Three years after Harry Styles won the X Factor competition, he finally comes home and faces all that he left behind, including his bitter ex-boyfriend. [Or an au where Louis is still in love with Harry, but he likes to convince himself and everyone else that he's not.] [UPDATED AS OF 2024]

College AU where Harry studies law and psychology. Louis is a philophobic frat boy who's majoring in acting, plays footie and needs tutoring in psychology. Of course they hate each other but that doesn't stop them from having a ridiculous amount of sexual tension. or Louis is a frat boy with a drinking problem who doesn't know what he wants to do with his life, and Harry is a psychology student who always takes care of him and might just be exactly what Louis doesn't want, but really needs.

❝ I really hope you don't expect me to do anything. Because I won't. I don't care. Cry all you like but when it comes down to it, you don't need me and I don't need you. Love isn't real. It only exists in fairytales and Disney movies. This is real life, honey. Get used to it. ❞

Louis is a wallflower and he never thought he had a chance, but all it took was one meeting.

"So here's the thing," he starts. "I didn't mean what I said a few weeks ago to like, hurt your feelings or anything. If you like painting your nails, then you should do that, and not like, care if anyone else doesn't like it because their opinions shouldn't matter, you know?" Louis takes a breath, finally glancing over to see the boy wide-eyed and pink-cheeked. On a whim, he adds, "And like, I noticed you scraping it off and you haven't been wearing any and I think you should because that's what you like." or an au where harry paints his nails and drinks strawberry milk and is too nervous for it to be nothing and louis' just trying to figure out whats wrong with him. {Ao3 wankersville}

Starting university is always hard, and it's much harder when you don't have any friends. Wanting to prove himself and others wrong, Louis Tomlinson sets off downtown in hope of finding new people in a completely different environment as to what he was used to. But what happens when he gets more than he bargained for when he stepped into a small bar called "Babylon" and spots the most breathtaking curly haired man behind the counter.

The year is 2018, two years after One Direction went on hiatus, and also two years after Louis and Harry went their separate ways. Truth be told, they went their separate ways already a few months before that. They just pretended they were still on good terms so their fans wouldn't get suspicious. What happened between the two is something neither of them wants to talk about, and they haven't spoken a word to each other since the day the band went on hiatus. Now, two years later, Louis has just accepted the offer of being a judge in The X Factor. What he doesn't expect, though, is that he isn't the only one out of the members of One Direction who has accepted the offer. Harry has too. What will happen when the two have to spend time together after two years of not talking to each other? And what if one of the other judges is someone Louis has always been jealous of considering his close friendship with Harry? © 2021 Pauline (Larrys_Girl), All Rights Reserved. Highest Rankings: #1 in ONEDIRECTION 12/2-21 #1 in HARRYSTYLES 15/5-21 #1 in HARRY 20/5-22 #1 in LARRY 3/4-22 #1 in LARRYSTYLINSON 5/1-22 #1 in TOMLINSON 4/5-21 #1 in LOUIS 9/5-21 #1 in STYLINSON 31/1-22 #1 in XFACTOR 4/8-21 #2 in LOUISTOMLINSON 25/01-22 #4 in WATTPAD 17/12-21 #277 in FANFICTION 17/5-21

Harry Styles is the owner of a very popular strip club called LURE and he happens to need a new stripper. When he spots a perfect brown-haired boy in the mall and over hears him saying he needs to make lots of money and he needs to make it quick, he doesn't hesitate in offering him a job. Will the boy turn it down, or will his need for money coax him into taking it? [this is a Slow Burn story so if that's not your thing, don't read, this is your warning so please no NEW comments complaining about it, thanks :)]

"I've been wanting to kiss you all day, but I can't because I fucked everything up. Please Louis, give me one more chance." - Harry and Louis grew up together. They were always meant to be from a young age. But when Harry betrays Louis, it all comes crashing down. When Niall and Zayn convinces both boys to go to Australia with them for spring break, they're forced to interact for the first time in one heartbreaking month. ©larrywanks

When sassy, stubborn high school football star Louis Tomlinson meets the new hard-ass team coach, Harry Styles, a heated rivalry sparks between the two and it is evident that the upcoming season is sure to be eventful.