*female reader insert fic* You and Harry are best friends who start an arrangement. When he meets someone new and your arrangement ends, you're left with impossible feelings. *This was (and is) originally posted on Tumblr, by me, harrystylescherry (aka nat). I'm putting it on here so that it's easier to read as the parts are pretty long!*

harry is a grumpy english professor and y/n gets assigned as his TA. she's a perfect student who thrives on praise - so why won't he give her his approval?

Lila has spent her life learning how to disappear quietly. Behind a camera, she feels safest-observing, framing, capturing moments without ever becoming the subject herself. The lens gives her distance. Control. A way to exist without being seen too closely. Until she steps into a studio where everything is loud, unfinished, and waiting-and meets Harry Styles. Harry doesn't try to fix her. He doesn't rush her, doesn't demand vulnerability, doesn't pull her into the light before she's ready. He simply stays. What begins as work becomes presence. What starts as quiet companionship turns into something steadier, slower, and far more dangerous than chaos: care. Told through late nights, low light, and the spaces between songs, this is a story about learning when to stay. About what it means to be held without being edited. About safety built not through grand gestures, but through consistency, consent, and choosing each other again and again. This is not a love story about being saved. It's about being seen clearly. About letting the frame widen. About realizing that some people don't need you smaller to love you. And that sometimes, the most powerful thing you can do is stop bracing for the moment they leave-and trust that they won't. *SEQUEL IS COMPLETED*

Forming sentences became the hardest task ever. I felt his gaze on me, his eyes watching every move. I looked around hoping to get out of this state, but it wasn't getting me nowhere. A deer caught on a main road by a driver during a stormy night, this was exactly how he made me feel. I excused myself and went straight to the bathroom. I felt invaded. He was invading me. My thoughts were no longer my own. ... Harry always knew that keeping his distance is the way to go about life, about people. He'd do anything to keep his bookshop alive, including things he never imagined himself to get stuck in. And as long as he doesn't think too much about it, his life continues. That's until he meets Sara. Equally as confusing and as closed off as him, something clicks and everything he's ever done comes back to him. Now he wants to keep her away from him. She wants to stay as far as possible from the dangers of life, after all she had her fair share of traumatic events. It seems like neither of them knows how to make this happen and through each other they'll relearn trust. ... Harry Styles fanfic - Dark AU

"Where art thou? Why not uponeth me?" 🤍 strangers to lovers au 🤍

Harry Styles, 32, runs a billion-dollar beauty company and terrifies boardrooms for a living. He can negotiate international contracts, outmanoeuvre competitors, and turn a random idea into a global brand. But at home? Harry cannot assemble IKEA furniture. He once tried to fix a leaking sink with a skincare spatula. And his favourite home outfit is an old t-shirt that should have been retired years ago. To the world, Harry Styles is a visionary CEO. To Livia, a 30 years old botanist who studies forests, soil, and things that actually grow properly, he's just her slightly chaotic husband. Their life is a strange ecosystem of Harry's boardrooms and Livia's lecture halls, investor calls and graduate students, early-morning kisses before work and long nights tangled together after it, plus the occasional domestic debate about why the CEO of a beauty empire refuses to stop using three-in-one shampoo Somehow, between the chaos, the careers, and two very stubborn personalities, they're making it work. Most of the time.

She stirred her tea slowly. "I'm not your babysitter, you know." "Says the girl hired to keep me from combusting." "I was told 'companion with boundaries.'" Harry narrowed his eyes, then grinned like the cat that found a string to pull. "That's adorable." "Don't flirt with me before I've had caffeine." "Wasn't flirting." He stepped closer, walking past her toward the fridge, close enough that his arm brushed hers - possibly by accident, possibly not. "If I flirted, you'd know." She rolled her eyes so hard it hurt her forehead. "What are we even doing here?" Harry paused, hand on the fridge handle, then looked over his shoulder with that look - the one she couldn't read yet. "Trying not to kill each other, apparently." © 2025 . All rights reserved.

Harry Styles, a name everyone knows on NYU campus. Superstar player on the lacrosse field and known for his one night stands. Harry has it all, captain of his sports team and the attention of any girl he wants, that is until someone unexpected shows up on his doorstep.

When Ellie Bennett's high-powered corporate career comes to an unexpected halt, she returns to her hometown of Vancouver, hoping to rebuild from scratch. A temporary job at a cosy coffee shop seems like just what she needs-until she meets the shop's charming and enigmatic owner, Harry Styles. Harry's calm demeanour and subtle humour begin to thaw Ellie's guarded heart, while his gentle, attentive nature makes her feel seen in a way she hasn't for years. But as Ellie and Harry's friendship blossoms into something deeper, Ellie senses secrets lurking beneath Harry's warm smiles and late-night messages. When she finally learns the truth, Ellie must decide if she's willing to face the risk of loving someone who might not be hers to keep. With winter closing in, "Where the Coffee's Warm" is a journey of connection, healing, and discovering that sometimes, the greatest love stories come from the simplest places.

Lonely, inexperienced intern Athena has the hots for a lawyer at the firm. What could a small crush cost?