#james is working out in the garden and regulus just happens to be doing the dishes so he can watch james discreetly from behind the window

[james-sunshine-potter]

You know what would be amazing fic...

Regulus being dragged to the gym by one of his friends (probably Dorcas) and hating it with every fibre of his body, because regulus doesn't actually work out... like ever.

Dorcas wants someone to workout with and decides regulus is her best bet.

So they go twice a week together and whilst there Regulus gets the hots for a gym instructor who only wears black, compression tops and shorts which could be considered too short and too small for him (but they're perfect in Regulus' mind because god his thighs...)

So he only comes so he can watch this very attractive guy at the gym, which doesn't translate to Dorcas for a very long time and in her head, she thinks she's got regulus into working out.

Then, one day regulus actually needs help figuring out an apparatus at the gym, and finally interacts with the hot gym instructor he had been eying the entire time he's gone to gym for.

i think it would be an amazing fic...

[chlobliviate]

Wolfstar Microfics - Teenagers

Words: 917

@wolfstarmicrofic

TW - alcohol?

Based on a true story from when I was 17, a long time ago.

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Sirius had never been more grateful for his brother being a massive nerd—a theatre nerd to be precise. Because if Regulus hadn’t signed up for drama classes, he never would have met Remus, (tall, mysterious, Scottish Remus) and reluctantly introduced him to Sirius, who enthusiastically introduced him to all of their friends. Now Remus came to parties and gave him a shy wave when he saw him in the corridor at school. It was endearing, to say the least.

He wasn’t sure how or why or even when they had exchanged numbers, but they spent most evenings texting about everything and nothing and all that was in between. Sirius had felt like something was bubbling there, but maybe that was wishful thinking. When Sirius started seeing Gilderoy, who was considerably older than all of them, there was something about the way Remus’ tone changed that broke him a little bit

The week he broke up with Gilderoy, ironically for being incredibly immature for someone in their mid-twenties, James decided they’d throw a celebratory party because his parents were going away for the weekend.

***

Sirius went looking for some more coke for his rum and ended up in the garage. He opened the fridge door and found a bottle, to which he added rum and took a long drink. He jumped as the garage door clicked shut and spun around to find Remus staring at him.

“Hi,” Sirius said softly.

Remus didn’t say anything as he crossed to where Sirius stood, took the bottle from his hand, and set it on top of the fridge. Sirius’ eyes followed the stretch of Remus’ arms greedily, but then Remus held Sirius’ jaw gently but firmly and tilted it to look at him. He nodded and raised an eyebrow, a question. Sirius nodded quickly and before he could process what was happening, Remus’ mouth was on his and he couldn’t think of anything but Remus. When Remus’ hand grasped a fistful of his hair and pulled gently, Sirius let out a noise that he didn’t know he was capable of making and pulled Remus even closer.

The sound of someone laughing as they approached the garage door made them jump apart, wide-eyed and breathing heavily. Oh. Remus grabbed Sirius’ drink and handed it to him before turning towards the door. When it opened, Lily and Regulus looked at them suspiciously.

“Alright, lads?” Lily asked, sounding just like James.

“Peachy, darling. And you?” Sirius strolled past Remus, towards the door.

“Remus?”

“Am grand thanks, Lils.” He leant against the closed fridge. “Just looking for some coke.”

In his Glaswegian accent, to their ears, it did not sound like he said coke. Lily spluttered and followed Sirius, leaving Regulus frowning as he studied Remus.

“So, my brother?”

“What about him?” His smirk irked Regulus immensely.

“I have eyes. Do you think I didn't the way you perked up once you heard he’d sacked Gilderoy off, or how he looks at you when we let them sneak in to watch us rehearse? I’m not saying it’s a bad idea, but… just think it through.” Regulus sighed. “But you could both do a lot worse than each other so, whatever, I guess.”

“Awwww, is this you giving me your blessing?” Remus walked towards him and patted him on the arm, “I’ll be sure to preserve his innocence, don’t you worry.”

“You shouldn’t be allowed to drink. Some people need inhibitions, Remus.” Regulus said, to an empty room.

Regulus made his way outside to sit with Benjy, Marlene, and Lily while they smoked. Lily burst into giggles as soon as she saw him.

“You look scandalised, Reg.” She patted the garden wall next to her, so he sat down. “Did you tell Remus you’ve got a shotgun and a shovel and no one would miss him?”

“I didn’t, because I almost feel like it’s Sirius that needs that talk.” Regulus rubbed his eyes. “I can’t believe I didn’t see this coming.”

Slowly, more and more people filed outside to smoke or get some air. Dorcas perched herself on Marlene’s lap, and James tried to perch on Lily but swiftly ended up on the floor. Through the huge kitchen window, illuminated against the night outside, Dorcas spotted Remus filling up the kettle.

“He’s making tea isn’t he?” She laughed, “Oh bless him.”

Before anyone could say anything else, Sirius appeared behind him and spun him around, wrapping his arms around Remus’ neck as Remus lifted him to sit on the kitchen counter. Their lips met hungrily and as Remus started kissing his way down Sirius’ neck, James started applauding and catcalling, which everyone soon joined in on. Remus buried his pink face in the crook of Sirius’ neck.

“If we don’t acknowledge them, they’ll go away, right?”

“Oh no, the opposite I’d say. You’d be better off taking a bow.”

“Why only me?”

“You’re the actor. You’re well practiced.” Sirius shrugged as Remus pulled away slightly to look at him.

Remus blinked at him, “If I take a bow, you’re taking one with me.”

Without waiting for an answer, Remus lifted Sirius off the counter, grabbed his hand, and bowed dramatically at the window, Sirius following suit a second later. Cheers erupted from the garden, Sirius wouldn’t be surprised if the neighbours called in a noise complaint, but he couldn’t bring himself to care.

He tugged Remus’ hand. “Come on, my room has curtains and a lock that mostly works.”

Remus did not need telling twice.

[t1oui]

hi everybody i'm having some thoughts right now and i need to share them. mentions of walburga black's a+ parenting in this fic idea so do be aware of that

what if regulus's parents send him to "conversion camp" after he comes out as trans but the conversion camp actually turns out to be a safe house for queer kids run by effie and monty that's masking as a conversion camp so homophobic parents send their kids there.

so reg arrives dressed up in a nice dress and with walburga aggressively using she/her pronouns and his deadname and the second she leaves effie is like "well that sucked, why don't we get you some more comfortable clothes and you can tell me your actual name?" and regulus is like oh. oh this is the best thing that's ever happened to me and my parents are idiots

i'm envisioning that the place is a farm and so the only rules for kids at the safe house are 1. be nice to each other and 2. find something to spend your time on every day that's not just a device (it doesn't have to be farm related) (this is a muggle au if you couldn't tell)

and ofc because it's effie and monty's place james is there and he likes helping out on the farm. reg takes one look at him and is like yeah ik i was gay but this man confirms it

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that's all i have rn as far as plot and story (i mean james and reg fall in love obviously but other than that idk) so here's intros to the cast of characters and their roles in the story !! (this is my favorite part):

james potter (18) - he/him pansexual (+ maybe ace) - son of effie and monty - helps out on the farm

regulus black (17) - he/him gay & transmasc - sent there after coming out as trans (or just after walburga finds out bc let's be real he probably knew not to tell her) - currently trying to figure out his hobby

sirius black (18) - he/him gay - knew james in school, came here after fight w/ parents when he was 16 - makes art

remus lupin (19) - he/they bisexual & transmasc - father disowned him and his mother, with the best of intentions, sent him to the farm when he was 16 in hopes that his father would reconsider cutting him off - works in the garden/greenhouses, helps with the bees

barty crouch jr (17) - he/him bisexual demiromantic + hypersexual - sent there at 15 by his father after some scandal with another politician's son - makes pottery, some of which he sells at the farmer's market every saturday

emmeline vance (19) - she/her queer - sent at 17 by her parents after they caught her with a girl - works in the orchard & cooks

marlene mckinnon (18) - she/her lesbian - lives down the road and comes by to help james

lily evans (18) - she/her lesbian - sent at 15 by her sister after her parents died and petunia got custody of her - makes her own clothes and sells them at the market

mary macdonald (18) - she/her bisexual - adopted by the potters at 13 after her parents died in a car accident - looks after the goats and llamas & helps with the horses

pandora rosier (18) - she/her pansexual transfem - sent at 17 after her parents found out she was trans - works w the horses

evan rosier (18) - he/they biromantic asexual & bigender - sent at 17 after their parents caught them wearing "girl clothes" - writes + draws, helps rem with the bees

dorcas meadowes (17) - she/her lesbian - sent at 17 (a few months before reg) after her parents caught her watching... adult content of two women - makes & sells bouquets, effie helps her <3

peter pettigrew (18) - he/him aromantic (NOT ace) - marlene's next door neighbor, has had sex with barty multiple times and these two fuck in the WEIRDEST spots (poor james keeps catching them :')) - helps emmeline in the orchard

severus snape (17) - he/him bisexual transmasc - sent by his father at 14 after starting to present as a boy - cooks, helps lily with her clothes making sometimes, writes sad boy poetry (/half joking)

narcissa, alice, and xeno will also be in the story i'm just not sure exactly where they fit in... xeno's another neighbor and narcissa's a former safehouse resident who's now living w alice but that's all i know rn

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now as for SHIPS...

so i know there will be jegulus of course, and since sirius is totally going to pine for gardener/beekeeper remus wolfstar too. i want rosekiller, but because of barty and peter's dynamic, i'm thinking romantic rosekiller w/ sexual party and queerplatonic... peter x evan (idk their ship name 😭)

as for the GIRLS... omg i have so many thoughts guys AAAAA

first of all i cant decide between pandalily and dorlily for lily and i don't want a triad (i don't ship panda x dorcas) and i don't want both so that's... rough

and then there's also marylene.... BUT DORLENE-

i wanna put sev with someone (ik he's not a girl but i'm having thoughts for him rn)... maybe he smooches w emmeline?? but i feel like she'd make fun of him 💀 (in a joking way but yk)

or maybe emmeline could go with mary panda with lily dorcas with marlene... and... sev with xeno?? guys am i a genius

so yeah other than jegulus, wolfstar, and partyvan idk what to do. live laugh love multishipping am i right

[mothraantics]

Crimson Born

Note: Ive had this idea for basically a few days and bunched the first chapter together, im honestly very proud of it and I hope that this will become better and better in the future :D

Summary:

Regulus was born a pureblood black prince. Second born heir and all he wasn't even close to being the talk of the town, His brother sirius, was first in line, with a whole crowd of young ladies ogling over him, but of course his dear brother had to swing the other way, escape the binds of their parents and be with a man. If the crowd didn't protest in his name Regulus would be the heir to the throne by now. He hated the world for that.

His cousins? Bellatrix, married a duke from another land and is having some unknown affair with whom they call these days the dark lord. Her sister, Narcissia is betrothed to Lucius malfoy and their other sister is missing. No doubt he was the last one to be thought of.

That was all until he decided that the crowd had to focus on him, become entranced with him, so he followed his brother and did one better, have an affair with the blood prince known as James potter.

Of course…with this he has to keep the blood curse hidden from his brand new boy toy.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/57660256/chapters/146730271 - Find the book also on Ao3

Chapter One - Prince Regulus of Lissara

If life were not extravagant parties, and balls, banquets and fancy little get togethers, Regulus would have no clue how he would escape away from his family. Maybe some boarding school, but in another life he doubted if the magic of their world would even exist? A world where humans can wave silly little sticks and cast spells? It sounded preposterous, where would they find the phoenixes if it weren't for the hole of Vulca, or the unicorns tucked away in the forbidden forest, far off into the north.

He wouldn't have a clue where to start if their world was not this one, then again if it where he would be stuck living a pretty little life just like he was. Possibly. Banquets were his getaway, running off sitting in the gardens were his favourite pastime, he had done his entree a few hours prior and made some small talk with some noble families, but that's all he will try doing. It wasn't worth it, he wasn't the lead heir, his brother was and even so, he wasn't even  near the public eye, his cousin bellatrix married a man from the Lestrange Duchancy and she got her fame through dark power, his other cousin, Narcissia, is going down the same route as malfoy with their wedding on the horizon next spring.

Andromeda? She was still missing, and ran off with a peasant, a muggle. They weren't taught magic these days, peasants, they were too weak to harness magic, and so were the squibs of the noble families, although they can still have a taste of the ravish lifestyle and go off to marry an Earl. Muggles as they called them were just yellow trash to the aristocrats. There would be the lucky one that can harness magic and get adopted into society, but what did they know? They can't even see magic if you waive a wand in front of their eyes and cast serpensortia In Front of them. 

“Regulus?” the cold shrill yell of his mother's voice rang throughout the garden, there goes his peace. “Regulus! There you are!” She says as he picks himself up, her demeanour was cold, “yes mother?” He replies, dusting himself off, “Have you been out here? Mingling with the birds? Get inside we have yet to serve the cake”

Cake? What cake would they mention, Regulus didn't know any important event was happening. It wasn't a holiday or anniversary, nor was it someone's betrothal, and unlike his brother he's less keen on starting his own just yet, unless they started the arrangement process without him. Why would they need him to be there to serve the cake??

He was dragged away by Walburga, soon enough and as they neared the green hall she released him and he followed blindly. By this time he was thinking what had he missed? What family milestone had he missed?

“I'm so happy” Walburga said with venom, “finally it is fine for you to come of age my son” she gives him a half fake smile. “excuse me?” Regulus' stops in his tracks, “Mother I don't come of age until..June!” He points out, what was going on? She stops and looks back at him. “Regulus darling it is june, you are of age” the boy stopped, “oh”

Salazar's saggy balls, how could he forget?! If he was aware it was his 17th he would have stayed longer, made some small talk, against his will sure, but this was already a bad step towards society, the debate was soon, all those who turned 17 by the middle of the year and those who turn 18 of the last half of last year would debutante. His brother being one of them. 

Mabey the golden prince of the Black Empire will overshadow him enough that people won't care. Again. 

—

“-And a toast!-” 

The banquet was full that night, every sitting in their chairs they were brought out, the dark lord was speaking. He was a new upcoming figure in Lissara, many knew him as Lord Tom M. Riddle, the lord of the Parliament that buddied up with the nobles. In high noble society, the snake like-serpentine speaking man was known as Lord Voldermort.

“-To the two Black princes who are debuting with many of your children next week, and a very happy coming of age to the second born prince” 

The crowd clapped, it was filled with dark nobles, evil, corrupted. They kill peasants with a flick of their wrists using one of the curses,  some of the other nations called them death eaters. Herre it was a compliment, in other nations? It's immediately a death trial for you and your family. The world was fucked like that. Very fucked but who was to blame them? The biggest empire made of Purely magical individuals threatened to eradicate the lower class? The class that does all the work? Regulus' would be concerned as well. 

The ball went on throughout the night, with the nobles spinning around nobles. Firewhisky going down like it's water, and a whole new boring world for Regulus. “Something wrong brother?” Sirius asks slipping up near Regulus, “No, I'm okay”

“Is it too rowdy? You can request to go back up?” 

“And leave all of the guests to listen to you? You wish” he laughs as Sirius shrugs, “your loss”

—--

Shrill shrieks ran through the echoing halls. Regulus' cringed as another one rattled his windows. The ink from his quill splattered on his parchment reducing his now ruined homework to just ink, “fucking damnit” he cusses grabbing the paper and trying to dry it with no avail. 

“Useless being! Crucio!” 

Regulus' cringed as he heard those words being screeched from the other room. He sighed giving up, his potions essay can wait another day, the tutors weren't supposed to return till next week anyways. 

He heard the door next to him being slammed shut before his own door swung open, he jumped, Walburga stood at the door. Blood splattered on the hem of her white nightdress, “Rest dear, we have the debutante dinner tomorrow” she says before closing the door. Regulus sighs, he knows that this dinner wont be the usual dinner, just another political agreement, another death eater meeting being covered up, and another way for him to be overshadowed by his older brother.

Because every event he had to be overshadowed. If regulus was overshadowed he would be the second prince, but when theres the second prince there's a first, and that's his older brother Sirius.O Black the heir and now, from discoveries by a certain Bartemius Crouch Junior, that the same heir is with a man from the Crimson Court, a well known as Remus Lupin. 

Regulus sighed and blew out the candle as he sat on the floor, the room darkened as the red light of the moon shone through the window, in other rooms the screams of some family members could be heard, he himself was situated away from the red beams of moonlight, he stared at them, nextdoor he heard sirius shatter a glass nearby, he was probably left near the rays of the blood moon. 

They werent as common as full moons, but unlike the werewolves that roamed the forests and some in higher society, blood moons came in every shape or form, unless new, and they came every two months. Regulus took a sharp breath as he felt his body bubbling as the red streams of moonlight hit his bare feet, and then the night of agony begun.

[vinylfoxbooks]

June 15 - Release | @jegulus-microfic | wc: 1,575 The environment is inspired by this tiktok The premise of this is inspired by this tiktok and I can only hope that I properly portrayed the pure emotion that this tiktok gave me The songs that James plays are as follows: Moonlight Sonata 1st movement (Beethoven), Fur Elise - Dark Version (Toms Mucenieks), Beauty in Betrayal (Lennard Kastner)

Regulus is in and out of the building they're hiding in: an abandoned thing that might’ve once had many rooms but has since lost many of its separating walls. He thinks it might’ve been a hotel or a hospital, an open lobby with what was probably once a garden in the center of it, an old, out of tune piano that might not even work surrounded by debris that few of them have the confidence to climb around in. Around it, on several floors, are mezzanines to walk on, leading to a series of doors. There’s a desk in the back. 

It’s old, it's decrepit, and several parts of it they’re too scared to venture into but it’s hidden. It’s secret, and it holds all of them without cramping them together. 

They’re upset about it, but James and Lily aren’t allowed to leave the building -- after all, when Regulus came to them and their friends, it was them that Voldemort was wanting, having been sold out by Peter. So, usually Regulus, Dorcas, and Mary are the ones to leave and get food and toiletries for everyone staying in there. Occasionally Barty or Evan will come by and give them proper updates -- Regulus can only do so much acting as a spy for both sides for the war -- but their visits have to be sparse and only occasional. 

Regulus has been gone for about a week at this point, having to travel and stay for several meetings with Voldemort and has just returned back to the hideout. It’s the middle of the night and Regulus has just gotten into more comfortable clothes and laid down, getting ready for bed. However, as he’s feeling the sweet release of sleep pull him under, there’s a noise. Or rather, a lot of noise. Music, maybe?

It’s faint, but just loud enough to pull Regulus out of bed and onto tired feet. He ventures out of his room, on the second floor of the building and leans against the railing, feeling his breath punched out of his chest because-

Because James is sitting at the bench of the out of tune grand piano sitting in what was once a lobby. There’s debris around him by some of the doorways -- Regulus wishes so desperately he could know what had happened to this building to leave it in such a state -- and he’s sitting at the piano and-

“It’s been a long time since I’ve seen him play.” Sirius says from beside Regulus, scaring him out of his reverie, “Sorry.”

“No it’s fine, I just- I didn’t know that…”

“That James played the piano?” Sirius finishes for him, watching his best friend with adoration, “He’s been playing since he was a kid, told me that watching Effie play made him fall in love with it. But as he got older, he stopped playing. Told me that he only ever plays when he’s stressed or worried about something, like a release.”

“And you’ve heard him play?”

“Once,” Sirius shakes his head, “It was right after he got the letter that his parents were sick, dragon pox. I was with him when he got it and he ran all the way to the Potter mansion. He sat in front of that piano with his parents nearby for hours, playing song after song. I think he just didn’t want us to see that he was crying.”

“He’s beautiful.” Regulus breathes, watching his ex-boyfriend play. Regulus regrets their break up everyday. He was the one that left James after taking the dark mark, deciding that he didn’t deserve James, and after he left James went with Lily. They had a child together and seemed happy, but since Regulus went into semi-hiding with them, he’s seen that their marriage was more one of expectation than it was one of romantic love. They sleep in different rooms and alternate which nights they take care of Harry, which room he sleeps in. Lily and Mary seem to be flirting pretty heavily, which Regulus is glad that they’re finding light in the situation but James-

Sirius sighs, “He’s not doing alright… he’s worried about Harry, about Lily, about Remus and I, about Peter coming back… he’s worried about you, Reg.”

“Me? Why would he be worried about me, I- I was horrible to him.”

“That doesn’t mean that he doesn’t still love you, Reggie.” The older brother shakes his head, finally taking his eyes off of James to look at his brother, “You were his light. He knew that you weren’t leaving him because you didn’t love him. And I mean, you were the ones that saved us. You found him, you told him what happened, you saved his life. And the life of his son.” 

“And you going around and risking your life, not saying anything to us for weeks is terribly stressful, even for someone that isn’t close with you.” Another voice says. Lily. Her hair is braided and her eyes aren’t shining like usual but she’s still breathtaking -- Regulus has always admired Lily’s beauty. The girl comes to stand on the other side of Regulus, placing a hand on his shoulder, a sleepy Harry resting against her shoulder and sitting on her hip opposite to Regulus, “We’re all worried about you. But James especially. I could tell that he never fell out of love with you. He was always checking the news to see if you showed up somewhere.”

“And you didn’t mind that?”

Lily shakes her head with a soft laugh, watching her husband -- they’re technically still married even if separated, “No. Because I didn’t love him like that either. Yes, we got married. Yes, we had a child together but both of our hearts were taken with other people. His was taken with you.” As she finishes her statement the song that James was playing comes to a close and another starts up, just as intense, just as emotional as the first. Lily takes her hand off of Regulus’ shoulder, “Go talk to him. Or at least sit with him.” 

Regulus nods and rushes to the stairs of the building, hurrying down them with the echoing music James is playing sweeping him towards his ex. Towards his lover. 

He climbs over the debris as quietly as he can, standing just behind James and watching the way his deft fingers fly over the keys. Even out of tune, the song that James is playing is breathtaking.

When James finishes with the song that he’s playing, he finally turns to see Regulus, offering a weak smile. His eyes are red-lined and tear streaks cover his puffy face. Regulus feels his heart drop into his stomach, “Hello Jamie.”

“Reg.” James says, the word coming out like a breath. Like a sigh of relief after a long, stressful day. James is too much of a worry. He wears his heart on his sleeve and worries himself nearly to death. If Voldemort doesn’t kill him in this war, James is going to work himself into his own grave. 

Regulus moves to sit on the piano bench with James, wrapping his arm around James’ waist, “I’ve got you James. I’m sorry.”

James shakes his head, “You have nothing to be sorry about, Reg. You saved our lives.” His voice is shaky and tears well up in his eyes as he speaks.

“I have everything to be sorry about, Jamie.”

“Let’s not focus on what we did wrong.” James smiles weakly at his ex, leaning into his body, “If we’re facing the end of the world as we know it, what good is it to focus on the bad.”

“You’re perfect.” Regulus breathes, feeling his own eyes well up with tears, “Play me another one?”

James nods, his hands reaching towards the piano again though he doesn’t stop leaning into Regulus’ body warmth, “Of course.” And with that, his hands set to work on a piece -- likely muscle memory which is incredible to Regulus. It’s beautiful, it’s melancholic. It’s their relationship, it’s the world as it collapses around them, it’s the worries that they all have -- worries that they won’t make it out of this war alive, worries about their future, about their loved ones. 

It's tragedy and it’s beautiful. 

Regulus never takes his arm from James’ back, however he does lift his head from where it’s begun resting on James’ shoulder and looks around the old abandoned building. Sirius and Lily are still standing where he left them, only having moved closer to each other. Remus has come out as well and is resting his head on Sirius’ and Harry is fully awake in Lily’s arms and they’re all watching the two of them at the piano. As Mary starts to walk over to the four of them as well, her own eyes trained to the piano, Regulus shifts his gaze to where Marlene and Dorcas are leaning against each other across the second floor from the others. Dorcas offers him a smile and a nod. 

He looks up for a moment, taking in the beautiful stained glass ceiling above them -- or what’s left of it as several of the coloured glass pieces has fallen from their frames -- and into the stars above for a moment before letting his eyes fall closed and letting his mind taken by the music James is playing, allowing those beautiful notes to sweep him into the night, into the stars, and into a better future.

[phoenixs-fandoms-and-writings]

A Ball That Will Change Lives - Chapter 4

Fandom: Harry Potter (Marauders Era characters)

Pairing: Royal!James/Bodyguard!Lily/Commoner!GN!Reader

Characters: James Potter, Lily Evans, Regulus Black, Evan Rosier, Fleamont Potter, Euphemia Potter

Plot: You get to know Prince James and Princess Lily.

Notes: this account is anti-JKR and her beliefs.

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You looked so stunning. Could you be their one? James knew that both Lily and him were thinking the same thing, both of them were entranced by you.

The two fiancés guided you into the gardens of the palace.

Your face lit up. “I’ve never seen anything so beautiful.” You blushed and looked down. “Aside from the two of you, that is.”

You walked ahead a few steps and bent down to smell the flower in front of you. You stopped and looked back towards James and Lily, before asking, “why did you bring me out here, your highnesses?”

“We brought you out here, because we have a question for you,” I responded.

Lily took James’ hand and held hers out. You stood up as she did this. “We’ve been getting to know you all night and when I haven’t been dancing with you, I was dancing with others, but it didn’t feel the same as it did with you. With you, it felt like there was some sort of connection between us.” You blushed as you nodded. “And I would like to explore it further, if that’s what you would like. I feel like you could be our missing piece.”

James had been looking at Lily as she’d explained, but when she finished, James turned to you as he held out his hand for you as well. “The first moment I saw you with Lily, I couldn’t help but think how stunning you looked. Then I joined both of you and got the chance to get to know you. You’re so much more incredible than you seemed. I would be honoured if you would join us and become part of our relationship. I’d like the chance to get to know you more.”

“What would happen to me?”

“If you say yes, the first thing would be us going back in there and announcing it to everyone,” Lily told you.

“You want me to be in your relationship, but what role would I play?”

“You would be our love, our partner, our equal. Whatever life you had before would change and it would take some getting used to, but we would help you transition. And if you wanted, you could have your family visit if you wanted or live in the castle with us,” James told you.

“No,” they both looked shocked and taken aback. “Sorry, what I meant is I don’t have family, so it’s not something we have to worry about.” They relaxed but looked apologetic. “I really want to be with both of you. It feels right being with you.” You took their hands, and they lifted them to their lips, kissing the one they were holding, keeping their eyes on you.

However, when they released your hands was when you heard the bell toll, making it known that it was midnight and the magic would wear off soon.

“I’m so sorry.” Your eyes widened, and just before you ran, you told them. “I have to go. I have to be back by midnight.”

You ran as fast as you could, and as you did you heard James call, “but how do we find you?”

You never answered him. You didn’t want to leave but you had to. Your stepfamily could never find out you were there. If they did, you didn’t know what would happen but it wouldn’t be good.

As you were running down the first steps, you felt a ring slip off. You didn’t stop to look, you ran to Regulus and Evan, knowing they would help you get back

When you got to the carriage, Regulus and Evan helped you and you got in as fast as you could before you all disappeared.

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James and Lily followed you, but by the time they got to the front doors, you had already disappeared. James was crying. “We had them. They were so incr-”

He had stopped when he saw something shiny on the ground. “What the heck?” He walked over and crouched down, picking it up. He turned back to Lily and held out what he’d found; the ring that had been on your right hand. “This was theirs. I remember it clearly being on their finger. It matched them and their outfit perfectly.”

Lily raised her hand to his cheek and he closed his eyes. “We will find them. You and I will go out into the kingdom and search for them. We have to find them, my love.”

He leaned into the touch. “We will. You’re right.” He held the ring to Lily. “Keep this safe until we find them.”

She took it from his hand and noticed on the inside was an inscription, but she couldn’t understand the writing. “Do you understand this?” She showed him the inscription.

“No. We should take it to my parents. If they don’t understand it, then they might know someone who does.”

He took Lily’s hand as her other held tightly the ring that had been left behind. They walked inside and when he looked around, he saw his parents walking towards the thrones they sat in. If he had to guess, he would say they just finished dancing or talking to someone.

James and Lily head over that way and once standing in front of them, James spoke, “Mama, father, we found them. We found someone we like and they like us, but they ran off saying they had to be back by midnight.”

“They didn’t tell us how to find them,” Lily continued, before holding out her hand, revealing the ring. “They dropped this. However, there’s writing on the inside that we don’t recognise. We want to use it to find them, but we want to understand if the writing could help.” She paused, looking over at James, before looking back at the King and Queen. “Do you recognise the writing?”

Fleamont reached out as if to touch it, before he moved back, and looked up at her. “May I?”

Lily moved it so it was in between her thumb and pointer finger, holding it out to him. “Of course, your majesty.”

He took it and looked at the inscription. He shook his head not recognising the writing, so he handed it to his wife. “My love, do you recognise this writing?”

She took it gracefully and looked at the inscription. Her eyes widened as she recognised it. “Yes. I know this writing.” She looked up at her son and his fiancé. “Go to the family room. We’ll meet you there soon. I need to get an old friend who can help us find them.”

“Thank you, mama,” James said as he had tears in his eyes.

She stood up and hugged him. “You’re welcome, my children.”

With that, the two lovebirds went to the family room, curled up together on the couch; James leaning back on the couch and Lily leaning against him.

[underburningstars]

darlin', i'm falling 12

for @jegulus-microfic prompt jealous, wc 1036, nsfw

(Did I skip through Regulus' recovery period to write smut? Yep. This one is inspired by this lovely art btw)

Regulus’ recovery is a slow, painful process. Most of the time, Regulus is impatient, James is scared, Sirius is angry and Remus is stressed. It’s a gruesome and exhausting month but they make it through. 

Regulus is fully recovered now. He can, once again, kick James’ ass while sparring. Sometimes, James finds him running around the garden like a madman. Regulus is fine and there is nothing left to heal anymore. 

So why does the Healer keep finding excuses to come back?

James didn’t notice it at first because his mind was rather occupied with concerts about Regulus’ health. But now it’s as clear as the day. The Healer visits Regulus way too often and every time Regulus kicks everyone out of the room to talk to them. 

James doesn’t like it. 

The Healer is back again. They visited Regulus a week ago too. Why are they here again? And why did Regulus tell him to leave? What are they discussing that James can’t know? James stands outside their bedroom and glares at the door. His glare lands on the Healer when the door opens and they come out. They flinch. 

Good, James thinks with no little amount of satisfaction. 

They smile tightly at him before leaving and James enters the room. 

“Are you sick? Why do you still need to see a Healer? And why can’t I be in the room when you see them?”

Regulus’ eyes shine with mirth when he looks at James. “I needed to do something to celebrate my recovery but the curse from the attack made it a little complicated. So I told Healer Jenkins to stay in case something happened. And you couldn’t stay because it was supposed to be a surprise.”

Okay, James is curious now, “What did you do? Did you get a new tattoo? Show me.”

“Not a tattoo. But…I think you’ll like it.” With that Regulus slowly starts pooping the buttons of his shirt open. Soon, Regulus shrugs his shirt off and it pools at his feet on the ground. But James’ eyes aren’t on the shirt. He couldn’t give less of a damn about it. Not when Regulus is standing in front of him; his pale skin is on display and two golden nipple piercings adorning his chest. The light falls on the chain that connects the piercings and makes it glow. 

James walks towards Regulus slowly and deliberately, still not taking his eyes off the piercings. 

“Can I touch?” He whispers. His voice has already gone hoarse and they haven’t even done anything.

“Yeah,” At least, Regulus is in the same boat as him.

He doesn’t touch the piercings or the chain. Instead, he caresses Regulus’ neck. He can feel Regulus' trembling pulse under his fingers. He trails down with featherlight touch to his collarbone and then right above his heart. He continues his ministrations until his fingers reach the chain resting on Regulus’ sternum. 

Regulus is panting now. His chest moving up and down rapidly.

James hooks one finger under the chain and tugs. 

Regulus inhales sharply as he stumbles closer to James. He bites his lips and looks up at James. He cups Regulus’ cheek with his other hand and brings their mouths together. He twists the chain around his finger and Regulus whines into his mouth. 

James leaves the chain and pushes Regulus towards the bed without breaking the kiss. They make quick work on their clothes and soon a very naked and flushed Regulus is lying under James.

James leans back on his heels and takes in the view. Regulus looks beautiful like this. Breathless, with his hands raised beside his head and the gold chain glowing on his skin. 

“Turn over,” James says and Regulus follows instantly. 

He gets like this – obedient and pliant – when he’s too turned on to be a brat. 

James strokes the path of the snake tattoo on Regulus' spine. The snake shudders under his fingers. Or maybe that’s just Regulus. He leans down to press a gentle kiss on Regulus’ dimples. 

“Hurry up,” Regulus huffs impatiently. 

Yeah, James can’t wait to fuck Regulus either. He smooths his hands on Regulus’ sides before caressing his stomach. His fingers make a slow path down to the apex of Regulus’ thighs. James’ fingers ghost over Regulus’ clit and already finds it swollen.

Regulus whines and clutches the sheets over his head. 

“James, just–please. I don’t–I don’t need prep. I can take it so just–”

“Shh baby, this is my surprise, right? So let me enjoy it.”

By the time James is done prepping Regulus, he has gone completely boneless. He is lying on the bed, face down ass up as James strokes his walls one last time before pulling out. Regulus’ cum is coating his fingers and James laps at them eagerly. 

He wraps an arm around Regulus’ waist and the other around his neck to pull him up on his knees. James presses his chest to Regulus’ back and slowly pushes in. Regulus throws his head back on James’ shoulder with a low moan. James groans loudly as he feels Regulus’ walls sucking him in. 

“Look at you, taking me so well,” James pants.

After letting Regulus adjust, James starts rocking them slowly. He sets a sensual and languid pace. But that doesn’t satisfy Regulus. He pushes his hips back and James gets the message. He doesn’t increase the speed but starts thrusting harder into Regulus. He drops the hand around Regulus’ neck and twists his fingers around the chain again. 

He tugs the chain in sync with his thrusts which has Regulus thrashing in his arms. Regulus clenches around him and that’s how James knows he is close. James twists the chain around another finger and reaches down with his other hand to stroke Regulus’ clit. 

Soon, Regulus’ walls are clamping around him and he is coming on James’ cock. James’ climax follows closely. 

James detangles his fingers from the chain and pulls out slowly. He gently lays Regulus down on the bed and drops beside him. 

“You should get jealous more often,” Regulus tells him after catching his breath. 

James snorts and curls around Regulus. “And you should get a few more piercings.”

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[courfee]

if this be done (part 2)

@jegulus-microfic | august 28 - injury | wc 992 | part 1, 2, 3

witchboy james and crow regulus

The first thing James tries in his attempt to lift the curse off Regulus, turn him from a crow back into the man he used to be, is of course the same thing he tried with Sirius. It was a curse back then, too. A similar curse, turning him into an animal, so it seems only reasonable that the process to unravel Regulus’ curse would be similar too.

It isn’t, as it turns out.

“Are you sure you have said the words correctly?” Regulus huffs, when all that happens after James has completed his magic is that Regulus’ feathers look a lot more ruffled.

“I am sure,” James says. It has been over a week of James collecting flowers from his garden and drying and milling and boiling them, and another week of writing and rewriting his spell and knotting the strings of his magic together, and in the meantime Regulus has not gotten any kinder. He has made himself a home in the little library James has in his cottage. It’s a cosy room James rarely visits because he is a firm believer in finding his knowledge through trial of error instead of reading. “I’ve had success with the exact same spell on a different curse.”

Regulus scoffs, “You reused the spell? Why ever would you think that’s the solution?”

“Why ever would I not?”

Regulus angrily walks to the other side of the table (he barely ever flies, preferring to stick to the way of transportation he was used to as a human. James doesn’t get it, if he got turned into a bird he would use every single second to use his new skills and soar through the air), spreading out his wings as if he was gesticulating. “Unravelling curses has nothing to do with the subject of the curse but rather the person getting cursed. You can’t treat a curse like an injury with one universal remedy to heal it. What worked for your past clients will not work for me, because I am not them and therefore the nature of my curse is a different one.”

James looks perplexed. “And how would you know that?”

“It’s common knowledge,” Regulus says condescendingly.

It really isn’t. Even here, where magic flows through the world like the gentle yet persistent stream of a clear forest brook, curses are not common, and what’s not common cannot pass into common knowledge.

“Besides,” Regulus continues and points with his beak at a book lying next to the vase with yellow carnations James picked for Regulus this morning when he refused the first cup of tea that James brewed for him on the pretext that James let it brew for exactly fort-eight seconds too long. It’s a book Regulus read and James hasn’t. James had to get it off the shelf for Regulus the previous day. James has to do a lot of things for Regulus, and Regulus has yet to ask for any of those things with a please. “If you looked at your own books you would find that same explanation there as well.”

“So it’s not common knowledge at all,” James challenges. “You simply read a book last night and now think you’re so much smarter than I am.”

“I don’t think so, I know,” Regulus argues. “That’s what having more knowledge than you means.”

James crosses his arms. “If you know so much more than I do, why don’t you tell me how to unravel your curse? Better yet, why don’t you do it yourself? I didn’t ask you to be here. You are free to leave whenever you want.”

Regulus doesn’t leave. He doesn’t move to lift his curse. He doesn’t even tell James how to do it. He just stands on his two little crow feet and glares at James defiantly, black, beady eyes glinting with despite. James wonders if they were black, too, when he was a human. If they would bore into him the same way as they do now, or if there would be a hint of kindness in them instead.

“That’s what I thought,” James huffs. “You don’t know either.”

“You were still wrong and have wasted two weeks of my life,” Regulus complains, not one to back down.

“With the way you act and talk I’m not surprised someone wanted to curse you.” The words slip past James’ lips before he can spin them around in his head, weave them into something more beautiful. They are rough, ugly words. Rough, ugly things can be made into soft and beautiful things as well, or into useful ones at least. A blanket to keep you warm, even if scratchy, a base for a fire to light a room. James didn’t take the time to transform his words, to weave his magic through them, and so they fall rough and ugly out of his mouth, and land rough and ugly in front of Regulus.

Regulus folds his wings, presses them tightly against his body and stands up straighter, more stiffly. “If you lay out more books for me I will read up more on curses and tell you what I find,” he says curtly. “The sooner we solve this, the sooner I can leave here.” James knows he feels sorry, somewhere on the inside he feels sorry for presenting the words as they formed and not as what they should have been. Is sorry for hurting Regulus with them, because Regulus looks hurt in that way he has turned hard, his whole body a shield to keep his heart safe. James knows he feels sorry somewhere, but he does not feel sorry in the space right behind his ribs, that space that connects his heart and his tongue, and so he does not say the words. What he says instead is, “I will get you the books. The sooner we solve this, the sooner you can leave here,” and turns from the room to resume his work.

[liquidluckdrabblechallenge]

💜 Liquid Luck Never Have I Ever Challenge | Masterlist 💜

Hi!

Here is the masterlist of works created for the Liquid Luck Never Have I Ever Challenge. A big thank you to everyone who participated! ❤️

* All the things you want me to do by Samunderthelights

Fic | Regulus/James/Lily | E New Pairing | "Close your eyes." After a night of drinking, Regulus ends up in bed with James and Lily.

* Connecting freckles by orange-peony

Drabble | Viktor/Ron | E New Pairing | Better than expected “Like that,” Viktor murmurs in his ear, his husky voice so deep that Ron shivers with it.

* Dragons by emeraldlove

Fic | Severus/Charlie + Harry/Charlie | M New Pairing | Dragons There was no one moment or a sudden realisation that I had a crush on my Potions professor. Only a passing thought one day in fourth year, when Professor Snape sneered at my fellow Gryffindor’s clumsy attempt at brewing the day’s potion. Charlie Weasley has an affair with his Potions professor.

* In the silence of the darkness by Samunderthelights

Fic | Sirius/James Sirius | T New pairing + New AU | “Close your eyes.” + “How bad is it?” + Better than expected + New hair colour/style Sirius should have died when he went through the Veil, but years later he wakes up as though nothing ever happened. He may not have gotten older, and he may still look the same, but that doesn’t mean that he’s still the same on the inside. The world has changed, and as much as Sirius tries to hide it, he finds himself struggling to a life that doesn’t feel like it’s his. However, there is one person who sees him for who he truly is, and that person just so happens to be Harry’s son.

* Little Blue Potion by Chelonie

Fic | Neville/Harry | M New Pairing + New Potion/Spell | "I’ve missed this/you.“ Neville still thinks sex with Harry is great, even after fifty years together. That doesn’t mean it can’t be better… Enter the Elixir of Vitality.

* Seeing More Than Me by TheUltimateUndesirable

Fic | Lavender/Parvati | E New Pairing | Date gone wrong It came out of nowhere, seemingly anyways. Emotions that were always there, but at the same time not what she thought. Lavender just hadn’t considered she didn’t need anyone else to see she was more than what she felt, when someone right beside her already did.

* The Rose Garden by Samunderthelights

Fic | Regulus/James | T New AU | Forbidden Since getting a job at the palace, Regulus has started to develop a secret crush on Prince James.

* Underneath We Are Golden by Samunderthelights

Fic | Neville/Remus | G New Pairing | Lou Reed - Perfect Day + Pixies Remus isn’t sure what to do when he realises that he has feelings for his former student. Neville has grown into a wonderful young man, but even though he’s not the boy Remus once knew, and he is no longer a student, Remus can’t help but feel like it would be best to keep these feelings to himself.

* Untitled by orange-peony

Drabble | Ron/Blaise | M New Pairing + New AU | "Close your eyes." “Do you want to dance?” Zabini asks, his deep voice like velvet.

* When The Night Turns Into Day by Samunderthelights

Fic | Harry/Nymphadora | G New Pairing | Steve Crisp - American Diner Since Remus died, Harry has made sure to look out for Tonks and to help her with Teddy. Valentine’s Day is still a difficult day for Tonks, as it always reminds her of Remus. So this year Harry decides to take her out to dinner as a distraction.

[limetimo]

RAB fics this week (21-27 Feb)

In A Years Time by tired_softy the Potters aren't dead saved by not dead Regulus; it's been a year since the Godric's Hollow was attacked and it's time to get the family back together.

when you were mine by battlehamster highschool secret sweethearts. broken hearts. house arrests. single dad james. regulus gardening. baby Harry. What's not to love

Magic Is a Fickle Thing by Seraphina9305 MArauders era Hogwarts reads the HP books, I enjoy Bellatrix :D

Of Murder & Family Bonding by Kiyamei Sometimes you need an alibi to cover up a murder. Who else to lean on than on your family? Casual murderers Black my beloveds :D

Drugs and surgical scrubs by anauro I'm screaming top notch disfuncional family dynamics, slowburn Jegulus, impeccable writing

Fuck Moldywarts by Kiyamei Regulus and his cousins ♥ bamf Narcissa ♥♥♥

Stop The World I Wanna Get Off With You by MoonyInMars bar owner Regulus, James with a crush, Wolfstar navigating their relationship, Remus plays drums!

rewrite my heart (let the future in) by secretpersona *insistent pointing* read it. beanpole Regulus rights. PANDORA. The inner workings of the Order. Fabian and his effing limes.

holy execution by summersnowz BIG OOH. Walburga finds out Sirius likes Remus. Walburga attacks Sirius. Regulus tries to defend Sirius. Walburga attacks Regulus. Sirius kills Walburga. Narcissa helps them forge evidence and grandfather Arcturus comes out of retirement. Very interesting! Most of the OoO action happens in the beginning and the rest of it is the fallout (so far), Sirius-centric, but worth the read.

I Didn't Catch Your Name by Kach_wow aaaaakjfkjfakjf a fateful one night stand, a lost number, almost-meeting each other so many times. Exciting! ♥♥♥

The Horcrux Hunt by Keysie I can't belive there are only 3 chapters left to this masterpiece WHAT AM I GOING TO DO WITH MY LIFE???

Imposition by HPNS Harry had an oopsie with the Dementors and how he's in 1995, Slytherin, no clue what's going on whatsoever, but he's making friends so that's fine? Regulus is a one suspicious cookie and needs to relax lol

As The World Caves In by reylo_is_canon oohhhhh this is funtastic oka, the premise is sorta the run-of-the-mill time travelling Hermione BUT she's doing it with Theo Nott! Regulus keeps accidentally cock-blocking them xD

BLAME by YouBlitheringIdiot for potting_lilies FUCK DUMBLEDORE! ALL MY HOMIES HATE DUMBLEDORE! AND SNAPE! James takes fall for the Prank, is kicked out of Hogwarts and joins DEs as Dumbledore's spy. Plot begins when he's captured by the Order ♥

(don't) turn over the page by the_crownless_queen Regulus relives the day he dies, groundhog-day style. Haunting, beautifl.

Five Times James Didn't Understand Siblings (and One Time He Could) - James + Black Brothers by jungkook_blossom pretty much what it says on the tin, Regulus goes to Potters with Sirius and James is confused at siblings dynamics.

Thank God for Power Outages by laceandsteelgirl CUTE! Ft. wingman Sirius xD

The Other Black by laceandsteelgirl wrong number, librarian James, detective Regulus, murder mystery, romance, ready, set, go ♥

a case of mistaken identity by Kach_wow Okay so Regulus is a squib but he's friends with Pandora and when he's in muggle London to hunt down a birthday present for her, this rando wizard mistakes him for his friend and they spend the day sight-seeing! There's so much more to it, it would just take an essay of excited yelling for me to explain properly-

Ask away by purplefrogz Remus and Sirius fuck off to their honeymoon and James entertains himself by texting to the stranger who inherited Sirius' old phone number. You guessed it, the stranger is Regulus! V cute

I hate James Potter a little less by mithomas Regulus moves in on his brother's couch and gets to know his brother's roommate a little better :D

We're older now, the light is dim by Winter_Oswin nobody fuck with Lily Evans Potter, and nobody fuck with her child. She will literally come after you from beyond the grave, with her husband and her husband's best friend's estranged little brother.

water of the grave (is water of the heart) by bugsofson James and Regulus are at each other's throats... you know, homoerotically ;D

Heroes (just for one day) by Sympathy4theDevil *screaming*

With the flap of a wing by orphan_account Regulus becomes the spy for the Order, only one chapter up, we love Cissa!

For Shits and Giggles by silverfield Regulus' allergies will only kill him if he doesn't kill himself first :D Okay that's a bad summary but there's an alarming lack of self-preservace (welp I forgot the word) in this

Across Enemy Lines by Jegulus4life Regulus joins Order, spies for Order, and later James Potter is made his Order *takes a deep breath, gives up on spelling the word I wanted to use* meeting person, slowburn

From Spare to Heir by jubjubird I can't believe "spare" and "heir" RHYME. The English language is a crime.

Ouroboros by futomomo Regulus, time travel to the past, you know the drill :D

Kissing Under The Tree by tinyscales Cute Jegulus!

a burning hill. by phobos_irl Regulus has hanahaki and the object of his affections (James) is getting married to his brother. Guess I'll just die, said Regulus and went to make some music :D

The Only Faith We Have (is faith in us) by orphan_account aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Lord's Redemption (Friday 30, October 1981) by LimeOfMagicLimo I'm indeed the target audience of my own writing. BAMF Regulus is deep bone tired and can't wait to be tossed in the Azkaban so that he can take a nap

[casualmaraudering]

ok but everyone lived au, voldemort & dumbles died in the first war, and somehow every one of the marauders being a hogwarts professor:

the war means losses, of course. Plenty of casualties and trauma, many teachers were either killed or didn't want to teach anymore. McGonagall, new headmistress, had quite a few positions to fill

Remus is approached first, for DADA ofc. He's always wanted to be a teacher, he was a perfect student, well behaved, what more would you need? there was no one else McGonagall would ask

then there's Lily, so passionate about potions, of course she's gonna say yes to teaching it. And, since she was a Slytherin in her student days, McGonagall makes her head of house. Lily is smug about it for months

then, there's the fact that, since McGonagall is the headmistress, she doesn't have that much time to teach transfiguration. There's not anyone that comes to mind who could teach it - but one day Sirius Black casually strolls into her office, and he comes out with a job. She's always had a soft spot for him, he was extremely skilled in her class even if he was a troublemaker. He's made head of Gryffindor and he couldn't be more proud (take that Mrs Black)

throughout the year, Lily finds it hard to teach quite so many kids - there's basics, NEWT and OWL classes, extracurriculars, too much to do, especially that potions are required for many careers, so a lot of students sign up for the classes. She asks McGonagall if there's a chance there could be a second teacher

and so Regulus Black is asked to fill the position of the Potions Master (the second one). He's very withdrawn and introverted, doesn't do well with young kids, so he takes on advanced classes and NEWT prep, and Lily has the basics and OWL prep.

Regulus is the youngest professor in the castle, at just 20. But McGonagall knows just how skilled he is and that, even with the lack of experience, he'll manage just fine.

James is offered a position a few years after all of his friends. The previous Quidditch teacher resigned, and so McGonagall sends a letter asking James if, perhaps, he'd be interested to fill the position. James quits his previous job in an instant

Sirius and Remus are married, of course. None of the students know, because Remus thinks it's best to keep it on the low and not embarrass the children with too much physical affection. The students can easily tell there's something there though. Most 7th years think they're having an affair with each other

the staff wing is,,,, a lot. there's just A Lot going on there at all times

James does Little League Quidditch for smaller kids from nearby magical villages on the weekends (with McGonagall's permission, of course)

if you're looking for Sirius, you'll most likely find him in Remus's office, annoying him (because who needs to mark essays when you can be kissing your husband, right?)

Sirius, just like McGonagall, loves to show off Padfoot to his students. and often he strolls around the castle as Padfoot. it's quite amusing to see a gaggle of students to "hello Professor Black!" at a dog

James sends flowers to Lily's office roughly once a week. they always have a little note attached to them that's like "you looked beautiful today!" "woah you're so gorgeous, will you go out with me??" they're married, but it's cute nevertheless

James coaches all of the teams, and he gets very invested in the lives of his students. He's like the most approachable guy in the staff wing, loves giving advice and trying to cheer his kids up if they happen to have lost a game or have a bad day. If you have a problem you're not sure what to do about, you go to James

Regulus can be spotted in the library very often. He has his own spot where every student knows, that's where Professor Black (the Potions one) sits. He doesn't talk Much with his students but that's just cause he's introverted and doesn't like people that much. but every now and again a student will sit next to him and ask for help with an essay, and he never says no

at least twice a month Sirius will try to persuade Remus to change his surname to Black. the chaos if there were three Professor Blacks?? hello??? Remus isn't amused (actually they both have a double surname but go by just Black and Lupin, so the kids aren't confused and they can remain lowkey)

Remus has a drawer full of treats just in case there's a student coming into his office. whether it's to retake a test, ask for help, or just chat. he always has sweets

Regulus also helps out in the hospital wing sometimes. Prior to working at Hogwarts, he was studying to be a healer, and Madame Pomfrey took him under her wing and teaches him all he needs to know, so he's technically both a potions professor and also a healer

Remus is really good at reading his students, so once he invites a certain student to his office. He talks to them a bit at first, and then offhandedly mentions that he was born a girl - just to see the student's eye go wide and ask if that's possible. for Remus it was really easy to notice that whenever he called them "miss" they'd have this uncomfortable frown on their face, just like he once did. The student ends up coming to him a lot, finally shyly admitting he's not a girl, but a boy - and always leaves a little more happy, more confident. Remus can't be happier when he skips into his office one time and says he's transferring to the boys' dorm

similarly, Sirius once has a student who didn't want to come home for the summer. She was a second year, a gryffindor, and very shyly approached him once, asking if there's something she can do so she doesn't have to go home. He didn't have the answer to that just yet

and so Sirius talked to Regulus. And together they went to McGonagall's office, asking if there's a way to arrange a place for students who don't want to, or can't, go home. They've both been there once - they didn't want to go home, but there was no other way. And so, with a bit of work, and volunteering to watch the kids on their part, they arranged a way for students to stay the summer if their situation isn't perfect

James attaches to students so much that he cries every year at graduation

Lily takes over one of the greenhouses to have a little potions ingredients garden - for stuff that isn't necessarily in the curriculum, but she thinks the students could find useful or interesting. Reg has a small patch in there for healing plants

Sirius's office has a waterbowl for Padfoot and an empty bowl right next to it. sometimes students will leave dog treats there

[onlydreamofmysoul]

Gingerbread (Ficmas #1)

Here we go!!! Ficmas day one! Super excited about this - I’ve never done ficmas before! As promised... a little sweet competition!

Characters and their world by @lumosinlove “Is everyone ready?” Celeste asked, standing around her kitchen, looking at the room nearly overflowing with hockey players and their loved ones. “Leo and I are the judges. The rules are simple, you all have to build a gingerbread house, everything you need is right in front of you. The best looking one wins, okay?” 

Remus grinned and nodded, nudging Sirius excitedly. They had everything - including the gingerbread premade by Celeste herself, so even if it looked like a disaster it was sure to taste amazing. Not that theirs would look anything less than fantastic.

On second thought, maybe a group of highly competitive athletes working against each other instead of with each other was a bad idea.

“Okay guys!” Leo called as he hopped up to sit on the counter and oversee the proceedings. ��You have one hour. Your time starts.... Now!”

Remus grinned at Sirius, and then they set to work.

Logan knew watching Leo be all authoritative as a judge while he just had to watch would be hard. He didn’t know it would be torture. He was teamed with Adele and Katie, but Adele had to keep hitting his arm to get his attention.

“Logan,” She warned. “I want to win. Now are you gonna focus or not?”

Logan shook his head. Leo could wait. He had a competition to win. “Oui, sorry yes I’m good now.”

Adele nodded, apparently satisfied and Katie drew their attention back to her when she started bouncing in her seat. 

“Allez!” She said, her eyes wide, “Tremzy come on I wanna get to the part where I can eat it.”

Logan chuckled but obliged her, obediently holding pieces of gingerbread in place at the girls’ command as the icing dried.

“Okay, no pressure or anything, but your name’s Noelle so I’m expecting you to dominate this Christmas thing.” Thomas said, only partially jokingly as Noelle carefully piped the outline of their ‘windows’. 

“Um, excuse you Thomas Walker,” She replied, “What does it look like I’m doing?”

“Okay, but hear me out,” Thomas started as he picked up a piece of gingerbread, and started piping green spikes on it. “We should have pine trees in front of it.”

Noelle looked at him like he was losing his mind. “Babe, it’s a gingerbread house.” She said slowly as if it were a foreign concept.

“I know!” Thomas said, excitedly waving his hands and as he did, his pine tree went flying through the air and landed in Kasey’s hair. 

Kasey turned around very slowly and looked around menacingly, reaching up and pulling the biscuit out of his hair, leaving green splotches and crumbs in its wake.

“Who?” He ground out, and Thomas looked around with a shocked expression. “I have no idea! Noelle? Did you see anything?”

Noelle bit down her laugh and shook her head. “Non. Maybe it was one of the kids?” She said, looking over at Logan’s table to where Katie had more icing on her than the house. Kasey followed her and his vision softened. He nodded once and turned back around, Thomas made another tree and held it up to Noelle.

“They’ll never see it coming.” He said, finally finishing his statement. Noelle rolled her eyes, but in the end, there were a ton of palm trees in their ‘garden’. 

Finn was with Pascal and Marc, all of them particularly competitive and set on winning except there was one little problem… None of them had ever actually made a gingerbread house before.

“I think it goes like this?” Marc said, tilting his head as he stuck two pieces together, the icing going everywhere. He let go and they all held their breath while the biscuits stood for about ten seconds before collapsing so slowly it was actually a little sad. 

“I say we give up and just eat everything.” Finn proposed. Marc nodded, Dumo looked like he was going to put up a fight, but one glance at their gingerbread wreckage had his shoulders slumping. He reached out and broke off a bit of biscuit, popping it into his mouth with a grin.

“At least it tastes good?”

“But we didn’t make-” Marc began.

“Shh.” Finn cut him off with a playful wink. “At least it tastes good.”

Kasey’s hair was green and that had been a problem but then Alex promised he’d wash it out himself later that night and well, those words along with the little wink Natalie sent him had Kasey pretty okay with the whole situation. He sat there, smiling softly as he listened to Alex and Natalie chat away while Kasey did all the actual work, creating quite a nice gingerbread house, thank you very much.

Kasey grew up with his dad baking every Sunday and he’d always help. He wasn’t ashamed to say he was quite handy with a piping bag, and Alex was watching with wide eyes as Kasey piped ‘snow’ on the roof.

“How-” Alex stuttered, his eyes focused on Kasey’s hand.

Natalie bit down her smile. “He likes to keep people guessing.”

“I… I’m not complaining.”

“Like what you see O’Hara?” Kasey asked, unable to stop himself from teasing the other man. Alex was as prone to flushing a deep red as his brother, but Kasey found Alex looked a lot boyish when it happened to him.

“I definitely like what I’m seeing.” Alex replied, before cheekily dipping his finger in the icing and smirking at Kasey as he ate it. 

Natalie laughed at them both as she leaned in and kissed the sugar dusting Alex’s lips. Kasey raised an eyebrow, but kept looking at what he was doing, until Alex was standing next to him.

“Open up.” Alex prompted, holding his icing coated finger up to Kasey’s lips. Kasey made eye contact with Natalie for a split second, before doing as instructed, smiling into the kiss Alex gave him after.

“Chocolate was always my favourite.” Alex said with a sigh as he sat back down, Natalie placing her feet in his lap as she shamelessly ate the sweets they needed to decorate. Kasey glanced up to see Leo already looking at him.

“Redheads.” Leo mouthed with a shrug, “Gotta love em.”

Leo had to admit, sitting back and watching the world devolve into chaos was quite entertaining. He could still taste the gingerbread Finn had given him, their house looking more like it had been hit by a hurricane instead of like someone had actually tried to, you know, build it. Logan’s little team was doing a whole lot better, it was looking a little messy but Katie was doing a lot of the icing and well, there’s only so neat kids can be, try as they might. 

Leo’s heart melted as it always did when he would watch Logan with Dumo’s kids. He was just so good with them and they adored him in turn. One of the spare bedrooms in their apartment had been the designated spot for where they would keep presents until they were able to give them out, and Leo was fairly sure half of the room’s contents were just Logan’s presents for the little Dumais’.

“Are rookies even allowed to be judges?” Thomas queried as Leo passed and Leo had fun getting to act all haughty. Thomas looked particularly suspicious and Leo didn’t miss the correlation between the green icing he sported and the little patch of colour in Kasey’s hair. Leo filed that little bit of information away for a day he could really use it.

“Do you think it’s a good idea to get on a judge's bad side, Talkie?”

“Hey, you love me!” Thomas protested and Noelle shook her head. 

“No, but he loves me.” She said looking at Leo and winking. “You’ve got to stay on the good side of your future in-laws.”

Leo felt himself flush even as Logan twisted in his seat to look at them. “Tricheuse!” Logan cried. “Leo baby don’t listen to her, she just wants to win.” He stuck out his tongue at Noelle.

Leo abandoned Noelle and Thomas to crouch next to Logan, smirking. “Am I not marriage material Tremblay?”

Another time, earlier in their relationship maybe, Logan would have scrambled to reassure Leo, probably tripping over his own words so many times nothing actually coherent came out. Now though, Logan just smiled at him lazily.

“The most. I just mean she loves you either way, I think there’s literally nothing you could do that would make her not like you.”

Leo kissed him on the cheek before laughing as Katie wrapped her arms around him. 

“Salut Katie!” He said, standing up to throw her in the air, Katie shrieking with laughter before Leo set her back down on her chair. Leo stood up and began to move away, but not before he missed Katie unintentionally chirping Logan, “Leo throws me high.” She said in a serious tone as Leo snorted his laughter, shaking his head as he moved away.

Regulus hadn’t been sure about building a gingerbread house with Nado and Kuny - he didn't really know them and as a general rule, he didn’t like to spend too much time with people he didn’t know. But Dima got on with them really well and Dima was his friend so here Regulus was, building a gingerbread house in Pascal Dumais’ house. Two snakes in a lion's den.

“Are you sure that will hold?” Regulus found himself asking sceptically as Kuny attempted to build a several story building. Gingerbread house - more like gingerbread mansion if Kuny had his way.

Nado answered instead just nodding his head. “Of course.”

“Fair enough.” Regulus conceded, happy to sit back and watch the proceedings. He glanced around the room, still not quite sure where he fit into this chaotic little familial like team, but happy to be here all the same. More than happy to see nothing but pure joy on his brother’s face. Hope because maybe Regulus could find that kind of happiness here too.

“D’accord!” Celeste called, clapping her hands. “Okay everyone step away from your tables, your time is up!”

The team piled into the sitting room as Celeste and Leo judged all the gingerbread houses. Sirius and James sat on the floor, with Harry playing happily with them. Remus and Lily sat snugly on the couch above them, both nursing mugs of tea and heads bent together as they caught each other up on the events of the last couple of weeks. 

Finn and Logan were having an arm wrestling competition in the corner and most of the others piled around to watch them, all yelling for someone. Logan won, Finn hanging his head in shame and then they were both immediately challenged by the rest of the team, Logan battling (and losing quite dramatically) to Katie. 

Leo and Celeste came back into the room, looking quite smug as they held up a cardboard trophy.

“We have the winner,” Leo said to get everyone’s attention and the sudden hush that fell upon the room was quite comical. 

“Drumroll!” Thomas cried and the room was filled with the rapid thuds of everyone slapping their hands against the nearest object.

“And the winner is…” Celeste drew out, “Katie, Adele and Logan!”

The trio jumped up, hugging and high fiving. 

Logan stood up on a chair and pressed his hands against his chest in gratitude. 

“Thank you, thank you,” He joked, wiping away a fake tear. “We’ve been dreaming about this for, mon dieu, I don’t know how long.”

“You weren’t this dramatic when you won MVP!” Sirius called from the back of the room and Logan winked at him before continuing. “I think Adele had the idea that secured our win though, Adele?”

The girl dashed to the kitchen and came back with their little gingerbread house, the outside entirely lined by little gingerbread people. 

“We made the team!” Katie said, bouncing on her toes. There was a rush as everyone came over to have a look and before long, everyone was grabbing their figurine and eating them.

“Goodbye little Thomas.” Talkie said mournfully before biting its head off.

“Hey, maybe now I can give myself head.” Leo muttered to Finn, who promptly choked, spitting crumbs everywhere as he flushed a deep red.  

Remus leaned back into Sirius as they munched on their biscuits. 

“This is fun. We should do it again next year.”

Sirius wiped the crumbs from his lip and tightened his hold on Remus’ waist. “And the year after that, and they year after that, and the ye-”

Remus giggled, twisting in Sirius’ arms to shut him up by kissing him. “Yeah, baby. I’d like that.”

[hpanimagusfest]

Animagus Masterlist - Creators Revealed

We would like to thank everybody who has made this fest such a success, whether as a prompter, creator, or reader! We hope the featured fics, art, and podfics have brought you happiness in these crazy times we’re living in. Now, without further ado, may we proudly present the HP Animagus Fest 2021 Masterlist.

ART

Title: The Whirling Ways of Stars That Pass Artist: Bluebutter @bluebutter-art Rating: Gen Art Medium: Digital Art Pairing: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter Prompt: #30 Summary:

Being a polar bear Animagi makes Harry crave holidays and time in icy places like Iceland and the North Pole, which is why Harry and Draco decide to spend their first holiday together to see the beautiful Northern Lights. There's just one tiny problem: Draco hates the cold.

That's okay though. He can get warm cuddling in his lover's soft fur.

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PODFICS

Title: [Podfic] Harry's Wolves by dracogotgame Podficcer: Thunder_of_Dragons @thunder-of-dragons Original Author: dracogotgame Rating: Gen Length: 12 minutes Pairing: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter Summary: 

Harry wakes up to an empty bed and wolves in the garden.

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Title: [Podfic] Of mammals, birds and reptiles by Jessa_yeah Podficcer: Thunder_of_Dragons @thunder-of-dragons Original Author: Jessa_yeah Rating: Gen Length: 12 minutes Pairing: Hermione Granger/Ginny Weasley, Rolanda Hooch/Minerva McGonagall/Pomona Sprout Summary: 

Post-war Hogwarts. A small note appears on the announcement board in the hall, offering extracurricular courses. Ginny and Hermione sign up. Something new builds from there - something good. A story about healing, growth, hope, love and comfort.

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Title: [Podfic] I Loved You Like The Fall Of Rome by pansexual_intellectual Podficcer: bluedreaming @porcelainsalt Original Author: pansexual_intellectual Rating: Mature Length: 1 hour, 24 minutes Pairing: Regulus Black/Lily Evans Summary: 

Lily Evans looks at Regulus Black, across a vast, seemingly uncrossable, expanse, and thinks maybe. Eyes lingering over green-and-silver, and a heartbreakingly beautiful boy amidst them all, she thinks, I wonder.

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FICS

Title: Old wounds never fully heal  Author: Lillycatdani11 @alyssadani19 Rating: Teen Word Count: 1,008 Pairing: Sirius Black/Hermione Granger  Prompt: #14 Summary: 

Sirius helps Hermione after her bad day at work.

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Title: Saved by a snake Author: Jessa_yeah @thefisherqueen Rating: Gen Word Count: 2,003 Pairing: Minerva McGonagall/Poppy Pomfrey Prompt: #99 Summary: 

Barely a month into her new job at Hogwarts, Poppy Pomfrey spots a kitty in trouble. She rushes to help - but the 'kitty' in question has some opinions on this.

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Title: Keep Me Close Author: MarchnoGirl @drarryruinedme7 Rating: Explicit Word Count: 2,082 Pairing: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter Prompt: #32 Summary: 

Draco Malfoy is always tidy. Perfect. Not a strand of hair out of place. Enter Harry Potter and a certain quality of his…

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Title: Sign Author: Samunderthelights @samunderthelights Rating: General Word Count: 2,511 Pairing: Teddy Lupin/James Sirius Potter Prompt: #124  Summary: When Teddy had rejected his kiss, James didn’t think things could get any more embarrassing than that. But when - after months of hard work - he finally transforms into his Animagus form for the first time, things get a lot more embarrassing.

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Title: What We Find Beneath it All Author: SumthinClever @welcome-to-fandomonium Rating: Explicit Word Count: 4,591 Pairing: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter Prompt: #29 Summary:

 Harry's animagus is an octopus. He eventually convinces Draco to join him beneath the Black Lake and they explore what hides beneath the lake and each other.

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Title: as the crow flies Author: saltwatergarden @talkingtravesties Rating: Teen Word Count: 5,452 Pairing: Draco/Harry Prompt: #84  Summary:

 Harry Potter is a lot of things - hero of the Wizarding World, best friend to Auror extraordinaire Ron Weasley and certifiable genius Hermione Granger, heir to the Sleekeazy potions empire. He is also an Animagus, like his father and godfather before him. Problem is, he hasn't quite mastered the task of transforming back into his human form. Bigger problem is, he's just been captured by Draco Malfoy's owl.

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Title: Hoarding Day Author: Archaic_Nepenthes @mod-and-his-flight Rating: Teen Word Count: 6,133 Pairing: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter Prompt: #1 Summary: 

Dragon Appreciation Day is something else when it comes to appreciating Draco Malfoy.

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Title: Recurring Theme Author: miscnine @unstrrdy Rating: Gen Word Count: 6,736 Pairing: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter Prompt: #27 Summary: 

Draco just wanted to go home. Just as he was gathering himself—at least, enough to go on and do exactly that, he was startled by a particularly harsh ripple in the apparition point—then four things happened.

Draco wants a lot of things. He wants to redeem himself to the public eye as foolishly hopeless as it sounds. He wants his mother to leave him out of her plans to reclaim control over her life. He wants to get his shit together more than anything. At least, he did. Now, he's fallen prey to his own predator and constantly has to reign in the greedy dragon that wanted something from Harry Potter—"who, by the way, had just come back to England after seven years of healing dragon tamers in Romania and finally getting the therapy he needed, did you know that? Did you?”

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Title: The Owl in Myth and Magic Author: Aneiria @aneiria-writes Rating: Mature Word Count: 7,156 Pairing: Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy Prompt: #85  Summary: 

Draco Malfoy has a secret, and if he wants to keep it that way, he’s going to have to show Hermione Granger how to have one too.

Even if it is a secret so complex and dangerous that they’re going to have to spend more time together than either of them had planned for their eighth year of Hogwarts...

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Title: Harry Potter and the Mysterious Snowy Owl Affair Author: Ladderofyears @ladderofyears Rating: Teen Word Count: 8,683 Pairing: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter Prompt: Self-prompt Summary: 

Harry Potter is the newly promoted Head Officer for the Department of Magical Creature Regulation, and he is passionate about his work protecting vulnerable animals who can’t advocate for themselves. An added benefit of the job is the close relationship that he had developed with his colleague, Wizengamot prosecution barrister Draco Malfoy. Harry’s life is happy and he feels satisfied with his place in the world.

Abruptly, Harry’s happy existence is thrown into disarray when a small snowy owl starts dropping tip-offs about magical creature crimes to Grimmauld Place.

Harry isn’t sure what to think. Is his benefactor a friend or foe? Why are they making such stringent efforts to conceal their identity? Draco doesn’t seem concerned, but Harry can’t help but feel intrigued by the mystery. Who is the wizard behind the owl?

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Title: ANI101: Introduction to Animagus Author: Aelys_Althea @aelysalthea Rating: Mature Word Count: 12,314 Pairing: Sirius Black & Remus Lupin (Gen), Marauders (Gen) Prompt: #69 Summary: 

Remus has secrets. Lots of secrets, but one in particular that Sirius is determined to sniff out. When he, James, and Peter put their detective skills to action, they discover a truth far beyond what any of them could have imagined.

What they would make of that truth, though - that was the real question. Sirius was nothing if not a dog with a bone, and he was determined to do something about it.

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Title: Commander Author: Cassiopeias_shadow @cassiopeiasshadow Rating: Explicit Word Count: 14,167 Pairing: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter Prompt: #44 Summary:

There was a hiss to his right. It was him. Potter. The adder with the lightning bolt on his back. Draco nearly cried with relief.

“Potter, thank fuck, let me - oh,” Draco said, once he had crawled underneath the stone, into the crevice where Potter was hiding. It was soaked in blood, just like the rest of the room, and the blood was coming from slashes on Potter’s white, scaly belly. Draco picked the snake up and cradled it to his chest. It wrapped itself weakly around his arm and nestled up to the warmth of Draco’s body, barely moving.

“That’s right,” Draco said, trying his best to sound comforting. The snake’s heart beat against his palm, unbearably precious. Draco’s cheeks were wet.

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Title: Hibou Author: worldcrawler @worldcrawlerhp Rating: Explicit Word Count: 15,075 Pairing: Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy Prompt: #77 Summary:

"Draco Malfoy had squared with the fact that he rarely succeeded in things at first. His whole life could be read as a series of failures that eventually became successes.

It was no surprise then, in retrospect, that he had failed to become an animagus not once, but twice before finally succeeding."

This is a story about failure and understanding, about success and honesty, and about two idiots in love trying to solve two very different mysteries - brought together through a series of chance encounters in the highland forests.

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Title: Dog-Star and Lion-Heart Author: unspeakable3 @unspeakable3 Rating: Teen Word Count: 15,932 Pairings: Regulus Black & Sirius Black, Sirius Black & James Potter Prompt: #98  Summary: 

After Sirius leaves home, the only way that Regulus will allow his brother anywhere near him is when Sirius is in dog-form. Regulus has no idea that the Grim-like creature he shares secrets and bacon sandwiches with is his brother. He has no idea, that is, until he tries to say goodbye to ‘Snuffles’ for the last time, and his canine friend finally reveals his human form.

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Title: Worth Sharing Author: flightytemptress27 @flightytemptress27 Rating: Teen Word Count: 16,829 Pairings: Teddy Lupin/James Sirius Potter, Teddy Lupin/Victoire Weasley, Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter Prompt: #23 Summary:

Despite what it originally seemed, Teddy has inherited his father's lycanthropy. Things are very different for Teddy, but perhaps not always in the best way.

James Sirius Potter loves his best friend Teddy and just wants to do what he can to care for him, even if it's dangerous.

A coming of age story beginning with Teddy's third year at Hogwarts and ending with James' final year. A story in which Harry does his absolute best as a godfather, Teddy struggles to accept himself, and James flies.

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Title: The Last of What the World Left You Author: xanthippe74 @xanthippe74 Rating: Teen Word Count: 25,153 Pairing: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter Prompt: Self-prompt Summary: 

If the wizarding world won’t give Draco a second chance, he has a plan to survive: live in his Animagus form, a carrion crow, in the Forbidden Forest. Not only does Harry Potter come along and ruin it, he’s radiating a strange aura of power that Draco should probably fear, but doesn’t. With nowhere to go and a Life-Debt to his mother that Potter insists on repaying, Draco puts himself into the hands of the reclusive Boy Who Lived. Will the bleak corner of Yorkshire where Potter makes his home be another dead end or an unexpected refuge?

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Title: Night Visitor Author: Kiwi05622 @kiwi05622 Rating: Explicit Word Count: 111,960 Pairing: Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy Prompt: Self-prompt Summary:

His apology came to her on the wings of moonlight. Her response returned to him in delayed indifference. This is Draco Malfoy's journey seeking forgiveness from his past misdeeds and finds redemption through their letters while a prisoner of Azkaban.

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[moonynpadfootforever]

can you recommend wolfstar fics that are not oneshots please!!

sure! in no particular order:

The Tides of Swansea by newsbypostcard

Finally down to the business of reconciliation, Remus found himself rooted a second time. It would be too much to kiss him, the wrong time for admission; he craved simplicity, some obvious rapprochement, something to encourage vulnerability on. Remus wanted to hear his words, his laughter, the tones of his voice. The specifics didn't matter as much as the cause.

One to Speak, Another to Hear by seventymilestobabylon

The Wizarding Wars are over, but the work of recovery has only begun. Remus Lupin is trying to find his place in an ever-changing world, and when he is invited to serve on a truth and reconciliation commission, he has to confront the truth that lives there—in the past and within himself.

Theories of Magic and Mind by M_Leigh

(i guess this is technically a one-shot, but it’s 27k and one of my favorites, so i had to mention it)

“Pensieves are subjective, just like memories are,” Remus continued. “So I can’t just—pull out memories of Hogwarts and play them like films for you to show you exactly what happened. A lot of it is sort of fuzzy and fragmented and it’s not a reliable record of events. But I thought it might be helpful.”

Sirius considered the fact that circumspect, reserved Remus Lupin was offering to crack open his mind and let Sirius inside. “All right then.”

Remain in Light by veeagainst

What if Sirius Black didn't die? It's been done many times. Here's my take on it.

Domestic Creatures by veeagainst

Growing up is hard to do -- but the journey is better if you take someone with you.

Don't Let Me Drown//Drown Me Out by  KatyaZel

"Luck and Regulus kept me alive in that house, without any cooperation from me. So tell me, how am I supposed to survive there now?" Remus takes Sirius to Grimmauld Place. Neither man wants to be there, but if they have to wake up old ghosts, at least they're together.

A History by SteRhubarb

“If I were a girl, ‘or something’?” James repeats, just to double check he has heard the question correctly. “Would I think that Remus was…?”

“Was sort of-” Sirius tries to shrug casually, but James sees right through it. “-handsome. Or something.”

My Sun Sets to Rise Again by enigmaticblue

For Sirius, going through the Veil opens up doors. Pretty much literally.

Just Smoke by lindsaylaurie

Two very different impromptu trips to Amsterdam. One before and one after.

Or: The boys do touristy things in Amsterdam while Sirius is mid-breakdown, Remus is very much Not in Love with Him, James is keen to get high, and Peter just wants to see some naked ladies.

The Waif, The Wizard, and The Werewolf by secretbeatheroes

“Fine,” said Sirius calmly. “We’ll live in the garden.” “What?” said Remus. “What?” said Petunia. Vernon did his best impression of a walrus mixed with a tomato. “You don’t want to raise him,” said Sirius, with the air of describing something to the incredibly dimwitted, “and we sure as hell don’t want you to bloody raise him. But he can’t leave your property; he’s got to call this…” he gestured disdainfully at the living room, “a home until he’s of age. So we’ll live in the back garden.”

52 Weeks of Wolfstar by blanketed_in_stars

This is the story of two boys who grew up too fast. This is the story of a dog and a candle in a darkened room, of wind howling through a lonely cottage, of the moon, of bubblegum-pink hair. This is the story of love.

[vaindumbass]

ice ice baby

Regulus looked at the air, and despaired. You should go to an amusement park, Sirius said. It’ll be fun, Sirius said.

Regulus didn’t think it was fun. They had protested that they were too old to go to amusement parks alone, but Sirius had said that actually, you are at the perfect age to go alone, because minors aren’t allowed to go unsupervised. Then Sirius had stuck out his tongue.

So here they were, in this way too busy, way too loud and way too hot amusement park. To top it all of, the only attraction that Regulus was really interested in had the longest queue they had ever seen.

No wonder, of course, since it was one of the most famous spots in the entire Hogwarts park, the Forbidden Forest. It was a rollercoaster where all sorts of targets, in the form of strange creatures, would pop up, which you then had to shoot or spare.

Regulus had always wanted to try it, but unfortunately many others thought the same thing. They looked at the queue one last time before deciding to at least get something that they could eat during the wait.

It was still way too hot, so they bought some ice cream in the futile hope that it might cool them off. They dragged their feet a little while walking back, but came to an abrupt stop when the attraction came into their line of view.

It was deserted. The initial line was reduced to not even a quarter of its original size. Regulus quickly looked over their shoulders to make sure nobody else had seen it, and then speed-walked forward.

As opposed to what they thought, the attraction was still open. Luck had to be on their side today. That was the last thing that went through their head before all thought became impossible. The most beautiful person they had ever seen was behind the counter.

The beautiful person in question had dark eyes deeper than Regulus had ever thought possible, warm brown skin, and hair that was an absolute mess, but the kind of mess that practically begged for someone to rake their hands through it.

This person also opened their mouth and started talking to a still-dazed Regulus. “I’m sorry, but food isn’t allowed in the Forbidden Forest.

Regulus, who would always blame the fact that their brain wasn’t properly functioning at the moment, decided that the best plan of action was to wolf the entire ice cream, cone and all, down in two bites.

The beautiful person (James, he/him, according to his badge) not only had a beautiful face and voice, but of course his laugh had to be perfect too. 

“Well,” James, said, still smiling in a gorgeous way, “that’s one way to solve that.”

Regulus, who was at the moment unable to talk due to the fact that they had just stuffed an entire ice cream cone into their mouth, nodded in the most dignified way they could.

~~~

Regulus went to visit the Forbidden Forest again. Not only because it was an amazing attraction, and because he had accidentally shot a unicorn last time and wanted to make up for it, but also a little, tiny bit because of James. 

They didn’t want to bother someone just doing their work, so this time they endured the re-formed queue without any food. Stupidly enough, Regulus was distracted and weirdly nervous enough that time flew by, even though James probably wouldn’t even remember them.

“Hi,” James said when he caught sight of them, a teasing smirk around his lips, “No ice-cream this time?”

The rollercoaster couldn’t compare to the thrill Regulus felt now.

James remembered them? After a while they managed to gather enough of their wits to form a second thought: That sounded like a challenge.

~~~

“Lily, love of my life, best girlfriend ever, most amazing flower in any garden–”

Lily rolled her eyes (lovingly). “As much as I love you singing my praises, you can cut to the chase. What is it?”

James kneeled down before where she was sitting, leaning his head on her lap and making his best doe-eyes at her. “Give me your next Forest shift?”

One of Lily’s hands came to rest in his hair. “Sure. Wanna tell me why?”

James’ eyes lit up. “I met the love of my live and they’re so–”

“You called me the love of your life only a minute ago.” Lily said, amused, one eyebrow raised.

“You are! But they are so cute and nice and funny and their smile– so I think they might just be the love of my life too, you know?”

Lily nodded. “They?”

“Oh. Yeah, they had a–” James, momentarily forgetting the word, waved a hand around before his chest.

“A badge?”

“Yeah! And they were so cute and I think I might have a chance.”

Lily scoffed, “Of course you have a chance.”

“Really?” James said, grinning up at her. “How do you know?”

“I’m your girlfriend, I know the perks of dating you the best.”

James kissed her on the nose. “I suppose that’s fair. I know all the perks of dating you too! There are seriously so many, like how amazing you are, and-”

“Thanks, love, but could you tell me why you need the Forest shift, specifically?”

James blinked. “Right. That was where I met them. They had ice-cream for the line (they’re so smart!) but it was just around the weird moment where all the queues mysteriously disappear.”

“I have a new theory about that, actually.”

“Please tell me.”

Lily bent down to press a kiss to his head, smiling softly. “Sure. After you’ve finished your tale.”

“Yes, of course. So they still had their ice-cream just before entering, so they stuffed it all in their mouth in one go.”

“So attractive.”

James sighed dreamily. “Yeah. They looked a bit like a hamster. It was cute.”

“If you say so.”

“Then, they came back a second time! I really wanted to talk to them, so I said, no ice-cream this time?”

“Smooth”

James swatted her lightly on the arm. “I wanted to start a conversation, okay? I panicked a little.”

Lily looked at him adoringly. “Well, as long as you smiled at them while doing that, you probably won them over.” Her hand left his hair and traced along his face. “You’ve got a nice smile.”

James kissed the palm of her hand. “Thank you. But you know what they said then? They said: not this time, no, but just you wait.”

“You must have smiled at them. They sound absolutely smitten.”

“You think so?”

“Yeah,” Lily bowed a bit closer to him. “But when it works out–”

“Don’t you mean, if it works out?”

“When it works out, don’t forget to tell them about me, okay?”

“Sure!” James said, eyes sparkling, “I love to talk about you.”

~~~

Regulus was really stupid. Regulus was in line for the Forbidden Forest. Regulus was also holding two ice cream cones. These three facts might be related.

They were going to ask James out. With ice cream. It seemed a good idea three minutes ago, when they were still on the phone with Sirius, before they hung up because Sirius simply couldn’t stop chanting “do it, do it do it do it do-”

The ice cream was melting, and a little of it was on their hands, but they knew it was all worth it the moment they were in front of James.

James showed a dazzling smile and said: “A classic. What’s better than one ice cream? Two ice creams! You still aren’t allowed to eat it in the rollercoaster, though.”

A man was glaring at them behind their shoulder, but they ignored them. “I was actually not planning on it? I came here to ask if you would- If you’d like to eat it with me.”

“I’d love to! I’m not allowed to eat on the clock, though.”

Regulus tried to hide their disappointment. They hadn’t known. One of the many downsides of growing up in the wealthy Black family was that one did not know anything about working in retail. It probably hadn’t helped that he went to Sirius, another former part of the Black family, for advice. 

“But wait!” James suddenly exclaimed, taking out his phone and starting to type, “I can ask my girlfriend to take over here!”

Regulus felt as if they were punched in the gut. Was this James’ way of telling them that he wasn’t interested? He had seemed so genuine, though.

“Did something happen?” James asked, when Regulus still hadn’t said anything in response.

Regulus looked at those beautiful brown eyes, and found themselves incapable of lying. “I just- I wanted to ask you on a date, is all.”

James scrunched his face up adorably. “Yes? And I agreed?”

“You just said you have a girlfriend?”

“I do, but that wasn’t a no.”

“Oh”, Regulus said, feeling a little stupid.

“Yeah, Lily, my amazing girlfriend, will be here soon, so maybe you can wait for a bit in front of the Room of Requirement?”

Regulus, who finally started to realize that James had said yes!!! smiled brightly, and said. “See you there!”

Then they went to stand over by the lost and found section of the reception, a smile still on their face, ice cream dripping over their hands.

The smile didn’t leave their face until after their date was after, and only got bigger when they exchanged numbers, and talked about a second date.

[maraudersbutmuggle]

Summer 2012, Part 5

Check out part 1, part 2, part 3 and part 4.

Content Warning: Mentions of Physical Abuse.

James and Remus were awkwardly quiet as they waited for Peter outside his house.

"ARE YOU DRINKING? SMOKING WEED? SOMETHING WORSE?"

"MUM, I TOLD YOU MY FRIEND NEEDS ME"

"PETER, IF YOU HAVE SEX WITH THE GIRL, YOU NEED TO USE PROTECTION"

"OH MY GOD! THERE WOULD BE NO GIRLS MUM"

Peter appeared on the door with a bunch of bags and sweaters in his hand.

"PLEASE BE CAREFUL WITH SUNBURN. YOUR SKIN IS DELICATE HONEY BEAR"

Peter's mum hugged him tightly. Peter rolled his eyes in embarrassment.

Remus tried not to laugh. They saw Peter's mum waving at them. They waved back. James was actually blushing.

Peter's mum was very careful with her appearance. She was always wearing cleavage, exposing her big clearly surgered boobs.

"Do you fancy Peter's mum, Prongs?"

"Shut up" James blushed "She is hot for a mum"

Remus smirked. It was funny since he found out about his sexuality recently.

"Please don't tell him" James begged.

Peter finally ran to James' Volvo. He got in.

"Hey lads" he panted "Sorry about that, mum is embarrassing"

"Prongs thinks your mum is hot"

God, how much Remus had missed his friends. He loved teasing them.

"REMUS!"

Remus laughed.

"You think my mum is hot?"

"I'm a hormonal teenager. I think everyone is hot"

Peter looked disgusted though.

"Stop staring at my mum's boobs, James"

Remus laughed hard.

"Start the engine, Potter" Peter grunted

James smiled "I can be your daddy..."

"Shut up"

Remus laughed harder. God, how much he missed them.

As he drove, James told them what happened with Sirius.

"He called me in the middle of the night" he said "I almost killed him for waking me up. But he was crying..." he swallowed "His voice was shaking, he told me he was lost. That he swore two lads were following him..."

Remus was pale.

"I told him to tell me where he was. He didn't know. He just cried on the phone..." James' teeth clenched "Me and dad drove by the places that we thought matched the description Sirius told us..."

"Couldn't you track his phone?" Peter asked

"He was calling from a booth" James explained "They took his phone, claiming it was theirs, that they paid for it...He is using an old mine at the moment"

"We finally found him" James sighed and swallowed, like this part was the hardest to remember "When he saw me, he ran to hug me, he hung from me for dear life... He was trembling. He was bruised. I think his father hit him..."

"Fuck..." Remus murmured

Remus covered his face in frustration. All this time, he had ignored Sirius' calls. He had been angry, snogging and enjoying with Grant, and maybe Sirius had been living hell. Guilt.

"We took him home, and mum fixed him" James was very pale "He didn't want to speak. He only dared to speak with mum the next day"

"Did she tell you anything?" Remus asked

James sighed "Only that there's nothing else we can do, that at least Sirius is safe with us"

"What about Regulus?" Peter added.

Yeah, Regulus was on Remus' mind too.

"Sirius doesn't want to speak about him either" James rubbed his hair "I don't know..."

They finally arrived at The Potters. They lived at South-London, Wandsworth. Remus had visited James' house three times. And he always had been impressed by how big it was.

But at the moment, Remus only cared about Sirius.

"JAMES...."

The voice of Fleamont welcomed them as they entered. James sighed.

Fleamont Potter appeared at the door, arms crossed.

"Hello boys" he smiled

"Hello Mr. Potter" Remus and Peter answered at the same time.

"You took my Volvo without permission?" Fleamont asked

"Mum let me! Sirius was whinning about Remus... and Peter"

Remus didn't know why James made a pause there. But tried to ignore it.

"I'm gonna go joggling, you said" Fleamont continued "And you crossed the city to see your friends"

"You said the Volvo is mine, my present for my Birthday"

"I said you could use it, with my permission. But the Volvo is still mine"

James groaned. "Bloody rich people problems" Grant would surely say.

Maaike appeared on the door and bowed. Remus and Peter did it as well. They had learned to respect that woman for dear life. She was like McGonagall but stricter. She had been working for The Potters for years. She was practically part of the family. Raised both Fleamont and James.

"Hi Maaike"

"Hello Maaike, good to see you again"

"Good afternoon boys" she smiled.

"Hi Maaike" James grinned. But Maaike didn't smile at him. She hit his arm.

"OUCH, WHAT?"

"Dangerous and reckless decision, going by yourself to get the boys"

"Sirius needed them"

She hit him again.

"Ouch, Dad!"

Fleamont grinned "Thank you, Maaike"

"Would you boys want Lemonade?" Maaike asked

"That would be lovely" Peter nodded

"Am... Sorry Maaike but where's Sirius?" That was all that Remus could think about.

"He is in the yard with Mrs. Potter"

Remus practically ran there. James and Peter followed.

Sirius was in the back garden. In a table near the pool. With Euphemia. Both of them were drinking lemonade wearing shades.

"Sirius!"

Remus' yell sounded more desperate than he intended.

Sirius and Effie turned to look. Euphemia smiled.

"So nice to see you, boys" she said

"Hello Effie" Remus and Peter said.

Remus saw Sirius smiling at him, well them. But Remus pretended it was only for him. Remus couldn't take it anymore. He closed the gap between them and hugged Sirius tightly.

"Hello Moony" Sirius whispered.

Remus' heart started beating fast. He couldn't avoid it. Remus broke apart to look at him. He carefully raised his hands and retreated Sirius' sunglasses. Remus almost gasped.

Sirius' left eye was purple. He had bruises across his face. His lips were swollen. Sirius looked to the floor embarrassed.

"Fuck, Padfoot" Remus sighed.

"Shit" Peter added.

Sirius put on his sunglasses again.

"It's nothing. Effie says I will be handsome again in a few days" he snorted trying to sound funny. But nobody laughed.

"You are always handsome, sweetie" Effie said, touching his arm. Remus silently agreed. "You know you are part of this family now, Sirius"

Sirius didn't answer. He was embarrassed.

"Thank you, Effie" it sounded like he wanted to cry.

"And you can stay as much as you want, boys" Effie added "This is your house"

"Thank you, Effie" the boys said.

Euphemia smiled and walked inside. Leaving the boys in an awkward silence.

Finally, Sirius cleared his throat.

"So..." he said "As you can see, now I am the favorite Potter child"

"You wish" James answered with a smile on his face.

The boys laughed.

"Are you okay?" Remus asked

"I missed you, Moony" Sirius said out of the sudden "Are we okay? Are you still angry with me?"

Remus wasn't angry. Not really. It was easy to be angry so that he couldn't confront his feelings, his depression. It was easy to blame Snape or his friends. But actually, everything had been his fault. His friends were only trying to defend him. They've always done it. The Marauders were the best friends in the world. And Remus couldn't lose that.

"I'm always angry with you, Sirius" Remus said smiling "You are an exasperating wanker" he kept smiling "But I love you for that"

Sirius smiled.

"I love all of you, assholes" Remus tried to fix it by including the others. Because it was true. He loved them.

"We love you, Moony" James grinned

"Aww wankers" Peter added "I'm gonna cry"

"But I need to tell you something, Sirius" Remus said.

Sirius raised an eyebrow. He was probably blushing, but it was probably the sun.

"Give me your phone" Remus said.

"Why?"

"Just do it"

Sirius had a puzzled expression but obeyed. Remus put the phone on the table.

"Now, come here" Remus continued "I need to tell you something private"

Remus dragged Sirius near the pool. He could tell Peter and James were lost.

"What is it, Moony?" Sirius asked, concerned.

Remus grinned. And he pushed Sirius inside the pool. James and Peter roared laughing.

"WHAT THE FUCK?" Sirius protested now in the water.

"Now, everything is forgiven" Remus smiled.

Sirius laughed.

"I'm glad to have you back, MoonyMoons"

Remus tried not to blush.

"Don't laugh Potter, you are next"

"No please, Wormy save me"

James hid behind Peter. But Peter laughed, taking James' phone off his pocket and pushing him in.

Remus and Peter looked at each other. They chased each other laughing until Remus got the opportunity to push Peter in.

"Come here, MoonyMoons" Sirius grinned

"No..."

"COME INSIDE, WANKER" James yelled

Remus laughed.

"Moony, Moony, Moony!!" the boys chanted.

Remus took off his sweater smiling, put his phone away, and jumped inside. The Marauders cheered.

Remus smiled widely inside the water.

All was well. James was right. They were family.