Walk that mile (larry by purpledaisy)

walk that mile

Walk That Mile

Posted originally on the Archive of Our Own at http://archiveofourown.org/works/12329163.

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No Archive Warnings Apply M/M
One Direction (Band)
Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson Niall Horan

Alternate Universe - Road Trip, Route 66 - Freeform, strangers to enemies to friends to lovers, Alternate Universe - College/University, Angst and Fluff and Smut

1D Reverse Bang 2017

Published: 2017-10-11 Completed: 2017-12-24 Chapters: 10/10 Words: 149570

Walk That Mile

by purpledaisy

Summary

Harry stares at him, the line of his jaw standing out scarily. "I wanted to get the most out of this trip so I planned it carefully." His voice is low and steady and somehow that's worse than when he was yelling. "So far, you've put your sticky fingers on everything I've tried to do."

"Sticky fingers?" Louis repeats, offended. "Are you saying it's my fault you got stung by a bee? Had you been alone you would have gotten halfway to the Dotty Diner and ran the car off the road because of an allergic reaction, so don't go blaming me."

"Polk-A-Dot Drive In," Harry spits before getting out of the car. He slams the door shut with a deafening reverb and Louis rolls his eyes.
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A Route 66 AU where falling in love was never part of the plan.

Notes

First of all, THANK YOU to allwaswell16 for all of the art to accompany this fic - the mood boards and the incredible travel blog that is linked throughout the story. Thank you for being my cheerleader and reading all of my scrambled thoughts as I wrote this monster of a story. Your play-by-play emails always made my day.

Also thanks to Adele for the song "One and Only" which inspired the title.

Twelve Days Before (Prologue)

TWELVE DAYS BEFORE

Chicago, Illinois

Louis Tomlinson is on the rooftop of the LondonHouse Chicago when he gets the email. He's halfway to tipsy with an attractive guy smiling at him from across the bar and the city lights dancing around in the background. He means to swipe on a text from his sister but his finger slips to the email notification from FrontGate Airlines instead and opens the message.