This is my last rec and I will shortly be switching off posting access for the last time. Thank you, everyone, for all of your lovely comments over the past month. crack_van has been a labor of love these many years, and it's really gratifying to know that it has meant so much to so many people. ♥

Fandoms: ONE DIRECTION / HARRY POTTER
Pairing: Harry ( Read more... )

Fandom: ONE DIRECTION
Pairing: Harry/Louis
Length: ~5,000 words
Author on LJ: disarm_d
Author on AO3: disarm_d
Why this must be read:

There is a sad dearth of The X-Factor-era fic, given how painfully smitten Harry and Louis were; and an even sadder dearth of quality D/s fic, given Lou's borderline pathological need to play ringmaster, Harry's ( Read more... )

Fandom: ONE DIRECTION
Pairing: Harry/Zayn
Length: ~73,700 words
Author on LJ: unknown
Author on AO3: writeivywrite
Why this must be read:This is a gorgeously written AU in which Zayn is a professional footballer and Harry is a high end escort, and they're each a fucking mess. The mood and style of this fic feels quite unique, with slowly ( Read more... )

Fandom: ONE DIRECTION
Pairing: Niall/Zayn
Length: ~7,250 words
Author on LJ: lazy_daze
Author on AO3: lazy_daze
Why this must be read:This is another fun example of a genre I love and have already recced in other pairings: accidental-on-purpose tour hook-ups. Niall and Zayn are sharing hotel rooms, and watching porn together inevitably leads to hot ( Read more... )

Fandom: ONE DIRECTION
Pairing: Liam/Louis, Harry/Nick, Zayn/Perrie
Length: ~ 85,000 words
Author on LJ: sunsetmog
Author on AO3: sunsetmog
Why this must be read:In this sixth form AU, Louis and Liam keep hooking up while drunk, not talking about it, and having two very different sexuality crises in alternating POV's: Liam's lo-fi and short-lived ( Read more... )

Fandom: ONE DIRECTION
Pairing: Harry/Zayn
Length: ~4,000 words
Author on LJ: shuttermutt
Author on AO3: shuttermutt
Why this must be read:

I've got a "zayn makes an awesome boyfriend" tumblr tag for all the ways he shows his love for his boys - in soft caresses, lingering gazes, and in the "get off, he doesn't like that!"-s when the roughhousing gets ( Read more... )

Fandom: ONE DIRECTION
Pairing: Harry/Louis, unrequited Liam/Zayn
Length: ~12,000 words
Author on LJ: unknown
Author on AO3: withmyteethsharper
Why this must be read:As may be obvious by now I'm a sucker for music AU's, all self-indulgent music talk, and fic with music as a secondary character -- especially gritty punk rock ones where Harry ( Read more... )

Fandom: ONE DIRECTION
Pairing: Harry/Louis, Harry/Nick, Harry/Louis/Nick
Length: ~48,500 words
Author on AO3: becka & mediaville
Why this must be read:Harry and Louis used to have a thing, but Louis ended it and their friendship's been on unstable ground for years; after Louis breaks up with Eleanore and gets pulled back into a physical ( Read more... )

Fandom: ONE DIRECTION
Pairing: Louis Tomlinson/Nick Grimshaw
Length: ~11,500 words
Author on LJ: checkthemargins
Author on AO3: checkthemargins
Why this must be read:It's easy to understand why Harry/Nick is such a prominent pairing in 1D fandom, but the popularity of Louis/Nick requires a little more explanation. Their public canon interactions have been ( Read more... )

Fandom: ONE DIRECTION
Pairing: Louis/Zayn
Length: ~9,400 words
Author on LJ: dangerbears
Author on AO3: dangerbears
Why this must be read:

A story about childhood best friends growing apart and then reconnecting as their high school graduation approaches. Very sweet and relatable.

louis and zayn have always been best friends and they always will be ( Read more... )