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Bistable
"Looks like you left quite the impression," Remus says. "Eight centuries of family history and your mother just – what? Burns a hole in it?" - "Ah, but you have to understand where she was coming from," Sirius says. "I made her do it. So it's my fault." Grimmauld Place at the beginning of OotP.Harry Potter, T, English, Tragedy, words: 7k+, favs: 12, follows: 4, 4/15/2023, Sirius B., Remus L., Regulus B.
2Sabotage
Why can't I just hate this, Regulus thinks, this house, this family, like Sirius did. If there is one thing he begrudges his brother, it's the simplicity of his feelings, the way Sirius could say, no, no more, and leave. But Regulus, he can't properly hate any of this, it would be like hating the air he breathes, or the ground he walks on. What he feels is far more complicated.Harry Potter, T, English, Horror & Angst, words: 10k+, favs: 4, follows: 2, 4/2/2023, Voldemort, Bellatrix L., Regulus B.
12 Styx
Regulus thought he knew all the horrors of Grimmauld Place, but on this stifling hot summer night in 1976, the house seems hell-bent on terrorising him in new and interesting ways. It's all Sirius's fault, of course.Harry Potter, T, English, Horror & Angst, words: 12k+, favs: 31, follows: 6, 4/13/2019, Sirius B., Regulus B., Orion B.
189 Blackpool »
COMPLETE. When Regulus is five, he nearly drowns in the sea off Blackpool. When Regulus is eleven, his brother befriends a ghost. It's not until Regulus is eighteen and ready to die that the Black family's darkest secret finally unravels. It might, perhaps, change everything. (A coming-of-age story with mind magic, star charting, pink petit-fours, two diaries, and a ghost.)Harry Potter, T, English, Family & Horror, chapters: 9, words: 67k+, favs: 443, follows: 185, updated: 7/21/2018 published: 5/26/2018, Sirius B., Regulus B., Orion B., Walburga B.
25 Still Life with Skull »
COMPLETE. September 1974 and Remus goes a bit loopy, what with the moon, and the teenage wolf, and his friends who are not Animagi yet, and the creepy dead thing that is following him around. Sirius had a horrible summer, too. (MWPP 4th year, Gen)Harry Potter, T, English, Horror & Friendship, chapters: 5, words: 26k+, favs: 46, follows: 16, updated: 3/25/2018 published: 2/17/2018, Sirius B., Remus L., Regulus B., Poppy P.
30 The Age of Lies »
January 1981. Sirius is a paranoiac, Peter is not a psychopath, James is a dad, Remus is super angry, and Regulus… Regulus is alive. No-one is more surprised than him. AU, sort of fix-it, but dark enough. Sirius/Remus, too (mostly in the past).Harry Potter, T, English, Angst & Family, chapters: 5, words: 25k+, favs: 136, follows: 54, updated: 1/26/2018 published: 1/5/2018, Sirius B., Remus L., James P., Regulus B.
10 Not By Force
Sirius is captured by Voldemort, and his Occlumency falls like France in the war. Lily and James are trapped inside the Fidelius, Remus is running from the law, and everyone's running out of time... Maybe Peter should have been Secret Keeper, after all. (AU, fix-it gone extremely wrong)Harry Potter, T, English, Angst & Tragedy, words: 4k+, favs: 27, follows: 8, 1/10/2018, Sirius B., Remus L., James P., Lily Evans P.
14 Pot, Kettle, Black »
In 1978, Sirius Black almost becomes an Auror - turns out even he can't fake his way through the mental health assessment. So what. He has better things to do. Little does Sirius know that running from himself will send him on a collision course with his ephemeral brother, but life is funny that way.Harry Potter, T, English, Angst & Tragedy, chapters: 2, words: 8k+, favs: 54, follows: 18, updated: 12/22/2017 published: 12/21/2017, [Sirius B., Remus L.] Regulus B.
32 They're Hiding Inside Me »
It's the summer after fifth year, and Sirius has made himself scarce as usual. But then Remus catches a glimpse of him in Witch Weekly's special on the Black-Malfoy wedding. Something about that photo is very, very off… Turns out this is the summer Sirius runs away. Or tries to. Because the Blacks are not giving up on their heir without a fight. (Light Remus/Sirius.)Harry Potter, T, English, Friendship & Hurt/Comfort, chapters: 8, words: 40k+, favs: 70, follows: 28, updated: 12/2/2017 published: 10/28/2017, Sirius B., Remus L., James P., Peter P.
17 Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow »
It is the eve of the second wizarding war and all Remus wants is a quiet smoke in the garden. He doesn't want to think, he doesn't want to talk, and above all, he doesn't want to remember. Enter Hermione.Harry Potter, T, English, Friendship & Angst, chapters: 4, words: 17k+, favs: 44, follows: 17, updated: 10/14/2017 published: 10/7/2017, Hermione G., Remus L., N. Tonks
5 The things that lurk in the dark
MWPP era, sixth year. There's something terrifying in the dungeons, and don't they wish they hadn't disturbed it... After two days of Sirius taking his terrible mood out on everyone, Remus reckons someone should probably go talk to him about the things that lurk in the dark. Warnings inside.Harry Potter, T, English, Friendship & Hurt/Comfort, words: 5k+, favs: 41, follows: 11, 9/16/2017, [Remus L., Sirius B.] James P., Peter P.
25 Let it choke
Remus knew what he was supposed to do: Keep his distance. Reassure Susan that running from the Boggart was perfectly fine. Have her write "I will not skip class" five hundred times, then send her on her way, ensuring that whatever issues she had would be dealt with in the proud tradition of the wizarding world: through avoidance and denial. Except he knew where that path lead.Harry Potter, T, English, Angst, words: 5k+, favs: 133, follows: 26, 9/9/2017, Harry P., Remus L., Susan B., P. Sprout
20 Calibration
Remus's mind is usually a tidy place. The worst has already happened, what's left to be scared of? His fears are labelled, annotated, and most of all, archived. For one evening, though, he'll have to let them come out and play. (Remus trains the Boggart for his lesson with the third years. Featuring Severus Snape as an unwanted critic, and Sirius Black as the elephant in the room.)Harry Potter, T, English, Friendship & Tragedy, words: 4k+, favs: 86, follows: 18, 8/26/2017, Sirius B., Remus L., Severus S.
20 How to be happy
The Patronus charm requires a happy memory. Harry Potter doesn't have many. Boom, third year AU. If he still wants to save the wizarding world, he needs to recover from his greatest failure. How?Harry Potter, T, English, Tragedy & Friendship, words: 6k+, favs: 75, follows: 14, 6/11/2017, Harry P., Hermione G., Sirius B., Remus L.
6 All The Empire's Lost Children »
For someone trying to use their gift as little as possible, the gift sure has a way of clobbering Kanan over the head from time to time. Especially lately. Hera bets it means something. (Spoiler: it does. This is the story of how the Ghost crew found Sabine.)Star Wars Rebels, T, English, Family & Angst, chapters: 2, words: 8k+, favs: 28, follows: 21, updated: 5/11/2017 published: 5/6/2017, Kanan J., Sabine W., Hera S.
10 The Physics of Glitter »
Sabine has been with the Spectres for a month. Still devastated from her best friend's betrayal, she's struggling to find her place in the crew. But in the aftermath of a botched operation, it turns out she has more in common with Kanan than either of them thought. Space family angst with some resolve.Star Wars Rebels, T, English, Friendship & Angst, chapters: 4, words: 14k+, favs: 33, follows: 15, updated: 4/22/2017 published: 4/14/2017, Kanan J., Sabine W., Hera S.
7 Debris
On Yavin IV, underneath the cloud of debris that was once the Death Star, some stories end while others begin. Hera Syndulla discovers a glimpse of something terrible in a recording from the recent battle, but she needs more data. The Princess of Alderaan and her new-found friends are an unexpected help.Star Wars Rebels, K+, English, Friendship & Tragedy, words: 3k+, favs: 19, follows: 5, 3/31/2017, Hera S.
7 The Breach
Hermione kept calling it the zombie apocalypse. Harry, whose introduction to muggle horror films had started and ended with fighting Dudley over the TV remote, wasn't sure if they should be called zombies, but thought "apocalypse" was an apt description. 6th year AU, in which Lord Voldemort actually got around to raising his army of Inferi.Harry Potter, T, English, Horror & Tragedy, words: 3k+, favs: 19, follows: 10, 2/10/2017, Harry P., Ron W., Hermione G., Albus D.
31 Two Things
Harry is only four years old and the Dursleys are already mean.Harry Potter, K+, English, Family & Angst, words: 2k+, favs: 119, follows: 28, 2/4/2017, Harry P., Petunia D., Dudley D., Vernon D.
4 A Bright and Peaceful Night »
Monstrous Regiment. Stranded away from home during Hogswatch, Polly Perks has all but resigned herself to being miserable when she runs into an old friend. The chatty, caffeinated, déshabillé sort of old friend. They talk. Complicated fluff with tragedy in the background. And gingerbread. And fireworks. Happy holidays!Discworld, T, English, chapters: 3, words: 11k+, updated: 12/25/2016 published: 12/23/2016, Polly P.