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1. If The Fates Allow by zita17 for AlwaysYouHazLou (AlwaysHazLouHome)

   Fandoms: One Direction (Band)  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   25 Dec 2022

   Tags

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   • Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson
   • Zayn Malik/Liam Payne
   • Harry Styles
   • Louis Tomlinson
   • Liam Payne
   • Niall Horan
   • Zayn Malik
   • Exes
   • Famous Harry Styles
   • Non-Famous Louis Tomlinson
   • Kid Fic
   • Single Parent Louis Tomlinson
   • Rock Star Harry Styles
   • Post-One Direction
   • without Louis
   • Christmas
   • Christmas Fluff
   • Christmas Angst
   • Inspired by A Christmas Carol
   • Blizzards & Snowstorms
   • Ice Skating
   • Talk Shows
   • Love On Tour
   • Minor Sarah Jones/Mitch Rowland
   • Minor Zayn Malik/Liam Payne
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Eventual Fluff
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Angst and Feels
   • Angst
   • Long-Distance Relationship
   • Closeted Character
   • h is out in this but there's mentions of prior closeting
   • Implied/Referenced Homophobia
   • mentions of such in the past
   • Beards (Relationships)
   • brief mentions of such in the past
   • Mentioned Lottie Tomlinson
   • Mentioned Jay Tomlinson
   • the tomlinson fam is mentioned (all alive and well)
   • Fandom Allusions & Cliches & References
   • will i ever NOT tag that?
   • Fetus Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson
   • in a flashback
   • Secret Relationship
   • Kissing
   • Boys Kissing
   • Implied/Referenced Sex
   • soz that's all in this one
   • they don't have childcare or privacy and we're all upset abt that
   • the M is for
   • Cussing
   • and adult themes
   • Meet-Cute
   • ok i think that's it for tags if i missed something pls lmk
   • Domestic Fluff
   • Exes to Lovers

   Summary

   A serendipitous meeting led former boy bander and current pop star Harry Styles to fall in love with a boy named Louis nine Christmases ago. Six Christmases ago, that boy left him to raise a baby that wasn’t Harry’s. And, well, Harry never quite got over that. But this year, he gets a second chance at first love.

   A love letter to second chances, unconventional families, and Christmas in New York. Loosely inspired by James Arthur’s Emily and Dickens' A Christmas Carol featuring Liam, Niall, and Zayn as the ad hoc ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future. The ingredients for this Christmas treat include a wallop of a blizzard, a pinch of angst, a dollop of fluff, several cups of clichés, and The Rockefeller Center skating rink as a supporting character.

   Title is from Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas. (Frank Sinatra or Judy Garland version, reader's choice. ;)

   Language:

   English

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   Chapters:

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