Looking Through You

by @allwaswell16

Just as Louis and Liam were starting out in the music industry, writing and producing for up and coming artists, a fateful meeting with new pop singer Harry Styles changes everything. Four years later, just as Harry is set to embark on his next world tour, a drunken confession causes a rift between once inseparable friends. As Harry tries to make sense of his feelings for Louis, he begins writing his next album to express them as it may be the only way to break through the walls that Louis has built between them.

explicit | 41k | Harry/Louis | read it here

part of the @1dbigbang​ round 5

art by the incredible @melmanpur

a little drop for me 

by @littlemissmeggie

Niall was amazed how much had changed in a year, how it didn’t hurt anymore. He’d been drowning in heartache and pain for months and suffocated by the weight of his sorrow.

And then he’d met Harry and been scared and heartbroken again, worried to love and hesitant to be loved. But Harry hadn’t left. He’d showed Niall what unconditional love—romantic unconditional love—felt like, whether out of naive innocence or stubborn determination, Niall wasn’t sure.

or...

If anyone asked Niall how he thought he would meet the love of his life, he wouldn’t have said that he expected to find him lying naked on the beach when he went for a walk at sunrise while on holiday.

explicit — 83k — niall and harry

the most charming artwork ever was done by @sleepymouses, who was absolutely lovely to work with and created some wonderful art that makes me beyond happy!

written for @1dbigbang round 5.

AO3 larrie boycott psa

with the big bang fics being unleashed into the wild, I will be updating the list to include those (for posterity's sake). reasonably certain though that I'll start on a big bang only list (fit neater into your dash). the ones I come across as safe will of course be added to my AO3 bookmarks as "safe for soupy". in case you were wanting to read larry, I haven't checked out all 5 of them yet, but 3 of the AO3 writers (kiwikero, Awriterwrites, wildestdreams) are already on the list. and after I found a larrie writing gryles 😠 I wouldn't say you're 100% in the clear hopping into other pairings. IF this is a thing you care about. if it's not, whatevs. As always, if you have tips you can inbox me! 😘

Round Six Rules

**Can also be found here**

Greetings, and welcome to your local One Direction Big Bang challenge! You may remember us from the last five years - or not - but in either case, we're back, bigger and better than ever before, with a brand new set of rules following your feedback! Rules that have changed since last year are marked with a star (★). If you have any questions about these changes, or the rules overall, please let us know! You know that 1D fic you've been dying to write? The one about what would have happened in the bungalow if there really had been a mad cow murderer outside, or the one where only your ship stands between humanity and total apocalyptic extinction, or perhaps the one where One Direction are the stars of hit new show The Real Housewives Of The On The Road Again Tour and have to deal with even more publicity? Maybe you've been dying to write an epic about your OTP (or OT3… or OT5), or even just a fic about one member and his girlfriend. In any case, this is the place for you!

A Big Bang challenge - for those of you who don't know - is a certain sort of ficwriting challenge that combines long fic with artwork/media. Writers and artists sign up, independently of each other. Writers write the fic, and artists pick a fic to work with based on premise, whereupon they will draw, vid, and/or mix a work to accompany the fic upon posting.

Here is the Round Six schedule:

author sign-ups: october 1-november 5

artist sign-ups: october 1-december 3

beta/brit pick/cheerleader sign-ups: ongoing

author confirmation email: november 6

check in 1: summaries due* (5-10k recommended): december 10-17

artist claims: december 20-january 3 (anticipated)

check in 2: collaboration timeline due (10-20k recommended): january 21-28

check in 3: 20k rough drafts & artist first drafts due: february 25 LATEST

final drafts of fic due: march 25 LATEST

final drafts of art due: april 1 LATEST

posting schedule goes up: april 8 LATEST

posting begins: april 11

posting ends: late may-mid june (anticipated)

Specifics: Writers: +In this specific Big Bang challenge, there is a minimum wordcount requirement, for writers, ★ of 20,000 words (no maximum). Fics can be gen, het, or (fem)slash. They can be as explicit as you want them to be. They can be AUs, crossovers, fusion fics, or completely ~canonical. The only requirement is that they include at least one (but preferably more) current and/or former member(s) of One Direction. If you want to see your favorite ship represented in this year's big bang, we recommend you sign up and encourage your friends to do the same! ★ Please note: current and/or former member(s) of One Direction INCLUDES their Best Song Ever alter egos; as such, we will also permit fic about Alex-from-Dunkirk. +Your fic must be posted on your scheduled posting date in one fell swoop (i.e., it can be chaptered, but the chapters must all be posted at once). Your fic can be part of a broader arc or series, or function as a stand-alone. You may sign up with fics that you have already started working on; however, you may not sign up with fics that have already been in-part published (such as chapters or shorter versions). + You may co-write if you like. You may write more than one fic if you like. If, at any point in the process, you cannot complete the challenge, please let us know. You may drop out without penalty up until summary submission ★ during the first check-in. At this point, you must send in a summary of 1-3 paragraphs that will be posted anonymously by mods so that artists can claim your work. By sending in your summaries early enough for artist to have ample time to contribute to your fic, you are indicating that you have committed to completing your fic by the final draft date. If you drop out after submitting summaries, your artist claimant is affected as well. As such, if you drop out after this point, you will be ineligible to participate in Big Bang Round 7 and will have to wait for Round 8. + ★As an addendum:  If you dropped out after submitting your summary last year and were told you would be ineligible to participate this year, that rule NO LONGER APPLIES for Round 6 only – you will be permitted to participate this year after all. If you have questions about what this means for you, please email us (1d.bigbang.mods at gmail) for clarification. + ★ The Challenge will be conducted through Tumblr and Google Drive this year.  ★ Check-ins are mandatory; you will be reminded of the final deadline one week prior to said deadline. To check in, you will ★ submit the requested document at that time (★ Check-in 1: Summary. ★ Check-in 2: Collaboration timeline. ★ Check-in 3: Rough draft). ★ Additional information will be posted to this tumblr account (1dbigbang @tumblr) and ★ crossposted to the twitter account (@1dbigbangmods) at the start of check-in periods as well as emailed to participants. + As soon as authors have finalized the plot for their fic, they are welcome to submit their fic summary to the mod email (★final deadline: December 17). Doing so indicates commitment to complete the Big Bang challenge and dropping out after this point will result in being banned from participation in Round 7. The same goes for completing rough drafts (★ final deadline February 25) and final drafts (★ final deadline March 25; minimum 20k). ★ Authors may submit their summaries and drafts at any point after sign-ups close on November 5 until the final due date for each item. Details regarding formatting for the summary submission email will be sent to all participants the day after sign-ups close, on November 6; this email will also serve to confirm that your sign-up was processed. + Authors are required to share their working drafts of their fics with their artist within a week of author-artist match reveals. Failure to do so, outside of extenuating circumstances cleared with mods in advance, will be considered a drop-out, and authors who do so will be ineligible to participate in Round 7. ★ Authors and artists are required to remain in regular (i.e., at LEAST 1x/week) communication between sharing drafts and submitting final drafts. + Once you send in your final draft, due March 25, you will be assigned a posting date. Authors will receive a tentative posting schedule via Google Drive during the week of April 1 for date confirmation and finalization. The final schedule will be posted publicly on or by April 8th. Closer to posting time, posting guidelines will be published. Artists: +Artists, in this Big Bang, refers to mixers, vidders, and any other kind of traditional art medium (drawing, painting, manips, you name it!). Artists may work individually or with another artist friend. Individual artists or artist teams may claim ★ two fics per claim round; however, if you are working individually on two fics and with a partner on (an)other(s), you may claim two fics on your own and two with your partner.

 + If you are a mixer: your fanmix for the fic you choose should have at least 12 songs, though no more than would fit on a CD (★ You can, however, create a “multi-disc sets”). Fanmixes must include album art of some variety. ★We recommend using Spotify to host your mixes, but if you have a different preferred site accessible worldwide, you are welcome to use that as well. + If you are a vidder: videos (or trailers) should be between two and five minutes long - think the length of a song. Either host privately or on youtube. ★ You may create more than one vid per fic if you like. +If you do not fall under these two categories: Drawing, sketching, painting, manips - all of these are great! Create at least one work of art for the fic, and include appropriate ratings. You will need to find a host yourself - any image hosting site that does not take down images regularly will do, but make sure that, if the artwork is NSFW, you do not host it on a site that deletes NSFW images. + ★ Artists will sign up in the months leading up to artist claims. ★ The claims will ONLY be accessible to people who have signed up as an artist or author. If not all claims are filled in round one, artist sign-ups will re-open for round two so that additional artists may join the fest.  Artists may withdraw from participation prior to summary claims; however, once an artist claims a summary, they have committed to completing the challenge. As an artist, we ask that you only claim fics that you will absolutely complete art for. If you drop out last minute, this affects your author. As such, if you drop out after claiming a fic, you will be ineligible to participate in Big Bang Round 7 and will have to wait for Round 8. +  Each fic in the challenge must be claimed by one artist or one artist team before second-artist claims for all fics are considered. All: +You may choose to be both a writer and an artist; however, you may not create art for your own fic.

 + ★ Unlike in previous years, artist claims will occur after the first fic check-in, to provide ample time for both/all team members to collaboratively create works. Authors are expected to share their drafts with their collaborating artist within a week of author-artist pair reveals and ★ maintain open access to said drafts so that artists can complete the best work possible to accompany their claimed fic. As indicated above, failure to do so will be considered dropping out.  Further, if you, as an author or an artist, try to contact your partner (the author or artist of the work you are collaborating on) at any other point during the challenge, and they do not respond within 3 business days, please let a mod know. If the mod is unable to get hold of the participant in a timely manner (i.e., three business days), that participant will be considered a dropout and will be ineligible to participate in Round 7. + A resource signups post will open ★ on Google Forms the same day as author sign-ups for betas, britpicks, cheerleaders, and the like to volunteer to aid authors who may need help the assistance, and will remain open until final drafts are due. We strongly suggest that those who sign up as a resource make a presence in the encouragement check-in post as well. Authors and artists may also sign up to be resources. + If, for some reason, you cannot complete your submission, please let us know as soon as possible so that we can adjust our records accordingly/find an pinch-hitter if need be. xoxoxoxo, your mods

Through a Mirror Dimly     |     LadyLondonderry

Written for Round 5 of the @1dbigbang

Featuring art by the ever so talented @shanelleo

Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson   |   38k   |   M   |   10 Chapters

Louis Tomlinson, in his third year at university, does not expect nor want the roommate that is being assigned to his room.

Harry Styles, in his first year at university, has just been kicked out of one dorm and doesn't want to deal with yet another snobby, rich roommate.

They don't get along, and that's just how it is, until circumstances force them to reevaluate.

How Fast You Fall

Written by kingsofeverything

Art by the amazingly talented @youngandmadeof 

Casual hookups are all Louis has time for, and Harry has a plan to stay single and celibate until he graduates.

After going from strangers to roommates to friends, they both start to want more.

It just takes them a little while to figure it out.

Louis/Harry | Explicit | 50K | On ao3

For @1dbigbang Round 5

i carry your heart with me (i carry it in my heart)    

Pairing: Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson

Rating: Explicit

Word Count: 55K

Summary:

Harry thinks he has good reasons for avoiding relationships. Meeting Louis puts those reasons to the test.

On AO3.

- Written for @1dbigbang round 5.

- Art by @salingen !

say hallelujah, say goodnight

Louis is an angel who is just a little too bad to be good, Harry is a demon who is just a little too good to be bad, and they're both a little too in love to be impartial when angels and demons go to war.

Louis has been alive since life was a mere concept; he watched the summoning of Man into existence, he was there when Eve took the apple. He’s seen seas break the world into separate pieces, he’s watched empires crumble into dust. He’s seen wildfire consume cities, he’s seen the world painted white with snow. He has known the most beautiful humans to walk the planet, he has watched the most powerful mortals gather their riches and influence around them and then die just like the poorest, weakest humans do. He’s met humans whose motives defy explanation, people who use their lives as battering rams, as tools, as weapons, as chess pieces.

None of that stopped Louis in his tracks.

But Harry did.

explicit | 110k | harry/louis, niall/bressie | read it here

part of the @1dbigbang​ round 5. 

playlist here by the lovely @the-only-believer​!

Looking Through You ~ by @allwaswell16

Just as Louis and Liam were starting out in the music industry, writing and producing for up and coming artists, a fateful meeting with new pop singer Harry Styles changes everything. Four years later, just as Harry is set to embark on his next world tour, a drunken confession causes a rift between once inseparable friends. As Harry tries to make sense of his feelings for Louis, he begins writing his next album to express them as it may be the only way to break through the walls that Louis has built between them.

explicit | 41k | Harry/Louis | read it here

part of the @1dbigbang​ round 5

art by the incredible @melmanpur  

spotify playlist ~ Looking Through You

you’re the fire and the flood

He stops short, because standing in front of him with a small smirk on his face is none other than Harry Styles, who Liam saw on the cover of Heat just this morning in Tesco apparently stuck in some complicated love situation with at least three Victoria’s Secret models. Harry Styles, the lead singer of Black Coast, the indie band currently blowing up the charts. Harry Styles, the man who apparently helped Liam’s five-year-old daughter when she got lost in the park on a cloudy Sunday afternoon in late September.

[Or: Liam is a single dad, Harry is a rockstar, that's how their story begins.]

teen | 26k | liam/harry, side louis/nick, past liam/ofc | ao3

written for round 5 of the @1dbigbang with the lovely cover created by the wonderful @jessimond

Fic: Love You Like I Should

by MissLii Pairing: Liam/Louis/Harry Word count: 50 K Rating: Explicit

Summary:

"You see,” he says, and shifts from one foot the other; Liam feels like he’s a deer stuck in headlights, unable to move under Louis’ gaze. “I used to have lots of dreams about coffee, and annoying as hell coffee machines.”

“Oh,” Liam mumbles, feeling his stomach do a strange flip.

“So, I’ve been looking all over this town for you,” Louis finishes, chin held high.

“Me?” Liam blurts out, then clearing his throat when his voice comes out too high. “I mean, why would you think that I’m your…”

[Or: Liam is twelve when he has his first dream about his soulmate, and it's both exciting and terrifying for a boy that has almost no one except his family. When Liam's twenty-one, he meets a boy at work and falls head over heels in love. After that, it should be simple. But Liam's dreams don't stop, though they should when he's found his soulmate. ] 

Read here on AO3 

Written for round 5 of @1dbigbang Art by the wonderful @jessimond

2017.05   ➜   Top 10 longest fics

* Fics from One Direction Big Bang: Round Five are listed elsewhere.

1. Your Mess Is Mine by @amories [M, 176.7k]

Louis is the father to the most brilliant little boy in the world who is all Louis really needs, or at least that's what he tells himself. Harry is a gorgeous boybander fresh off a two year break and a massive scandal that's left him a little broken and more than ready to move on. They fall in love.

2. Deuxsphere by sweetlullabies [?, 156.8k]

Harry's first year at uni is guaranteed to be a breeze as long as he stays focused, steers clear of flying footballs, and completely avoids boys who are in bands. 

3. It Goes, It's Golden by @harryrainbows [E, 150.9k]

Canon Compliant AU in which Harry and Louis broke under the strain of it all and now, years on, there's a chance to put all the pieces back together. Set in early April 2015 all the way through to October. 

4. Perfect by @happilylarryao3​ [?, 117.2k]

Soulmates had only been in the history books for the past few hundred years, so people were still trying to get the hang of it. From what he's read, back then, if you met your soulmate, that was that. You either chose to be with them and be happy, or be with the one you truly loved and suffer. Sort of poetic, you know, if he believed in that shit.

5. You Said it'd be Forever by @mummyamy10 [E, 96.4k]

Harry hadn't even wanted to go out the night he met Louis. Louis, the loud and obnoxious guy who literally fell out of a VW Campervan and into his heart. 

6. Pour Your Heart Out by @hrrytomlinson [E, 92.5k]

Louis is his soulmate. Or at least Harry thinks he is. Louis feels the same as Louis. But there are a lot of people named Louis in the world and this Louis might not be the Louis. It’s besides the point though, because Harry knows he can’t allow himself to get close to any boys. He just can’t and he’s told himself this multiple times. He has to simply stay away from Louis Tomlinson. But he can’t. Harry Styles can never stay away from Louis Tomlinson. It’s physically impossible for him to. 

7. i could dream all night by @fondleeds [?, 73.3k]

Harry spends his summer away from the city. 

8. The Art of Being a Gentleman by @frosteddream​ [M, 61.4k]

Out of all four of the Styles children, Harry has always been the most adored. [...] Despite how loved he is among all who reside in the affluent town of Alton, his siblings absolutely despise him. In order to stain his squeaky-clean reputation and get their traditional, old fashioned parents to despise him as much as they do, they devise a plan that involves Harry’s giving nature, the desperation of a mother and father, and a mischievous boy who doesn’t give a damn about what’s proper. 

9. above your head by @heypopstar [E, 57.8k]

What happens when an unstoppable object meets an immovable force? [Space AU. Louis is an astronaut. Harry works for Mission Control. They don't get along.]

10. Promise me by @mandriice​ [E, 57.3k]

A story about a promised love that has always existed and will last forever. 

Fic Exchanges updated:

One Direction Big Bang: Round Five || @1dbigbang || posting Potter Direction Fic Exchange || @potterdirectionficexchange || posting 1000 Feelings For Which There Are No Names || posting High School AU Challenge || posting

✔ 1D/LARRY Fic Exchanges 2017 ✔ other months © harry /// louis

, oLet me know if you want me to add an Exchange to this list :)

Also the season assigned to each exchange is relative to the month where the fics will be due/published.

All year long :

Larried In Vegas Fic & Art Fest : @larriedinvegasficfest , more infos

❄️️ Wordplay Prompt Challenge : more infos

🌸 Potter direction Fic Exchange : @potterdirectionficexchange , AO3 collection

🌸 HL Movie, TV, and Book AU Fic Exchange : @hlmovietvandbookexchange  (schedule not fixed for sure)

🌸 1D Big Bang Round 5 : @1dbigbang , AO3 collection

🌸 High School AU Challenge : @softasurcheek,  AO3 collection

🌸 Lirry Fic Exchange : @lirryficexchange , AO3 collection

🌸 1000 Feelings For Which There Are No Names : AO3 collection

☀️️ 1D A-Spec fic exchange : @1daspecficexchange . AO3 Collection

☀️️ H/L Summer Exchange : @hlsummerexchange2017.  AO3 collection

☀️️ H/L MPREG Fic exchange : @hlmpregficexchange , AO3 collection

☀️️ HL Historical Fic-Exchange : @hlhistoricalexchange2k17 , AO3 collection

☀️️ 1D Canon Based Fic Exchange : @1dcanonbasedficexchange , AO3 collection

☀️️  HL Yearly Fic Fest : @hlyearlyficfest, AO3 Collection

☀️️ Zarry fic Echange Spring Round : @zarryficexchange, AO3 collection

☀️️ Werewolf!direction Fest : @wolvesfest , all the fics

🍂 Made In the A.M Fic Fest : @dimpled-halo , AO3 collection

🍂 31 Days of Smut : @31daysofsmut , AO3 collection

🍂 50 Reasons To Have Sex Larry Fic Fest : @50reasons, more infos

🍂 2017 Larry Fic Remix Fest : @lfremix , more infos

🍂 One Direction Reverse Bang : @1dreversebang , AO3 collection

🍂 Tomlinshaw Fic Exchange : @tomlinshawexchange2017

🍂 Bottom Louis fic Exchange : @blficexchange, AO3 collection

🍂 HL fic Exchange : @hlficexchange2017 , AO3 collection

🍂 Royalty Direction fic Exchange : @royaltyficexchange, more infos

🍂 Top Louis Fic Exchange: @toplouisficexchange, more infos

🍂 Marcel Fics Exchange : @marcelficexchange , more infos

🍂 Pink Album Fic Challenge : fics masterpost

COMING UP LATE 2017/EARLY 2018

- Litelarry Quote Challenge : @litelarryquotechallenge, more infos

- HL Winter Fic Fest 2017 : @hlwinterficfest2017 , more infos

- HL A/B/O fics Exchange 2017 : @hlaboficexchange, more infos

- HL Moodboard Prompt challenge : @moodboardprompts, more infos

- Alex-Louis fic exchange : @alexlouisficexchange, more infos

- Larry Winter Drabble Challenge : @larrydrabble, more infos

- One Direction BIG BANG : @onedirectionbigbang​, more infos

- H/L Art Exchange : @hlartexchange , more infos

(last update on Nov.10th 2017)

(list of the exchanges of 2016)

For ‘Atlas At Last’ by @louisandthealien written as a part of @1dbigbang Round 5

He doesn’t know what he had been expecting out of the road trip itself besides burping contests and too much shitty gas station food with Oli and Stan, but in the brief moment before Harry ambles up his driveway, Louis idly wonders if this is about to become some sort of Gay Coming of Age story.

Maine to California in ten days. In which Zayn’s an open-shirt hippie they meet somewhere in Ohio, Liam’s the pastor’s son running away from home, and Niall’s the number they call on the bathroom wall.

It’s 1978. Harry and Louis are just trying to get to San Fran in time for the Queen concert.

83k 10/10 (completed) // Read on AO3

Louis and Harry for ‘Atlas At Last’ by @louisandthealien written as a part of @1dbigbang​ Round 5

He doesn’t know what he had been expecting out of the road trip itself besides burping contests and too much shitty gas station food with Oli and Stan, but in the brief moment before Harry ambles up his driveway, Louis idly wonders if this is about to become some sort of Gay Coming of Age story.

Maine to California in ten days. In which Zayn’s an open-shirt hippie they meet somewhere in Ohio, Liam’s the pastor’s son running away from home, and Niall’s the number they call on the bathroom wall.

It’s 1978. Harry and Louis are just trying to get to San Fran in time for the Queen concert.

83k 10/10 (completed) // Read on AO3

Louis has been alive since life was a mere concept; he watched the summoning of Man into existence, he was there when Eve took the apple. He’s seen seas break the world into separate pieces, he’s watched empires crumble into dust. He’s seen wildfire consume cities, he’s seen the world painted white with snow. He has known the most beautiful humans to walk the planet, he has watched the most powerful mortals gather their riches and influence around them and then die just like the poorest, weakest humans do. He’s met humans whose motives defy explanation, people who use their lives as battering rams, as tools, as weapons, as chess pieces.

None of that stopped Louis in his tracks. But Harry did.

say hallelujah, say goodnight

coming april 28th -- part of @1dbigbang round 5