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not requested, but i've been working on this for a while, and i'm actually quite pleased with how it turned out. i've never written in this style before, but it was actually really fun. hopefully its comprehensible, to some degree 🤷‍♂️

June — riddle brothers & gn! flint! reader

“Collected documents” style of writing.

Basically the boyos are just having a hell of a month

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[Meeting of the "Junior Death Eaters", June 12th, 1997, 18:23, Malfoy Manor, as transcribed in verbatim by CARROW, Alecto.]

PARTIES IN ATTENDANCE:

BERKSHIRE, Lorenzo

CARROW, Alecto

CRABBE, Vincent

FLINT, Y/N

GOYLE, Gregory Jr.

MALFOY, Draco

MALFOY, Narcissa

NOTT, Theodore Jr.

PARKINSON, Pansy

RIDDLE, Mattheo

RIDDLE, Thomas III

VOLDEMORT, Lord

ZABINI, Blaise

ABSENT:

BULSTRODE, Millicent [Deserter]

FLINT, Marcus [PKIA]

WARRINGTON, Cassius [On Assignment]

[Audio recording begins.]

[Silence, approx. 0:07]

VOLDEMORT: I apologize for the… unanticipated loss of your father, Crabbe.

CRABBE: Tha- thank you, uh, my Lord.

VOLDEMORT: Accidents do happen, of course. Losses are an ineluctable part of war. Now then, moving on.

[CRABBE slouches]

VOLDEMORT: You all must be… curious as to why I’ve called this… unscheduled meeting. I received a… rather rude letter from Mr. Harry Potter himself.

[Crosstalk, unintelligible for approx. 0:12]

MALFOY, N.: Silence, children. My- my Lord, please. Go ahead.

VOLDEMORT: Thank you, Narcissa. As I was saying… [paper crinkling] this letter is clearly encoded. Who believes themselves capable of decoding this? Do so, and I may… reward you with a chance to move up in my ranks.

[Crosstalk, clamor for approx. 0:21]

VOLDEMORT: Silence! Y/N, do you believe yourself capable?

[NOTT and RIDDLE, M. whisper, indistinct for approx. 0:02]

FLINT: Yes, my Lord.

VOLDEMORT: Very well. Next order of busin- [interrupted by the arrival of PETTIGREW, Peter]

PETTIGREW: M-my Lord- Severus wishes to s-speak with you.

[VOLDEMORT stands]

VOLDEMORT: Meeting adjourned. Narcissa, with me. Pettigrew, report.

[Unintelligible for approx. 0:06 as VOLDEMORT, MALFOY, N., and PETTIGREW leave]

[Silence for approx. 0:38]

CARROW: Are there any questions?

[All parties shake their heads]

CARROW: Alrighty then. You all know your assignments… Power to those who aid the Dark Lord and stand in his good stead.

ALL “Junior Death Eaters”: So mote it be.

[Transcript ends.]

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𝐿𝑜𝓇𝒹 𝑅𝒾𝒹𝒹𝓁𝑒

𝑀𝒶𝓁𝒻𝑜𝓎 𝑀𝒶𝓃𝑜𝓇

𝒲𝒾𝓁𝓉𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓇𝑒, 𝐸𝓃𝑔𝓁𝒶𝓃𝒹

𝟣𝟣 𝒥𝓊𝓃𝑒, 𝟣𝟫𝟫𝟩

– 𝒽𝑒𝓎, 𝒪𝓁𝒹 𝐹𝑅𝐼𝐸𝒩𝒟!

𝓂𝓇. 𝒟𝒜𝓇𝓀 𝓁𝑜𝓇𝒹 𝒮𝒾𝓇, 𝓁𝑜𝑜𝓀, 𝒾’𝓋𝑒 𝓌𝑅𝐼𝓉𝓉𝐸𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝐿𝑒𝓉𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝑜 𝒜𝓈𝓀 𝐼𝒻 𝒴𝑜𝓊’𝓇𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝓈𝒽𝒶𝒸𝓀𝒾𝒩𝑔 𝓊𝓅 𝒜𝓉 𝓂𝒶𝓁𝒻𝑜𝓎 𝓂𝒶𝓃𝑜𝓇. 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒, 𝒟𝑜𝓃’𝒯 𝓎𝑜𝒰 𝓈𝓉𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑜𝓁𝒹 𝑅𝒾𝒹𝒹𝓁𝑒 𝓅𝓁𝒶𝒸𝑒? 𝒾 𝓂𝑒𝒶𝓃, 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝑜𝓃. 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝒶𝓁𝒻𝑜𝓎𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓈𝓊𝒸𝒽 𝒢𝒾𝓉𝓈, 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝐿𝓁𝓎. 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝓈𝑒𝑒𝓂 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒦𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝑜𝒻 𝓅𝑒𝑜𝓅𝓁𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓈𝑒 𝑜𝒷𝓃𝑜𝓍𝒾𝑜𝓊𝓈 𝓇𝒾𝒸𝒽-𝓅𝑒𝑜𝓅𝓁𝑒 𝒸𝑜𝓁𝓊𝓂𝓃𝒮 𝑜𝒩 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝑅𝑜𝒩𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝓇𝒾𝒹𝒾𝒸𝓊𝐿𝒪𝓊𝓈 𝓂𝒶𝓃𝒮𝒾𝑜𝒩. 𝒾 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒, 𝒶𝓁𝓂𝑜𝓈𝓉 𝒻𝑒𝑒𝓁 𝒷𝒶𝒹 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓎𝑜𝓊, 𝓂𝒶𝓃.

𝓍𝑜𝓍𝑜,

𝒽𝒫

𝒪𝒽, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒷𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓎: 𝑔𝓇𝒶𝓃𝑔𝑒𝓇 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓌𝑒𝒶𝓈𝓁𝑒𝓎 𝒶𝑔𝓇𝑒𝑒 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓂𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓃𝒶𝓂𝑒 ‘𝓋𝑜𝓁𝒹𝑒𝓂𝑜𝓇𝓉’ 𝒾𝓈 𝓈𝓉𝓊𝓅𝒾𝒹. 𝒷𝑒𝓉𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝓁𝓊𝒸𝓀 𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓉 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒, 𝒾 𝑔𝓊𝑒𝓈𝓈.

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𝐿𝑜𝓇𝒹 𝑅𝒾𝒹𝒹𝓁𝑒

𝑀𝒶𝓁𝒻𝑜𝓎 𝑀𝒶𝓃𝑜𝓇

𝒲𝒾𝓁𝓉𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓇𝑒, 𝐸𝓃𝑔𝓁𝒶𝓃𝒹

𝟣𝟣 𝒥𝓊𝓃𝑒, 𝟣𝟫𝟫𝟩

– 𝒽𝑒𝓎, 𝒪𝓁𝒹 𝐹𝑅𝐼𝐸𝒩𝒟!

𝓂𝓇. 𝒟𝒜𝓇𝓀 𝓁𝑜𝓇𝒹 𝒮𝒾𝓇, 𝐿𝑜𝑜𝓀, 𝒾’𝓋𝑒 𝓌𝑅𝐼𝓉𝓉𝐸𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓁𝑒𝓉𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝑜 𝒜𝓈𝓀 𝐼𝒻 𝒴𝑜𝓊’𝓇𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝓈𝒽𝒶𝒸𝓀𝒾𝒩𝑔 𝓊𝓅 𝒜𝓉 𝓂𝒶𝓁𝒻𝑜𝓎 𝓂𝒶𝓃𝑜𝓇. 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒, 𝒟𝑜𝓃’𝒯 𝓎𝑜𝒰 𝓈𝓉𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑜𝓁𝒹 𝑅𝒾𝒹𝒹𝓁𝑒 𝓅𝓁𝒶𝒸𝑒? 𝒾 𝓂𝑒𝒶𝓃, 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝑜𝓃. 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝒶𝓁𝒻𝑜𝓎𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓈𝓊𝒸𝒽 𝒢𝒾𝓉𝓈, 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝐿𝓁𝓎. 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝓈𝑒𝑒𝓂 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒦𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝑜𝒻 𝓅𝑒𝑜𝓅𝓁𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓈𝑒 𝑜𝒷𝓃𝑜𝓍𝒾𝑜𝓊𝓈 𝓇𝒾𝒸𝒽-𝓅𝑒𝑜𝓅𝓁𝑒 𝒸𝑜𝓁𝓊𝓂𝓃𝒮 𝑜𝒩 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝑅𝑜𝒩𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝓇𝒾𝒹𝒾𝒸𝓊𝐿𝒪𝓊𝓈 𝓂𝒶𝓃𝒮𝒾𝑜𝒩. 𝒾 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒, 𝒶𝓁𝓂𝑜𝓈𝓉 𝒻𝑒𝑒𝓁 𝒷𝒶𝒹 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓎𝑜𝓊, 𝓂𝒶𝓃.

𝓍𝑜𝓍𝑜,

𝒽𝒫

o, friend, da, s, l, ri, e, a, i, y, n, a, d, t, u, r, g, l, k, column, s, n, r, n, lo, s, n, p, o

columnar code maybe?

3 6 4 2 5 1

f r i e n d

y o u r s o

n s r i n d

a n g e r a

d p l a n s

t o k i l l

your sons r in danger a d plans to kill

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My Lord,

Enclosed is the letter we discussed earlier. I would recommend you take action immediately.

Regards,

Y/N Flint

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American Airlines BOARDING PASS

PASSENGER NAME:

FLINT / Y/N

FROM:

LONDON

TO: DATE: DEPARTS:

NEW YORK 13JUN 0415 AM

GATE BOARDING TIME SEAT

𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐏 𝟑 B12 0345 AM 27E

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American Airlines BOARDING PASS

PASSENGER NAME:

RIDDLE / THOMAS

FROM:

LONDON

TO: DATE: DEPARTS:

NEW YORK 13JUN 0415 AM

GATE BOARDING TIME SEAT

𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐏 𝟑 B12 0345 AM 27D

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American Airlines BOARDING PASS

PASSENGER NAME:

RIDDLE / MATTHEO

FROM:

LONDON

TO: DATE: DEPARTS:

NEW YORK 13JUN 0415 AM

GATE BOARDING TIME SEAT

𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐏 𝟑 B12 0345 AM 27F

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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Passport ��𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵

Surname/Nom (1)

FLINT

Given names/Prénoms (2)

Y/N

Nationality/Nationalité (3)

BRITISH CITIZEN

Date of birth/Date de naissance (4) Children/Enfants (5)

11 MAR /MARS 80 0

Sex/Sexe (6) Place of birth/Lieu de naissance (7)

X EXETER

Date of issue/Date de délivrance (8) Authority/Autorité (9)

06 APR /AVR 95 UNITED KINGDOM

Date of expiry/Date d’expiration (10)

05 APR /AVR 05

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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Passport 𝘗𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵

Surname/Nom (1)

RIDDLE III

Given names/Prénoms (2)

THOMAS

Nationality/Nationalité (3)

BRITISH CITIZEN

Date of birth/Date de naissance (4) Children/Enfants (5)

31 DEC /DEC 78 0

Sex/Sexe (6) Place of birth/Lieu de naissance (7)

M LITTLE HANGLETON

Date of issue/Date de délivrance (8) Authority/Autorité (9)

31 JUL /JUIL 91 UNITED KINGDOM

Date of expiry/Date d’expiration (10)

30 JUL /JUIL 01

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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Passport 𝘗𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵

Surname/Nom (1)

RIDDLE

Given names/Prénoms (2)

MATTHEO

Nationality/Nationalité (3)

BRITISH CITIZEN

Date of birth/Date de naissance (4) Children/Enfants (5)

29 DEC /DEC 79 0

Sex/Sexe (6) Place of birth/Lieu de naissance (7)

M LEEDS

Date of issue/Date de délivrance (8) Authority/Autorité (9)

01 AUG /AOUT 91 UNITED KINGDOM

Date of expiry/Date d’expiration (10)

31 JUL /JUIL 01

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PERIODIC TENANCY AGREEMENT

THIS LEASE AGREEMENT made effective the 14th day of 𝒥𝓊𝓃𝑒, 1997

between

𝑀𝒶𝓇𝓀 𝒲𝒾𝓁𝓁𝒾𝒶𝓂𝓈

(the “Landlord”)

and

𝒯𝒽𝑜𝓂𝒶𝓈 𝑅𝒾𝒹𝒹𝓁𝑒

(the “Tenant”)

WHEREAS the Landlord owns the property located at 𝒫𝒶𝓇𝓀𝓋𝒾𝑒𝓌 𝒜𝓅𝒶𝓇𝓉𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈, 𝟣𝟣𝟤𝟩 𝒲. 𝐿𝒾𝓃𝒸𝑜𝓁𝓃 𝒮𝓉., 𝒜𝓅𝓉. 𝟤𝟢𝟥𝐻 (“the Premises”), and the Tenant wishes to rent the Premises from the Landlord for a periodic term. The Landlord does hereby lease to the Tenant the Premises “as is” for a primary term of one month commencing on the 16th day of 𝒥𝓊𝓃𝑒.

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7-ELEVEᑎ

131 20TH AVE

NEW YORK NY 20851

STORE #: 518

2 MARLBORO RED ‘25 13.40T

1 CHERRY DR PEPPER 2.75T

2 HARIBO GOLDBEARS 3.98T

1 FOLDING POCKET KNIFE 7.99T

SUBTOTAL 28.12

TAX 1.68

TOTAL DUE 29.80

VISA 29.80

*** TRANSACTION APPROVED ***

THANK YOU FOR SHOPPING WITH US!

T#58 0P18 TRN4617 06/14/1997 22:56:51

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𝐹𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓃𝒹𝓈,

𝒲𝑒𝓁𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝒫𝒶𝓇𝓀𝓋𝒾𝑒𝓌! 𝑀𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓂𝓎 𝒽𝓊𝓈𝒷𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓃𝑒𝓌 𝓃𝑒𝒾𝑔𝒽𝒷𝑜𝓇𝓈 𝒿𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝒶𝒸𝓇𝑜𝓈𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝒶𝓁𝓁 (𝟤𝟢𝟦𝐻) 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓌𝑒 𝓌𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝒿𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝐿𝒪𝒱𝐸 𝓉𝑜 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝒹𝒾𝓃𝓃𝑒𝓇 𝒶𝓉 𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝓅𝑜𝒾𝓃𝓉. 𝐼 𝓇𝒶𝓃 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑜 𝒴/𝒩 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒿𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝒶𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝓌𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓋𝒾𝓃𝑔, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝑔𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓂 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝑜𝑜𝓀𝒾𝑒𝓈 𝓂𝓎 𝒽𝓊𝒷𝒷𝓎, 𝒟𝒶𝓋𝒾𝒹, 𝓂𝒶𝒹𝑒. 𝐻𝑜𝓅𝑒𝒻𝓊𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎’𝓇𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝒹!

– 𝒥𝑜𝒽𝓃 & 𝒟𝒶𝓋𝒾𝒹 𝒮𝒸𝑜𝓉𝓉

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Cousins –

I regret to inform you both that Grandfather Al has sadly passed as of yesterday. If at all possible, we’d much appreciate your presence back home in London for the funerary services. Sending you my condolences.

Regards,

D.M.

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Writing Patterns

I was not tagged but I saw this and wanted to do it so I'm stealing it. <3

Rules:list the first line of your last 10 (posted) fics and see if there’s a pattern

Heart of the Lion - Explicit - Regulus/Remus

"There were a few things that everyone at Hogwarts knew."

2. The Line is Drawn - Teen - Wolfstar raising Harry

"Perhaps he should have seen this coming the moment he found out that Sirius Black was innocent. "

3. I Heard a Rumor - Teen - Background Moonwater + Jegulily

"Peter Pettigrew was easily overlooked."

4. Beautiful Accident - Explicit - Regulus/Barty/Evan/Remus

“Can I sit here?”

5. I want you mine - Explicit - Regulus/Remus

"They were standing in an alley near the werewolf pack that Dumbledore had sent Remus to, and he was still off-kilter by the incredibly unlikely turn of events that had led him to where he was."

6. Weird Werewolf Sex Thing - Explicit - Remus/Sirius/James

"They were a few years out of Hogwarts and Remus hadn't once gone home with or taken someone home."

7. Pretty Vicious - Teen - Rosekiller get together, brief Regulus/Barty

"Evan Rosier and Regulus Black were not actually related."

8. The Wolf and the Woodsman - Explicit - Regulus/Remus virgin kink

"Deep in the woods, there lived a witch."

9. Dog Roses & Lupin Blossoms - Gen - Remus/Sirius Hanahaki

"The first time Remus Lupin coughed up petals was when Sirius Black came back to Gryffindor Tower nervously excited to tell them about his first kiss."

10. Baby Bumblebee - Explicit - Evan/Barty

"NEWT year was the absolute worst."

Open tags :3

#remus lupin #harry potter fanfiction #sirius black #harry potter #marauders #regulus black #wolfstar #moonwater #rosekiller #evan rosier #barty crouch jr #james potter #wolfstarbucks

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thecarnivorousmuffinmeta · 9 months

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What if, in PoA, Buckbeak's trial had been on a non-full moon day, meaning Remus didn’t transform and Peter would have been brought to Dumbledore?

Well, the thing is, Dumbledore's in a bit of a bind with this one.

Dumbledore, Bones, and Crouch Sr were the ones with the authority who sent Sirius to prison with no trial/no investigation of any kind in which Sirius was asked any questions or given veritiserum.

Fudge at this period of time will jump on this chance to oust Bones but more importantly discredit Crouch Sr and utterly ruin any chance he has of reviving his political career (Fudge and Crouch Sr are bitter political rivals and within a few months Crouch Sr is reviving the Triwizard Tournament in a bid to put himself on the map again, the last thing Fudge wants).

Fudge doesn't care too much about Dumbledore, the pair aren't at odds yet and somewhat cooperate with each other despite Dumbledore not being thrilled about the dementors on campus, but he'd be a casualty that Fudge is easily willing to risk.

Now, if Dumbledore was the only one who knew, then he might do something to prevent the scandal/potential loss of any of his positions. Peter would have a little accident before he could be handed over to the authorities and "oh, how tragic, now we have no proof, well Sirius I guess you have to live in a basement somewhere", but the way things were headed the ministry would hear soon enough including those not in Dumbledore's pocket.

So, Dumbledore goes all in. He's appalled that he never thought to question whether or not Sirius was the true secret keeper and sees this as a deep personal failing. He will do everything in his power to right this wrong and convince Crouch Sr and Bones to apologize publicly as well.

Pettigrew's swiftly put on trial then sent to Azkaban before anyone can blink and much to do is made of Sirius's recuperating and reentering society. I imagine Dumbledore gives him a staff position at Hogwarts, noting this way he can catch up with Harry, and to keep him happy and from not having too much resentment.

As for Voldemort, honestly, nothing changes. He wasn't exactly hiding in Albania. If you went to Albania, you tended to find the guy. He's like the Ring, he wants to be found.

This means that Barty gets to nurse Voldemort back to health and Barty's able to put together the Triwizard Tournament sabotage Harry plan.

There are likely some minor differences as Barty's going to have to be at the ritual site to lose a hand in the cauldron, which means he's not confronted afterwards by Harry and likely lives.

Canon proceeds otherwise as usual.

#harry potter #harry potter meta #harry potter headcanon #barty crouch sr #barty crouch jr #albus dumbledore #meta #headcanon #opinion

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whatstruthgottodowithit · 9 days

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The Boy Who Broke His Own Heart [Part Two]

Fandom: Harry Potter [Marauders Era]

Pairing: Sirius Black x Original Female Character

Characters: Sirius Black, Original Female Character, James Potter, Remus Lupin, Jasmine Potter, Peter Pettigrew, Marlene McKinnon, Lily Evans, Mary MacDonald, Euphemia Potter, Filius Flitwick, Fleamont Potter,

Rating: Mature

Word Count: 1863

Summary: Sirius would rather break his own heart than hers.

Tags/Warnings: James Potter has a sister, Self Loathing, Commitment Issues, Friends to Lovers, Kissing, Smut, Angst, Fluff, Smoking, Accidents, Harm, Marauders Era, The War is Not Happening in this,

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Jasmine Potter loved Hogwarts. Granted she loved her home too but there was something about the old castle she adored. She used to reason it was because she loved to learn, absorbing every topic in every subject like a sponge as her teachers moulded her into an exceptional witch. Or it could have been her friends. She wasn’t like her brother, outgoing and friends with everyone, but she did have a circle of close friends who filled her days with happiness and laughter. Maybe it was just the castle itself, its scenic views and cosy atmosphere making it feel like a home away from home. There was nothing not to adore about Hogwarts even with the stresses and tensions of her final school year and the threat of the real-world looming.

And yet as she embarked upon the start of term she found the positive force that Hogwarts was not feeling the same way. Her classes didn’t spark her interest and though she was happy to see her friends she didn’t feel the urge to get too involved with them, preferring to stay in her dormitory or the library, her mind on a book. Not that she managed to keep her mind on whatever she was reading much. No, her mind was on Sirius as it had been the minute he’d put an end to their thing. It was consuming. Thinking of him, missing him, loving him.

Without him around everything just felt duller and it wasn’t as if she could explain that to her friends or her brother. In putting an end to it he’d buried the secret with her, doomed her to keep it inside whilst heartbreak made her insides rot. Today she tried to put it out of her mind, the aching inside her, and to her surprise she found her book on Troll Revolts somewhat engaging even if they did only take the edge off her restlessness.

Still she would’ve taken droning passages about troll on wizard violence any day if it got her out of whatever James wanted. He appeared out of nowhere, rolling over the back of the couch she was sitting on in the common room until he was sat beside her, his head on her shoulder as he read her book.

‘What?’ she said irritably, shifting away from his mop of messy dark hair which was obscuring her view of the page.

‘What you doing?’ James asked, unbothered by her standoffish demeanour as he pulled back and looked at her.

‘Reading,’ she said, ignoring him.

‘For a lesson?’ James asked.

‘Because I want to,’ she corrected.

‘Good then it’s optional,’ he smiled, ‘and you can hang out with me.’

‘No thanks,’ she muttered. That had been the other issue, in trying to put the whole thing out of her mind James had sort of become collateral damage. It wasn’t as though she intended to distance herself from him it was just that when it came to James, Sirius had the monopoly on his time. Where there was one there was the other and she couldn’t find it in her to be around him just even if staying friends had been one of his mantras for them no longer being together.

‘Oh come on I feel like I hardly ever see you these days,’ James said grabbing the book from her hands which caused her to jump at him, snatching it back from his hands before she settled back into her seat and snapped, ‘we’re fraternal twins not conjoined ones.’

‘Alright touchy,’ he said rolling his eyes. Jasmine glanced up from her book, earning herself a kind smile from her brother though she was being nothing but awkward to his friendly advances.

‘I’ve just been busy,’ she said though that was a lie. She’d never been as on top of work or refused to hang out with as many friends as this term.

‘That’s what you get for being the studious one,’ James said.

‘One of us has to be,’ she replied.

‘And it isn’t going to be me,’ James said.

‘That’s no way for a head boy to talk,’ she mused, feeling a smile creep onto her face.

‘Maybe I need some guidance,’ James smiled before his face turned begging, ‘come on hang out with me.’

‘Can’t,’ she sighed. She’d been enjoying this bit, just the two of them but no doubt hanging out with him would turn into hanging out his friends which was something she wasn’t prepared for just yet.

‘Why not?’ James pouted, resting his head on the back of the couch.

‘Hang out with your friends if you’ve got nothing to do,’ she said, dodging the question as best she could.

‘Can’t,’ James said simply.

‘Why?’ she asked, not looking up from her book though her ears had pricked up with curiosity.

‘Moony has prefect duties,’ he said with an eyeroll that was unbecoming of the head boy, ‘Petes got some gobstones thing and Sirius has got a new girlfriend.’

‘Oh,’ Jasmine said, the rotten feeling in her gut washing all the way up to her stomach and making her feel sick. And yet she couldn’t stop herself from asking as if she needed to ensure it hurt just as much as she thought it would, ‘who?’

‘Maria Caldwell in the year below us,’ James said with a yawn.

‘That’s nice,’ Jasmine replied, trying to keep her voice steady. James didn’t seem to notice offering her a snort of derision.

‘Hardly,’ he said, ‘she follows him around like a lost puppy.’

‘Like you and Lil then,’ she said, though her quipping felt hollow.

‘I’ll have you know she loves lost puppy charm,’ James said.

‘Yeah she only thinks you’re a pillock instead of a prat these days,’ Jasmine replied earning a shove from her brother.

‘Oh go on Jas,’ he begged. Jasmine looked at him. He had a point, it had been weeks since they’d hung out properly and it wasn’t as though it was his fault not to mention it was just going to be the two of them though she wanted to make sure that was a certainty and so she said, ‘fine but we’re doing what I want to do.’

‘Deal,’ James said with a grin.

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Whilst she had enjoyed spending time with her brother Jasmine’s mood didn’t lighten much though she figured that had more to do with the fact that over the next few weeks she was relentlessly subjected to Sirius and his new girlfriend or rather girlfriends. She didn’t know if they were for her benefit, she couldn’t see how hey was given he never outright flaunted them in front of her rather his trysts existed in places she was, but they spoke volumes to her. As Maria turned into Pamela and Pamela into Nova and then Nova into Jane Jasmine got the picture he was trying to convey. He was not a relationship person.

And as she watched him strut out of the great hall, his arm slung around the shoulders of Calliope Clearwater she couldn’t help but wonder how she could’ve thought he was. How had she been so silly to let herself get so lost in her feelings for him. She had hoped he felt the same or she thought he had but evidently she’d been wrong. That only soured her mood more.

‘What’s up with you?’ Marlene said as she stabbed her piece of steak and angrily started cutting it with her knife.

‘Nothing,’ Jasmine muttered, finding her irritation not easing through the ferocious sawing of her dinner.

‘Oh come off it not even you’re this quiet,’ Mary said making her look up. It was just the three of them at the table, Lily who had been a tight knit member of her friend group now opting to sit with James and his friends. That was a tiny comfort, if she was going to bare her soul she didn’t need it being relayed to her brother.

‘It’s nothing,’ Jasmine lied.

‘Nothing but a little lovesickness,’ Mary asked raising an eyebrow.

‘How do you know that?’ Jasmine asked flummoxed.

‘I know that look,’ she said, with a smug smile that made her brown eyes twinkle, ‘so go on whose the lucky boy?’

‘Ooh is he in our year?’ Marlene asked excitedly.

‘It’s no one!’ Jasmine hissed, hoping they’d lower their voices as a couple of heads twitched their way before going back to their dinners unable to hear anything juicy.

‘Like hell it isn’t,’ Mary scoffed, folding her arms and resting them on the wooden table as she stared Jasmine down. She tried to ignore her, she didn’t exactly fancy getting into the details, not when they still made a dull ache form in her stomach. But Mary wasn’t exactly a tactful soul. If she wanted gossip she’d pry it from you one way or the other, the other usually being that she’;d fill in the gaps regardless of if they added up or not.

‘It’s a boy…from home,’ Jasmine said. It wasn’t technically a lie considering their relationship had began within her home and didn’t extend beyond them coming back to school.

‘Home?’ Marlene asked curiously.

‘Yeah, we er had this thing over summer,’ Jasmine said quietly as flashes of her and Sirius ran through her mind.

‘Ooh!’ Mary squealed.

‘Yeah but no one knows,’ Jasmine said hurriedly, ‘you can’t tell anyone.’

‘Ooh a secret romance! How exciting!’ Marlene said with a smile. Jasmine returned it weekly.

‘What’s he like?’ Mary pressed.

‘He’s…amazing. Funny and so sweet,’ Jasmine said honestly. The words stung her tongue as they came out but not because they were untrue it was that because even though he’d hurt her those things were still true.

‘Fit?’ Mary giggled.

‘Yeah,’ Jasmine said with a blush.

‘So what happened?’ Mary said excitedly, frowning as Jasmine’s smile dimmed.

‘We had to end it,’ she said quietly, her confidence ebbing as they got down to the bones of the matter and her friends faces went from excited to pity.

‘Aw, that’s a shame,’ Marlene said.

‘Yeah, how come?’ Mary asked, never one to hold off getting the scoop. Jasmine hesitated, realising that she hadn’t prepared for anything further than light questioning so instead of lying she decided to go down a route that was truth adjacent.

‘Our lifestyles don’t fit together,’ she shrugged as casually as she could muster.

‘Is he a muggle?’ Marlene asked immediately.

‘Yeah,’ Jasmine lied which fortunately her friends appeared to buy as Mary smiled and said, ‘well maybe one day and if not we can always help.’

‘How?’ Jasmine asked, unaware how they could make her foul mood improve.

‘Well we’ve been through a few heartbreaks,’ Mary said.

‘Though there’s not much time between Mary’s heartbreaks admittedly,’ Marlene teased making Jasmine laugh and Mary roll her eyes, ‘anyway, we have just the treatment. Listening to sad songs-’

‘Eating your feelings,’ Marlene countered.

‘Dating someone knew,’ Mary teased making them laugh.

‘Whatever you want,’ Marlene said.

‘Thanks guys,’ Jasmine said. And though admittedly it didn’t immediately wrench her from the depths of despair she felt a touch better.

If Sirius could move on then so could she.

Sirius Tags

@caitlin1996 @imthebadguyyy

#my writing #sirius black #marauders #marauders fic #sirius black fic #the boy who broke his own heart #sirius black x ofc #sirius black x jasmine potter #marauders era

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robynlilyblack · 2 years

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Can i be abhorrent and ask that if your requests are open, may I ask for a peter pettigrew request? where reader is friends with the marauders and goes into their dorm to get something, Pete is trying to sleep on the sofa (I'm just assuming they totally stole a comfy chair from the common room and put it in their dorm lol) but he's not asleep yet he just looks it and so she goes over and puts a blanket round him and tries to make him more comfy brushes his hair away from his eyes and sirius lurking in the doorway sees and starts teasing her about crushing on peter and she doesn't even deny it she's like yeah sirius I like peter and if you tell him you're in trouble cuz she doesn't wanna risk wrecking her friendship with pete and peter being secretly awake hears the whole thing?

Never Better

Peter Pettigrew and fem! reader

Summary: Peters had a long day and decides to go for a nap where he accidently overhears y/n confessing her feelings

Warnings: swearing

A/n: 0.8k words, written from Peters perpective, I’ve never written for peter I hope I wrote him alright, I tdo hink this is super cute even though I’m not a Peter girl (tasm peter yes, harry potter no but the fan casted guy is cute), enjoy!

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Peter dropped all his stuff as he got back to his dorm, sighing as he saw all clothes and work scattered across his bed he had forgotten to clear away. Usually he would have moved it but he was too drained to bother at that point and decided to opt for napping on the couch they had managed to steal for their dorm instead. He lays down, shifting in an attempt to get somewhat comfy before closing his eyes, his mind drifting towards a certain best friend of his to help him sleep

He wasn’t quite asleep when the door opened but he was too tired to open his eyes. Although, the silence did make him a tad uneasy as he wondered if Sirius was going to use one of Remus’ muggle pens to draw on his face again but then he heard humming, quickly recognising it as you and relaxing again.

He heard a little gasp as you must have noticed him followed by the patter of footsteps towards him “Pete?” you whisper but as he was about to speak he feels you brush some of the hair from his face and decides to savour the moment instead

He feels you drape a blanket over him, even slipping off his shoes so that he was comfortable, the bliss however was cut short by another voice “You ever gonna tell him?” Sirius asks, tell me what?

“Shh he’s sleeping” you whisper back, not answering the question

He hears Sirius enter the room, the springs of presumably his bed creaking as he sits “Come on y/n, you two have been attached at the hip for years just tell him you fancy him so we can all stop watching you drool” Sirius teases while Peter tries his best to stay emotionless, bringing the blanket up to his face to hide his smile

“Siri one I don’t drool, that happened one time” you defend yourself while Sirius chuckles “and two I don’t want to ruin our friendship by admitting my feelings and having him reject me”

Peters heart ached that you felt that way “Y/n you ever stopped to think he likes you too?” Sirius questions

“Yes but every time I do I need to pinch myself and remember that it’s just platonic for him” he feels you kneel down, brushing the last stands of his hear out of the way before you kiss his forehead “Don’t you dare tell him” he hears you say as you make your way out “Oh” he hears you come in and grab something “tell Pete I’ll get this back to him later need it for my charms essay” and with that you left

Peter was in a little bit of shock, you fancied him, he was almost so ecstatic he didn’t hear the pen click but he did and when he felt Sirius’ breath nearing him he spoke “Don’t you dare”

“Holy mother of Godric!” opening his eyes he sees Sirius hurdling back and falling over his own feet, landing with a heavy thump on the floor “Oh fuck Wormtail I think I just had a heart attack” he clutches his chest, breathing heavy, the pen long thrown somewhere in the room in his panic

Peter chuckles shifting to sit up “Serves you right, it took almost a month for that tash to fade last time” he shakes his head

The raven-haired boy lets out a laugh at the memory “That was funny though…wait” his eyes widen clearly realising that he was in fact awake for the previous conversation “You heard…” Sirius motions to himself and the door referencing you “talking?”

As he was about to answer the door swings open revealing, you, Remus and James “What the hell happened?” James puffs

“We heard you scream” Remus informs him, sighing in relief as he sees both the boys are okay

“You alright Pete?” you ask, your bright eyes meeting his

He smiles “Never better Sweetpea” you tilt your head a little but return the smile

“Oh yeah check on him first I’m the one that’s broke his arse” Sirius groans rubbing his behind as he begins to stand up, Remus moving to help him up “Thanks Moons” he says giving him a kiss to the cheek

“What happened?” James asks as he takes a seat on his bed across form Remus and Sirius on their pushed together beds while you move to sit next to Peter

Sirius and Peter share a look “Sirius dropped something, it woke me up and then I sort of scared the life out of him” he tells a white lie, moving to take your hand with his giving it a squeeze

Both of your hearts flutter at the contact, it wasn’t abnormal for him to take your hand but it was for him to continue holding it and for his thumb to rub little circles “You okay?” you ask almost like you think somethings wrong

Peter shakes his head, moving to kiss your cheek smiling at how flustered you get “I’m perfect” he squeezes your hand once more, basking in the feeling of you leaning your head on his shoulder before mouthing ‘shut it’ to the boys as they all smirk at him, little did he know you also mouthed the same thing

#peter pettigrew #peter pettigrew x reader #peter pettigrew x you #peter pettigrew x y/n #peter and y/n #peter and you #marauders x reader #marauders and reader #Marauders #marauders era #harry potter fluff #good peter pettigrew

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pretentiouswreckingball · 1 year

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About time, scars and the brightest stars -PretentiousWreckingBall- HarryPotter- [Archive of Our Own]

Chapters: 1/17 Fandom: Harry Potter Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Sirius Black/Remus Lupin, Minor or Background Relationship(s) Regulus Black/James Potter, Pandora Lovegood/Lily Evans Characters: Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, James Potter, Pandora Lovegood, Regulus Black, Lily Evans, Lyall Lupin, Hope Lupin, Euphemia Potter, Fleamont Potter, Minerva McGonagall, Peter Pettigrew, Mary Macdonald, Alastor “Mad-Eye” Moody, and a bunch of people you know.

Additional Tags: Alternative Universe- About Time (2013) Fusion, About Time AU, which means, Time Travel, Fluff, Fluff and Angst, Falling in Love, Teacher Remus Lupin, Mutual Pining, References to abba music, Remus Lupin & James Potter & Pandora Lovegood Friendship, Angst with a Happy Ending, Minor Character Death, Domestic Fluff, Car Accident, almost everyone is queer if that wasn’t clear, and neurodivergent, Singer Pandora Lovegood, even if this story has time travel is NOT a time travel story, Theater kid Sirius Black, Remus Lupin is a Tim Lake variant, that’s the whole reason I’m writing this in the first place, community in the face of challenge, not accurate depictions of time travel though, Mostly Vibes.

Summary: “Let’s say I believe that what you’re saying is true, which it isn’t—” “Which it is,” Lyall sing-songs. “Which it isn’t,” Remus grits out. “How does time travel work in this situation? There are tons of variables to consider.” “The how, my son, it’s actually the easy bit,” Lyall nods at the hourglass necklace Remus is still holding between his fingers. “First you find a dark place —a closet or a cupboard will do— and turn it over, just once. Then, you think of the moment you want to travel to, you close your eyes really tight and —bam, time travel,” Lyall finishes, doing a subdued version of jazz hands. Remus gives his father a doubtful look. “That’s it?” Lyall crosses his legs in a light manner, sipping at his tea. “Apart from looking like an idiot with clench fists in some dark closet, yes Remus, that’s pretty much it.” *** The About Time wolfstar AU nobody asked for but it's here nonetheless.

Here it is, finally! I'm so excited about this one and I'm so happy that I can finally share it with the world. That movie is the love of my life and I wanted to share it through my favourite pairing<3

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wellpresseddaisy · 2 years

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There's a Silver Lining Through a Dark Cloud Shining pt. 2

Severus stared around the room wildly, heart hammering in his chest. He didn't…he had to be at Hogwarts, but no one looked right. The blond boy could only be a Malfoy and he'd know that thatch of messy dark hair anywhere, but they weren't right.

"Er, professor, do you remember anything?" The boy with the Potter hair asked, shoving broken glasses up his nose.

Green eyes. He knew those eyes. Those eyes and that hair together…

"Fuck sake, tell me she didn't!" He demanded.

"Who didn't, sir?" The boy fidgeted.

"Tell me Lily didn't marry that Potter berk!" He demanded.

The boy choked and the group behind him sucked in a breath as one, eyes wide. They seemed inclined to just watch, though.

"Bloody fucking hell, she did." No matter what Lils said, he could pick up on some cues. And that one was an anvil.

"Er. Yeah. I…um…I'm Harry Potter." Well that decided it. Lily Evans had the worst taste in men.

"For your granddad." Severus murmured before he could help himself.

"Really?" The boy…Harry looked delighted. "I didn't know."

Oh, he wasn't touching that. If this child of theirs didn't know his grandparents…no…best not consider it. He cursed his ability to make connections so quickly.

"And…you called me professor." A quick subject change seemed the right way to go.

"You…well, you're usually a lot…older. There was an accident." Harry explained. "Er…I'm not sure what happened, really. We've sent for Madame Pomfrey."

He wasn't sure what to think. The blond boy could only be Lucius' child…with the Black eyes. Cissa? And the freckled specimen was likely a Weasley. You always knew a Weasley. And the Parkinson nose. Crabbe and Goyle looked about as one expected.

But no child of Sirius Black or Remus Lupin or Peter Pettigrew seemed to stand among them. No MacKinnon or Meadows or Rosier or Lestrange seemed to be present. Features he ought to have recognized were nowhere to be seen.

"What happened?" He asked, finally. "What happened here?"

Harry looked back at the crowd behind him. He seemed to be communicating with a girl with the most extraordinary hair Severus had ever seen and the Weasley spawn. He turned back.

"War." He answered simply.

Severus swallowed hard. "So it happened, then."

"Yeah." Harry shrugged.

They fell to awkward silence. Severus' mind whirled, trying to assimilate new information.

"What year is it?" He asked.

"Nineteen ninety-two." Harry told him. "It's only just October. We're the second year Gryffindor/Slytherin Potions class."

"Which I'm meant to be teaching?" It came out more question than statement.

"Which you're meant to be teaching." Harry confirmed. He bit his lip. "Dunno what we're going to do for Potions now."

"Obviously, Potter, we'll have a new professor." The blond probably Malfoy drawled from behind Harry but didn't move. He'd found a seat and lounged in it.

"No one's asked you, Malfoy." Harry answered in the tone of someone who'd spent a great deal of time with a Malfoy.

Most of Lucius' dormmates sounded like that at least once a week. Generally it regarded haircare.

Slytherin would never forget the night Lucius Malfoy found a single split end. Pity that the child hadn't inherited Cissa's nice manners or way with people.

"Well you clearly haven't any idea of how anything works. Only to be expected, honestly, given your…parentage."

The bushy-haired girl grabbed a handful of the Weasley spawn's robes and hauled him back while Harry looked at the ceiling and seemed to count. Severus thought that this particular version of Malfoy could use a pasting, to be honest. Lucius at least had…charm…of a kind, anyway.

"Malfoy, no one's asked your opinion or needs to hear it." Harry gritted out.

Just then, the door opened and Madame Pomfrey bustled in.

"By the Cauldron." She breathed. "Professor Snape, what happened?"

Madame Pomfrey moved into the room, easily stepping around the mess on the floor. She cast a quick containment charm around Neville's cauldron on her way.

"I was told it was an accident." Severus answered. "I don't remember much beyond waking up with a lot of people I've never met."

Madame Pomfrey breathed in sharply.

"Well, why don't we go up to the Hospital Wing? We may need some help with this. All of you, please go to the Great Hall. I'll inform the Headmaster." She waited while students gathered what they could of their things.

"I could…" Harry started.

"Please go up to the Hall with everyone else, Mr. Potter." Madame Pomfrey interrupted firmly. "We'll either return your professor to you or…well…I'm sure we can come up with a solution."

"Yes, Madame Pomfrey." Harry answered dutifully and filed out with the rest of the students.

"Now, we'll get you sorted out." She smiled down at Severus.

An actual familiar face left him so relieved that he smiled back.

#there's a silver lining #severus snape #Potions shenanigans #hp au

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I've decided to collate a little list of recommendations from the last week of reading fanfic as a way for me to keep track of what I read!

James Potter/Lily Evans

to be young and at war by @kay-elle-cee

“I feel different.” Another confession. His voice was rough, not his own, and it didn’t sound right to Lily’s ears. “Changed.”

what does it mean to be young and at war?

Magic Like This by @kay-elle-cee (a re-read)

“Do you want to go?” He presses.

“It’s not that simple.” If only it was. Of course she didn’t want to go.

The boy in front of her shrugs. “It sounds simple enough to me: it’s going to be miserable for you. Don’t go.”

Lily blinks at him—he speaks as if it’s the easiest thing in the world to just live by your own rules, put yourself first. He’s standing there, staring at her as the concept winds its way through her mind.

What Lily really wants, if she’s being honest with herself, is to spend the day with James Potter.

Beggin’ by @practicecourts

James Potter and Lily Evans go into hiding with their son during the wizarding war. Peter Pettigrew visits his former friends on the 31st of October 1985.

High Notes by @mabeltothknows

The year is 1975. Lily Evans is a teenage witch on the cusp of war. Sherri Cherri is a muggle pop singer on the brink of fame.

Chronicling the making and breaking of two unparalleled legends... who happen to be the very same person.

Love is the Law by @mabeltothknows

Seventh-year Jily angst with a little fluff at the end.

Misc

Iris by @suzyq31

Relationship: Harry Potter/Hermione Granger

When Hermione left after the battle she never could have predicted it would be for good. Five years later she is pulled back into the magical world in a way that puts her and the people she loves most at great risk.

not yet by atalantei

Relationship: Fred Weasley/Hermione Granger

Unspeakable Fred Weasley helps Unspeakable Hermione Granger fix her appearance after a little accident within the Department of Mysteries. AU.

#fic recs #recs from the week that was #jily

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tommiruewrites · 2 years

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req by @pisrusxarxty: Hii! How are you doing?? I was wondering if you could write a platonic!marauders x reader where the reader just got dumped and how the boys comfort them:))

requested: yes | no requests: open | closed request rules here

pairing: marauders x platonic!reader

warnings: nothing, just really cute :))

a/n: you didn't specify a format so i assumed hcs, i hope that's alright. sorry for the wait!!

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JAMES POTTER:

• he would be absolute sweetest

• the second he heard what happened he would be in your dorm by your side

• he would bring all of your favorite things like your favorite music, snacks, board games, etc

• he'd do literally anything in his power to cheer you up

• he would say things like "they didn't deserve you anyway", and, "it's their loss, really"

• the two of you would play twister and he would constantly make dumb jokes to get you to laugh

• you'd watch your favorite movies and eat junk food and ice cream for hours

• he would stay up all night with you doing whatever you wanted and being your #1 supporter

• he'd also hardcore spoil you for the next month just buying you sweets from honeydukes, walking you to all your classes, helping you with homework, etc

SIRIUS BLACK:

• he would be by your side in an instant

• he'd comfort you by rubbing your back or playing with your hair while he ranted and rambled on

• he would go on about how much of a twit your ex is for being daft enough to let you go

• almost more upset about it than you

• he would also listen intently while you vented all of your feelings out

• he would be 100% on board with any ideas you might have, including burning all of your ex's things that they left in your dorm

• also would keep tour mind occupied by taking you to parties, including you in their pranks, etc

• he'd make it known to the rest of the school how much of a prat they were along with a few other demeaning details he may have slipped in

REMUS LUPIN:

• he would probably find you by accident, not even knowing what had happened yet

• he'd see you sulking or crying on the empty common room couch and sit beside you to figure out what happened

• after telling him what had happened his demeanor would immediately change

• he'd be lowkey raging but would do a pretty good job of not showing it on the outside

• he would try to comfort you to the best of his ability by telling you things like "you're far too good for them, anyway" and throwing around passive agressive comments in their direction

• he'd hold you in silence for as long as you needed, just being there for you without overwhelming you or making you upset again

• he would be loke 20x more protective of you for the next few months tho

• he would also definitely make your ex the target of their next biggest prank

PETER PETTIGREW:

• you would probably go find him right after it happened because peter is the BEST listener

• he would immedately drop whatever he was doing to focus all of his attention on you

• he'd sit with you and comfort you until you were ready to tell him what happened, and he would quietly listen as you explained it

• after you finished, he would console you (in a much more relaxed way than the others)

• "they weren't the one for you"

• "i know it doesn't seem like it, but it really is for the best"

• he wouldnt pity you or let you feel sorry for yourself, but instead try to logically help you feel better

• he would also avoid bringing your ex at all costs, shutting up anyone else who thought to bring them up

• he would then distract you the rest of the day with little activities and simple conversations to keep your mind off of it

• he would, however, definitely partake in subtle slandering of your ex, so long as you weren't around to hear it

REGULUS BLACK:

• regulus would have probably not trusted or disliked them since the beginning

• he also probably would have made it known

• so to say he was enraged when he found out what happened would be a massive understatement

• not at you, of course, but at the fact that he was right

• he would try to hide his anger at the whole situation around you but he would be pretty horrible at it

• he'd try to comfort you to the best of his ability by sitting with you, listening to your rants, and possibly placing a calming hand on your shoulder

• he would throw countless onsults at tour ex

• he would also do his best to say comforting things to you but everything would have a slight "i told you so" undertone

• only because he knows if you had listened to him you wouldnt be hurting right now

• he would stay with you as long as you need

• since he wasnt the best at comforting people he would instead do things like grab you things you needed so you didnt have to get out of bed (which was big for him), or read to you so that you would focus on his voice instead of the one in your head

• he would definitely hex your ex the next day tho

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ao3feed-snape · 1 year

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Who I am

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/40oWJIG

by TwilightsDawn

Severus Snape's life has been hell and he has made his way up the winding staircase to the astronomy tower quite a few times to contemplate if he wanted to take his chances in the next life.

He finally decides that he is going to do it.

Things don't go exactly as planned and many are left stumbling and questioning. A story that explores grief, loss, and finding love in one's self again. A story that involves a second chance at life, but not the one that most are used to.

(PLEASE MIND THE TAGS)

Words: 15425, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/M, M/M

Characters: Severus Snape, Greengrass Family (Harry Potter), Original Greengrass Characters (Harry Potter), Lily Evans Potter, James Potter, Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, Bellatrix Black Lestrange, Narcissa Black Malfoy, Lucius Malfoy, Voldemort (Harry Potter), Tom Riddle | Voldemort, Albus Dumbledore, Minerva McGonagall, Peter Pettigrew

Relationships: Lily Evans Potter & Severus Snape, Remus Lupin & Severus Snape, Sirius Black & Severus Snape, Sirius Black/Severus Snape, Lucius Malfoy/Narcissa Black Malfoy

Additional Tags: Suicide Attempt, Suicidal Thoughts, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, War, First Wizarding War with Voldemort (Harry Potter), Spies & Secret Agents, Potions Accident, Friendship/Love, Reincarnation, Sort of..., Body Dysphoria, Sharing a Body, Depression, Survivor Guilt, Guilt, Second Chances, Growing Up, Revenge, Female Severus Snape, Young Severus Snape, Severus Snape-centric

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/40oWJIG

#IFTTT #ao3feed #fanfic #Severus Snape

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limetimo · 2 years

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RAB fics I read (11-17Jul)

To Remember by Grey_Kenaz Regulus tries to tell the Aurors about the Horcrux but gets shipped straight to Azkaban where he proceeds to lose his sanity. After several months Sirius manages to get him free and take him home. Can Regulus recover enough to remember life beyond his nightmares and help end the war?

Regulus Rising by DogStar234 Regulus dies, and Regulus wakes up in a dead muggle's body (with his memories and magic intact). What's a 60s kid to do in the 90s? Hunt Horcruxes, Attend Hogwarts and get himself a boyfriend of course!

Black Lion by Johnnyfer Post-cave Regulus finds and adopts Harry (not that he'd ever admit to ever liking the 7yo son of his school annoyance). Prideful Regulus my beloveds

set those ghosts alight by justwhatialwayswanted I am in love with this one, one of few Gryffindor Regulus fics that hit me just right

Rise like a phoenix by pearlAngel Regulus reincarnates as Harry

Haunting Horcruxes by FiresFromOurHearts Regulus reincarnated as Draco finds the Diary at the Manor

Diptych by pansysnarkinson 15yo Regulus is gifted the Diary by Malfoy, very LotR vibes

when you were mine by battlehamster Jegulus getting back together, modern no magic

Shift Change by elder_millennial_trash for fuckboyregulus HOckey au James is annoying and Regulus is annoyed but secretly they really like each other

Black flies by AllLivesMatter This. Is. So. Good. Before and after the cave and the Black brothers through the years

A World of Remarkability by green_tea43 I'm really really curious where this goes, Peter Pettigrew is a foster kid who figured out he's magical, and bumped into little REgulus BLack on a playground one time

Of Second Chances and Unfamiliar Paths by Mozaik Regulus gets yeeted to is first year very good but discontinued for now

Auror Academy - the class of 1979 by Regulus_Potter I'm still not over little Regulus trailing after Alastor Moody and taking the "CONSTANT VIGILANCE!" nad "Trust no-one!" advices to hearrt ♥♥

It was rare, I was there, I remember it by im_still_tryin_to_find_it 25yo Regulus had a potion accident and thinks he's 16. kinda inconvenient when he's married to James Potter and they have a kid together

find a heart and break it by Keysie ayo Sirius' POV on one of the worst fights in the "Regulus and Remus are little shits and horcrux hunting" story

The Missing Link by Keysie the marauders are trying to somehow deal in the aftermath of Peter's betrayal

rewrite my heart (let the future in) by secretpersona ace emma vanity with an eyepatch my beloved it has nothing to do with the plot (which is aces!) but it's the only thing I can think of the last couple chapters

Art Heist, Baby! by otrtbs be gay do crime!

A Little Bit of Everything by Frenchroast99 Regulus adopts Harry, the Black family becomes a Family again

The Marauders and the Prisoner of Azkaban by SilverShadow1 the marauders and regulus and lily are reading the poa i expect angst

For Shits and Giggles by silverfield after sirius run away regulus suddenly developed every digestive disorder ever. His body can't kill him if he kills himself first is not his thought process but it's not far off. His friends and brother have a different idea

Gentle hands by Bunny17 D/s universe gentle dom Remus doms Sirius and James and also Regulus once

Perfect Places by wtfmylove REgulus and James are forced to work together. It's fuck or fight everyone

Missing by mean_whale big sad, Remus/regulus

#regulus black #fic rec

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madsireds · 2 months

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𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐬, 𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐮𝐬 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤

𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐮𝐬 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐱 𝐟𝐞𝐦!𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫

warnings: smoking, thoughts of family abuse, blood mentions, sirius angst, no smut but suggestions?

summary: you went out late at night to smoke at the astronomy tower when a mysterious guy joins you... ravenclaw fem!reader x gryffindor sirius black.

Y/N WAS AT THE ASTRONOMY TOWER, a cigarette between her lips. she was sitting on the edge, her legs hanging. just as she watched the smoke slowly fade away she heard footsteps.

she quickly turned around, thinking that it's filch, and she saw the one and only sirius black.

sirius black, a part of the four marauders - james potter, sirius black, remus lupin and peter pettigrew. he was tall and athletic. probably because he played quiddich until lasts year's "accident", a beater. no one knew what the accident was. but whatever it was, he stopped playing. he had black, shoulders length hair, grey piercing eyes and a defined jawline. he had that wolfish smirk on his lips and his hair was messy. he was probably sleeping till now. he was holding a cigarette as well.

he sat next to her, a few feet away. they smoked in silence for a while, looking at the night sky. there was something about the stars that always mesmerized y/n. sirius was the one to break the silence.

"so what are you doing here, l/n?" he asked.

he had to admit. he had definitely noticed y/n. she seemed like an outgoing girl, which is unusual for ravenclaws. she was friends with the girls so she was in the gryffindor common room pretty often. her best friend was marlene mckinnon. he often found himself staring at her. but he never approached her. he's a flirt. he shouldn't be nervous to talk to a girl like her. but he was. he hated this feeling but it also exited him.

"what does it look like I'm doing?" y/n asked with a playful smirk, lifting the hand that wa holding the cigarette. sirius chuckled and nodded, doing the same gesture.

"yeah, me too." he lied. he didn't come specifically for smoking. he needed to clear his head.

he had a nightmare, again. about his family. it was mostly the abuse he had gone through. memories.

he was laying on the floor in a pool of blood. his blood. he couldn't understand how his parents, his own mother, could do that to him. what did he do to make them so angry? sure, he didn't agree with his parents' beliefs and yes, he was a gryffindor, even though his whole family are slytherins and yes, he wasn't the perfect son. but was he that bad that he deserved that?

the cruciatus curse. the pain wasn't only physical, it was also emotional. the cold, emotionless look in his mother's blue eyes. the rage in his father's grey eyes. the same eyes like his own...

he shook his head slightly. he shouldn't think about those things. he've been living with the potters for almost a year already. they were his family. the ones who loved him. a real family. he took a drag from the cigarette in his hand before blowing out the smoke.

"you okay, black?" y/n's voice startled him. he glanced at her, she was already looking at him. she had beautiful eyes. they sparkled under the moonlight. he looked back at the sky, nodding slightly.

"yeah..." y/n didn't look convinced but she just nodded once and continued smoking in silence, dropping the subject. sirius was grateful for that.

y/n suddenly smirked. sirius saw it from his peripheral vision so he turned to her. she looked at the stars with a smirk and asked.

"so you like watching the stars or a particular star?" sirius was confused at first but when he followed her line of sight, he smirked. she was looking at sirius. the dog star. his smirk was full of smugness.

"well, I am the brightest star, after all. I can just look at the mirror if I wanted to." y/n laughed and moved her h/c hair out of her face. merlin, she was beautiful.

sirius descretly scooted closer to her. y/n noticed but didn't comment on it. she just continued taking drags from her cigarette.

"do you like the stars?" sirius asked, now only a few inches from her.

y/n smiled and looked at the stars. sirius stared at her, she looked angelic. so sweet and innocent but also had that dangerous look in her e/c eyes.

"yeah, I... i love the stars. they're so pretty." she answered dreamily. sirius nodded slightly, still looking at her.

"yeah, they are..." y/n glanced at him only to found him looking at her. she smiled softly but didn't look away.

sirius continued inching closer and closer. at this point he could kiss her any second. and merlin, did he want to...

y/n glanced at his lips for a split second and then back up at his grey eyes. he didn't notice, he was too busy staring at her lips. so perfect, so pink... fuck it. he closed the gap between them and one of his hands snaked around her waist, bringing her closer to him.

she reacted almost immediately, kissing him back. she locked her hands behind his neck loosely, her fingers playing with the ends of his dark hair. her e/c eyes fluttered closed.

he brought her as close to him as he could. he couldn't get enough of her. she was so sweet. her lips tasted of blueberries and smoke. her taste mixed with her lavender scent was intoxicating.

he brought her even closer, at this point she was practically on his lap. y/n's hands around his neck tightened slightly.

he broke the kiss to take a breath and looked at her. her eyes fluttered open and she looked at him with slightly parted lips.

he started tracing light but passionate kisses along her jaw and went to her neck. her eyes closed again and she tilted her head slightly to the side to give him more access to her neck. his hands were firm around her waist, keeping her in place while he kissed her.

but merlin, she didn't plan on leaving anytime soon.

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hi! this is my first time writing one shot. hope you like it. I have a boom with the marauders one shots and a book with oc x sirius black on my wattpad (madsired). you can check if you want it.

#sirius black #the marauders #the marauders girls #madsireds

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moonchild-things · 1 year

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Chapter Twelve: The Snake’s Plan

Summary: Beauxbaton’s biggest prankster has finally been expelled from the French boarding school. Having limited choices, Iris Evans is sent to join her sister at Hogwarts. As she adjusts to the new scenery, Lily’s twin makes new friends with a different array of people. Though there was no doubt that she would become friends with the Marauders.

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"NO! WE AREN'T DONE HERE, YOUNG LADY!" Craig shouted as he followed his middle child across the platform as she tried to avoid him. He had been ranting and raving ever since he found out about the kisses that Iris had shared with both Sirius and Derek. Of course, Iris had tried to make sure that he didn't find out about it, but Lily had to open her big mouth and tell both of their parents when she said she wouldn't.

Iris was slightly reluctant to tell Lily about what happened because she knew that something like this would have happened, which it did. But when the Marauders left the party yesterday and it was only the quartet of girls consisting of the twins, Marlene and Wendy, the other girls had instantly started to interrogate her on her interactions with the boys. They pointed out the closeness between Iris and Derek and the way that he couldn't keep his eyes off of her. They squealed at the gifts that both Sirius and Derek had given her and debated about the obvious attraction between the girl and both boys.

She had mentioned the kiss with Sirius by accident and nearly went deaf at the screams that the girls had let out. Eventually, they were able to get her to talk about the kiss between her and Derek as well after annoying her for a long time. She felt like she was going to vomit at how much of a girl they had forced her to be. She is not a girl to gossip and giggle about boys, but she had been forced to stup to the level of a girly-girl yesterday when they wouldn't leave her alone.

"I'm pretty sure we are!" She sassed over her shoulder as she pushed past a man with a briefcase who nearly toppled over at her abrupt movement. She was practically running around King's Cross while avoiding as many collisions with people as she could. Though occasionally she would end up bumping into an unsuspecting bystander who would drop their luggage or something.

As soon as Craig had pulled the car up to the train station, Iris bolted out of it with her trunk in order to get away from her father. He was already trying to give her a talk about boys and what not because he was far too overprotective over his daughters. He would do anything in his power to make sure that they stayed as pure and untouched as he wanted them to be. No boy was going to get close to them if he had a say in it! He really shouldn't have let any of those boys to step foot through the front door.

He really only got to talk with the sandy-haired boy, Remus Lupin. The boy proved to be quite the respectable young man and Craig approved of him greatly. The chubby boy, Peter Pettigrew, was strange, but he didn't expect anything else from a wizard, truthfully. He obviously had already met Derek and to him seemed like a nice boy. James Potter seemed like a charming boy, yet Craig was able to see through the interactions between Iris that he was already one of her best friends and could tell why Lily referred to him as an 'annoying toe-rag'. Craig was uncertain about the boy as he could tell he loved to cause trouble. The last boy from the magical school that had come to see Iris was obviously full of himself, Craig had observed. He was mischievous, a troublemaker and as big of a flirt as Iris(which he didn't want to admit to her being a big flirt). It was no surprise that Sirius Black was the one to kiss his little girl! Craig didn't like it. Not one bit!

"Far from it, Iris Evans!" Craig demanded as he started to gain on the teenager.

Lily and Octavia followed behind them at a slower pace. They didn't want to be publicly seen with them as they knew they were going to argue loudly. Neither mother nor daughter wanted to be embarrassed openly by Iris and Craig. Octavia giggled lightly as she saw her husband chase after their daughter shouting about continuing their conversation that was of the utmost importance to him. She was actually more excited about Iris seeming to show a greater interest in boys than her hysteric husband, much to his dismay.

For years, Iris had used boys as a source of entertainment. She played around with their emotions by teasing them and flirting with them. Octavia wasn't always the biggest fan to those interactions with boys for her, but she knew that at some point or another some boy was finally going to intrigue her. Though it seemed like it was two boys who had piqued Iris' interest.

Octavia thought that both boys were quite nice. Though Derek was by far much more of a goody-two-shoes when compared to the wizard. Sirius was a rambunctious teen who mirrored Iris' personality almost perfectly. She could honestly see Iris dating Sirius on the fact that they were so much alike. Octavia could also see Iris and Derek possibly being a couple because Derek was the complete opposite of Iris. But it wasn't her decision to make, Iris had to choose for herself. Iris may have experience with messing with people who fancied her and recognizing such emotions, but Octavia was certain that Iris was going to have a hard time recognizing her own feelings and dealing with them. It was most certainly going to be interesting to see how everything panned out for the teen. However, if nothing turned out to be as perfect for her little girl as she thought it would end up being, Octavia was more than willing to help Iris and be a shoulder to cry if needed(which she hoped was not needed because she didn't like seeing any of her daughters cry).

"Dad's overreacting," Lily pointed out as she carried her trunk beside her. "It was bound to happen at some point, Iris kissing the two of them."

Her mother nodded his head, "yes, I'm sure. But you know how your father can get about boys!"

They followed the tail of disgruntled people who grumbled under their breath about a rude girl and enraged man to find Craig and Iris waiting by the barrier. Iris had her arms crossed over her chest with a peeved off expression. Craig's face was completely red in frustration and annoyance as his mouth moved at a mile a minute as he continued to rant about the boys.

"-Under my roof as well! I'm happy for you for experiencing your first -and second- kiss, but I would have appreciated them not being in our house!"

Iris scoffed absentmindedly, "they weren't my first kisses."

It took a moment for her words to sink into his mind but as soon as they did he blanched. That seemed to open even more floodgates for the man and would earn her far more arguing. Octavia rested a hand on her husband's forearm and sighed. "You can finish your lecture when they come back, she'll miss the train if you keep trying to reprimand her."

Craig glared down at his wife due to the fact that she did have a point. He stared at her long and hard before turning his glare onto his glowering middle child. "Fine, go." He huffed out, "have fun at school, but as soon as your back-!" He pointed at her, "we'll continue this discussion."

Iris rolled her eyes for what seemed the be the thousandth time since she had woken up. "Sure, dad." Her voice was lame and monotone as she knew that she wouldn't pay attention to his lecture later just like she was now.

Octavia moved away from him and embraced Iris in a loving hug, "go easy on your dad, Iris." She let go and held her daughter at arm's length, "he's just worried about you."

"He's got a strange way of showing it…"

Her mother chuckled and smothered down some of the red locks on top of Iris' head. "He's worried. You've never shown this kind of interest in anyone before!"

Iris could already tell that her mother was going to be just as girly as the rest of her friends. "I know that, but he doesn't have to shout at me about it."

Octavia smiled slightly, "just be good, okay? Don't get into too much trouble." She moved over to her youngest daughter and hugged her as well. "Make sure she doesn't get herself expelled again," she whispered into Lily's ear as she knew if she said it out loud, Iris would throw a fit over her words. "Do good with your studies and send us letters at least once a month to keep us updated."

"Okay, mum." Lily replied with a blinding smile.

Once the family of four(Petunia had fussed about staying home so no one fought her on it and left her alone) finished saying their farewells, the twins grabbed their trunks and piled them onto a trolly in order to push them through the barrier. Their surroundings melted away to reveal the vibrant platform with the Hogwarts Express sitting patiently on the tracks. They got their trunks put away and started their search for their friends and a compartment.

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It only took them a few minutes to find Marlene who had jumped onto them in a warm hug in a greeting. Next, was Wendy who they found in a compartment already. The four conversed happily with each other and the two other girls couldn't help but notice a certain scent surrounding Iris.

"Are you wearing perfume, Iris?" Asked Wendy as she brushed some of her ebony hair from her face.

Iris scowled slightly and turned her head away in what seemed to be deviance, "yes."

Her sister shook her head, "I don't know why you're upset about it."

"It's from Severus! I do not and will not be associated with anything that has to do with him!" She seethed and crossed her arms tightly over her chest.

"You two could make up…" Lily trailed off as she knew her sister would be as stubborn as usual. Yes, she was angry with Severus. However, she wanted all of them to be friends once again. Severus had been becoming distant to both of them and she didn't like it one bit. She knew that what Severus had done, more like didn't do, had shown that there was something slightly changing in him and it was obviously not for the better. She wanted to make sure that the other Slytherins who Severus had made friends with weren't feeding him their perspectives on blood-purity in the wizarding community. She didn't want to lose one of her greatest friends that she had since she was ten. Even if their friendship did end, Lily wanted it to be on good terms.

Iris scoffed, "make up?" The thought seemed to be absurd to her. How could she make up with a wanker who didn't stand up for her while his friends insulted her? If he wasn't willing to say something to them and stop them from calling one of his closest friends 'Mudblood', like she has done multiple times in the past, she wasn't going to easily forgive him. If he wanted her forgiveness, he'd have to show he was worthy of it.

"Why would you want to make up with that git?" Marlene practically shouted, "he's lucky I wasn't around. So are Malfoy and Black, I would have cursed their areses!"

Iris agreed wholeheartedly. She didn't want to use the perfume that Severus had gifted them at Christmas! Lily had practically forced the fragrance on her by nearly pouring the entire contents of the vial onto her. Nothing could stop Lily from getting her to dawn the surprisingly nice smelling perfume. Not even Iris' arguments about Severus' suspicious and distant activity could sway the younger sisters actions. They seemed to only encourage Lily to try harder. She must have only seen it as a way for Iris and Severus to make up. If Severus knew that Iris was wearing the gift that he had given her, then he would try to make amends with her. Fat chance!

Surprisingly, Lily had thought that Iris was willing to work it out with Severus after she attacked the girl with the perfume. As soon as the fragrance had been sprayed on her, it was almost like she had forgotten why she was angry at Severus and even asked about him. Lily thought that it was progress to trying to get their relationship off of the rocks. Though after a few moments, Iris was back to being angry… and didn't even remember her calm words about the boy. It was strange, but Lily brushed it off. Iris was a strange girl.

"I have to agree to an extent," Wendy commented, "he didn't stand up for her. A friend should do that without a doubt. He's got to apologize to her for what he didn't do."

Lily nodded her head slowly as her eyes moved towards the floor. She had to admit that yes, she was offended and angry with Severus. But unlike her twin, she was far more forgiving. "He should. Yes, he really should explain and apologize to you." She replied reluctantly while looking up to Iris.

As their conversation about the relationship between the twins and Severus came to a close, there was a knock at the compartment door. The four heads turned to see two tall shadows looming in the foggy glass windows. Each girl shared a quick, confused look with each other. Iris, being the closest to the door, stood up and slide the door open.

"Hello, Evans," the black haired boy that was revealed from behind the door. His smug smirk greeted the compartment's occupants who were scowling. He tutted as he saw their malice filled looks, "now, now. Don't look so upset."

Next to him, Lucius smirked as well, "to think, we only wished to be kind and greet you lovely blood-traitors after the break." In his usual fashion, his lip was pulled back in a sneer. You would think that if Lucius held such a hatred for anyone he saw as a mudblood or a blood-traitor he would distance himself as much as he could from those he thought tarnished the image of the wizarding world. Yet, for some strange reason, he allowed himself and Regulus to constantly be around and bother Iris; a mudblood, in his words.

Both of the boys surveyed the small group before zeroing in on the glowering girl who had opened the door. Iris' narrowed eyes moved between the two of them and it was quite obvious that her brown irises were drenched in annoyance and hatred.

Then dull grey eyes connected with fiery chocolate ones as the two teens stared at each other…

The fire that seemed to burn in the teen girl's eyes slowly died. It looked like her eyes had glazed over slightly and lost focus. She facial expression fell and lost its menacing glare. She became relaxed and any sign of her hatred was gone.

Regulus eyed Iris a moment before his smirk seemingly widened. He looked at Lucius with a smug, triumphant smile that didn't go unnoticed by the other girls in the compartment. He turned back to Iris, "I think we should go," he commented while not breaking eye contact with the seemingly paralyzed redhead in front of him.

Iris nodded her head absentmindedly, "yeah, okay." There was no bite to her words or malice drenching them like they always do. Her voice was void of any emotion and completely bland it was as if she completely forgot about who exactly she was speaking with. Lucius nodded his head in what looked like appreciation. With nothing else to say, the two Slytherin boys disappeared down the corridor in order to find a compartment and their fellow Slytherin who they had to congratulate.

The three other girls watched as Iris continued to stare into blank space and the way that the two teenagers had gone. It took her a moment to try and collect herself. As soon as she did, her eyebrows furrowed in confusion. "Huh?"

Her eyes lost the milky color that drained the brown of out her irises. It was as if she was allowed to breathe once again and her mind was clear. Iris wasn't sure but she felt like her mind had blanked out for a short minute. She finally gained clarity as her ears stopped ringing and allowed her to hear the bombardment of questions from her friends.

"What was that, Iris!?" Marlene shouted.

"Why didn't you… scream at them?! Why did you let them just walk away?!" Wendy, completely flabbergasted, yelped while pulling the disoriented girl back down into her seat.

Iris looked from the three frustrated faces in front of her with bewildered eyes. "What do you mean?"

Lily eyed her sister in skepticism, "you didn't yell at Lucius when he called us blood-traitors!" Her mouth felt numb with the fact that she had to say it out loud. It wasn't like Iris to just allow someone to insult her and her friends like that. Especially people like Regulus Black and Lucius Malfoy.

"…He called us blood-traitors…?" Her voice swelled with confusion and doubt. "I didn't hear him say that… I must of missed it."

She brushed it off so casually! It was like Lucius had just forgotten her name instead of called her a derogatory term. All of their jaws dropped and they simultaneously yelled out, "What!"

Iris huffed and frowned, "I didn't hear him, okay… I didn't really hear much…"

"Well, what did you hear?" Lily asked.

Iris thought for a moment and couldn't come up with anything. It was like her mind was completely blank to the notion of Lucius or Regulus insulting her. They couldn't insult me. She had no idea where that thought had come from and panicked slightly at it… before it drifted from her mind and memory like a leaf on the wind.

She shrugged her shoulders indifferently as it seemed she didn't find her behavior odd… because she could not remember the interaction… "I don't know, just some sort of ringing in my ears. I guess I've conditioned myself to ignore those twats completely!" She laughed loudly. Her friends could only share a concerned look as they knew that this was weird behavior, even for Iris.

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Elsewhere, Severus Snape fiddled with the ends of his robes as he was huddled in the corner of a compartment. He was worried. Very worried. His relationship with both Iris and Lily were on the rocks, he knew that. There was no denying that the two feisty redheads were going to be stubborn as always and ignore him. Though he thought that they had a good reason to stay away from him. And there was also one reason that they had no idea about. If Severus was to be honest, he's glad that the two of them would stay away, especially Iris. That way he could have a higher hope of Iris not getting caught up with Regulus and Lucius. He really wished that he could have ignored Lucius and Regulus and their stupid plan…

The door slid open to the compartment which startled the poor teen out of his conflicting thoughts. The boys who he feared sauntered into the compartment. He instantly noticed the air of cruel triumph surrounding the two of them. Dread started to seep into his mind as he wondered what they had done to feel satisfied with their work.

"Ah, Severus," Lucius drawled out as he slithered into his seat next to the boy, "we must congratulate you."

Regulus nodded his head with a smirk as he sat across from the two of them. His grey eyes gleamed with victory which caused a shudder to run down Severus' spine. "It seems that your potion is showing some promise, Severus."

Severus gulped, "r-really?" He tried to keep the shock and terror from his voice. He didn't think that his potion would really work. At least, he hoped that it wouldn't work. His hopes were in futile though now that he knew that Iris was showing symptoms of the potion.

Lucius nodded his head, "a stronger dose of it will do the trick I think."

As Regulus and Lucius started to go delve deep into what heir plan would be, Severus trembled in his seat. He never had any true intention of helping the two snakes in their plan… He honestly didn't want to hurt his friend. However, he thought that he didn't have much choice. When in reality, if he was strong enough, if he could advocate for himself and his friends… he wouldn't be in this situation. He really was pathetic.

Regulus gazed at the teen and was able to see the troubled expression on his pale face. "You're not having doubts are you?"

The sneer was evident and the venom that dripped from his mouth seemed like it was pooling on the carpeted floor below him. Severus shakily shook his head in fear. He didn't want them to think that he was doubting helping them now that his potion had started to work properly.

"Good," Regulus said even though he still eyed Severus with narrowed eyes that made him look even more like a snake. "What we're doing," he started off as it was obvious he was threatening him, "is going to help our Lord. It may seem cruel to you, Severus, but you need to remember," he smirked. His words grew cold and slid past his lips dripping with malice, "Iris Evans is nothing but a filthy mudblood."

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The train glided across the tracks through the chilly English air. The ride to Hogwarts was about halfway done. Like in all of the other compartments on the train, the Marauders were talking to each other about what they had done over the break.

"It was nice of them to invite us," Peter commented on the fact that Iris and, begrudgingly, Lily allowed them to come to the party at their house. Lily most certainly wouldn't have allowed them to come! They could really only thank Iris for the fact that she invited them. It was also quite obvious that their father had not been completely happy about the idea of them going to the party either. Though their mother was quite nice and very welcoming!

The others nodded their heads. "Their dad didn't seem to like us though," James commented with a nervous laugh. He knew that Mr. Evans hadn't been very keen on allowing them into his home. They all knew that if he had his way, They would have been locked out or not even allowed to step foot in his town.

"At least we finally got to see where the girls live," said Remus.

"Muggle homes are strange!" Peter yelped in amusement as the three boys who were paying attention nodded their heads(though Remus did have an idea about what muggle homes were like due to him being half-muggle). The only boy who didn't nod his head was Sirius. If anything, he wasn't paying attention to the conversation. It seemed that as soon as the party was mentioned, Sirius tuned it out and opted to just look out the window. It was obvious that he didn't appreciate the topic of conversation.

Did he enjoy the party? Yes, very much. The kiss that he had shared with Iris was… far beyond magical. He couldn't imagine any other time where he had felt such euphoria or giddiness in his life. Though the night had been stained slightly with the fact that he saw that muggle boy, Derek, kiss his Iris. His chest had been set aflame as soon as he saw it and nearly had the mind to go after the boy and curse him or something! The rest of that night he had sulked about it. Being the moody teenager that he was, he avoided Iris the rest of that night and opted to sit next to James and try to distance himself from her.

Why did he feel such hatred for the other teenage boy? It most certainly had to do with Iris and the fact that they kissed… but Sirius shouldn't be so angry about it! He and Iris weren't in a… relationship. The fact that Iris may like that muggle more than him did bother him but it wasn't like he had a claim to make on her. Technically she was free to do what she wanted. Though that didn't mean that he had to like it.

"Awe," James' annoying coo brought Sirius from his conflicting thoughts. The black-haired boy turned to his glasses-wearing best friend with a slight scowl as he could already tell that he was going to be teased. "Is little Paddy upset about the party?"

All of the boys knew about the kiss that Sirius and Iris had and about the one Iris and Derek shared due to Sirius ranting about it himself. If he didn't want them to tease him about it, then he shouldn't have told them about it. For what are friends for if not teasing and making fun of each other about different things.

Sirius shook his head with his scowl ever present on his face. He jabbed James in the stomach with his elbow, "and if I am?" He allowed himself to smirk, "at least I got to kiss my girl while there. You, mate, will most likely never get to kiss your precious Lily."

James didn't let his words wound him in any way. He knew that it would take a while before he was even allowed to be in the same room alone with Lily. She was a stubborn witch, though that made the chase for her love even better. Just as much as Sirius got a thrill out of having Iris who could go toe to toe with him with flirting and teasing, James like the challenge of pursuing his stubborn lady love.

"But she also didn't kiss any other guys while there," Remus couldn't help but pitch in which earned him a glare from Sirius. He raised his hands in defense, "I'm just stating a fact, Padfoot."

Sirius rolled his eyes, "whatever, Moony."

"We're almost at school," Peter piped in, "we should probably get our uniforms on…"

The others nodded their heads and started to pull out their uniforms in order to get dressed. They were going to arrive at Hogwarts soon enough and they wanted to get to the feast as soon as possible. That was evident from the fact that each of the boys were starving and every once and a while their mouths watered at the thought of the piles of food that would decorate the Gryffindor table later.

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Once the train pulled into the Hogsmeade station, the platform was flooded with hundreds of students. Most were bummed about having to come back to school while others were thrilled to be back at Hogwarts. Iris had escaped the questions of her friends and somehow found the Marauders among the train platform.

The five of them hopped into a carriage and allowed it to carry them up the hill to Hogwarts. They chatted with each other and joked around. All the while, Sirius did his best to avoid Iris. He sat as far away from her as he could and didn't look into her eyes.

Iris' eyebrows were furrowed at his strange behavior but brushed it off. Sirius could be strange sometimes, she shrugged, perhaps it was just one of those days. They followed the flow of other Hogwarts students and walked into the Great Hall. Of course, before they could make it to the Gryffindor table, a pair of narrowed eye snakes decided to stop them.

The group just about all scoffed or growled at their appearance, "good to see you all too," Lucius snapped as the two became a wall separating the group from getting to their seats.

James glared at the bleach-blonde prat, "sod off, Malfoy." He obviously already knew that the two boys wanted to cause trouble with them as usual. James and the other Marauders so hoped that they wouldn't have to deal with these two for some time. Though it looked like their luck had run out for the night.

"Oh," Regulus imitated confusion while turning to Iris, "I can see where you get your attitude, Evans!"

Iris' jaw clenched while glaring at them, "stop ruining the night, Black. Let us through."

Regulus snorted in a laugh, "you are so rude, Iris," Sirius didn't like the way that his brother said her name. "You should learn to respect your peers."

Once again, Iris' mind became foggy as she continued to stare at the slightly younger boy. Her ears rang and her body became cold as her mind suddenly stopped producing any thoughts that were her own.

The Marauders continued to glower at the pair while throwing insults at them. Though Sirius noticed how quiet Iris had become. It wasn't like Iris to stay quiet when Regulus and Lucius were around. Something wasn't right…

Regulus smirked as he saw the slacked look on Iris as she seemingly became comfortable in their presence. Oh, he was having such fun with how things were playing out. A sick satisfaction and accomplishment swirled in his gut as he witnessed Iris' attitude towards himself and Lucius change completely.

"Get out of the way," Sirius growled while grabbing Iris' forearm and trying to pull her away. Though he found that she was slightly resistant with being forcibly removed from her spot. It was almost like she didn't want to leave… Which she should be! She should be cursing the Slytherins' existences and hexing them for even breathing. She should want to try and get as far away from them as she could. However, now she seemed to be content and calm in their presence. Something was wrong… really, really wrong.

The grey-eyed and blonde Slytherins moved out of the group's way and allowed them to past. Sirus couldn't help but notice the way that Iris' eyes followed after the nuisances who were smirking widely. They allowed themselves to be swallowed into the crowd of other students and make their way towards the table.

"You okay," Sirius asked Iris once he let go of her arm.

Her pale face was still relaxed and held no sign of malice. He knew something wasn't right. For the short time that Sirius had known Iris, she was most certainly a spit-fire and not one to keep quiet. For her to not to say anything to those slimy snakes was unsettling.

Iris nodded her head absentmindedly as she gazed across the sea of students with milky eyes. Sirius snapped his fingers in front of her face and stared at her confused.

The redhead blinked a few times as she regained her senses. Her eyes became clear and focused on the boy in front of her. Her eyebrows were pulled together as she looked at him surprised. "Yes, Sirius?"

He stared at her for a moment in contemplation. He tried to wrap his head around her strange behavior, "are you okay?"

His words were slow and clear which caused Iris to stare at him with furrowed eyebrows. Questions ran through her head as to why he seemed to be so… concerned? Was he really concerned for her? If so, what for? She honestly wasn't sure.

She smirked at him, "of course I'm okay, Darling."

Sirius eyed her critically. She seemed fine… She wasn't staring off into space like she was before as she lost that blank look on her pale face. However, Sirius could see in her brown eyes that there was something… unusual swimming in them as she stared at him.

Iris rolled her eyes, "stop looking at me like that, Sirius." She leaned forward and grabbed his tie in order to pull him closer to her. In an instant, the two teens faces were inches from each other. Their minds had instantly been reminded of only a few nights before when they were in nearly the same position.

Sirius' cheeks started to burn slightly with a soft pink that gave Iris a strong feeling of satisfaction. Though she had to admit that she was also slightly flustered at their close proximity as she remembered that night. She remembered how their breath had mingled together as they embraced each other due to the cold. She remembered the She in no way wanted to admit it out loud, but she most certainly wanted to have the giddy feeling envelope her again. Though she pushed those feelings away and tried to ward away the blush creeping up her neck.

"I'm completely fine," Iris lets go of his tie, albeit reluctantly and tried to keep her composure by not letting her smirk slide off of her face. She spun on her heels and started to sashay away to find a seat next to her sister. Sirius watched her go with wide eyes as he once again became flustered to the fact that she could so easily rile him up. Though the constant thoughts about her strange behavior were still ever present in the back of his mind.

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After the stomachs of all the student body were filled to the brim with succulent foods and sweet drinks, everyone started to head to their dorms to sleep. Iris had left dinner slightly earlier than she usually would have. Which once again was strange. Sirius was starting to become increasingly worried about her.

Not only him, but the girls were surprised by the fact that Iris Evans had wanted to leave the feast early. Iris most certainly couldn't be in her right mind if she would willingly deprive herself of eating anything else. When they questioned her, she had complained of a headache and really wanted to go up to the dorm and sleep. They didn't argue with her and allowed her to go. It was obviously something serious for her to leave so they wanted to make sure she did what she could do to feel better.

Even though they didn't question her further about it, they went to the Marauders. Which is where they were at the moment. It was strange to see Lily willing going to see the group of boys due to the fact that it was known all over the school that she detested James Potter's existence. However, considering she wanted to find out about the well-being of her sister, she would suffer being in the teenagers' presence.

"She's been acting strange," Lily said once she was finished explaining what had happened on the train.

Remus nodded his head in thought, "she was quite quiet when Regulus and Lucius walked over to us."

Marlene pointed at him, "see that isn't normal!"

"It was like she… lost herself for a few moments before going back to normal." Wendy commented as the group walked along the the corridors towards the Gryffindor tower. She bit the inside of her cheek, "it was unsettling."

James sighed, "so what do you think's happening then?"

The girls all glance at each other unsure. "No idea," Lily said, disheartened as her worry was obvious.

Sirius shook his head in thought. He didn't like the behavior that Iris was exhibiting and he most certainly didn't like the satisfaction his brother got out of it. He had a sickening feeling that Regulus had something to do with Iris' weird behavior.

Speak of the Devil and he shall appear, Sirius bitterly thought as his younger brother came walking down the corridor. His eyes glared at the smug boy who was walking towards the stairs. He shook his head and growled lightly which caught Peter's attention.

The pudgy boy tilted his head at his friend, "is something wrong, Padfoot?"

Sirius briefly nodded his head, "I'll be back."

With that, the group watched as Sirius matched towards the stairs that would lead to the dungeons. They all glanced at each other worriedly as they watched the obviously angry teen walk away. They didn't know if they wanted to intervene with him and his brother. They figured that Sirius could handle him. At least, he could handle the young snake better than the rest of them probably could.

Regulus paused in his step as an obviously enraged Sirius stomped over towards him. His ever-present infuriating, smug smirk was on his face. Nearly identical grey eyes focused on each other. One pair was calm and reflecting a suffocating amount of arrogance while the other was burning with nothing short of rage.

"Brother dearest," Regulus greeted him. His sickly silky voice slithered from his teeth like a snake that was ready to strike Sirius. "To what do I owe the pleasure."

Sirius' jaw clenched, "what's wrong with Iris?"

Regulus stared at him wide-eyed as he displayed faux confusion on his face. "What do you mean?" He tried to keep the sly smirk from crawling on his lips, "something's wrong with Iris?" Sirius only continued to glare at his brother. "I saw her leave dinner early, is she sick?"

The older out of the two scoffed, "you did something to her, didn't you?" Regulus stayed silent. However, Sirius was able to see a certain glint of triumph in his eyes that worried him immensely. Sirius pointed at his brother to try and intimidate him, "I know you did something to her. When I find out what it is and if you've hurt her…" He trailed off slightly as he couldn't put into words the amount of pain that he would put Regulus(and any of the other snakes who helped him harm Iris in any way) through.

Regulus only continued to stare at him indifferently with a raised eyebrow. "Is that all, Sirius?" The way he said his name made it sound as though he had just uttered something that left a bad taste in his mouth. Sirius only glared at him harsher as he conveyed his threat silently. Regulus' smirk did not falter, "we best head to our dorms, classes start tomorrow."

The younger boy then pushed Sirius out of the way and started his journey down to the Slytherin common room. All the while, Sirius watched him go with a scowl. At that moment he swore to himself. He swore that he would make sure no one(not even his slimy brother) would ever hurt Iris. Ever. Sirius would much rather die than she his beloved redhead hurt.

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"So, Snape," Regulus' voice drawled as he glared menacingly at the other teen. "How long will it take you to get another potin to Evans?"

The greasy-haired boy gulped in fear and shook slightly. His hands played with the ends of his robe sleeves as he was cornered in the gloomy Slytherin common room. The haunting glow of the fireplace only a few feet from the trio of boys barely did anything to lighten the room. It didn't even stop the chill that slithered up Servus spine as the stares of the other two Slytherins were pinned on his pathetic form.

He swallowed thickly, "i-it'll take me some time to brew it a-again."

Lucius scowled down at him as if he was a bug that he was going to step on. "How soon, Snape?"

"S-soon!" Severus yelped as he backed himself into the corner slightly to try and get away from his tormentors. "By the end of the month!"

The two others glanced at each other quickly before smirking in satisfaction. Regulus clapped his hand onto Severus' shaky shoulder as his smirk grew wider, "end of the month, Snap. And this time, make the dose stronger," he breathed out a laugh, "soon enough we'll have the little mudblood working for us."

He couldn't wait to see that happen. He most certainly couldn't wait to see their work finally done with. Regulus was looking forward to finally gaining the prize that they had been soughting for for most of the year. His brother wasn't happy about it… However, Regulus couldn't wait to see his devastated reaction when Iris was finally theirs to play with. There was no way that Sirius or any of those other blood-traitors could stop them.

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The Boy Who Broke His Own Heart [Part One]

Fandom: Harry Potter [Marauders Era]

Pairing: Sirius Black x Original Female Character

Rating: Mature

Word Count: 1777

Summary: Sirius would rather break his own heart than hers.

Tags/Warnings: James Potter has a sister, Self Loathing, Commitment Issues, Friends to Lovers, Kissing, Smut, Angst, Fluff, Smoking, Accidents, Harm, Marauders Era, The War is Not Happening in this,

Notes: This is gonna be a short lil series planned eight shortish chapters <3

LINK TO ALL PARTS

Sirius didn’t know how it had happened. How he’d ended up here, sitting on the window ledge of his new bedroom, fag in hand - something that would drive his newly acquired family batty if they knew. That’s why he did it now, in the dark of night where they couldn’t see. It’s where he did a lot of things they couldn’t see. Crying over his newly orphaned status had been the first, tears he couldn’t help but spill though he was thankful to get out of that godforsaken house. Anger was the next though he suspected they knew about that, or at least the house elves did, given that the mirror he’d punched to smithereens until his hand was bloodied and bruised had restored itself by the following morning though he’d not bothered to clean it up. But the smoking they didn’t know about. And this, this little thing he and Jasmine had going. They definitely didn’t know about that.

He hadn’t intended to start anything with her. Of course they were friends, it was hard not to be given he was best friends with her twin James and living in her family's house, but it had never gone past that. Even though she was her brother’s polar opposite, the only traits they shared being looks [the same dark hair, of which hers was more well tamed, and the same stunning hazel eyes] he’d still seen her as an extension of him. And though there had never been an explicit restriction on their friendship going any further there was an unspoken honour code that allowed him to know she was off limits. A code which he had followed right until he couldn’t.

The first time he kissed her he hadn’t been thinking properly. He was tired, fed up, hurt and angry and she was there. Whilst Euphemia fussed over him and James tried relentlessly to cheer him up she did nothing but let him think. She let him talk, if he wanted to, she even let him smoke in front of her though he respected her enough to do it by a window or in the garden.

They’d been outside in the garden when it happened. Admittedly he’d been hiding out around the back of the shed where James couldn’t find him when she’d come strolling around the corner, looking completely unsurprised to find him there. Obviously she wasn’t fazed, after all, these hidey holes had been bequeathed to him by her. A lifetime of being James Potter’s twin could drive a girl to that.

She’d asked him if he was okay and when he lied and muttered ‘yeah’ she’d pretended to believe him instead of rephrasing it and needling him for more. They’d fallen quiet but instead of looking out at the vast lawns of the Potter’s mansion, admiring the neatly manicured hedges and ornate fountains that made up the décor he’d watched her. He’d known she was pretty, like all the Potters she had that air of wealth and attractiveness that would make you hate them if they weren’t so nice, but staring at her in that nook in the garden he’d seen how beautiful she was. How her creamy skin had turned a soft golden colour due the unusually hot summer they were having. How her dark locks had red undertones that made her hazel eyes seem warmer. How her lips plumped when she was thinking, providing extra security as they kept in whatever thought was on her mind before she was ready to say it.

By then her lips were all he could think of and before he could stop himself he leaned in and kissed her finding to his surprise she didn’t stop him, in fact she’d kissed him back. She’d kissed him back every time he’d needed a distraction until eventually she’d ended up in his bed, like she was now. Only now it wasn’t a distraction. Now he could think of nothing but her. Nothing but the next moment alone or how long they could manage without being pulled apart. And it wasn’t even the physical anymore. It was how she made him feel, how his day got better just being around her, how his heart hurt a little less these days, thudding in his chest at the sight of her.

It was hammering now as he watched her laid in her bed, sleeping peacefully. He didn’t know how long he’d been staring at her but as the ash from his cigarette finally broke away dusting the dark wood of the windowsill in grey speckles he realised it had been a while. He brushed it off, flicking the end of the cigarette through the open window before he closed it apparently too loudly as Jasmine disturbed, her eyes fluttering open.

‘Sorry,’ Sirius mumbled as he turned around and noticed he’d woken her.

‘It’s alright,’ she said, pushing herself up until she was sitting. Sirius moved towards his side of the bed but she reached out and grabbed him, pulling him down until he was sitting in front of her. He was sure he smelt of cigarettes but she didn’t care, leaning in to kiss him gently, causing his heart to thump harder.

‘Couldn’t sleep?’ she asked, taking his hands in hers as she fiddled with his fingers, missing the rings that were usually there for her to play with.

‘Yeah,’ he said. She often did this, whenever there was something on his mind she’d hang back allowing him to disclose it or ignore whatever it was until he was ready. Where James would push or try and get his mind off of it she’d let him navigate it himself with her by his side if he needed her. Only this she couldn’t help with. What had gotten him up in the middle of the night he couldn’t talk out with her or ask her opinion. Because it was her he was thinking of and not in a good way. It was less than two days until they went back to school for their final year. Two days until they were forced into the petri dish and under the microscope that was Hogwarts. Two days until every inch of this, whatever this was, was scrutinised. Until James found out and hated him. Until his friends' sympathies evaporated because out of all the girls in Hogwarts he couldn’t just leave her alone. It was a disaster waiting to happen and he cared about her too much to do that.

‘I’ve been thinking,’ he said, after a moment of staring at her slender fingers tracing lines along his knuckles.

‘About what?’ she said, still watching his hands until he said, ‘this…us.’’

‘What about it?’ she said, trying to keep her voice as even as possible though as she looked up and found stormy grey eyes watching her she knew whatever it was wasn’t good.

‘Well, I was just thinking…about going back to school,’ Sirius said, clearing his throat awkwardly, ‘and how it might be better if we knock this thing on the head.’

‘Oh,’ she said, her stomach dropping at the use of the word ‘thing’. Sirius didn’t allow time for her to recover from the blow and continued.

‘I mean it might get complicated once we’re back at school what with James and-’

‘James hasn’t noticed us two feet under his nose,’ Jasmine reasoned, trying to keep her voice steady. She knew there was no point in getting upset, that fussing and emotions only made him uncomfortable. It was why she never pressed him to speak about his family. In a way she supposed that she had no reason to be surprised given that this wouldn’t be the first time he’d run away from a feeling, she just hadn't seen herself as something bad enough he needed to run away. She hadn't felt as though this, whatever this was, was something you could just ‘knock on the head’.

‘Yeah but he might do, or someone else. And we said that was the last thing we wanted, remember? For everything to be awkward,’ Sirius reasoned.

‘Yeah at the start. I’m sure he’d get over it,’ she said. Of course they had agreed that but only at the beginning before everything felt real. The only problem was that this felt real too, the way her heart squoze in her chest making it hard to breathe. The way he refused to look her way, his gaze on her stalled fingers, no longer trailing against his soft pale skin, felt too real. Real enough to drop her voice to an uncertain, ‘unless you don’t want to.’

‘I just don’t think it’s a good idea Jas,’ Sirius mumbled, ‘I mean it’s not like I’m the relationship type is it. James knows that, you do too.’

‘Right,’ she said, though it felt a little like a child trying to convince their parents they hadn't eaten all the cake with crumbs around their mouth. How could he possibly feel he couldn’t be the ‘relationship type’ when everything they'd shared over the last two months had felt like the best, realest relationship she’d ever had. How could he not see the way he held her, the way he made her smile, the care he paid her and not think about a relationship.

‘It was fun though,’ Sirius said, his words awkward in his mouth though they rolled off his tongue in the most blasé manner.

‘Yeah, it was fun,’ Jasmine said, watching him closely until he finally looked up and met her gaze.

He could see the hurt in her face. The tears behind her eyes that she was no doubt not letting herself cry in an effort to stay strong on his behalf. Like she always was. She was everything he needed and yet he couldn’t make himself what she wanted. He was a coward, through and through, and so if he couldn't tell her the truth he’d have to give her a sliver of it at least.

‘You’re a good friend Jas. I don’t want to lose that,’ he said sadly. Jasmine didn't say anything for a moment, those plump lips no doubt sealing in whatever it was she wanted to say in order to protect him. He knew she should probably let him have it, whatever abuse she could hurl was justified. And yet she didn't, which only proved his point. She deserved someone who could love her the way she loved. Not the broken, messed up kid he was. And so he was surprised at just how truthful her words sounded considering they were about someone like him.

‘I don’t want to lose you either.’

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