Podfic Pals

This week Emmu reads Harry Styles Plays with Kittens While Answering Questions (AO3 | Fic Post) by @sadaveniren. “Are those the kittens? Can I see them now or do we need to wait for me to be on camera?” “You can see them beforehand. We have them in a little playpen,” Louis stepped in, finding his voice somehow. He lost it as soon as Harry looked at him and it made Louis swallow. “That would be great yeah. Louis, right?” Louis nodded and took Harry's hand to shake it. His ears ducked just a bit, because he was so nervous and he knew he shouldn't be. There was nothing truly different about Harry than any of the other celebrities Louis had met with, but then there was one hundred percent a difference. Harry was a cat hybrid like Louis and that… that meant a lot. For Louis personally. aka Louis runs a Youtube channel and Harry is his celebrity guest

This week Mia reads like air to me (AO3 | Fic Post) by @uhoh-but-yeah-alright (yeah_alright on AO3). Five times Louis' smoke break brings back memories of Zayn and one time it brings him back to Zayn's doorstep.

This week Evi reads Soft Wings (AO3 | Fic Post) by @kingsofeverything Harry is a Dolly Parton fan who wants to get a tattoo in tribute to her. Louis is the tattoo artist.

This week Mia reads All I Know is I'm in Trouble ('cause the atmosphere's so cold) (AO3 | Fic Post) by @so-why-let-your-voice-be-tamed (we_are_the_same on AO3). While on a holiday with his best mate Zayn, Louis meets Harry, who seems to dislike him from the start. It's just his luck he ends up getting stuck on a ski lift with Harry. Except maybe the universe knows better and he really is lucky.

We are back for season two! This week, Mia reads I like different places (nobody calls it a sin) (AO3 | fic post) by @louandhazaf. Louis' hands shot up in front of him, like it would prove his innocence. “Gem, I swear, it's not what you think.” He knew what that sounded like, but it was true, even if he couldn't follow it up with the whole truth of the situation. Gemma was like family to him, but she was Harry's actual family, and the rage in her eyes broke Louis' heart. That after everything they'd been through, Gemma thought he was capable of going behind Harry's back. Or The one where Harry comes out to his family.

In an effort to get into the festive spirit, we will be releasing a series of holiday themed podfics in the coming weeks leading up to Christmas! This week Emmu reads Single Bells Ring by nonsensedarling. A holiday singles event is not where Louis wants to be tonight, but there he is, helping his best friend find love. Just as Louis is settling in, ready to have a terrible time, he meets the fittest alpha he's ever come across.

In an effort to get into the festive spirit, we will be releasing a series of holiday themed podfics in the coming weeks leading up to Christmas! This week Mia reads B-Sides & C-Cuts by bitter_leaf. It's a long shot, Niall thinks as his thumb hovers over the keypad. Surely Shawn is living it up in LA this time of year, spending time in the sun, having the run of the city in the way only a cashed-up young superstar can. Taking a deep breath, Niall pulls his other hand out of where it's wedged under the pillow and grabs his phone in both hands. Hey man, Niall types out, I'm in Toronto tomorrow, my flight got re-routed. You around? __ Niall's stuck in Toronto the day before Christmas Eve. Shawn plans to make the most of it.

In an effort to get into the festive spirit, we will be releasing a series of holiday themed podfics in the coming weeks leading up to Christmas! For episode 18.3, Tabby reads "'Tis the Damn Season" by zanni_scaramouche. The door will open and he'll smile wide and genuine at the people who raised him, his teary-eyed mother and rosey-face step-father. He won't think about the cabin in the woods again until next December.

In an effort to get into the festive spirit, we will be releasing a series of holiday themed podfics in the coming weeks leading up to Christmas! For episode 18.2 Anitra reads "Sympathy For The Devil" by taggiecb. Louis keeps stealing some of Harry's mail, which would be annoying for anyone, but it's especially troubling when you consider that Harry is Santa Claus. Harry will have to go through hell to get Louis to stop. Literally. Or the one with Santa Harry and Satan Louis and a series of misspelled letters to Santa.

In an effort to get into the festive spirit, we will be releasing a series of holiday themed podfics in the coming weeks leading up to Christmas! For episode 18.1, Evi reads "Winter Light Spectacular" by reminiscingintherain. ‘Coming Soon! Winter Light Spectacular! Starting Friday 11th December, 5pm, Golden Botanic Gardens. Entry free.' Louis blinked as she read the poster in the staff room. “Uhh… what is this?” she asked, looking around with a raised eyebrow. ~~~~ When head gardener Louis has the plans of a light show dropped in her lap, she's instantly protective of her gardens. Can coordinator Harry change her mind?

Happy Halloween! We are back with a multi fic episode. We also have a questionnaire that we would love for you to fill in so we can make season 2 of our Podcast even better. You can find the link here. In today's episode Mia will read all's well that ends better by @graceling-in-a-suit from 00:51 in the episode. If Louis had ever dared to suggest that Halloween was his favourite holiday, he was paying for that dearly tonight. AU: Louis goes to a Halloween party as a Hobbit and finds himself a Gandalf. Mix in Niall, Liam, and Zayn as Louis' meddling employees and you've got yourself a witch's brew. Evi will read rapture by @allwaswell16 from 34:22 in the episode. It was New Year's Eve in Victorian London, and a lonely vampire could no longer resist the stunning lamplighter he watched night after night. Or, a vampire Harry fic because what says the holidays like Victorian vampires? And Emmu will read the tricks and treats series by @homosociallyyours from 55:25 in the episode. Louis is expecting a package, but the one he opens doesn't contain anything he ever thought he'd find in a box. When he realizes it was intended for his hot new neighbor, he definitely gets worried. Harry gets a brilliant idea for a perfectly punny, boner-inspired Halloween costume. Putting it together might be dodgy, but he's sure it'll be worth it in the end. It's Halloween and Louis runs into the last person he expects to see.

This week Mia reads Mr. Tuesday by jaerie. Tuesday. Harry loved Mr. Tuesday. It was true that most of his clients were regulars, but there was just something about Mr. Tuesday that would make him stand out amongst the others even if he hadn't booked almost every single Tuesday with him for the past year. It was the first day of Harry's work week and Mr. Tuesday always eased him into it in such a pleasant way.

We are back with another birthday special! This time we are celebrating the birthday of our wonderful Evi, also known as @evilovesyou and we're not just back with two fics read by the other members of the Podfic Pals, we also have a very special guest star who joins in on the fun and reads one of her favorite fics. Thank you so much @chaotic-bells for contributing to this birthday episode! Emmu will read if music be the food of love, play on from 00:43 into the episode. Mia will read planting seeds of love from 9:00 into the episode. And Bells has chosen to read The Literal Gates of Hell. You can listen to it from 44:22 into the episode. Happy birthday Evi!

Surprise! We have decided to make a birthday special for the one and only @lululawrence who is not one of the members of the Podfic Pals but who is a dear friend to us! This episode consists of four fics, read to you by each of the Podfic Pals! Happy birthday Sus! Tabby will read validation (AO3 | Fic Post) from 00:36 into the episode. Emmu will read with your hand in mine (AO3 | Fic Post) from 20:54 into the episode Evi will read under my umbrella (AO3 | Fic Post) from 36:51 into the episode. and Mia will read political pizza (AO3 | Fic Post) from 65:23 into the episode.

We are back with another birthday special! This time we are celebrating the birthday of our wonderful Mia, also known as @so-why-let-your-voice-be-tamed and we're not just back with two fics read by the other members of the Podfic Pals, we also have a very special guest star who joins in on the fun and reads one of her favorite fics. Thank you so much @lululawrence for contributing to this birthday episode! Evi will read baby I'll never leave (if you keep holding me this way) from 00:44 into the episode. Emmu will read floating in a most peculiar way from 38:16 into the episode. And Sus has chosen to read darling just dive right in. You can listen to it from 44:05 into the episode. Happy birthday Mia!

We are back with another birthday special! This time we are celebrating the birthday of our wonderful Emmu, also known as @londonfoginacup and we're not just back with three fics read by the other members of the Podfic Pals, we also have a very special guest star who joins in on the fun and reads one of her favorite fics. Thank you so much @allwaswell16 for contributing to this birthday episode! Evi will read To Be Gathered Round from 00:51 into the episode. Mia will read To the late night double feature show from 28:49 into the episode. Tabby has chosen to read Don't Bring the Starbucks. You can listen to it from 41:30 into the episode. And Anitra has chosen to read Moon Dances Over. You can listen to it from 67:51 into the episode. Happy birthday Emmu!

For this year's pride month, we have decided to make an extra long pride special, featuring fics read by every member of the Podfic Pals. Mia reads "Baby, Don't Apologize" by Neondiamond. Evi reads "let me show you" by safetyfilm. Emmu reads "We Made a Start" by lululawrence and Tabby reads "Prelude to Forever" by AlwaysAqua.

This week Evi reads "Blind Date" by LadyAJ_13. Louis Tomlinson, model and aspiring actor, has been chosen to appear on Blind Date. The only problem is, all the contestants are wonderful. And so is the host. It's making things difficult.

This week Evi reads "She's Never Been One to Stay At Home" by Quickedween. Harry Styles is the daughter of the governor in Port Royal, and a mysterious band of pirates is terrorizing the town.

This week Tabby reads "it's time to find your wings again" by we_are_the_same. The first reports are dismissed, as tall tales or folklore. As mental illness, poor Bathilda, she'd gone loopy. As people simply getting scared in the dark woods and seeing things, making things up. Magic isn't real. Mythological creatures aren't real. But then the first one is caught. A faun, that little Meg from around the corner swears has attacked her in the woods, and everyone comes to the marketplace to see the faun be hanged for its crimes. Louis doesn't want to go, but at the same time, he finds himself unable to stay away. Not when this proves what he's wanted to believe all along, that magic is real. * Louis is twenty when he starts working at the prison. His fascination for supernatural creatures had turned into something most closely resembling loathing over the years, due to the many stories of their evildoing, and although he still doesn't believe in hanging them for their crimes, he does believe in keeping the town safe. In making sure that his siblings get to grow up without fear of being kidnapped or hurt. As the oldest son, it feels like his duty to make sure that no creature in the wide area will ever pose a threat to anyone.

This week Mia reads "for the love of honey" by LondonFogInACup / LadyLondonderry. Louis looks like he's going to topple over, arms filled with planks and mesh. "What's this for?" Liam asks, rushing to take the weight away before Louis hurts himself. "The bees, Liam!" Louis motions vaguely around himself to where there are definitely no bees. Liam frowns. His large fuzzy eyebrows (good landing spots for bees) furrowing. "There are no bees here, Louis." "Not yet, there's not."

This week Mia reads "Driver's License" by quelsentiment. “I said to turn left.” “No, you said to turn right.” Louis has no idea what he actually said, but who cares? He's tired of this superior tone. “Are you seriously arguing with your examiner right now?” See, that's exactly what Louis is talking about. The guy—Zayn, or whatever—pointedly waits for an answer, and Louis scoffs. “Doesn't matter who you are, does it? I still know what I heard, and you said ‘right'.” Or: Louis is taking the exam to get his driver's licence for the 3rd time (okay, sue him), and the examiner keeps getting under his skin. When they suddenly get stranded in the middle of a snow storm, they have to learn to cooperate.

Today's episode features three fics that are all written by FallingLikeThis. First, Mia reads "From the Depths", with the following summary: When a new resident moves to town, the creature in the lake is curious. They both may be just what the other needs. Then, at around 17:00 Emmu reads "❤ For Effort" which has this summary: When Harry Styles lets his team down during gym class, resulting everyone having to run laps, he expects the worst. But the backlash never comes.Harry's crush, Louis Tomlinson, may or may not have something to do with that. Finally, at around 27:50 Evi reads "Still, Somehow, You're Perfect Now", and this is the summary for that fic: Harry Styles is Captain of the footie team and all-around popular dude-bro-pal to the entire senior class. He's kind to everyone from what Louis Tomlinson can tell, and kinder still when he thinks no one is looking. Of course, Louis has been looking. Ever since he transferred schools at the beginning of the year and noticed Harry for the first time, it's been hard to look away. Happy birthday Tabby!

This week Mia reads Click, a fic by allwaswell16. When Louis got assigned a roommate, he wasn't exactly thrilled, but as far as roommates go Marcel was a pretty good one. That was until Marcel started clicking a counter everywhere he went...

This week Evi reads the fic Putting It In!, by 4ureyesonly28, BringMeADream and foreverfanficaddict. Liam has problems controlling his length, Louis has problems controlling his tongue, Harry is very protective over Louis' balls and Niall? Niall just really wants to have a foursome at the golf course.

This week Mia reads the fic Your Secret's Safe With Me by lightwoodsmagic. He knew almost everything about Haz, considered him his best friend. He knew his favourite movies and books, how he liked his coffee, knew how many pets he had and what he was most afraid of. Louis knew how to calm him down when he was panicking, and that he'd lost his virginity to his ex-boyfriend when he was 17. He knew that Haz had curly hair, green eyes, that he was tall and considered himself slightly awkward. He knew his Instagram account that only had aesthetic pictures or ridiculous jokes, but in the all the time that Louis had known him, he'd never learnt, or been allowed to know, Haz's full name, what he sounded like, or what he looked like. Louis didn't care. Or, when Louis' favourite singer comes back and announces he's performing again, him and the rest of his group chat decide to go. When Haz, the man Louis' fallen in love with without meeting him, says that he can't, Louis tries his best to convince him with a drunken phone call, hearing his voice for the first time. It's not until he's at Royal Variety that he swears he can hear it again.

This week you can listen to Evi reading the fic Hail Harry, Full of Grace by homosociallyyours. Louis never thought she'd end up at a religious retreat over a long weekend, but then she never expected to fall for a girl who's really super Catholic, either. The theme of the retreat is love, so maybe it'll come together in the end? There's nothing she wouldn't do for Harry regardless. or: Harry loves God and Louis loves Harry. And they still figure things out. Inspired by Girl Almighty and written as part of the Four Fic Fest!