Black and White, Why I'm Here Tonight

Louis is the first bi bachelor.

Prompt:As the title suggests, this is a bachelorette au!!! It's a very ambiguous idea, and whoever writes this has a lot of freedom. Some suggestions I would have however is that the author is somewhat familiar with the show (or willing to research it) and can write longer fics, as it would last for the whole season. The other boys should probably included, but zayn doesn't need to be in there if the author doesn't want to. I'd assume it world be in America as that's where the show originates, but a British version would be just as good. I'd prefer larry, but any other ship could probably work (but stay within the band please). I don't think there's that much more for me to say (again, very open to interpretation), so that's about it! I can't wait to see it if someone picks this prompt, and if you ever want someone to bounce ideas off of I'm always here. Happy writing! This is in no way based in reality. I don’t own the characters or the idea behind the show. The characters' traits and actions in no way reflect the opinion I have of the real life people. I definitely did not mean to villainize anyone and many of the characters listed above are minor and I know little about them to describe in detail anyway.If you haven’t seen The Bachelor or The Bachelorette, then just know that the cheese and drama comes with the show.The quotes at the beginning are an abridged version of a real interview with Juan Pablo. Some dates and plot are loosely based on those in Des’s season of the Bachelorette and Sean’s season of The Bachelor. There is one date that was inspired by a Ghost Adventures episode - when you get there it will become very clear which episode. There’s also probably some of the latest season of The Bachelor with Ben and The Bachelorette with JoJo seeping in since I watched it as I plotted and wrote. (Also, I just watched Unreal on Lifetime and decided to add all the bts stuff. Rip me.)I had to change some of the rules and traditions of the show to adapt to more than one gender since the show is inherently sexist, so it may not be exactly what you’re expecting.Keep in mind that this is a US AU. So everyone has some dialect of the US accent. Just go with it.Italics generally represent represent talking heads in the show and bold text represents the caption underneath them.There are songs linked throughout with little x’s that helped inspire a section or that I listened to while writing that part. The title is from Codes by Ellie Goulding.There are some The Office (US) and Gilmore Girls references throughout. Points if you find them all, but it’s not necessary to understand the story by any means.Hope you enjoy!