Surprise! This chapter is out now too: archiveofourown.org/works/440559... Because this one and August go, together together 🌸

August. At last. 😭💛 archiveofourown.org/works/440559...

after what feels like approximately a million years, new Babes is coming sometime in the next two weeks 💛

"Louis cocks an eyebrow over his shoulder. 'Got a healthy appetite for buns this morning, I see,' he pokes." — Babes in Boyland, February

you don't say

can't explain it but that's mates niall 🥹

there are a million more important things happening in the world and in the fandom, but today is March 3rd and it's making me miss my Mates babies

This quote is so Mates Harry?!? Surreal. (Also thank you to @wewerebraverotb.bsky.social for posting the interview 💛)

this just made my day 💛🖤

so glad i haven't published Babes August yet so i can make the summary "kids turn into kids with kids" 😭

“Question for you. Obviously, we hate fake florals. But do we hate fake branches?” “Think it depends, doesn’t it? Fake branches of what?” “Excellent follow-up question,” Zayn praises. “We’re talking magnolias.” “Oh.” Louis contemplates it. “Think I’d have to see them." (Or, "PVC Magnolia")

not Aperture and the Kenzo World video both being choreographed by Ryan Heffington! I feel so big brain rn wow

hdigh feels so much like that side of grief that makes you think about what it means to live a good life — one that is rich & goofy & brave & full of pleasure for the sake of pleasure just because you CAN, because even after everything you’re still HERE, & wow, isn’t that something to revel in?

I do recommend watching both Fatboy Slim's Weapon of Choice and the Spike Jonze Kenzo World commercial! Because I'm guessing Harry was influenced by both!

Oh no. These Imposter lyrics are too Mates Louis coded for me to survive, I fear

"And Louis has that feeling again, of not knowing how to deserve him. Like Louis is still just a boy who wore church clothes to Marks & Spencer. A boy who doesn’t know the first thing about indulgence." 💛 ANYWAY. IMPOSTER, I GUESS.

“Hm. It’s stuck then? Photography? You’ve kept with it?” “Oh,” Harry sounds a bit breathless, or maybe that’s only Louis’ imagination. “Um, yes. I have.” 💛 ANYWAY. APERTURE, I GUESS.

The last few months have been brutal, so I didn't wanna say anything on here til I knew I could actually do it, but... I finally wrote something new! Dear Catastrophe Waitress is out now: archiveofourown.org/works/77401336 I've missed y'all. Here's to hopefully a lot more writing in 2026 💛

Today I lost my dad for the last time 🤍 It's a heartbreak and a relief. It doesn't feel real and it feels infinitely real. He was the easiest and the hardest person to love. And I will love him and miss him forever. Just like I always have.

I absolutely love The Aces and The Beaches and I love knowing Louis loves them too 😭💛

Watched the interview, and genuinely (and I don't even mean this to be cute) but like... Louis truly is a great person to just sit and admire what he's like.

Posted this on Tumblr but then I wanted it over here too 💛

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"And Harry thinks it’s ridiculous that Louis doesn’t believe in romance because, really, he *is* romance — just walking around dressed as the most beautiful boy Harry’s ever seen. A collection of brooding angles and soft divots, messy and complicated and undeniable."

“Jesus,” he says, glancing at the monitor. “Got all the right bones in your face, didn’t you?”

you ever go, oh huh yeah, there ARE exactly 28 days between Louis' birthday and the release date for How Did I Get Here? what a fun coincidence!

walls ➡️ faith in the future ➡️ how did i get here? 🤝 misfit boys Louis ➡️ mates Louis ➡️ babes Louis

"Suppose it could be said the whole mess starts here." Today marks 5 years since I first published the Mates prologue 😭 I had no idea then what I was in for. I'd just thought, "Oh, this one might be a lil longer than the last one" (which was 11k). And now it's 5 years & almost 1M words later 💛🫠

easy!!! breezy!!! beautiful!!!!

all these snippets are making me think... techno is my boyfriend.

"Darling,” Zayn coos. “I absolutely adore you. I would never for any reason, under any circumstances, ask you to go to Las Vegas.”

i love jackets!

when's the part when i can just sit down and write fic for days and days? that's all i want.

"Louis promised himself that he wasn’t ever going to download TikTok. Because he’s been talking shit about it for ages, and because he’s 28 and he doesn’t really understand how it works..." archiveofourown.org/works/44023329

idk why "it's both at once" is making me emotional but here we are

"Ooh, wear the yellow jumper. Not a lot that’s more adorable than you in yellow.” He hadn’t thought of the yellow. The idea of it makes Louis grin thinking of daffodils and sunflowers and, “Yeah, that’ll be brilliant, Zed. Thanks.”

you're so golden, etc. 💛🌻✨

Mates H in Doncaster 🥹💛

“We used to just go to regular pubs." "Yes, well. We used to be 19."

May I present to you, Hazza and Dad 💛😭

wow i went to bed so nervous after writing the content warnings on this chapter, but y'all have already been so kind 😭💛 thank you so much for loving this story and this family along with me. getting to share them with you is the best feeling.

😭❤️‍🩹💛 archiveofourown.org/works/440559...

I'm planning to stay off the internet tomorrow ❤️‍🩹 But it occurred to me that it could be a nice day to read The Island of Misfit Boys if you haven't yet. I may revisit it too ❤️: archiveofourown.org/works/642284...

Hi hi 🌸 New Babes chapter coming by August 31st 💛 (idk for sure which day yet, but definitely before the end of the month)

happy 3rd birthday to the fic that absolutely saved and changed my entire life. i've been trying all day to think of what to say about how I feel about it, and there's simply too much to fit here. so instead i'll just say, thank you for everything, Mates. i love you 💛

if you wanna help me make a choice about what writing i'm doing, you can: www.tumblr.com/bananaheathe...

just dropping by to say hi real quick i've been unwell & also too busy & i know fandom has felt bleak lately, but this too shall pass 💛 i promise sending all of you so much love. (hoping to be back with more writing soon, as a lil escape hatch)

SURPRISE 🍂 mirth, chapter 18: louis. upstream. archiveofourown.org/works/512423...

“Like you mean it, would be preferable,” Harry snarls, and Louis laughs but takes the note. Mates, Chapter 22 lol