as loud as lions (1/3). harry/louis, pg-13.

[likecharity]

Title: as loud as lions
Author: likecharity
Pairing: Harry/Louis
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: References to homophobia and gay slurs
Summary: Every few seconds there's a blinding camera flash, and it's overwhelming even for Harry so he can't imagine how Louis feels. All he can do is hold his hand, tight, like they've never been allowed to in public

Comments

[the_crazy_freak]

Oh my god, this is only the first third of it and it's already so perfect and making me feel for all of them so much and asdfghjkl!!! D:

Urgh, it's too perfect to even begin to describe, seriously. It's everything I've ever imagined in a coming out fic and more. Flawless writing. ;__;

First of all, that BBC Breakfast interview! It's SO fucking realistic I can't even! I mean, the entire thing is very realistic, but that part just gets me for some reason. Because OF COURSE Liam and Louis would word everything exactly the way you wrote it, and Zayne would DEFINITELY be the one saying people read too much into things like no big deal.

And the part with Niall daydreaming with Harry! ASDFGHJKL!!! x33 LET ME LOVE YOU!

AND LIAM! I LOVE HIM SO MUCH!! Urgh, I literally cannot!! Him comforting Louis was almost too much for me to take. And the way he felt so guilty for getting his phone hacked. It's like he felthe let them down and failed them. Oh, Liam, baby!! ;__;

Then there's ALL THE HARRY AND LOUIS FEELS! Oh god, this whole thing is killing them so much. :( I can't even deal. And the part when they were looking for stuff on twitter. GOD! ;__;

I seriously teared up at a few parts, but for some reason, the one I teared up the most at was when Harry spotted the guy with their CD amongst the crowd. "...thanking them with his eyes..." OH MY GOD, I LEGIT CRIED THERE, OK?!! ;__; Because if/when they actually come out, that could really mean so much to some people - those who are maybe struggling with their sexuality or having to hide it. And their coming out would give those people so much hope; telling them that it's okay and that they're not alone.

And urgh, I hate their management so much! >_> Especially Sara - that comment about Harry's relationships made me want to slap her. (But that's a good thing, because you wrote her - and Jonathan - really well.) The thing is, I don't even hate the management for trying to create a cover-up story about the photo, because I do in a way understand where they're coming from (they don't want to ruin 1D's career before it even fully began - although they also do it for the money, but let's not get into that right now), but for making Louis this awful guy who cheated on his girlfriend. Argh, I wanted to do more than just bitchslap them there!

I'm sorry for this nonsensical comment, but I'm a bit emotional right now. I probably forgot a whole bunch of other stuff I wanted to add too. Now off to read the next part.

[likecharity]

Thank you so so much!

I put a LOT of thought into the dialogue in the BBC Breakfast interview, I kept imagining each of their voices with each line and if it didn't work I changed it, so I'm really glad you appreciated that. It was just really important that that scene was easy to imagine, because I wanted it to seem realistic.

I felt so MEAN for having Liam be the one to get his phone hacked oh my god. The idea just came to me and I was like NO I CAN'T DO THAT but then I sort of had to, because it just added an extra layer to everything.

I'm glad you liked the original characters too, I generally try to avoid writing them because I feel awkward about it but it kinda had to be done with this! And yeah, I didn't want them just to come across 100% evil, just kind of - bad at their jobs.

I'm really glad you like this so far. ♥