#ladylondonderry

Contact by myownspark | nr | 2483
A short story about two men navigating the wilderness.

Unto You by LadyLondonderry | T | 3671
Louis is a lamplighter celebrating the saturnalia season in his own way.
Harry is heavily pregnant and new in the city.
The holiday of Christmas is yet to be created.

Manifest Destiny by casuallyhl | E | 15210
Harry and Louis had fallen into bed together again that night, mouths greedy and hands needy. And now every time Louis stops at Fort Kearney, even if it’s weeks in between, he and Harry spend the night together. The nights are always filled with heat and passion, and it gives Louis something to think on fondly as he rides across the western territories carrying sacks of mail.
They’ve never talked about it, and they’ve never kissed. Louis doesn’t know if he wants either of those things to change, but he knows that his presence in Harry’s life is sporadic at best. Probably best to leave things be.
Or, Louis is a Pony Express rider and Harry runs a station along the trail.

Leave Your Damage Behind and Gone by QuickedWeen | T | 15673
It’s the spring of 1882 and Sir Louis Tomlinson is a simple man with simple needs. Money. Running an old estate and dairy farm costs money, and he would much rather focus on his science experiments than take a trip to the Exposició Universal de Barcelona to beg for funding especially when everyone there is English anyway.
He’s taking a walk one night to clear his head when he comes upon something mysterious on the beach that may or may not change his life forever.

No One Like You by myownspark | M | 19924
Dear Niall,
I was glad to have the chance to talk with you again at the AHA conference. Your idea that the Musee D’Orsay Tomlinson painting is in fact not a self-portrait is an intriguing one, and I may have discovered something that will have a bearing on that theory.
Some background: as you may remember, I’ve been researching for a book I’m writing about Harry Styles. I’ve been in communication with Styles’ last living descendant, who is in possession of a trunk that her family believed to have belonged to Styles himself. It held some personal items she presumes to be his, including two unmounted paintings and a small collection of letters.
Upon spending the last few days in Provins studying these items, I believe there to be a connection between Tomlinson and Styles, and I would very much like your opinion.
Are you up for a trip to France?
Sincerely,
Liam Payne
Where Liam and Niall are art historians discovering the truth about two nineteenth century painters on opposite sides of an artistic divide.

And down the long and silent street by whimsicule | M | 86090
The year is 1881 and if you’re alone in this world you might as well be dead, because starving dogs have no mercy.
Or: Wherein Louis and Harry are on the opposite ends of the social ladder, but their paths still cross on the filthy streets Louis calls his home. The odds are staked against them from the beginning, and even more when Louis’ past finally catches up with him.

Coax the Cold by MediaWhore | M | 86440
England, 1897.
English Professor Louis Tomlinson’s passion for the occult has been a source of mockery and derision for most of his life. When he hears whispers of a travelling freak show newly established in London claiming the existence of a monstrous sea hybrid, half-man, half-fish, Louis sees it as his ticket to credibility amongst his peers. The summer he spends undercover working on the show, however, gives him much more than that.

Victorian Boy by audreyhheart | E | 101209
Victorian AU. Harry the virgin Duke of Somerset knows little of love, while Louis the sly Duke of Warwick knows too much. When the two dukes come together for the Bilsdale fox hunt in York, Harry finds himself drawn into Louis’ bed. But when secrets from Louis’ dark past come to light, Harry fears that the fox isn’t the only one being hunted.

A Taste of Desire by casuallyhl | E | 104414
“As forward as I have been with you this evening, I am also aware this dinner party isn’t the place to conduct business.” Mr. Tomlinson chuckles quietly to himself, shooting a subtle glance across the table towards their hostess. “And besides, I am sure our hostess would be horribly disappointed to learn that we went away this evening with a business agreement and not a mating one.”
Harry, who had been sipping his wine, coughs harshly at this. He splutters, unaccustomed to such blatant statements about mating.
Mr. Tomlinson continues to laugh quietly, clearly pleased at Harry’s reaction.
“Mrs. Humphreys promised that there was an alpha attending the dinner tonight that I would certainly get on well with,” Mr. Tomlinson continues, voice teasing. “She assured me that we would have much in common since we both work with mills.” Mr. Tomlinson glances at Harry, eyes flashing with mirth. “Little did she know that would be where our mutual interests began and ended.”
Or, a Victorian ABO where Harry is the owner of the most successful cotton mill in Manchester, and Louis is an opinionated social activist about to disrupt Harry’s world.

Get those stakes up higher by becka | E | 2090
Short canon-compliant wedding night porn. Niall and Louis get married in Vegas after the end of the North American leg of the OTRA tour.

Almost Always by kingsofeverything | nr | 2428
After a night out, Louis meets Harry at a bus stop. Harry says they’ve met before.

Don’t Wait (Don’t Be Late) by LadyLondonderry | G | 2981
Harry’s ditched his coffee (Liam looked at him reproachfully for dumping it) in favor of some sort of super smoothie (“the right way to get rid of a hangover, Lou”) and Louis watches raptly as his sinfully large hand wraps all the way around the glass. It’s a hand he’s stared at often, with focused attention to to the way the bones in his hand appear when he’s gripping things, and the little veins that criss cross up to his knuckles, and -
“Is that a ring?” Louis squeaks.
There, on the ring finger of his left hand, is a thick gold band. Harry puts down his smoothie and looks at his hand in surprise. “Yeah,” he says slowly, examining it. “It is.”
Or, the Married in Vegas AU where the wrong ones end up married

i think i know he don’t love me by littlemissmeggie | E | 6030
Harry was drunk and pouty. Niall was just drunk. And somehow, Harry convinced Niall that it would be so romantic to get married in Las Vegas.
Now Niall’s freaking out but Harry doesn’t seem too upset.
or… Niall and Harry are oblivious idiots in love.

can’t imagine there’s a way to get closer than this by geewhizmo | G | 6877
“We’re married,” Niall says. His eyes are so bright right now that Louis doubts there’s a building in this city that could outshine him.
“I know.” Louis reaches out for a fist bump, and their rings clink together. “It’s awesome.”
Or,
A canon au where Niall and Louis discover a fun way to celebrate their friendship while vacationing in Las Vegas, and the others are a little confused, at first.

Let’s Not Fight in Vegas by YesIsAWorld | E | 10054
Louis really should have told Nick that he was head over heels before Nick and Harry walked down the aisle.

it’s a beautiful night (we’re looking for something dumb to do) by carissima | T | 12473
In which Nick ends up in Vegas for Harry’s half-birthday and leaves with a famous popstar husband in tow.

high on a pleasure wheel by brokendrums | E | 18401
Niall wakes up the morning after the Billboard Awards married to Harry. Too hungover to face the media storm, he takes up Harry’s offer to drive him home to LA

what happens in vegas by god0nlyknows | E | 33195
Harry and Zayn get drunk, and get married in Vegas AU.

Summer Starlight by LadyLondonderry | G | 3358
Only of three things is Harry Styles certain of. First, that this is his first summer in the large city and he must make the most of it. Second, that his parents are pledging to have him married off to a wealthy benefactor by the end of the summer. Third, and this is most important of all, Harry doesn’t particularly care for the notion. In fact, he rather has his eye on a very different sort of prospect.

You Smiled by taggiecb | G | 9053
Just then, the man looks up, and catches Harry’s eye. Harry freezes, feeling as though he’s the one trapped. The man doesn’t smile, just watches Harry watch him, until finally he lifts his eyebrows in question, and Harry somehow manages to release himself from the spell that he feels he’s under.
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It’s 1758 and on the eve of a battle with the French, Captain Harry Styles of the British army has just begun his appointment as a prison warden in Louisbourgh, Nova Scotia. Harry prepares himself and his guards for their prisoners of war, but nothing could have prepared him for the sight of the most beautiful man he has ever seen- who is now his prisoner.

A Stór Mo Chroí by kiwikero | E | 9397
It was a gloomy, grey day in the highlands. The sun, try as it might, couldn’t manage to break through the clouds, painting land and sea alike in muted colours. Perhaps it wasn’t so desolate as all that, though it certainly seemed that way to Louis. Of course, his perception might have been coloured by his own foul mood. Everything seemed to have gone from bad to worse recently, and if his own problems weren’t enough now he had to pretend he didn’t want to throttle the chieftain of Clan Gunn, the one currently traipsing around the village and greeting clansmen as if he wasn’t just a glorified intruder. Louis narrowed his eyes as he watched Harry interact with Agnes and her young son, Harry stooping down to talk directly to the little boy. The Clan Gunn tartan, simple blocks of green and black, marked Harry as someone who clearly didn’t belong amongst them, and yet the people of Clan Sutherland always seemed delighted to see the man.
Traitors.
Louis is a young laird from Clan Sutherland and Harry the chieftain of Clan Gunn, and an alliance between their clans isn’t enough to convince the two of them to get along.

Circumnavigate by musketrois | M | 10669
At the age of twenty-eight, Louis Tomlinson finds himself traveling to the Spice Islands with the explorer Ferdinand Magellan. Louis has spent the last ten years avoiding his past, but he is forced to face it when artist Harry Styles boards his ship. Now, Louis must sail to undiscovered lands while navigating the emotions he has buried deep.

threadbare by kiwikero | M | 20156
Harry Styles was eight years old when Louis Tomlinson kept him from falling into a machine in a Manchester textile mill.
He was 18 years old when nothing, not even the threat of death, could keep Harry from falling in love with Louis.

But Now Together, We’re Alone by QuickedWeen | M | 22983
It’s a stroke of good luck when Harry Styles, a man who grew up on the small island of Martinique, is offered the position of tutor to the Dauphin and his sister.
When he arrives at the palace, he is dragged into a world of opulence, courtiers, whispers in the shadows, and illicit affairs. But he is also introduced to the king, the most intriguing man he’s ever met.

After Dark, After Light by QuickedWeen | E | 71440
Harry Styles is the laird of Clan Edwards who is just trying to keep his clan afloat when they get word that the Mackenzies have been cutting a swath through the Midlands and beyond, and their sights are set on the northern Highlands next. In an attempt to garner extra protection for his clan, Harry sets out to mend his father’s past wrongs and ally with their neighbors to the west, Clan Sutherland.
Louis Tomlinson is the mysterious commander of the Sutherland army sent back with Harry on orders from his laird to help shore up Clan Edwards’ defenses. As the winter draws nearer by the day, the two are thrown together to prepare for the invasion that they expect as soon as the ground thaws.

Through Time I Found You by taecheeks | E | 140374
“I swore to ye I would keep ye safe,” Liam says as if Zayn should have known this. He lifts one of Zayn’s hands, pressing a soft, wet kiss to the center of his palm.
It is innocent, but heat trails down Zayn’s spine as Liam’s eyes meet with his. “And I’ve wanted ye since the moment I first laid my eyes on ye.”
[Or the one where Zayn travels back in time to 1744 and is captured by a group of Highlander Clansmen.]