Seven Simple Words (Larry Stylinson)

It's not like he and Louis were a couple. No, they might have been a lot of things-best mates and colleagues with a seemingly convenient friends-with-benefits arrangement-but never a couple. It wasn't Louis' fault he didn't feel the same way and couldn't reciprocate Harry's feelings in the way he'd wanted, the way he'd needed. Harry had allowed himself to get in too deep, his entire being aching to be loved back by the object of his affections. But in love, as in life, you don't always get what you want.

OR the one where you don't always get what you want the first time around, but sometimes the universe decides to give you a second chance at getting it right.

Note: This work contains explicit sexual content.