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    „Come up after the tournament. Stay here for a few days.“

    Jude has spent years teaching himself not to look for meaning in late-night messages, birthday calls, and plans that never quite happen.
    Then Erling asks him to come to Manchester, and Jude says yes before he can pretend to think about it.

    In a house Jude knows from video calls but has never entered, with rain against the windows, cold tea on the table, and fajitas waiting in the kitchen, the distance between them finally becomes harder to preserve than to cross.

    Their words may have forgotten how to be close, but their bodies still remember.

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    17 Jul 2026

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    A little over a week later, Louis was on his laptop paying a few invoices when he came across an email in the shop’s inbox.

    Good afternoon,
    I don’t know if you remember me, but I was in your shop a week ago to purchase some pastels. We talked about cherry blossoms and you suggested I go to the Parc De Sceaux. It was just as beautiful as you said it would be. While I was painting, I was thinking about your shop. I don’t mean to be untoward, but are you looking for any summer help? I finish my exams in a couple of weeks and it would interest me greatly to assist and learn your craft.
    Thank you for your consideration.
    Best,
    Harry Styles

     

    Or the summer before his last year of art school, Harry secures a job working for Louis, a reclusive pastel maker. He doesn't expect that his planned summer of Parisian debauchery will blossom into something much more.

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    05 Jul 2026

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    “So? What’s up? Upset I cockblocked you?”

    For a heartbeat, his blue eyes are so sharp Harry can barely breathe. Louis stares straight into him and Harry is unable to look away. “No, it’s not that. But when are you going to realize that I live here too?” Louis exhales slowly, flicking ash with a precise motion.

    “Oh, I know you live here.”

    “Doesn’t feel like it. And you know what pisses me off the most? You walk around like you’ve got a stick up your arse. No matter what I do, you have that superior attitude, drives me absolutely mental.”

    Harry lets out a humorless laugh, stepping just a little closer. “Ever wonder why? Your manners are awful, Tomlinson. Anything I say, you do exactly—” Louis’ lips curl, a smirk tugging at the corner as he tilts his head, smoke trailing up. “The opposite… YOU DO IT ON PURPOSE.”

    “Ding ding ding, princess.”

    Or (prompt 263): Louis and Harry can’t stand each other and argue every time they’re in the same room (which happens far too often since they are roommates). Then Louis starts dating someone and brings her everywhere. Harry tags along because they have the same group of friends... until he realises he’s jealous.

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    02 Jul 2026

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    AU where Louis Tomlinson is a principal dancer with The Royal Ballet. When his rival from ballet school, moody dance prodigy Harry Styles joins the company, old wounds are reopened and old passions reignited. During the company's production of Swan Lake the secret that doomed their love is finally revealed, but will it be too late?

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    28 Jun 2026

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    "Any allergies or skin conditions?"
    "Nope."
    "Full name?"
    "Harry Edward Styles."
    "Age?"
    Harry didn’t hesitate for a second. "Nineteen."

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    Harry Styles walks into a tattoo parlour for a cover-up, hoping to leave with a little less regret on his skin. Instead, he leaves with an inconvenient crush on an older man. And that is where his real journey with meaningful tattoos begins.

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    24 Apr 2026