Willing and Able

by loveraging

Summary:

Seven years ago, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson wrote love letters to each other and set them to be delivered in the future. Seven years later, the letters arrive. The only problem? They haven't spoken to each other in over five years. Also, they hate each other. Also, they got into a fistfight at a party and the whole thing went viral because, apparently, when a world-famous pop star punches someone in the face, people tend to wonder why.

Now they have to pretend to be best friends again.

What could possibly go wrong?

Chapter 1: Willing and Able

Notes:

Hi, welcome, welcome!! Come on in! Thank you for choosing this fic; it means the world <3
If you're coming here from Hang On To Your Ego, you're the best!! I'm working on the sequel I swear!! Coming your way soon :)

I'm not going to lie, this one is an absolute beast. I didn't even know I was capable of writing this much lmao, but here we are, welllllll over 200,000 words later. Absolutely mental!!!! I've really lost the plot this time.

Although I tried to make the tags detailed, there's only so much you can tag before you've spoiled the entire fic, right? So I'll put the proper warnings ahead of each chapter so you can go in with an informed mind.

My inspiration for this fic came from a Twitter post, so if this seems familiar, that's why :) (https://x.com/larryffprompts/status/1586987040796807170)
Also, if you want to really get in your feels for this one, I'd recommend listening to Willing & Able by Noah Kahan because holy fuck is it accurate for this fic, it's actually a little creepy lmao.

Once again, thanks so much for being here. Hope you enjoy <3

Willing and Able
Noah Kahan

And I’ll see you again in six months when you need your next song
‘Cause if I call you out, I’m an asshole
But I tell the truth when I drink
So come home, let’s fight ‘bout the childhood lie
I’m willing and able
[…] We can fight like we used to fight