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It's been a month since The Prank.
Remus is starting to wonder if breaking up with Sirius is bringing more harm than good.
James is starting to wonder if his friends' pain is something more than a bad fight, and if he might need to help.
Sirius is wondering what is going on.Here's the real question: is this love worth salvaging and how does one start trying?
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He opens his eyes and looks across the table to find Remus Lupin gazing at him, golden eyes observing carefully. Sirius gets lost in them for a moment, forgetting where he is, what time it is, who’s sat next to him. They haven’t held eye contact in a long time, and Sirius feels like he’s drowning. The only thing keeping him afloat is that Remus’s eyes are not sending hatred, or anger, or even sadness like they did before. He’s simply watching, an air of curiosity in the tilt of his eyebrow and a bitter sense of amusement in the pinch of his lips.
****this fic is heavily based off of the song Arms Unfolding by Dodie. Listen to it. That's the vibe.
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Of Truth or Strip and Not Giving a Shit by bertiebrains
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
26 Jul 2022
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Remus Lupin likes to keep his secrets. At first it was out of necessity, then as time went on, he found he liked keeping them. He was scared of what his secrets becoming, well, not secrets, would mean for him. One day, faced with the mischievous questions of Sirius Black and curious friends, he decides show a new side.
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The one where Remus plays Truth or Strip and decides to not give a shit.
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“Okay, okay, I have a question for our dearest Moony…” he says in a low, salacious, voice. The group quiets slightly, anticipation building in the air. Remus is rather notorious for never picking truth, also for his grandpa sweaters even during the summers. This game was built as an antonym to Remus Lupin, and everyone wants to know how this’ll turn out.
“Sirius…” Remus is entirely unsure what plot he is the unwitting victim of, but if Sirius Black and Games mean anything, it’s that Remus will have to make some interesting decisions.
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Your faithless love's the only hoax by bertiebrains
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
23 Apr 2022
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Title from "hoax" by taylor swift
Lily Evans Potter learned how to believe in real love from three men: James Potter, Sirius Black, and Remus Lupin.
One of them is making her doubt.
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The one where Lily calls Sirius out on his bullshit with tears and disappointment.
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He remembered thinking, praying almost, that if Remus died, his heart would stop pumping blood. It would stop because Remus is what kept it going, Remus is what kept his lungs breathing and his world spinning. If Remus died, so would he. He remembered thinking there was not a world in which he would not follow Remus to the ends of the earth and beyond.
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What if, before the war, Remus was a completely different person? What if he didn't doubt or second guess? What if he was confident, purposeful, and just as stubborn and idiotic as James and Sirius?
This is just a bunch of headcanons I strung together, because I've always kind of liked how tragic it would be if when Sirius escaped, he came back to an entirely different Remus. One he barely knew. So this is just kind of, who was the Remus he knew before?
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why fall in love, just so you can watch it go away? by theoneiam2277
Fandoms: Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry (TV)
15 Mar 2026
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Hayden had been expecting this call for months.
He had known somewhere deep within himself that it was coming, ever since the Centaurs' plane crashed and his best friend lost the love of his life – even if Hayden had never cared that much for the man himself.
Watching Shane receive the news from J.J.'s careless mouth, watching him bend over at the waist like someone had scraped out his inner organs–
Yeah, Hayden knew.
He was weirdly proud of Shane for holding out this long.
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15 Apr 2026
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In the Visions from the Future universe.
Through the eyes of the Hollanov kids and grandkids featuring Shane and Ilya.
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14 Apr 2026
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Ilya Rozanov's Guide to Reinforcing the Closet by pink_starfish
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
12 Apr 2026
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“Are you… are you saying that you want to be in a relationship with Shane Hollander?” The room held a sort of tension, like everyone in it was holding their breath, waiting for Ilya to vehemently deny it.
The reporter had taken his words in the complete opposite way than Ilya had meant them, but he supposed he was too committed to stop now. “Of course not.”
“Of course.” The reporter parroted, laughing nervously.
“Obviously, we are already in a relationship.”
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In Ilya’s rookie season, he impulsively jokes about dating Shane to an invasive reporter. Then, he just… keeps doing it, since publicly announcing it enough times that everyone writes it off as a joke is a great way to hide a clandestine relationship.
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13 Apr 2026
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Find Lily by virtual_typewriter
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
12 Apr 2026
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“Got someone special waiting for you?”
Shane’s breath hitches and he looks up, big, brown orbs settling on the person behind the camera. There’s a blush crawling across his freckles, his voice unsteady as he answers.
“I wanted to celebrate with Lily, but she isn’t here.”
The video ends shortly after, and the internet collectively loses its mind. Within minutes #FindLily is trending across all social media platforms, women from across the globe begging Shane to dump her ass.
OR on the night that Shane wins the cup for a second year in a row, the internet learns of Lily and goes absolutely nuts.
Inevitably, so does Ilya Rozanov.Bookmarked by bertiebrains
12 Apr 2026
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Safekeeping by unlikelychild
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
03 Jan 2026
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Yuna Hollander stares at the diamond engagement ring in slight horror as her husband laughs silently next to her on the couch. Her five year old son stares back at her with his doe eyes on her other side.
“I'm sorry, sweetie,” she asks as calmly as possible, “did you say a boy gave this to you?”
Or, a near lifetime from Yuna's eyes.
Bookmarked by bertiebrains
30 Mar 2026