big bag o' one direction recs
louis/harry or louis/liam, based on my taste and personal preference. some may be friends-locked.
louis/harry:
» and mercury on your heels by flimsy: 8,921 words: road trips and stupid boys
» codename: boogie nights by perfectlystill: He wants to smile across the line and tell Louis he loves him and that it’s okay if Louis doesn’t want to find a way to meet up, it’s okay if Louis doesn’t miss him the same way, it’s okay if they don’t see each other until they see the other guys. He wants to do that more than anything else if it’ll make Louis happy. But he’s tired and the sun in California is too bright and it burns, makes his skin itchy and his head pound.
» if you're oprah, i'll be stedman (and i think you're swell) by folkloric_feel: In which Zayn rides a motorcycle and wears a leather jacket but isn't as much of a badass as he wants you to think he is, Liam wins all the science fairs, Niall really doesn't want anyone eating his enchiladas, and Harry Styles just wants to be the cooliest for his new stepbrother.
» long nights, hard times by drunktuesdays: He didn't offer further explanation, because "I'm in a no-sex bet" would probably cause more questions than it would answer.
» in my young life i get so hurt, will i make it in the real world? by jannika: A 1960s AU in which the five of them spend a summer driving around in VW Van and trying to organize protests and mobilize college students. Harry writes speeches. Liam organizes everything. Niall plays protest songs on his guitar. Zayn paints on people. Louis yells the loudest and tries to figure out how he fits into it all.
» a chance of overtime, say, my place at nine by folkloric_feel: Louis' found his soulmate, and everything's splendid except for a few small issues: he's never met him, only spoken to him once, and only knows him by the sound of his voice, which he'll probably never hear again. But other than that, everything's working out just fine.
» you're the only one breaking me down like this by justgaytbh: Five-time, kissing kind of thing.
» half of what we had by justgaytbh: Future!fic in which One Direction have split up but are brought together for a re-union tour. Basically, lots of angsting and looking back at the love Harry and Louis had but could never really have.
» breakdown by wordgasmic: Harry's reminded far too often of that stupid you can look but you can't touch rule.
» intravenous, intertwined by wordgasmic: Had this whole thing passed without incident, Harry would have been able to write it off as nothing, just a normal day of Louis being a freak and Harry being an easy target.
» show me lights by mentalistecbm: harry squints up at him and his trodden hair and shirt sticking to his chest and those stupid fucking eyes, smile wrinkles at only nineteen and he realizes that yeah, sure, this is definitely love. or at least something like it, something ten times more painful and enjoyable and solid, a million love songs reenacted out and the music’s pounding in his skull, a fissure sealed into the very soul of him. (alternately: leeds.)
» down, down by rumpledlinen: (also eleanor/louis, eleanor/harry) she can hardly blame him, not when harry looks like that, with those curls and those fucking lips.
» i'm just some stain here on your bedsheets by rumpledlinen: sequel to down, down, or: louis finds out on a tuesday.
» love in all the lonely places by urgencytobleed: They were brand new. They were antiques. They were flawed, perfect.
» hiding out in the kitchen by littlemousling: Harry's in an internationally famous boyband with his three best mates, he gets laid on a pretty regular basis, and he's headed to Australia in a week. He doesn't need anything else, and he certainly doesn't need a boyfriend. If this nice guy he met in a coffeeshop wants to date him, great-but that's all it is. Right?
» set all my regrets on fire by retorico: Harry's in an indie rock band, and Louis is Britain's hottest new popstar. They don't meet by coincidence.
» always holding onto stars by retorico: sequel to set all my regrets on fire.
» so when you hold me like this by miss_mady: I miss the way your neck wraps around my face like a cave we are both lost in.
» wasted british youth by thediamondskies: a skins!au fic. in which harry is the alpha male, zayn is his tempermental boyfriend, niall is the awkward virgin, liam is the group mediator, danielle is his loyal and kind-hearted girlfriend, and cher is danielle's slightly chavvy best mate. (WIP)
» your quietest voice by flimsy: Imagining the future is a kind of nostalgia.
» only several miles from the sun by robpattff: It started with a walk and unexpected rain and Babs. It started with a smile and green eyes and a bag of warm apple cinnamon muffins. Actually, it started with the bakery. Bakery AU, because of reasons.
» the world's not waiting by drunktuesdays: A new guy joins the tour. Harry likes him, Louis...does not.
» nothing left to burn by rilla: Kind of a Gossip Girl AU. Louis is the golden boy and Harry is not; they've been best friends for years but Harry's life takes a turn for the self-destructive when his mother dies. (WIP)
» but i won't ever let them make a loser of my soul by jannika: A set in New York Cinderella-ish AU where Louis is a famous out and proud pop star who records on the highly successful label owned by his own family, Zayn is his for-publicity boyfriend, Liam is a sound engineer and fairy godmother of sorts, Harry is aspiring musician who works at the worst bakery in the world, and Niall is Harry's coworker who is pretty sure they're getting paid in mafia money. (WIP)
» a lack of understanding by rhrj: AU. Harry doesn't talk but Louis doesn't need him to.
» nevermind the furthermore by lucy_and_ramona: "We are just friends," Louis states, an annoyed edge to his voice. "We're just friends who sometimes have phone sex. It's not a big deal."
» high in the theatre by goalposts
» are you catchin' all these tracks i'm laying down for you by goalposts
» right here, right now by goalposts
» if it ain't coming out, we're not going anywhere by goalposts
» the stars in your eyes light up the sky by goalposts
» state of flux by likecharity: (ot5, h/l) This girl has brought to light something none of them has ever really questioned before, something about their claustrophobic closeness that has always made people curious for reasons they never understood. Maybe they just assumed it was normal, in their own private, confusing little five-person world, but-maybe it's not.
» as loud as lions by likecharity: 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 before, and let all these middle-aged men with their zoom lenses get a good long look.
» till there's no one left to hound you by likecharity: Liam doesn't know what it is that makes them so special, and he's scared sometimes, so scared, that it will glow too hot one day and simply burn out.
» the hunger in my heart by likecharity: It feels like it's written on Harry's forehead, if he's honest, and sometimes it's hard to care-sometimes, when Louis's lips travel from his mouth to his cheek to his ear, Harry's knees go weak, and he wants to tell the whole fucking world how that feels, how amazing and scary and fantastic it is for someone to have that hold over you. It doesn't feel like the kind of thing that should have to be kept secret.
» open arms by colazitron: Christmas at Tomlinson's didn't turn out the way anyone had hoped.
» so says i by sparkbyspark: a dubious sixthform au.
louis/liam
» or loud and out of key by sparkbyspark: internet celebrity au?
» heartlines on your head by unevenfootsteps: AU. liam and louis are a duo.
» at one season or another by sparkbyspark: 5200 words. you wouldn't think there's that much to write about camping.
» pick me by sparkbyspark: AU where liam and louis got through as soloists, not as a group, and 1D never existed.
» running out of clock by sparkbyspark: high school AU
» someone like you by harriet_vane: A high school AU in which no one goes to school, ever. Liam has a crush, and then he runs into his crush at a party, and everything gets very complicated.
» restart the heart you gave me by crucios: “I-” Louis starts, stopping himself abruptly, taking an extended pause before rushing out “I miss you” so fast, that Liam almost, almost doesn’t catch it. He hears Louis’ sharp intake of breath on the other end and thinks that maybe Louis is just as surprised by his admission as he is. Okay. (warning for TRIGGERS of the self-harm sort, also melodrama)
louis/harry:
» and mercury on your heels by flimsy: 8,921 words: road trips and stupid boys
» codename: boogie nights by perfectlystill: He wants to smile across the line and tell Louis he loves him and that it’s okay if Louis doesn’t want to find a way to meet up, it’s okay if Louis doesn’t miss him the same way, it’s okay if they don’t see each other until they see the other guys. He wants to do that more than anything else if it’ll make Louis happy. But he’s tired and the sun in California is too bright and it burns, makes his skin itchy and his head pound.
» if you're oprah, i'll be stedman (and i think you're swell) by folkloric_feel: In which Zayn rides a motorcycle and wears a leather jacket but isn't as much of a badass as he wants you to think he is, Liam wins all the science fairs, Niall really doesn't want anyone eating his enchiladas, and Harry Styles just wants to be the cooliest for his new stepbrother.
» long nights, hard times by drunktuesdays: He didn't offer further explanation, because "I'm in a no-sex bet" would probably cause more questions than it would answer.
» in my young life i get so hurt, will i make it in the real world? by jannika: A 1960s AU in which the five of them spend a summer driving around in VW Van and trying to organize protests and mobilize college students. Harry writes speeches. Liam organizes everything. Niall plays protest songs on his guitar. Zayn paints on people. Louis yells the loudest and tries to figure out how he fits into it all.
» a chance of overtime, say, my place at nine by folkloric_feel: Louis' found his soulmate, and everything's splendid except for a few small issues: he's never met him, only spoken to him once, and only knows him by the sound of his voice, which he'll probably never hear again. But other than that, everything's working out just fine.
» you're the only one breaking me down like this by justgaytbh: Five-time, kissing kind of thing.
» half of what we had by justgaytbh: Future!fic in which One Direction have split up but are brought together for a re-union tour. Basically, lots of angsting and looking back at the love Harry and Louis had but could never really have.
» breakdown by wordgasmic: Harry's reminded far too often of that stupid you can look but you can't touch rule.
» intravenous, intertwined by wordgasmic: Had this whole thing passed without incident, Harry would have been able to write it off as nothing, just a normal day of Louis being a freak and Harry being an easy target.
» show me lights by mentalistecbm: harry squints up at him and his trodden hair and shirt sticking to his chest and those stupid fucking eyes, smile wrinkles at only nineteen and he realizes that yeah, sure, this is definitely love. or at least something like it, something ten times more painful and enjoyable and solid, a million love songs reenacted out and the music’s pounding in his skull, a fissure sealed into the very soul of him. (alternately: leeds.)
» down, down by rumpledlinen: (also eleanor/louis, eleanor/harry) she can hardly blame him, not when harry looks like that, with those curls and those fucking lips.
» i'm just some stain here on your bedsheets by rumpledlinen: sequel to down, down, or: louis finds out on a tuesday.
» love in all the lonely places by urgencytobleed: They were brand new. They were antiques. They were flawed, perfect.
» hiding out in the kitchen by littlemousling: Harry's in an internationally famous boyband with his three best mates, he gets laid on a pretty regular basis, and he's headed to Australia in a week. He doesn't need anything else, and he certainly doesn't need a boyfriend. If this nice guy he met in a coffeeshop wants to date him, great-but that's all it is. Right?
» set all my regrets on fire by retorico: Harry's in an indie rock band, and Louis is Britain's hottest new popstar. They don't meet by coincidence.
» always holding onto stars by retorico: sequel to set all my regrets on fire.
» so when you hold me like this by miss_mady: I miss the way your neck wraps around my face like a cave we are both lost in.
» wasted british youth by thediamondskies: a skins!au fic. in which harry is the alpha male, zayn is his tempermental boyfriend, niall is the awkward virgin, liam is the group mediator, danielle is his loyal and kind-hearted girlfriend, and cher is danielle's slightly chavvy best mate. (WIP)
» your quietest voice by flimsy: Imagining the future is a kind of nostalgia.
» only several miles from the sun by robpattff: It started with a walk and unexpected rain and Babs. It started with a smile and green eyes and a bag of warm apple cinnamon muffins. Actually, it started with the bakery. Bakery AU, because of reasons.
» the world's not waiting by drunktuesdays: A new guy joins the tour. Harry likes him, Louis...does not.
» nothing left to burn by rilla: Kind of a Gossip Girl AU. Louis is the golden boy and Harry is not; they've been best friends for years but Harry's life takes a turn for the self-destructive when his mother dies. (WIP)
» but i won't ever let them make a loser of my soul by jannika: A set in New York Cinderella-ish AU where Louis is a famous out and proud pop star who records on the highly successful label owned by his own family, Zayn is his for-publicity boyfriend, Liam is a sound engineer and fairy godmother of sorts, Harry is aspiring musician who works at the worst bakery in the world, and Niall is Harry's coworker who is pretty sure they're getting paid in mafia money. (WIP)
» a lack of understanding by rhrj: AU. Harry doesn't talk but Louis doesn't need him to.
» nevermind the furthermore by lucy_and_ramona: "We are just friends," Louis states, an annoyed edge to his voice. "We're just friends who sometimes have phone sex. It's not a big deal."
» high in the theatre by goalposts
» are you catchin' all these tracks i'm laying down for you by goalposts
» right here, right now by goalposts
» if it ain't coming out, we're not going anywhere by goalposts
» the stars in your eyes light up the sky by goalposts
» state of flux by likecharity: (ot5, h/l) This girl has brought to light something none of them has ever really questioned before, something about their claustrophobic closeness that has always made people curious for reasons they never understood. Maybe they just assumed it was normal, in their own private, confusing little five-person world, but-maybe it's not.
» as loud as lions by likecharity: 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 before, and let all these middle-aged men with their zoom lenses get a good long look.
» till there's no one left to hound you by likecharity: Liam doesn't know what it is that makes them so special, and he's scared sometimes, so scared, that it will glow too hot one day and simply burn out.
» the hunger in my heart by likecharity: It feels like it's written on Harry's forehead, if he's honest, and sometimes it's hard to care-sometimes, when Louis's lips travel from his mouth to his cheek to his ear, Harry's knees go weak, and he wants to tell the whole fucking world how that feels, how amazing and scary and fantastic it is for someone to have that hold over you. It doesn't feel like the kind of thing that should have to be kept secret.
» open arms by colazitron: Christmas at Tomlinson's didn't turn out the way anyone had hoped.
» so says i by sparkbyspark: a dubious sixthform au.
louis/liam
» or loud and out of key by sparkbyspark: internet celebrity au?
» heartlines on your head by unevenfootsteps: AU. liam and louis are a duo.
» at one season or another by sparkbyspark: 5200 words. you wouldn't think there's that much to write about camping.
» pick me by sparkbyspark: AU where liam and louis got through as soloists, not as a group, and 1D never existed.
» running out of clock by sparkbyspark: high school AU
» someone like you by harriet_vane: A high school AU in which no one goes to school, ever. Liam has a crush, and then he runs into his crush at a party, and everything gets very complicated.
» restart the heart you gave me by crucios: “I-” Louis starts, stopping himself abruptly, taking an extended pause before rushing out “I miss you” so fast, that Liam almost, almost doesn’t catch it. He hears Louis’ sharp intake of breath on the other end and thinks that maybe Louis is just as surprised by his admission as he is. Okay. (warning for TRIGGERS of the self-harm sort, also melodrama)