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• Sleepwalking by softlystyles for Jayce

  Fandoms: One Direction (Band)  

  • Mature
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • M/M
  • Work in Progress

  10 Jul 2026

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson
  • Harry Styles
  • Louis Tomlinson
  • Zayn Malik
  • Liam Payne
  • Niall Horan
  • Larry Stylinson Is Real
  • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
  • Depression
  • Anxiety Attacks
  • OCD
  • Slow Burn
  • Enemies to Friends to Lovers
  • It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better
  • Internalized Homophobia
  • Anxious Louis Tomlinson
  • Louis Tomlinson Calls Harry Styles Pet Names
  • Soulmates Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson
  • Louis Tomlinson Angst
  • Louis Tomlinson is Obsessed with Harry Styles
  • Harry Styles is Protective of Louis Tomlinson
  • Artist Louis Tomlinson
  • Implied/Referenced Self-Harm
  • Implied/Referenced Drug Use
  • Switching
  • Non-Famous One Direction
  • POV Louis Tomlinson
  • POV Third Person
  • Gay Panic
  • Louis Tomlinson in Denial About Sexuality
  • Eventual Smut
  • Mutual Pining
  • Grief/Mourning
  • but its not the focus
  • Fluff and Angst
  • Some Humor
  • I'm Bad at Tagging

  Summary

  "Seven silver silent stars softly shimmer" Louis heaves a shaky breath in, his arm burning. “Seven silver silent stars softly shimmer." He exhales shakily, pressing his palms into his eyes until he sees white dots, desperately trying to escape this place.

  "Louis?" Harry's soft voice rings in his ears like warning bells from outside the door.

  "Go away Harry." Louis' voice breaks. "Seven silver soft-fuck!" He moves his hands into his hair, yanking hard, punishing himself as hot tears fall onto his joggers.

  The door busts open and there’s a beat of silence where Harry stands shocked at the scene before him. But then he’s there, on the ground pulling Louis into his arms, running his ringed fingers through his hair, counteracting the pain he was causing himself. Louis can’t fight it anymore, he grips Harry’s jumper like it’s his life force.

  -or-

  Louis has his entire life thrown off its axis when Harry moves into his flat that he shares with Liam and Zayn. Everything Louis has kept contained begins to unravel the moment Harry tugs on his loose strands, forcing him to face himself, his identity, his hurts, his wants and all the in-betweens. How long can Louis pretend to be something he’s not?

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  English

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