larry stylinson fic recs

mine would be you

mine would be you by crinkle-eyed-boo on ao3

ao3 link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/24860842
wattpad alternative: @xsatellite28

description:
Louis blinks his eyes open, his eyelids fluttering as the room swims around him. He takes several gulps of beer once he confirms that he's definitely not hallucinating, that the very first portrait Harry Styles ever painted of him is hanging on that wall.

Louis stares at the wall, his heart jackrabbiting in his chest as he realizes that there's not just one painting of him, there's five, the portraits lined up like they're some sort of storyboard depicting the rise and fall of his deepest love. His greatest heartache. A pain that cut him so deep that he left the fucking country, severing all ties with his life in New York, now suddenly surrounding him as if he'd never left.

Fucking shit motherfucker fuck.

Louis returns to New York City five years after he left it – and the love of his life – behind. He didn't intend to see Harry again, but fate has a funny way of pulling them together, whether they like it or not. After making a begrudging truce, they both start to wonder: Would it be so bad if history repeated itself?

genre: exes-to-lovers, second-chance romance, tragic love

smut: yes

rating: rank 1
explanation: Oh my god this one kills me so bad. I'm a sucker for exes to lovers and this is one of the best i've ever read if not the. There are flashbacks to the first time they dated and as the story progresses you understand more and more and it is so well thought out. Each flashback hurts more and more, but each present day makes you believe they could work. It's fluffy, sad, some jealousy, cute, what more could you ask for? Top 5 larry fic for sure. Happy ending btw.