It's the morning of the X Factor auditions in Manchester. It's raining and Zayn Malik is stuck in front of a guy dressed as Britney Spears. He's ready to peace out but Harry Styles can't wait to go in. He's not being smug, but he knows he can sing, so when the judges say no, he's devastated. Zayn finds him crying in the toilets before his audition and realises that he doesn't want it that bad. Four years later and Zayn's living in East London and about to graduate from Central Saint Martins while Harry's in a band and living in Camden. Their lives couldn't be more different, but when their paths cross again will they get what they want this time?

An unexpected hookup leads to an act that seems to get realer as the days go on. © fluorescentzarry

harry is proudly on his second year of uni, happily dodging the sororities, frats, and generally speaking: people. zayn on the other hand is not so proudly on his second year of uni. he gets good grades and all, but he just wants it to be done with. during the winter break, with the help of zayn's wealthy parents he decides to cash out and go to a ski lodge. and once word gets out that zayn malik is going to be there, you know everyone is going. let's just say that through spilt hot chocolate the the two collide. the rest they say, is definitive history. © sweatshirtzarry 2017

𝘈𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘶𝘯, 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘹𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵. Zayn and Harry discover that their close friendship was actually evolving into something much more beneath the surface after an encounter in the dark on Harry's 19th birthday. Harry reflects back on the whirlwind of their complicated and intensely passionate relationship, and details the story of what really happened between him and Zayn all these years. • Non AU, highly referential, narrative inspired by an authentic timeline of events. • Contains drinking and mild drug use, strong language and explicit sexual scenes. Best rankings: #1 in zarry #1 in bottomharry #1 in 1D #1 in zayn Completed September 2020 | V

"Harry wishes things were different. He never wanted things to change between them. In fact, before any of this even happened, the thought had never dared cross his mind, but either way, he guesses they had to, because no one could ever, under any circumstances, find out about his feelings. That would thoroughly ruin everything. Someone would end up being hurt. Someone had to, and Harry, being the nice guy he likes to think he is, couldn't have that, now could he?" * or, the one where Harry is an idiot in love with his best friend's boyfriend Zayn, and I reference way too many One Direction songs - Warning: Story contains mature language and minimal sexual imagery. Disclaimer: I don't know or own any of the (ex) members of One Direction or any of the songs referenced in this book, however, the plot is all MINE, so I'd love it if you'd be so kind and respect that :)) [lowercase intended] started: June 29, 2019 completed: April 30, 2020

✔[Completed] "We loved with a love that was more than love." ― Edgar Allan Poe. Harry Styles doesn't care where his life is leading him after every betrayal and loss he has faced in his 20 years. He's tired of fighting for money and love, who obviously aren't on his side and Zayn Malik could be a star in the empty dark sky he has been wandering in. Or maybe, the brightest and the most beautiful star in the sky full of dull stars since he was 18. After all, like Zayn says, it's a game. A game that they didn't sign up for. [Warnings: May trigger some stuff, contains paranormal activity and spirits in the start (not focused on these things), emotional thoughts at some point that makes you wanna jump out of a window and cry, smut and smut and smut and some dangerously weird plot twists in between] [All rights reserved @tgkkie]

Harry hates his English lit teacher but grows quite fond of poetry

I just want to belong to someone. is that too much to ask? © lunarcissus 2016

Harry Styles has always known that he had brothers. Ever since he was young he had imagined what they looked like, imagined how they acted, how they dressed, what kind of music they liked. But never did he actually know. Because he had never met them. Harry's blood father had abandoned him when he was little, but taken the other two triplets. One of them, Edward, was raised up by the man himself, but the other, Marcel, had been raised up by strict unloving parents who cared about nothing but money and Marcel's grades. One small problem came up one morning which turned out to be the thing that turned the boys' life around. After a small trip to the airport, a couple of heartwarming hugs, and a completely new set of mind, the three brothers face the world once more - except this time they have each other. But it does get hard, because they're all just too different. If anyone had known how much scandal it would cause they might've done it otherwise, but no one had known and that scandal ended up as one big ball of complication. And somehow Zayn Malik got caught in the middle

𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚: This fic has dark material such as sexual content, dark themes, mentions of assault. 𝘐𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘱 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵.