Kiddleβs Fanfic Masterpost
I thought Iβd make a little collection of my fics on Ao3 that Iβm most proud of. I added a few major tags, but please check the proper fic tags for trigger warnings. Thank you so much for reading and sharing, past and present π
πΊ We Were Such Fools (98k, M)
Time travel, 1980s
Rule #1: The Rewind Machine cannot be used to change the past, only to experience it. History will reset itself to the original timeline every 24 hours.
On his fiftieth birthday, two things are consuming Harryβs mind: what heβs going to make the kids for dinner tonight, and the fact that his marriage is crumbling at his feet.
So, when his best friend gifts him the trip of a lifetime, Harry chooses to venture off to the summer that set his life on its courseβall the way back in 1987, California.
It only took him one summer to fall in love with his husband the first time around. How hard could starting all over really be?
πΒ Remember Me Fondly (73k, M)
Enemies to lovers, famous/famous, 1990s
βYouβve told the beginning of the story so many times. I want to hear the end.β
Louis laughed, scratching at his chin. βI canβt say I really know when the end happened.β
βHow about the tour of ninety-five?β
βAlright.β Louis took a deep breath. βBut it took a few steps to get there. What would you like to know?β
Penny cleared her throat.
βHow did you first meet Harry Styles?β
Grunge legends Fearless Doe topped the rock charts in the β90s, but they spent the decade kicking Smudge off their heels. From lawsuits to jaw-dropping scandals and a surprising joint world tour, the two bands share a complicated history.
Twenty-five years later, frontmen Louis Tomlinson and Harry Styles are finally ready to sit down and tell the world their two sides of the same story.
Truth may vary.
πΈΒ Half a Million StrongΒ (Woodstock Series) (100k, M)
Enemies to lovers, famous/non-famous, 1960s
August 15th, 1969, New York.
Louis Tomlinson is a young writer for a relatively new-on-the-scene rock magazine called Rolling Stone. His assignment is to fly across the country to cover the highly anticipated Woodstock Music and Art Festival. Armed with a notebook, audio recorder, and a camera, Louis just needs one big interview.
Harry Styles. A new name in rock music and a future name in rock history. His first album sold tens of thousands and his interviews attract audiences across the country. He has the poetry of Jim Morrison and the stage presence of Mick Jagger. And after seeing him perform at the festival, Louis is willing to jump through hoops to put Harry on the cover of Rolling Stone.
Part 2: Gather No Moss
π§Β Godless, Graceless, and YoungΒ (110k, M)
Friends to lovers, musician HarryΒ (non-famous), 1990s
Seattle, Washington, 1991
It takes a special breed to have a slacker persona and still be a millionaire rockstar. Harry is about halfway there. Heβs the guitarist in a Seattle grunge band that could finally be headed somewhere, but heβs also been sleeping on his bassistβs sofa for the last three months and has been fired from every day-job heβs had. Money doesnβt equal success, but it does pay the bills.
When a job offer and a new lead singer stumble into Harryβs life, he might be getting a lot more than he bargained for. Like a couple of extra gigs and a boy who can teach him more than just how to mix a few drinks, but itβs gonna take a few band brawls and a whole lot of heart-searching to get there.
Heβs gotta have one somewhereβ¦
πΌΒ Under the Yellow RoofΒ (42k)
Road trip AU, enemies to lovers (kinda), β60s andΒ β70s
βAre we really going to do this?β
βLouis, youβre asking me to run away with you. You realize that?β
βIβm not asking anyone else.β
Colorado, 1972: Louis is a gifted musician spending his days on the wrong side of a drive-thru window. Harry is the lead singer of a band in need of a little talent. Their big break is a thousand miles away.
Colorado, 1962: First day of middle school.
A lot can happen in ten years.
πΌΒ What Happened to βNever Say Dieβ?Β (28k, T)
Friends to lovers, high school AU, 1980s
The 80s were one of the best decades to be a teenager in America. Just ask anyone whoβs seen a John Hughes movie. Louis would beg to differ. At least today he would, while he was stuck cleaning out his familyβs basement - part of his grounding after a senior prank gone wrong. But when he finds a box containing details of the biggest unsolved crime in Luna Hills, he and his friends decide to sneak out for one last adventure before theyβre all off to college. That is, as long as the mayor, who also happens to be Louisβ mother, doesnβt stop them before they discover the truth.
Or, a coming of age American AU inspired by classic 80s movies like The Goonies and Stand By Me where everyone has a secret and no one wants to get caught.
πΒ The Inevitability of Life (Fuck-It List)Β (60k, M)
Strangers to lovers, bucket list AU
Harry is not dying.
Well, he is, but in the same sense that everyone else is. Inevitably. Although, heβs not really living, either. Harryβs life is a routine. Every day he wakes up, eats the same breakfast, makes the same commute to work, works the same eight-hour shift, and goes to bed at the same time. But when an accident on a train leaves Harry nearly looking death in the eyes, he realizes, theoretically, any day could be his last. Something needs to change. So he makes a list.
The Fuck-It List: ten things he wishes he wouldβve done if he were to die tomorrow. In the next ten days, he wants to cross all of them off. Number one is to quit his job. The rest might require the help of the stranger who almost accidentally killed him.
Or, Harry wants to remember what itβs like to feel alive again, and Louis has just the adventurous spirit heβs looking for.
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