So @adidas-and-ysl-9194 asked me for an Uni AU fic rec ! Thanks !
There’s too many, so I’m gonna just share my fav, okay? (and only Larry)
- Red Brick Heart by hazmesentir: (Harry has only had his room for thirty-two minutes when it stops being his). Harry had turned up at the halls of residence expecting fun, new friends, and maybe a life experience or two. What he doesn’t expect is a surprise roommate who’s loud and dramatic and obsessed with tea and is maybe, actually, all he’s ever wanted. (98k)
- Learning To Breathe by @drunkharrystyles: He’s playing football at one of the top universities in England and he should love everything about his life right now, but instead he’s moving backwards. How does your past fit into your present? Louis is still figuring it out. ( 110k)
- This Shifting Ground , by @zarah5 : In which Louis, law student, is the cheeky waiter to Harry’s dates. This is how it starts. (29k)
- We Will Find Our Way
, by supernope : Harry smiles at Louis, quick and easy, and says, “Well, since
we’re in the same boat, we’ll just make our own Christmas. What do you
say?” Louis tamps down on a bloom of warmth in his belly. He barely
knows Harry past seeing him walk down the hall in just his skivvies -
not that he’s complaining - but he’s being so lovely, smiling at him so
hopefully, and, well. Louis doesn’t much fancy the idea of spending
Christmas completely alone. Nodding, he reaches out and pokes Harry’s
dimple, watches it flirt to life underneath his fingertip. “I say yes.” AKA, Harry and Louis are uni students studying abroad in New York, stuck in the dorms together over Christmas. (9k)
- Fading , by @tothemoonmydear : (Louis knows about beauty; the combination of qualities that pleases the aesthetic senses. He creates that combination every day in the garments he designs while studying fashion at uni. The cut of the design, the color of the fabric, the intricacy of the stitching; it all comes together to create something beautiful. When the science student with the long legs and dimpled smile agrees to model for him, Louis decides he’s found beauty personified. Harry just thinks Louis needs someone to show him how beautiful he is. (202k, TW about eating disorders)
- You’re An Asshole (But I Love You), by @theboyfriendstagram : Louis is a frat boy with a drinking problem who doesn’t know what he wants to do with his life, and Harry is a psychology student who always takes care of him and might just be exactly what Louis doesn’t want, but really needs. (85k)
- surrender to the afterglow , by @tornorrows : Harry’s mother sets him up on a lot of awful dates. She finally gets it right with Louis Tomlinson, President of the Harvard Law Review.(Law School AU meets Politician!Louis AU) (11k)
- put you on repeat, play you everywhere i go , by eversincewefellapart: Harry is a college radio show host and Louis is a contemporary dancer attending said college. After a drunk hook-up, naturally a whole bunch of pining, dedicated love songs and make-out sessions on dance studio floors ensue. (8k)
- Have You Coming Back Again, by whoknows : It’s five o’clock in the morning. Louis has a lecture at half eight. He could be using this time to study or to do his readings or to go to the gym, but - well. He doesn’t have any exams coming up, he’s not going to his seminar today anyway and he hates the gym.Instead he’s using this time to fuck with Harry Styles’ poor little brain.Louis jogs across the street and jabs the key into the car door. It opens easily, not that he was expecting anything else. He copied the key for a reason, after all.He’s got Harry’s schedule memorized, more because the guy keeps following him around than anything, so he doesn’t bother looking around before climbing behind the wheel and setting his bag on the passenger seat. It’s a Monday, which means that Harry doesn’t even get out of bed before noon unless he’s planning on harassing Louis. (31k)
- Both Showing Hearts , by kiwikero : Louis Tomlinson is, in fact, not straight. Harry Styles isn’t sure what he is. Together, they figure it out, and maybe fall in love along the way.Or, the Uni AU where Louis helps Harry figure out his sexuality, Niall crashes a bachelorette party, Liam works in a printing centre, and Zayn happens to need lots of printing done. (113k)
- Pi Time by @thedarkestlarrie : “Harry, 20. Less Than 1 Mile Away, Active 1 minute ago. I think when it comes down to it, I’m just looking for someone supportive. That’s all I really need in life. I know this is an app, but we can find people in all the most obscure places ☺ -H.S” or Hot, hipster Harry from Tinder is nothing like Louis expected. (16k)
And of fucking course I’m gonna add Not Your Fault But Mine , if you can read Tomlinshaw.