PR stunts
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Eleanor and Louis have a work relationship, but that doesn't mean that they can't be something scandalously close to friends.
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The one where Harry is a tortured indie singer who becomes famous overnight. Everyone knows he's the hot, dark and mysterious celebrity but no one knows his story. He talks slowly, and he talks very less. He doesn't pose for the paps and he never laughs. He's Hollywood's new mystery. But then at one award show he comes hand in hand with a bubbly, blue eyed boy who laughs and everything and talks with everyone and he smiles for the paps and he talks too loudly and skips around and its really strange and odd because everyone thought harry would date a blonde model with too much black eye makeup. But when with Louis, Harry talks more and smiles more often and he looks at Louis like he's the literal sun. And when with Harry, Louis gets calms and talks a little less hyper and looks at Harry like he's his entire world. So everyone thinks they kind of fit and are good for each other.
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Louis doesn't think Harry will be home for New Years Eve. Harry surprises him.
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You Know that I Could Use Somebody by stuntin1D
Fandoms: Larry - Fandom, One Direction (Band)
17 Mar 2016
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"We've gone through lots of stunts before. Surely this one won't be all too different?" Harry leaned back from him, still maintaining eye contact.
"I know, I know. But this seems different. I mean, Harry...a *fake baby*? They want me to pretend I'm a father?!"
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"Okay and you don't think this with Kendall isn't written into my contract?!" Harry said, quickly following him like a lost puppy.
"Fuck the contracts, Harry! I'm so over the contracts and the promises that 'it'll be next year, babe' and meetings with all the pricks at Modest, letting them decide our futures."
"What are you saying?" Harry said, trying to pull Louis into a hug.
Louis pushed Harry away. "It's me or this band."
or the one where Louis gives Harry an ultimatum
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It takes the breath out of Louis, the honesty in his eyes. Past all the anger, he can see pure betrayal within the emerald green and suddenly, Louis feels sick.
Harry’s voice is a whisper, sounding exhausted, “You didn’t tell me that they’re going to…” He stops to take a deep breath and push his hair out of his face. His hands clench into fists by his sides as he finishes, “That they’re going to make it look like you got her pregnant.”
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Niall: Just do me a favor and forget my number please
[Or the one where Harry messed up, Niall's heartbroken and they're both miserable]
Sequel to Wrong Number
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- Part 2 of ...My Number
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These Hands Were Made For Holding You by sweetlittledarling (134340change)
Fandoms: One Direction (Band)
28 Apr 2020
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Harry was jealous and possessive, and he knew it was stupid, but Louis looked prettier everyday and it was frightening.
Or, H reads too many headlines.
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Mystery Work
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This is part of an ongoing challenge and will be revealed soon!
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Morality, and other things which are hard to hold by Undin_e
Fandoms: Young Royals (TV 2021)
27 Feb 2022
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“You have got to be kidding me Wilhelm.”
Simon’s arms hung limply by his sides a moment later, at a complete loss for what to say.
And Wilhem wasn’t being very helpful either, wincing slightly while leaning against the locker that Simon had crowded him against looking like he’d like to be anywhere else but here.
“I know, I’m sorry but I really did try,” Wilhelm said. Simon could feel the look of disbelief on his own face. “I told her that you wouldn’t like it, but she insisted! Come on, you know what she’s like.”
Simon breathed out slowly, pinching the bridge of his nose. “A Valentine’s day publicity stunt? Really?”
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Margo Madison vs The Presidential PR Stunt by A_beautiful_mess
Fandoms: For All Mankind (TV 2019)
04 May 2023
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Or: Be Careful What You Wish For
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The funny thing was that Margo had been a compromise choice, the one nobody had been especially keen on.
“Margo?” Gene had asked with vague surprise when her name was mentioned. “Does she fly?”
She did fly, but she didn’t have as wide a range of experience as others, she was decent looking, but no All-American Tracy Stevens, she was smart, but not necessarily in the areas they wanted, she worked at NASA, but had never dreamed of going to space.
Her photo had gotten slapped up on the board with the rest.
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- Part 1 of Careful What You Wish For
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Like the Movies by ToRevoluti0n
Fandoms: Spider-Man: Spider-Verse (Sony Animated Movies), Spider-Man - All Media Types
31 Jul 2023
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CELEBRITY WEEKLY - Since the announcement that superstars Miguel O'Hara and Peter B. Parker would be leading the cast of the upcoming Octavius-directed romantic comedy Going Local, the two have been spotted sharing some intimate moments both on and off-set. Fans may agree that this is out of character for both actors- until this point, O'Hara appeared to be married to his art, while Parker has been one for short-term flings ever since his separation from his ex-wife Mary Jane Watson. Is this budding romance just a PR stunt... or is it true love?
(In which Miguel and Peter are asking themselves the same thing, and the press comes close but never quite gets the story right.)
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Harry’s felt powerless for so long now. They took away his voice last year and it feels like every day they somehow take away more of it. It feels impossible to ever get some power back, to ever speak. Every day he feels more like a puppet, like a marionette, a ventriloquist’s dummy. Like the price he has to pay to live his dream is to sacrifice his voice, his own self, and become a shell of whoever they want him to be.
But he has Louis. Thank god he has Louis.
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Non-AU. From MSG 2012 to MSG 2018; or, Harry and Louis keep having their voices silenced, and they keep finding ways to speak.
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Louis and Harry make a promise to each other… To always remember each other if they ever get forbidden from seeing each other. Will they be able to keep that promise?
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the 1D boys get invited to a masquerade ball 6 years after they went on hiatus what's the catch none of them know the others boys are there two of which broke up right before the band went of hiatus read to see how their story plays out from there
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A fake engagement, a real connection, and a love story that was never supposed to happen.
Makeup artist Li Weiyin didn’t plan on falling for her client—the country’s most annoyingly perfect heartthrob, Lee Heeseung. But one contract, a thousand stolen moments, and a few too many kisses later, pretending starts to feel a lot like the real thing.
She was hired to play the part.
He was supposed to keep it professional.
But somewhere between the lies and late-night confessions, they broke every rule.This isn’t just a love story. It’s a soft chaos. A warm home. A slow fall that never hits the ground.
Book 3/7 of the Polaroid Love Series
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- Part 3 of Polaroid Love
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New band. New problem.
Quinn’s only job was to keep Hexbomb! from crashing. Falling for the wrong Weasley twin? Definitely not in the contract.
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the weekend trip by brucewaynesgirlfriend (lumineve)
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, DCU
12 Oct 2025
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In dire need of positive press, Bruce takes his girlfriend to Metropolis on their first ever weekend trip as a couple. Jason will do anything he can to stop Bruce from saying "the L word" to Stella. Who knew a weekend trip could bring out the best and worst in everyone?
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- Part 4 of Right Down the Line
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Louis is a lot more fragile than people realise and sometimes he really just needs Harry. Sometimes, Harry needs soft, piano-practiced fingers to slip under his sweater and spread over his shoulders and sometimes Louis just needs to cry.
Or the one where Louis gets sad a lot and Harry worries a lot and Liam is really confused by their relationship and they could really use Zayn sometimes.
And I'm still really bad at summaries.
Bookmarked by DoncastersTea
16 Aug 2015
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so sad and a bit confusing at times since the writing was a bit all over but good fic
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Nick leans over. "Oh," he says, his voice smug. "Who is that?"
Harry just blinks at his phone. "Um," he manages to stammer out.
"Who's that, Harry?" Nick asks again, but this time he raises his eyebrows and smirks. Harry knows Nick is just teasing, and that he's not really looking for new Harry Styles gossip, but, um. He might have found something. Accidentally.
Harry opens his mouth to speak, but all that comes out is another 'um'. He really needs to work on translating his thoughts into words. But then it probably wouldn't be any help right now, would it? His mind is as blank as a newly erased etch-a-sketch.
"Oh," Nick says again, this time gleefully, seemingly having picked up on Harry's distress. "Looks like we've got a story here! Are you going to call or delete her number?"
Her number. So Nick thinks it's a girl. Well, Harry can't blame him: 'Lou' is kind of an androgynous nickname. His stylist's name is Lou.
But this Lou, well, Louis, he's kind of, really, really not a girl. He's really pretty though, which, is something.
(Or: AU where Harry's in One Direction, Louis isn't, and they reconnect over a game of 'Call or Delete'.)
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Bookmarked by Mochii_the_Bingereader
16 Jun 2016
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the cutest larry fic ever that i love sooooi much yassd
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Bad Blood (A "Sick With Longing" Sequel) by LaLumiere
Fandoms: British Actor RPF, Tom Hiddleston - Fandom
26 Jul 2021
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It's been one year.
Former UK publicist Kate Michael is riding a wave of personal success. Her former charge, Tom Hiddleston, is at an all-time low.
The two will reunite - but this time, Kate's calling all the shots, and it's going to get ugly.
This fic should be read AFTER "Sick With Longing".
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- Part 2 of Sick With Longing
Bookmarked by bitfruity
22 Jun 2017
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This is really fucking good. I love Kate.
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With his breakout single platinum three times over and his second album still selling out in stores around the world, Louis Tomlinson has made it to the top. However, his position as Pop Heartthrob of the Decade is threatened by the edgier, more artistic Zayn, who happens to be releasing an album a week after Louis’ upcoming third. Louis needs something groundbreaking- scandalous, even- to push past him in the charts. Much to Louis’ dismay, his PR team calls in The Sexpert.
Consulting with PR firm Shady, Lane and Associates pays the bills so that Harry Styles can spend his down time doing what he really loves: poring over data. On weekends and late into the evenings, he researches gender, presentation, and sexual orientation, analysing the longitudinal study that is his father’s life’s work. That is, until his newest client, the popstar with the fascinating secret, drags him off his couch and frighteningly close to the spotlight.
As the album’s release date approaches, will Tomlinson and Styles be able to pull off the most risky PR scheme of the millennium and beat Zayn in sales or will the heat of their feelings for each other compromise everything?
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Harry Styles is the popstar of the century, or so the media proclaims. He’s linked to every omega he’s seen with, donned as an alpha lothario who isn’t ready to settle down any time soon. His team works hard to publicise him as an alpha who can’t keep his knot in his pants, but not everything is as it seems.
Louis Tomlinson, an aspiring musician working as a porn star and camboy, is waiting for his big break. When he meets Harry Styles he can’t stand the alpha that only uses his power and fame to bed as many omegas as possible. He runs into him at a party and hopes to never see him again only to find that Harry’s assistant is dating Louis’ best friend. To make matters worse, Harry’s about to embark on a world tour and is in need of a guitarist at the last minute, an opportunity Zayn uses to put in a good word for Louis.
What happens when the opportunity that Louis has been waiting for finally comes, but at the price of having to share the stage with one Harry Styles?
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Namjoon has fallen in love with his best friend (and it's going to ruin everything).