#fic length: 30k - 40k

[thirdeyeblue]

Note: Currently, all of my stories (except for one) are rated Explicit. I take plot and buildup seriously, but feels-heavy smut is at the heart of everything I write. Also… all of the tropes.

AO3

Deviantart for my fanart (lots of nsfw and a bit of rarepair content—you have been warned!)

Updated 5/30/24

Updated Fated to Stay (Multi-Chapter, Ten x Rose)

Previously: Added Light From Beyond the Hills (Multi-Chapter, Tentoo x Rose)

* = Work In Progress

Bloodstream

Main tags: Shag-Or-Die, Romance, Action/Adventure, First Time

Length: 200k

Chapters: 27

For All We’re Worth

Main Tags: Truth Serum, First Time, Sharing A Bed

Length: 30k

Chapters: 4

Mending

Main Tags: Injury, Sonic Screwdriver (used as a sex toy), First Time

Length: 22k

Chapters: 3

The Doctor’s Brilliant Idea

Main Tags: Oral Fixation, Cunnilingus, Asexual Doctor, Eventual Romance, First Time, Crack Treated Seriously

Length: 23k

Chapters: 3

Peppermint Tea

Main Tags: Sick Fic, First Time

Length: 20k

Chapters: 2

With Love & Luck

Main Tags: Intoxication, First Time, Group Sex (but Ten and Rose only shag each other), my follow-up to ‘The Stone Rose’ by Jacqueline Rayner

Length: 35k

Chapters: 4

🌋 Explosivity *

Main Tags: Shag-Or-Die, Fake Marriage, First Time

Length: Currently 40k

Chapters: 4/6

Wrong *

Main Tags: Shag-Or-Die, First Time, Amnesia

Length: Currently 10k

Chapters: 2/5

Extemporary Intimacy

Main tags: Virgin Ten, First Time, Romance, Fluff

Length: 28k

Chapters: 4

Fated to Stay *

Main Tags: Aphrodisiacs, Magical Healing Cock, First Time, Romance, Multiple Orgasms

Length: Currently 25k

Chapters: 4/5

Ordinary Gifts

Main Tags: Sex Pollen, Bittersweet, First Time, Canon Compliant

Length: 15k

Part 1/3 of my Love On The Other Side series

Remedial Needs

Main Tags: Angst, Hurt/Comfort, First Time

Length: 13k

Exposure

Main Tags: Huddling For Warmth, First Time

Length: 11k

Apples, Coffins, and Hearses

Length: 10k

Main tags: First Time, Halloween, Dry-Humping

* = Work In Progress

Washed Up Together

Main Tags: Mutual Pining, Domestic Fluff, First Time

Length: 20k

Chapters: 3

Every Lovely Little Thing

Main Tags: Romance, First Time, Cunnilingus, Dirty Talk, Vaginal Sex

Length: 20k

Chapters: 3

Never Letting Go Again *

Main Tags: Whump, Romance, Angst, First Time, Graphic Depictions of Violence

Length: Currently 4.5k

Chapters: Currently 1

Resolutions In Satin

Main Tags: Lingerie, First Time, Jealousy, UST

Length: 23k

Chapters: 2

Light from Beyond the Hills [New!]*

Main Tags: First Time, Emotional Sex, Multiple Orgasms, Post-Episode: Journey’s End

Length: Currently 1.7k

Chapters: 1/3

A Clever Touch

Main tags: First Time, Premenstrual Cramps, Romance, Hurt/Comfort

Length: 14k

As Soon As We’re Alone

Main Tags: Established relationship, edging, rough sex, jealousy

Length: 11k

Loving The Insatiable

Main Tags: First Time, Sex Pollen, Phone Sex, Rough Sex, Dirty Talk

Length: 16k

Forever, But Better

Main tags: First Time, Sick Fic, Romance, Hurt/Comfort

Length: 15k

Potential For Brilliance

Main Tags: Established Relationship, Wall Sex, Idiots In Love, Dirty Talk

Length: 3k

Part 2/3 of my Love On The Other Side series

Snapped

Main Tags: Halloween, Semi-Public Sex, Established Relationship

Length: 1792

Part 3/3 of my Love On The Other Side series

🧇 Up The Wrong Tree

Main Tags: Fluff, Smut, Crack, Established Relationship

Length: 8k

Vintage Incognito

Main Tags: Pregnancy, Baby Shower

Length: 2k

Rating: T

So Much For Sleep *

Main Tags: Vaginal Fingering, Road Trips

Length: 3k

Chapters: 1/2

Miscellaneous Fics:

Tiny Lights Below *

Tentoo/Rose - Ten/Rose OT3 (heterosexual, absolutely no anal or Tencest) 💖

Main Tags: Slow Burn, Romance, Action/Adventure, First time(s), Whump, OT3, Eventual Happy Ending, Het, Threesomes

Length: 160k

Chapters: 18/19

Dead Dove; Do Not Eat fics:

(Hiding my rarepair-related content down here, as I recognize this is a tender topic)

The Purpose of Repose *

! Ten/Rose — Ten/Martha !

Main Tags: Angst, Friends With Benefits, Complicated Relationships, Dark!Doctor, Canon Divergence, Hurt/Comfort

Length: 130k

Chapters: 15/20

Can’t Shift the Tide *

(Companion piece to The Purpose of Repose)

[ficfinder-general]

Hi! I’m looking for fics where Cody is a father figure - preferably to Rex, but really to any kid would also be fine. Rating doesn’t matter much but for the length if possible over 10k? (If there arent any, shorter fics are totally fine!!) , fluff or hurt/comfort or something with a generally happy ending is preferred. Thank you!

Hi, sorry, this took me a minute :)

So, first off, there's some adorable art by @ccorthal depicting Cody as a dad to Rex, and fortunately, the artist has also written a fic called love hanging on. It's a one shot (~6k words) but it's absolutely adorable :)

Saint Valentine by Trixree (@trixree) is also a modern AU on the shorter side (6k). It's rated explicit, so parenting isn't really the main focus (which is Cody's one-night stand with Obi-Wan), but it is very much part of it. Rex is one of Cody's half-siblings he's raising.

Apart from this, however, I can't really recall fics in which Cody is Rex's dad. Although it could totally happen (especially in a modern AU), Rex and Cody are usually closest in age and their dynamic is more brotherly. And sometimes there's a kid, but the father figure is mainly Obi-Wan... That doesn't mean these fics don't exist, of course, so if anyone knows any, please don't hesitate to share!

Having said that, here are my suggestions involving other kids:

so I'll take the night shift by a_alene (@birdiedoessw) is an AU in which Cody is a bounty hunter post-Order 66, he finds Luke on Tatooine and takes him in, and Obi-Wan eventually catches up with them. Cody and Luke's relationship is gold, they have their own routine and everything. As a bonus, Cody is Force-sensitive, which might be a hit or miss. It's 30k long, there's some angst but it ends happily.

I stand here right beside you by Sarcastic_Writer (@morganwrites-starwars) ~40k long AU in which Darth Vader finds Luke when he's little and tasks Cody (still mostly under the chip's control) with raising him. There are some very sweet father-son moments between the two, some complications, but it ends happily.

a glimpse of what I call home by Sunfl0wer78 (@buckytheboss) a modern AU in which Cody is a sort of father figure to Boba. Boba is a teenager, so this one might be a bit of a stretch if you're more interested in kids specifically, but I really liked their dynamic. Boba's POV is very fun to read, but who can blame him when his older brother/father keeps being embarrassing... Overall, it's 27k long, really sweet and fluffy, oh and there's also dinboba in there.

[desceros]

Just curious since you write alot of very long one shots. What do you consider a long fic because I remember reading Euclidean line for the first time without checking how long it was because I was looking for a bed time story and wanted to read a oneshot so I could get to sleep quickly. And I end up finishing the fic 2 hours later because I couldn't stop reading it. And I remember thinking, "THAT WAS A ONESHOT???" By the end because I'm used to oneshots being like 1k-10k words.

first of all, oh my god, i'm so sorry scream. this keeps happening to people

soooo. for me i have a couple of different categories of fics that i keep in mind when i go to work on something, and i have a different answer for each of them.

very short one shots - one scene i want to get out of my head. think this mikey fic or this idw donnie fic. these are usually between 1-5k, which for me feels very very short. i don't write a lot of them, because part of what i enjoy writing the most is the progression that happens over time and that's not really... possible at this length. properly, to me. these feel long to me when they start bleeding into... ->

short one shots - think the donnie sex pollen fic, the donnie camping fic, or the blurple villain au fic here. these are 5-20k, which still feels pretty short to me. it's enough for one "proper" scene, or a few short scenes. and these start feeling long when they bleed into... ->

proper one-shots - a la leo wants a baby and of course the aforementioned euclidean line. these are anything 20k+ that are contained in one single chapter. the sweet spot for me is around 30k; that's when things start feeling like i can put enough flavor without dragging an idea out beyond its utility, though sometimes, that idea does carry it further than that. a one-shot starts feeling "long" probably when i hit the 40k mark. that's when i reassess if it should actually be a proper chapter fic, or if it functions better as a one-shot. for euclidean line, because the theme of that fic was the contiguous floaty feeling you get when you're lost in something you love, it felt inappropriate to me to break that into chapters, which are very disruptive to the flow of reading. as you've noted, these are my favorite things to write!

chaptered fics - just symphony........ for now. these vary widely to me. (well. i guess technically we do it together is a chaptered fic... but really it was originally conceptualized as a one-shot; i wrote it as such, and split it up later. i was experimenting with breaking my one-shots into shorter chapters, and i really don't like it. so. yeah. desceros lore for you.) as for these... i think they feel "long" to me when i get about to the 130-150k mark. that's when i see how long it takes me to scroll through the document to find little details and i'm like jesus christ this is absurd. most of my chaptered fics finish out i think somewhere around the 150-200k mark, and the longest thing i've ever finished was right at 300k. just to put it into context i suppose!

[jessepinwheel]

reading survey question...2!

If your answer is even higher than this I think you're lying but feel free to tell us how absurdly long a story needs to be before you'll deign to call it long, you madman.

For reference, "novel-length" is generally the 40k to 120k range.

[astorytotellyourfriends]

9, 25, 31 (here's hoping I remembered the right numbers in my early morning brain fog ;D)

9. How do you find new fic to read?

these days i peruse the chrissy/eddie tag on ao3 once in a while to see what's new, though i will admit i'm VERY picky when it comes to actually picking a new fic to read. i generally stick to works that my friends write or ones that come highly recommended from people whose taste i trust, though sometimes i just simply Do Not Enjoy the fics that everyone else seems to adore and i know that's really just a Me Thing.

25. What other websites or resources do you use most often when you write?

oh my god i use wordhippo all the goddamn time because i swear 90% of the time i realize i've been using the same word way too often and i cannot for the life of me think of ANY OTHER WAY to say what i'm trying to say!!! it's truly a lifesaver. when necessary i also use name generators bc i am awful at picking names for background characters on my own lol

31. What’s your ideal fic length to write?

everything i write ends up being longer than i think it will be, but i think it really depends on the story i'm trying to tell. sometimes an idea will really feel like it can be finished in under 20k and other times i look at a plotline after i write it out and think to myself oh god not another 40k+ fic i do not have time for this!!!! but tbh i think between 15k and 30k is generally a sweet spot for me ... although now having said that i can't be sure anything i've finished lately is actually within that bracket 😅

questions for fic writers

[myenemystolvrs]

April 2022

completed fics that i read this month.

~read the tags~

▶ more than 1 chap

Drarry

1. Eclipse by Mijan [T, 287K, 20ch]

"You're dead, Potter... I'm going to make you pay..."

Draco swore his revenge on Harry for Lucius's imprisonment, and Harry all but laughed at him. But Draco is planning more than schoolyard pranks this time. The old rivalry turns deadly when Draco abducts Harry for Voldemort. It's the perfect plan, guaranteeing revenge, power, and prestige, all in one blow. But when Draco's world turns upside down, the fight to save himself and Harry begins, and the battle will take them both through hell and back. If they come back.”

2. Nero su bianco by zuzallove [E, 40K, 5ch]

“September 1997. Hogwarts is under the regime of Voldemort and the Carrows. Finding himself alienated by both his friends and his supposed enemies, Draco puts quill to parchment, and writes letters. He addresses them to the only person he can think of, as Hogwarts rapidly falls into chaos and ruin: Harry Potter. He goes to great lengths to ensure the letters are never discovered, and he’s pretty certain he’s done a great job. Until the day of his trial.”

3.  A Sword Laid Aside by korlaena [E, 128K, 15ch]

“When Draco’s cover is blown during a deep undercover operation and the Ministry is compromised, Ron takes Draco to the only safe place he can think of—Potter. Hiding out with a taciturn Harry Potter, who has been missing from the Wizarding World for almost two decades after a shocking fall from grace, is nothing like Draco thought it would be. Draco has to navigate dealing with this Potter while being hunted by Dark wizards and wanted by extremists in the Ministry. When things take a turn for the worse, Draco has to decide whether he's going to keep running or find a way to protect the world and the people he cares about most.”

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▶ one shots

1. Most Arrogant and Loving of Men by Lomonaaeren [E, 30K]

“Harry knows very well that he’s showing the mask of the Savior to everyone around him—his friends, his lovers, his enemies—but he doesn’t know how to stop. The part of him that wants things to be different is selfish and greedy. He doesn’t see any way to express it and not have his life explode…until Draco Malfoy, of all people, realizes it’s there.“

[changbunnies]

hi! I was wondering how you're able to post a longfic with more than 40K words on here? Tumblr won't let me do more than ~30K because of 'text block limit' :,) is there a special way to do it? thanks!

i'm sorry you're dealing with that anon, that's weird :( i've never experienced any trouble posting my fics but I have heard long fics are hard to post for other ppl because Tumblr gets wonky after a post reaches a certain length //

idk if this is a factor in your case but I only ever post and format my fics from desktop and never on mobile! also according to the Tumblr help center post here there is a text block limit of ~4k words for a single paragraph. it's possible that Tumblr thinks your entire fic is one single paragraph?? if that's the case i'd double check that your fics paragraphs are properly spaced and divided so the Tumblr doesn't get confused and think it's one massive wall of text

if that's not the issue you can feel free to shoot me another ask and we can keep troubleshooting together <3 I hope you find out what's going wrong soon so we can all read your work !!

[witcherbigbang]

within you

Author: jaskofalltrades

Artist: DogBlessYouTascha (Twitter | Tumblr)

Rating: T

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Word Count: 33,566

Pairing: Geralt/Jaskier

Tags: Alternate Universe - Labyrinth Fusion, Slow Burn, Hurt/Comfort, Mutual Pining, Kidnapping, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Witcher Big Bang 2021, Canon-Typical Violence, Trails, Child Abduction, Protective Jaskier | Dandelion, Good Parent Geralt z Rivii | Geralt of Rivia, eventually, Getting Together, Emotionally Constipated Geralt z Rivii | Geralt of Rivia, Eventual Happy Ending, Childhood Trauma, Child Neglect, Non-Consensual Drug Use, Found Family, Major Character Injury, Misunderstandings, Blood and Injury, Not Canon Compliant, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence

Summary:

“I have come to take back the child surprise that you have stolen from me-”

“Stolen dear Witcher? I have stolen nothing, I rescued Ciri. I think it’s you attempting to steal from me.”

“Give her back!”

“Why? It’s not like you wanted her in the first place.”

Link to Fic | Link to Art

[spittingspite]

I say this in the nicest way possible but your oneshot WIP with 12k is literally longer than some of my whole ass multichapter fics with like 8 chapters

Would you believe me if I told you I didn't know I don't write average length oneshots until I saw my writer friends talk about how they thought 9k was long for a oneshot

[tomiawka]

chapter 9 of the the moon and to Saturn is up!!! :D

https://archiveofourown.org/works/31607930/chapters/81373327

[zuppizup]

Zuppi's FanFic Master Post

Now under a read more.

The Dragon Prince fanfics - various lengths, settings and ratings.

Multi-chapters and series get their own tag for organisation. ‘zuppi fanfic spoilers’ tags what it says on the tin.

Series

And they were Zoom-mates Series

Modern AU (Main story up-dated Monthly)

Rated G - E

And they were Zoom-mates...

Life Is What Happens...

Post Season 3 (added to sporadically as inspiration hits)

Rated G - M

Life is What Happens

Canon Divergence

Purgatory (on-going multi-chapter. Up-dated Monthly. Rated T)

Out Of Time (~30k. Complete Rated M)

Post TTM

Someone Like You (~40k. Complete Rated M)

Reunions and Reconciliations (~7k. Complete Rated T)

The Stride (~8k Complete. Rated T)

Historia Viventum (~7.3k. Complete. Rated T)

Illusions (~3k. Complete. Rated T)

The Mistakes We Make (~9k. Complete(ish) Rated E)

Tension (~11k. Complete. Rated E)

A Path of Darkness (~1.5k Oneshot. Rated T)

Control (~3.3k Oneshot. Rated T)

Post Season 3

Snapshots (Complete. 2020 Birthday Bash prompt fic. Rated G.)

Husk (31k Complete. Rated M)

Post Season 4

In Search Of Sleep (~3k Oneshot. Rated T)

Little Moments (On-going multi-chapter. Rated G)

The High Mage’s Study (On-going multi-chapter. Rated E)

Epiphany (~1.1k Oneshot. Rated T)

Last Stand (~1.1k Oneshot. Rated T)

Distraction (~7.3k Oneshot. Rated E)

Bloodythirsty (~3.1k Oneshot. Rated T)

One Way Street (~1.3k Oneshot. Rated T)

A Different Point of View (~3.6k Oneshot. Rated T)

Study (3.2k Oneshot. Rated T)

Post Season 5

Rumour has it… (~31k Complete . Rated M)

Conservation of Energy (~1.1k Oneshot. Rated T)

Cold Feet (~4K Oneshot)

Anything. Everything (~7.5k. Complete multi-chapter. Rated T)

Tumblr Drabbles

Dreams

Shut Up

Fleeting

Drawn In

Unresolved

Return

Dear Callum 1 2

Payback

Flowers

Stand Alone AU Stories

Reunions (On-going multi-chapter. Rated E)

Isolation Woes (6k Complete. Rated T)

Road to Nowhere (Complete multi-chapter. Rated T)

The Worst Christmas (~14k Oneshot. Rated T)

The Christmas Break (~21k. Complete multi-chapter. Rated T)

[ficfinder-general]

Tags I use

There might be inconsistencies but I'm trying.

I tag my posts with #fic rec when someone is looking for recommendations of any kind, and #fic req in case the person is looking for one specific fic they cannot find. I use #fic rec reblogged when I share someone else's fic rec post. #not fic recs is pretty self-explanatory.

Also #not found in case I couldn't find the fic req :(

General tags:

#bakery AU #brotherdad AU #canon compliant #canon divergence #coffee shop AU #cowboy AU /western AU #fix-it #fluff #football AU /soccer AU #happy ending #kid fic #modern AU #orchestra AU #post-apocalyptic AU #rated E #restaurant AU #retelling /rewrite #time travel #theatre AU

Keywords:

#Ahsoka #Alpha-17 #armour #clone culture #Cody being taken care of #Cody raises Luke #Cody raises his brothers #dinboba #forbidden love #Mandalore #māori clones #melida/daan #nield #Obi-Wan's padawan!Ahsoka #order 66 didn't happen #padawan!Obi-Wan #Qui-Gon survives #Rako Hardeen arc #secret relationship #sithywan #smugglers #soft!Cody #Tatooine Husbands #tooka #undercover #wingfic

Length:

#completed work #ficlet (under 5k) #long fic (over 40k) #one shot #wc: under 10k (for wordcount) #wc: 10-20k #wc: 20-30k #wc: 30-40k #WIP (for Work In Progress)

Miscellanious:

#deleted works #polls

I also try to tag the author and/or the title of the fic, they should be searchable as well.

[friendofhayley]

Hooray for all content creators in all fandoms! Y’all make the world go round! This is April’s round-up of fics I read and recommend from multiple fandoms. This fic rec includes 9 fics from the Teen Wolf, Harry Potter, and One Direction fandoms!

Drarry (Harry Potter)

1. Nero su bianco by @zuzallove | oblivious boys in love - we get to see what Draco could have been thinking during 7th year Hogwarts - lots of drama, if you’re into it - Narcissa knows all and is great - 40k

September 1997. Hogwarts is under the regime of Voldemort and the Carrows. Finding himself alienated by both his friends and his supposed enemies, Draco puts quill to parchment, and writes letters. He addresses them to the only person he can think of, as Hogwarts rapidly falls into chaos and ruin: Harry Potter. He goes to great lengths to ensure the letters are never discovered, and he’s pretty certain he’s done a great job.

Until the day of his trial.

2. What’s Eating Draco Malfoy? by @actual-howlinglikeaseaturtle | this is a re-read so it’s v v good - cw eating disorder, suicide ideation, alcoholism - Ginny & Draco being friends is just so special to me - also everything is handled very well - 75k

"Tragedy struck today when Anorexia Nervosa claimed a young boy's life," he spoke loudly. "Very sad. He will be missed by one person, maybe two. Awful. Now to the weather with Carl!"

Ginny could not help herself; she burst out laughing. She didn't know what was more absurd. The way Malfoy joked about his own death or the fact that he had watched muggle TV. Muggle news even.

"You're a bloody lunatic!" she snorted, and Malfoy's smile widened.

Sterek (Teen Wolf)

3. Exactly Like You by Jerakeen | Pride and Prejudice AU whoo whoo!! - werewolves are known - stereotypical A/B/O - but everything else is the same except Scott leaves town with Derek after S1 - 70k

“It was Jackson’s idea,” Lydia explains, looking perfectly serious while standing in front of a March Madness bracket of Beacon Hills’ eligible bachelors.

Jackson looks smug. “It only makes sense.”

Stiles meets Isaac’s eyes over the heads of all the crazy people in the room. Isaac shrugs with a slight wince. “’Tis the season.”

4. But Then What... by Stoney | Derek is the same age as Stiles! - I just love how they’re written like real (horny) teenagers - they’re just so bad at communication - also Jackson is a Jackass - 24k

Senior year is almost over, and all Stiles needs to do is keep his head down to survive. A teacher calls in a favor, leaving him stuck tutoring Derek Hale, one of the most popular jocks in school and a member of a group of douchecanoes who have bullied Stiles for years. He's someone Stiles totally hates. Totally. Like, doesn't like him even a little bit. DEFINITELY isn't attracted to him.

Except that is a total lie. Fuck his life, seriously.

5. We’ll be Better Around the Second Time by @jordansaysno | I don’t know about y’all but this hits my wish fulfillment for running away from home in high school - side Isaac/Scott which is very cool - Stiles deserved better tbh - happy ending - 26k

It's been months. Months of fading contact with the pack. Months of the silent treatment from his father. Months of nothing but himself and the occasional lesson with Deaton to entertain him.

It's too much, and eventually, Stiles leaves.

For years, everything goes great, until of course his dad gets injured, and he is suddenly forced to deal with people he thought he left behind in his past for good.

6. Fireman Derek’s Crazy Pie [Cheeseburger Baby] by @thegloryof | this is such a classic and what I turn to when I’m really craving pie - NYC fic - some parts are just delicious to read (and not just for the food porn) - misunderstandings - 17k

“He can't blame me for the fact that I live in a building full of people united in the singular effort to ogle Hot Fireman as often as humanly possible."

Laura laughs, loud and echoing in the empty restaurant. "Hot firemen can make a girl do crazy things," she agrees, nodding towards her brother's name on the menu. "Derek won't let me date anyone from his company, but that doesn't mean I can't appreciate the eye candy."

"Send them my way," Stiles suggests, finally loading up a forkful of pie. "Apparently I'm incompetent enough that I need to be babysat at all times, because it would be cheaper than dispatching a truck every time I try to use a kitchen appliance."

7. Don’t Feed the Wolves by Amazonia_8 | another classic fic that’s also hot - cw: Derek thinks Stiles can’t consent - werewolves are known - the jailhouse scene is constantly replaying in my head - 30k

Stiles took the dare, because what else was he supposed to do when the whole lacrosse team was chanting his name? Even though the werewolf pack had left Beacon Hills years ago, nobody was stupid enough to set foot on the Hale property.

Except, apparently, Stiles.

Now he's got a feral werewolf following him around town with the sole purpose of claiming Stiles as his own.

Larry (One Direction)

8. take my hand (and my heart and soul) by @anylessreal | aaaaaa this was so good! - just so much misunderstandings, but it’s so cool that the audience/Harry don’t know what’s going on too! - amnesia - friends to strangers to lovers - 45k

Harry feels nauseous when he opens his mouth. "Hey. Um, hi. It's me," he mumbles before realizing with a jolt that Louis might not have his number anymore. "It's Harry... Styles," he tacks on, screwing his eyes shut and pinching the bridge of his nose. This was a terrible idea.

There's silence on the other end for a long time. Harry understands. He shouldn't have called. He tries not to let the static swallow him whole.

"I – yeah. Hi," Louis finally answers, slowly, awkwardly. "I um. Sorry. I heard about your accident. You're alright?"

9. thinking about the t-shirt you sleep in by @absoloutenonsense | this was another re-read!! - traditional A/B/O - misunderstandings due to past abuse (not done by the boys) - get ready for some high/low emotions - 52k

Harry's alpha fraternity donates to a local thrift shop (because of Liam's latent crush on a cute beta in his lecture). Louis' financial situation (and confusing omega instincts) lead him to make some interesting fashion purchases. Lots of pizza, feelings, and not-really-lying.