#cardoc

[mrstellmeafuckingsecret]

Do u have any headcanons for au where the marauders and co. all lived in a small town together (like the everyone knows everyone type) where Hogwarts is their local academy (non magic au)?

wait !!!!!!!!!! i love this ??

um um um sirius was sent to live there because something something politics? his dads a politician and sirius is too controversial so he's sent to this small town (new girl grr). remus' family owns a bakery, and ofc in the non-magical au he has AIDS. james is the son of the mayor, he's also the sports kid. peter lives with his older sister and mother because his dad is out of town usually and theyre florists? lily would frequent it and pickpocket because she's like that. marlene is a farm girl. also, her father's a pastor. mary's town weird kid that had the most bizarre glow up. severus is the goth kid. (obviously). evan is the gay kid. (obviously). pandora is haunted (mentally ill). ummm. oh !! emmeline & dorcas (& a few other girls. wilkes? idk i wnna keep the des seperate) as the teen mean girls who always hangout at the mall. cardoc & sturgis are also resident jock. amycus & alecto had a house and when they moved out everyone said it was haunted (they used to sneak back and make weird sounds to keep 'the spirits' out). rita knows the town gossip and has a magazine, obviously. idk!!!!!!!!!

[drowsyanddazed]

sunday snippet! thanks for the tag @thebloatedfrog <33

The empty space next to him is still warm from where Cardoc had been persuaded off the sofa by James, dressed as a haphazard Indian Jones, in a tan button down half tucked into his pants and a fedora sitting crookedly on his head, to play a round of apple bobbing.

James, five drinks in, had slurred his way through declaring Cardoc absolutely had to have a go at the bobbing, as, from what he’s heard —he had stopped here to give Remus a drunken, lopsided wink— Cardoc is quite good with his mouth.

Remus had groaned at this, sinking further into the sofa, but Cardoc only chuckled and squeezed Remus' knee once before standing up and following James to the other side of the room. Remus watched them go, Cardoc reaching out to steady James as he bumped into various pieces of furniture, blind as a bat as he refused to wear his glasses in costume.

[emvcnce]

Como ninguém, Emmeline sabia identificar uma pessoa distraído e absorta nos próprios pensamentos, por isso sorriu consigo quando avistou a figura do rapaz parado ali. Não se recordava de tê-lo visto no Clube de Duelo antes, então se dispôs a apresentar-se e ajudá-lo a se adaptar à dinâmica do mesmo. Evitando assustá-lo com uma abordagem direta, tentando chamar sua atenção à distância, apenas acenando na esperança de cativar seu olhar. Não demorou para que obtivesse sucesso, encontrando uma abertura para se aproximar. ── Eu percebi. ── Ofereceu um sorriso simpático, compadecendo-se com a distração que também era parte de sua rotina. Estranhou a visão negativa a respeito do que faziam naquele encontro, sem entender qual seria seu objetivo ao se unir ao clube. ── Vejo mais como duas pessoas aprendendo como se defender diante do perigo. ── Explanou seu ponto de vista, com a esperança de convencê-lo a enxergar as vantagens da atividade. ── Nunca se sabe quando alguém vai tentar te atacar, principalmente durante o momento de incerteza que vivemos.

status: aberto.

quando: após o início das aulas.

onde: no Clube de Duelos.

Era sua primeira vez no Clube de Duelos, após convites de alguns colegas como James, Lupin e Lily, a última em especial, enviou-o até uma carta para contar que ele poderia realizar uma aula, como poderíamos dizer, “experimental”. Os colegas se esforçaram tanto que não havia como simplesmente não ir, e mesmo que houvesse, ele não fugiria dessa vez, afinal, deu a sua palavra. “Então… Estou aqui e não sei o que devo fazer”, murmurou baixinho, olhando em volta atrás de algum rosto conhecido.

O lugar era bonito, tinha que admitir, e nunca viu um Clube lotado como aquele. Pessoas de todas as casas circulavam pelo local, e todos pareciam estar imersos em conversas calorosas sobre uma oportunidade de “lutar de verdade”, o que fez Dodie estremecer. Demoraria até digerir completamente a ideia. Não quero lutar, ele pensou, mas quero ajudar meus amigos se assim for necessário. Era um tremendo conflito interno. Ao mesmo tempo que parecia importante estar preparado, também se irritava em ver tantos rostos conhecidos lutando por pura diversão quando, no fundo, o parecia apenas algo fútil que propagava superioridade não apenas sob trouxas, mas entre os próprios bruxos. Estava tão perdido em pensamentos que mal notou a presença de muse acenando em frente ao seu rosto, na tentativa de chamar sua atenção. “Oh, me desculpe… Eu estava pensando”, contemplou, sem muito ânimo, “você deveria ir ao Coral dos Sapos, é muito mais empolgante que duas pessoas brincando de destruir uma a outra”.

[lunamond]

Here are our boys on travelling together in book 1.

I also managed to squeeze in Tornac (the horse) and Snowfire, I originally also wanted to add in Cardoc (what's up with these boys naming their horses after dead men?), but 2 horses were already a enough horse to draw.

[enbysiriusblack]

Since it doesn't look like you got the other background charries, Hestia Jones and Zoya Zabini

Also hope it's an easy car ride <3

hestia:

hufflepuff one year older than the marauders

close friends with (people in her year other than amycus carrow. in my list i seem to have only those two in that year group), lucinda talkalot, alice fortescue, emmeline vance, frank longbottom, mary macdonald, kingsley shacklebolt, edgar bones, florence, cardoc dearborne (again, they're like the popular group)

beater for the hufflepuff quidditch team

straight but kisses her girl friends on the lips sometimes. for fun.

quite a nice person/easygoing/friendly

joined the order because she believed heavily in what they were doing/fighting back against the death eaters

is nicknamed jonesy by many of her friends/hufflepuff quidditch team

zoya:

slytherin in the same year as marauders

roommates and friends with dorcas meadowes, aurora sinistra, and alecto carrow. also friends with narcissa black and emma vanity

closeted lesbian (had a thing with aurora. and dorcas for a bit)

likes power/money a lot.

she's a shakespearean woman <3

was very into potions (and an expert at poison)

dorcas named this stuffed toy snake, that aurora had brought for the dorm, blaise. so zoya named her son after the snake

hated the 70's fashion, so dressed in a style very reminiscent of 1920s and 1940s/50s glamour

[puuvillaa]

Cardoc 3.2!!!!

Hi! 🌻

This one is part 3 of You Shine So Bright, so Caradoc/Remus. Remus is hopeful their casual affair will turn into a real relationship, but then Caradoc dies, and Remus is sad. :( I haven’t touched this one since last March, so we'll see if I ever finish.

Here's a snippet:

He returned home after the full moon feeling achy and annoyed by his inability to convince the pack to join forces with wizards. He had listened to their reasoning, and he understood it all, he understood it very well, and it wasn’t helping his mood to be reminded that no matter how much he helped the society, the society would still hate him.

Remus let his rucksack drop onto the floor and kicked off his shoes. He couldn’t wait to get into bed, but as he finally raised his head, he found Sirius sitting on the sofa, watching him with a solemn expression. Remus swallowed and stepped forward.

wip game

[thistlecatfics]

Breathless (Dorcas/Marlene, 400 words, M)

Undernegotiated Kink (!!!), Breath play, Panic, Thank goodness for Revivify, Canon Compliant, POV First Person, First Wizarding War, Intercrural, Choking, Canon Major Character Deaths

Day 8: Femslash Fuckery's breathplay + @febuwhump's Panic + @kinkuary's Intercrural + @hpshipuary's Female Character Dorcas Meadowes.

Read on Ao3 or below the cut

For months, from cold January when Benjy died to thawing April when Caradoc fell, she begged me. Our sex had grown rougher, the bruises on her pale skin more likely to come from my hands, my belt or my switch than from any Death Eater.

Finally, violence we could control.

We did not negotiate the details beforehand. We hardly talked after. We just knew. She let me carry out my darkest fantasies, and she proved to herself she could survive anything, but this one thing she begged for, and I refused.

Still, death stalked us.

She barely survived a curse from a Death Eater, requiring a week of bed rest. I avoided a werewolf bite just a week later, taking claws across my back instead.

Together, in each gasp of pain, each moan of pleasure, each breathless cry, our time was infinite. Then, reality. New dead announced. The news St. Mungo’s was no longer safe for us. The growing sense, even amongst those young Gryffindors still clinging to their naivete, that we were going to lose.

After Cardoc died, I relented.

My fist tightened around her neck, squeezing tighter. So easy. I did not expect it to be so easy. Her eyes blinked softly shut, and I had never felt power like this before, a rush beyond any potion, any charm. She was mine, and I was a goddess, she my supplicant. I rode her, pushing my cunt against her thigh until I shuddered.

I released her before brushing her blonde hair away and kissing the top of the forehead of my most darling supplicant.

She slumped down.

Shouting, shouting, hitting her. Still she slumped. I shouted for help, muffled by the Imperturbable charm we placed, and no one came.

I screamed two Revivify’s, implemented in quick succession, as we had been taught by the Order medic.

She blinked awake.

Her voice hazy, she offered gratitude.

A week later, after the Death Eaters murdered her and her entire family, her words echoed in my head:

I wanted to feel death with you before they killed me.

I killed five of theirs with my wand and had my hands around the throat of the sixth while my mind considered how many I could kill before the ache of her loss eased enough to breathe. The number does not exist. Lord Voldemort himself took me. I did not need air without her.

[cosplayfangirl]

Pt two of things my professor for theatre has said but make it Jane and the Dragon

Magnus: *When teaching Gunther about family business* Because Money!

Sir Ivon: uses Motherfo instead of saying the whole word in front of Gunther or Jane cause age.

Bonus for sir Ivon: You know when you have that one tutor and he just keeps talking but won’t say anything. Just like when you take a class with me

Sir Theodore: If your mother has seen what I put you through training. Don’t you think she wouldn’t care with how you cope with it.

King Caradoc: *In a letter* I’m sorry Jane but you can’t have an office party with Gunther and Sir Theodore as he shall be late for practice

Queen Gwendolyn: just a lot of sighs and looking at Cardoc when something stupid comes out of his mouth like “wtf”

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[mrstellmeafuckingsecret]

emmeline vance???!? i love her smmm i'd glady talk about her forever

HI sorry school has been so shit and yuck and bad and ew i havent gotten time to do SHIT !!!!!!

yes emmeline !! i dont think theres any major canon info on her so i can just make an oc and yum i love doing that sm !!

the only canon info we have is that she's an auror, likely experienced, flies well and is very skilled with her wand. she's also seen with a green shawl and i 🩷 my brown hoes so she's pakistani now 😋

i also like love the idea that she has a disease that limits her life expectancy. like ipf or something. idk. i love sick characters.

her name is . GORGEOUS. like. wow. sawr im gonna make her model, particularly a runway model (bc she's a half-blood to me <3) before she became a full-time auror. summer job at her time at hogwarts? not sure but something like that !!

she's very sad lover girl magazine whore fight and flight and she loves chicks (baby chickens!! she's unfortunately NOT for the ladies 💔💔) and all the ladies love emm and she's so hot !!!! she's a couple years older than the marauders .

i have a very specific friendgroup for her that can NOT be changed. it's like. the crux of her being.

closest school friends: kingsley shacklebolt (similar personalities, Mom and Dad of the group, made fun of each other 24/7), cardoc dearborn (their romance is worth a classic novel, four shitty modern adaptation books, and 30 films. they fought all the time, emmeline sad girl vance & cardoc blunt motherfucker dearborn were the worst possible options for each other but they loved each other so so so much. when cardoc disappeared, they were on bad terms. i love them sm i could talk abt them forever gn), hestia jones (pureblood and half blood hehe funny but also hestia was a year younger than her and had the rightest moral code and inspired emme sosomuch and hestia was in hiding in the first war but she started auror training after cardoc's disappearance)), bertha jorkins (gossiped 24/7, academic smart and street smart, bertha was emmeline's Canon Event (ehem. her codependent homoerotic teenage 1 1/2 year friendship). they reached out to each other after the war was over. emmeline went cray-cray when bertha disappeared in gof. i have sm yap abt them bye.).

post-school friends: lily evans, sturgis podmore, dorcas meadowes.

for someone who loves yapping idk how to yap.

[drowsyanddazed]

find a word tag

the rules are simple - find the word (or something close enough) in a fic (WIP, published, whatever) and share the excerpt it’s in.

words i was given: moon, skin, flavour, ache, try

your words: wrist, bright, want, blood, sun

thanks for the tag @colgatebluemintygel :) this was fun!

i tag: @pomegranate-pill @kreestars @weighty-ghosts @steelycunt idk if you guys have been tagged/already did it but erm what’s the harm in doing it again? (if you’d like!)

excerpts under the cut:

moon - from the currently unnamed wip

“Have you been here at all this term?” Sirius asks, pouring some milk into his tea.

“Once,” Remus says, biting the inside of his cheek. “With Cardoc.”

Sirius’ eyes flicker up at that, unreadable as they meet Remus’ and then he looks away, off to the side.

“He didn’t care much for it though,” Remus adds because for some reason it seems important.

It works. Sirius turns back to him, tide and moon.

“His loss,” Sirius says, gaze unwavering.

Remus’ heart is a snare drum in his chest.

He brings his mug up to his lips. “Yeah,” he susurrates, amphoric against the ceramic rim of his cup, and then he swallows down his tea and looks away.

skin - this desperate in love

But that’s the problem, isn’t it? A bat of the eye and he’s completely done for. Because, a long time ago now, Sirius reached in, between the brittle bones of his ribcage, and squeezed, leaving behind an indentation on Remus’ heart, a sunken, soft spot like that on overripe fruit that spreads fast and irrevocably until all there’s left is mush. Mush where a heart should be. And the fact is, Remus doesn’t know how to say no, doesn’t know if he’s capable. Because while being wrapped around Sirius’ finger gives Sirius complete power to devastate him, it’s also exciting, consuming, electricity at touch, it’s the wind in your hair and the vertiginous drops to a valley below, gooseflesh on skin, a buzzing in your bones, and a frisson down your spine.

And so when Sirius bends down to whisper, “Let’s go,” in his ear, the smell of amber and oud wood at his shoulder, Remus’ fate is already sealed.

ache - losing my mind, thinking about you

The bite of the parky night air and the cold brick wall of the Hog’s Head exterior is a welcomed comfort as he leans against the brickwork and rummages around his jacket pocket for his box of cigarettes. The sound of his fumbling echoes against the walls of the alleyway, making his small movements more pronounced, rising and meeting the tension and his need for tobacco between his teeth.

There’s flames, licking their way up his chest, and he aches to put them out in the only way he knows how— with more fire. More, more, more. Until he’s suffocating on it, until it turns him numb.

try - this desperate in love

His hippocampus is working overtime trying to memorize the press of his hips against the kitchen counter, Sirius’ hand on his waist, Sirius’ breath, hot and humid and frantic, down his neck so he can slip the memory into his back pocket and pull it out to examine later again and again and again until the edges are worn and true.

i couldn’t find flavour anywhere! so here’s another try instead:

try - bless the telephone

There’s a click as the record stalls, preparing to move on to the next track and, in the sliver of silence between, the kitchen phone begins ringing.

“I got it!” Lily calls over her shoulder, pushing her way into the kitchen just as the drums for the next song kick in. The saloon-style doors swing shut behind her, clapping loudly in place.

This seems to wake Peter, who bolts upright, face viridescent and eyes wide. And then he’s blundering his way down the hall, towards the bathroom. “leaving Sirius lying here, the blood rushing to his head as he stares at the empty corner of the living room. He squints at the clock there, trying to make sense of it upside down and five drinks in and immediately gives up.

“Shit,” James mutters, before getting up to trail after him, leaving Sirius lying here, the blood rushing to his head as he stares at the empty corner of the living room. He squints at the clock there, trying to make sense of it upside down and five drinks in and immediately gives up.

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CARDOC DEARBORN

TWENTY-SIX ♔ MUGGLEBORN ♔ HUFFLEPUFF ♔ ORDER & AVERSIO ♔

Character Description:

There isn’t much that Caradoc Dearborn isn’t willing to do for the ones he loves. A man with high morals, it was a no-brainer to join the Order of the Phoenix. There aren’t many who are as laid-back and personable as this young man, but Caradoc’s kindness comes at a price. He isn’t always taken as seriously as he would like. As war heats up, he must make some fastdecisions that aren’t as easy as he might have anticipated.

CARADOC DEARBORN is portrayed by THEO JAMES and is currently OPEN.

[maggiemaewilds]

When: 31 October 1980; Where: The Burrow; Who: Molly Weasley & @dickdowndearborn

“Cardoc, love,” Molly said sweetly as she laid eyes on who would hopefully be her hero. Not the evening she hoped to be spending with him, but maybe one that could offer him some joy nonetheless. “I hate to spring this on you, but we’ve had some entertainers come down with a case of Scrofungulus and I was wondering if you’d be able to step in?”

[duskroots]

👀

"My soul just wants to be closer to yours." From the recent prompts, maybe?

Aaah thank you! That's a cute prompt and I decided to use it to write about my baby Caradoc and my baby's baby Papaver <3 A lil scene I wanted to write about for a long time so thank you for the excuse to finally do it!

(So, Pops belongs to @sylvari-bouquet!)

"My soul just wants to be closer to yours."

The cool night air of the Crystal Desert was still, and with a sky of moon and stars blanketing the city of Amnoon a quiet descended over it that was a stark contrast to the oppressive heat and bustling atmosphere that permeated the streets during daytime.

Caradoc welcomed the calm and quiet, though.

Night time was when he had come to love this place the most, especially down by the bay, where the stars and constellations became twice as many as their reflections rested on the calm surface of the ocean.

When he had decided that he would tell Papaver how he felt for them, Caradoc knew that this would be where he wanted to do it – a special place that he wanted to share with a special person.

Since they were currently both in Amnoon together so Papaver’s Asura friend could repair their damaged forge it seemed like the perfect time to go through with it.

They would both follow the commander and the rest of Papaver’s guild to Thunderhead Peaks after maintenance was done, and Caradoc wasn’t sure what would come after, if he would have the time and opportunity to confess his feelings once they were back in the thick of things.

He had never felt more assured of anything in his life, and he didn’t want to live with the regret of not taking the chance when he had it.

So as soon as night came Caradoc took Papaver on a walk down to the shore where the gentle waves of the sea met the very edge of the desert.

As they walked, Caradoc felt restless, and the other sylvari seemed to notice something was up. They shot him a look that was equal parts curiosity and concern as they made their way along the beach.

“Is everything alright? You seem a little… on edge.”

For a moment Caradoc’s insides twisted at the genuine worry in Papaver’s voice, and he avoided looking in their eyes.

“If it’s because of Ziassi, I understand.” Papaver continued, “I know you have a bad history with Asura and I’m sorry if it brought up difficult memories for you. I assure you though, she’s one of the good ones. If there is anything I can do to make you more comfortable around her, then-“

“No!”

Cardoc was surprised at the volume of his own voice, cutting through the stillness of the night like the crack of a whip.

Papaver stopped walking and looked at him in confusion.

“I’m sorry. No, I promise it’s okay.”

Caradoc wrung his hands, trying to find the right words.

“Ziassi seems nice enough. And I mean, she came all the way to help you, and I appreciate that she did. I know she means well, and while I was a bit nervous initially I have no problem with her.”

Papaver was silent for a moment before they nodded.

“Alright. Then what’s the matter?”

Caradoc swallowed hard, before taking a deep breath to steady his nerves.

“There is something I want to tell you, Papaver.” he began, his voice so much quieter than it had been just a moment ago, but steady and full of sincerity.

“When I first met you, I… I was terrified. I hadn’t been around another Sylvari other than my sister, and I didn’t want you to find out about… who I had been, the things I had done.”

Shame and regret welled up in the pit of his stomach, familiar companions throughout the past few years who even now reared their ugly heads far more often than he would like to admit, but nevertheless he continued.

“But then… well, I got to know you. And you got to know me. Talking to you felt as natural as breathing, and eventually I confided my past with the court to you.”

Caradoc paused for a moment. Speaking became hard suddenly, the ghosts of the past tightly gripping his throat and squeezing the air from his lungs.

“You would have had all right to be disgusted with me, after what we… after what they have done to you when you were a sapling. But you weren’t.”

The words were barely more than a whisper and Caradoc heard sand shift under Papaver’s feet as the other sylvari stepped closer, gently putting their hand on his shoulder.

“Caradoc…”

Papaver’s voice was soft, and yet it took all of Caradoc’s strength not to flinch under their touch, an old instinct of self-preservation that was hard to kill, but the feeling of their strong, warm hand gave Caradoc the push to continue.

“Please, no. Let me finish.”

Papaver nodded in silence, and Caradoc tried to put his thoughts into order again.

“The times we spent together I was the happiest I ever felt. Never has being around someone other than Ailís felt so easy. You… you are very special to me, Papaver. I think- What I’m trying to say -”

He paused and looked at the ground, suddenly self-conscious of how he could feel his face flush, and he almost rethought his decision to confess.

What if it was a mistake?

Was he about to ruin their friendship?

When he looked up again after a moment it was the encouraging smile Papaver gave him that stirred butterflies into a frenzy in his stomach, and rekindled his courage to continue.

"My soul just wants to be closer to yours. For as long as I breathe."

It was not what he had planned on saying. He had planned on saying I love you. I want to be with you, whatever may come., but even so his words weren’t any less true.

There was an aching, a longing in his chest whenever Papaver wasn’t near, which only seemed to dull in their presence. Whether it was his soul or not Caradoc couldn't say, but he knew he never wanted to feel it again.

Papaver chuckled, a pleasant rumble that resonated through the cool night air, warming Caradoc’s own body from the tips of his branches to his toes, and he felt their hand shift from his shoulder, up, suddenly cupping Caradoc’s cheek.

When he finally looked up his eyes met Papaver’s, gazing at him with a look so full of warmth and adoration that suddenly Caradoc’s knees felt like they were made out of jelly.

Time seemed to stand still around them as he waited for them with baited breath to say something.

Anything.

“Well, darling, you are in luck.” Papaver’s voice was a low, sweet whisper, and the butterflies in Caradoc’s stomach went into a frenzy again. “My soul feels the same about yours.”

And with that they leaned in slowly, giving Caradoc enough time to back away in case he didn’t feel ready yet for their first kiss.

But Caradoc didn’t back away, and when Papaver’s lips gently met his on the moonlit shore of the desert, he knew everything would be alright.