we're all stories in the end

Late Bloom
Harry Potter ; Remus/Sirius ; PG-13 ; 10,000 words ; AU
Sirius, the dutiful eldest son of the mighty Black family, has almost entirely lost his own hopes and dreams. An unexpected meeting with a long-forgotten friend might just change everything.

Written for Round Two of the rs_games, Team MWPP. Originally posted here. I could talk about this story a lot, but I think I'll let it speak for itself first? Onwards!

( James lay back, staring up at the bright afternoon sky. This summer was getting off to a marvellous start. )

Baby Names
Harry Potter
James, Lily, Sirius
PG, 600 words
Summary: Coming up with names proves more challenging than previously imagined.
Notes: Inspired by JKR's recent prequel. Written for trowicia - happy birthday, darling! ♥

( 'Names! Baby names! A name to do proud to our imminent offspring.' )

First, see my last post for new and additional flail, for post arrived for me today from my wonderful sender, morebliss, to accompany the emails of Thursday. I am all a-squee!

I was assigned opheliet, who listed James/Lily and Remus/Sirius in her requests, so I thought I'd do both! You can see her post, with pictures and such, here, but now I shall rework those into a more digital form.

Yours
James/Lily, Remus/Sirius, PG
Love sent and received. 14th February, 1980.

( Happy Valentine's Day )

Because this is totes canon given recent events.

(On which, by the by. Can I get a big WORD for snegurochka_lee, a hearty LOL for shaggydogstail's inspired ihasatardis moment, and many thanks to last_radio for bringing out the real scandal from that interview. ♥ to them and all of the rest of my flist for making me laugh or generally being sane. eta: And Neil Gaiman wins too! Oh yay.)

Anyway. This is for pink_faerie81, who prompted me James/Sirius, "you just want to get into my pants, don't you?". It's actually sort of James/Sirius/Lily, but I figured she wouldn't mind. :P And like I said, this is clearly canon now.

PG-13, 400 words.

( 'How, exactly, did you manage to spend all of that?' )

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More on their way!

I know, I know, I keep churning them out at the moment, don't I? But I lose at predictions, thus owe fic for dh_predictions.

Still We Wait
PG, 800 words.
Lily, James, Remus, Sirius. Mostly gen.
Contains DH spoilers
Summary: The end of the war, on the other side.
Notes: Written to onehundredmoons's request of your own DH epilogue, set only a few hours/days/weeks after the final battle, told either from earth or from the "other side". Ended being a little esoteric, but I hope it suits!

And though Dumbledore had said Harry would be safe, how could I believe him, after all that we had seen? And so we waited - just the four of us at first, those who had helped him on his way.

springtime_gen reveals! Thank you so much again, ignipes, for Everest to Kangchenjunga for Afternoon Tea. &hearts

And this is what I wrote. Behold the word count! Behold the vague semblance of plot! I had a blast writing this one, and though re-reading it I can certainly find flaws, I'm still pleased with it - something just slightly different from my usual fare =)

Order Out Of Chaos
PG-13, 6000 words
Ensemble First War cast including the Marauders, Lily, Frank, Dumbledore & Moody.
Summary: Dumbledore has an Order to create, Moody has Aurors to train, and four young men need to decide what they're doing with their lives.
Notes: With enormous thanks to magnetic_pole for the last minute beta. Written for ignipes at springtime_gen. Original post here.

( As a student, Remus had rarely been into Dumbledore's office. )

Drabble earlier at sirius_remus100, here.

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A Serious Thing
G, 500 words
Marauders, James/Lily
Summary: April Fools Day in Seventh Year.
Notes: For nest_of_spiders Day 1.

( James suddenly suspects that in fact he isn't in danger )

trowica, thank you so much for your card! Felt! Stars! Shiny things! It was all terribly exciting =)

And now, a ficlet for pink_faerie81, as requested. I meant to post this out to you, but alas my organisation wasn't quite up to it.

James/Sirius (!), 400 words, PG-13.

( Much as James loved (well, felt appropriate and manly affection for) Remus and Peter, he wasn’t exactly complaining it was just him and Sirius for a couple of weeks, you know? )

Valentines Day '76
Remus/Sirius, James/Lily
R for language, 1000 words
Summary: James pines, Sirius' intestines go to war, and Remus does an awful lot of sitting about in the dark.

( We could go and sit in the common room and watch all of the happy couples leave and come up with imaginative ways to commit suicide. We are merely choosing not to )