by them. I’m inspired that Miley wants to make music with me. I’m inspired that the Haim girls are my biggest fans—and I theirs. A lot of these kids are making the amazing records I’ve been waiting for them to make. I’m not like other 72-year-olds. I listen to current music because I want to be current. When people find out how old I am versus the music I’m listening to, they think it doesn’t gel at all. I’ve been collecting musical knowledge since I was in the fourth grade listening to the singles my grandfather used to bring home. I listened to Buddy Holly and the Everly Brothers until the sixth grade when R&B radio became Top 40. I said goodbye country and hello R&B, so it’s not like I’m ever stuck on one thing. What I love about Harry is that he’s very old school but still modern. And that’s kinda like me.

You both also transitioned from massive groups to equally massive solo careers rather seamlessly.

When I decided I wanted to be a solo artist, I’d only been in Fleetwood Mac for a few years. I tried to figure out a way to do it gracefully because I didn’t wanna break up the band. I just wanted to sit at my piano and write poetry. After we did a record and a really long tour, the band scurried off to different parts of the world while I’d just be home writing songs for a year and a half. What did they care what I did while they were all on vacation? I’ve always said all the way through these two careers I’ve had: If you’re in a band first, never break it up.

Do you think One Direction would ever reunite?

I think it’s a good idea. For all we know, One Direction is completely broken up forever. But I think those guys are friends, and five or ten years down the road, they could all go, “You know what, wouldn’t it be really fun to do a One Direction tour?” Because that’s what people do. I wouldn’t be surprised if they did reunite at some point just because they can. And because it would just be fun. Harry is the kind of person who would never stomp on that idea. He would never say, [imitates posh English accent] “Never! I would never do that again!” Because why not just keep the door open?

Was there any particular detail or passage in Harry’s cover story that stuck out to you?

According to this article, he can get in a car with his friend to drive all over Europe then drive back by himself. I stopped driving in 1978 because my driver’s license expired and I’d already made a lot of money. I very smartly thought, “You know what, if someone even hits you and it’s not even your fault but you’re a little drunk, you are done. You’re finished, and the fortune that you’ve made is gone, so why should you drive anyway?” By then me and Christine were very cloistered, but Harry’s able to live a freer life because he’s a guy. He’s like Mick. He has a free life.

Would you say that you don’t?

I’m only comparing us in the way that Harry goes off to the Bahamas to work on songs, then flies back to L.A., then London, then Italy—I can’t do that. I can’t do that by myself. He’s able to do whatever he wants by himself, and it’s a whole different way of life. Being that Harry is a guy, he’s able to be a loner more than I am. As a woman, I’m not free to do all that. Even when I was his age, I couldn’t just get off anywhere I wanted. When we were on the road, Christine and I didn’t have a clue in the world what the boys did. We went to our rooms with security guys standing outside. It’s not like we ever escaped to go club-hopping in downtown Manhattan. We never got to live that life, so freedom as Harry knows it is very different than it’s been for me.

Did you ever have any figure in your life who provided some sense of mentorship the way you have to artists like Harry?

I didn’t really have anyone. If I had any guiding force at all, it probably would’ve been Christine McVie because she was five years older than me. And five years is five years, you know? Chris was friends with Eric Clapton and knew all the famous musicians in London. She’d married John [McVie] and done a bunch of records with Fleetwood Mac before I came along, so she’d been in the music business for a long time. I was breaking up with Lindsey when she was breaking up with John. She was my therapist and my go-to person for just about everything. We had each other to get through that really difficult situation where no one was gonna quit the band. Christine and I kept the whole thing together by telling the three men, “You quit because we’re not stopping” Thank God I had her, but on the other side of that, thank God she had me. We really were a force of nature.

** I’m curious to what extent fashion plays a role in your and Harry’s relationship. Have you** gifted him any accessories that were significant to you?

I actually gave him a ring at the Forum thing. It’s very masculine and has a pink stone in it. I told him it was a pink diamond, but it really isn’t. It would’ve cost $5 million. It was mine, and I really loved it, but I thought, This should be for Harry. You can see it on his hands in the “Falling” video where he’s playing the piano. If Harry and I were in a band together, we’d be trading all kinds of crazy stuff.

What are your thoughts on him being the first solo male cover in Vogue’s history?

It makes me feel so inspired. I’m extremely jealous he’s on the cover of Vogue because I’m 72 years old and have wanted to be on the cover my whole life. I’m such a magazine hag, so I’m incredibly jealous of Harry, but I’ll get over it. As far as all the crazy things he’s wearing, you do whatever you have to do to be on the cover of Vogue. I’m very proud of him, and I think it’s great that there’s a man on the cover…but I should’ve been in the corner off in the distance [laughs]. Did you know I’ve never been to the Met Gala?

We would be honored to have you at the next gala and every one after that. I’m putting this in the article to make sure it’s in the public record.

As Mick Jagger says, “We still have our freedom, but we don’t have much time.” I would like to be not much older than I am now so I can wear a fantastic outfit and entertain everybody. It’s a dream of mine, and most of my dreams have come true, but I need to not be 90 when it happens.

Harry and you could perform together.

We wouldn’t even have to rehearse. We’ve got a couple of duets that are really great. We do “Landslide” and “Two Ghosts” together really well. We actually have five or six terrific acoustic numbers that we could do at the drop of a hat.

You hinted earlier this year that there might be a role for Harry in the miniseries based on the stories of Rhiannon. Is there any update there?

This is probably the third-biggest thing I’ve ever done in my life after Fleetwood Mac and my solo career. There’s a lot to be done in the movie business before I can start riding my horses across the mountains of Wales. I’ve signed with a movie company—I’m not gonna tell you who—and we just signed a writer. I’m not gonna tell you who that is either, but there’s an amazing part for Harry. My favorite character in the series is the only man who goes through all four books. He’s a magician who doesn’t wanna be king, and I think Harry would just be so perfect.

Have you and Harry discussed collaborating on any future music together?

We’re open to making music together because we’ve been very successful when we go onstage just to do one song. I would love to be in a band with Harry, but even if I never saw him in person again, he’s made a record that breaks my heart in a million places like Fine Line. As far as music goes, there’s plenty of fun things that he and I could do. We can just reach out to each other and do it. I’m always ready to slip back into those high-heel black suede boots and become my alter ego.

via Vogue.com

[hlupdate]

Of all the disciples to worship at the altar of Stevie Nicks, none have managed to capture the attention of rock's reigning priestess quite like Harry Styles.

The 26-year old rocker (who this week received three Grammy nominations) is the Gucci-clad poster-boy carrying the torch for a bygone era of music history that the Fleetwood Mac front-woman helped crystallize. Styles recently cited the group's 1977 (and still charting) classic “Dreams” as one of the first songs he learned the words to growing up. Their friendship began in 2015 after the former One Direction member presented his idol with a hand-piped birthday cake after a Fleetwood Mac gig in London. (“Glad she liked carrot cake,” he later said.) The years since have seen the duo's mutual affection blossom into one of pop culture‘s most cherished bondings.

Last year, when Styles inducted Nicks into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, he proclaimed the 72-year old “everything you’ve ever wanted in a lady, a lover, in a friend.” Nicks has gushed about him in interviews as everything from “the son she never had” to the “love child” of her and bandmate Mick Fleetwood. Styles earned her official seal of approval after covering “The Chain” every night of his first solo tour in support of a record that sounds closer to Crosby, Stills & Nash than anything he released under his prior band.

“Harry could've lost a lot of fans but he didn't. I’m so proud of him because he took a risk and didn’t go the One Direction route," Nicks recently told Vogue over the phone. "He loves One Direction, I love One Direction, and a gazillion other people do too, but Harry didn't wanna go the pop route. He wanted straight-up rock-and-roll circa 1975.”

Nicks has been embracing some of the busiest years of her dual careers as both Fleetwood Mac front-woman and solo sorceress—and doing so in the midst of a global pandemic. Since she last performed with Styles at the Forum for his Fine Line release show in December, she’s released a 24 Karat Gold concert film and “Show Them the Way,” her politically-minded single and first piece of original music in six years. After Miley Cyrus asked for Nicks's blessing before releasing her “Edge of Seventeen”-tinged “Midnight Sky,” the two joined forces for an exhilarating new mash-up titled “Edge of Midnight."

In honor of Styles making history as the magazine’s first solo cover-boy, Nicks caught up with Vogue to answer all our questions about their cosmic connection. Currently beachside with her quarantine bubble in Hawaii, she’s been doing what one would expect Stevie Nicks to be up to during a pandemic: writing new music, dancing around her house to “Watermelon Sugar“ and “casting little spells.” As befitting rock’s foremost storyteller, our intended 30-minute chat turned into a two-hour confessional about her love of Styles, working with Cyrus for the first time, joining Fleetwood Mac, the president-elect Joe Biden, the Met Gala, betta fish funerals, and much more.

Did you get a chance to look through Harry's cover story yet?  

Right before I called you I sat here and looked at all the pictures on my new iPad. What can I say? That's my Harry. I think the thing that’s most wonderful about him—and I've told him this and sometimes I think he takes it the wrong way—is that he’s such a kooky guy. He’s the type of person you'd wanna live next door to. He’d look out the window, see you having a hard time planting flowers and rush out asking "Can I help you with those roses?" "Sure but you are Harry Styles, right?" That's who he is.

I really only know him to a certain extent but I have gotten to experience some big moments in his life like when he released his first solo record at the Troubadour. I always think of Tom Petty saying "So you wanna be a rock star or you wanna be a pop star?" It's two completely different things and he really could have gone pop like his friend Zayn [Malik]. I was sorry that Zayn didn't keep going more because I thought he was really good. But he took the pop route, which I think was right for him. Harry could've lost a lot of fans doing rock-and-roll but he didn't. Harry did a long tour with that first record and said “I'm a different person now. I have a full-on rock band and this is what I'm gonna do.” With many of my records I’ll stuff down peoples' throats until they like it and that's exactly what he did. Then he went away and wrote Fine Line, one of my favorite records.

What were your immediate thoughts listening to Fine Line for the first time?

Me and four of my friends sat with Harry in his living room  in London and listened to it a few times before it came out. But it wasn't really Fine Line yet. The first time we listened to it nobody really said anything. The second time everyone started to go "I think this song is great but it should be second in the sequence." By the third listen it was five girls screaming "Well Harry really now, I think you need to take these four that are called "Harry Songs" and do this and that—” while he’s sinking in his reclining chair thinking "Are these women ever gonna leave? Thanks for your opinions but oh my god stop already."

What changed when you heard the record in it’s finished form?

This record means a lot to me. When it was all put together I listened and said "Oh my god, The Beatles live." A whole lot of people live in these songs. Fleetwood Mac lives there. I live there. When I listen to "Fine Line” I hear melodies that would've worked on “A Day in the Life.“ It has that same kind of complexity. I think the Beatles would've thought “Here we’ve influenced a young man who took some incredible things from us and made them his own years and years later.”

Earlier this year you posted a message saying that Fine Line is Harry’s Rumours. Can you elaborate on what you meant by that?

When Harry asked me to do "Landslide" with him at the Forum I asked why and he said "Because I want you to be there. You were there for my first night at the Troubadour for the first record.” That night I wrote him a letter that said “This is your Rumours so you have to really respect it and adore it because these kinds of records sometimes don't ever come again.” Fleetwood Mac went on to make many great records but people would bet their life on the fact that Rumours was the one. And this might just be the one for Harry. We were all kind of the same age when we made Rumours. I was 28 and Lindsey was 27. I actually don't even know how old Harry is—he's that timeless to me.

Do you have a personal favorite of his songs?

Every one represents a different thing to me. “Sunflower” is such a great little song. He loves to do crazy videos and one time I called him and said “I have an idea. You're gonna be a bee and the sunflower would be your girlfriend, and you guys would get married and live in a beehive with your little bee children. You’d sing the lyrics “kiss in the kitchen like it's a dance floor duh duh duh” and show this entire bee relationship.”

What did he think of that pitch?

When I finished the other end of the phone was silent. I said "No really, think about it. It’ll be fantastical like a Francis Ford Coppola movie.” He’s like “Yeah, okay...” (laughs). I also love the "Adore You” video with the little fish because I have my own special relationships with fish.

In what sense?

I always have two betta fish but they have to be separated otherwise they'll kill each other. I stick my finger into their aquarium and the blue one will swim around my hand like a little dolphin. When my fish get old and suddenly die I have funerals for them in my backyard where I play Celine Dion. I have them filmed and everything (laughs). It’s too much but I thankfully haven’t had any recent fish deaths. I haven't even been able to sit down and show Harry the videos of my little fish so when I saw the “Adore You” video I couldn’t believe it.

Why is it important for you to foster these relationships with younger artists like Harry who’ve been so openly influenced by you?

I'm inspired by them. I'm inspired that Miley wants to make music with me. I’m inspired that the Haim girls are my biggest fans—and I theirs. A lot of these kids are making the amazing records I’ve been waiting for them to make. I’m not like other 72-year olds. I listen to current music because I want to be current. When people find out how old I am versus the music I'm listening to they think it doesn't gel at all. I’ve been collecting musical knowledge since I was in the fourth grade listening to the singles my grandfather used to bring home. I listened to Buddy Holly and the Everly Brothers until the sixth grade when R&B radio became Top 40. I said goodbye country and hello R&B, so it’s not like I'm ever stuck on one thing. What I love about Harry is that he's very old-school but still modern. And that's kinda like me.

You both also transitioned from massive groups to equally massive solo careers rather seamlessly.

When I decided I wanted to be a solo artist I'd only been in Fleetwood Mac for a few years. I tried to figure out a way to do it gracefully because I didn’t wanna break up the band. I just wanted to sit at my piano and write poetry. After we did a record and a really long tour the band scurried off to different parts of the world while I’d just be home writing songs for a year and a half. What did they care what I did while they were all on vacation? I’ve always said all the way through these two careers I've had: if you're in a band first, never break it up.

I know Beyoncé because I spent a day with Destiny’s Child making the “Bootylicious” video. I owe them a debt of gratitude because that’s the one time I ever got to pretend I played rock-and-roll guitar! But when Beyoncé made the decision to be a solo artist she did not see herself going back to Destiny's Child every couple of years. And that's a perfectly acceptable decision because sometimes that's what people wanna do. I, on the other hand, said why not have the ability to go back to Fleetwood Mac whenever I want? Being a Gemini I get bored really easily, so being able to have those two careers was great.

Do you think One Direction would ever reunite?

I think it's a good idea. For all we know, One Direction is completely broken up forever. But I think those guys are friends and five or ten years down the road they could all go "You know what, wouldn't it be really fun to do a One Direction tour?" Because that's what people do. I wouldn't be surprised if they did reunite at some point just because they can. And because it would just be fun. Harry is the kind of person who would never stomp on that idea. He would never say (imitates posh English accent) "Never! I would never do that again!" Because why not just keep the door open?

Was there any particular detail or passage in Harry’s cover story that stuck out to you?

According to this article he can get in a car with his friend to drive all over Europe then drive back by himself. I stopped driving in 1978 because my driver's license expired and I'd already made a lot of money. I very smartly thought "You know what, if someone even hits you and it's not even your fault but you're a little drunk, you are done. You're finished and the fortune that you've made is gone, so why should you drive anyway?” By then me and Christine were very cloistered, but Harry's able to live a freer life because he's a guy. He's like Mick. He has a free life.

Would you say that you don’t?

I'm only comparing us in the way that Harry goes off to the Bahamas to work on songs then flies back to LA then London then Italy—I can't do that. I can't do that by myself. He's able to do whatever he wants by himself and it's a whole different way of life. Being that Harry is a guy, he's able to be a loner more than I am. As a woman I'm not free to do all that. Even when I was his age I couldn't just get off anywhere I wanted. When we were on the road Christine and I didn't have a clue in the world what the boys did. We went to our rooms with security guys standing outside. It's not like we ever escaped to go club-hopping in downtown Manhattan. We never got to live that life so freedom as Harry knows it is very different than it’s been for me.

Did you ever have any figure in your life who provided some sense of mentorship the way you have to artists like Harry?

I didn't really have anyone. If I had any guiding force at all it probably would've been Christine McVie because she was five years older than me. And five years is five years, you know? Chris was friends with Eric Clapton and knew all the famous musicians in London. She’d married John [McVie] and done a bunch of records with Fleetwood Mac before I came along so she'd been in the music business for a long time. I was breaking up with Lindsey when she was breaking up with John. She was my therapist and my go-to person for just about everything. We had each other to get through that really difficult situation where no one was gonna quit the band. Christine and I kept the whole thing together by telling the three men "You quit because we're not stopping” Thank god I had her, but I think on the other side of that thank god she had me. We really were a force of nature.

I’m curious to what extent fashion plays a role in your and Harry’s relationship. Have you gifted him any accessories that were significant to you?

I actually gave him a ring at the Forum thing. It’s very masculine and has a pink stone in it. I told him it was a pink diamond but it really isn't, it would've cost $5 million. It was mine and I really loved it but I thought "This should be for Harry.” You can see it on his hands in the "Falling" video where he’s playing the piano. If Harry and I were in a band together we’d be trading all kinds of crazy stuff.

How did you come to decide on your all-black stage uniform?

I started getting paid when I joined Fleetwood Mac but up until then I didn't have any money to buy food. All of a sudden we were going on tour so I just packed up my normal clothes. We started eating because there was room service and there I was gaining ten pounds in the middle of the tour. I didn't fit in any of the clothes and I didn't have time to shop so when I got home I said “I can never do this again.” I knew a friend who knew a designer and I told her I needed a uniform because I can't be thinking about what I wanna wear every night. It makes it so much easier since everybody that's in Pittsburgh isn't necessarily gonna be in Philadelphia. Harry's done the same thing with his white pants and pink shirt.

What are your thoughts on him being the first solo male cover in Vogue’s history?

It makes me feel so inspired. I'm extremely jealous he's on the cover of Vogue because I'm seventy-two years old and have wanted to be on the cover my whole life. I’m such a magazine hag, so I’m incredibly jealous of Harry but I'll get over it. As far as all the crazy things he's wearing, you do whatever you have to do to be on the cover of Vogue. I'm very proud of him and I think it's great that there's a man on the cover… but I should've been in the corner off in the distance (laughs). Did you know I've never been to the Met Gala?

We would be honored to have you at the next gala and every one after that. I’m putting this in the article to make sure it’s in the public record.

As Mick Jagger says, "We still have our freedom, but we don't have much time." I would like to be not much older than I am now so I can wear a fantastic outfit and entertain everybody. It's a dream of mine and most of my dreams have come true, but I need to not be ninety when it happens.

Harry and you could perform together.

We wouldn't even have to rehearse. We've got a couple of duets that are really great. We do "Landslide" and “Two Ghosts” together really well. We actually have five or six terrific acoustic numbers that we could do at the drop of a hat.

You hinted earlier this year that there might be a role for Harry in the miniseries based on the stories of Rhiannon. Is there any update there?

This is probably the third-biggest thing I've ever done in my life after Fleetwood Mac and my solo career. There’s a lot to be done in the movie business before I can start riding my horses across the mountains of Wales. I've signed with a movie company—I'm not gonna tell you who—and we just signed a writer. I'm not gonna tell you who that is either but there’s an amazing part for Harry. My favorite character in the series is the only man who goes through all four books. He's a magician who doesn't wanna be king and I think Harry would just be so perfect.

Have you and Harry discussed collaborating on any future music together?

We're open to making music together because we've been very successful when we go onstage just to do one song. I would love to be in a band with Harry but even if I never saw him in person again he’s made a record that breaks my heart in a million places like Fine Line. As far as music goes there's plenty of fun things that he and I could do. We can just reach out to each other and do it. I’m always ready to slip back into those high-heel black suede boots and become my alter ego.

This interview has been edited for clarity and space.

[jlf23tumble]

While we excitedly wait for some amazing new mom Harry fic would you maybe rec some of your favorites that are already out there?

Oh, man, I was born to answer this ask...actually, I've done it before AND I even made a "the signs as mpreg Harry fics" for @vibey-lesbian, but timeless masterposts about Harry Styles as a mom can always stand an update! I legit planned to do this earlier this morning, but work kicked my ass, and I am literally FINALLY free to do it, so let's all get inspired for @momrryfest2020, hmmmm???

I hemmed and hawed about how to sort all these because it can be a little overwhelming, so I think I'm gonna just do rough categories, under the cut!

Canon Canyon: Could it happen this way? You tell me, y/n!!

Little Wonder, @sweariwouldnt. I love that Kim from Modest is a tagged character in this, but all in all, this is sweet and fluffy and so cinematic, that scene with the pills! The abortion discussion!

The Sunshine Stays, quickedween/ @becomeawendybird. I don't know how to describe it, but this fic is a pretty and warm and cozy sweater.

Put It Into Words, orphan_account. Love me a good babymoon, and this features some body worship/praise plus canon a/b/o, which always makes me smile because yeah! Why not!

got a river for a soul, cabinbythesea. DIRTY TALKKKKKKKKKKKK.

Teddy Bear Princess series, noelle1224. I promise you, the entire series is worth a read, but pregnant princess is where shit kicks OFF.

Funkink! Most of these involve dirty talk, roleplay, and happiness

When the Wolves Come Out, @rosemarianthyme. I'm gonna put this down under breeding kink, and maybe that's a stretch because it's not the main focus, but for the love of god, read and enjoy!

Baby Tell Me, @star55. This author has written quite a few amazing parent fics recently, but this one is on the kink side, girl direction, the entire SERIES, geddit!

slow and steady, @cabinbythesea. MORE DIRTY TALK, we love to see it!

I Just Wanna Taste It, @homosociallyyours. I feel like this is 10000000% canon, and I love the entire concept because on one hand, the WS video is all WaTeRmElOn Is PuSsY, but on the other, prego belly vibe, god, the mind of Harry Styles, the levels, the fine lines, if you will.

I May Be Crazy, Don't Mind Me (Say, Boy, Let's Not Talk Too Much), @shapeoflou. This feels so canon, yet it is not: basically, Harry working some pregnancy kink talk into the mix.

Angskink! Most of these involve dirty talk, roleplay, and sadness

Fertile Ground, Blake/ @newleafover. THIS STORY, MY GODDDDD, it's perfection, it's short, it's one of my all-time faves in terms of the emotion and ground covered, just masterfully done, I love that I can reach out and chat with the author about garlic (among other things), like, constantly, do yourself a favor and read every fic they’ve ever written, you won’t regret!

I Want Your Belly, @sulkingroom. Both Melissa and @vondrostes have written some INCREDIBLE Harry/other pregnancy kink fics lately (Terran's zayn/xander/harry, help), but Jesus, this one! Yeah! Adam out there, making dreams come true!

violence of my own touch, 14hrflight/ @silverfoxlouis. Honestly? Anything Chi has written for these two is a must read, but the overall ANGST in this fic, ouchhhhhh.

i cannot reach your heart, HappyPrincess/ @pattern-pals. This fic is a heart-clencher, the dirty talk, the aftermath, and it’s the second part in a series, but the whole thing is worth the read and the tears on two levels.

AUs that feel like real-life AUs, pure romcom vibes only

Answer All Your Wishes, @sadaveniren. I don't know the U this is based on (Tom Fletcher/Giovanna Fletcher, blogging????), but if you want to see pinterest Harry living his best WAG life, here you go!

Falling for me won't be a mistake, @rearviewdreamer. Workaholic doctor Harry Styles let's it all hang loose on vacation, oopsie baby!

You look so beautiful in this light, @hopelesswriter. One of the very few fics that uses mommy as a kink name instead of daddy, and I sure hope there's more to come!

i'll make this feel like home, @zouisclimax. I love that this list features not one (1) but two (2) amazing fics where Harry carries another man’s baby, yet it all works out.

hard to confess, by @hereforlou. THIS FIC, mannnnnnnn, it makes you want to slap some people back into reality, but the way it all unfolds, the dramatic bathtub scene, yeah.

Roses in Bloom series, mybeanieandme and radadusta. Honestly, this is like watching a movie that already exists, and credit to the authors because it feels like it's an AU based on a U, yet I don't think it exists? Is Stevie Nicks at that baby shower? I still need to revisit, but i don't think so, boo.

taste on my tongue (just can't get enough of you), messyjessy08. Yes, I would seriously watch the hallmark/lifetime/logo wherever it ends up movie of new mother omega harry squirting milk in a sexy way.

Time to move on to individual author territory!

ballsdeepinjesus bb: one of my fave authors in this fandom, period, and they produced not one (1) but two (2) related-ish masterpieces

oh baby baby, the reason i breathe is you. God, even just reading the tags makes me smile, Harry and his life plans and how it all works out in a 9k fic, be still my heart.

deep in my heart i know there's only you. The tag about competitive parenting classes? Just know I pictured it during that SNL skit.

Supernope City: another fave author, someone who just knocked it out of the park in this genre, too

Can't Hide It, You Might As Well Embrace It. There are only two (2) Harry Potter AUs that I will read, and this one is one of them!!

Needing You More and More, Let's Give Love a Try. The other fic on this list with the specific trope of "Harry's pregnant with another man's baby, but it doesn't even matter".

Jaerie Junction: I can't even begin to tell you how much I love the way Jaerie gets into pregnancy kink at a level that speaks to my soul, here are JUST A FEW gems!

Next Exit. Gimme that sweet, sweet gotta-pee desperation.

never boring. Lactation kink at a Christmas party? How is this perfection only 2k??

I'm not that other guy. Lactation kink at work?? How is this perfection only 3.6k??

freaks from the internet. GOD, THIS SERIES RUINED ME, SO GOOD (basically, omega Harry has a breast-milk-selling side hustle, and his ex is...intrigued)

I Think You're Already Home. This one was a WIP that I would drop everything to absorb: famous agoraphobic alpha Louis Tomlinson secluded in his home, hiring omega Harry Styles to birth his child? OKAY!

to change how you see and what you believe. The dirty talk! THE ROLEPLAY!! AND THEN IT HAPPENS!!! Plus yoga.

Finally, some epic tales that just ended or are still in progress:

Say Something, @kingsofeverything. LISTEN, I have been this fic's fan since it was a random idea on Lauren's blog, bring on the timestamps! Basic idea is 50YO divorced omega Harry, with three grown daughters, meets 28YO alpha Louis through a heat-help service, and oopsie baby!

little bitty rattle (and all our dreams are comin' true), @itsmiz. The long-prayed-for (by me) sequel to the Sometimes Green and Sometimes Blue universe, pregnant omega Harry (and all kinds of related insecurities)

[zot3-flopped]

Girl. I wonder what makes zayn went through such dramatic personality changes between 2013 to 2014. By 2014, he was avoidant, withdrawn, and generally disinterested with his career in 1D (yeah he could despise their music like he said, but leaving in the middle of an ONGOING tour without a prior notice wasn't exactly professional either). I wonder if he started ~intensely using drugs / alcohol in 2014. Say what you want about Louis T, but at least he has fan engagement going on and at the very least (pretend to) show his care to his followers on twitter etc etc. it seems to me that Z got into crazy partying / drug scene or habit in 2014 that he can't get out of until now. I genuinely feel so bad. Also it seems like he doesnt get as much recognition from RnB scene, which is the genre he claims to worship (aka cool music)

I think excess weed consumption makes people lose all motivation. The stereotype of stoners sitting around all day listening to music and sleeping has a lot of truth to it.

[vivianscurrentmoods]

Curretn Moods/Apple Top 200 Week of 7/16

1.In My Feeling E- Drake 2. You Say- Lauren Daigle 3. Girls Like You E- Maroon 5 ft Cardi B 4. I like it- Cardi B, Bad Bunny, J Balvin 5.Natrual- Imagine Dragons 6. In My Feelings - Drake 7. Better Now E- Post Malone 8. Simple- Flordia George Line 9. God is a women E- Ariane Grande 10. Whatever it takes- Imagine Dragons 11. Youngblood- 5 seconds of summer 12. Mercy- Brett Young 13. no tears left to cry- Ariane Grande 14. Delicate- Taylor Swift 15. Jumpsuit- Twenty one pilots 16. Desprate man- Eric Church 17. Tequila- Dan +Shay 18.Eatside- benny, blanco, Halsey & Khalid 19.Drowns the Whiskey- Jason Aldean/Miranda 20. Havana- Camila Cabello Ft Young Thung 21.Get Along- Kenny Chesney 22. Thunder- Imagine Dragons 23 Love Lies- Khalid & Normani 24. Psycho- Post Malone ft Ty Dolla $ign 25.Taste- Tyga 26. Back to You- Selena Gomez 27. The Middle- Zedd, Marren Morris 28.I Like It- Cardi B. 29.Girls Like You- Maroon 5 ft Cardi B. 30. In My Blood- Shawn Mendez 31. Meant To Be- Bebe Rexha & Flordia Gerogia Line 32.Lucid Dream E- Juice WRLD 33. Perfect- Ed Sheeran 34. One Kiss- Calvin Harris, Dua Lupa 35. Sit Next To Me- Foster the People 36. Summertime Magic- Chidlish Gambio 37.Beautiful Crazy- Luke Combs 38. Level Up - Ciara 39. Boo’d Up- Ella Mai 40. Life Changes- Thomas Rhett 41. When the Curtain Falls- Greta Van Fleet 42.Nice For What E- Drake 43.Connection- One Republic 44.FRIENDS E- Marshmello & Anne- Marie 45.Africa- Weezer 46.SAD!- XXXTENTCAION 47.Up Down- Morgan Wallen ft Florida Georgia Line 48vSunrise, Sunburnt, Sunset- Luck Bryan 49.High Hopes-Panic! At The Disco 50.Beleiver- Imagine Dragons 51.Love You Too Late- Cole Swindell 52.Heaven- Kane Brown 53.Mine E- Bazzi 54.Never Be The Same- Camila Cabello 55.This is Me- Greatest Show Man Cast 56.you should see me in a crown-Bollie Elish 57.Zombie- Wolves 58.I Like Me Better- Lauv 59.Born To Be Yours- Kygo & Imagine Dragons 60.Don’t Go Breaking My Heart- Backstreet Boys 61.You Make It Easy- Jason Alden 62.Africa- Toto 63.Babe- Sugarland ft Taylor Swift 64.Take Back Home Girl-Christ Lane ft Tori Kelly 65.Have it all- Jason Alden 66.Hotel Key- Old Domminion 67.Feels Like Summer- Childish Gambino 68.Lose It- Kane Brown 69.Everything’s Gonna Be Alright- David Lee Murphy& Kenny Chesnen 70.Wait- Maroon 5 71.Joy- KING & Country 72.Nico And The Niners- twenty one pilots 73.Tennessee Whisey- Chris Stapleton 74Gods Plan E- Drake 75.CAN’T STOP THE FEELING!- Justin Timberlake 76.Solo- Clean Bandit ft Demi Lovato 77.Never Enough- Loren Allred 78.changes- XXXTETACION 79.Yes Indeed E- Lil Baby &Drake 80.Nice For What E- Drake 81.This Is America E- Childish Gambin 82.APESHIT E- THE CARTERS 83.Speechless- Dan+Shay 84.One Number Away-Luke Combs 85.Drunk Me- Mithcell Tenpenny 86.Nonstop E- Drake 87.Say Amen (Saturday Night)-Panic!At the Disco 88.The Breakup Song- Francesca Battistelli 89.Fr Fr- Wiz Khalfia ft Lili Skies 90.Better Boat-Kenny Chesney ft Mindy Smith 91.Coming Home - Keith Urban ft Julia Michales 92.Better Now- Post Malone 93.Everything- TobyMac 94. Love it if We Made It - 1975 95. Stone- Whiskey Myres .96 Moonlight E - XXXTENTACION 97. I Was Jack (You Were Diane)- Jake Owen 98. Big Bank- YG ft 2Chainz, Big Sean, & Niki Minaji 99.Done For Me- Charlie Puth ft kehlani 100.Bohemni Rhapsody 101.Broken- lovelytheband 102.Feel It Still- Portugal. The Man 103.Rockstar E- Post Malone 104.Nevermind- Dennis Loyd 105.Radioactive- Imagine Dragons 106.I Fall Apart E- Post Malone 107.no tears left to cry- Ariana Grande 108.Remind Me to Forget-Kygo & Miguel 109.I’m a Mess- Bebe Rexha 110.Don’t Stop Belevi’n- Journey 111.Grace Got You- MercyMe 112.Drunk Girl- Chris Janson 113.The Night We Met- Lord Huron 114.lovely- Billie Eilish & Khalid 115.Reckless Love- Cory Asbury 116.Shape Of You - Ed Sheeran 117.Jackie Chan E- Tiesto& Dzeko ft. Preme &Post Malone 118.I Can Only Imagine- MercyMe 119.Don’t Matter To Me- Drake ft Michael Jackson  120.Road To Happiness- Cam 121.Uptown Funk- Mark Ronson ft Bruno Mars 122Downtown’s Dead- Sam Hunt 123.I’m Upset E- Drake 124.Rewrite The Stars- Zac Efron &Zendaya 125.Bed E- Niki Minaji ft Ariana Grande 126.Body Like A Back Road- Sam Hunt 127.The Greatest Show- The Greatest Showman Cast 128.Bodak Yellow E- Cardi B. 129.Dinero- Jennifer Lopez ft Dj Khaled & Cardi B 130.Cry Pretty- Carrie Underwood 131.Freaky Friday E- Lil Dicky ft Chris Brown 132.What if- Kane Brown ft Lauren Alania 133.Break Up in the End- Cole Swindell 134.Perfect Symphony- Ed Sheeran & Andrea Bocelli 135.Broken Halos- Chris Stapleton 136.NO EXSCUSES- Meghan Trainor 137.Kiss Somebody- Morgan Evans 138.To Bote’- A lot of Rappers lol! 139.I Wanna Know- NOTD ft Bea Miller 140.In Case You Didn’t Know- Brett Young 141.The Champion- Carrie Underwood ft Ludacris 142.Take Me Home, Country Roads- John Denver 143.Psycho- Post Malone ft Ty Dolla $ign 144.Be Careful E- Cardi B 145.Like I Used To E- Tinahshe 146.LET YOU BE RIGHT- Meghan Tranior 147.Thinking Out Loud- Ed Sheeran 148.24k Magic-Bruno Mars 149.Something Just Like This- Chainsmokers 150.A Thousand Years- Christina Perri 151.Alone- Halsey ft Big Sean & Stefflon Don 152.A Million Dreams- The Greatest Showman 153.Despacitio- Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee ft Justin Biber 154.Most People Are Good- Luke Byran 155.Demons- Imagine Dragons 156.Shake it Off- Taylor Swift 157.Marry Me- Thomas Rhett 158.IDGAF-Dua Lupa 159.Who You Say I Am (live)-Hillsong Worship 160.Walk It Talk It E- Miggos  ft Drake 161.Dancing Queen- Abba 162.New Light- John Mayer 163.Self Care- Mac Miller 164.Take You Out Of It- Flordia Georgia Line 165.God’s Plan E- Drake 166.Good Old Days- Macklamore ft Ke$ha 167.We Will Rock You- Queen 168.Finnese (Remix)- Bruno Mars ft Cardi B. 169.Must’ve Never Met You- Luke Combs 170.New Rules- Dua Lupa 171.Smile E- Lil Duval 172.Burn The House Down E- AJR 173.Fear Is a Liar - Zach Willams 174.The Sound Of Silence- Disturbed 175.When It Rains It Pours- Luke Combs 176.There Nothing Holdin’Me Back- Shawn Mendes 177.All Night E- Big Boi 178.Born To Love You- LANCO 179.Hide the Wine- Carly Pearace 180.Congartulations E- Post Malone ft Quavo 181.Silence- Marshmello ft Khalid 182.MOVE TO MIAMI- Enrique Igeasiaiss ft pitbull 183.Party in The U.S.A- Miley Cyrus  184.I Hate Love Songs- Kelsea Ballerini 185.Happy- Pharelle Willams 186.Let You Down- nf 187.Sober Up- AJR ft Rivers Cumo 188. Chicken Fried- Zac Brown Band 189.OTW E- Khalid, 6LACK & Ty Dolla $ign 190.Familiar- Liam Payne & J Balvin 191.No Matter What- Ryan Stevenson ft Bart Millard 192.Bad at Love- Halsey 193.All of Me- John Legend 194.Sour Diesel- ZAYN 195.Hooked- Dylan Scott 196.Wagon Wheel- Daruis Rucker 197.I Lived It- Blake Shelton 199.Mammia Mia- Mamma Mia 2 (OUT IN THEATERS NOW) 200. Stresssed Out- twenty one pilots 

Hello Everyone this is the charts for the week of July 16th 2018! I hope you enjoy

disclamier/ sorry if all the artist names aren’t spelled correctly I treid the best I could :)

[empty-altars]

I swear I was going to work on between the moonlight and the lane but my hand slipped and this happened. Idek. It wants to be more, but really it’s just 2300+ words of ziam smut. It’s been hanging out in my docs under the dubious title of ‘rnb softdom’ for about a year and I have a vague idea of where I was going with it. I think.

Two points, though:

1. This sex could be safer. 

2. Even though we’ve never interacted in a meaningful way, I’m pretty sure at least 60% of this is the fault of @jaegyoo

-u should come over…

Zayn hasn’t even been back in LA for 3 hours yet when the message pops up. In reality, he probably shouldn’t. There are responsibilities and phone calls and appointments to make but he’s already messaging his driver and anticipation makes his hands tremble. It’s been too long.

The back entrance of the ostentatious house he’s dropped off at is completely hidden from the street and entirely too familiar. Every time he comes here, it feels like he’s risking more. They’ve hooked up in New York and London and once in Milan, but LA feels extra dangerous somehow.

Zayn has barely shut the door before he’s greeted by plush lips and large, warm hands cradling his spine. All the tension that’s been holding him together for the last couple months rushes out of him, leaving him pliant and grateful. Always grateful.

“You made it,” Liam murmurs between kisses. “Good boy.”

Two words and Zayn is there. His knees bend without his permission, dropping him on the carpeted entryway in front of Liam. The outline of Liam’s dick through his sweats is tempting, but Zayn knows better than to just go for it. Instead he looks up and waits, shaking with how much he wants.

Liam’s gaze is fond. He reaches down and cups Zayn’s jaw, pressing a thick thumb to his lower lip. “Already, baby? You’ve been wound up for too long. I’m sorry.”

In between, multiple time zones away, Zayn pretends. He imagines the press of Liam’s hands holding his wrists down and Liam’s voice like velvet in his ear. It’s never the same, but it keeps him sane. He’s never told Liam about it. This is supposed to be a safe space to explore their predilections with someone who has just as much to lose if it ever came to light. It’s for fun. It’s not supposed to be everything.

Anxious to get this show on the road so he can stop thinking entirely, Zayn draws Liam’s thumb into his mouth and sucks slowly. He traces the whorls with his tongue and savors the slight hint of salt bursting across his taste buds.

“Did I tell you to do that?” Liam asks with an arched brow.

Zayn whimpers and draws back, mouth watering and empty. “No, sir.”

“It’s okay, sweetheart.” Liam smiles gently. “I forgive you. It’s been a while. Hands behind your back and keep them there.”

Zayn widens his stance and clasps his wrists behind his back, already feeling the pull between his shoulders. His muscles are out of practice. He’s going to feel everything for days and he can’t wait.

“You’re so good,” Liam praises, slowly drawing the waistband of his sweats down over his erection to sit around his thighs. He fists himself a couple times, watching the desperation play across Zayn’s face.

Zayn’s mouth drops open in anticipation. He doesn’t have to wait long. Liam slides the tip through his lips and Zayn moans deeply. He’s missed this so much. Liam’s dick is perfect and he wants to worship it, wants it so deep he’s choking on the length, but he’ll take what he’s given and savor it. His eyes drop closed in ecstasy and Liam pulls back, drawing an unhappy whine from Zayn.

“Eyes open, baby. I need to see you, need your pretty eyes on me.”

Zayn huffs in irritation at himself. He knows that. He knows the rules.

“Shh,” Liam hushes, “we haven’t even started.”

Zayn nods. Liam’s being generous, but if Zayn pushes the boundaries much more he probably won’t be allowed to come later. The very thought makes him want to weep. He’s been jacking off alone for way too long and it doesn’t come close to what Liam can do to him.

Liam slides back into Zayn’s mouth, a little deeper this time, head pressing thick against the soft palate. Zayn resists the urge to shove forward, to bury his nose in the neatly trimmed hair at Liam’s groin. Instead he sucks gently, tongue playing over the prominent vein that throbs at his attentions, never taking his eyes off Liam.

“Look at you,” Liam says softly. “So beautiful. Do you want more, love?”

It’s a ridiculous question. Zayn always wants more, wants anything Liam will give him. He hums enthusiastically. Liam flashes him a filthy grin and slides the rest of the way, impossibly thick down Zayn’s throat and heavy on his tongue. The lack of air makes tears prick the corners of his eyes.

Liam reaches down to twine his fingers in Zayn’s hair, tight enough to hurt just right. He pulls Zayn back far enough to catch his breath before pushing him forward again. He sets up a rhythm that feels precise as a metronome. Zayn’s vision blurs and he loses himself in Liam’s hands, Liam’s heated gaze the only thing keeping him from falling apart at the seams.

“Come when I do,” Liam orders huskily. “Can you do that for me, baby?”

Yes, Zayn can do that. Zayn could probably come from Liam looking at him the right way. He’s been on edge ever since he got the text and is wishing he’d changed into something more comfortable than his jeans. He can tell Liam is close, rhythm getting slightly less steady, grip getting just a bit tighter. His own need unravels him, hips shifting restlessly against the press of denim and cotton.

Liam comes hard down Zayn’s throat and sets off a cascading reaction in Zayn. It’s so hard to keep his eyes open, but Liam’s lust blown gaze has him arrested. He calls Zayn beautiful, but Liam is heartbreakingly gorgeous like this with his flushed cheeks and chest, his soft brown eyes mostly pupil.

Zayn’s throat feels pleasantly raw when Liam retreats. He stays in position while Liam disappears into the kitchen. His shoulders burn and he sinks into it. Liam returns with a glass of water and a straw. He kneels next to Zayn and holds it up for him to drink.

“Thank you,” Zayn rasps, drinking deeply.

Liam runs a gentle finger down Zayn’s neck. “Such a good boy,” Liam murmurs. “I always feel guilty wrecking your voice, but you’re so good.”

Zayn arches into the touch. As always, Liam’s praise soothes something deep within him, something dark and raging that needs this to settle.

“You can relax,” Liam informs him, rubbing his shoulders lightly.

“Thank you,” Zayn repeats.

Liam gathers him against his broad chest and stands up. He helps Zayn toward the bedroom and onto the edge of the giant mattress. Zayn’s shirt gets tugged over his head and placed on a chair. Liam traces the latest tattoo with a curious finger.

“I saw pictures online, but this is sick,” dom Liam slips and lets regular Liam through and Zayn finds it hopelessly endearing.

He grins up at Liam. “Are we done already?”

Liam’s eyes narrow. “Not even close and you know it.”

“Was hoping,” Zayn says, too breathless for flippancy. He drops back onto the mattress. “What else did you see while you were stalking me online?”

He doubts Liam was doing anything of the sort. That’s really more a thing Zayn does, but he’s given up trying to stop. Even a staged pap shot is better than nothing. He simply can’t go weeks at a time without a glimpse of Liam.

Liam looms over him, clever fingers divesting Zayn of his jeans. “Saw that photo shoot you did. Looked like a model, all broody and lovely. Wanted to bend you over that table and make you scream.”

Zayn shivers. “Yes,” he grates.

“Saw that one with your girlfriend, too,” Liam whispers darkly against the curve of Zayn’s ear. “That one made me want to fuck you in front of her, show her what I do to you, make her hear what you sound like with my dick up your arse.”

She’s not his real girlfriend and Liam knows it, but it doesn’t matter right now. They’re back in the game and this is designed solely to make Zayn crazy. Liam is propped up over him, close enough to feel the heat of his body but not touching an inch of Zayn’s skin.

“Please,” Zayn whimpers.

“Please what, pretty?” Liam drawls.

“Please touch me,” he begs. “I missed you.”

It slides out of his mouth before he can stop it. Liam won’t hold it against him. One of their rules is that nothing said within the confines of a scene means anything outside of it. Zayn tries not to take advantage of that. He can’t. Otherwise he’d be offering up all of his secrets under the guise of playing a scene and the thought makes him ill.  

Liam smiles slow and sweet. “Missed you too, baby. No one else is as good as you.”

Jealousy churns in Zayn’s chest and he tamps it down viciously. Liam is not his and if he can’t get his emotions in check he’s going to ruin everything and then where will he be? Tense and miserable and at loose ends like he was before Liam wandered into his studio a year and a half ago.

Liam slowly lowers his body onto Zayn’s, warm skin sliding luxuriously against him. He sinks his teeth into the junction of Zayn’s neck and shoulder, drawing a soft moan from Zayn’s lips. This is everything he wants forever and he’ll fight himself to keep it.

“Want to taste you, sweetheart,” Liam rasps against his neck, rolling them over so Zayn is on top. “Come up here.”

Zayn lets Liam maneuver him until he’s hovering over Liam’s mouth, hands braced against the wall. Liam smirks up at him and leans up to lick a hot stripe from his balls to his ass. Zayn shudders, dick starting to firm back up.

“Don’t come,” Liam orders before pulling him down and taking him apart piece by piece.

All Zayn can do is moan and try not to writhe. Liam’s tongue feels gorgeous, sleek and hot and insistent. His hands are wrapped around Zayn’s thighs, gripped tight enough to leave the fingertip bruises Zayn cherishes afterward. If it weren’t for the wall, Zayn’s pretty sure he wouldn’t still be upright.

He loses track of time, The world is reduced to Liam’s mouth against him, in him. Liam’s hands move to spread him further and Zayn cries out, babbling incoherently. He wants more, needs Liam deeper and finally Liam slides a finger alongside his tongue. Zayn wants badly to push against it but he hasn’t been told he can, can’t pursue his own pleasure. He’s turned himself over to Liam’s capable hands.

One finger becomes two, becomes three and four when the lube gets involved. Zayn is shaking, micro muscle twitches, keeping himself in place and not pushing back into the pressure the way he wants. It’s a slow, sweet torture that drives thoughts of everything else from his head. It’s exactly what he needs.

Liam wriggles out from under him and presses a steadying hand between Zayn’s shoulder blades. “Look at you,” he murmurs, dropping kisses down Zayn’s spine, sweet like warmed honey. “You’re perfect.”

Behind him, Zayn can hear Liam putting on a condom. He feels like need wrapped in a thin layer of overheated flesh, quivering and desperate. Liam doesn’t give him time to adjust, shoves home in one smooth thrust, punching a cry from Zayn’s throat and leaving him scrabbling against the plaster.

Liam’s hands come up to press his wrists firmly down. “Stay,” he growls.

Zayn pushes his fingertips against the wall so hard they turn white and waits. Liam sets a brutal pace, leaving no room for anything but physical sensation overwhelming him. His hands burn into Zayn’s hips and every thrust pulls a helpless moan from his abused vocal chords.

Liam’s voice has dipped into a deep rasp, showering praise in sweet words that Zayn’s brain can’t interpret. All the same, the tone drenches him in pleasure, spirals him closer to orgasm. Liam’s words feel like a physical caress.

“Come when you want, baby,” Liam says.

It’s a gift, a testament to how long it’s been for both of them. Next time Liam will most likely require him to hold back, to shove at the edges of his self control, but not this time. Zayn is unbearably grateful to him, is probably babbling incoherently about it. He allows the heat to overwhelm him, to incrementally shove him higher until he’s coming hard against the wall. Liam is right behind him, shoving one last time with a deep groan.

The world is soft focus when Liam pulls out and arranges Zayn gently against the pillows. He tilts Zayn’s head up to sip at a water bottle and soothes Zayn’s trembling limbs with firm, smooth caresses. Slowly things become clearer, reality putting itself back together piece by piece.

“Hey there,” Liam greets with a grin, the kind that makes him look ten years younger and sweeter.

“Hey,” Zayn croaks. He feels heavy, weighed down after floating for so long.

Liam presses a soft kiss to Zayn’s bruised lips. “Thank you.”

He always does this, thanks Zayn like he’s done him a favor or something, like Zayn isn’t the one reaping all the benefits. Zayn’s lips twist in an emotion he can’t quite name and something dark and complicated twists in his gut. He chooses not to explore it. Probably ever.

“You’re welcome,” he replies.

“You want a shower?” Liam asks, bringing Zayn’s fingers up to his lips and kissing the tip of each one individually.

“Later.” Zayn wants to keep Liam on his skin for as long as he can.

“You good to stand?”

Zayn flexes his legs experimentally. “Maybe?”

Liam laughs, his eyes fucking sparkling. “Yeah, me too. In a bit you wanna see what I’ve been working on? I can order in.”

Zayn shouldn’t. He should set up some boundaries, but part of his problem is that he can’t help but consider Liam a friend. Their edges slot together so perfectly in and out of bed, like a puzzle piece he didn’t even know he was missing until Liam showed up with his boyish smile and warm, safe hands. It’s got him ten kinds of fucked up.

“Yeah, alright.”