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autistpride · 2 days

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Autism Acceptance

Prompt 11: Coffee shop AU

Wordcount: 1000

@wolfstarmicrofic

Remus had trouble finding work. He put in applications everywhere, for any position, because he was desperate. Despite passing all his courses and gaining the required GCSE’s, he bombed his interviews. So he had told his parents that he would take a gap year instead and get some work experience. Only no one called him for an interview and the few that had, turned him away within minutes.

After nearly two months, Remus finally came clean to his parents about his lack of employment. His mum had to hold his dad back from giving a few of the places he applied a piece of his mind. Never one to allow Remus to give up, Lyall decided he would open up his own coffee shop and hire Remus as an employee.

Everything moved quickly and soon The Full Moon Cafe opened its doors. A small quaint little hole in the wall shop that mixed coffee, library, and children’s playground together. One corner of the shop held a little indoor climbing structure, slide, and foam floors for children. The other two walls were covered floor to ceiling in books that people donated. The last wall housed the single unisex toilet and the tiny kitchenette space. It also had the counter and display case that showed off the day’s delicious baked goods that his mum made fresh every morning.

It took Remus some time to get used to the position and how to make all the different drinks, but everyone was patient with him. By the time his gap year was over, Remus was a pro and asked to stay on instead of trying for university again. He had learned all the regulars names, memorised their orders, and even went so far as to have them ready for when they walked in. Remus hadn’t encountered a rude customer or a confusing order once, that could also have to do with the fact that it was a fairly small town and everyone knew everyone. No one came into the cafe that didn’t know Remus was autistic, at least not until Sirius Black.

The bell dinged over the cafe door and the prettiest guy Remus had ever seen walked in one after the other. Remus had never seen anyone like them before. They were total opposites yet so oddly the same.

“I’ll have an iced Ristretto, ten shot, venti with breve. five pumps vanilla, seven pumps caramel, and four Splenda poured not shaken, but placed into a trenta cup so it doesn’t splash out the top.”

The look on Remus’ face must have betrayed him because the man looked at Remus and immediately changed his order. “On second thought, I’ll just have a tea.”

Remus nodded and rang the man up, asking for his name.

“Sirius. Yes I am serious. Sirius, like the star,” the man said while pulling his hair back into a scrunchie he apparently kept in his pocket.

Remus wrote the name on the cup and poured the hot water into it, placing the loose leaf tea into a disposable tea bag and setting it into the cup to steep before handing it to Sirius, the star.

Sirius nodded his thanks and set up at a small table near the entrance.

For the following four days later Sirius came back, once again ordering a tea and nothing more. Remus didn’t work weekends, instead his friend James took those shifts. James played football with the local club and attended courses at university during the week, so he took all the weekend shifts.

Remus couldn’t get Sirius out of his head all weekend and when he showed up for work on Monday, Sirius was there right at opening.

Another week went by and Remus and Sirius had started to talk more, just general pleasantries and small talk. Sirius never ordered anything more than tea and sometimes a pastry. Remus knew he could make complicated orders and he knew Sirius knew after two weeks sitting in the cafe and listening to some of the complex requests from customers that came in, but Sirius never asked for his original order again.

That third week, Remus had Sirius’ tea ready by the time he walked in every morning, not unlike the other regulars. Yet what Remus never said was that Remus practised at night after the shop closed up. He was determined to get Sirius’ original order right. It took him another week to manage it, and when he did he cheered and danced around the shop.

Monday of the fourth week, Remus handed Sirius his order when he showed up. Sirius looked at the cup confused.

“Remus this isn’t a tea” he said with his brows furrowed and his nose scrunched up.

Remus shook his head no with a grin, “no its not.”

Sirius took a tentative sip of the drink and his eyes widened in surprise, stormy grey meeting golden.

“You made my order.”

Remus nodded, proud of himself.

Sirius took another drink and moaned as if he was drinking the best thing he had ever tasted.

The noise was absolutely obscene in Remus’ ears and his ears turned dark red and his cheeks flushed.

“Remus this is the nicest thing anyone has ever done for me. You remembered something I told you like a month ago and you, you practised this didn’t you?”

Remus simply shrugged like it was no big deal.

Sirius set the cup down on the counter before leaning over the counter and wrapping his arms around Remus in the most awkward hug Remus had ever experienced, and he experienced a lot of awkward hugs.

When Remus didn’t return the hug Sirius dropped his arms and stuttered through another thank you and practically ran to his usual table, forgetting his drink on the counter.

Remus looked down, seeing the cup, and bit back a laugh before walking it across the cafe to him.

“Oh fuck thanks,” Sirius mumbled.

“Hey SIrius?” Remus asked, “can we try that again?”

Sirius smiled and nodded.

#mauraders #wolfstar #my writing #autistic remus #actually audhd

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phantomgrimalkin · 2 months

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A friend asked me if I thought Barty Crouch Jr is the Sirius who was sorted into Slytherin - and I realized Barty is the opposite side of the coin of Sirius.

Barty was sorted into Slytherin at the start of the war - and Voldemort’s supporters had been growing for a decade. So I don’t think Crouch Sr wanted his son anywhere near that house.

The housemates Barty had were literally the people Crouch Sr despised and wanted to throw in prison. They were people that Barty Crouch Sr literally had hunted down as cruelly as possible. By the time Barty graduated, I promise you that at least some of the people he had known personally had been arrested or even killed by his father’s aurors. That has to be chilling for a kid.

We know that Crouch Sr despised the Dark Arts and came down hard on established families like the Lestranges.

I think that Arthur is a decent parallel to Crouch Sr - the Weasleys are also a Sacred 28 family that find blood purity politics despicable. I think that Arthur feels especially strongly about speaking out about families like the Malfoys because Arthur is pure blood and he hates being lumped in with Dark Art practicing bigots.

And that is very much the energy that I see from Crouch Sr. He has a deep need to decry and destroy Dark Arts and I think he felt disgusted by blood purism. While I don’t think Crouch Sr would ever brawl in a bookshop, I think Crouch Sr would love to take Malfoy down and see Lucius rot in jail with the rest of them.

Okay. Back to Sirius. (I do love you, Siri)

The two have so many parallels. This post is a good breakdown of how much of Sirius’s interpretation of Barty’s situation was likely projecting and what it says about his own family.

They both were raised in powerful families, had high expectations put on them, and in whatever way didn’t live up to them. They both had at least one cruel parent. And another parent who, at minimum, didn’t protect them. (It’s generally suspected Orion was also cruel - it is possible he was just absent)

They’re both smart and talented. I wish we could see more of Barty as Barty but what he did as Moody - holy fuck the boy is skilled. That’s after a decade of house arrest and imperius following years in Azkaban.

I doubt he was allowed a wand. I imagine he spent a lot of time just reading and it’s a skill to be able to turn reading into practical application.

Sirius is reportedly quite skilled as well.

They were both rejected by their families.

But on opposite sides.

Barty Crouch Sr is head of magical law enforcement. I think the Blacks are like the Malfoys - they didn’t follow the laws properly. They certainly had loads of dark artefacts. I imagine most of them were illegal. Crouch Sr and the Blacks were on opposite sides.

The Blacks also seemed to have a lot more ancestral politics and expectations. It’s generally assumed heirs and proper heterosexual pureblood were expected. Admittedly I don’t know if this was stated, but it’s a strong assumption. So Sirius was expected to marry for power and to improve the family name - love had no place there.

We don’t know, but I suspect Crouch Sr didn’t subscribe to this. He had no problem throwing his son in Azkaban even though it would mean the end of the Crouch line unless Sr had another son. Which there’s no evidence he tried to do. I think Barty was likely discouraged from dating until after he was well established in his career and warned that dalliances were distractions.

So Sirius would have been raised being groomed to take on a role on an illegal family and taught underhanded methods. Barty would have been raised being groomed to take on a position of political power and uphold the law with cruel, emotionless force.

I think they were both taught to see all interpersonal relationships as means to an end. You don’t befriend people because you like them and get on - you make alliances with people who can help you achieve your goals.

So neither of them were given healthy love and support growing up. Neither were shown how to form healthy emotional attachments even with friends. Both of them were likely trained to focus on relationships with others as a means to an end and had high expectations placed on them that had nothing to do with their individual wants and needs and desires.

And both of them were sorted into a house full of people their family found despicable and actively worked to destroy.

Although Crouch Sr worked a lot more effectively.

Barty is actually, honestly, a far more tragic version of Sirius.

He had no James. His father had far more power.

#harry potter #sirius black #marauders #bartemius crouch junior #bartemius crouch jr #barty crouch junior #barty crouch jr #barty crouch sr #marauders era #marauder era

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patolemus · 6 months

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As I promised the lovely @lucy-andreas here’s a list of my favorite jegulus fics. Be warned, it’s a weird mix all around:

1. One Thousand Wildflower Fields by ThisLiminalSpace

James is a good citizen. He pays his taxes, waves at his neighbours, remembers his mother’s birthday, works on things and stuff on the Internet like any other human in this day and age, and certainly has never been involved in anything illegal.

Well.

There is a first time for everything.

Notes: no-magic, abo au where omegas weren’t allowed out of the house until recently. Regulus deals with his new found freedom by fighting in illegal rings. James deals… not. Completed.

2. Of Pinstripes And Potions by pansysnarkinson

When James wakes up, his head is pounding. He can’t remember drinking anything, but supposes he must have because it feels like he’s been hit square between the eyes with a bludger. He’s never been one to get hungover, but he knows this is what it’s supposed to feel like. Although, come to think of it, he doesn’t remember celebrating their victory on the pitch, isn’t completely sure they had one at all. The last thing he remembers is turning to look to the stands, revelling in the roars of his fellow Gryffindors, certain that they were going to beat Hufflepuff. Then, he turned and… was hit square between the eyes with a bludger.

Now he’s stuck in the hospital wing, and the bed next to his is occupied by none other than Regulus Black.

Notes: not much to say about this one. Very light as far as jegulus in Hogwarts goes. Completed.

3. James Potter's Application to Court Regulus Black by MiriamMT

“Hello and welcome, my name is James Potter and this is my presentation on ‘Why I should be allowed to date Regulus Black’.”

* * *

When James asks for Sirius' blessing for his and Regulus' relationship, Sirius insists on a formal application and a presentation on why he deserves to be with his little brother.

Notes: hilarious and very fluffy. It’s a one shot and there isn’t much going on in the background. Completed.

4. the golden king by maladaptivewriting

When Regulus Black woke up in 1991 after he was supposed to die twelve years prior, he realized two things. One, the locket he had worked so hard to steal had never been destroyed so the Dark Lord was still alive. And two, Harry Potter, James Potter's son, was in danger.

Regulus goes to school with the Golden Trio.

Notes: one of my favorite Regulus-survives-the-cave fics. Also one of my favorite jegulus fics in general. Follows the golden trio + de-aged Regulus as they go to Hogwarts, and how Regulus’ influence changes things. James may or may not be dead, though he is definitely present. It’s complicated. Ongoing, but has steady updates.

5. All you need is love by touchlikethesun

James Potter is so helplessly in love with Regulus Black. And miraculously Regulus loves him back. And in the end, isn't that all that matters?

Notes: morally gray James. It explains most of what happens here. It gets pretty dark at some point, but I personally love me a Death Eather!James Potter when done right. And this one is definitely done right. Hopeful Ending? Ambiguous Ending? Something like that. Surprisingly, the only steady relationship is jegulus. Everything else is a mess, as Marauders tend to be. Completed.

6. my almost lover by alarainai and salmon_says

“If I was dating Regulus, I would have noticed.”

A pause. His friends all stare at him with various levels of disbelief. Suddenly, he feels very stupid.

“Are you sure?” Remus asks.

Regulus and James are a couple. James is the last person to realise this.

Notes: fluffy and funny. Very light, almost no angst considering the canon material we have to work with. James is a very lovable idiot as per usual. Completed.

7. quite like us by alarainai and salmon_says

[18:12] Seriously, wrong number. Don’t send shirtless pictures to strangers.

[18:13] Padfoot, this rejection hurts.

[18:16] What’s a Padfoot?

[18:17] Wait, is this actually not Padfoot?

[18:19] I don’t even know what that is, but no. I’m not a Padfoot.

Notes: modern au with a wrong number situation. Strangers to lovers, very cute all around with a healthy doze of panic and angst (but nothing too terrible). Completed.

8. Only the Brave by Solmussa

Regulus Black is angry. He wants revenge. He wants to watch the world burn for all it's done to him. He also wants to make out with James Potter, but that's a secret he'll take to the grave. Vengeance is more important than... whatever it is that chokes him when he lays eyes on Potter.

James Potter is confused, because Regulus Black is, all of a sudden, hot. And it's unfair because Sirius is going to kill him if he doesn't get his impulse control in line.

A fic about two idiots falling in love (x2 because there's wolfstar, too) during a war, and the sacrifices they'll have to make to survive it.

Notes: one of the best jegulus fics I’ve read in my life. Gut wrenching, soul shattering angst. It’ll make you cry at five in the morning while contemplating your decisions and at four in the afternoon, also contemplating your decisions. The fluff will kill you, as will the hurt/comfort and the happy ending. Everything in this fic is designed to hurt, but you’ll thank the author because it’s all worth it in the end. A monster with more than 600k worth of words so thread with caution if you’re thinking of starting this at night like I did. Other than that, put on your seatbelt because you’re in for a ride. Completed.

9. Mastermind (Love Made Me Crazy) by MiriamMT

Regulus is consumed by bitterness and pain after his brother Sirius ran away from home, and he blames James Potter for taking him away.

Seeking revenge, he plots to take James away from Sirius. But what starts as a means of vengeance quickly turns into a tumultuous affair, and Regulus finds himself falling in love. Passion and desire turn into feelings and the wish to do and be better for James.

But, as he navigates his complex feelings for James, a dark wizard rises to power, seeking to gain followers among the Hogwarts students. Trapped between duty and love, Regulus is forced to confront his fears, as he tries to protect those he cares about.

Notes: the only reason this didn’t break me the same way Only the Brave did is because it’s half its size. Which is still an impressive 300k worth of words, but you don’t spend wallowing in despair as long. I can promise a happy ending but at what cost? Completed.

10. i regret you all the time by inevitablestars

What happens when James falls for Regulus and his friends lose their trust in him?

Notes: deceptively short summary. I still haven’t finished this one out of sheer fear of how much it’ll break me. I never do MCD or canon compliant fics when it comes to jegulus but the Death Eather!James Potter tag seduced me. I regret it all the time (pun intended) but at the same time I don’t. Can’t say how it ends because I still haven’t gotten the courage to read the last chapter but… thread with caution and keep a pair of tissues near you. Completed.

11. glimpses of heaven by lunahunt

In the aftermath of the prank, James Potter is at an all time low. He can barely look at Sirius, Remus’s dad is keeping him locked up all summer, and Lily Evans hates him even more than usual.

In an effort to get James out of the house, Euphemia signs her son up for a summer Quidditch program with the famous Josef Wronski—seeker for the Grodzisk Goblins and inventor of the Wronski Feint.

The last person James expects to see there is Regulus Black.

[slow ish burn jegulus fic beginning the summer after the marauders fifth year and continuing through the rest of their years at hogwarts] [not canon compliant (aka everyone won’t die)]

Notes: one of the best James characterizations I’ve ever read. The author makes him so inherently flawed and human and it’s wonderful. Post Prank Angst, of course. My only regret reading this is that it’s incomplete, though I still harbor hope that the author will update again.

12. Crimson Rivers by bizarrestars

Regulus Black was fifteen the first time his name was called at a reaping. He's twenty-five when it happens to him again. A lot has changed in that time, and one of them is that he's ready to do whatever it takes to make it home. Nothing or no one will stop him, not even James Potter.

James Potter has no plans to stop Regulus Black from making it home. In fact, his plans revolve around the opposite. He has his reasons, but he's made his choice to get Regulus out of the arena, even knowing it'll be the last thing he ever does.

Sirius Black was sixteen when he volunteered to take his little brother's place in the arena. At twenty-six, without the option to do it again, he has no choice but to be a mentor to his brother and best friend, knowing that only one of them can make it back out.

Two names called, a mentor on the verge of falling apart, and more secrets and grief between all of them than they know how to handle. None of them are prepared for what comes next, or how far they'll go to make it through.

Notes: is it really a jegulus fic rec list if I don’t recommend CR, aka the best jegulus fic of all times? No it’s not, so here it is, the best jegulus fic I’ve read. The Hunger Games au, with aged-up characters. Promises a happy ending but at what cost? Prepare to bawl, scream, look blankly at your wall, laugh and fall in love with this pair of idiots as they fight for their lives. Surprisingly, not everyone dies, and there is a happy ending. There’s pretty graphic depictions of violence though, so thread carefully. It’s a 865k words monster fic (longer than the Bible!) but it really doesn’t feel that long when you’re desperate to see what happens next. I don’t recommend reading this if you’re planning on stopping for long periods of time, though be ready to feel emotionally drained afterwards because this one is the definition of a rollercoaster. You have to have an account to see this work. Completed.

13. just lovers (like we were supposed to be) by bizarrestars

Regulus closes his eyes and shakes his head again, looking pained, then he opens them and sighs. "And your solution to this is me? Pretending to be my boyfriend?"

"Yeah. It's actually bloody brilliant, if you think about it. Everyone will leave happy. I'm going to fake date my way into falling in love," James announces grandly, sticking his hand out and waving it through the air like he's presenting a banner.

***

Or, the one in which James Potter wants to prove he'd be a good boyfriend to Lily Evans and comes up with the brilliant plan to fake date Regulus Black his way into falling in love. It doesn't quite go as anyone expects.

Task failed...successfully?

Notes: no Voldemort au, fake dating trope, angst with a happy ending. As always, Zar delivers complete masterpieces. Also one of my favorite jegulus fics of all times. The angst, thankfully, is not of the life or death variety, which is refreshing in this fandom. You’ll suffer, but you’ll be happy about it. You have to have an account to see this work. Completed.

14. By Your Heart's Calm Strength by pansysnarkinson

Nobody knows who started the fire at Grimmauld Place.

Some people swear it was Sirius, hell-bent on taking revenge on an unloving family.

Others swear it was Regulus, gone mad like other Blacks before him.

The only thing James Potter knows is that the mystery is occupying far more of his mind than is healthy.

Notes: I read this a long time ago but I remember being bamboozled when I did. James slowly discovers the truth of what happened at Grimmauld Place, and falls in love with Regulus along the way. Fluff and angst, of course. Completed.

15. Carpe Noctem by evareinadeescocia

Golden boy,

Lion boy;

Tell me what it’s like to conquer.

Fearless child,

Broken boy;

Tell me what it’s like to burn.

(...)

In which a very nosy James Potter notices that every weekend, when everyone falls asleep, Regulus Black sneaks into an abandoned fifth-floor classroom, and he can't help but try to find out what the little Black is up to.

Notes: another one of my all time favorites. Enemies to lovers, secret relationship, standard jegulus fic. This one has Seer!Regulus, which is both very important and at the same time not relevant at all. Non canon compliant and a promised happy ending which is the only reason I read it because at the time it looked too similar to Choices and I don’t touch canon compliant fics with a ten feet pole. A 680k word monster, it’s currently on hiatus but I strongly believe the author will come back to finish it. Every time I think about it I consider giving it a reread.

16. Finders Keepers by jeggie_toast

"Bloody hell," he murmured. "I really fancy you, Reggie."

It sounded like music, coming from James' lips; a piece that Regulus would like to listen to for the rest of his life.

"...I fancy you, too."

A slow-burn, canon-compliant fic documenting the relationship between James Potter and Regulus Black - from the first time they officially meet, throughout the development of their friendship and eventual romance, right to the moment it all ends. Lots of fluff, no smut :)

*FOR THOSE WHOSE HEARTS CAN'T TAKE CANON-COMPLIANCY* - Stop reading at Chapter 99, then go read my Happy Ending Au: He Is!

Notes: to be completely honest, I did not read the last chapters and skipped to the Happy Ending Au so I have no idea how it ends in canon compliant. I can take a guess though. As usual with jegulus fics, you’ll suffer but you’ll be happy about it. The Happy Ending Au is pretty great. Completed.

17. blue and yellow skies by alarainai and salmon_says

#starchaser is trending.

Regulus Black ✓ @littleking

Why is this a thing? I don't even like Potter.

James Potter ✓ @jfprongs

Replying to @littleking

He's lying. We're desperately in love.

Regulus Black ✓ @littleking

Replying to @jfprongs

die :)

Quidditch Rivals turned Quidditch Lovers. That's what the world sees them as, at least.

Too bad Regulus hates James Potter's guts, and James? Well, it doesn't matter what he feels about their definitely fake, definitely emotionless relationship.

Notes: no Voldemort, modern technology meets magic, professional Quidditch au. Enemies to lovers (though are they enemies if they were in love with each other already?), fake dating trope. Fluff with the appropriate angst dosis, amazing happy ending. Completed.

I know there’s many other fics that are considered must reads for the fandom, but they’re either canon compliant or have MCD, so I haven’t read them, nor will I ever read them. I’ll still leave the links in case someone is interested, but I won’t give any descriptions.

1. Choices by MesserMoon (Canon-Compliant).

2. Art Heist, Baby! by otrtbs (Tagged MCD, the only one of these I may read if I ever find the courage).

3. The Heart of a Lion by orphan_account (Canon-Compliant and Tagged MCD).

Other must reads I have not read yet, so I won’t be giving any descriptions. I’ll still leave the links though.

1. Falls by vantelk

2. pink lemonade by moonysbookshelf

3. Best Friend's Brother by bizarrestarts (needs an account to read)

4. when you were mine by sequinhaze (needs an account to read)

5. The Blood In Your Mouth by moonysmirrorball

#jegulus #regulus black #james potter #regulus black x james potter #starchaser #fic recs #fic rec #marauders era #marauders fic #ao3 #fanfiction

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jimblejamblewritings · 1 year

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i saw you were asking for hurt/comfort requests

Could you do a Sirius black x poc reader where they’re married and she finds out Bellatrix killed him and like Harry comforting her and her doing the same,maybe her even sharing story’s of their past.

thank you🫶🏾

Hi! So it's the way this isn't a one-shot once I started writing this lol. I'm warning you I'm a sucker for happy endings so this will kind of go off the rails a bit.

I'll Always Come Back

Summary: It doesn't matter what happens in life. Sirius always comes back.

Warnings for the Series: violence, character death

Pairing: sirius black x reader, sirius black x black!reader

Word Count: 3.8k

“Mrs. Black, we cann—”

“Like hell. I won’t allow my godson to be with them any longer!” you yelled at Fudge. “I agreed to not contact him until he was a wizard and the first thing I find out is he lives in an abusive household.”

“But Petunia is Lily’s family, the magic extends to her blood for Lily’s protection spell.”

“No one has found Grimmauld in years. Moony and I have lived there with no problem.”

Barty Crouch Sr. scoffed. “You still visit your husband.”

“Because he’s innocent.”

“Mrs. Bl—”

“He is. And if you want to argue with me, Mr. Crouch, you’ll use my proper title. The Black Household is still one of the most prestigious households to date.”

“Fine. Lady Black, You’ve been saying that for eleven years.”

“We just need a case you can’t ignore. We’ll be ready for trial soon.”

“La—”

“Barty. You locked him up without a trial, I haven’t forgotten that. That’s enough to get him out of jail and get you fired. We want his name cleared too, that’s the only reason you still have a job. Don’t try me.”

Barty turned and sat back down. The Ministry members looked at your custody papers and the clause where you agreed to give Harry to the Dursleys unless he turned out to be a wizard. They could only keep custody if you didn’t want him, they really wanted him, or you were in no position to take care of a child.

Eleven years and you lived in the same house. Grimmauld never had an encounter with Death Eaters or Voldemort himself. You had all of Sirius’ money, not to mention your own job. A wizard bakery on a muggle street made a lot more money than people might think. Why wouldn’t it? After filling out an application, the Ministry approved of your business using magic in the presence of muggles. The Lady’s Bakery not only made the most delicious treats around but people felt literally sucked into books. Of course, muggles didn’t realize that they actually were. But every review that stated reading books just felt better in your bakery was an extra customer the next day.

Plus you were in charge of managing Lily and James’ funds for Harry until he was of age. So you had the funds to take care of a child. You weren’t letting this go without a fight. The Ministry realized they weren’t going to win and reluctantly agreed to let you take Harry. You weren’t the problem. It was your connection to Sirius Black that was. You maintained your husband was innocent. That made them concerned about Harry being near you, Sirius might use your naivety to get to Harry and finish the job of killing the Potters.

“Thank you,” you said with a sigh. “I won’t be informing the Dursleys, someone can do that on my behalf. I might hurt them if I see them. You said Harry was where again?”

You coughed as you exited the fireplace. The Weasleys’ must use their fireplace quite a lot or you came before it had been cleaned for the week. Multiple redheads stared at you in surprise. The letter from Fudge came only moments after you in the form of a Howler.

Harry’s mouth slowly dropped open as the letter continued. You stood there awkwardly as Fudge tried to convince Harry to say no. He mentioned Sirius’ supposed crimes more than once. The boy thought. He remembered the photo album that Hagrid gave him towards the end of first year. There were lots of pictures of his parents. But, there were also pictures of the Potters’ friends.

Harry already knew about Sirius when he asked Professor McGonagall if she had known all the people in one of the pictures. She told him rather reluctantly about Sirius and very enthusiastically about you. Sure, Harry didn’t understand how his godfather could be innocent— McGonagall’s story was good enough proof for him— but he didn’t think you were a bad person for thinking so. Wasn’t that what couples did anyway? See the best in each other until there’s absolute proof.

He liked you. He liked hearing all the stories McGonagall had of you. You had taken care of Lily the entire time she was pregnant, after scolding James for not using protection. Honestly, everyone thought you and Sirius would be the accidental pregnancy of the group. James forgetting protection was expected. But Lily not remembering was an absolute shock. You took every opportunity up until her birth to make fun of her for it. Even after Harry was born, you were always around. You took your duties as godmother very seriously.

You smiled when Harry agreed even after hearing Fudge’s letter. Mr. Weasley ushered you over to the table to have breakfast with the rest of them. While you enjoyed the food, you were all about business. Harry looked over the document folder you handed him. It held all the legal documents regarding your custody and what that entails.

“Oh,” you said after taking another bite of bacon. “I have this for you.”

“What is it?” Harry asked as he took the bundle of letters.

“Lily got a little carried away with parenting books at the beginning. She made James write a bunch of letters with her throughout the pregnancy. Two letters for your birthday until you're an adult. She went with muggle age instead of wizard age so you’ll have eighteen sets of letters instead of seventeen.”

Harry stuttered through a thank you. His fingers ran over the ink on the envelope. The difference in his mom and dad’s handwriting was pretty obvious on the letters. He wasn’t ready to open them yet but he was just happy to have them. And now he had something to look forward to on his birthdays, more letters.

“Have you bought your supplies yet?”

“We were all going after breakfast,” Mrs. Weasley said.

You nodded. “Perfect. Polaris is running the bakery for me all day so I can come with you… If that’s okay?”

You weren’t sure what was pushy or not. Harry wanted to live with you but neither one of you really knew each other yet so you didn’t want to be overbearing. You went with everyone to the fireplace to head to Diagon Alley. Your mouth dropped open when it was Harry’s turn. Whatever he said, it definitely wasn’t Diagon Alley. A huff left your mouth when you finally found him being led out of Knockturn Alley by Hagrid. Your godson was going to be a handful.

“Textbooks first,” Mrs. Weasley said. You agreed.

Harry handed you the shopping list. You couldn’t help the eye roll when you saw who the books were by. Each one for Defense Against the Dark Arts was by Gilderoy Lockhart. You remembered him in school. You took a deep breath and braced yourself for entering the bookstore. Most of the women and some of the men were swooning over the blonde wizard in light blue robes.

The only people that weren’t entranced with him were the people not attracted to men and you. You shook your head as Harry’s friend, Hermione, was swooning with who you could only assume was another Hogwarts student. Oh, if only they knew the man.

You watched Gilderoy smile at every single camera and talk about himself. The main photographer, who you could only assume was hired by Lockhart himself, kept shoving people out of the way. You looked down in annoyance when he pushed Ron into you. The children just wanted their textbooks. There was no need for him to be rude.

“Out of the way. This is for the Daily Prophet!”

Lockhart looked up from the book he was signing. A large smile broke out when his eyes locked on Harry.

“Here we go,” you muttered under your breath.

Gilderoy practically ran around the table to reach Harry. He shook your godson’s hand rather aggressively. He posed for pictures and reveled in the applause that got even louder in the bookstore. You watched with disinterest as he went on a speech about giving the textbooks to Harry for free and signed. You already knew that you would actually buy the books and give the free ones to the Weasleys. You didn’t know much about them but when you guys had gone to get Ginny’s wand, they had been concerned about the cost.

“Enjoy those books, Potter. Have a gr— Y/N.” Lockhart dropped his hold on Harry’s hand. He slicked back his hair and got closer to you. “I feel like I haven’t seen you in forever.”

“Because you haven’t. Let’s go, Harry.”

“Wait, wait.” Gilderoy grabbed your arm. “Let’s go on a date, this Saturday. I’ll le—”

“Gilderoy. I’m still married.”

“Oh, please. You two didn’t even have a proper wedding and he’s a criminal.”

You ripped your arm from his grasp. “Sirius is innocent. And may I remind you that you and I have been over for years. You broke up with me. Remember?”

You guided Harry and the others out the store before Gilderoy could say another word. You were in such a rush that you didn’t even have a response to Lucius who sneered at you as you walked past. The rest of shopping went by smoothly. You stopped right in front of the Public Floo Network and turned to face your godson.

“There’s only a few weeks of summer left. If you want to stay with your friends, you can,” You said, scratching the back of your head.

“Can Ron and Hermione come over?”

“Yeah, kid.”

“Then I think I want to go with you.”

“Okay. Let’s send your stuff home and then we can go.”

Harry had no clue where he was going after you two left the Burrow. You could have taken the Floo right back to your house but you thought it was important for him to know how to get to it on the street. His mouth dropped open as the veiling charm disappeared and he saw a door appear between 11 and 13 Grimmauld. You couldn’t help but chuckle.

You remembered having that exact expression the very first time you showed up to Grimmauld. Both you and Harry held your ears as a portrait started screaming. You apologized while covering it back up. You had never figured out how to unstick Walburga’s painting from the foyer. All her moving sometimes opened the curtain that kept her covered up.

“Moony!” You yelled into the house as you took off your shoes. “The kid’s here!”

A lanky man that towered over literally everyone he met came downstairs. His slipper covered feet shuffled across the floor and met you just as you and Harry reached the living room. Cup of tea in one hand, he gave you a sideways hug before giving you a kiss on the cheek. Harry looked a bit confused while Remus just laughed. You and him were childhood friends. Cheek kisses meant absolutely nothing between the two of you.

“Harry’s here?” a voice from upstairs called.

Quick footsteps thudded down the stairs. Regulus was putting up his wet hair in a bun before giving you a hug. You and Regulus had grown to have a decent relationship. It took a while and a lot of yelling on Sirius’ end but the younger Black brother had changed into a good person. He even came over once a week to help clean the house, especially taking care of everything when it was a Moony Night.

“Reg! When did you get here?”

“Not too long ago. I’ve been clearing out my old room for Harry.”

“Are you sta— Reg, is that cologne? Merlin, do you have a date?”

He rolled his eyes. “I figured it was time to try again. I got tired of being a pitiful divorcee.”

Despite having his own flat, Regulus was over constantly. By that extension, Kreacher was over almost all the time. The little house elf appeared. Harry was very reluctant to take his hand, not enjoying house elves after his meeting with Dobby. Kreacher didn’t care and led him up to his new room. He had only been there for a few minutes but Harry already felt like Grimmauld was better than the Dursleys. He had his own room to start with… and it only had a lock on the inside.

“Alright. Time to go.”

Harry shoved his trunks into the fireplace and watched them disappear. While he was excited to go back to school, he was actually going to miss Grimmauld. The few weeks he had been there were amazing. You counted that he had all his trunks before continuing towards the platforms at King’s Cross Station. You, Remus, and Regulus gave Harry hugs before leaving him with the Weasleys so he could get on the train.

The three of you went in your own directions. Regulus had his own job to get to. Beauxbatons was starting school on the same day that Hogwarts did so he could only spare so many minutes. He initially ran to France because he had to go into hiding after switching sides. Nowadays, he stayed because he liked it and had a nice job.

Remus, stubborn as ever, refused to let you hire him and struggled to keep up various jobs. It was unfair. He was the most brilliant person you knew and being a werewolf never stopped him from working. While he was stubborn about jobs, at least he didn’t complain when you refused to let him live in a rundown house. Remus had saved enough money for a house a while ago but without Sirius around he decided to stay at Grimmauld for you. It felt wrong to leave you alone in the big house.

You had to get in to open the bakery for the day. Your days were rather monotonous but you liked it. You would prep the bakery, then sit at the window counter and try to put together a waterproof case for Sirius, only getting up when you needed to serve customers. With a flick of your wand, the batters started stirring. You attached your buzzer— so you would know if a customer needed you— to your jeans and moved to sit at the counter.

It was a rather slow morning, only having a few customers come through. You set down the bacon and egg panini as well as a cup of Purple Lotus tea in front of the customer. He was the only one who hadn’t ordered to go, sitting down two seats away from you at the counter. He looked over when you sighed.

“Tough morning?”

“Sorry. I’m working on a case and it is seeming impossible.”

The man sat up. “A case? Law?”

“Yeah.”

“I’m actually a lawyer.”

You almost fell out of your chair. Not a single lawyer in the wizarding world had wanted to take Sirius’ case no matter how much money you offered them. You didn’t trust a Ministry assigned lawyer either. So you had gone back to school. No one in your grade got much of a higher education considering there was a war. But when you weren’t helping the Order, you did take culinary lessons because you always wanted to run a bakery. After your husband was arrested, you started studying law on your own. You had even gone to some classes for it but quickly left when none of them covered your situation. Sirius didn’t mind you studying when you came to visit him. As long as he could see someone, he didn’t care what they talked about.

You raised an eyebrow. “I don’t suppose you know who Sirius Black is, do you?”

“Who?”

The man had to be a muggle. You sighed. “Nevermind. I don’t think I could possibly explain it to you.”

“Try me.”

You looked around. This was breaking the Statue of Secrecy on so many levels. At the same time, if it could help Sirius then you would do it. You locked the door to the bakery and put up the closed sign before pulling out your wand. The lawyer— Ben— looked in awe as you pulled out your wand and performed magic. It didn’t take very long to convince him. You tucked your wand back into your sleeve.

“I am going to have to obliviate you when this is all over.”

Ben shrugged. “This is still the coolest thing ever.”

“Okay. I mean I won’t if you don’t consent to that.” You moved over to sit closer to him. “This is Sirius… my husband.”

Ben took in a breath.

“I know. He’s, uh, he’s in jail for murder. But he’s innocent,” you added quickly.

“How many counts?”

“Thirteen.”

“Are you sure he’s innocent because this is an uphill battle?”

“He is. I know it.”

“Okay. Let me see the trial papers. We’ll start from there.”

“There are none.”

Ben was appalled to hear about the lack of trial. He became more invested as you told him everything. You had just given Harry back to Lily so she and James could leave for the night. Ever since they went into hiding, they only came to your house. You had never been to their place. Not once. Sirius had been gone the entire day on Order missions. Remus was gone too because it was a Moony Night. You gave a final wave to your friends and your godson before closing the door to Grimmauld.

It was early in the morning when there was lots of knocking on your door. You had been so confused when Dumbledore shoved Harry into your arms. Sleep-deprived and scared was how you found out your best friends had just died. You had no clue what Dumbledore meant when he asked you to notify him as soon as Sirius got home. You never got the chance to find out. Three days later, Aurors stormed your bakery and took your godson away from you.

“What you need is something to prove innocence. Even the smallest piece of information would clear him with a case this extreme,” Ben said as he packed up to head over to his office. “I’ll be by whenever I’m free to help you until it’s solved.”

“Thank you so much.”

“Not a problem. Solving a wizard case is the peak of my career, even if no one else knows about it.”

The man left without another word. You packed up the case file and went back to work. The entire time you were thinking about how you could find evidence. Sirius had told you about that night more times than you could count. There was no evidence that wasn’t anecdotal. It was all that was on your mind, even as you closed up the shop. You blinked as a letter hit you in the face when you got home.

“Leave my child alone, Severus!” You said as you marched into his office.

“Mr. Potter isn’t your child.”

“I’m his legal guardian and you’re testing my patience.”

You and Severus were cut off by McGonagall coming in. You took Harry’s face in your hands, looking at him and Ron with so much concern in your eyes.

“Are you two okay?”

They nodded.

“Good. What were you possibly thinking? Why didn’t you come home? Send a letter?”

Harry scratched at his face. “I guess we panicked. I didn’t really think of that.”

You sighed and turned him over to McGonagall. So Harry wasn’t just similar to James in looks but also dumbass personality. While you were mortified, Sirius was laughing when you told him the story. Every Sunday, you were at Azkaban. You frowned as you looked at your husband.

“You’re even thinner than last month.”

“Love, I promise I’m eating everything they give me.”

“It’s not enough.”

“Stop worrying about me. How are you?”

“The same as ever. I’m a very routine person you know.”

He chuckled and nodded. The year was pleasant for Sirius but not for you. He got life from hearing you read the letters that Harry sent to you. You just got more upset at not finding a single bit of evidence to support your husband. Sirius clapped as you stood up after you told him why you had to leave early.

“Always knew teaching suited Moons.”

“He’s worried out of his mind. Harry kept offering all summer to be a practice student but that just made him more nervous.”

“Tell them I said hi.”

“I will. I love you.”

“Love you too.”

It broke your heart when it was time to leave. You never told the others that Sirius thought of them. They still thought he was guilty. Or they were unsure of his innocence and didn’t want to set themselves up to be disappointed. So you said nothing when you made it to Platform 9 and ¾ and found Harry and Remus. You gave them both hugs.

“Rem, I put the first supply in your trunk. I’ll send more before your nights each month.”

“Thank you, Y/N.”

“Harry, dear, try not to get in trouble this year.”

“It always finds me.”

“Harry.”

“Alright, alright. I promise I’ll try, Mum.”

You both paused. It was the first time he ever called you by anything and you certainly weren’t expecting him to say that. It had taken Harry all of four weeks to call Remus ‘Uncle’ when he first came to live with you. He still hadn’t called you anything. Harry had been trying to process it on his own. He wanted to know how he felt about you. Mum just felt right. He gave you one final hug before boarding the train.

Harry’s promise of keeping out of trouble lasted all of three seconds. You didn’t understand how it was possible to get detention before the second month was even over. It was supposed to be a calm year. Harry was supposed to go to Hogsmeade with his friends, do homework, and have fun.

Remus came back home late one night. He shook his head as he exited the fireplace, holding up a piece of folded up parchment.

“You won’t believe what I just busted your son for having.”

You set down your book. “Rem, aren’t you on chaperone duties? It’s midnight. Merlin, it’s midnight. Was he out of bed?”

“Yep,” Remus said, popping the ‘p’. He placed the parchment in your hand. “I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.”

You scoffed as Remus left. James had hidden the map in a library book that was never checked out when you guys had graduated. There was no need for it since it only showed Hogwarts. How Harry managed to come across it was beyond you. For old times sake you laid out the entire map across the coffee table. You were shocked it still worked. You found Remus heading back to his room.

The map even had Harry’s name. So it did actually update itself. James and Sirius were brilliant at Charms but to create an enchantment like this was actually amazing. You started to fold the map back when a name caught your eye. You jumped off of the couch and pulled the map to your face. Peter Pettigrew’s name was staring right back at you.

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Shy Beginnings

Summary: Y/N becomes friends with James Potter after she gives him notes that she took for Remus who was absent from class. It grows into something more, pairing two very opposite people together in something beautiful.

Pairings: Shy!Reader x James Potter

Warnings: Fluff, Some Bullying

Y/N glanced towards the door one last time before the Advanced Ancient Runes lecture began. The seat beside her remained vacant, to her surprise. She'd become friends with Remus Lupin at the beginning of the year when they'd been assigned to sit at the same table.

Remus had become a steady constant in her life and he rarely missed Advanced Runes. It was a class full of studious-type people, those who genuinely enjoyed research and writing long essays on the history or application of Runes. Most people didn't take Ancient Runes and even less took Advanced Runes. As such, it was an unspoken rule that if anyone had issues with another person in the class it was to be left out in the hallway. The Advanced Runes classroom was a sanctuary to those who entered it.

Y/N was quiet and shy. She'd always been that way. Remus was one of very few people that she would count as a friend, though she knew that the same couldn't be said for him - a Marauder.

Y/N had assumed that Remus would be like his 3 best friends but to her relief, he proved to be cut from a similar cloth as hers. Remus had been the one to lead the first few of their conversations, mostly about assignments, but as time went on she found herself opening up to him. He was a good laugh and had an easy presence to be around.

It was why she was so disappointed that he wasn't in class today. They'd been talking about this particular section all year and she knew that Remus had been more excited about it than anything else. Y/N sighed and bit her bottom lip. She reached down into her bag and pulled out two pieces of parchment and two quills.

She enchanted one of the quills to copy the other and began to write down notes from the lecture. She made a conscious effort to take more detailed notes than she needed, hoping that it would be enough.

By the time the lecture was over she'd filled 3 pieces of parchment that she carefully rolled and put in her bag.

The walk to Potions was relatively short. Y/N normally liked to get there early so that she could get settled at her station before it filled up. The loud noise after an hour of quiet normally left her with a headache.

"Black, while I appreciate the effort, you and Mr. Potter are not going to be partners," Professor Slughorn was saying as she walked in.

A cursory glance to his desk revealed a sulking Sirius Black who despite the initial answer, kept trying to be partnered with his friend. The friend in question was hunched over his station and was scribbling on parchment. It was likely the homework that they were supposed to have already done.

Y/N felt the blood rush quickly through her body and her stomach turn. She knew that the two boys would be the best chance at getting Remus the notes, but that meant that she had to talk to people that she didn't know.

Her hands shook as she put her bag down next to her chair. She bent down and pulled out the scroll, twisting it in her hands as she debated her two choices.

Sirius Black. He was a notorious flirt and very, very outgoing. He liked to tease and had a loud laugh. He was heard before he was seen and he always made sure that he was seen. But, he was very kind and was known to help out lost first years.

James Potter. He was also outgoing but let Sirius take the lead most of the time. He had an easy confidence that came from being good at almost anything that he tried. He liked to pull pranks, but Y/N had never seen him tease anyone about something he knew that they were nervous about.

Considering her current state, she was really aiming for someone who wouldn't bring up her tight fists around the scroll and her inability to hold eye contact. James it was.

She took a deep breath and walked over to his desk before she lost her nerve.

"Excuse me," she said to get his attention.

Chocolate brown eyes snapped up to her and she felt her heart beat faster at the feeling of such an intense focus. He'd stopped writing and his head tilted to the side as if surprised she was talking to him or maybe, just that she was there in the first place.

"Yes?" He asked.

"Umm, sorry. You're Remus Lupin's friend, right?" She hoped that he couldn't hear the way her voice wobbled as she apologized. Her eyes were focused on the scroll in her hands.

He placed his quill down, "No need to apologize, Love. I do, in fact, happen to be a friend of Lupin. It's one of my favorite titles."

She let out a small laugh at the way he said it, as if he was a king of old choosing a title from his favorite adventure.

He sat a little straighter in his chair as she brought her eyes back to his, "What can a humble, friend of Lupin's do for you?"

She bit her lip and held out her shaking hand with the scroll.

" I noticed that he wasn't in Advanced Runes today. These are the notes from the lecture and I was hoping that you could give them to him for me?"

His mouth fell open a little but he recovered quickly. James took the scroll from her gently, moving slowly as if not to startle her, which was observant on his part.

"I'll make sure it gets to him," he said with a curious expression on his face.

She nodded her thanks and walked away quickly. She'd just made it back to the safety of her seat when Sirius Black announced his presence to James.

"Mate, tell me that is not today's assignment."

"It came from Y/N?" Remus was asking him. His voice was hoarse, but he looked much better that he had when James had left him this morning.

James nodded, "Yeah, poor thing was shaking like a leaf the whole time."

Remus adjusted to sit up in his bed. He had poured over the notes for at least a few minutes in disbelief.

"That sounds like her. She's incredibly shy, it took her almost a full week to even form a full sentence to me. I was hoping that she saw me as a friend," Remus told him. "I'm surprised you didn't know her name."

"I am too, I thought that I knew everyone. I had to ask Alice and she had to ask Mary," James was speaking with his hands. It was something that he did when something was puzzling him.

"Merlin," Remus shook his head, "It took a lot for her to give you the notes."

Sirius flopped down next to Remus, "You're sure she's not a transfer?"

"Positive. She's been in transfigurations and runes with me since first year," Remus explained. He leaned his head into the feeling of Sirius' hands as he brushed his hair with his fingers.

"I can't believe I haven't seen her before," James said, looking extremely upset with himself.

"He certainly tried to make up for that today. The man didn't take his eyes off of her for the entirety of potions," Sirius muttered.

James rested his head in his hands, a familiar wistful expression taking over his face.

"She's beautiful," he whispered.

"Oh absolutely not," Remus said.

James whipped his head toward's him.

"She's my friend, you're not allowed to go full "Lily-Mode" on her. It'll freak her out and she'll stop talking to me," Remus said.

James looked extremely put-out, "What's that supposed to mean?"

Sirius rolled his eyes, "Don't be stupid, Prongs."

Remus let out a loud laugh at that grew louder after James shoved Sirius off the bed.

James groaned, "What do I do then?"

Sirius pushed himself up off the floor, "Why don't you go to Lily and ask her. Learn from your failed attempt."

Ultimately, James thought this was the best idea he'd ever heard. It made perfect sense. He and Lily had become great friends after he'd realized that she'd been right about them to begin with. They were better friends than they would ever be as a couple, they argued way too much. As a couple that made them difficult but as friends it allowed them to better themselves.

"Lily?" He asked, sitting down across from her in the great hall.

She looked over at him, eyebrows raised. "What do you want?" She asked after seeing the look on his face.

"I need you to tell me how I could've flirted with you better," James said trying to give her his most angelic expression.

Lily's face grew panicked, "James, we've talked about this."

"What?" He asked, "Oh Merlin, not for you! Not that you're not great, but I definitely don't feel that way about you."

"Oh," Lily breathed out in relief.

James nodded, "Yeah, there's this girl and I really want things to go well."

His eyes were genuine and Lily felt her defenses fall. If he was willing to go out on a limb to ask her what he did wrong and potentially damage his ego, she was willing to help him.

Y/N was relieved to see Remus in the library the next day. He'd explained that he had a horrible cold and didn't feel well enough to go to class. He thanked her for her notes and they settled into an easy silence.

"Remus, have you figured out the historical context behind this rune?" She asked, pointing out the rune in question.

"Yeah, here," he said, sliding a book over to her. She'd just begun to write down the information when a familiar voice cut through the air.

"Hey, do you mind if I join you both?" James asked.

He seemed more hesitant than he had the last time that she'd seen him. He had his school bag hung over his left shoulder and was clutching on to the strap with both hands. A quick glance over his shoulder showed Sirius Black leaving the library with his hands curiously empty.

Remus chuckled, "What do you think Y/N?"

Her cheeks flushed at having to make the choice. She twisted her quill in between her thumb and pointer finger, swallowing down the lump of nerves that had gotten caught in her throat.

"Yeah, of course you can," She told him.

James nodded and gave her a small smile. He sat across from her and diagonally from Remus. She had thought that he might try to hold a conversation or distract them, but he proved to be almost as good of a study partner as Remus.

He was quiet and focused on the work in front of him. He only spoke to ask or answer a question and he didn't judge the mountain of books that she had grabbed to help write her essay. For the first time, Y/N could understand how he had become one of the best students in their year.

When he asked if it would be alright for him to join them again, Y/N agreed without hesitation.

She began to see him a lot more outside of her growing study group. In the hallways, he would always wave or nod his head if he was in the middle of a conversation with someone. He normally held the door open when he was walking into class, but now he seemed to wait for her outside of their shared classes to open it just for her.

During meal times, the marauders had shifted from their regular spot so that they were much closer to Y/N. It was nice because it allowed her to speak with Remus, but she was surprised to find out that James was nice to talk to as well. She still allowed him to be the one that started their conversations though.

Y/N was sitting by the Black Lake one afternoon, reading, when she heard James call out her name. She looked up to find a sweaty James in his quidditch practice uniform. She hadn't realized how muscular he was until they were on prominent display. It wasn't like she didn't know how attractive he was, she did have eyes but it was different looking at James, her friend.

The James in front of her was gaspingly hot. She quickly averted her eyes from his but that caused her to be looking openly at his biceps which caused her to blush, furiously.

"Hey Y/N," James said as he plopped down on the grass next to her. His scent of vanilla and musk swirled in the air around her with the breeze. He leaned back on his arms with one just slightly behind her back.

"Hey," she said back, mentally shaking her head at her lack of creativity.

"I have a very serious question for you," he said. His brown eyes were trying to peak into her own that were trained very purposefully on the ground.

She giggled, "If Sirius put you up to it then I'm not sure you should ask it."

His face erupted in a surprised smile, "Quite right. Umm, I was wondering if you were planning ong going to the Gryffindor Party after the match tomorrow?"

Y/N hugged her knees to her chest and used them to rest her head on.

"It's not really my scene," she told him.

He nodded, "Yeah, but I figured that because this one is supposed to be smaller, just 5th years and above, that you might consider it. Plus, myself and Remus will be there."

Her lips were pursed to the side in thought and she met his eyes for the first time since he sat down. She felt her resolve fade away at the hopefulness that was swimming around in them.

She sighed, "Ok."

James' eyebrows shot up his forehead in excitement, "Really?"

"Yeah, anything for you I guess," she whispered into her knees.

Y/N was rethinking her devotion to a certain gryffindor brunette as she stood outside of the portrait. She'd completely forgotten to ask when they were getting there and the thought of walking into a party alone required more confidence than she currently had.

She spun on her heel to walk as far away as she could when she ran into a head of flaming red hair.

"Oh Y/N!" Lily said in excitement. "I didn't realize that you were coming, here come with me."

Y/N wasn't left with any room to do otherwise as Lily looped her arm in her's and led her into the common room. James had been right. It was much less a party as it was a social event. There was light music in the background and groups of people were clustered together in various stages of conversation.

Lily led her over to the drinks and was about to hand her a glass of butterbeer when a blonde girl pulled her away loudly proclaiming that she needed help getting more snacks from the kitchens.

"Stay right there! I'll be right back," Lily shouted as she was pulled away.

Y/N settled herself so that she was leaning against the wall, partially hidden by a rather large oak bookshelf. She ran a hand through her hair nervously as she watched people she didn't know interact with other people that she didn't know.

She paused from taking a sip from her butterbeer when she heard her name coming from a group of girls on her left.

"Did you see that James has joined in on Remus' pity project?" The girl with raven hair asked.

"You mean, Y/N? Yeah, it's odd."

"I mean don't get me wrong, James has always been outgoing but Y/N is like the opposite of his type."

"I know! Have you seen the way that she's latched onto him? It's pathetic, she's got to realize that she doesn't have a chance with him. Honestly, I think she must be a way for James to make Lily jealous."

"No way! He's way over her. Besides, I'm hoping that I get a chance with him tonight."

The group of girls giggled and began to talk about the new uniform regulation, but Y/N didn't hear any of it as a block of ice settled in her veins.

Her mouth was parted slightly and her breaths came out broken. She should've known better. Why would two marauders want to hang out with her? Remus would've made sense because he's nice to everyone, but James would never look at her. They were too opposite, the girls were right. She had to get out of there before she put either of them or herself in a bad situation.

She put her glass down on the floor and stayed so close the the wall that her left shoulder was touching it the whole way to the portrait. She stumbled out of it and bumped directly into James.

"Woah, where's the fire? You alright?" He asked after seeing her panicked form.

"I-I um, I've got to go," Y/N muttered before pulling away and running down the hall.

"Y/N!" James called from behind her.

She didn't turn, just kept running until she stood by the shoreline of the Black Lake. She leaned over with her hands on her knees, gulping down as much of the cold air as she could. She straightened up at the sound of footfalls coming from behind her.

"James?" She asked, turning to see him coming to a stop behind her. He was just as winded and his face held a handsome flush. He was panting but was determined.

"Why- Did- You- Run Away- From- the Party?" He asked, trying to control his breathing.

She looked out over the lake, "Because they're right. We're too different and I don't know why I thought that this could work."

He squinted at her, "Who? Wait, what do you mean too different?"

Y/N sighed and turned to face him fully. "What I mean is that those girls in there were right. You're James Potter and I'm Me. I don't know why I ever let myself entertain the idea of a relationship between us. You're just going to get bored of me once you're done chasing me. You live a life full of excitement with all of your thousand friends and I live a quiet life with a few."

James clenched his jaw and shook his head angrily, "That's the most fucked up thing I've ever heard you say."

Y/N stared at him.

"How could you even think that," he continued, "when you are one of the most incredible and interesting people that I've ever had the pleasure of meeting? I could never get bored of you, that's completely ridiculous. If anything you'll tire of me and my stupidity."

James voice rose as he grew more passionate, " And you know what? I am James Bloody Potter and that means that the only person who gets to tell me that I don't get to be in a relationship with you is you. I wouldn't give a shite if Merlin himself came down and forbid me. I literally live to break ridiculous rules. You are Y/N, but you're wrong to think that means that you are less than. You're intelligent, witty, and so beautiful I swear that every time that I look at you my heart falls out of my arse."

Y/N let out a loud laugh at that, swiping at the tears that were beginning to form in her eyes.

"I don't think you realize how much you influence every thing that I do. Hell, I asked Lily Evans on advice for how to flirt with you so that I wouldn't fail miserably! I even-" James was cut off mid-sentence.

Y/N reached up and kissed him square on the mouth, knocking his glasses askew. He arms wrapped around her quickly and held her up against his chest. Y/N let her hands travel into his soft hair and pull slightly on the curls.

She pulled away from him before it got to heated, both of them red-cheeked and winded.

"Did you really ask Lily Evans for advice about me?"

James nodded, looking down shyly in a very uncharacteristic way. His eyes captured hers, "Did you mean it when you said that you'd thought about a relationship with me?"

Y/N bit her lip and nodded. James reached up and pulled her lip from her teeth with his thumb. His eyes were focused on her mouth when he asked, "Will you let me take you on a proper date? One that doesn't involve the common room or the bloody lake?"

"Yeah, I think I'd like that a lot," Y/N whispered.

James response was a toe curling kiss that Y/N was sure she'd feel the memory of tomorrow.

#james potter #james potter x reader #marauders x reader #james potter x y/n #shy!reader #harry potter #marauders era #lily evans #remus lupin #sirius black #james potter fluff #fluff

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these bitches, specifically human marshall lee and human gary prince, are so wolfstar coded and i will die on this hill

in this essay i will

CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR FIONA & CAKE EPS 1-8

okay first let’s talk about human marshall lee.

what do we know about him from eps 1-8 Adventure Time: Fiona & Cake?

black leather jacket

mommy issues™️

from rich family that he doesn’t agree with

doesn’t want to be his family’s heir

mother only accepts him if he fits into a certain mold

plays guitar (popular sirius hc)

“bad boy” who secretly grew up rich

cares very deeply about the people he loves (which are not his biological family)

punk rock fashion and attitude

talkative and fairly outgoing

shorter than gary

obviously, most of what we know about younger sirius is based off of headcanons but marshall seems like such a sirius variant.

now onto to gary prince-

sweaters, jackets and scarves dressed very cozily

old man energy

very dedicated to his work (like remus with academic validation)

ambitious

over-thinker to the max

often lost in his own little world

fantasy as escapism

creates in depth stories and lore (writer remus is a widely accepted hc)

introverted but still stands up for his beliefs

has a nighttime secret (sneaking into the bakery)

broke

quick temper

tall n lanky

nerd

he is so AU remus

now moving onto their dynamic together- so many scenes between them could easily be applicable to wolfstar.

figure 1. punk (also flirting)

figure 2. marshall wanting to know all about gary’s special interest/writing

figure 3. comforting over mommy issues

figure 4. gary pulling (saving) marshall from his manipulative mother

there were so many scenes that just made me feel like i was reading a wolfstar fanfic. the way marshall listens to gary and tries to help him achieve his dreams, even though he doesn’t have many concrete ambitions of his own, and the way gary protects and comforts marshall lee screams wolfstar. additionally, the archetypes marshall and gary fall into are very similar to the archetypes that sirius and remus fall into, which consequently creates a similar relationship dynamic.

tldr: marshall lee and gary prince are a wolfstar variant because they’re literally AUs of each other.

edit credits for the screen caps used: (these edits helped me to realize just how similar they are to wolfstar)

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Asking for your favorite regulus fics 🥹🥺

For you?? Have my whole AO3 history!! 🙏 but I think I have some you’ll like, based off our vibing:

Feels like falling in love 🥰

Love Potion No. 9 by crackspines. Jegulus, love potions, protective!Sirius.

my almost lover by alarainai. Jegulus, protective!Sirius, and—wait have we been dating this whole time!?

Short, funny, sweet 🥰

Smash or Pass? by MiriamMT. Jegulus, protective!Sirius.

James Potter's Application to Court Regulus Black by MiriamMT. Jegulus, James trying very hard to get Sirius’s blessing to date Regulus. Protective!Sirius.

blindspot by courfee. Jegulus, accidentally swapping ties.

A fucking marathon of Regulus non-stop. Can’t sleep, won’t sleep 👀

Only the Brave by Solmussa. Jegulus, best fic in the fandom imho, BAMF!Regulus. I’ve read it so many times 😌

quite like us by alarainai and salmon_says. Jegulus, wrong number, slow burn.

Regulus likes ‘em jealous 😎

James Potter the Green-Eyed Monster by AnaWritesThings. Jegulus, semi-public sex, possessiveness.

sunset in the maze by damagecontrol. Jegulus, a little angst, but we good in the end.

two for the show by utterlyapril. Bartylus, fake dating, but Barty is gone for Reg fr

A little bittersweet 🤔

Haunted by pennygalleon. Sirius encounters Regulus’s ghost.

He Can't Hurt You if You're Already Dead by unspeakable3. Sirius encounters Regulus’s ghost some more!

Smut with soul 🙏

Precious Commodities by jez_past9. Jegulus, Omegaverse, protective!Sirius. Warning: referenced sexual assault.

No Promises by aobao3. Jegulus, protective!Sirius, flirting, sexual tension.

May I Fulfil your Dirty Fantasies about Me? by MiriamMT. Jegulus, protective!Sirius, flirting, sexual tension.

Unhinged??? Unhinged!!!! 🤪

the soldier by woobyo. Sirius and Regulus brotherhood-centric, also with Jegulus. Sirius time travels as a fix-it and is super, crazy, wildly overprotective of Regulus. Like, unhinged. It’s great haha! Not really for Lily fans, but if you go like this 🫣 for one section, you’ll be okay. Sirius is just crazy 👋

I hope you love them!! @lifeandlies-of-regulusblack 🫶🫶🫶

#Jegulus recs #bartylus recs #regulus and Sirius recs #protective sirius black

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Jegulus Fics

This is just a list of all the Regulus Black/James Potter fics I like on AO3, if you have any recs for me feel free to send me some!

Updated 12/18/23

Confessing to a lunatic by MiriamMT

~another James tells Sirius he is dating Regulus fic because they are funny.~

my almost lover by alarainai

~“If I was dating Regulus, I would have noticed.”

A pause. His friends all stare at him with various levels of disbelief. Suddenly, he feels very stupid.

“Are you sure?” Remus asks.~

A star for a summer's day by her_smile_forges_galaxies

~Barty is in love with Evan, and he doesn't know what to do about it. Regulus is in love with James, and he doesn't know what to do about it.

Luckily for both of them, Barty has a foolproof plan (or maybe not so full proof after all, but you can't blame a guy for trying)~

Regulus Black's Favourite Gryffindor by MiriamMT

~Regulus became an Animagus because he wouldn't let Sirius and his friends become the youngest wizards to have ever accomplished that. Being a cute, black cat he gets into every common room - scratching everyone who tries to touch him, except for a certain James Potter. He also so happens to be able to A) annoy his brother who is allergic to cats and B) overhear interesting conversations.~

sometimes it’s easier to be invisible by introvertedhufflepuff

~Regulus Black hates James Potter. He's loud, egotistic, and replaced Regulus at a time he needed Sirius the most. But when Regulus gets kicked out of his home and forced to live with him, will their spark grow or die?~

In All Your Gorgeous Colours by AlexSW97

~When the Prophet prints a photo of Regulus snogging a bloke in Hogsmeade, Regulus realises he can't stay at Grimmauld Place any longer. He follows after his brother, who ran away only a few months before. Sirius just happens to be living with James, who Regulus has fancied for years.~

Far Too Young to Die by xjustakay

~Sirius couldn’t bear the thought of leaving his little brother behind, left for a life of darkness. James would have his heart broken knowing he could have protected Regulus, too, but did nothing. And thus a master plan is concocted.~

Truth Be Told by QueenOfStormySkies

~James has never had a problem playing Truth or Dare before, but he’s also never had such a big secret to hide.~

comfortably numb by littlelous

~Regulus and Sirius Black have the worst fucking family in the world- James Potter, the best. Sirius is already living with the Potter's, but dire circumstances call for dire actions in the case of one Regulus Black. He hates his brother. He hates his brother's friends. But at this point, he doesn't have a choice. Bitter feelings are worked through, pranks are executed, Quidditch games are played, and teenagers fall in agonizing, beautiful, terrible young love.~

lost and found by rxgulus

~The marauders gain a new companion on their monthly adventures around the grounds of Hogwarts. James Potter finds himself incredibly attached to his new feline friend, so when the cat stops showing up he is understandably devastated. Thankfully, Remus is full of good ideas, and putting up flyers with Whiskers’ cute fluffy face on yields a reward he could never have foreseen.~

You idiot, Potter. by aithusarosekiller

~James didn't know that it was Amortentia...which is why the whole school finds out that he is attracted to Regulus Black. Good one, Sirius.~

James Potter's Application to Court Regulus Black by MiriamMT

~“Hello and welcome, my name is James Potter and this is my presentation on ‘Why I should be allowed to date Regulus Black’.”~

Smash or Pass? by MiriamMT

~Remus and Sirius just moved in together. Their friends get a hold of Sirius' Family Photos and decide to play Smash or Pass - until James sees pictures of a particularly beautiful young man. He immediately wants to meet him, and vows to marry him. Much to Sirius' horror, this man isn't some distant, long-dead cousin but his brother.~

The Mystery of the Pears by sonwar

~n the cave, Regulus doesn’t beg for it to stop. He begs not be left behind, alone.Perhaps this is why, when Kreacher gives one last look over his shoulder and sees terrible, pale hands reaching for his master, he appears in a flash at Regulus’ side, clutches him by the elbow, and Apparates them both out of the cave, directly disobeying his master’s last order.~

Like a Ballast by orphan_account

~When Regulus realises he doesn't want to follow the path his mother set out for him, he attempts to seek support with his brother. Sneaking into Gryffindor Tower is easy, but he chooses the wrong bed, and winds up face-to-face with James Potter, his long-time crush, and the person his family blames for corrupting his brother.~

just lovers (like we were supposed to be) by bizarrestars

~Or, the one in which James Potter wants to prove he'd be a good boyfriend to Lily Evans and comes up with the brilliant plan to fake date Regulus Black his way into falling in love. It doesn't quite go as anyone expects.~

hard feelings by jilylicious

~in a parallel universe Sirius grabs Regulus' arm right before he vanishes into thin air when he's sixteen~

This House Could Be A Home by Fullmoonstar00

~Sirius Black has been living with the Potter’s for nearly 2 years and is constantly filled with guilt and regret about leaving Regulus behind. In the summer before the Marauder’s sixth year, Regulus turns up at the house with nowhere else to go and no one else to turn to. ~

#jegulus #fic recs #regulus black x james potter

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Black brothers angst-

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Jegulus- Fluff mostly. Right before Regulus leaves for the cave.

Rosekiller quote prompt thing-

Wolfstar Short-

#pinned post #pinned intro #siriuslygay1981 #writer #artists on tumblr #bea asks #baz asks #star asks #queer

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Written for @wolfstarmicrofic prompt: Trinkets. A little angst but mostly fluff.

Sirius stepped out of the Floo into 12 Grimmauld Place, feeling Harry squirming in his arms. Before he could set the boy down to run off to Merlin-knew-where, he glanced to the side to check on Remus, who was calmly brushing Floo powder off his robes.

“Tell me again that we thoroughly child-proofed this place,” said Sirius, grimacing.

“There isn’t anything here that could harm Harry,” replied Remus calmly.

“Daddy, I’m a big boy now,” reminded Harry, frowning up at Sirius after the man set him on the floor.

Sirius tried not to laugh at the sight of the five year old boy crossing his arms and trying to look mature.

“Of course you are Prongslet,” he bent down and whispered into Harry’s ear. “That’s why we trust you to stay near either me or your Da.”

The trio left the foyer and entered the impressive Black library. Remus set up Harry with a coloring book in a cushy corner while Sirius surveyed the rows of mahogany shelves. He ran a hand through his dark curls and sighed. He hated being here, with memories of merciless tutors and Walburga’s suspicious scrutiny haunting the place like malicious ghosts. But this was for Harry, he reminded himself. It had been increasingly clear to both him and Remus that Voldemort was not dead. So regardless of what Dumbledore said, they had decided to take matters into their own hands and figure out why Voldemort’s body was never found. And unfortunately the Black Family library was the best place to do so.

“I’ll start with the Potions section,” said Remus, placing a comforting hand on Sirius’s shoulder.

As Sirius soon lost himself flipping through his ancestors’ collection of curse encyclopedias, he tried not think of a certain bedroom upstairs. He had long since learned that nothing good could come of pondering the fate of his baby brother, who sold his soul to a madman at the tender age of 18.

Speak of the devil, he cursed sadly to himself. He had opened a page to find none other than Regulus’s elegant cursive, detailing his theories on the application of combinatorial magicks to curse breaking.

Suddenly, he heard Remus’s frantic voice.

“Harry? Harry?” his partner called out from across the library.

Sirius’s heart skipped a beat. Ears ringing in alarm, he raced toward the corner where he last saw his child, only to see Remus opening and closing cupboard doors worriedly.

“He was here a few minutes ago.” Remus gave Sirius a wild eyed look.

“Moony, he has to be in the house somewhere. You take the second floor and I’ll take the third,” Sirius said, his war experiences kicking in.

Remus nodded and disappeared quickly. Sirius made his way to the third floor, trying not to imagine worst case scenarios.

Don’t catastrophize, Remus’s voice in his head reminded him, lowering Sirius’s heart rate slightly. He had always thought Moony would’ve been a great mind Healer, if the idiots at St Mungo’s would have accepted him.

Just then, Sirius saw the wide open doors of Walburga’s suite.

“Fuck,” he swore out loud. There hadn’t been any dark or dangerous items detected in there, he reminded himself. There was no chance Harry could’ve been cursed, or poisoned, or-

He slammed open the dressing room door to see a little boy bent over a large trunk of jewels and trinkets. Relief flooded him as he watched Harry root around in the Black matriarch’s old jewels. He silently sent a Patronus message to Remus, as he took deep breaths.

“I thought I told you to stay near us, Haz,” Sirius scolded gently.

Harry clambered out of the box to give Sirius an innocent look. “I forgot my red crayon,” he cried. “Terry the dragon needs red scales! You and Da were busy so I’m finding a new crayon.”

Sirius surveyed the gold bracelets and rings that adorned the child. “Those don’t look like crayons babe.”

“Terry the dragon also likes gold,” informed Harry matter of factly.

Before Sirius could wonder why a dragon would be named Terry, he caught sight of a particular trinket around Harry’s small wrist.

Tears sprung unwillingly to his eyes and he remembered his brother giggling uncontrollably at a young Sirius’s mocking portrayal of Walburga, dressed in her gaudy trinkets telling off yet another tutor.

His emotions must have shown on his face as Harry dropped the jewelry in his hands to race over to his parent.

“I’m sorry Daddy!” he cried, as he wrapped his arms around Sirius’s legs. He sobbed into Sirius’s robes as the wizard picked the little boy up and buried him in a hug.

“There you are, oh,” came Remus’s stern turned surprised voice. “Is everything all right?”

Sirius swallowed as he ran a hand down Harry’s back soothingly. “Yeah, just you know, memories,” he admitted sadly.

Remus’s already soft expression turned softer. “You know what, I think I gathered enough source materials and notes to begin our research.”

Sirius blinked. “You think?”

“Yeah, why don’t we all get out of here? There’s a zoo nearby, if someone’s interested,” said Remus, giving Harry a teasing look. Sirius felt a surge of gratitude and love for Moony, who could read him so well.

“Yeah! Will there be dragons? Terry wants to meet his friends,” asked Harry.

“Err…maybe not at this zoo, cub. But there will be lions,” Remus replied, taking Harry from Sirius.

As he listened to the two compare the “awesomeness” of lions versus dragons, Sirius gathered some of the jewelry and necklaces to place them carefully back in the trunk.

Smiling slightly at the thought of another little boy with black curls and grey eyes, he sent up a silent plea to the Universe that wherever his brother was, he was happy and at peace. With that thought, he closed the trunk and left the room to rejoin his little family.

#wolfstar raising harry #wolfstar #wolfstar microfic #raising harry #mil writes wolfstar

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unravellingsilencehq · 1 year

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“Oh, Merlin, tell me, does THE PRINCESS get what she deserves?” She is in THE DEATH EATERS & CLOSED to finding out.“

— she walks through the world as ;

name → narcissa black pronouns → she/her identification → cis female year of birth → september 1958 - september 1959 face claim → sydney sweeny blood status → pure-blood sexual orientation → up to applicant occupation → socialite amongst high society in wizarding london future information → wife of lucius malfoy, mother of draco malfoy

— she is best described as ;

The sweet scent of freshly important MACAROONS eaten at afternoon tea & PINK CHAMPAGNE poured into a crystal glass. She is the echoing LAUGH in a GIRLS BATHROOM after a WICKED joke is told & a SECRET whispered behind a SATIN GLOVE when no one is looking. She is MANIPULATION & STEEL dressed up as BEAUTY & GRACE . Anything but the innocent FLOWER, she is the SERPENT underneath.

— her story starts with ;

tw: death

The glimmering jewel in the crown of the Black family, Narcissa Black is as feared as she is loved. Beautiful like her mother, yet intelligent like her father, Narcissa believes she is entitled to the best that life has to offer and with her family’s social standing she stands head and shoulders above all. The youngest daughter of CYGNUS BLACK [father] and DRUELLA BLACK [mother], Narcissa was in many ways their easiest child, she was a beautiful girl who liked beautiful things and her mother in particular was happy to give her them. Narcissa completed her family perfectly, giving her mother an outlet for someone to talk make-up and clothing with which bored her more politically minded sisters. Despite their clear differences in personality, Narcissa grew up close to her sisters BELLATRIX BLACK [sibling] and ANDROMEDA BLACK [sibling], though she at times found their behaviour quite tiresome. Like their father Bellatrix was opinionated, though Narcissa noticed she was often forthcoming with her opinion when no one had asked, whilst Andromeda hid her beauty in the pages of a book rather than make connections with other members of their society.

It became clear quite early in Narcissa’s life that it was she that would bear the weight of making an advantageous marriage and to further her family line, with her eldest sister destined for a career in politics and Andromeda presumably for one in academia. Hogwarts school was her first real taste of how to not only command a room but a social group. The moment she was seated at the Slytherin table, Narcissa took note of all of the eligible people who were sorted into her house, careful to ensure that ELEANOR YAXLEY [best friend], KLAUDIE BURKE [close friend], ROSALINE DAVIS [close friend] ZARINA ZABINI [close frriend] and VALERIA BULSTRODE [close friend] had a seat beside her. Making friends from The Sacred Twenty-Eight was of Narcissa’s top priority and like minded witches who were easy to manage were her preferred sort of people. Other names had crossed her list, but the likes of GENEVIEVE AVERY [friend/adversary] seemed more content with making themselves look better and eclipsing Narcissa’s spotlight in the process, which meant girls like ANASTASIA SIMINOVA [friend/adversary] EVORA CROUCH [friend/adversary] and PRIMROSE POMFREY [friend/adversary] stayed out of her inner circle and firmly in Genevieve's.

By the time Narcissa had arrived at school, her sisters had already set a precedent for her arrival. Bellatrix and their cousin EVAN ROSIER [cousin] were merciless bullies who targeted muggle-borns, whilst Andromeda was a well liked model student and prefect, meaning Narcissa was unlikely to be bothered. A model student also and a prefect whilst at Hogwarts, Narcissa was somewhat of a combination of her two sisters, unwilling to back down from a challenge but preferred to conduct her attacks secretly. A persuasive witch, Narcissa was able to convince others to do her dirty work for her. People like RABASTAN LESTRANGE [close friend] took care of her cousin SIRIUS BLACK [cousin/adversary] and the disgraceful group he chose to surround himself with, whilst the occasional bit of gossip and a quiet word to her teachers here and there from herself and REGULUS BLACK [cousin/close friend] or VICTOR YAXLEY [close friend] put to bed any threats to her power within school and helping her secure her spot in The Slug Club, as well as her positions of prefect and later Head Girl.

Finally into the world, the idea of working before she ran her own household did not appeal to Narcissa and she quickly got to work establishing herself in Wizarding London’s social scene. Looking good was a full time job for Narcissa, but she was not your average Sacred Twenty-Eight witch with marriage on her mind. From an intelligent family with important political connections, Narcissa had a sharp mind and was careful not only about what she was saying but what she was hearing and who was her ideal match. LUCIUS MALFOY [friend/potential love interest] had been on Narcissa’s mind for some time. A friend of her eldest sister’s, she had watched him rise in the political world, just like his father had done before him and fancied him as someone she maybe could consider her intellectual and social equal. The two had been getting closer before her world had changed and despite having their best interests at heart, Narcissa is still wounded by the attack on her reputation that followed the untimely death of The Minister’s son BOOKER BAGNOLD [person of interest].

Before his death, her family was established, now they were questioned. In an unfortunate string of events that saw Narcissa accidently holding Booker’s wand that evening due to a plot by her sister gone wrong, Narcissa was forced to endure an embarrassing trip to The Ministry’s integration room, her face on The Daily Prophet and worst of all, her marriage prospect suddenly in a relationship with a Witch Weekly model. Narcissa was outraged. Then her family let her in on their dirty secret. The Dark Lord was a mysterious wizard who had seemingly chosen her family to further his word, a powerful man, unlike any they had seen before, her father and Bellatrix believed he was the key to making their world a better and less tolerant place, leaving people like them at the top without having to endure the likes of squibs and muggle-borns. Narcissa was reluctant to join the ranks of The Dark Lord, until she discovered he had another important follower that wished to rise in his ranks, Lucius.

Narcissa is as content as she can muster being an associate of The Dark Lord’s and listening out in high society for anything that may threaten their plans. Instead she chooses to focus on her image and achieve her ultimate goal. Complete control of London’s high society and the man of her dreams by her side. Calculated, Narcissa has began to insert herself into the life of ANDRESSA PARKINSON [person of interest] to find out her secrets and shortcomings in the hopes of driving a wedge between her and Lucius, though Andressa may end up being the least of her problems. As the most sought after witch in Wizarding London, the target on Narcissa’s back is a large one, with multiple people begging to see her reign at the top come to an end, including those within her own friendship group. There are many who would do whatever it takes to topple her, including using dirt gathered on her more unassuming sister Andromeda in order to do it.

— she is a LEVEL 5 WITCH & readied for war ;

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Carry On Review

★★★★★ - 5 stars

“But at Watford, magic is just the air that we breathe.”

Urban Fantasy novel: Carry On follows the story of Simon Snow as he enters his last year at Watford School of Magicks. Simon Snow is the chosen one. He is the mage’s heir; he is destined to fight the Insidious Humdrum. He also likes sour cherry scones. Though this Harry-Potter-inspired novel is predominantly about Simon’s life as ‘the worst chosen one to ever be chosen,’ Rainbow Rowell’s third novel provides readers with romance, magic, and drama all in one.

Rowell’s depiction of sexuality is important to the story – with a certain-that-he-is-gay Baz, and a confused Simon. It shows that though the characters are living wildly unrealistic lives with magic and vampires and goblins and dragons to ward off, ultimately, they are still people. They are people who either have come to grips with their sexuality and know that part of themselves or people who are still trying to figure it out, just like many members of the audience who read Carry On.

Simon and Baz’s relationship is a wonderful part of the book and is crucial to the core of it. Though Carry On is largely about Simon attempting to defeat the Insidious Humdrum, it is predominately about Simon and his relationships with the other narrators (Penny – his best friend, Agatha – his girlfriend, soon to be ex-girlfriend, and Baz – his enemy turned frenemy turned boyfriend). It often seems that most members of the Simon Snow prefer ‘Snowbaz’ (Simon and Baz’s ship name) over the fantasy aspect of the book. Many people compare Snowbaz to the Harry Potter universe, though sadly non-canonical, ship Wolfstar (Sirius Black and Remus Lupin) based on the character’s appearance and certain personality traits. This often leads to a game of ‘Guess the Ship’ when multi-fandom fans look at fanart.

Unlike most magical books, the magic created in the novel revolves around non-magic users. Phrases most commonly said by humans are how spells are formulated, meaning that certain spells can only be said in certain places – some phrases that they would say in Britain are not applicable in America, for example (a concept that comes into play more so in the second instalment of the Simon Snow series: Wayward Son). This is an interesting concept as most books go down the route of creating spells using unintelligible words, whereas Rowell’s route allows the reader to actually find the spells almost realistic – as well as adding highly to the book’s comedic value.

With an average Goodreads rating of 4.2 stars, and characters who feel more like friends than fiction, Carry On takes readers on a wonderful journey of magic and romance, that will leave you wanting more (and luckily there is, with two preceding installments).

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leogichidaa · 2 years

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I am curious to hear about your contradictory Walburga headcanons. Trying to figure out Sirius’s real relationship with her is a fascinating mystery.

I vacillate wildly between characterizing her as a slightly hysterical madwoman and a highly composed and competent woman and tend to meet at the middle somewhere with "hysterically competent". She's emotionally driven and has big feelings, but she knows how to strategically employ and express those feelings to get what she wants.

In the early years of my writing, I used her largely as a plot device to make Regulus' life harder, but she became so much more. I find her fascinating. She's undoubtedly a force of nature, the portrait shows us that. Even dead, the whole house still has to tip-toe around her.

I've always hc'd her as taking on the majority of the parenting. We never hear about Orion in canon, and I hc that that's because Orion is largely checked out of the interpersonal affairs of his family. Walburga is the disciplinarian, the one trying to keep her sons in line, without much help from her husband.

I really do think she loves both her sons. I have always hc'd that she favors Sirius, but she loves Regulus too. I think she imagines that she is an excellent mother, right up until Sirius gets sorted into Gryffindor. Then she starts to worry that maybe she did something horribly wrong. I think she was harsher with Regulus in an attempt to avoid him turning out like Sirius.

But also. Oh fuck, let me find the quote:

And I think about my mother and me, and about the way unconditional love has been absent from my life. Not that she doesn’t always love me in her heart. But I know that if I’m not being the person she wants me to be, if I’m not the girl who got into Harvard and wins writing awards—if I’m, say, unemployed, broke, depressed, and desperate, she just doesn’t love me the same way. She doesn’t want to know about it. She doesn’t want to know if I have sex or if I have a tattoo. She wants only the girl she wants.

-Prozac Nation, Elizabeth Wurtzel

I think this quote is very applicable to how Walburga loved her sons. She is always going to love Sirius, despite him running away, despite blasting him off the tree, but she is not going to love him openly unless he plays the role she wants him to. She's not going to love him in the way he is desperate to be loved. And with Regulus, he is playing the role, she is allowed to love him openly, but she is always scared that he'll turn out wrong so she's cautious. She measures out her love with Regulus after Sirius leaves because Sirius really did break her heart and she's scared to have it broken twice.

I think she's also weirdly proud of Sirius. This is complicated for her because obviously he is doing all the wrong things in her opinion, but I think she can't help it. He's her first-born son, he's always going to be a symbol of pride and family status for her. And so whatever he does, some part of her brain is like, "ah, that's my boy", while another part of her brain is like, "how dare you, you are a Black, this is shameful." She is constantly both proud of and disappointed by him. And she is constantly disappointed with Regulus when, logically, she knows she ought to be proud of him.

#ask #anon ask #walburga black #house of black #regulus black #sirius black

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lgwifey · 2 years

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Could I please get a match up? Harry Potter one if that’s not an issue, I’m not picky about which era I want.

I’m female, straight.

5’2 and chubby and I wear glasses. I’m Arab.

I like watching movies and reading, I’m naturally a quiet person but I’m quite bubbly when you get to know me, I like Indian food but only handle regular spice, I’m usually the one responsible for chores around the house even though being the youngest, I’m a half-blood hufflepuff.

I’m insecure about my body shape but I have my good days. I’m scared of birds a little but I absolutely love cats and feed stray animals whenever I can. I bake whenever I’m bored and make some great chocolate chip cookies. I love putting on my headphones and daydreaming about scenarios and just minding my own business, also my love language is acts of service and I’m sarcastic to a level.

The beach is my favorite place to get some fresh air.

My style is a bit of a mess, ragging from all black to color but usually I like covering my arms so you’ll find me wearing long sleeves or a blouse or a jacket.

𝐈'𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐮𝐬

OKAY so...

• You two would definatly be like the cutest couple at Hogwarts. You're not the 'in your face' type of couple but whenever anyone sees you two in the halls they'd defo be jealous of your relationship. Also the height difference, adorable !

• He would constantly be reminding you how gorgeous you are like... 24/7. Whenever he sees you between classes he'd run up to you, Sirius waving his arms as his best mate runs off whilst he's in the middle of telling him the latest inconveniance in his life, just to tell you that you look amazing in your yellow and charcoal grey robes. Then he'd run back off and there would be girls looking at you in aw. You'd spend half the month complimenting him constantly aswell since he get's insecure around the full moon because all of his scars become more prominent.

• Also you're styles are similar and there is a 99.98% chance he'd find you wondering around the school in one of his jumpers. ~ insert "Nice jumper, is it new ?" *unamused brow raise and a smirk* ~ and you're both half-bloods so you can talk about what's going on in the wizarding world and the muggle world. Speaking of which...

• Okay, so you get along really well with his friends, especially Sirius. Since he's Pureblood, the boy has nearly no idea what the group's talking about most of the time, so once you and Remus start dating, you become his No 1 to learn about muggle things. He would ask Remus, but he doesn't fully trust his answers. ~ "So why don't muggles just use elfs to do their cooking if they're going to complain about how annoying it ?" "Because the elfs rule the muggles." "Shut up Remy-" ~. It also takes James and Sirius a while to get used to the concept of sarcasm, but they catch on soon enough since it makes up most of yours and Remus' conversations. At first they would've joked alot about how you're weak because you're a Hufflepuff and smaller than them ect. but they soon learn the hard way that you can fend for yourself.

• Once the boys find out that the kitchen is next to you're house's common room, well you never get a second peace. No doubt, you'd be dragged out to teach them how to cook, usually because they want cookies. James catches on how to make them pretty quickly, wanting to make some for Lily in an attempt to make her fall for him, Sirius would be learning the names of the baking applicances and you would spend most of the time running around, trying to keep the chocolate out of Remus' reach since he'd end up eating it all before any can reach the mix. Let's be honest, Peeta and James would be the only ones actually helping you.

• You know about Remus' secret but not about the other boys being animagus and are therefore very confused when Sirius refuses to talk to you for a week after finding out that you're a cat person ~ "I just don't understand." "What ?" "Oh you know what !" "That I look after the stray cats when i'm at home ?" "Honestly, I thought we where friends !" *dramatically walks off* *confused expression whilst Remus struggles to hold in cackles*~

• On the train rides home you spend the time with headphones on and music playing whilst everyone else chats. You'd be sat next to Remus, leaning on him with one of his jumpers on. Peace and calm and general happiness.

• I feel like over summer you and Remus would have simple dates at a beach nearby either of your houses. Little picnics with homemade choc chip cookies and little snacks whilst you discuss the latest news, mutter nothings to each other and spend some quality time together with Sirius there to third wheel, which surprisingly happens alot.

• Your dates whilst in school would probably include small things like walks beside the lake or hanging out in the library whilst Remus reads and you listen to your music, small but comfy conversation.

• Also, as annoying as it is, Sirius would spend a riduculous amount of time invading yours and Remus' dates and taking your glasses to see how far you can see without them. James would look on embarrassed and Remus would stand unamused as your alone time got spoiled once again.

#match ups #harry potter #marauders x reader #remus lupin #remus lupin x reader #ashdreams2023 #marauders

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