Got the Sunshine on My Shoulders

by hattalove

Fandom: One Direction (Band)
Relationships: Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson, Harry Styles/Original Male Character(s)
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five years ago, harry styles left his tiny home town to make it big as a recording artist. he didn't have much regard for what he left behind - a life, a family, and a husband, who woke up one morning to find him gone.

now, harry has everything he could possibly want: he's rich, famous, and adored by everyone he meets, including his boyfriend. but when said boyfriend proposes to him, he's forced to face the uncomfortable facts of his past - and louis, who's spent the last five years returning every set of divorce papers harry sent him.

(or, an au based on the movie sweet home alabama.)

Genres: Fan Fiction, LGBT

212 pages, ebook

Published May 21, 2017

Reviews

[ella solgaard · Rating 4 out of 5]

okay def cute woaw, men også lidt meehhh

[Yiu · Rating 4 out of 5]

Es una historia simple pero con emociones complejas, me encantó. Es fácil de leer pero a mí parecer te provoca una carga emocional (llore varias veces).

El personaje de Harry es el que puede resultar más volátil pero llega a ser comprensible si decides analizar bien la estructura de su historia. Louis es todo lo que está bien en esta vida, lo amé.

Cita favorita: "Me sentí tan estúpidamente enamorado de ti como el día anterior, excepto que desperté y todo se había ido. Hasta el último pedazo de ti."

[Zuzka · Rating 5 out of 5]

straight up going into the list of my comfort fics and all time favourite
it's just
masterpiece

[Ella · Rating 4 out of 5]

in overall larry fics i’d probs rate this a 3 but got me out of my reading slump also made me cry and i was frustrated the entire book.

[meg ⋆. 𐙚 ̊ · Rating 5 out of 5]

dhdjdlfslxbdjdkzndkzdbzkxbskwnskssk <3 <3 <3

[Emily Humphries · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked the awkwardness between Harry and Louis but I do not understand how people cried.

[kat · Rating 4 out of 5]

LOUIS DESERVED BETTER.

Like obv I’m happy it all worked out, the book was great.

We had a couple plot twists but at the end of the day, I’m sad for Lou. He deserved more.

[Ada Campello · Rating 4 out of 5]

Got me crying, as usual, but i think it's a beautiful "realistic" romance in certain ways.

[Rebeca Vasconcelos · Rating 2 out of 5]

it had everything to be a five star read: great writing, great plot, great setting. but... the main character is absolutely insufferable. he could have been redeemed but the author didn't took the opportunity or didn't know how to.


I feel like it was very unnecessary the cheating thing, made it look like the main character only came back to his husband bc he was cheated on or bc he had made something of himself, even though they tried for it not to look that way. the mc was forgiven by everyone so easily and came back home suddenly like nothing had happened. and people let him. the character is extremely selfish and did not presented growing in any way. you could read his mindset still being the same one between the lines. didn't feel like the author even gave him a chance to redeem himself since he was accepted back so easily at the end. I didn't think it was possible for me to not root for them to end up together but I did. I wish Louis made him suffer a bit (a lot) more.
I do understand the author since it was based on the movie sweet home alabama witch is a rom com and things get passed by very easily but still. it would have made a big difference if she stuck to the original and made the main character simply leave the boyfriend without any reason (the cheating). at least that way it would feel like he really loved his husband and actually chose him over someone else. it doesn't really make sense but another thing that would have made it a little more tolerable was if harry were the only one who stayed celibate, but for what I got Louis also did so it made me pretty mad. I guess it would have felt a bit more even? or some kind of up hand? I don't know.


the way the story was handled is the only bad thing, really. (since I really enjoyed the writing and even highlighted some beautiful poetic parts) but its such a big thing that I ended up not enjoying it since it made me really mad most of the time.
I would love to read another story by this author and hopefully see it being worth of their skillful writing, so I'd be able to appreciate it without rolling my eyes at the same time.

[Holly · Rating 3 out of 5]

SPOILERS






loved it, thought the idea just from the blurb was great but obviously there were some faults because of it. so in the blurb, so im not giving spoilers, it’s basically harry going back to Louis to get a divorce they never got but because it’s a Larry fanfic, they’re going to end up together by the end. but because the whole plot is that harry left to live a new life and is only going back to his old life so he can fully leave it behind, it really makes harry unlikeable and stuff. like i remember reading a few chapters of the book and thinking “i know they’re going to end up together but i really hope they don’t” just because of what harry had done. and i really didnt like how harry only went back to Louis after his new life flipped upside down, because it’s like if his new life without Louis hadn’t taken a turn, would he have even gone back to Louis? i know you could spiral in that sort of question with any book like if they had never both gone there at the same time they’d have met or whatever, but this was quite like it wasn’t harry thinking by himself that even though he had a really great new life he forgot how much he loved Louis, it kind of felt like he was going back to him as a second resort. i loved them together in the end and everything but it did just feel a bit off? maybe because if i was in Louis position i don’t think I’d be so forgiving so soon and without much of a proper apology. but anyway rant over, it was good really and did have me crying multiple times but wouldn’t be in one of my top fics. plus ZAYN ISNT IN IT like did he zayn again or? but i would recommend bc maybe it is just me being stubborn xx

[Arcel Valencia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hace mucho tiempo que no leía fanfics, pero este año los retomé y no me arrepiento de nada jaja. La calificación real que le doy es de 3,5 estrellas.

Esta historia me hizo sentir muchas cosas, en los primeros capítulos ya estaba llorando, después me estaba muriendo de amor, me enojé bastante con Harry, volví a llorar, y un sinfín de sentimientos más, mi corazoncito está feliz por el final que tuvo la historia, mi lado shipper igual, pero mi lado racional sigue molesto. Siento que la trama esta muy bien, el desarrollo de los personajes igual, pero hay algunas cosas que se dieron muy rápido (en mi opinión, claro está), con todo eso disfrute bastante la lectura y fue super rápida, así que si la recomiendo.

[Lavinia Tomlinson · Rating 4 out of 5]

A beautiful fanfiction. I really liked not only the idea but also the beautiful way it is written. I don't put 5 stars because in some scenes they bored me and others I didn't like at all (very few). However, I think that Louis' letters are the most beautiful scenes and the ones where I cried the most. The ending was beautiful, the idea of the house was great and the smut scene was very well done in my opinion and well timed. AND THE FINAL PROPOSAL FROM LOUIS WAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING! One of the best fic I've ever read, I highly recommend it.

[miriam · Rating 5 out of 5]

HE LLORADO that should be enough. por favor es q es buenísimo!!!! llevaba mucho tiempo sin estar tan invested en algo que leía y joooooo, lo he pasado un poco mal pero ha valido totalmente la pena porque me parece una monada😭😭 encima es súper otoñal y justo me lo leí cuando salió red tv!!!! un beso a quien lo haya escrito y stream all too well 10min 👏🏻🫂❤️

[Lane Kid · Rating 5 out of 5]

Voy a tratar esto como lo que es: un fanfic

Bro que bonito fic!!!!! Honestamente es de los más lindos que he leído y aunque el drama me hizo llorar muchísimo, vale totalmente la pena para el final (que también me hizo llorar).

A veces olvido lo especial que es leer fanfics para mi!

[fer · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars, got me out of a slump. made me cry soooo much. i think is really pretty, those two are truly soulmates. i just didn’t love the ending, not what happened(that i loved) just how it happened, felt a bit rushed?, maybe a bit incomplete. still ten out of ten.

[Florencia · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this one!

[Alo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Este fue el primer fic LGBT que leí y pues porque no empezar con Larry…. En fin que me gustó mucho para ser un fanfic estuvo muy bueno

[Tania Reina · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was amazing. I fucking love angst.

[Caidence Howe · Rating 5 out of 5]

This fic literally has my whole heart and soul. I absolutely loved it. I cried, I laughed, I wanted to scream at some characters. It was absolutely everything.

[Angie · Rating 2 out of 5]

no me gustó, se me hizo que harry la tuvo muy fácil en todo, lo contrario con louis

[Ayça · Rating 3 out of 5]

beni sinir krizine sokmustu

[ambre ✩˚｡⋆ ⭒ · Rating 4 out of 5]

trop mignon mais un peu long sur la fin et y’a plein de points qui sont un peu oubliés c’est dommage

[Jade · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 ⭐

[ade · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ma fanfiction préférée sans aucun doute. Le angst est trop puissant.

[dana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rating: 4.5 stars probably, leaning towards 4 stars?

This is a Sweet Home Alabama AU which in itself makes it so super adorable. I read the premise and I didn't want to read it at the time but once I realized it was out there I couldn't stop thinking about it. Eventually, I caved and decided to read it. It was so good that I couldn't stop reading, I read it in under 2 days; I started it as soon as I woke up at 7am to waste time the first day and stayed up until 5am reading. My eyes got tired halfway through so I fell asleep and I woke up feeling anxious to finish it the next day.

Overall, this was such a good fic. It was dripping in angst, I was feeling sad and anxious and angsty while reading this entire fic. It's so well written and I think that part of this fic applies to my life now and how I'm feeling about my current relationship that it just struck in some type of way. It's so heartbreaking and heartmending. Seeing them work through how their relationship ended and slowly grow closer was so nice. This book was 85% angst and 15% cute moments mixed with prior angst.

It starts off with Harry going home to ask Louis for a divorce. They fight, they're mad at each other and then slowly they stop hating each other. Harry starts to admit that he misses his home life and that what he and Louis had was real. It's wrapped in a kind of innocence that makes it just that much more sweet. The innocence of having a first love and of not realizing what is so painfully obvious. The innocence of them getting married at 18 after being in love since the age of 13, while also being painful about Harry leaving him at the age of 20. About the hurt it caused and how their lives were affected by it.

I loved Louis in this fic so much. It's hard for me to believe that there are people in real life like him. With as much kindness, patience, and unselfishness in this world. Harry broke his life and heart apart, yet he never turned his back on him. He showed him a kind of loyalty that seems like it only exists in fiction. It felt like he had lost all hope, yet at the same time he never really let the idea that they were meant to be together forever go. I find that so incredibly beautiful. The fact that Louis stood up for Harry every time, always gave Harry what he needed and gave him the room to be selfish. He took care of him and I find it beautiful.

I love this book so much and I definitely want to read it again some time. I think I read it way too fast but with college in the way I felt like I had to. The way Harry and Louis were written was nice. The writing itself was lovely. And the plot, while predictable and a bit cheesy, was also really well written. I found a playlist online for this book and it just amplified an already incredible reading experience. I'll definitely be rereading this in the future and hopefully I can give it the attention it deserves then.

Personal Summary:
Harry is engaged to his boyfriend and goes back to his hometown to get divorced from Louis. Sweet Home Alabama AU. Louis refuses to divorce him, but we see differences in his character, he's darker and sadder than he use to be. We find out that Harry left everyone he knew behind, including his mom and his family. There's a particular scene with Louis' mom that hurt me because ouch. Slowly, Harry starts to fall in love with his hometown again and we see his relationship develop a bit. We learned that they tried to adopt a baby together but when their adoption papers got rejected, their marriage had trouble and led to distancing themselves and eventually Harry leaving. Harry and Louis have so much trouble here and the angst is kind of ridiculous, at one point Harry find the tree with his and Louis name carved into it from their childhood and cuts his own name out, he tells Louis that he never loved him and all he did was hold Harry back from his full potential. It's angsty but I loved it. Eventually they become friends again after Harry moves into Louis/his old home when his mom's house gets a water leak. Louis decides to sign Harrys divorce papers after finding out that someone is trying to blackmail Harry and tell everyone he's already married. We find out the person blackmailing him is his fiancé's boyfriend (he has been cheating on Harry this entire time because Harry doesn't want to have sex with him). Harry is distraught when he finds out and he goes back to his hometown with Louis. They start to fall in love and stuff. Harry finds Louis letters that he wrote to him while Harry was gone and it's depressing as fuck. Louis also decides to show Harry the house he found for them with all of Harry's favorite things and they learned that Louis never stopped loving Harry. It's awkward and it's hard because everyone is mad at what Harry did but eventually they start again and they love each other a lot.

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[Charlie · Rating 4 out of 5]

*SPOILERS*



This story very much played with Harry's song Golden or that is how it felt to me, the way that H sees Louis in the light of the story, always golden.

This was such a beautiful story. The trauma of "loss" making you run and bury memories.
The way they got back together because Louis refused to give up and after he gave in only to save H's career, how H subconsciously never signed the documents.
How H never could give himself to Marcus, because it was always Louis and how this realisation comes to him when he and Louis get back together.

Letters ♥

"I am never going to let you go" - Louis
"You were waiting," he breathes, and the realisation explodes inside him like a star.
"This whole time, you were waiting for me to come back."
hattalove

[Delphine · Rating 4 out of 5]

For me it's one of those stories where I need a couple of days to accept it's finished. During the day I crave continue reading it cause I'm so deep in, and have to realise again and again that I finished it. I only give 5 stars to those books that make me want to restart reading them immediately. And this is one of them

[lu · Rating 2 out of 5]

not my thing

[Paola Zamudio · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mi Larry fanfic favorita.