Title: A Taste of Desire Author: casuallyhl Pairing: Harry/Louis Where: ao3 Word Count: 104k Rating: E Status: Complete Summary: “As forward as I have been with you this evening, I am also aware this dinner party isn’t the place to conduct business.” Mr. Tomlinson chuckles quietly to himself, shooting a subtle glance across the table towards their hostess. “And besides, I am sure our hostess would be horribly disappointed to learn that we went away this evening with a business agreement and not a mating one.”
Harry, who had been sipping his wine, coughs harshly at this. He splutters, unaccustomed to such blatant statements about mating.
Mr. Tomlinson continues to laugh quietly, clearly pleased at Harry’s reaction.
“Mrs. Humphreys promised that there was an alpha attending the dinner tonight that I would certainly get on well with,” Mr. Tomlinson continues, voice teasing. “She assured me that we would have much in common since we both work with mills.” Mr. Tomlinson glances at Harry, eyes flashing with mirth. “Little did she know that would be where our mutual interests began and ended.”
Or, a Victorian ABO where Harry is the owner of the most successful cotton mill in Manchester, and Louis is an opinionated social activist about to disrupt Harry’s world.
anyway remember when louis was living it up on Amsterdam’s Famous Gay Street and remember how he said that he appreciates all fans regardless of sexuality and remember how he has a triangle tattoo and remember how he’s the proud owner of rbb, sbb and an extensive collection of lgbtq+ movies and books and remember how he’d wave at rainbow signs at concerts and sign rainbow items and remember how his team can fucking choke for alienating him from his own community–
remember how he wrote and leaked home!!!!!!!
remember how he wrote just like you with a gay woman and released it on national coming out day and remember how much he enjoyed the drag queens who auditioned for txf and picked one for his group and remember how he fondly he smiled at felix while he was talking about his transition and how he told felix not once but twice how amazing the tone of his voice is after felix had said that he had to get used to his new voice and remember how he complimented georgia on her ability to tell such a deep story and told her she was his favorite act of the whole show after she sang a song about falling in love with another girl and remember how georgia said he was super supportive and a big fan of her song,
remember how he was the only judge to personally congratulate and hug the gay couple that got engaged on the show and how he complimented bella’s rap about accepting that she’s not straight and how he helped her make up with her girlfriend and how thomas said that not many men are as accepting as he is
in theory its super bad when straight dudes go “hey ur a lesbian? we both like girls we’re the same!” but in reality this has happened twice and most recently was today when a guy i was training in the frame shop went “oh you’re gay?” “yea” “that’s cool. it’s cool that you told me. we both like girls and star wars so it’s nice that we have a shift together :)” like god damn it brett you’re so respectful and thoughtful with your goddamned words
the posts that are like “straight men can never love a woman like a lesbian” are cool jokes and stuff but u gotta really appreciate dudes who have no idea what its like to be gay but try their best to try and relate. “we both like hot ladies” you know what, ryan? that’s close enough. i appreciate that.
