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1. Bittersweet Sorcery by AshesEverafter

   Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/F, F/M, M/M
   • Work in Progress

   06 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Sirius Black/Remus Lupin
   • James Potter/Lily Evans Potter
   • Mary Macdonald/Marlene McKinnon
   • Peter Pettigrew/Pandora Rosier
   • Barty Crouch Jr./Evan Rosier
   • Regulus Black & Remus Lupin
   • Sirius Black
   • Remus Lupin
   • Regulus Black
   • James Potter
   • Peter Pettigrew
   • Lily Evans Potter
   • Mary Macdonald (Harry Potter)
   • Marlene McKinnon
   • Severus Snape
   • Barty Crouch Jr.
   • Evan Rosier
   • wolfstar
   • Marauders
   • Moonwater
   • Legilimens Regulus Black
   • Canon Compliant
   • also sort of not canon-compliant
   • middle path between canon-compliance and non-compliance
   • think of it like canon-civil-disobedience
   • established wolfstar
   • from year five through the war
   • the prank will be included but it will be "classy"
   • Horcrux Hunting
   • Literary References & Allusions
   • Regulus Black and Sirius Black Angst
   • but they love each other - Freeform
   • black brothers subplot is basically a retelling of orpheus and eurydice
   • Regulus Black is Not Okay
   • but he has everyone fooled
   • mostly top remus lupin
   • except around the new moon when he sorta prefers to get told what to do
   • you don't have to read Middle Path of Moonlight first
   • but it's highly recommended

   Summary

   It's the summer before fifth year and Remus and Sirius are finally working their way through the encyclopedic book of Carnal Arts (that is, whenever Remus can get away from his road trip travel companion, the new Black Heir). Walburga is dead, Orion's in prison, and Lily has finally stopped hexing James. In the haze of hormones and thunderstorm-sprung-new-Magicks it's easy enough to forget all the horror on the horizon.

   Continuation of The Middle Path of Moonlight.

   Series

   • Part 2 of The Middle Path of Moonlight

   Language:

   English

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   35,457

   Chapters:

   6/?

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