Agony and Ecstasy 「Harry/Louis」

[galaxy_soup]

Title: Agony and Ecstasy
Pairing: Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson
Disclaimer: everything is fiction
Warnings: Slightly gratuitous smut scene, joke about self-harm?
Summary: Louis is a struggling writer. Harry is an artist. Louis hates artists because of reasons. (AU; ~10,000 words)
A/N: Nervous but excited to get back to posting on lj. The working title

Comments

[aklsdfhj]

i loved this ;_; louis' insecurities and his drawing on harry and harry's messy apartment and zayn's trophy room of dicks ugh perfect <3

[galaxy_soup]

Thank you! I hope Louis didn't come off as overwhelmingly insecure or anything, but I thought it was an important side of his character to show.

[aklsdfhj]

oh no not at all! i think it was a perfect balance. i loved his characterisation so much, well done <33

[colazitron]

I have such a weak spot for writer/artist AUs. They're lovely. I really, really like how you handled Louis' situation as well, it was so achingly realistic. And Harry was such a sweetheart and *happysighs* I really like it.

[galaxy_soup]

"achingly realistic" is probably the best compliment I've gotten on one of my fics. Thank you so much. I like how lots of fellow writers seem to be enjoying this, because it makes me feel like the struggles Harry and Louis both went through with their creative process must have come across as relate-able.

[say_thanks]

i screamed after i read this because oh my GOD
wow omg so much good fic and i am so excited and just UGH YES

i love this verse i want to live inside it
i want to live inside harry's flat
actually i want harry and lou to live inside harry's flat together and i can spy on them from amongst the clutter

sdjfhskjfhsdkjfsdfsd

my favourite bit is their first time up in that loft and like, it felt so realistic and not awkward per se, but like, it wasn't ~full on perfect~ like their foreheads knock and then harry has no lube and he's all squished up but it's still okay and i just loved it. god it was so sensual though when harry bites louis that is like one of my most favourite things EVER in fic.

and zouis friendship is as well.

and basically i love this and hello new bookmarked fic! <3

[galaxy_soup]

Ugh ugh, I kind of want to write something from Harry's angle where Louis has his shit together and this time Harry is the one having a life issue? Except I can't decide if writing a sequel already is a cop out. I make no promises on this idea.

I am so glad someone liked the smutty bit because man, sometimes I really get this itch to write some slightly awkward smut to go against the grain of all the perfect, sexy fantasy smut that gets posted. Let's be real, things are never pefect in bed, and it's how the two people handle the moments where weird things are said and things slip out of place that shows a lot about the relationship.

Thank you, thank you ♥ I love long comments like this one.

[girlsofthenight]

Finally I get around to give you this coherent comment I promised you. (It's me Zara.) And I'll start it off with something that I already sent you in an ask. I don't like that Louis is so sad in this fic. Just because I don't like sad!louis. Sad!Louis is the worst thing that can happen to anyone I feel. You wrote him beautifully and you said you had all those headcanons regarding him and I'd really wonder what some of these are. When Louis is sad I just want to sit down with him and tell him how beautiful he is and how bright he shines. So I guess you succeeded in what you wanted to bring across

[galaxy_soup]

I love that you included what you liked and what you didn't like. I like constructive criticism. I need it

[acciocreativity]

you posted it! yay!

i was going to just skip down to the parts you didn't send me but i made the mistake of reading the first sentence again. and then that turned into the first paragraph and then i was halfway through and stopping just didn't seem like an option anymore?

just as gorgeous the second time :) i really, really love it.