A One Direction fic rec of friends to lovers fics where one (or both) character(s) is dating someone else as requested in this ask. If you enjoy the fics, please leave kudos and comments for the writers! You can find my other fic recs here. Happy reading!
- Louis / Harry -
(E, 293k, New Girl au) Desperate to find a new place to live after he comes home to find his boyfriend cheating, Harry moves into a loft with three strangers.
(E, 185k, ex fwb) AU where Louis and Harry used to be more than friends, but everything had to change the day Harry introduces Louis to his new girlfriend.
(E, 144k, addiction) After an accident that nearly costs him his life, Louis' parents send him to rehab where he’s forced to face his demons. On the long and difficult road to recovery, Louis must confront the truths he’s been avoiding about his future, his relationships, and his sense of self-worth.
(M, 131k, ex-fwb) When he accompanies his best friend to a family wedding across the Atlantic, he'll be forced to reopen old wounds and face his past—one that no one wants to hash out, but may just have to.
(M, 110k, The Office au) Harry and Louis have worked together in a difficult office environment for three years. They're best friends; Louis is the bright spot of all of Harry's days. But Louis is in love with Harry, and Harry's engaged to someone else.
(M, 92k, uni) Louis isn't someone who Harry thought he could ever be with, and Louis never thought he'd break his rules for anyone.
(M, 57k, exes) Harry returns to London after five years. Stuck in the past with "what ifs" and "what might have beens", he sees that his friends and ex (and possible love of his life) Louis have all moved on with their lives while he finds himself questioning his own life choices, past and present.
(G, 50k, exes) On New Years Eve, Louis contemplates revealing how he feels to Harry, only to find out that Harry is now engaged.
(E, 45k, Made of Honor au) Falling in love with your best friend sounds like a good idea, until he comes back from a work trip engaged to another man.
(M, 35k, office) The only problem? Harry was engaged to someone else and had been from the moment Louis started working at Visionary.
(E, 33k, mpreg) Louis gets pregnant from "one last time" sex and he and Harry somehow think they'll be able co-parent without it being weird for anyone (most especially their new boyfriends).
(E, 23k, Love Rosie au) the one where Harry crashes Louis’ wedding
(E, 16k, roommates) Harry and Louis are best friends. Harry is in love with Louis. But Louis has a boyfriend named Shane.
(E, 15k, roommates) When Louis starts bringing a new guy home with him, Harry is surprised by how much it bothers him. Is he not as okay as he thought he was with Louis’ sexuality?
(M, 13k, pining) Harry is willing to wait as long as he needs to for his best friend to realise that they're supposed to be together, but it kills him to watch Louis struggle in his relationship with Mackenzie.
(E, 12k, neighbors) 5 times that Harry Styles was unsatisfied by his dates, and one time Louis Tomlinson helped him find what he had been missing.
(M, 5k, vampires) After over a century of waiting for Harry to realize they're mates, Louis gets his heart broken when his friend announces he's found his 'one' in a human girl named Teresa.
- Rare Pairs -
(T, 22k, Liam/Louis) Louis and Liam got hitched in Vegas, completely forgot about it for more than a decade, and it comes back to bite them. Sort of.