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“Oh Pads, you worry too much, sometimes you just have to let things flow.”

“Or, Prongsie darling, you worry too little.”

“There’s nothing to worry about, thus, I’m not worried.”

“Don’t you think you’ve gone a little overboard with the flowers?”

“Of course not! Lily loves flowers, and I wanted to get her as many as posible” James said triumphant.

“But her whole room, really?”

“Yes really. What is it with you today Padfoot? You’re not starting to doubt me, are you?”

“No,” he lied “of course not. It’s just that she’s shown she’s not a fan of big displays of affection in the past, so I worry you might have gone overboard. Again.”

“Well, Padfoot, if she doesn’t like it, she’ll have to come talk to me about it and even that is a win.”

“Oh Merlin, you’re insane.”

“I’m not! Just playing the long game sweetheart, you wouldn’t get it.”

“Trust me, I don’t.”

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Marlene was perfect for him, of course she was! It only made sense after all, no one else had that sarcastic sense of humor and no one loved reading and studying in the garden as he did (maybe Evans but she was definitely spoken for), but she was a close second, so similar, so much in common! Of course Remus and Marlene would end up dating!

“Goodness, they’re so cute! I’ve been waiting for this to happen you know, I’ve always known Marlene had this thing for Remus,” Mary smiled, looking at the couple tenderly “don’t you think so, Sirius?”

“Huh?” He said, suddenly becoming aware of his, now common, staring habit. “Oh, yeah, just perfect.”

“You knew? I was more than surprised to be honest, I mean Marlene’s so quiet about this kinds of things, she’s never spoken about boys or anything…” Lily chimed in looking away from her books for the first time in hours.

“Yeah, Moony’s never quite spoken about it either, one day he just showed up and told us he and Marlene were going out. Thought it was quite weird.”

“I thought it was quite sweet, they do look great together.” Lily smiled “I kind of want to take a picture and put it in a postcard, I mean what were the odds Marlene would find a guy taller than her!”

What were the odds indeed! What were the odds Marlene would get with the one guy she had chemistry with! What were the odds that guy would be the one guy Sirius thought about day in and day out!

After giving it little to no thought, Sirius knew how he had to approach the subject, he’d been wanting to try it anyway and an excuse was never hard to come by. In his mind he made a list: Eliana, Heather, Courtney, Sheila, Nora, Della, Mary. He had his charm, his confidence and his looks. It was a perfect plan.

Eliana and Heather were easy, one class of sweet talking them and they were swooning each time he walked by. By the end of the week he’d kissed them both. Courtney had a similar fate, he’d gotten her alone during the last Hufflepuff party and she’d gone back to his room before the party ended. Same with Sheila and Nora. Della had taken a whole week of walking her to and from her classes, as well as a trip to the village before she’d said yes. Mary had actually convinced him to go on a real date with her, and he only accepted because he already liked her anyway, it wouldn’t be hard to date her at all. All seven of them felt the same; soft, comfortable and warm. They’d make him feel welcome and were very kind and gentle with him. So it was official: he was the one with the problem.

Their kisses were too soft, their hair too long, or too short, or too shabby, or not shabby enough. Their bodies never felt really comfortable with each other, some were taller than him, which made it awkward, the others were shorter, which meant they were too short. And all the while he was kissing or shagging them, he could only think about one thing. Him.

Remus would hate how insistent Heather is being. Remus would totally tell Nora her hair looked better short. Remus would never just be with someone he’s only talked to at a party, would he? Is Remus with Marlene right now? Have they shagged? Why? Was she as soft as my girls were? I wonder if he every thinks about me when I’m not around. Remus, Remus, Remus, Remus, Remus, Remus, Remus, Remus, Remus, Remus, Remus, Remus, Remus, Remus, Remus, Remus, Remus, Remus, Remus, Remus!

It was torture.

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Change (in the house of flies)- Pt. 1

“He’s not himself James I’m telling you!”

“What are you on about of course he is himself, dickhead. It’s Moony, we would have noticed way sooner if he were another person.”

“Did you speak with him this past week? Like at all?”

“Of course I have he’s my best friend!”

“About anything other than school or homework?”

“I mean surely we must have-“

“See! You wouldn’t be able to tell! I swear Prongs something’s up with him!”

“He’s probably just stressed, you know how Moony gets during exams.”

“No, it’s not that. When he’s stressed he gets like all fidgety and laugh-y, but now he’s just… mean.”

“Sirius. It’s Remus Lupin we’re talking about, he’s always mean.”

“Not to me he is not.”

“Well maybe you’ve done something to upset him.”

“Really? Me? Upset Lupin? No way.”

“No way? Come on Pads you cannot be serious.”

“I am actually, Sirius Orion Black if you insist, but Sirius is fine.”

“Hardy-har-har.”

“I’m telling you Prongs, he’s not only mean, he’s distant and weird and I feel like he’s getting away from me and I-“

“Right, because Remus has always been so open with his stuff.”

“You’re not even listening!”

“I am! You’re just not saying anything! Come on Pads, there’s no indication Remus has been swapped with someone else.”

“Do you know something I don’t?”

“What are you talking about Padfoot?! Have you honestly lost your mind!?”

“So you do!”

“Oh Merlin, I’m calling Pomfrey.”

“You flared your nose James. You only do it when you lie.”

“I do not!” Said James, flaring his nostrils.

“See! There it goes again! Spit it Potter, or you’ll be the one getting replaced.”

“Stop that! I don’t know anything, I swear! I solemnly swear Remus hasn’t come up to tell me anything in months! I miss him quite a bit if I can be honest, we had this moment like right before the summer where he would walk me to practice so he could smoke and we talked soo much I loved it, but then he stopped doing it this year and like-“

“look Prongsie I don’t mean to interrupt your beautiful trip down Moonery lane, but I am a man on a mission here, did he or did he not talk to you about actual stuff this week?”

“Like I already told you, no!”

“Alright then help me out!”

“Sirius please, I need to get to practice. If you’re so desperate to find out go talk to the man himself! Strap him down and interrogate him until he’s begging to be killed, I couldn’t care less!”

Oh how he’d like to do just that. But there was no time to indulge in such fantasies, Moony, his Moony was potentially in danger and Sirius was the only man who could rescue him.

“Wow Prongs, I’m impressed with how little concern you have for your best friends! If this is how you deal with Moony going missing I don’t even want to think about how you’ll react when I do!”

“Why would you go missing?! Merlin you’ve actually gone mad! Remus is fine! Everyone but you is fine!”

“What is that supposed to mean?”

“You’ve gone mental! Honestly, just stop thinking so much and ask him! Go and ask Remus what his deal is!”

“What my deal is with what?” Asked Remus as he closed the door.

“Oh Moony how I love you. Perfect timing!” Said James as he launched over to hug him “I’m leaving, good luck Moons, Sirius has gone completely mad.”

“Oh well that makes sense.” Remus laughed dropping down to his bed.

“Be nice to him.” James warned as he left the dorm.

“Me?” Asked both boys at the same time.

“Precisely.” James laughed closing the door behind him.

#sirius #sirius black #wolfstar fic #marauders era #remus #siriusxremus #harry potter marauders

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September 8th, 1976. 02:34am. Ravenclaw Common Room.

Sirius was dizzy. Too much dancing and many muggle drinks he could not remember the names of were the main culprits of it. Sirius called it his ‘soul medicine’ and both Peter and James laughed in his faced and promised to leave him asleep on the moving stairs. Twats.

‘Bathroom bathroom bathroom’ he thought has he ran out of the main dance floor the Ravenclaws had set up, unsure of where and what was going to come out of his body, but sure it was coming out.

“Fucking ravenclaws making everything too fucking difficult where is the fucking bathroom WHERE IS THE FUCKIN-“ He started hearing some sort of chatter noises coming out of somewhere, they were either in the bathroom or knew where there was one. He needed to follow the voices.

“I dunno lils” a familiar voice said. They were whispering. Or something like it. “It’s just that I have such a hard time doing things for myself and I just felt as if this time I really did deserve something nice like going out or something but then he comes on and ruins everything. Im back to zero.”

“Oh my poor Remus,” Lily began. Sirius wanted to keep walking towards them but something made him change his mind. Was he interrupting something? “I really don’t know what to say, I mean it’s not like i’m any better at love than you are. But I think you should try to get over it. Honestly, just stop talking to him and get closer with other people, you know, I have a couple of people who are lining up for you and would gladly do anything to have you even be near them”

They laughed. What were they laughing about? What was so funny about Remus having a long line of people waiting to bow down and kiss his feet? What were they even talking about anyway?

“You know I can’t do that,” Remus answered “I mean have you seen the guy he’s a greek fucking god or something! I can never get too far away from it, trust me I’ve tried.”

‘Greek god?’ Sirius thought ‘what the fucking fuck is Remus going on about?’

“And besides, he’s one of my best mates, I could never get away from him. Imagine James’s reaction if one day I simply stopped talking to them! Because trust me, those two come in pairs. Nono, I could never do that. And even if I fucked every man, woman and everything in between in Hogwarts it would all be thinking about the fucker.” Remus went on “I mean hes named after a fucking star! The brightest fucking one too! He’s obviously impossible to ignore!”

Sirius started to get dizzy again. He’d forgotten about his loo problem and was faced with a much bigger one. And suddenly, he felt as if he had been interrupting something. He ran out looking for James, and a whole lot more Brew.

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Remus sat alone in the common room once again, the top window above the love seat agape, only the faint light of a waning moon managed to filter through it.

Although there was no one else around, he wasn’t alone, he was quite far from it. The noisy memories of the past week resonated loudly enough to make him feel like he were in a room full of people. James screaming. Sirius crying. Mary yelling. It was all still too much for him to have his thoughts for himself. The first cigarette was lit.

That was enough to calm everything down. At least a little bit. His head stopped pounding as his throat got soarer. He despised smoking, he really did. The nasty feeling down his throat as he inhaled, the horrible aftertaste left in his nostrils as he exhaled, the smell in his hands, his face, his hair. It was all to disgusting for him, and yet he could never quit. It made his head clearer and his thoughts quieter, and that was enough to always go back to it.

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summers at wales were specifically hard, spending so much time alone and away frim his friends with such few owls between them made things so much more depressing.

It was quite easy, at first, to build a routine he could stand. Waking up at noon to eat until he could no more, being in bed til dark, reading, an occasional trip to the pool, laying in the warm grass, listening to the rain, making and drinking gallons of coffee. It seemed so simple, so quiet, so peaceful. His perfect routine made perfect sense, it was made for such a solitary person or ‘reflective’, as his mother would say.

But as days passed, it became harder to wake up, noon became the late afternoon, the pool began to look like a pond and was too cold to use at night, the rain became thunderstorms and not even Don Quixote could save him from missing his friends the way he did.

On a regular day, Remus would wake up, having dreamed with going back to school - I wonder how Lily’s doing-, at noon he would be eating with his grandmother - God I miss Effie, how is Sirius? I should write him-, by dusk he would be coddled up with a book and a cup of coffee- I wonder how Marlene’s summer is going- late night trips to the fridge- Shit I need a drink-, an eventual ciggie escapade- Wonder if Sirius just quit cold turkey or if he’s sneaking out, christ I hope he’s not sneaking out because if he is and his mother finds him, lord have mercy- spend a billion hours just laying in bed, - is his bed comfortable enough? I hope so, they have all that money why wouldn’t it be?- the pool would be too cold and dark for him to swim in it- fuck I hope he’s eating something- and in the end he would simply waste his whole day thinking about his friends.

I truly hope he’s behaving, heaven knows what that wrecked bitch could do to him if he weren’t. Is Regulus being nice? Is Sirius? Does James know anymore than I do about quite literally anything regarding Sirius? Does anyone? Is he eating well? Sleeping? Breathing? Could she have hurt him? Did he?

It was eating him alive, not knowing anything.

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Paint it, Black!

Much like tattoos, Sirius had always wanted to do drugs. Not in a weird way, just to prove everyone was right and it was an insane experience. Lucky him, the seventies were a pretty insane experience on it’s own.

“Go on then!” Peter exclaimed excitedly “put it on your mouth Sirius.”

“I’m going to it’s just,” he hesitated “fuck, I’m scared! What if I die?”

“We’re all dying anyway.” Remus smirked.

“Alright, you do it then.”

“Already did.” As he smiled Remus’s pupils began to enlarge even faster.

“Potter? You’re not stopping me?”

But James was too far gone already, leaning over his bed posts he was staring at Remus, who was staring straight back. Carefully, James lifted his hands, motion which Remus quickly followed. This whole interaction made the other two boys freak out and Peter proceded to hide under his bed covers, only to get out of them screaming something about eyes looking back at him in the dark. It was clear Sirius was missing out.

“Padfoot ya big ninny just do it! It’s a stupid pill anyway.” James said once he broke out of his Remus trance.

“I will! I swear! I’ll just, pop off to the loo first.” He said running into the bathroom and locking the door behind him.

“He’s not gonna do it!”

“Well, shame on him, he’ll be missing out!”

“Moony did you always have two pairs of arms?”

“Yeah, why? Are they not well put?”

“Fuck no, the second left one is falling down.”

“Ah, shit.”

He didn’t want to miss out, after all he’d been the one to insist enough to get Remus to get them, but fuck did he hate pills. Ever since he was little he could never swallow them, at first his caretaker would burst them into tiny pieces but when Walburga found out she’d have him swallow them without any water. Could barely stand the sight of them since then.

“Padfoot open up!” Remus screeched.

“I’m busy!”

“If you’re even thinking about throwing it down the drain just know you’ll owe me for the rest of your life!”

“Get away Moony I’m trying to shit down here.” He lied.

“Oh fuck off. Open up I needa pee.” Remus demanded “unless you want me to shite and piss your bed, open!”

That was enough for Sirius to burst the door open, to find Remus with his fist in the air almost hitting him in the face. He tried to make way but before he could, Remus shoved him inside.

“Moons I swear I did-“

“Shut it.” He answered rolling his eyes. “open up.”

“I- I already did,” Sirius said, terribly confused. “Or do you want me to start opening up emotionally because I could talk for hours!”

But before he could elaborate, Remus’s right hand was holding his face, his thumb on Sirius’s left cheek, while the rest of his fingers laid on his right cheek. Applying pressure with his middle and thumb, he forced Sirius’s mouth open.

“You wanna do this or what?”

“Aha” Sirius said with the little strength he had.

“May I?” Remus asked gesturing towards the pill and all Sirius could do was nod lightly. Remus held the pill with Sirius’s fingers before smoothly putting it between his own teeth. “Come get it loverboy.”

Too turned on to do anything else, Sirius tore his face free from Remus’s hold and launched towards him, making their lips crush and the pill swim between both of their mouths. Once it was small enough, Remus’s tongue pushed it down Sirius’s throat, who pulled out to swallow it. As he did he launched back to kiss Remus, who met him excitedly.

“Oi! Come on I don’t want to be left alone with Prongs he’s freaking me out!” Pete yelled from the other side of the door.

Breaking apart Remus said, “he’s right, Prongs is kinda scary.”

Leaving him alone to pee, Sirius went and met Peter and James, who were both laying down on the floor looking at the ceiling counting ghosts. When Remus got back they decided they needed some fresh air, which eventually lead to them having a snowball fight and eventually…

“Shit! Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shiiittt!” Peter exclaimed as he held onto his finger for dear life. “It’s gonna fucking fall off now!”

“Don’t worry Wormy, we’ll have a proper funeral for it.” James laughed.

As Peter cried for help, Sirius looked at Remus, who was making a funny enough expression on his own. Suddenly falling down to the ground, Remus began moaning and grabbing his ass. “Fuck Pete why did you say shit now im shitting myself!”

As their laughters died down and Remus ran towards the ground floor’s bathrooms, Sirius came up with a brilliant idea. Staring down at the Slytherin dorms, it suddenly dawned on him how often they’d prank the inside of the building, without taking into consideration just how important the outside of it was.

Without any explanation, he ran down to the school’s farm, followed by his mates. He wanted to explain, but he’d found that his mouth had gone completely dry and his lips were sticking together so tightly they wouldn’t let him speak and running past the pigs and goats, Sirius found himself looking over at the smelly cows and their smelly dungs.

Telepathically, he’d given his friends the whole run down of the prank and gladly enough they followed through, meaning that at roughly 3 am on a Wednesday, the four boys stood in front of the Slytherin dorms with four buckets of shit.

“Well,” James said as he put down the bucket in front of the Slytherin building. “We gonna do this or what?”

“Fuck yeah!”

“It’s disgusting.” Remus moaned

“So are them.” Peter laughed “go on then, paint it, Black!”

#sirius #sirius black #wolfstar fic #marauders era #siriusxremus #harry potter marauders #remus #remus lupin x sirius black #remus john lupin #remus lupin #tw drugs

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Teeny tiny modern jily band AU

slutty James, ohh how I love him.

Lily knew the band. Of course she knew the band. Every human in their right mind knew the Marauders, some more than others, but she definitely knew them. But Lily was smart, and most importantly, she was smug. She would never admit to liking said band, certainly not when flirting with the stupid bassist after a show.

“Oh, yeah, you played right after us, pretty cool set, very fun.” She said, monotonously as ever.

“Yeah, you’re the redheaded drummer.” James answered, raising his eyebrows. “You’re pretty hard to miss.”

“Oh, really? Thanks.” She smiled smugly.

“Yeah, strangely there are not many redheads around here, you’d think the Scots would be a little bit more relevant.”

“I’m not Scottish, but thanks for trying!” She threw him a fake smile before immediately leaving to find her bandmates. Stupid prick, why would he ever call her a fucking Scot?

Unable to find quite literally anyone, she just headed to the bar, anxious to get a rum and coke.

“Drummer, not Scottish, and very cultured in the beverage industry, I like it.” James winked at her as he sat down next to her.

“Why are you still here?” She asked seriously.

“Oh come on, it was a stupid joke, I’m sorry I called you a Scot, let me buy you this drink to apologize.” He pleaded.

“Why?”

“Well, you seem very interesting, I like your Greenpeace shirt and all my friends are fucking so I need someone to talk to.”

“Real charmer, James.”

“Well, looky, she knows my name! I feel I’ve won already.” He joked and she laughed despite her best efforts not to. “So tell me about yourself, I know you aren’t Scottish,”

“right”.

“You’re a drummer and your name is…” he waited for her response.

“Lily.”

“Lily, beautiful name, my mother loves Lily’s, I hope that means she’ll love you too.” He winked once again.

“Do you always flirt like this? Because it’s so not working.” She said, turning to fully look at him.

“Well, you’re still here, so it’s got to mean something, right?”

Maybe he’d been right. Maybe not. Maybe her friends were also fucking and she needed someone to talk to, but the answer was unclear. Even to her.

“Tell me something about you, James”

“Well,” he begun “born and raised in Liverpool, immigrant grandparents and old parents so they let me get away with this-“ he said moving his hands around the air “-band thing.”

“Immigrated from?” She inquired

“Australia.” He said in a deadpan manner. “Just kidding, India.”

“My sister is living in India, doing her masters in culinary arts and history.”

“Shiit, that’s so fucking cool, I’m shit at cooking but my mother is literally the best cook in the world.” He said savoring every word as if they contained pieces of his mother’s cooking.

“And do you always talk so much about your mother to strange girls?” Lily joked.

“Oh Lily, you are no strange girl, I feel as if I’ve known you for centuries already.” He smiled proudly. Bitch.

“Oh fuck off.” Lily laughed as she turned to the barman to ask for a refill.

“My tab.” James interrupted “See, if you were a strange girl I would never pay for two consecutive drinks.”

“Oh no, I bet the smug bassist never flirts with girls by paying for their drinks, because it’s soo unheard of.” She said sarcastically.

“And why the sarcastic tone young lady?”

“Young lady? How old do you think I am?” She asked incredulously

“21?”

“23. You?”

“Same age, must be fate.” He smiled

“Jesus H. Christ, don’t you ever get tired of being so shameless?”

“With a strange girl like you? I would never tire,” he answered taking a sip of his drink “in more ways than one.”

“Oh really?” She smiled playfully.

“Yeah, really.”

“And what ways are those?”

“Ah, secrets of men, a magician never reveals his tricks and yadayada.” He awkwardly answered before chugging his drink.

“Coward.” She teased.

“You know what? Changed my mind, to you, I can reveal all of my tricks.”

Jesus men are easy. “What made you change your mind?” She answered before carefully placing her drink on her lips and taking a long sip.

“Your confidence, I like that in a woman. No,” he corrected himself before smirking “I need that in a woman. Preferably one who’s a smoking hot drummer. Oh and she cannot be Scottish.”

“Well then, it’s a shame there are none here.” She said before turning to the barman once again, just to tease James.

“Ah fuck, I must have been imagining you then.” He laughed.

“Probably.”

“I mean, you are the woman of my dreams, so it’s not unheard of.” He winked. Why did he wink so much.

“Oh. My. God. Shut Up!” She smiled (and lightly blushed) as she turned to face him once again.

“I have a few ideas on how we can do that.” James said getting closer to her.

“Anything to do with those tricks of yours?”

“If I’m lucky,” he said looking down at her lips.

All Lily managed to do was chuckle before he closed the tiny gap between them. What a shameless boy, making out with a strange girl in front of everyone, so shameless she almost began to laugh, but she definitely couldn’t, he was too hot to ruin kissing him in such a stupid way.

As the kissing progressed, she began to get redder and redder, unsure if anyone was looking at them. If there was, she could die right there and then, so naturally, she pulled out and chugged her drink.

“Oh wow, smoking hot, amazing kisser and a strong drinker, you know, every second i’m more sure you’re the woman i’ve been dreaming of for so long.” James laughed.

Lily didn’t answer, she just hoped he wouldn’t want anything else from her. She wouldn’t be able to take it, and ahe liked him too much already.

“Look, i’ve gotta run, my stupid Sirius child is calling and apparently it’s life or death, but it’s been a pleasure meeting you,” James said as he stood up and paid for his tab. “Here’s my number, call me.”

Lily smiled, still unable to say anything, that was until he almost left. She grabbed a napkin and began scribbling down before chasing him out. “James! You call me, I hate making first moves.” She laughed.

“Sure thing, babes.” James winked at her one last time.

“I’ll be waiting!”

“Check your phone gorgeous. I’ll see you tomorrow.”

#jily #james fleamont potter #lily evens #lily and james #band au

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Sirius had been sitting down on the toilet for quite some time now. Might have been an hour, maybe more. But he could not get up. Not only because Mary was practically stalking and harassing him, but seeing Remus talk so much and so close to Freya, and not a single word to him, was killing him. That and the ten shots he’d done in one take.

As he tried to stand up once again, he heard the door bang against the walls and then it being slammed close.

“Pads? Party’s over, where are you?” Remus asked as he loudly walked over to the stalls. Sirius managed to stand up and open the door just in time to make it seem he was just leaving.

Remus was standing in front of Sirius’s stall, his arm resting on the wall and his head being held by his hand. He looked absolutely ravishing.

“Is it really over?”

“No” Remus admitted “but I knew you would open if I told you it was.”

Sirius tried to fight off a smile as he rolled his eyes.

“What can I say Pads? I know you.”

“Sharing a bed can do that to people.” Sirius answered teasingly

“-room. A bedroom.” Remus corrected him

“tomato, tomato, you know what I mean.” Sirius said, crossing his arms and tilting to the wall on his right.

“I do?” Remus said, slowly approaching Sirius.

“You do.” Sirius’s heartbeat was rapidly increasing, and he knew Remus could hear it due to the sly smile he showed in that exact moment.

“Your heart’s beating like crazy, you nervous Pads?” Remus teased as he towered over him.

“Why would I be?”

“I dunno, why would you?”

“I’m not.”

“Then what is it? What’s driving your heart so crazy it’s running so much?”

“You are.” Sirius answered honestly, even if Remus believed it was part of their little game, Sirius knew he was being completely honest.

“I am?” Remus caressed Sirius’s cheek “my poor little Padfoot, how are we going to fix this?”

Sirius just stared at him, dumbfounded as Remus pushed him inside the stall and onto his seating position once again. He then grabbed Sirius’s jaw and very slowly began to kiss him. Slow but passionate kisses that made Sirius’s head spin. Remus had shut the door close and his hands were gently pulling on Sirius’s hair. Sirius pulled Remus as close as he could before he pulled away.

“Are you sure this is a good idea?” Sirius asked unsure.

“When is it not?” Remus answered confidently before leaning in to kiss him again. Sirius usually loved inebriated Remus, it was the only time one could get this kind of answers out if him. But not even a ton of alcohol could make him forget those disgusting images, Freyas smile flashing over and over again.

With every bit of strength he had, Sirius pulled away once again. “Anyone could come in.”

“You want me to leave? Fine, I’ll leave.” Remus said before turning around, but Sirius swiftly grabbed his wrist and made him turn back around.

“I want us to leave, you fucker.”

“You’re tremendously pissed aren’t you?”

“I wouldn’t say tremiendonsly, but a tad, sure.”

“So I would have to carry you upstairs either way?”

“pretty much, yeah.”

“cool, just cling to my shoulder and pretend you’ve died”

“whatever you say,” Sirius teased him as he clung to his left shoulder “Professor.”

Remus failed horribly at containing his laughter, which was clearly mixed with amusement. “Oh, Merlin, you better enjoy your last moments of freedom because as soon as we reach that door, I’m killing you.”

“You already are.” Sirius mumbled.

#marauders era #harry potter marauders #marauders #sirius #harry potter #sirius black #wolfstar fic #remus #not safe for werewolves kinda #wolfstar #wolfstar angst #wolfstar whores #sexy tease

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Muggle funeral speeches

“I was four when Lily was born. I was too young to understand why would my parents want another child when they already had me. They’d always tell me they loved me, and I didn’t understand why didn’t they love me enough that they had to have another child. I peed my bed for the first time the day she was born. When she was two we still had to share a bedroom. I always felt it was too small, we were too close to each other. We moved when she was five, finally I had a bedroom of my own, I had the space I so badly had been craving. But Lily had other ideas, she always tried to climb up my bed, tried to intrude in my playdates and come play with my friends. I would yell at her and she would cry. She was seven when she stopped doing it, I was so relieved. She had made a friend of her own, she didn’t need to bother me anymore. At eleven years old she was off to private school. God, she was so happy to be leaving, I was so envious. Living the posh life, living with her friends, doing anything she wanted to. I never went to the station to drop her off, or pick her up. I signed 7 birthday cards with not much more than my name. I got 5 birthday cards with nothing but hers. The first two were beautiful letters saying how she missed me and hoped I had the best birthday. I never wished her one.

Every single thing I’ve mentioned are things I now regret. There are a thousand more I could name, but I don’t want to be talking for ever. My parents and my only sister are gone. I thought after mum and dad left us, we could get in touch again, but my letters were never returned. I didn’t know what to do, so I just gave up. Another regret. I don’t know how I’m going to move on, I don’t know how I will be able to grieve, nor what I’m going to do with Harry. But I will try, I will try and try to be the bestest sister she never had and always deserved. I’m sorry Lily, you deserved everything I never gave you.”

Petunia read her speech over and over in front of the mirror, hoping at least once it would come out without her tearing up. But she couldn’t. Fifteen tries, and she had cried in every one of them. She quickly placed the note in her pocket and hurried to leave. The ceremony was beginning in fifteen minutes, and she had to get there early. She looked put the window the entire ride, not uttering a sound. The funeral was similar. Her few live friends spoke about her lively manner and dedication. Petunia couldn’t even stand up. She couldn’t cry, she couldn’t move, she couldn’t think nor hear. She was just there, sitting, pretending to be alive in a casket made out of flesh, trying to feel everyone else’s compassion. As if she hadn’t wished this so many times, as if she hadn’t wanted to kill Lily herself. As if she didn’t truly know what had gone down the past October. Once again, Petunia gave up, never gave a speech, never talked to anyone, never talked to her grieving friends. Never even mentioned Harry to anyone.

Before leaving, Petunia took the small paper out of her pocket and placed it on top of her fresh grave. Never even looking back, she took Vernon’s hand in hers and left, hoping Lily, wherever she was, would be able to forgive her.

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Smoke

Remus Lupin really liked smoking. No, Remus Lupin really loved smoking. He’d begun in fourth year after some Ravenclaws gifted him an old pack of theirs as their room was getting searched for more cigarettes. After that, he just never stopped. But since Remus Lupin, contrary to popular beliefs, was such an organized person, he had an organized way of smoking too.

The first step consisted in getting to his pack. Knowing rooms were constantly searched, he had hidden each and every single one of them in his sock drawer, inside a folded boxer he no longer used. He knew his prefects, he had ‘befriended’ them and he knew they would never search there, and he knew perfectly well that if Minnie were to search their room she would never ever handle his neatly folded boxers.

The second step was dressing for the occasion, which depended on the season. Tonight was a particularly cold October night, meaning Remus had to wear his warmest clothes not to freeze to death. He had a proper jumper he wore whenever he smoked. An old red gryffindor jumper, broken in the seams and barely fitted him, which is why it was perfect. Under his jumper came his pijamas, and for this particularly cold evening, he wore another jumper under it. It was black and stained, it had belonged to James, or Sirius, but at some point it just became the jumper laying between their beds. Remus grabbed it and wore it whenever it was too cold to be outside wearing anything less. He also needed socks. Not one pair, but two. The first layer were torn in the toes and heels, the second one were big and soft, but too soft to wear alone. He had thought about wearing a scarf, but it wasn’t winter yet, and he wasn’t a wimp, he could take a little bit of coldness if it lead to the relief of some fags.

The third step was the hardest, getting to his sacred spot. A few months after his initial encounter with cigarettes, Remus had found a perfect spot, right outside the big common room window, where the tiles were plain enough to sit on and not fall, and the smoke was not too noticeable. The socks made it specially hard to get there, so he was forced to go back and put his school shoes on. It was late and dark, he knew there would be no one in the common room, and if there were, he always had a book with him as an excuse. He wasn’t sure why he was so paranoid about being found out, but he knew better than underestimate his odds.

The fourth step was his favourite. The quietness, the stars, the coldness stinging against his skin. The inhaling. His thoughts quieting down. He hated feeling this way. He hated loving it so much. Needing it so much. But he did, and at some point, he just, accepted his condition. Somedays, it was something he was really looking forward to, and other days it was something that just happened. Something that had become such a deep part of his routine, he couldn’t escape it. And it was never just one fag. That much preparation required at least three, which on bad days became six and on even worse days, could turn to an entire pack. It was a problem. He knew it. But he just didn’t care for it.

However, this particular cold October evening, Remus’s favourite step was intervened.

“Moony?” Sirius said, startled.

“The fuck are you doing here?” He spat back defensively.

“What am I doing here? What are you?” Sirius answered just as bitterly. It was clear they both needed space and quiet, which was something they never quite allowed the other.

“None ‘ya business” Remus eyed Sirius before sitting down beside him. He was wearing his usual pijamas with some expensive sweater his parents had gotten him for his birthday, which made Remus painfully aware of his ridiculous clothing choices. The double jumper, the double socks, the school shoes. Sirius had seen him worse, but Remus was still embarrassed. Before lightning his own fag, he offered Sirius one, which was kindly appreciated.

“You know,” Sirius said after a few drags “I never knew anyone else knew about this place, even if it’s obviously here, I didn’t think anyone else would bother coming here.”

“How’d you find it?” Remus inquired.

“Messing around. During a prank with Prongs, I needed to hide and my first instinct was to jump out the window, which lead me here. You?”

“Needed a place to smoke. It’s comfortable enough and not too obvious.”

“Right.”

They sat quiet for a while after that. Remus was a quick smoker, so he never really counted on his fags as a time measure, but Sirius enjoyed his time with them, and after lighting a second fag, Remus figured quite some time had to had gone by. He was tired, but he really wanted to stay.

“Why’d you come here tonight?” Remus asked.

“Needed to clear my head,” Sirius began uncertainly. He had something to say, but he wasn’t sure how. Remus could tell by the way Sirius bit the right side of his lower lip, just like he did any time he had a secret to share. “My uh… My parents gave me this a few hours ago. I just didn’t know what to do, and what better than to look at my beautiful star for guidance.”

Sirius handed Remus a small envelope. Inside it there was a handwritten letter, inviting him for a birthday dinner. Sirius despised his birthday dinners, but the letter never said he had a choice.

“Shit Pads that’s-“

“Complicated, yeah.” He smiled sadly “but they’re still family.”

Remus hated how Sirius always forgave his family, because they were family, it was completely senseless. All those years of abuse, all that time they had made him feel worthless meant nothing because they shared blood. Even if none of them deserved to.

As they decided to go back to their dorm, the fifth and last step began to take place. Remus neatly placed his pack inside his old boxers, as Sirius took of his shirt and put on a new one. Remus sat on his four poster and began taking his layers off, the outer ones went in the laundry basket, whereas the inner ones went back into their corresponding drawers, as Sirius sat sadly across him looking down at the envelope. He dragged himself to the bathroom, where he brushed his teeth and washed his face, as Sirius peed beside him. Lastly, he laid on his bed, waiting to fall asleep, as Sirius laid beside him, softly crying himself to sleep, begging Remus for forgiveness and allowance to stay with him for a little longer.

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[wartsandwarlocks]

Jealousy

This was meant for the lockeroom prompt from @wolfstarmicrofic but I spent so much time on school I literally forgot to finish this. If you’re reading this and thinking about taking IBs DONT!! SAVE YOURSELF!

Quidditch has been a total pain in the dick the past month. Not only has James been a total arse to everyone in the team because of his latest breakup with Lily- the fifth one in fact- but the girls are being completely uncooperative on her behalf. It was all completely doomed from the beginning.

By the time the Sunday match rolled around, the team was a complete mess. The graceful chasers crashed into each other at least thrice, the amazing keeper could not do his only literal job and not twenty minutes had to go by before their score reached triple digits.

To no one’s surprise, Sirus casually “bumped” into the Ravenclaw chaser, right after the 120th point, throwing her off her broom.

A deafening whistle went off.

“Sirius Black!” the ref screeched “out and suspended!”

“Fuck’s sake” Sirius muttered “of course I’m the bad guy”

Angrily, he dropped to the ground and stomped to the lockeroom. Throwing his broom and removing his pads he sat down on the first bench he saw.

“A whole month a whole fucking month” he thought “putting up with James and Marlenes bullshit feud over Lily, who I also had to fucking tolerate!, to end up suspended for lightly touching that mutant asshole.”

Surely, James’s insufferable heartbreak was weighing on the whole team, but Sirius had other things weighing on him. Just last Sunday, the pretty little chaser he threw off her broom has been batting her big brown eyes at Remus. Right. Under. His. Nose.

Remus told him it had been over some homework thing, History of magic, but it was all a big ball of bullshit. Sirius knew perfectly well those two didn’t share any classes, but Remus managed to convince him was truly nothing and Sirius, blindly, decided to trust him, a regrettable decision.

Yesterday it happened again, they were standing beside the potions classroom, her eyelashes batting over and over for Remus, desperately craving his attention. The kind of attention Remus had sworn to only give Sirius. Bull. Shit.

“Pads?” A familiar voice resonated through the lockeroom. “I know you’re in here asshole, I just want to check on you before you got screamed at by everyone else”

“You’re here to scream at me?” He answered as Remus sat down beside him.

“Uh? No? I came to see how you’re doing, suspension and all”

“It’s just a semester, I can deal Remus but thanks.” He answered dryly

“The fuck is wrong with you? Don’t take your anger out at me I barely spoke to you today.” Remus argued

“Oh sure you have no time for your stupid boyfriend but all the time in the world for your bitchy girlfriend” Sirius bitched “I get it now, thanks for painting the clearer picture Moons, appreciated.”

“Girlfriend?” Remus said dumbfounded “what on earth is going on with you Pads? Who’s this girlfriend I know nothing of?”

“Oh you know, brown eyes, eyelashes that bat each time she even thinks of you, blonde, fell off her broom, you know her pretty well actually.” He spat back

“fucks sake, this again? What is it with you and Irina?” Remus asked turning at Sirius.

“What’s with me and Irina? What’s with you and Irina, Remus?” Sirius said turning to finally look at him “What is it that you two like to talk about so much you just can’t wait to talk to her?”

“She’s helping me with something” Remus said shyly

“Like your boners?”

“Like your birthday present you fucking dick.” Remus said getting up “She’s traveling to London next week, I’ve been asking her to buy you that stupid Led Zeppelin album you so desperately want since I can’t seem to get it anywhere else.”

Sirius stared down at his shoes. “Shit” he thought. However, being Sirius Black, he wasn’t just going to quit there.

“Well thanks Remus but I could wait for my birthday present if it meant you not flirting with her.”

“Merlin Sirius you are being unreasonable! We’re not flirting!” His hand practically teleported to his temple.

“Puh-lease Remus don’t pretend you don’t see how she worships the ground you walk, she’s always just lurking around the corner, waiting to be with you!” Sirius said standing up to face Remus. “The worst part is I can’t even blame her! You’re so fucking hot and do not stop giving her the time of day. I too would think I have a chance with the infamous Gryffindor casanova”

“Infamous?”

“You can’t be a nice casanova Moons,” Sirius ran his hands through his sweated hair “It just doesn’t work like that.”

“I’m quite nice to you, aren’t I?” Remus asked.

“Yeah sure, except when you’re flirting with Irina, you’re pretty decent”

“Oh fuck off” Remus chuckled

“and leave you alone in the lockeroom to wait for your girlfriend? No thanks.” Sirius meant it, but it came out as a tease, and he let it slide.

Remus laughed before sitting back down “so, how are you feeling?”

“Better” Sirius joined him, laying his sweaty head over Remus’s shoulder “please stop flirting with her, let her know you’re not interested or something it’s eating me alive” he pleaded. “Fuck i could have killed her with that throw”

“i know” Remus smirked

“Moony you’re smirking it’s weird” Sirius said sitting up.

“The smirking? why?”

“I just said I almost killed her and you’re practically laughing”

“i do think its funny” Remus rested his hand on Sirius’s lap, making him slightly jolt. “She is very annoying and you look incredibly hot all jealous and murdery over some stupid girl” Remus said, his fingers poking Sirius’s face.

“Fuck you” Sirius laughed, moving his face to the left.

“if you insist… i’ll be waiting in the dorm, James will probably kill himself after the team loss and Pete will be busy reviving him so I think we have some time.”

“Moony?”

“Mhm?”

“Next time she bats her eyes i’ll kill her right there and then.”

“Oh I am so looking forward to it.” And with a tender kiss, Sirius was left alone in the lockeroom one again.

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this actually is rewiring my brain as we speak

[wartsandwarlocks]

Ringing.

The phone rang for the third time that day. Remus thought about just letting it ring forever, unsure if the comfort of knowing someone on the other side waiting and insisting on him was good enough to never pick up. He knew who it was. He knew why the phone rang so much. But he didn’t want to. If only he could have never known anything, just sweet obliviousness forever.

“Remus!” The other side of the phone said sweetly. “I’ve been ringing forever, where have you been?”

“Oh, uhh… busy, sorry Mary.” Remus apologized quickly “so, how’s everything?”

“Well that’s what I want to know! What are you up to these days Lupin? I feel like it’s been forever since we last spoke.”

It had been almost three months. 87 days to be exact. Not that Remus was counting.

“Not much, got a job at a bar ‘round the block.” He said very monotonously “how ‘bout you? Any good news from Perú?”

“Actually,” she said cheery, Remus could tell she was probably smiling. “I met someone, that’s why I’ve been so spacey with the calls and all, but I’m getting married!”

“Oh fuck Mary! That’s grand! Congratulations!” Remus smiled “when’s the wedding? who’s the chap? how long you’ve been together?”

“It’s in September, he’s a friend of my brother’s from Argentina called Fernando and it’s been almost a year, I’m pretty sure we’ve talked about him before…”

“Shit, yeah, the exiled lawyer right?” Remus inquired.

“That’s the one! Well, democracy’s back in so we’re getting married in Argentina, September 28th. You should come!” Mary squealed.

“Uh, sure, yeah, why not?” Remus laughed “I mean I’ll have to save a tad but i’ll be there, promise.”

“Thanks Moony.”

Oh. Oh no. Remus began to feel it again. The sadness, the guilt, the loneliness, it had taken so little and yet he was feeling so much. He suddenly remembered why he thought she would have been calling in the first place. It was his birthday.

October 3rd.

Shit.

“Remus? You still there?” Mary worried

“huh? Oh…uh… yeah, right here.” Remus tried composing himself “I’m incredibly happy for you Mary and as always I loved talking to you but I think I’m getting another call and I think I should take it. Sorry. Love ya. Bye.”

“By-“ Mary was cutoff by the sound of the phone hitting the wall.

After a while, the phone began to ring again, only this time, he was decided on letting it ring forever.

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An ego the size of a lake.

(get it on) @wolfstarmicrofic

“Oh please Remus, you must be delusional to believe I could ever like James Potter” scoffed Lily incredulously. “I mean he’s a complete arse to me, to severus, even to you and you’re his friend for goodness sake’s.”

“He’s not an arse to me!” Remus denied. “And besides, Severus is a bigger dick a hundred out ten times.”

“Still, he never misses out on being a masive dick.”

“You are saying ‘James’ and ‘dick’ way too much and awfully close together, you know?”

“Oh shut it Remus! You’re making me feel insane!” Lily exclaimed “Like I were to actually want him! Or his dirty dick!”

“Oh Lily, please, you’re dying to get it on. I mean come on why else would we be speaking about James ‘the dick’ Potter at 2am on a thursday?” Remus rebutted.

“You began this!” Lily yelled

“maybe, but you can’t stop thinking about him, can ya?” Remus smirked.

Lily tried to hide her growing smile “he’s got an ego the size of a lake!”

“Yes, but he’s got a heart to match it.”

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[wartsandwarlocks]

Delirium

based on a real life experience of mine with my dumbass ex girlfriend and added angst because i hate everything.

Once again, Sirius found himself alone at a Hufflepuff party, smoking in their bathrooms, hiding from everyone else.

“Fuckfuckfuckfu-“ a familiar voice grunted “oh. Hi.”

“Hi” Sirius answered not quite cheery but not grim “the hell happened to your shirt?”

“This? Oh, Mary’s drunk again and she threw her stupid brew over my last white shirt” the other boy laughed “why are you here”

“can’t smoke in the common room” Sirius lifted his lit up fag, the other boy nodded in agreement.

“you’re not missing much anyways. They stopped playing good music a while ago and the girls look like they are about to have a massive orgy to ABBA it’s ridiculous”

Sirius chuckled and shook his head “fuck and I’m missing it?”

“So strange of you to do so” the boy smiled at Sirius “can I have one?”

“Yeah sure, want me to light it? I know you fucking suck at it.”

“Awww, that’s so thoughtful of you! But, I’ve been learning so no need.”

“Woow that’s some growth”

“not the only thing that’s been growing”

“ah fuck you”

He laughed. Sirius took a drag to distract himself, but realized it had almost burnt down to the filter. He lit another one. “So, how you’ve been?”

“Been better but nothing I can’t manage” the boy chuckled

“that’s good to know” Sirius forced a natural grin “yk i’ve been thinking about you and-“

“Sirius, stop.” Remus locked eyes with him for the first time since entering the room.

“Sorry?”

“Look, I don’t know if you can tell but i’m not here to have a fucking heart to heart right now. If I were, James would be between us insetead if this fucking awkward silence thing thats going on.”

“oh.” Sirius scrunched his eyebrows “right, sorry.”

“your friends must be looking for you anyway” Remus said before taking a long drag.

“yeah, your boyfriend must be looking for you too.”

“who? Teo? Nah he’s just a friend.” Remus justified. “You know it’s actually kinda hard to be around my usual friends when you’ve taken them up.”

“ohhh so I can’t be with my friends?” Sirius defended.

“No, but they are my friends too you know, it wouldn’t hurt to be liked by them” he rolled his eyes.

“They like you Remus”

“Then why are they always around YOU?” Remus started to raise his voice “They barely asked how i’ve been and shit when you’re the one who broke up with me.”

“Excuse me?” Sirius asked in disbelief.

“Yeah you can act all depressed and shit but it’s you who left me”

“you wanted to leave me too!”

“But I didn’t!” Remus screamed “I fucking didn’t Sirius, I loved you enough like to fucking STAY.”

“Oh now that’s not fair” Sirius scoffed.

“But leaving me a note in my books is?” Remus fliked the ashes into the sink before taking a drag.

“I ALREADY SAID IM SORRY OK!” Sirius tried to defend himself.

“Yeah”

“I am”

“Ok.”

“Please Remus I’m sorry, I really am” Sirius stood up to both trow his cigarette and face Remus. “Look, if it’s worth anything, I regret that more than literally anything else in the world.”

“Yeah right” Remus shook his head.

“It’s true” Sirius said looking at the tip lf his shoes. “I hate seeing how much happier you are without me.”

Remus scoffed with disbelief “that’s disappointing. I thought, if anything, you would have regrets because you missed me”

“I do” Sirius added “I just didn’t want to be the vulnerable one again.”

“Don’t lie Sirius, you’ve rarely been vulnerable with me.” Remus crossed his arms as he flicked the filter onto the sink. “Lily’s calling, I should go.”

“Have fun” Sirius called out, still looking at his shoes.

“I’ll try.” Remus said as he left “I’m sorry for screaming at you”

“Sorry for breaking up with you”

“Not forgiven”

“Same here”

“Dickhead” said Remus before fully disappearing.

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“well, well, well, look who’s here!” A familiar voice squealed “Mr. Remus ‘el Moony’ Lupin? Buying gifts? I must be dreaming”

“Oh shut it,” Remus groaned “and what’s with the Spanish pronouns Pads? French suddenly got too sophisticated for you?”

“Maybe, who knows? Maybe I’m not even Sirius and I’m some Spanish dark wizard here to charm you!” Sirius smiled as he waved his hands in front of his face.

“Well, then it is not working. Now leave me alone, I’m actually busy.” Remus answered pushing Sirius hands away.

“Great! I’m free!” Sirius smiled and raised his bag filled with gifts up to Remus’s face. “All done with my shopping, so let’s do yours! Unless you want me to actually leave, if so say the magic words and I’m gone.”

“Sit?” Remus guessed trying to contain his laughter.

“Ha! Very funny! But very wrong, it was actually chechikamula.” Sirius squinted and threw him a playfully mean smile. “You got my gift yet?”

“Actually no, it’s the last one pending” Remus answered peaking at his bag “see, I read somewhere you should leave the best for last so… Yeah.”

“Oh Moony, you charmer!” Sirius slightly shoved him. “I’ll leave then, but promise me to show me everyone else’s gifts before wrapping them.”

“Deal.” Remus smiled back “now leave!”

“Already left!” Sirius said looking back at Remus as he walked towards Hogwarts.

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