For@goodboylupin ‘s Candy Hearts Challenge! My prompt was 2,000 kisses.
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If anyone had asked Remus how he planned to spend his time on that sunny Monday morning in Spring, he would’ve smiled and gladly told them all about the book he was reading, and how he hoped to finish it after classes when he and his friends would eventually go outside to sit by the lake together and soak up the sunshine. There was always homework to do as well, but that was a boring answer, and besides, nobody really did ask Remus what his plans were for the day. It was a hypothetical scenario, conjured up and played out inside Remus’ head as he ate his breakfast and stared out the windows in the Great Hall, completely zoned out from the conversation happening around him.
Sirius and Peter were talking about muggle music while James was too wrapped up in a conversation with Lily to notice that Remus was off in his own world.
Daydreams full of warm rays of sun and laughter by the water remained in Remus’ head during most of breakfast. It wasn’t until he heard a hiss of pain coming from beside him that Remus finally snapped out of it. He turned his head towards the sound to see that Sirius had sliced open his finger while trying to cut his food. But the even more pressing matter - one Remus did not even realize existed until he’d zoned back in - was the fact that his and Sirius’ thighs were pressed together under the table, and Remus had trouble focusing on anything else besides the warm heat coming from his friend’s body, even though his finger kept bleeding.
“Remus! Do something!”
James’ panicked voice broke through the haze that had filled Remus’ brain, just enough for Remus to notice that Sirius had cut himself deep, and the blood was not stopping. Thinking quickly, Remus grabbed Sirius’ hand and brought it close to his face.
“Episkey.” Remus said, barely focused enough to get the wand movement right. And then, because Remus was still partially thinking about the warmth coming from Sirius’ thigh against his, and his big, stupid, terrible crush he’d been harboring, Remus bent down low and placed a soft kiss on the freshly sealed wound.
“All better now.” Remus muttered absentmindedly before turning to face the windows once again.
Then he froze, and his face turned white.
Remus did not have to look at his friends to know that they were all staring at him, looking as shocked as he felt. Peter’s eyes were wide with disbelief and his mouth was gaping. And although James looked smug, he too looked like he couldn’t find the words to describe the odd scene he just witnessed.
Sirius, on the other hand, was positively glowing.
“What was that for?” He asked Remus with a bright smile that lit up the area around him. It was like kryptonite to Remus, though he knew his friends would never get that reference.
To be honest, Remus was wondering the same thing for himself. What had he done that for? Was he really so pathetic that a single point of contact could throw all his sensibility and self preservation out the window? Just to kiss Sirius on the hand?
Merlin, he was an idiot.
Besides the embarrassment Remus felt, he cleared his throat and tried his best to speak in a clear, steady voice. “Er, have you never heard of kissing it better?”
He hoped that Peter, another half-blood, would come to his rescue and explain everything away for him. But Peter remained silent.
“Ok, well uh… it’s like muggle magic, you see. Usually performed by parents when their children get hurt, but the idea is that a kiss can make any injury feel better immediately.” Remus explained while the others listened carefully. “My mum used to do it for me and I guess it must have just… slipped out? Sorry, Pads.”
But Sirius didn’t appear to be listening anymore. He seemed to be engaged in a silent conversation with James, the two of them going back and forth for some time. The waggling of James’ eyebrows and Sirius’ sneer were the only outward signs that they were communicating.
Finally, Sirius looked away from James with a scowl and focused his attention back on Remus.
“It’s okay, Moons. I mean, it was an accident, right? I really don’t mind.” Sirius said with a shrug before he reached for a piece of toast - one that wasn’t covered in spots of red.
Remus could do nothing but nod. It was an accident, but not entirely. Remus hadn’t meant to kiss Sirius, but that didn’t mean he didn’t want to. In fact, it was practically the only thing he thought about, when he wasn’t daydreaming about books and basking in warm weather, that is.
But he couldn’t tell Sirius any of that. An accident was all it was and all it ever would be. It hadn’t meant anything, and Remus was thankful for the olive branch Sirius extended, an offer to just let it all slide. To let it be forgotten.
Eventually, Remus went back to his own food, trying his best to ignore his embarrassment and the feeling of Sirius’ leg still pressed firmly against his own.
My third fic for (my) @goodboylupin Candy Hearts Challenge. My prompt was CARRY ME. Reminder to all participants, works are due on the 1st of March! Fun fact: I thought of three different fic ideas for this prompt and all of them were meet cutes that heavily featured Teddy. I completed the one that had the most on-the-nose usage of the prompt. Thanks to @kattlupin for the beta. Also available on ao3.
Remus Lupin was a man who had watched a lot of Dad Reflex videos in his years on the internet. He remembered wondering once, as he held his (beautiful, precious, wonderful, awe-inspiring, perfect) fragile newborn son, whether there was some switch inside him that was supposed to turn on by itself and leave him capable of instantaneously making the right move to save his child in a life-or-death circumstance, whether it had done so already without him noticing, or if it was something he would build up in himself through years of training and close calls. He remembered thinking he didn’t want any close calls though, didn’t want to do or allow anything that would bring the barest risk of harming a single hair on Teddy’s little head, even if that meant he never developed those mythical Dad Reflexes himself. With the arrangement he and Tonks had going, it was possible Teddy would never truly see him as a dad anyway, just a cool-uncle-slash-sperm-donor.
Then, of course, his best friend had died and Remus was suddenly a single father with a little boy and a giant dog living in a brand new town on the other side of the country so he could be closer to his best friend’s mom who had never approved of their arrangement and maybe hated him for not handing over custody of the only living memory of her daughter but was still Teddy’s grandma and would hopefully be a steadfast presence in his baby’s life who would allow him to feel closer to his deceased mother (and maybe help out vis-a-vis babysitting.)
But that was a digression from the Dad Reflexes. As it turned out, Remus did have them. Not terribly surprising, really, since befriending a woman as clumsy as Tonks and having a child who inherited her coltishness had honed his everyday reflexes, but good to know. He wished he could have discovered them in a cooler way, like pulling Teddy away from a pack of wolves or something, but still, good to know.
It’s a few days after Valentine’s Day, but here’s my entry for @goodboylupin’s RS Candy Hearts. Better late than never! I couldn’t think of an idea for website, but I figured dating app was close enough.
Summary: What do you do when you’re dateless for the fifth year in a row on Valentine’s Day and all of your friends have found their Person? You get drunk and let your best friend convince you to sign up for a dating site, of course.
“What’s your favourite colour?” Sirius asks him. Before that, it’s, what’s your favourite song?, or,do you like orange juice?, or,kiss me, kiss me. What’s your middle name? I’m not telling you mine. He’s trying to take the seconds and pull them apart, see—sweet and golden-brown like stretched toffee. They’re going to live there. He’s trying to build a history backwards; steal a place for the two of them in the time it takes to sigh.
It’s the second week of August.
“I’m not sure,” Remus replies, squinting up at the evening sky. In an empty carpark behind a supermarket, he tries to teach Sirius how to ride his bike (is it all that different from riding a horse, posh boy?). By the time they give up, sprawled out on the ground, Sirius’s knees are scraped raw and bloody from falling and hitting the tarmac again and again. Remus laughs louder than Sirius has ever seen him do anything, doubled-over and gasping. It almost makes him want to check that he’s got his inhaler on him.
“Blue. Or…green? Orange? Fuck,” Remus snorts. “I don’t know. It changes. I’m not often asked.” His head is resting sideways atop Sirius’ chest; when he speaks, it shudders through Sirius’ stomach like an oncoming train. The tarmac is warm and uncomfortable. Tiny stones dig into Sirius’ bare arms.
“Too cheesy for me to say black, isn’t it?” Remus turns his head to look at Sirius as best he can. “What’s yours?”
Sirius closes his eyes. “I think green is nice. Grass green, though—not dark green. You…your laugh is sort of green, in my head. Does that make sense?”
“No,” Remus replies. “I think you’re full of shit. But I like you anyway.”
Additional Tags: Marauders Era, Hogwarts 7th Year, Valentine’s Day, Aromantic Remus, Cupioromantic Remus, Aroace Remus, Romance Favourable Remus, Internalized Aphobia, Amatonormativity, Fake Dating, but not in the conventional way, they literally go on one single fake date for fun, theres no romantic feelings involved, but there sure are a lot of aro feels, im aromantic btw, POV Remus
Summary: Remus is feeling sad about Valentine’s Day. Sirius takes him on a fake date to show him the true meaning of romance. Or to deconstruct what romance even means. A little bit of both
We did it, folks! The Candy Hearts Challenge has once again drawn to a close and brought to us over 50 wonderful Wolfstar works! I want to thank everyone who took part in this fest with me. Running it is one of my favourite things to do in the Wolfstar fandom.
Spring is just round the corner, candy hearts all round the world are gathering dust in the clearance bin, and it’s time for me to post the Candy Hearts Challenge Masterlist!
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For@goodboylupin’s Candy Hearts Challenge. My candy heart prompt was ‘Tres Chic’
An excerpt from the full fic:
“This… this is wonderful news,” Sirius insists, smiling at Remus, his hand resting on Remus’ leg for a moment. “I am very eager for us to start our… intimate working relationship.”
“Intimate?” Remus repeats, glancing at James because is this just a translation problem? Or has Remus’ mind immediately jumped to the very wrong thing?
“Yes. Working closely together,” Sirius confirms, looking too innocent for his own good. He removes his hand. “You will be… dressing me in beautiful clothes and stripping me down, will you not?” There’s the mischievous look on his face again and Remus is not fooled at all.
“Uh…” Remus says, because what are words at this point?
“Sirius,” James murmurs. “Stop teasing him.” James’ tone is filled with amusement at the events in front of him.
Sirius pouts. “But his cheeks get so red, it’s adorable.”
@kattlupin thank you so so much for your betareading ❤️ You’re the best at hyping me up.
Sirius was fucked. Completely and utterly fucked. He thought he had more time. But if the calendar staring back at him from his phone isn’t lying (and unless there’s been some elaborate cyber attack that he isn’t aware of then it definitely isn’t lying) then Valentine’s day is today. Fuck. He thought he had more time.
But between his business meetings, taking care of Harry, making sure there’s food in the fridge, and that the flat looks moderately clean, he must have lost track of time. He swears it was Christmas like a week ago.
Fuck, he curses again.
He exits the calendar app and decides to text Reg for advice. He would ask James if he could but…that has not been an option for more than two years already. And he was a walking disaster at dating anyway.
Sirius: Hey, I need advice
Little Shit: And you decided to ask me? Have all the other people on the planet perished or what
Sirius: haha, very funny
Little Shit: Yeah, I actually think it was hilarious
Sirius: will you help me or not
Little Shit: But of course, what do you need my dear brother
Sirius: so you know how I told you about Harry’s nanny
Little Shit: the cute bloke Harry adores?
Sirius:yeah, his name is Remus and I think I love him
Little Shit: you better, he’s practically raising Harry as his own with the insane hours you work
Sirius: no, I mean that I love him as in I think I’m in love with him
My entry for @goodboylupin‘s Candy Hearts Challenge. My prompt was “Email.”
Lily had told Remus his problem in dating was that he wasn’t assertive enough. James had told Sirius his problem was going for the “bad guys” when he should really be with someone softer, more bookish.
At the bar, flushed and drunk Remus—a rare sight—stumbled up to the beautiful man with perfect hair, looked him right in the eyes, and said “hey” in the slightly-dismissive way Lily had made him practice.
Remus watched dark eyebrows raise, but was not deterred. “I’m buying you a drink,” Remus said, then sat next to him.
Sirius’s interest piqued. This was, after all, the type of behavior he was used to, or performed, or even searched out. But, he was supposed to be finding a nice guy, per James’s instructions. But… what was one night? The man was good-looking, at least.
“So,” Remus said, after Sirius had accepted his new beer from the bartender and turned to face him again. “Are you going to give me your email?”
And that is the story of how Remus and Sirius started their lasting relationship: with Remus being uncharacteristically bold, but actually nice, and Sirius looking for someone bad and being relieved to instead find someone dorkygood.
My second submission for @goodboylupin’s Candy Hearts Challenge. My candy heart prompt was Lucky Lips. (It’s not beta-ed so I hope it’s not terrible)
The Hogwarts Gazette
Hogwarts Castle, Hogsmeade, Scotland. 8 June 1975
GRYFFINDOR WINS THE QUIDDITCH CUP!
In a frenetic match against Slytherin, Gryffindor won yesterday the Quidditch Cup for the first time in 6 years. The Red-and-Gold team captivated the audience with a stellar performance, showing excellent complicity, coordination and communication between the players.
Chaser James Potter and Seeker Clara Jones offered their usual quality plays, but the star of the match was without a doubt Beater Sirius Black. His performance was simply spectacular, constantly launching bludgers with great precision and power, making it impossible for the Slytherin team to score or grab the Snitch.
Interviewed by the Gazette after the match, Black brushed off the compliments and praised his team: “It was not me, but the whole team, we have trained hard for this moment and today we see the fruit of our effort”. After the insistence from our reporter on his brilliant game, he just added with a mysterious smile “I might have a lucky charm”.
The victory was celebrated with a great party in the Gryffindor common room, with students from all Hogwarts Houses attending. See article about the party on page 4.
Gryffindor captain Gideon Prewett lifts the Cup
Chaser James Potter scores the first goal of the match
Beater Sirius Black and his boyfriend Gryffindor Prefect Remus Lupin kiss just before the start of the match
[Yes, I know I can’t draw but I hope you liked it anyway :-)]
these drawings are absolutely DELIGHTFUL!!!!!!!! Such a cute fill!
