please go read this!!
or: Sirius can't write; James can't get a date; Lily can't make a plan; and Remus just can't.
(note: as of tuesday, may 4th (star wars day), the fic still lists as having been written by anonymous. I promise I actually did write it.)
DAVID DAWSON & HARRY STYLES My Policeman (2022) dir. Michael Grandage
"you're pretty," sirius says lazily, his fingers tangled in remus' curls; he doesn't know how to respond to that.
he doesn't think he's pretty. his nose is too big and crooked, his eyebrows are too thick, his face is uneven; his mouth and eyes are too big for his face, he has acne scars and of course, the ones he hates. he never was pretty, not even as a child, and he never wished to be. he considered beauty subjective, but it was a truth that he wasn't beautiful.
however, when he's with sirius, he can't help but feel so. he's with sirius, who makes everything seem so beautiful; sirius, who's as imperfect as he is. neither of them is perfect; and maybe that was important, maybe that was what made them who they were, that they saw the beauty in what they considered ugly, that they loved the "unlovable".
they're sitting on the floor of the ruins of the castle in remus' hometown, sirius' back pressed against the wall, remus' head in his lap. he looks up and he meets grey eyes and a straight nose, and he smiles. he sits up; they're at approximately the same level now, and amber blends into silver, and that, that, the place where remus ends and sirius begins and the place where neither knows who exactly is who, that is beautiful.
"you're pretty, too, sirius." he needn't have said that; it was one of those all-known truths, the ones written in books, the one that stars know, too.
sirius hums, and kisses him. he's beautiful; they both are.
A mish mash of cozy boys.
this? pain? 𝘆𝗲𝘀
They watched these children, laughing and running through Hogwarts, grow up. They watched students they loved and nurtured and taught grow up to either be monster’s or die fighting the monsters. Generations of students lay before them, either death eaters or fighting against them. They watched little Tom Riddle, who they taught and love, turn into a horrible person. They watched little Harry Potter, always up to something, die in front of them. They watched little Remus Lupin, laughing and running around with his Marauders, die in front of them. They watched their little wizards and witches become bodies and casualties in a war that wasn’t theirs.
Remus (angrily): Sirius, why do you always have to act like a fucking child?
Sirius: Because I had to grow up fast and didn’t get to enjoy my childhood. I spent my entire childhood taking care of my younger brother so he wouldn’t have to suffer as much as I did
Remus:
Sirius (spraying silly string into Remus’ face and riding away on a tricycle): So fuck you!
So real
Rereading the Remus quidditch commentary scene in all the young dudes to feel happy again after the crimson rivers update today
Note: I read regulus was great at DADA but I HC potions was a close-second & his favorite subject
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-Regulus survives the inferi and goes into hiding. He sends an anonymous tip to the order about the horcruxes and peter being the mole.
-he continues to exchange anonymous info with dumbledore through kreacher. Eventually dumbledore is the first to figure out he's alive.
- The first order is able to defeat Voldemort in 1981
-Dumbledore vouches for regulus when he comes out of hiding. He continuosly offers him a position at hogwarts which he declines.
-Regulus had moved in with andromeda and ted after faking his death.
-after the war, Sirius and remus renovated and live at grimmauld place.
-Sirius often reaches out to regulus but always gets rejected, with his letters returned.
-Regulus never fully healed from his experience in the cave and suffers from ptsd/depression.
-after some convincing, Regulus takes the position as potions master in 1991. (Takes snape's place).
-alot of upper classmen vouch that he's a much better professor than Snape.
-Regulus is a black cat animagus
-Harry is sorted into slytherin and always writes home of how Professor black is one of his favorite professors.
-implied Drarry, with draco being close with his aunt andromeda too. Lucius serves time in azkaban and isnt able to set a bad influence.
-Regulus and Harry bond over quidditch and Reg gives him seeker tips.
-Draco is slytherin chaser and has a similar bond with James.
-lily and james divorce after the war but still remain friends.
-James and sirius become aurors, James being head auror.
-Remus still becomes DADA professor in 1993.
-Regulus is the one to help him with the Wolfsbane potion. They end of up bonding and becoming close friends.
-that same year, peter escapes from azkaban and the ministry still sends dementors to hogwarts.
-Sirius is assigned the auror to lead the mission of capturing peter.
-Sirius is able to reconnect with Regulus during his stay at hogwarts.
-it started out with them bonding (i.e, sirius annoying Regulus) through their animagus forms.
-Remus got tired of hearing rumors of a black dog and cat chasing each other around school grounds and forced them to start interacting normally.
-After being invited (Regulus prefers "harrassed") by sirius and harry about spending the holidays with them. Regulus finds himself falling in love with james and they start a relationship.
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All The Young Dudes
“I’ve loved keeping your secret, Remus wanted to say, I’d keep a thousand more, for you.”