9 Works by AlwaysPining
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After a while, Sirius whispered, “I think, maybe, I would like to believe in something.” Or someone.
“Maybe that’s a good place to start.” Remus said.
When a prank goes wrong, popular but rebellious Sirius Black is threatened with expulsion. His punishment is mandatory participation in various after-school activities, such as tutoring younger students and performing in the drama club's spring musical.
At these functions he is forced to interact with quiet, bookish Remus Lupin, a boy he has known for many years but to whom he has rarely ever spoken.
A Wolfstar AU of A Walk to Remember
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Teddy Lupin is a fourteen-year-old cancer survivor with a passion for true crime. When the opportunity arises, he has one impossible-sounding request for Make-A-Wish: “I wish to meet Sirius Black.”
Sirius Black is thirty-three, freshly freed after twelve years wrongfully imprisoned, and still figuring out how to exist in a world that moved on without him. When his solicitor (and little brother) sends him the request, he agrees without knowing why.
Remus Lupin is a widower doing his best to raise his only son. When his carefully managed life is upended by a reckless, disaster former-prisoner, he is surprised by how much they share in common.
Or, a love story unfolds with granted wishes, true-crime podcasts, hospital stays, endless grief, and a lot of people trying their best to be okay.
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how long have I been waiting for you? (all of my lifetime) by AlwaysPining
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
01 Dec 2025
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Sirius Black is thirty, single, and desperately in love with his best friend.
In an effort to move on from his unrequited feelings and distract himself from his crushing loneliness, he signs up for an AI-powered matchmaking service that advertises a success rate greater than 90 percent. Privately, he hopes this desperate effort will provoke a last-minute love confession from his friend. When no such confession comes, he follows through with the matchmaker.
Still, as he sits in his appointment, answering increasingly invasive questions, his mind is stuck on one thing: Remus Lupin
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"Leah is a wolf the first time she sees her.
Still, even now, it is easier to exist this way. Easier to simplify her thoughts and run and run and run and never feel tired. The other wolves, her pack, linger along the edges of her mind. Always, like ever-present deities. They have learned to give her an illusion of privacy. So she runs.
In the woods, and deeper than a human should be this time of year, Leah smells her, something foreign and new: lilac and honey and sweat."
Or, Leah gets the happy ending she deserves.
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Yes, Hermione Granger has wanted Ron Weasley for as long as she could remember. But, perhaps, never more so than tonight: three nights after their long-awaited reunion and first kiss.
Three nights spent together in her quiet room in the shared tent.
Three nights of proprietary and gentlemanly behavior and nothing more than a bit of kissing and cuddles.
Tonight, Hermione is going mad.
A kind-of epilogue, or, the start of something new.
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- Part 3 of The Past Won't Ever Let Something Lie
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“Fine.” Sirius says. “One more night of complaining and then I’ll stop. And I’ll be the best damn arts and crafts instructor this camp’s ever seen, even if I don’t know anything about arts or crafts or children. And I’ll prove Remus wrong, and I’ll…” he trails off, not knowing where to go next.
James, helpfully, finishes his thought, “...make Remus fall in love with you?”
Or, prompt A19 for Padfoot Fest 2025: After moving in with the Potters, Sirius is forced to join James as a counselor at this summer camp James has been attending since he was a kid. It shapes up to be a boring summer until he meets one of the other counselors.
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Behold the Magnetism Between Two Dead Ends by AlwaysPining
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
06 Jul 2025
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“What’s this then?” he hurls at her, angrily. “Is this the heat of the moment?” Ron gently, hesitantly reaches out to cup her cheek. Strokes his thumb along her jaw before dropping his hand back down to his side. “War’s over, Hermione. Can you honestly say you don’t want to kiss me again right now?”
or: Hermione Granger & Ron Weasley kissed at the Battle of Hogwarts. Then Hermione left—and never came back. Four years later, they're forced to face each other thanks to the Quidditch World Cup... and Harry's scheming godfathers.
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- Part 1 of The Past Won't Ever Let Something Lie
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Sometimes We're Lovers (Sometimes We're Friends) by AlwaysPining
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
06 May 2025
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A confession during sixth year. Sirius tells Remus he won't ask again.
Years later, Remus still hears it like a promise: If you want me, one day, you’re going to have to be the one to ask.
1977 - 1995Can be read as a standalone or as part of the series!
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- Part 2 of The Past Won't Ever Let Something Lie
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It's been fifteen years since Remus Lupin and Sirius Black saw or spoke to each other. A middle school falling out and Sirius's family's relocation led to fifteen years of silence—and mutual Instagram stalking.
When Lily Evans and James Potter plan an extravagant, destination wedding, the entire wedding party is forced to stay in the same rental house for an entire week. That includes best man Sirius Black and man-of-honor Remus Lupin—face-to-face at long last.
Will Remus and Sirius ever unpack the middle school incident that ruined their friendship? Or will they let old grudges continue to keep them apart?