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Harry Styles has spent his life believing in fairytales- especially the one where he's destined to marry the man who claimed him when he was still young enough to believe love could never be cruel. Their love story is one he tells with pride, even as he swallows the quiet ache of Dante’s impossible expectations.
Enter Louis Tomlinson, a struggling wedding planner with everything riding on this high-profile event. Louis is everything Harry has been denied- warmth, freedom, desire. Their connection is instant, electric, and impossibly dangerous. Harry is drawn to Louis’ ability to see him in ways Dante never has. And Louis finds himself drowning in something he shouldn't want- something that feels like love.
As they fall into stolen moments and whispered confessions, Louis teaches Harry what love should feel like- tender, safe, freeing. But Harry is getting married. His whole life has been built around Dante, around a love story that’s more cage than comfort. Secrets never stay buried, and as tensions rise, so do the risks. Even as Harry’s heart begs him to choose something different, the fear of unravelling his past might be stronger than what he’s only just begun to understand.
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Bookmarked by MerHLY
03 May 2026
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This is the story of a house.
A house that was watched, longed for, dreamed about, for fifteen years.It’s also the story of two boys who became men while looking at it.
How they navigated love in the time of tabloids, social media conspiracies, fame, music, and heartbreak.
How they changed too soon, too late, and sometimes just in time.
And what happened to them after the band separated and life got real.In the end, it’s just another retelling of what happened after two souls met in the toilets of a venue in 2010, and never really stopped loving each other.
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31 Mar 2026
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“Well,” Harry says, still smiling, “it sounds lovely here. I… think I’ll like it.”
Louis arches an eyebrow. “You should,” he says. “Seeing as you’ve booked the room for a whole two months. I briefly assumed you might be a serial killer looking for somewhere quiet to bury the bodies.”
Harry snorts. “I could still be a serial killer, you know. You’ve just completely ruined my element of surprise.”
Or- Global phenomenon Harry Styles just needs a place to hide for a few months; instead he gets a charming inn owner named Louis who treats banter like a love language, locals who might be running a small cult (jury’s still out), and a sheep named Bernard who adopts him as his emotional support human. Harry came to disappear, but instead acquires chaos, increasingly unhinged drama, and the deeply inconvenient problem of falling in love.
Or- a rom-com in a chaotic small town.
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To start again by Loretheloner
Fandoms: One Direction (Band), Faith in the Future - Louis Tomlinson (Album)
11 Nov 2024
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Louis finds himself slowly falling for a bandmate again, despite Oli's warnings against it. Michael finds himself slowly falling for his boss and fighting against the ghost of Louis' past relationship. They find a way to start again.
Or a canon compliant story that follows Michael and Louis from the summer of 2019 to June of 2024. Written for prompt SS of the Louis Rare Pair Fest 2024.
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clinging to the ruin of a broken home by estel_meleth_amdir
Fandoms: One Direction (Band)
24 Oct 2025
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Harry and Louis haven’t spoken sober in almost six years, and with the horror Harry reveals to Louis over the phone in October 2024, Louis wishes it had stayed that way.
After the news of Liam’s death, the rest of One Direction decides to take some time off together to grieve and heal some wounds form the past. But maybe some things might never be healed if people are still keeping secrets from each other.
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This story is about grieving and healing, of letting go and forgiving, and about finding one’s way back to friendship and love.Bookmarked by MerHLY
09 Dec 2025