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When Louis Tomlinson needed to find a new preschool for his daughter, he wasn't expecting the one across the street to be everything he and Goldie ever needed.
Or: the one where Louis is closed off, Harry is the weirdest person ever, and Gemma may as well be a psychic.
Somehow, calico-cat-style, they forge a beautiful family from pieces that don't quite fit.
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21 Nov 2025
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“We like this bar,” Harry asserts, setting his drink down.
“Do we? Why?” Zayn asks.
“Because it’s ours!” Harry insists.
“It’s also two blocks from work, so that probably factors pretty high,” Louis shrugs.
“We come here because this place is ours. It belongs to us. No one’s like, on the make, trying to pull,” Harry sighs. “At least not usually.”
“Speak for yourself, Haz…” Louis cocks an eyebrow at him. “Behold our fair Nialler…”
Harry frowns into his drink, playing with the cherry stem. “You’ll never find love in a bar named after Charles Bukowski,” he mutters.
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A little story about the madness of your mid-twenties and all it might entail (in this case, including: friendships, dating apps, working at Trader Joe's, Charles Bukowksi and a bar named after him, being an idiot in love, and a 20lb cat named Snoopy).Series
- Part 1 of The Trader Joes Fic
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18 Nov 2025
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gambled our souls to the summer by staybeautiful for blueskiesrry
Fandoms: One Direction (Band)
28 Oct 2025
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“Harry Styles,” Louis said with a bored tone. “Aren’t you meant to be getting married today?”
“Fuck off,” Harry retorted, finally leaning up off the hood of his car. He looked around the parking lot, which was full of cars, but free of any other people. “Can I have a ride?”
“To your wedding?” Louis teased just to see Harry roll his eyes.
“Away from my wedding.”
It's the summer of '99 and, after helping Harry run away from his wedding, Louis has one week on a secluded Maine island to get the second chance he's always wanted.
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02 Nov 2025
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it’s the late 50’s. times are ‘simple’. rock n roll is in full swing. vinyl, music and dancing are the primary ways of entertaining yourself, and in a time where loving someone of the same sex is illegal, two strangers catch each other’s eyes across a dancefloor and do just that.
over the span of a year and in between two cities, harry and louis happen to find each other at just the right time. through a hot and heavy summer and a bitter winter, their journey is one of self; self discovery, self-acceptance and self love. this is a story of navigating sexuality in a time where man and woman are the only accepted forms of love by law, where learning to hide your love for someone becomes a matter of survival and safety. a story where above everything, they stick together and weather the storm. its hard, incredibly hard, but no matter the road, it's one worth taking
or the self indulgent 50’s au where i wanted a safe space to explore the culture, history, and sexuality of being gay in a time when it was extremely difficult to do so. includes, lots of questionable dancing, healing your inner child, and one heck of an emotional ride.
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08 Sep 2025
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"We keep telling the other, I love you and I love you, and we do, though we both know where the knives are." - Laura Van Prooyen
harry is a third-year witch and violinist at Laitswold, the only magical academy in the UK, with dreams of taking on the world, and hopefully breaking the centuries-old curse on his family while he's at it. he does not dream of facing off against his childhood rival and duet partner, but louis is back in town after six years abroad, so that's exactly what happens.
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- Part 1 of extraordinary lovers
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06 Aug 2025