#what do you can Pandora and regulus platonically?

[starchaserdreams]

Y'all are wrong if you think Barty and Evan knew about Regulus' crush on James. They didn't.

Pandora was the only one who knew. Their friendship is underrated.

[crescenthistory]

I was reading your Animagus Reader fics and absolutely loved them so I had a little idea/request.

Regulus x Animagus!Reader where she is in her animagus form and she falls asleep in the library. It's already night and people are going to bed and so Barty wonders into the library and finds cat animagus reader, asleep and so bc he loves "his" treasure so much, he doesn't wake her up(surprisingly) and takes her back to his dorm where Regulus. Because Regulus is a spectacular boyfriend, he immediately recognizes his wonderful girlfriends animagus form and questions Barty why he has her. It's up to you how Barty responds and the entire conversation but, at some point Regulus asks for Barty to hand over reader to him and starts to whines and complains about how Regulus always hogs reader and he barely gets time with her, etc but, he even goes as far to say that he wants to cuddle with reader tonight but, Regulus gets her anyway(she is purring through this entire interaction).

Barty is also the type of friend I feel like who is cooing at her through this entire process even though she is asleep and can't hear it.

babe, i absolutely ADORE your vision for bsf!barty and his dynamic with regulus and reader. i wholeheartedly agree with the characterisation. i literally just expanded this exact take into a drabble, hope you enjoy mwah<3

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Warnings: fem!reader, use of y/n, barty pov, bsf!barty intended to be platonic but can be read ambiguously for both reader and regulus, implied background rosekiller, platonic and romantic physical affection, you're asleep through this whole fic lol, an appearance of pyro!barty

Note: as always, this is whiskers, the cat!animagus!reader i have written several fics for, starting with this one

Barty was bored. Endlessly so.

Evan and Pandora were off in Ravenclaw cooking up some potion Barty was strictly instructed to stay the hells away from. Regulus was off reading some stupid bloody paperback that Barty could swear he had seen him read before yet somehow chose to prioritise above him. And you, his favourite person, had not been seen or heard from for the past few hours. Probably off doing some studying like the swot you are, much to his chagrin. 

Barty was bored and his friends were boring.

What else could he do but go skipping down hallways until he finds something to do, then?

He had made it all the way through half of the library without finding any intriguing stimuli and he was growing jittery. With lanky fingers, he fished his muggle lighter out of his pocket and began flickering with it as he walked, eyes scanning the shelves.

There was a giddy itch rushing through him as he flicked the lighter on and off, on and off, the smell of it filling his nostrils familiarily.

Until his jumping gaze suddenly zeroed in on the one figure in the Hogwarts library that might have distracted him – a perfect treasure lying peacefully curled up on a coffee table between some settees. Whiskers, in all her white and grey fluffy glory, fast asleep with the cutest crinkled nose he could have imagined.

“There you are, kitten,” Barty cooed as his long legs sprung to action, marching towards your sleeping form. In the nearly abandoned library, he did his best to remain quiet and not wake you. He crouched in front of the table so his face was level with yours and an instinctive smile spread across his lips, one you had called soft once despite his many denials.

He reached out his right hand to scratch gently against your cheek in that spot that always had you purring, his messy stick and poke tattoos melting perfectly into your patterned fur. You heaved a dreamy sigh, nuzzling your face against Barty’s touch, still fast asleep.

“What’re you doing here, hm?” he asked despite knowing he could get no answer lest he wake you – something he refused to do.

Barty threw a quick glance to one of the many clocks scattered across the library, seeing that curfew was steadily nearing. When he went scouring for something to quell his itches, missing curfew was part of the point, but he knew that for you, this was likely a mistake. Judging by the notes strewn around you and your backpack still laying on a chair behind you that seemed to have been housing someone just a few minutes ago, you had not intended to fall asleep here. 

And even if Barty’s friends were boring, he did love the suckers, so–

“Alright, kitten, time to go home.” 

With the wave of his wand, he gathered all your belongings back into your backpack and easily slid it over his shoulders. Wearing none of the smugness one might have expected of Barty in this situation – just a small, indulging smile – Barty scooped you up into his arms. He quickly navigated your form from the table to slumping against his chest, trying to minimise the amount of movement you were subjected to, all the while making sweet noises to keep your mind tethered to its dreams.

Your feline face twitched a little, but required little more than his soothing voice and warm skin to fall back into your rest. 

Barty took a quick spin around to check if he had everything and once he was satisfied, he dropped a featherlight kiss in between your ears. “Come now, you absolute nerd. The library is no place to sleep.”

In contrast to his skipping and twirling from earlier, Barty stalked steadily through the hallways as he made his way down to the dungeons, only ever occasionally swaying you in his arms if you began to stir. He opened doors with wandless magic, at last grateful for Dorcas hounding him about practicing it so much – “you never know when you’ll need it, B” she had all but growled at him. Yeah, Cas, like when our feline friend is simply too cute to be awoken to the horrible sight of the sodding library.

Still, he was Barty Crouch Junior, so he made the stairs up to the boys’ dorm two at a time, an entirely new excitement growing in him at the thought of you sleeping over – and getting to rub his unearthed treasure in Regulus’ face.

The door opened with a creak at the flick of Barty’s wrist, and as he toed it open with his scratched up uniform shoes, Regulus’ voice already sounded through the room. “Barty? Have you seen Y/N?”

Barty turned around to shoulder the door open instead, so that his back was towards Regulus under the preface of closing the door behind him. “Oh yeah, I actually saw she found herself a new bloke. Much better looking.”

By the time he turned around with a flourish – cradling you even closer to his chest to ensure you weren’t rattled by his antics – Regulus was staring at him with a deadpan that suggested he already knew this new bloke had to be Barty.

“Ha ha,” Regulus said dryly, but his expression quickly softened when his eyes landed upon your sleeping self.

He had been laid out on his bed with his head propped up by pillows, his legs crossed by the ankles and his favourite paperback resting on his stomach, but he placed it face-down on his bedsheets in favour of sitting on the edge of his bed, staring at you with a smile.

“Hi, amour. Fell asleep again?” His voice was so sweet that Barty simply had to convey his nausea through faux puking.

“She fell asleep and is still asleep thank you very much, so don’t you dare wake her with your questions,” Barty reprimanded in a low voice before turning his attention back to you. Swaying you ever so slightly, he nuzzled his face against yours, causing you to purr loudly in instinctive response. “Aren’t you the cutest when you sleep, huh kitten?” He cooed, laying it on extra thick.

“Yeah yeah, and I suppose you’re the hero for fetching her.” Regulus rolled his eyes, walking up to stand in front of Barty. He reached out a finger to stroke across your face, but Barty backed away before he could.

“Precisely,” he said with mock arrogance. “I’m the hero, so I get to cuddle with the cute cat.”

“The cute cat is my girlfriend, Junior,” Regulus drawled. “And I’ve missed her. So hand her over.”

Barty looked him up and down, grin growing disturbingly. “No. I don’t think I will. You, Black, hog her too much. Time for you to share.”

Before Regulus could reach out and catch him, Barty sidestepped the curly-haired boy and went to settle down on his own bed. Regulus huffed and stalked after him, but Barty managed to toe off his shoes and slip beneath his blankets still with you in his arms.

“Barty, you cannot be serious,” Regulus all but whined.

“No, that’s your brother.” If Regulus had rolled his eyes harder, Barty was sure they would have popped out. “I’ve missed her too and finder’s keepers. So if you’re that desperate to spend time with her, then get in.”

Barty and Evan had magically widened their beds years ago to have more comfortable sleepovers, and seeing as their third was still out with his twin sister, there was ample space for Regulus to be able to slip in beside Barty.

The other boy huffed, looking around the room as if searching for a final form of leverage. When he came up empty, he scowled at Barty before all but ripping the blankets back. “I hate you, you know.”

Barty hummed as if he couldn’t be more in agreement all the while shimmying close against Regulus once he got comfortable. 

You shifted in Barty’s arms so that your hind legs and tail curled around Regulus’ upper arm, drawing an immediate cooing sound from him that made Barty giggle. Regulus couldn’t even deign to shove his best friend for his disrespect, his grey irises seemingly glued to you. Every movement of your whiskers, the steady rise and fall of your chest, the warmth seeming to emanate off of you.

“She was in the library?” Regulus asked in a quiet voice, lithe fingers grazing up and down your sides.

“Mhm, on top of that table she likes to sit by. Overstudied, I’m sure. You two swots deserve each other.”

Regulus shook his head with a smile, leaning his weight further against Barty’s side so that he could press kisses to your hind paws. Barty was grinning down at the two of you, happy for his friends and elated at having his way.

“No. None of us deserve her.” Regulus said it matter-of-factly. At the very same time you yawned and stretched burying your head into the material of Barty’s jumper, making him coo down at you lovingly, every bit as nauseating as he accused Regulus of being.

“For once I agree with you, my sweet Reggie.”

[bri-cheeses]

What if Dorcas introduces Poker to the rest of the Skittles and teaches all of them how to play, and so there are times when you can just see the five of them over in the corner of the common room playing cards together. But Dorcas gets mad because both Regulus and Evan become better than her in a short amount of time because one, Regulus has a great mind for strategy, and two, Evan’s poker face is unrivaled. No one can tell when he’s bluffing, not even Pandora, because his face is a complete blank mask.

No one can tell, except Barty. Because Barty spends just about every spare second of his day studying Evan’s face (in a totally, absolutely platonic way, of course) and knows his micro-expressions so well it’s scary. And watching him guess (almost perfectly) whether or not Evan’s bluffing becomes its own source of entertainment for the others, because it’s obvious to them what’s going on between the two, but it’s clear that Barty and Evan have zero clue despite literally everything they do in relation to one another.

[vinylfoxbooks]

June 2 - Night | @jegulus-microfic | wc: 691 Warning: drinking, talks of alcohol, James is in a state of inebriation 

It’s always joked about that when people get drunk, they call up their ex and it’s always a bad idea. James never assumed that it would be his problem -- he only has one ex and, as much as he loves Lily, his love for her has turned completely platonic and even if he did text her a random ‘I love you, please take me back’ text, Lily would be immediately concerned and ask him how many drinks he’s had. However, with Sirius and Remus having wandered off to, probably, shag in the bathroom and Pete left early because he has work in the morning -- on a Saturday, the poor bloke -- James is left alone, scrolling through Instagram with the hand not nursing his Sex on the Beach, which Sirius did in fact make fun of him for upon order because ‘only the single man would order something like that.’

And then there’s a post from Pandora. It’s a simple one, just a photo dump of her life for the past couple weeks, a couple pictures of her, Lily, and Mary, some with Barty and Evan, a picture of all of the girls together, and finally a picture of her and Regulus at some fancy event. Pandora is wearing a beautiful green sparkly dress that reaches the floor and hugs her body in the most flattering way possible and has her arm thrown around Regulus, who is- 

James takes a deep breath.

And before he knows it, he’s stepping outside with a lit cigarette between his lips and his phone pressed to his ears, calling up Regulus in the middle of the fucking night on a random Friday in June. 

To his surprise, Regulus answers. It’s with a tired, groggy voice that indicates he just woke up that he says into the phone, “James?” James doesn’t answer at first, he doesn’t know what he’s doing, he doesn’t know what he’s going to say, he doesn’t- “Hello? James, are you there?”

“Regulus.” Is the only word that manages to escape James’ lips, quiet and almost desperate, “Regulus.”

“Jamie?” Regulus asks, and James hears some rustling as though Regulus is sitting up in bed, “Are you okay? What’s wrong?”

It takes James a minute to respond, not having much to say, “I’m not very… sober, I’m sorry.”

“There’s no reason to be sorry, Jamie.” Regulus says, his voice light and comforting, “Where are you right now, let me get you home.”

“At the…” James starts, “I went out drinking with Remus and Sirius.”

“Are you at the pub near their place?” James just hums in response. He’s not that drunk. He’s only had a couple drinks, why is he acting like this? He’s always been the type of person to grow quieter the more drinks he’s had, usually because he gets even more emotional when he’s drinking and those emotions overwhelm him, leaving him quiet. But not like this… “Alright James, I’m on my way, give me a couple minutes. Are you outside?”

“Mhm, ‘m smoking.”

“Good, just stay outside for me, it’ll be easier for me to find you.” 

“Mkay.” James hums, “‘m tired.”

“I’m sure you are, it’s late.” Regulus hums, “I’m getting into my car now, do you mind hanging up so I can focus on driving?”

“Yeah.” With that, James pulls his phone away from his face and moves to press the hang up button, muttering, “I love you, Reg.” Then the call disconnects. James is just stubbing out his cigarette when Regulus comes driving around the corner and parking just in front of James, stepping out of his car. He helps James into the car silently before hopping in himself and starting to drive them to his flat. 

James doesn’t remember much of the rest of the night other than Regulus helping him inside and James bursting into tears for no apparent reason, but the next morning he wakes up laying in Regulus’ bed with the younger watching him rouse and he definitely remembers Regulus’ first words upon them making eye contact, “I love you too, James.”

James grins, “Let me take you out on a date?”

“Of course.”

[casanovamarauders]

my marauders headcanon’s : a series

regulus black first cause he is me and i am him.

first off he does have curly hair. idc argue with a wall or something

he writes so much sad boy poetry and even song lyrics sometimes. he has FILLED journals with his writing and has his whole life within the pages of his writing.

especially when sirius leaves the family he has at least 2 journals filled with his angst about his brother replacing him with his friends.

this is also where he has record of his infatuation and hatred of james; very much “i can hate someone and still find them hot” type of thing. like i said we are one and the same

he is the most observant little shit in the world, very just lovers regulus if ykwim. he sees past people masks in seconds. he can tell what people’s motivations are and what their perspective is. he spends so so so much time people watching

he enjoys studying, though he doesn’t need to (his parents tutors taught him well beyond his schooling ever would) but he loves to study and write notes and figure out why things are the way things are. he is obsessed with finding different ways to make potions. making things more efficient for himself and trying new ways to make a potion.

pandora is his absolute platonic soulmate. they love to just sit with each other and can always understand one another. pandora will listen to him rant endlessly while reading his tarot.

he knows abt rosekiller before barry or evan do. regulus tries to let it play out on its own but those boys are insufferable and codependent and regulus SUFFERS through it

will always like his tea with so much sugar you would think it’ll rot his teeth

very very word oriented. he has a list of his favorite words in one of his journals (self projecting but it’s fine shhhh)

is obsessed with james. absolutely obsessed with him. even if he presents it as hatred, he just wants that man SO BADLY

and all his friends know it too

so every time he brings james up in conversation his friends collectively mentally facepalm

[starofthesea37]

Marauders x Batfamily Crossover

So I really want to write a marauders x bats crossover, but I am uncharacteristically lost on the mechanics of it. You see, I love coming up with random au’s for my fandoms, and I have SO MANY IDEAS about interactions between marauders era characters and the bats (specifically around sibling dynamics), and many many ideas for random plot points and scenes, but what I can’t figure out is why they end up in this situation in the first place.

The general idea is that the bats go undercover at Hogwarts during the marauders era to gather information and help with the war against Voldemort. I’m not sure WHICH of the bats it would be, and what their roles in this endeavour would be (is it Tim, Steph & Damian who go, as they’re the only ones in the age range? Or is there some sort of age reversal spell involved that allows them all to attend? Or maybe the older bats are involved, but from the outside, as members of the Order of the Phoenix or Deatheaters or Ministry workers etc., or is it Young Justice who go?), but that is something I can figure out later depending on the mechanics of how it comes about.

What I need to know first is why it’s happening. Whereas in Golden Trio era crossovers the timeline can easily be adjusted to match up, for this crossover it’s very important that the Marauders era is in the 70s, and the bats would have to be from the 2010s+ in order to realistically have the technology they do. Therefore there has to be some sort of time or dimension travel involved. Meaning that this mission has to be entirely purposeful and planned. They have to have a reason to go back in time or travel to another dimension to help with the wizard of war (which also happens to be in England, very far from Gotham and the bats territory).

I have plans for how they get magic, how they get into the school etc., but this part is what’s really bugging me. I need my AU’s to make logical sense, otherwise I drop them.

I’d also like to mention that there are literally no fics with this crossover on ao3, and therefore I, as someone who has been deeply immersed in both these fandoms for a while, feel a moral obligation to fill this tragic gap. There’s just far too much potential for character interactions and awesome plot points to pass up the opportunity.

Also I’d like to put what ships/headcanons I may be including/referencing in this, just as a disclaimer in case anyone feels strongly against them. Just because they’re on this list doesn't necessarily mean they will definitely be included, but this is just what I fuck with and will include if it works for the plot.

•Romantic Ships (Marauders): Jegulus, Wolfstar, Pandalily, Dorlene, Rosekiller.

•Romantic Ships (Bats): TimKon (possibly Timberkon), Birdflash.

•I can maybe be convinced to include others so long as they’re not incest, age gap or anything else horrifying and illegal.

•Platonic Ships/Dynamics (Marauders): Marauders (James, Peter, Sirius, Remus)(obviously), Valkyries (Lily, Mary, Marlene), Skittles (Regulus, Barty, Evan, Dorcas, Pandora), Black Brothers (Regulus & Sirius), Prongsfoot (James & Sirius), Moonwater (Regulus & Remus), Moonflower (Remus & Lily), Marlene, James & Peter as childhood besties.

•Platonic Ships/Dynamics (Bats): all the bats to varying degrees obviously, but specifically, Jason & Tim, Tim & Steph, Tim & Damian, Dick & Damian, Damian & Jason.

I’ve almost definitely forgotten some but you get the general picture. Hopefully.

I have an entire google doc dedicated to what houses I think each of the bats would be in, but my opinion on that changes literally daily. They’re confusing your honour. But mainly I think it would just be hilarious to put Jason Todd in a dorm with the marauders and watch them flounder. Oh and stick Tim in Regulus’ dorm. He’d be such a menace. And Steph in the Valkyries dorm. Someone stop me before I cause too much chaos 😭

Anyway! This crossover has been living rent free in my mind for so long and I would appreciate any and all feedback/thoughts/opinions/ideas!!!!

I’ll probably add more onto this at some point, but this is the general gist. Pleaseeeeee gimme ideas!!!

Oh also fuck jkr :)

[eden-writes-stuff]

REQUESTS OPEN

I`m currently in my marauders phase, so I will mostly / only write stuff with them. I can´t promise to write all requests, but I will do my best to write them out and if not, give you some notes / headcanons on it.

I write fluff, angst, smut, au's, basically anything, just tell me what you want.

I will also make anyone any gender you want (idc, if they´re trans or nb or genderbent)

Usually it takes me 4 to 9 days to write something. Depending on my mood and time.

It would also be nice, if you reblogged what I write for you, so that my work gets out there and more people see it and then more people send requests. Reblogs help more than likes.

Romantic Ships (just my main ones, you can request others and I'll see if I life them):

remus/sirius

james/lily

barty/evan

barty/regulus

emmeline/marlene

barty/lily

james/regulus

docas/marlene

lily/pandora

lily/regulus

lily/mary

marlene/mary

lily/james/regulus

What I will NOT write!!!!:

Snape

Romantic prongsfoot (platonic/queerplatonic is totally fine)

age gap (if they are in different generations it's a no!)

minor x adult

incest

rape (it's fine if it's part of an angst/ hurt/comfort-ask, but I will not romanticise it)

Current WIPs I might post about:

Power of Gods (MCU) (Loki x Romanoff!OC, up on ao3 and wattpad) (paused!)

The Black Dog (working title, not uploaded yet) (marauders, modern muggle coffeshop AU, wolfstar, pandajilly)

Unnamed (Not uploaded, moders marauders highschool au, marauders are making a hamlet production, wolfstar)

[hp-soulmates-secret-santa]

RARE PAIRS DAY 🎀Ten Minutes to Midnight🎀 for BurdenedWithPointlessPurpose SHIP: Pandora Lovegood/Tom Riddle RATING: Mature LENGTH: 3,903 words TAGS: Rituals, Muggle Tom Riddle, Alternate Universe - Muggle, Alternate Universe - Gods & Goddesses, Pandora isn't necessarily dark but she isn't terribly light either, Timeline What Timeline, Canon What Canon, Child Luna Lovegood, Mythology References, Wildly AU SUMMARY: To summon a deity is a dangerous thing, but to ask something of them is something else entirely. Perhaps it's as they say... Fortune favours the bold.

🎀Two Left Feet Led Me to You🎀 for EastWindmilk SHIP: Minerva McGonagall/Poppy Pomfrey, Druella Rosier Black & Minerva McGonagall RATING: Teen and up LENGTH: 1,648 words TAGS: Slice of Life, Romantic Soulmates, Platonic Soulmates, First Meetings, POV Minerva McGonagall, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - No Powers, Older Characters, Best Friends, Ambiguous/Open Ending SUMMARY: Minerva was fine with only having her platonic soulmate, the universe had other plans for her

🎀One Night🎀 for @fiestylilmetalbendingqueen SHIP: Druella Rosier Black/Minerva McGonagall RATING: Explicit LENGTH: 3,668 words TAGS: Established Relationship, Secret Relationship, Soulmate-Identifying Marks, Soulmate Tattoos, Forbidden Love, Animagus Minerva McGonagall, Werewolf Druella Rosier Black, inspired by Romeo and Juliet (kind of), Grindelwald Era, Spy Minerva McGonagall, because cats can sneak around where humans can't, Explicit Sexual Content SUMMARY: In a world where Animagi and werewolves do not mix, and where the war between Dumbledore and Grindelwald is threatening to tear everything apart, Minerva is determined that she and Druella will have a future together - even if, for now, they can only have one night.

🎀A Soulmate for Christmas🎀 for MarinaJune SHIP: Hermione Granger/Viktor Krum RATING: General Audiences LENGTH: 2,885 words TAGS: Alternate Universe - Soulmates, Friendship, International Confederation of Wizards (Harry Potter), Last Minute Work trip, Ministry of Magic Employee Hermione Granger, Post-Battle of Hogwarts, Second Chances, Soulmate AU SUMMARY: An unexpected opportunity leads to more than just her first trip to the International Confederation of Wizards.

🎀Be Still, My Foolish Heart, Don’t Ruin This On Me🎀 for @midnightstargazer SHIP: Regulus Black/Barty Crouch Jr. RATING: General Audiences LENGTH: 943 words TAGS: Angst, Hurt No Comfort, Young Narcissa Black Malfoy, Good Narcissa Black Malfoy, good is a loose term, Pre-First Wizarding War with Voldemort (Harry Potter), Hogwarts, Romantic Soulmates, Black Family-centric (Harry Potter), Dysfunctional Black Family (Harry Potter) SUMMARY: Narcissa, who has always possessed the bizarre ability to see the feelings people hold for each other, watches Regulus fall for Barty. knowing they're eternally doomed.

🎀Back in Time, once more🎀 for @skywatcherrose SHIP: Minerva McGonagall/Rowena Ravenclaw RATING: General Audiences LENGTH: 1,840 words TAGS: Time Travel, Time Turners (Harry Potter), Alternate Universe - Soulmates, Soulmate-Identifying Marks, Hogwarts Founders Era, Post-Canon, Hogwarts SUMMARY: Minerva's grey soulmark identified her as alone in this world. But after living through three wars she was done with waiting for fate to take matters into their own hands.

[silly-minnow]

we were a secret (1975 words) by silliest_minnow Chapters: 3/? Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Regulus Black/James Potter Characters: Regulus Black, James Potter, The Fat Lady (Harry Potter), Sirius Black Additional Tags: Fluff, James Potter Loves Regulus Black, Regulus Black Loves James Potter, Hogwarts Astronomy Tower, Gryffindor Common Room, regulus black likes reading, Non-Sexual Intimacy, Platonic Cuddling, Romantic Fluff, Not Beta Read, no beta we die like Regulus Black, Secret Relationship, Forbidden Love, Regulus Black and Sirius Black Angst, James Potter-centric, Regulus Black-centric Summary: regulus and james have a small, secret date late at night. they end it tired. Chapter summary: sirius, regulus, and james try to talk. they get nowhere.

Last night, James went to the Astronomy Tower. Regulus didn not. James knew he needed to talk to Regulus. Regulus knew he had to talk to James and Sirius. He did not want to do either.

Sirius and James decided Regulus would talk to them, whether he wanted to or not. They went to the Great Hall for dinner the first moment they were allowed to. Neither James or Sirius saw Regulus.

When Regulus' friends began to leave, James and Sirius stopped them with Peter and Remus backing them up.

"Fuck do you want?" Barty asked, trying to step around Sirius.

"Where's Reg?" James asked, cutting straight to the point.

Barty paused for a second. Just when he was about to speak, Evan spoke first, "That's not your business, or at least not Lupins or Pettigrews."

"Ok. Can James and I see him?" Sirius asked. "Please?"

"Fuck no-" Barty started.

"Sure," Pandora said.

"Oh thank you Pandora!" James said.

"Come, come," Pandora said, leading James and Sirius out of the Great Hall.

Pandora led the two boys down to the dungeon, her Slytherin friends tagging behind. Although no one would speak against Pandora, their faces were painted with annoyance.

Once they were at the painting which would let everyone into the Slytherin common room, Pandora quietly whispered the password. Once they all shuffled in, people who had been in the common room flashing the Gryffindors a mean look.

"Right up here," Evan said, leading the way now. Barty rushed ahead to tell Regulus about everyones upcoming arrival.

Once Sirius and James were let in, everyone else stayed outside. Regulus' room was very quiet now.

If you listened closely, you could hear each of them breathe. If you looked closely, you could see small pictures of Regulus and his friends or him and James, and even a few of him and Sirius from when they were younger. If you payed attention to the smell, there was a hint of weed from near Bartys bed. The floors were a smooth, dark wood, except for some rugs scattered around.

"Hi, Reg," Sirius started, his voice sounding unsure. James eyes were darting back and forth between the two boys.

"Why did you come to my room?" Regulus asked. "You don't need to always come running to me."

"I'm not running to you," Sirius started. His voice sounded upset, but when he spoke again he sounded calmer. "I just wanted to… talk."

"Okay. We've talked. Goodbye."

"I'm not leaving, not until you've let us actually talk about it. You know what we're here to talk about."

"Okay."

"Is 'okay' the only word you know how to say? Come on Reg!"

"Um," James started, "Sirius isn't really mad, Reggie."—he looked at Sirius—"Regulus."

"Great. Now get out," Regulus said.

"Reg, maybe we should talk, all of us," James suggested.

Regulus looked troubled. Deep down, he knew he should talk to them. Problem was, he didn't want to. He wasn't quite ready.

"I don't want to talk, not now," Regulus said.

"But-" Sirius began.

"Okay," James said. "Some other time?"

"Maybe," Regulus said.

James pulled Sirius out of the room, and they would eventually go back to their own dorm. Sooner or later, the group would talk.

[sommerregenjuniluft]

21. dystophian au + 69. flirting under fire + (platonic) rosestarkiller because i'm practicing writing them meeting for the first time

this is the continuation/same universe as in the rosekiller prompt @casstration gave me<3 [1k words]

Regulus presses himself against the wall, dagger held tightly in his fist right in front of his chest and he strains his ears to listen.

All he hears for a moment is his own shallow breathing and then it’s there again, a faint breeze of a whisper, growing louder each time and Regulus swallows roughly.

He squeezes his eyes together, tries to get his breathing under control and tries thinking of what Sirius would do in this situation, what he would tell Regulus. It’s no use though, Regulus is much too scared to string together a proper thought let alone think about the comfort of his brother in the absence of him. He just had to go and get himself severed from Regulus, all thanks to that bloody James. If Regulus lives the day to see him again he will slit his throat personally.

First, he has to make it out of this grocery store alive though and for that it is adamant he know if there are cranks in here and if so how many.

Another hiss, much closer and Regulus grates his teeth with the effort not to make a sound. That is until he realises the resemblance of a proper word, coherently strung together syllables of a name.

“Pandora.”

Cranks can’t speak can they? At least not this clearly, right? Do they even have the mind to disguise themselves with something like whispering?

“Pandora, are you here? It’s Evan.”

Regulus’ heart is rabbiting away from him inside his ribcage, pounding wildly against the inside of his sternum. How many days has it been since Regulus had encountered another living person? How many days have gone by since he’d lost his brother?

It’s risky, naive Sirius would say, to lean around the corner of the wall and take a peek at the newest arrival, but curiosity wins out. Or maybe the desperate yearning for another human. An ally. Safety in numbers.

Regulus licks his lips, clasp around the handle of the blade so tight his fingers start to ache and then he peers around the edge.

There’s a boy around Regulus’ age it seems, tall but lean, thin it seems, with bleached twists and a hoodie that looks fully intact and clean. “Damnit, where the hell is she?” he whispers. Another full, lucid sentence. There’s a holster strapped to his back, all of which Regulus sees for now, thankfully, no chance of being caught.

That’s of course until he turns abruptly.

Regulus rips himself back around the corner, pressing himself against the wallpaper and trying everything in his power to keep undetected, pulse thrumming wildly in his arteries.

His breathing stutters out in a breathy exhale and he feels his lower lip start to wobble. Fuck– fuck.

What if he was wrong. What if the boy is another infected, what if—

“Hello?”

“The fuck you think you’re doing, Rosier?” A new voice.

“There’s someone.”

“You– since when are we adamant to going around and making friends with just anyone? What did you even see, for all you could know it’s a crank, you—”

“No, Barty, someone,” Evan insists. “Trust me?” 

The conversation makes Regulus untense gradually, the more certain these guys aren’t a danger to him with every more piece of dialogue he witnesses. There seems to be a pause of silent arguing before, eventually, someone sighs.

“I feel like we always end up here. Why is that?” voice deadpan.

“You know exactly why, Crouch,” Evan responds, grin evident in his voice and then there’s a sound like…a kiss?

It makes Regulus blink a few times, frown furrowing his brows before he quickly dismisses it, taking a deep breath and stepping around the corner of the wall.

The second boy that Regulus hadn’t seen before wipes a sleeve along his cheek, the one to be Evan is still grinning crookedly before his eyes snap back to Regulus.

“Hello,” Regulus says lamely, white knuckling his dagger.

Evan opens his mouth but the other boy, Barty, beats him to it. 

“Who’s the current president of the United States?” he inquires, eyes narrowed.

Regulus squints his eyes back at him, crossing his arms. “There is currently none, according to our current situation,” Regulus answers, pointedly letting his eyes wander around the visibly ransacked store, “If you’re asking for the latest though, that would be Joe Biden.”

What’s with the weird question? Maybe they’re not as in their right mind as Regulus thought.

Evan whacks Barty against the chest, making him huff out a breathy laugh before he zeros right back in on Regulus, teeth pointy with his lopsided smirk. “I like him, we can keep him.”

“Oh, how very gracious of you, Bartemius, too bad no one asked for your opinion.”

“You wound me, goldilocks. All I’m ever doing is look out for you and this is the way you pay me, with scornful disrespect and—”

“I’m Regulus,” he interrupts, eyes darting around, still on guard. Maybe his senses are playing tricks but Regulus could have sworn he’d heard something. How these two have made it all these months without getting harmed when bickering like this at such a volume seemingly continuously is a mystery to Regulus. But alas, maybe they’re simply lucky. And Regulus could definitely use some of that. Maybe it’s not such a bad idea to join them.

There’s a rustle in the second of silence in which none of them are speaking and they all freeze. Regulus watches as the two boys instinctively meet eyes, a pang in his chest that makes him think of his brother, before Evan swivels to Regulus to soundlessly wave him over.

It feels easy to go. Regulus swears he’s featherlight as he closes the distance between him and Evan and Barty step for step until he’s crouched in the aisle with them, waiting for further movement.

They smell neutral to clean, a soft whiff of shea butter wafting off Evan’s hair and Regulus hopes to god the tiny rest of toothpaste he’s used this morning is still doing its job.

When there’s no sound for a while Evan twists back to him, voice serious, expression calculating, “Have you been bitten? Scratched?”

“No,” Regulus answers truthfully, “and I intend to keep it that way.”

“Oh, but how can we trust the word of a simple stranger?” Barty butts in, grin widening, “Shouldn’t we undress him and search for the truth of his statement ourselves?”

Evan growls displeased and Regulus’ shoulders draw up defensively, “Thank you, but it seems you two got the undressing each other part covered.”

Barty’s jaw drops open around an amused grin, eyes blitzing, while Evan makes a choked noise, whipping around at Regulus with wide eyes.

It was a shot in the dark really, a vague guess off of the earlier interaction Regulus had all but overheard, not even witnessed, but it seems he’s hit bullseye and the corners of his mouth twitch with it. Seems their luck is already subbing off on him.

“Okay, correction, I really like him. We are going to keep him.”

Evan elbows Barty so forcefully in the ribs the pale boy wheezes.

[roleplayfinder]

hello everyone!! i’m 22, she/they pronouns, looking for 18+ partners to do a harry potter marauders era rp over on discord! i would love if you would be open to writing multiple characters but please come willing to at least double.

i am mostly looking to write canon characters myself. however, i’m happy to write cc x cc or cc x your oc. but please be comfortable potentially doing cc x cc for my side of things or as potential ships if we decide to do a mumu.

i have a bunch of characters that i’ve been wanting to write for and against including but not limited to: regulus black, sirius black, remus lupin, james potter, evan rosier, barty crouch jr., pandora lovegood, frank longbottom, lucius malfoy, narcissa black, ted tonks, andromeda black, emmeline vance, marlene mckinnon, mary macdonald, and dorcas meadows.

in terms of ships, i have a bunch that i’ve been wanting to write (romantic, platonic, familial, etc.) hence why i would love for this to be a mumu, but again it’s not mandatory. some of the ships i can think of off the top of my head include: rosekiller, jily, jegulus, regulily, dorlene, marylily, pandalily, frank/alice, pandora/xenophilius, nobleflower and of course wolfstar. however there are a few rare pairs that i would be happy to include as well depending on what you’re comfortable with!!

in terms of writing, i am quality > quantity, i’m not a stickler for length or your activity level (i’ll never hound you for replies, take as long as you need). i do write in third person and descriptively. i love to plot and ramble about our ships and the characters ooc. i love making and sending inspo, edits, pinterest boards, etc. back and forth!

if any of this sounds interesting, please like this post and i’ll message you!

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[multishipperofgaydeadwizards]

what is your opinion on romantic regdora (regulus x pandora)?

also, do you have any headcanons? (can be both romantic or platonic)

Shdhdodbo I adore romantic regdora. they are so cute I love them sm

I have a few hc lol:

reg doesn't like sweets, but he always carries some for pandora

they are potion partners

reg always helps her with her experiments

he realised he likes her while she was rambling about one of her experiments

pandora always knew she liked him

they have their own made-up language

they never really fight with each other

"what pandora wants, pandora gets"

they sneak into the kitchen as dates

they sneak each other into their dorms

ftm regulus + mtf pandora

[deadchaoticcosmos]

what are you looking at?

anyway salutations, i have finally made an intro post after a year of meaning to.

the beginning or the end, the end or the beginning

to all the people who have struggled with self harm

especially the ones who don't have the battle scars to prove it

so yeah hi,

some main shit you might want to know,

i am non binary/genderfluid(idk still fighting with my own fucking brain), i am also pansexual and i think i may be demi-sexual/demiromantic, idk ,you dont care about my silly brain not knowing shit about myself.

i am experimenting with the name dorian because my stars does that name have a chokehold on me, so you can refer to me as that or don't i don't mind, really you can refer to me as anything you want as long as it is not offensive and mean.

i am a minor but i am truly an old man, also a very hyper (at times), sophisticated 4 year old.

i am irish, i speak english and *not fluent,but one day* irish and french

personality= INFJ

also not to good with tones so if you could tell me that would be great

more random things♡

i am fucked in the head, but i am undiagnosed with probably a lot a shit but we love that!

umm idk i guess i am a poet?

i am trying to write a book but transferring it from my brain is a lot harder than expected

i am decent at art

and i like to read

also a big fan of nature and space and stars

also i just LOVE ART, I WISH I COULD CONSUME IT

oh yea do love school except for the social aspects especially love maths history french and science!

my ao3= DeadRABStar

also i am a slytherin

also big thanks to fan fic writers and just fan artists and fans in general , you mean the world to me and you deserve everything good in life

okay shit i like time

fandoms=

marauders, this is like my main thing right now and has been for a while

i kin everyone basically because my personality is all over the place and is making its own children somehow and now im making it everyones problem

i kin kinda all of them because i am all over the place with everything and my own personality cant chose shit for the life of it, but regulus the most

i kinda look like remus but with james potter glasses and instead of scars on my face, they are all over my arms and legs

ships♡= i can roll with anything but my preferences/ships i love and are obsessed with are

jegulus, starchaser, sunseeker, pandalily, rosekiller, wolfstar, dorlene, marylily, pete/benjy(reading a fic with that paring and am obsessed) nobleflower, quilkiller, narcissa/lilly, panda/xeno, bartylus, moonwater(idf with thus ship name though but there is no other to call them)plus any other ship really idc how small the ship gets love i shall love it unless i hate it cough princechaser and sometimes snilly and kinda any ship with severus cough, no offence

again no offence don't come at me but i don't like jegulily and i think regulus and lily would be best friends (?) like they are friends in my mind but idk, no hate

platonic ships i love but some i do also like as a couple sometimes, moonwater,prongsfoot, jilly, prongstail, james and remus, regulus and pandora, james and pandora, james with any of the slytherin skittles,pete and mary and any others i may be forgetting right now but give me some poeple and i would love their dynamic

i do have lots of controversial opinions on the black family(i love them your honor)

i feel like lily and petunia's relationship should be talked about more

and some golden trio ships=

drarry, hermine(?)/pansy, seamus/blaise, seamus/dean, ron/hermine, blaise/pansy and luna/ginny

(btw harry and luna are regulus and pandora in the next generation)

also FUCK JKR, i wish i could murder that bitch, we do NOT support her and her 'opinions' here, if you do get out, leave

feel free to talk to me about any of these topics i just listed

im kinda apart of the rioardion, cant spell for shit<3, universe fandom but not really

a little bit of lockwood and co. but i am really just a big fan of the books dont really interact with fandom

a new one but i am kinda already lowkey obsessed, shameless, no comment

i LOVE music, i listen to mainly rock or classical and some pop but really whatever i am in the mood for

some people are=

queen, bowie, tx2,abba, florence and the machine, the beatles, the rolling stones, chappell roan, conan gray, maisie peters, tv girl, girl in red, the smiths, the clash, elvis, elton john, mother mother, hozier, måneskin, blondie, slipknot, korn, cheap perfume, unörthadox ,my brain is fried and can't think of anything right now so i will update this (can you tell how gay i am yet)

some shows and movies=

psych, Princess bride, ferris bullers day off, the breakfast club, gilmore girls, clue, beetlejuice, saw, scream, friday the 13, nightmare on elm street, talk to me, heartstopper, derry girls, how i met your mother, dead poets society, that 70s show, seven brides for seven brothers, perks of being a wallflower, goonies, oceans 8,pretty in pink, room, heathers (winona ryder one), the simpsons, disengagement, shameless and again my brain is fried and can't think of anything right now so i will update this

love musicals but i think wicked is my favourite one, i saw it for the first time when i was really young and it's always kinda just stuck with my and im seeing it again in a couple weeks, however this might change because my feelings towards others are changing so who knows who will my favourite, anyway musicals are amazing

and again, feel free to talk to me about any of these topics i just listed

DNI ( DO NOT INTERACT) IF

you are, transphopic, homophobic or do not support lgbtq+, are racist, mean or anything else

we want nice, supportive, chill people here (nice and chill are kinda ekoej because i am neither but you get what i mean i hope)

you can vent to me if you want, i am here for you always, you don't have to be afraid here

that being said this is also kinda a vent account, sometimes i just like typing out my problems and tell you people because i feel like i can't tell anyone in real life, which is true

mental health is important

my Spotify (playlists)

https://open.spotify.com/user/31mpkfgmto566jbdd2hcn3j4wxzy?si=sa4cWVBFQTKOpF9uQTbp9Q

FREE GAZE, FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸 AND AGAIN IF YOU DON'T SUPPORT MY VIEWS ON THIS LEAVE

i will update this if i think of any thing else i want to say but feel free to come and chat with my in my asks box and ask about my opinions on certain shit, idfk, and also share your opinions and thoughts because i am a nosy person

my other accounts

@romulusfuckingtraitor (role play, remus)

@romulusfuckyoufuckingtraitor (idfk what this is but i mostly reblog political stuff, and if you scroll to the end the second post are resources to help Palestine 🇵🇸,now pinned)

@sendmetotheasylume (a shameless reblog blog, i did say it was only a reblog blog but i did make one post, do not take my word for shit fuck

@helpmedieplwease (drarry, golden trio era, also a bit of next gen(cursed child)

@begaydotumbler (marauders, mostly jeggy)

@slurpyjuice (aftg)

last updated 13/09/2024

[florsial]

Hello friend! I’ve never sent an ask before tehe but i was thinking about your post on rodolphus because your interpretation of him eats my brain and specifically the part where you mentioned how he acknowledges him and regulus’ relationship as strange but doesn’t do anything about kept pushing itself to the front of my mind because why wouldn’t it. Anyway my actual ask is, what do you think rodolphus’ opinion on regulus is or their relationship if you think they have or had one? Like does he approve of regulus for his brother or just as a person? Did his opinion on regukus change from when regukus was young to when he grew up? So many questions I believe you have the answer to

In a small summary: He views Regulus as a part of Rabastan.

Background Info: The Lestranges, despite what you might think, are very VERY family oriented people, (maybe with a couple of exceptions but family above all mostly) they are distant but that’s how they love (a clear example is Rodolphus’ “freedom as a love language”). In fact, a lot of these wealthy, old family pure blood branches are (Blacks, Avery, Malfoy etc etc) (But not Rosier which is why Evan and Pandora are also viewed as an anomaly to the high class pure bloods.) (But I won’t get into that rn).

Anyways back to Reg and Rod.

Rodolphus has always viewed Regulus as a part of Rabastan. This mostly stems from his choosing not to care but also because Reg and Rab have been around each other from the very moment they met. From late boyhood to mid 20s, Rod has always seen Rabastan with Regulus, on his arm, in his arm, sharing a seat, a bed, etc etc. So he’s just associated Regulus with his brother.

But that doesn’t mean he sees Regulus as his brother! In fact, I could say Rodolphus knows little to nothing about Regulus and that’ll be more accurate than anything else. It’s best to remember that Rodolphus and Rabastan are more brothers than they are twins. There is always going to be a disconnect. They weren’t each others constant, they are nothing alike. Yeah sure maybe they were familiar as children but by 8 years old they were so different it was almost as bizarre as the Rosier twins being so very much the same. They don’t have that same relationship as twins that other pure blood twins do (unhealthily codependent, intertwined in ways beyond romance or platonic understanding, that’s how pure blood twins are raised, they are viewed as one in their families (except Rosiers))

Rodolphus isn’t close to Regulus at all because he never had a chance to meet him in his “prior to Rabastan” days. From afar, it does kinda seem dehumanizing to Regulus because Rodolphus associates Regulus with Rabastan and doesn’t see him beyond that. So he never had an opinion on Regulus that didn't involve Rabastan.

They barely interact because Rabastan keeps them apart without really realizing it (insecurity and possessiveness) and Regulus is content with just hiding out in Rabastan's room or hiding in Rabastan's corner during meetings while playing his violin honestly (he doesn’t need another wizard poking around HIS family) (Ahem ahem James… who said that WHO SAID THAT) and Rodolphus doesn't mind either since he isn't all that interested in Regulus as his own person overall.

And this apathy and dehumanization isn't just to Regulus, it's also to Bellatrix as well, he doesn't really see her as anything past his wife as worst and his coworker whom he always gets put with at best. He's just not that concerned with people outside his family, which is why a lot of purebloods actually genuinely like Rabastan but can only respect Rodolphus.

As for his thoughts on their relationship, because Rod associated Regulus with Rabastan, the relationship didn't phase him at all. In fact, he sort of expected them to announce that they were getting married at any second.

In a sort of fucked way, it's like this: You and your sibling are family and together, but they also have their own stuff and you have your stuff but their stuff isn't yours, and yours isn't theirs.

Now, I never meant to insinuate this, and I'm so sorry lol, but Rodolphus does not view their relationship (Age gap) as strange. In fact, no one does. Rabastan and Regulus's relationship is meant to be weird to us (a viewer/outsider who doesn't understand high society pureblood views) but normal to them (The people who practice and believe in those views that get passed down the family line/spread around). It's a an interesting part of their relationship that these wealthy purebloods don't find their relationship weird but everyone else does. And it plays into this idea of, there is something wrong with this seemingly perfect, unassuming thing. Which also ties with Rodolphus not looking twice at Regulus and Rabastan!!

Like an example is Severus, who never aligned himself with these practices. So often I think, whenever he sees Rab and Reg, he has to excuse himself because he finds it hella fucking weird but he can't do/say anything about it because everyone else is like, "This is fine."

Cue Snape's heavy side eye at Rabastan during DE meetings and he's like, "Bffr rn"

[vinylfoxbooks]

June 12 - Challenge | @jegulus-microfic | wc: 974 Part 4 | Part 1 This is the final part, just jegulus trying to get Marypandalily together

“Regulus, what do I do?” Pandora whispers into the phone. Despite that, both James and Regulus hear her voice projected through the speaker, “Lily is coming over with her girlfriend.”

“So that you can watch your kids together.” Regulus sighs, acting like he doesn’t know exactly why his best friend is freaking out, “I don’t get why it’s so different, you’ve talked to both Lily and Mary before.”

“But I didn’t feel this way about both of them before!” Pandora basically shouts, then it sounds like she apologizes to Luna, likely for startling her. 

“Can I give you some advice,” James asks, walking to where Regulus has his phone resting on the table in front of him, wiping his hands on a towel to free them of flour, “Coming from the person that was married to Lily?”

Pandora hums, “I guess.” 

“If Lily likes someone romantically, they know.” James starts, “I was asking her out for years before she finally agreed to date me, and that’s when I calmed down. That’s when she got to see the human side of me, not the annoying asshole that was constantly asking her out against her wishes.” James doesn’t often talk about before his and Lily’s relationship when he talks about his past, usually focusing on his friendship from that time, so Regulus doesn’t know much about that time other than that James feels horrible about it, “But after she learned about me, she started to show me that she liked me back.”

“Okay, but that’s never been the case with me.”

“I’m getting to it,” James laughs lightly, “Lily is the type of person that, if she doesn’t like you -- no matter romantically or platonically -- you know. Likewise, if she likes you romantically, you know it. She gets all smiley and blushy, and she lets the person she likes help her. I knew that Lily and I were no longer in love with each other when she stopped letting me do things for her.”

“She’s a headstrong woman.” Regulus concludes from that.

“Like you.” James smiles, reaching forward to cup Regulus’ cheek and rubbing his thumb along his cheekbone, “You guys both like being independent, doing things yourself, proving yourselves. So when you actually like someone, you let that fall a bit and you let us help you. Even if it’s something as small as grabbing something from a shelf higher than you can reach.”

“Just because you’re being sweet doesn’t mean you get to call me short.”

Jams laughs and presses a kiss to Regulus’ forehead before moving to sit against the table next to the phone, “Pandora, I’ve known Lily for years. I’ve seen her fall in love and fall out of love, with both myself and other people. Again, I started to notice that she was falling out of love with me when I noticed the way that she looked at people that weren’t me -- women that weren’t me. I’ve seen the way that she looks at you. She looks at you like she looks at Mary. The way that you look at both of them.” He stands up again and heads back to the stove to check on the cookies he has in the oven, speaking a bit louder the next time that he talks, “I haven’t known Mary for as long so I can’t say that I know her tells the way that I know Lily’s but, I do know that you should try.”

“How can you be so confident?” Pandora asks, “You and Lily have both made it sound like you’ve never been the shy type. I am that type.”

“So is Lily.” James sighs, “Just give it a try.”

“I’ll think about it,” Pandora says after a couple seconds of silence, “Lily and Mary are almost here.”

“Alright, I’ll let you go then, Dora.” Regulus hums, “Have fun, think about what James said.”

“I hate you.”

“Love you too.” Then Regulus hangs up, sighing, “I can’t believe them.”

James laughs and sweeps towards Regulus to give him a kiss, “Neither can I. You wouldn’t believe the many nights Lily has been on call with me, complaining about how she doesn’t know what to do because she’s in love with both Mary and Pandora.”

“She actually told you that?”

James huffs, “She told me she loves Mary. She didn’t say love when talking about Pandora, but I know her.”

“Sometimes I hate how you talk about Lily so knowingly.” Regulus shakes his head, “It just reminds me that you’ve spent so much more time with her than with me.”

The soft smile that’s on James’ face drops, turning into an expression of concern. He pulls Regulus up from the chair he’s sitting on and pulls him into his arms, “I need you to know that you’re the only one I care about. Yes, I talk about Lily and my past relationship sometimes but I am so in love with you. Lily and I are just friends, we won’t ever feel like that towards each other again.”

“And I know that but, sometimes it gets to me.” Regulus shakes his head, “You know how I was raised.”

“I know, I’m sorry love. I’ll try to remember that in the future.”

“Thank you Jamie, I love you.”

“And I love you.” James smiles, “Come dance with me. We’ve still got about five minutes before the cookies are ready to come out of the oven. This is our date night, let’s spend it well.” He reaches over to Regulus’ phone and puts on one of his boyfriends’ playlists, “Let’s not worry about what a challenge it will be to get the girls together on their own date night.” Regulus laughs, taking James’ hands in his own and allowing James to dance them stupidly around the kitchen, “You’re a challenge.”

“Oh I’m so hurt.”

[cruelsummer-ficfest]

Hey Kids—Reading is Fun!

Dear Readers,

Your mods (@femme--de--lettres and @greyeyedmonster-18) are beside themselves with how many of you have participated in Cruel Summer Fic Fest: The Eras Tour this year.

From full novel-length fics to poetry, from microfics to multi-chaptered works and everything in between, we've been blown away—enchanted, even—by this year's submissions. This fest started as a labor of love for both of us as avid Swifties and HP fic authors and we couldn't have imagined in our wildest dreams the way you've embraced it with open arms.

With that said, we're pleased to offer the below list of this year's love stories. Due to tumblr restrictions on tagging, we weren't able to tag all of the individual author tumblr accounts (something something look what you made us do something something) so we've tried to link to ao3 as much as possible, but if you like a fic—check out that author's ao3! We've tried to connect you as directly to the mainstream of what each author writes in that respect, so if you happen to find a new fave, you can show them more love on the rest of their works!

To make a long story short, the majority of these works can be found in the Cruel Summer Fic Fest: The Eras Tour collection on ao3—with a catalogue of over 100 works, there's something for everybody, and we hope you'll take a peek at this year's truly incredible works.

We've had the time of our life fighting dragons with you, but sometimes, you know in your soul when it's time to go.

Thanks for making this cruel summer another one for the books.

Until Next Time,

Your Mods (Grey and Andie)

Cruel Summer Fic Fest: The Eras Tour

(all fics are followed by the character, relationship, or pairing that each work focused on. for the purposes of our list, both "x" and "/" indicate some level of romantic relationship, while "&" entails a platonic or otherwise friendly one)

Era One (Debut/Midnights)

Stay Beautiful (Regulus x James)

Sweet Nothing (Ted Tonks x Andromeda Black)

Midnight Rain (Sirius x Remus)

A Perfectly Good Heart (Harry/Fred/George)

Bigger Than the Whole Sky (Lavender x Pansy)

Anti-Hero (Sirius x Remus)

Tim McGraw (James x Lily)

Invisible  (Harry x Ginny)

Should've Said No (Ron x Hermione)

Dear Reader (Draco x Astoria, Part 1 of 6)

Glitch (Bellatrix Black x Voldemort)

The Outside (Ron x Hermione)

Bejeweled (Ron x Hermione)

Maroon  (Ron x Hermione)

Teardrops on My Guitar (Ron x Hermione)

Mastermind (Ron x Hermione)

Era Two (1989/Evermore)

Wonderland (Snape x Trelawney)

Dorothea (Sirius x Remus)

New Romantics (Regulus x Lily)

You Are In Love (James x Lily)

Wildest Dreams (Sirius x James)

Long Story Short (Draco x Harry)

This Love  (Pandora x Lily)

All You Had to Do Was Stay (Hermione x Pansy)

Shake It Off (Draco x Harry)

I Wish You Would (James x Lily)

Blank Space   (Ron x Hermione)

I Know Places (Draco x Hermione)

Gold Rush (Ron x Hermione)

Welcome to New York  (Sirius x Remus)

Style (Bellatrix x Voldemort)

Happiness (Narcissa Black x Emmeline Vance)

Tis the Damn Season (Harry x Bill Weasley)

It's Time to Go (Teddy x Victoire)

Cowboy Like Me (Astoria x Hermione)

Champagne Problems (Draco x Astoria, Part 2 of 6)

Era Three (Red/Lover)

The Moment I Knew (Ron x Hermione)

You Need to Calm Down  (Draco x Harry)

Sad Beautiful Tragic  (Draco x Astoria)

Nothing New (ft. Phoebe Bridgers) (Ron x Hermione)

All of the Girls You Loved Before (Sirius x Remus)

State of Grace (James x Lily)

Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince Draco x Astoria, Part 3 of 6)

We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (Harry x Tom Riddle) 

The Last Time (ft. Gary Lightbody) (Ron x Hermione)

All Too Well (Ron x Hermione)

The Archer  (Pandora Lovegood x Lily Evans)

Babe  (Ron x Hermione)

Run (ft. Ed Sheeran) (Narcissa x Lily)

Cornelia Street (Percy Weasley x Oliver Wood)

Everything Has Changed (ft. Ed Sheeran) (Sirius x Remus)

The Very First Night (Ron x Hermione)

Girl at Home (Alecto Carrow x Narcissa Black)

Forever Winter (Draco x Astoria)

Afterglow (Ron x Hermione)

Holy Ground (Romione)

Stay Stay Stay (Blaise Zabini x Daphne Greengrass)

False God (Bellatrix x Voldemort)

Era Four (Fearless/Reputation)

Come in With the Rain (Ginny & Hermione)

Look What You Made Me Do (Ron x Hermione)

That's When (ft. Keith Urban) (James x Lily)

Fifteen (James x Lily)

Tell Me Why (Harry x Charlie Weasley)

The Best Day (Percy x Oliver Wood)

Call It What You Want (Ron x Hermione)

You Belong With Me (Ron x Hermione)

Untouchable (Narcissa x Lily)

Change (Ron x Hermione)

Superstar (Draco x Hermione)

Forever and Always (Piano Version) (Draco x Astoria)

King of My Heart (Ron x Hermione)

This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things (James x Lily)

Fearless (Ron x Hermione)

The Way I Loved You (James x Lily)

Gorgeous (Ron x Hermione)

Bye Bye Baby (Ron x Hermione)

White Horse  (James x Lily) 

…Ready for It? (Blaise Zabini x Daphne Greengrass)

Don’t You (Ron x Hermione)

I Did Something Bad (Draco x Astoria, Part 4 of 6)

The Other Side of the Door (Sirius x Remus)

Era Five (Speak Now/Folklore)

Haunted (Bellatrix x Lily)

Enchanted (Ron x Hermione)

Innocent (Draco & Narcissa Malfoy) 

Back to December (Ron x Hermione)

The 1 (Ron x Hermione)

Exile (ft Bon Iver) (Ron x Hermione)

Mad Woman (Draco x Harry)

Invisible String (Sirius x Remus)

Cardigan (Ron x Hermione)

Epiphany (Padma Patil x Theodore Nott)

Mirrorball (Draco x Harry)

Mine (Harry/Fred/George)

Mean (Ron x Hermione)

This Is Me Trying (Marcus Flint x Percy Weasley)

Timeless (Ron x Hermione)

My Tears Ricochet (Ron x Hermione)

Seven (Sirius x Remus)

I Can See You (Sirius x Remus)

Foolish One (Angelina Johnson x George Weasley)