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A high-profile double homicide in the quiet, small town of Ashford, WA sends shockwaves through the public. Louis, the lead detective assigned to the case, is headstrong, earnest, and desperate to prove himself. Harry, the widow of one of the victims, is insufferably rich, wears far too many vintage dressing gowns, and is desperate to prove he’s not guilty.
Their desperation unexpectedly blossoms into something beautiful behind closed doors, amidst the ticking time bomb of a slowly unravelling mystery that the two soon find themselves deeply entwined in.
Bookmarked by Naaw
17 Mar 2024
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To you I can admit, I'm just too soft for all of it by starryhaze
Fandoms: One Direction (Band)
22 Jan 2024
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“Harry?” Louis asks when he hears the frantic crying coming through the speaker. “H, darling what's wrong?”
Concerned, Louis puts on his shoes as he keeps hearing the sobs. It’s the middle of the night and the phone call has definitely pulled Louis out of his deep slumber, but Harry is crying, and Louis has to be with him.
“It’ll be okay, baby, I'm gonna come over, okay? You just- Haz you have to send me your address, yeah? Can you do that for me?” Louis asks, trying to remain as poised as possible as he presses his phone between his ear and shoulder so he can grab his jacket.
“No.” Harry cries out. “It's all wrong, Lou- It’s-” Another sob. “I hate it, Lou, I hate it so, so much, make it stop.”
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the nesting shop au
Bookmarked by Naaw
15 Mar 2024
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Everybody Wants You (And I Don't Mind the Gold Rush) by sunflouwerhabit
Fandoms: One Direction (Band)
29 Sep 2021
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"Nick snorts. 'You know, Lou, you can’t just give every pretty boy that walks in here an employee discount.'
'Okay, true, but that’s not a boy. That’s an angel.'
'You’re already planning your wedding, aren’t you?'
'... Wedding planning was five minutes ago. I’m on our tenth anniversary now.'"
OR: The one where Louis is just trying to survive a ten hour shift at the ice rink and- maybe, probably, definitely- meets the love of his life in the process.
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14 Mar 2024
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In The Name of Being Honest by sunflouwerhabit, therogueskimo
Fandoms: One Direction (Band)
22 Jul 2023
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Back at his desk, Louis closed his eyes for a moment, trying to settle into the reality of this. He was leaving the UK for only the second time in his life. Suddenly, the holiday he took to Spain three summers ago felt like it paled in comparison. He was going to the U.S. - for work, it was true, but still - alone. He’d been all for seizing the moment when his boss had been looking at him with a gaze of steel, but now he felt vaguely nauseous.
Louis took several shaky breaths, feeling like the air was being sucked from the room, and opened the manila folder, laying it flat on his desk. His breath caught as he saw the destination, centered in a large, block font at the very top of the first page:
Robinson Publishing - Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.
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After two years of living in an everlasting cycle of work, sleep, and regret, Louis finds himself wandering brand new streets perpetually haunted by the ghosts of his past.
The Chicago Fic.
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Bookmarked by Naaw
14 Mar 2024
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“I should have known.”
Harry let out a high pitched noise he didn’t know he was capable of making and slammed the book closed so hard that it echoed around the empty library. Except it was no longer empty. Harry looked up to see Louis, half in shadow, staring at him with an unexplainable mixture of emotions in his eyes. Harry stood immediately, the book falling to the floor.
“Louis … I can explain …”
“I asked just one thing of you, Harry. One fucking thing, and you couldn’t even do that. Too fucking curious for your own good.” Louis’ fists were clenched at his sides. “Go on then.”
Harry paused, confused. “Wh-what?”
Louis’ eyes narrowed. “Go on. Tell me how I don’t belong in this world and I never should have been born.”
“Louis … I don’t want to do any of that. I never wanted to abuse your trust, I just … I knew something was bothering you and then I called Liam and he told me that you were … and I just wanted to understand. (…) If I understood what was causing you this anguish, I could help.”
“No one can help me,” Louis mumbled, a tear spilling over onto his cheek.
“I can, Lou,” Harry said in a soft, gentle voice. “I’m not scared of you. I don’t hate you. I just want to help.”
Bookmarked by Naaw
13 Mar 2024