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    It's lovely up here; all meadows dotted with wildflowers, wind-beaten tracks criss-crossing this way and that through the fields, weaving inland to the pinewoods. The sun's hot on his back as he passes ramshackle stone walls, long since crumbled to piles of ancient rubble and scree, and then the path winds downwards, still following the line of the coast until Sirius finds himself outside an old white cottage, tucked away behind the hill with a rose garden that faces out to the sea.

    Sirius moves to Cornwall for the summer and meets a rude, beautiful boy who is writing a book that may or may not be about dragons.

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    04 Aug 2025

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    Berlin is absolutely miserable in February. Or it’s just Sirius.

    Alternatively: A story of how Remus Lupin stepped into Sirius’ life, flashed his trademark grin, and reminded him that life is a beautiful thing meant to be enjoyed. No risk, no fun!

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    04 Aug 2025

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    “Is that how you think of yourself?” Sirius whispers to him, pained.

    “No,” Remus whispers back, frowning. “That’s just the truth."

    “What can I do for you to see the other truth?”

    “It’s not your job to-”

    Sirius puts a hand on Remus' face.

    Thumb stroking his jaw. He knows those hands. He knows them well. But on the heated skin of Remus' face, they're suddenly new, because they've never been there. In the absolution of his touch, he's momentarily whole. He feels, through Sirius’ palm, tremors.

    “What if..?” His eyes are dilated, black eating away at gray. “What if I want it to be?”

    War hero Remus Lupin has always categorized his unrequited love for Sirius Black, his roommate of ten years, as background noise. Ubiquitous, but ultimately, ignorable. But during a week-long June heatwave in which lines are blurred, thresholds are crossed, and Lily and James’ housewarming looms ever closer, Remus realizes he’s wrong. What he feels isn’t white noise.

    It’s hell.

    And to make matters worse, their housewarming present is so terrible that if his attraction to Sirius doesn’t kill him, then the star-patterned curtains definitely will.

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    04 Aug 2025

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    “What do you want me to do?” Remus says, tiredly. All he wants is to curl up on his bed. Smoke a pack of cigarettes. Get drunk. He can’t stop looking at Harry.

    “Remus...” Dumbledore is gentle. Remus hates when he has that tone. Hates that he knows it will hurt. “There is no one else left.”

    A bitter laugh escapes him. “So you’ll curse the poor thing with a werewolf for a guardian?”

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    04 Dec 2024

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    Remus Lupin is a student and temporary sales assistant at Oxford's finest department store when a mysterious, handsome young man by the name of Sirius Black enters his life and introduces him to a world of sprawling country estates, parties, and London's underground bar scene. A 1960s Wolfstar AU with lots of music, smoking, fine interiors, and, of course, romance.

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    21 Jun 2025