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

hiya, Barbie!

every time someone comments on this chapter of babes with something like "FOUR!!" i always think, yes FOUR by one direction.

also i love that you can't see his left ring finger in this shot. so i can imagine the flower wedding band is there 🥹😭

i have been thinking about their panel date and parts of this Babes chapter since we got this photo. I can't believe it's taken so long to actually get to the part where we see them finally, but i'm so glad to be here at last.

hi hi hi just stopping by to say, babes june is here now 💛 archiveofourown.org/works/440559... ok goodnight 😴😘

In charge of romance

wow nothing like opening my phone and seeing these one right after the other

me: scrolling all morning and giggling also me: *immediately knowing where i'm going to get the name Edie into Babes*

so sorry. I had to. ⚽️ 🥅 💛

Niall laughs. “You looked good out there, Tommo. Grade A beef.” Louis frowns, giggling as Harry burrows into his side. “Don’t ever say Grade A beef.” “You did though,” Harry murmurs against his neck. “Looked so good, Lou.”

Louis. Is. So. Fucking. Fit.

He’s striking and delicate, the soft pink of his smart mouth and the rich brown of his hair, and all the perfect planes of his face. “Someone should paint him,” Harry thinks, as though it’s urgent, as though he’d like time stopped so someone could capture Louis’ face in oils on canvas.

styles section

i know this is a picture of H, but it belongs in the Styles Section

In my darkest days, it was the #hopepunk mindset that kept me afloat. If you're unfamiliar, I recommend this essay that remains as relevant as ever: festive.ninja/one-atom-of-...

Can we make an open call 🧵 for hopeful things? What’s keeping y’all afloat these days? - feel-good fics/books you’re reading? - images that make you smile? - quotes that keep you going? - songs that lift your spirits? - tv/movies that warm your heart? - any other small joys you wanna share 💛

Mates

I lived in LA for almost a decade and I will always love it ♥️ I continue to be so proud of that place and the way that Angelenos continue to show up for each other

Happy wedding anniversary to my babies 💛 (& happy 4th kiss anniversary to my other babies 💐)

oh the fic vibes are immaculate in here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgFN...

and a few more from years past that belong over here 🌈 💛

Happy Pride 🌈 (from me & zed)

lol remember when i thought the emotional part of babes was mostly autumn and winter? anyway, now i'm writing june 💛 😭

Some more news Babes Interlude III: blossom 🌸 Coming 12am PT on Saturday, May 31st 💛

honestly… yeah.

Just came across this interview excerpt in a post about Zouis and all I could think was: “S’pose I don’t much think of olives as a fruit, do I?” Louis whispers. [...] “No?" Harry asks. "What do you think of them as?” “I don’t know.” Louis frowns. “A seed? A nut? I don’t know.”

Just sharing some fandom thoughts from this morning: www.tumblr.com/bananaheathe...