10 Works by writing_practice
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Love After the End of the World by mercurial-madhouse (writing_practice)
Fandoms: One Direction (Band)
28 Mar 2025
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“Wait. Just so I’m clear in me fucking noggin,” Niall says. “An international worldwide takeover is well under way and the only thing standing between having hot showers and a second end of the world is us five fuckers?”
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Society shattered when all electricity suddenly cut off across the globe, plunging the world into darkness. Now, Prometheus Industries is the sole remaining supply of power, a saving grace to those who survived Lights Out. As fugitives in no-man’s land struggling to break into Prometheus HQ, death lurks around every corner for Louis and Zayn. Things get complicated when a routine recon falls apart and Louis collides with Harry and his mates Niall and Liam, survivors with their own agenda.
When staying alive is already a constant battle, the deadliest weakness is to be in love. For Harry and Louis, finding each other sits on top of the endless list of What Else Could Go Wrong.
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When the Dust Settles by mercurial-madhouse (writing_practice)
Fandoms: One Direction (Band)
07 Oct 2022
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Threatened by the power omegas hold, alphas waged a civil war that resulted in the extinction of male omegas. Three centuries on, Louis and his lads risk their lives smuggling the omegas that remain to safety.
When Louis proves the impossible to be possible and presents as a male omega, will the quiet rebellion he's worked so hard to create be maintained, or will his newfound abilities destroy all he's fought for?
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- Part 2 of When the Dust Settles
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Short Story Collection by mercurial-madhouse (writing_practice)
Fandoms: One Direction (Band)
08 Jul 2022
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Newest Two Fics:
“I wish you would write... A Disney princess!AU (like cinderella or sleeping beauty or snow white) where both of them are princes just that they follow the same general plotline (for example H could be prince charming and L could be the one that got put to sleep or hidden somehow/some reason).”Fic 6: The loose white shirt Harry first gave him, the one he’d flung off his own back when he’d found Louis stranded naked on the rocky shore three days ago, hangs haphazardly from one pale shoulder.
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Fic 7: Niall takes the bowl, peering over Liam’s shoulder.
The dishes are washing themselves, there’s another bowl stirring itself on the worktop, and Louis’s guarding the border between kitchen and living room.
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A collection of drabbles written for various request prompts I’ve received on my Tumblr. Each chapter includes the prompt and its title. I've rated this collection with the highest rating on any drabble so far, but it may go up in the future! Please note that not all tags are meant for every fic. -
BLAH BLAH BLAH there's a moment you know (you're f*cked) by mercurial-madhouse (writing_practice)
Fandoms: One Direction (Band)
16 Jun 2021
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Anyone impulsive enough to betray their country is either foolish or overly-confident. Louis’s too cunning for the former. So his inflated ego tips precariously close to the edge between pride and hubris.
In sum: He may be an expert, (as proven by the .32-cal Beretta Alleycat Harry found strapped to his back) but ex-agent Louis Tomlinson will explode like a busted bullet misfiring in a broken gunbarrel if Harry can find his trigger.___
Or, the spy AU in which Harry thinks he's prepared to meet Louis only to find he's not.
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When the dust settles (Will we be alright?) by mercurial-madhouse (writing_practice) for isolated
Fandoms: One Direction (Band)
04 Jun 2021
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Full fic begins posting 9/30/22!
Harry closes the distance between them until the inebriating scent from the newly-presented omega nearly overwhelms him. Learning to balance both genders with their pheromones yet to settle, those who’ve just presented have the strongest scents.
In this world, Louis’ scent is a death sentence. They both know they’re racing fate, luck, and time now.---
A ficlet in honor of the brilliant prompt: Male omegas are practically extinct. Most were eradicated due to their magical abilities, leading alphas to fear and envy them and declare civil war. A few hundred years have passed. Louis is a late bloomer, waiting to present as a beta… things don’t go as planned.
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- Part 1 of When the Dust Settles
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The fic where Harry calls Louis an idiot for ten days straight because he is one. by mercurial-madhouse (writing_practice)
Fandoms: One Direction (Band)
21 Dec 2020
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They’ve found the perfect get away from their busy lives as nationally-famous footie player and well-respected restaurant critic, escaping to the isolation of a cabin in the woods where they can simply be Louis and Harry.
If only both were actually here.
A gift forgotten in London, the untameable force of the weather, and the scent of burnt snickerdoodle biscuits find Harry and Clifford pitifully alone and Louis... Where is Louis?
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Event Horizon (noun): the boundary of a black hole beyond which nothing, including light, can escape; the point of no return.
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Celebrated as the youngest soulmates to ever find each other, the world sees Harry and Louis as one. But one body was never meant to hold the magic of two.
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FRACTURED by mercurial-madhouse (writing_practice) for tooyoung_toostressedout, zanni_scaramouche, bitnotgood310
Fandoms: One Direction (Band)
28 Oct 2020
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Strong fingers slide through claw-marks slashed through Louis’ shirt, curve unrelenting over bare skin.
“The fuck did you do, Lou?” Harry whispers.
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Louis can't escape a past that won't let him go.
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- Part 3 of Three Days in February
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Interlude: One Night in March by mercurial-madhouse (writing_practice)
Fandoms: One Direction (Band)
13 Oct 2020
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Set one month after what happened in February when Louis was cursed, we get a glimpse into Harry and Louis's relationship after everything they went through to find each other.
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If you haven't read Three Days in February, enough is explained to enjoy this as a PWP.
If you have read Three Days in February, buckle up again, loves, because everything in here, even the explicit sex, has a reason to be here.
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- Part 2 of Three Days in February
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Three Days in February by mercurial-madhouse (writing_practice)
Fandoms: One Direction (Band)
08 Oct 2020
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“What if I don’t remember in time?” Louis pushed out a breath too controlled to be steady. “We’re six days away from tour and we’ve got the Brits on Tuesday. What if I can’t figure this out before then? Fuck, what if I actually did ask for this and now I’m going to…to…shit…just fuck it all up for you lads or be stuck like this for-…”
Harry uncurled both of Louis’s hands from the fists they’d turned into and pressed them flat against his chest, silently urging Louis to take comfort the best way Harry could give it to him. “You really think we care more about tour than you? You’re going to remember before then. If you asked for this, you must’ve had a good reason.”
How close is too close? Harry and Louis are about to find out after a drunken night leaves Louis cursed. With only a week before tour starts, the race is on to fix things before they lose Louis forever. Oh, and Harry has to keep his long-time crush on Louis a secret while the lad can literally hear his thoughts. Easy, right?Featuring ridiculous amounts of banter and angst, a healthy dose of OT5 friendship, and one very magical weekend.
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- Part 1 of Three Days in February