#Older brother teddy Lupin

[startledstoat]

I hc that Harry and Ginny had four kids after teddy which were Twins named James Arthur and Sirius Frederick (bc Sirius Fred doesn't sound right but Fred probably would've thought Frederick was hilarious anyway), Albus being named Colin Neville instead, and Lily being Ruby Luna instead (nothing against Lily though)

And anyhow I have this so ingrained in my mind that I forget it's not Canon and anytime I hear something about "albus severus" I gotta take a second and process my disappointment in Harry before I continue on

Also people that don't think teddy was like a son to them and an older brother figure and had his own room that he spent half his time there and the other half with Andy are fake ass bitches

[impishtubist]

summer homework

for @greyeyedmonster-18 and @femme--de--lettres and everyone else suffering through finals rn, ilu <3

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Harry hears the sound of the Floo, and then Sirius’s booming voice. “Where are my favorite Potters?”

“Grandpa!”

Harry rolls his eyes as his three children leap up and hurry into the living room. He follows, watching as the three of them dart around Sirius and throw themselves at Remus.

“Oof!” Remus says. James surpassed him in height over a year ago, and AJ caught up to him over the winter hols. Lily isn’t far off, and so Remus is completely engulfed by the three of them. “Hello, loves.”

Sirius puts his hands on his hips in mock outrage. “And where’s my hug?”

James, AJ, and Lily disentangle themselves from Remus and, ignoring Sirius entirely, go back to what they were doing. Sirius’s mouth drops open. “I don’t even get a hello?”

James sighs and looks at Harry. “Dad?”

Harry rolls his eyes again and says, “The kids want me to tell you that they’re not speaking to you.” 

“What? Why?” Now Sirius really is outraged. “What did I do?”

James, AJ, and Lily look at Harry. Harry shakes his head. 

“I’m not doing this all night. If you have something to say to Grandad, do it yourself.”

“Grandpa, tell Grandad he shouldn’t have assigned us so much bloody homework over the summer,” AJ says to Remus.

Remus’s eyebrows shoot up, but he turns to Sirius and says, “The kids aren’t talking to you because you assigned--”

“Yes, thank you, I heard,” Sirius says. “You and James have OWLs and NEWTs next year. You both need to be prepared.”

“What about me?” Lily pipes up. “I don’t have OWLs and NEWTs.”

“You still need to keep your skills sharp.”

“That’s not fair!”

“Grandpa never gave us summer homework,” AJ says. 

“They’ve got a point, Sirius,” Remus says. “Their previous Defense teacher never gave them summer homework.” 

“Well, maybe their previous Defense teacher shouldn’t have had a run-in with a bunch of Inferi that resulted in him having to take a year-long leave of absence!”

“That’s true,” Remus concedes. “I probably shouldn’t have done that.”

“You’re still coming back next year, Grandpa, right?” AJ asks hopefully. “We don’t have to have Grandad again?”

“Hey!”

“Actually, kids, that’s what we wanted to tell you at dinner tonight.” Remus slips an arm around Sirius’s waist and leans into him. “I am coming back next year, but so is Grandad. We’re going to be co-teaching Defense.” 

“Really?” Harry says. “That’s great!” 

“Okay, but we don’t have to do our homework, right?” James says.

“Sorry, James Sirius, but you still have to do the homework Grandad assigned you. All of you do.”

James pulls a face. “You’re the worst grandparents ever.”

[ameliathefatcat]

If Teddy was a girl her name would have been Hope Charlotte Lupin.

Teddy hates thinking about that. He claims it’s a ‘basic straight white girl name’ when he says this James brings up the fact he’s white and Teddy says ‘But I’m not basic or straight or a girl’

[brandileigh2003]

Fic recs: (this is not exhaustive and I know I'm missing some that I loved)

All are wolfstar (mix of jily and jegulus) Complete unless marked. Check tags, some are dark or sad.

*My obsession: Crimson rivers by bizarrestars - angsty hunger games au. Some of the best remus and Sirius characterizations. Wolfstar is top notch. The friendships and black brother dynamics are all 💯

Hogwarts/magical

-The Standard Book Of Spells Series by imparfait connected fics and 1 shots, still wip: wolfstar is so in love, I want to melt multiple pov. no voldy.

-Would That I by third_crow (wip currently updating) soulmates, canon divergent, no voldy, autistic remus

-what a wonder (what a waste) by peachyybabe all the emotions. Mcd. Divergent.

-Honey If I'm Not by BrigidFaye: divergent post war where remus left, jily lived, and wolfstar only reconnects years later by chance. (Also has a Sirius pov)

-snakes and lions by her_smile_forges_galaxies (read tags though! Slytherin remus, platonic soulmate remus & regulus turns death eaters, angst with happy ending)

Au/modern/non-magical

-like real people do by third_crow (disability coffee shop)

-Tender is the touch (of someone that you love too much) by purplefiction- multiple pov journey of remus waiting for heart transplant, written from someone who's been in position. Sirius is such a strong and sweet caretaker and remus is a fighter. (It also has James and Sirius as hockey players)

-orange juice (i've been ready for you to come home for so long) by raggedypond (wip) divorced wolfstar get back together, flashbacks to remus getting diagnosis, breakup, and Sirius dealing with alcoholism

–wolf's heart by mizdiz- heartbreaking. Meet in bookshop, Remus has heart problems, they fall in love, Remus tries to push him away to save pain of watching him die but Sirius won't let him.

– best friends brother bizarrestars: has it all, jegulus as well, moonwater friendship, black brother dynamics

-wading in waist-high water by colgatebluemintygel- bake off fic where sirius is host and Remus is a disaster

-the sea is a good place to think of the future by peachyybabe first in series is happy/open ending. Love them reconnecting and how disability is written. Check tags. 2nd in series has mcd. But it's oh so good, broke my heart.

– text talk by merliwhirls: great banter and flirting firming a solid connection through text before they meet in person.

-lessen my load by moonymoment (university, so sweet together)

-pb to my j by aqua_myosotis (texting fic, so cute together)

-my only sunshine by loua29xx- remus is sick and asks Sirius to help him die

-Berlin Angel by de_sire: Remus helps him really begin to live, asks the deep questions help him discover who he is. Sirius helps remus open up as well, sees his layers, thinks remus is Sirius' own sun

-Second Generation by MsAlexWP older wolfstar, single parents, getting back together. The sequel is so perfect too! It's a Nice Day for a Wolfstar Wedding

-An infinite ocean by orphan_account (raising teddy au, he has cf)

Other magical:

--Evolution is spelt with an R by de_sire: Remus never went to Hogwarts, saves Sirius and Sirius gets involved with pack by being healer

–After the fire by Coriaria lie low at lupin's, a dark look at remus' past (check tags)

–that’s the art of getting by by sarewolf Remus raises Harry then Sirius lays low with them

exes, horcruxes, and other reasons to panic by lynxindisguise: divergent from 1st war, picks up 7 yrs later

-canon so far **shifting Lines by dovahtobi (wip currently updating)

-wip or maybe abandoned but good: Of Leaves and Stars (modern magical texting, trans remus and genderfluid sirius)

as well as Of Initials and Postscripts (Hogwarts era, remus is homeschooled and sirius is his penpal) both by irrationalmoony & LadyAmina

-Saccharine by moonymoment (au) Sirius is a ghost in remus' apartment

-just lovers by bizarrestars: divergent fic, fake dating (wolfstar isn't main but they're heavily featured)

Authors in general

third_crow disability rep!

Peachyybabe he is great at portraying disability

Littleoldrachel disability and trans rep

her_smile_forges_galaxies

MsAlexWP

de_sire

moonymoment

MesserMoon

beautywolfstar

xinasvoice

Brigidfaye

Eyra

MollyMaryMarie

Check out my fandom wifey lucigoo

Some of my fandom friends moon_stars, raggedypond, beautywolfstar, and speckinthevoid

Other things I've re-read

-Did You Miss Me? By Fantismal, Krethes long text fic, angst and humor. Check tags

-An Interesting Grasp by TheBiButterfly: remus with tourettes, artist sirius, moonflower friendship, au

-Six Feet Apart by Belle_Lestrange101: pandemic fic, remus is high risk

-Living Like We're Renegades by orphan_account deaf/hoh remus and genderfluid cheerleader remus

--Forever Is a State of Mind by orphan_account (raising teddy, deaf remus)

-taste of honey by biremus: British bake off fic, each other's competition but ofc fall in love

-Let Them Eat Cake by OpeningMyEyes: another baking fic

-This Is the Way the World Ends by YouBlitheringIdiot: sad but beautiful MCD

--A Brief History of Dragons by eyra: nuerodivergent remus

-Choosing You by Cruisinwritealong: one shot, they're cute

-Heat and balance by eyra: beautifully depicted disability/illness fics, au

-from white-hot anticipation to cold-blooded fear and back again by drowsyanddazed: ravenclaw remus unimpressed by prank idea and they get close

-this is erosion by cruelrage: modern magical, texting at Hogwarts, remus homeschooled

-Engaged for 43 years by halfravenhalfclaw: sirius proposes at first sight at 11, follows til the afterlife (divergent)

-Befriending A Ravenclaw by kreestar: slow burn with pining. Remus is ravenclaw prefect

-ten reasons (to go to michigan) by greyeyedmonster18: falling in love au author remus, artist sirius raising Harry with regulus angst+ slow burn

-We’ll Make It Out Alive by wolfstar_addict417: texting fic with angst/fluff and disabled remus (au)

-summer you let your hair grow out: Sirius goes to remus instead of James'

-Boys Will Be Bugs by the_Infamous_Jack: Hogwarts era with trans remus

-sweater weather by lumosinlove: hockey fic they're so cute

-Highland Fling by picascribit: summer disability strangers to lovers (au)

-Dear Your Holiness by MollyMaryMarie check tags but some of the quotes still stick with me.

- Heavy In Your Arms by MollyMaryMarie: slytherin Sirius as padfoot finds injured ravenclaw remus and takes care of him

-everything's connected by mizdiz- magical realism, boarding school. Witty banter, alternating sarcastic and socially withdrawn/awkward remus and larger than life Sirius.

-we can be heroes series by YouBlitheringIdiot school years through the war. Divergent ending

-As It Was by peachyybabe mix of fluff, angst and hurt/comfort

-Of Memories and Milk Thievery by moonymoment older wolfstar, raising teddy, get back together

-Let's Play Pretend by MsAlexWP fake dating, single parents, remus and teddy are wonderful disasters

-The Horcrux Hunt by Keysie 1st war divergent main focus remus and Regulus friendship and working together. Funny and angsty.

- it's a new dawn by ilbaritz: Remus never went to Hogwarts and met everyone after school. Trans remus

-Tertiary Colors by krabapple mpreg 1st war divergent, potters live

**I've made a themed list of trans remus fics too if you want to check out

**I made a part 2 bc this was getting long if you're interested, one shot version

Jegulus recs

**Ofc feel free to check out mine:

Silence Between Us by brandileigh2003 a soft wolfstar falling in love, features Sirius dealing with anxiety, and remus who is deaf and has an adorable service dog.

[herbologyprofessor]

my collected thoughts on the magic system of harry potter and what I would change to make it better.

i think that the harry potter magic system sucks!!

i mean, im sure this isnt a hot take but like...how is it that students at hogwarts school of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY graduate knowing how to use maybe a handfull of spells in combat? and they're the same spells that all the aurors and all the older members of the order and all the death eaters and even voldemort use?

and im especially talking about how weak it makes people who are supposed to be really powerful and dangerous seem. including the titular character Harry Potter himself. Harry uses spells in a unique way, dont get me wrong, but to me its all just so boring.

and im not saying it doesnt have to work like other fantasy stories, but if the main mechanism behind magic in harry potter is that you are either born with it or not, you dont need a wand but its exponentially more challenging without one (unless you have a unique skillset or education), intention matters, and there are spells that can grant magical abilities to objects. there is so much more possibility than just expelliarmus and expecto patronum. There has to be, or else why tf would hogwarts take 7 years of schooling to graduate from?

so here are some of my headcanons:

families have bloodline abilities

so, in the case of wizarding britan, there are families that want to stay pure such as the sacred 28 (or is it 27 i cant remember), and pure as in their blood and bloodline must stay pure (going so far as to marry your cousins, e.g. Orion and Walburga Black). If this is the case, and they wan't to preserve their magical bloodline so bad, they'd have to have something more than just "magic" to preserve.

I feel like its almost there in canon but falls short of being fully realized. I think of it kinda like how it works in naruto. Theres those who have a bloodline ability and then those that dont. You dont have to have one to be powerful, if you have one it dosent mean you will be powerful automatically.

The black family seems to carry the gene for metamorphmagus, but i wouldnt consder this a bloodline ability and think of it more like a random mutation passed on to teddy, which could occur in any magical person, (theres also the possibility that this was a more common ability in the black family but because of the lack of genetic diversity and inbreeding it was lost until Andromeda had Remadora with Ted, who was not pureblood. I think abilities have to do with the energy of magic that is either created or inherited, not so much genetics. Therefore, families dont pass on the same exact ability but something that is novel or slightly different from person to person.

The Lupins, for example, could be Beast Speakers. Maybe, a long time ago in the Lupin familiy, they kept wolves or something (explaining the surname which would have had something to do with occupation) and they learned from them how to speak with animals?Lyall, who canonically worked in the Department for the Control and Regulation of Dark Creatures, can speak to dark creatures, even werewolves who are transformed. Remus can speak to domesticated animals like cats and dogs, fancy mice, toads, etc. Remus is like Hogwarts' unofficial vet tech, and if you like atyd Remus, this fits in nicely as he specialized in Care of Magical Creatures.

The Potters, canonically, are linked to the Peverell family. The invisibility cloak has been passed down through generations and is still being passed down to Harry's children. I think a common headcanon, and one that i truly love, is that they use Death Magic. But, thats assuming the potters are the exact same family as the Peverells, which they are not. I think, in going along with the Peverell brothers creating the deathly hallows (using advanced death magic), the potters have a Sorcerer's Craft ability. What was the Potter family's source of new money? Fleamont's invention, Sleekeazey's. I know its a "potion", but what if its just like...coconut oil imbued with magical enchantments that make your hair perfect. James could have played a major hand in the creation of the Marauder's Map, an Extremely powerful magical object made to do the impossible task of mapping Hogwarts. And he did this in school. at like 14-15. Harry doesn't do anything that has to do with magic item creation, that I can remember (i haven't read the books in years), however he also had no connection to his family and likely wouldn't be able to learn without another Potter teaching him. BUT! Harry Potter is the master of death, meaning he can use all 3 of the deathly hallows without being corrupted, maybe this could be a side effect of how his Sorcerer's Craft manifests itself.

side tangent, but the reason I think this is an ability even though others have been known to make magical objects, is because the potters are able to do it very creatively, and early on in their lives. They are involved in every aspect of item creation, and they can enchant things in a way no other wizard could replicate, meaning their objects could not be mass produced without their explicit involvement. Maybe Sleekeasy's stops working so well once Fleamont dies, hence why Hermione says its too much hassle to use every day.

The Blacks, you might think, would be something to do with offensive, powerful, and deadly magic. While, yes, this is something that some members of the black family are gifted in, it is not their bloodline ability. I think that the Blacks are Seers. It's no coincidence their families long standing tradition of astrological names are prophetical for their lives. Walburga Black, for example, has the power of Augery. She asks the universe questions and receives omens as answers. She saw a black dog when asking the universe to tell her about her newborn son, hence the name Sirius. For Regulus, well, she saw water. Not knowing what to make of it, she refused to let Regulus near it for his entire childhood. Regulus, as an empath, has the ability of psychometry. The ability to gain information from an object by touching it, including humans ( he cant read minds, but can tell what someone has experienced in their life). This comes in great handiness when he goes to destroy the locket. Sirius, I believe, would have a mastery over tarot cards or oracle cards. He can glean deadly accurate readings, and has a keen ability to interpret meanings unknown to even the most practiced tarot readers. He has a special deck, one that his uncle Alphard gave to him when he found out Sirius could read tarot from Walburga (who, at the time, was very pleased with her Heir's ability). This comes with an emotional expense to Sirius, though, and at times, gives him answers he doesnt want to hear. The girls loved it though, and asked him to teach them. He tried but couldn't explain how he did it, since it's innate to his bloodline. Of course, you could obviously imagine this adding to the piles of angst surrounding the war, as Sirius had to have seen signs that his loved ones would die, making him think he could outsmart fate by changing the secret keeper...

I think this is getting too long, but I'm already thinking about part 2 because I have alot of thoughts about this...especially things that anyone could learn not just inheritied abilities.

[twoidiotwriters1]

Until The Very End -(WITS Sequel)

A/N: Been a while since I'd written single-scene chapters. Also happy WITS anniversary?? 3 years now wtf -Danny

Words: 2,074

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2012

It was no surprise when Emily Flint got sorted into Slytherin, and no surprise when she picked the hardest subjects on the curriculum once her third year came around. But it was a surprise when she went to the Quidditch tryouts and got the Seeker position.

Teddy Lupin would have someone to train with during the holidays now, Reg preferred doing muggle-type activities during his free time, and Victoire didn't like flying. Emily was the only one in the small group of friends who had a strong love for Quidditch, which her father could not understand.

He would understand even less now, Emily thought as she glared at her broken ankle waiting to be healed.

"Bollocks," much like her father, she didn't like swearing unless she was upset, and unfortunately, that was the case. "My career is over..."

"There you are!"

Emily's face heated up at the sound of Leon's voice. However, the whirlwind of feelings that came to her was represented on her face in the form of a scowl. "If you're coming here to tease, you can do so later," she sulked.

The older boy stopped halfway to her, eyes wide. "I wanted to check on you, that was a pretty harsh fall out there—I almost jumped out of my seat to try and catch you."

Emily sank further in her bed, wishing her heartbeat would stop thumping. "I'm fine. You may leave."

Leon frowned a bit, but it was more out of confusion than annoyance. "What's your deal? You caught the snitch and your team won—aren't you proud?"

"No, I'm not proud!" Emily snapped. "I promised Dad I wouldn't be careless while playing, he doesn't want me to play—says your sister and Harry took a lot of injuries from Quidditch and you know how paranoid he is, I promised I'd be careful!"

"You can't control that," Leon shrugged, not matching her panic. "Mel couldn't, and she'd control the weather if she wanted to. You can't promise you'll be safe every second of the game."

"Dad won't let me play now," Emily groaned, not listening to him. "My time in the team is over and I had just gotten the spot! It's not fair, Quidditch is the one thing he hates that I love. It's a huge joke, this is what this is."

"C'mon, your dad's not unreasonable, he's quite the opposite," Leon insisted with a tiny smile. "You got a little excited while playing, but it's just a broken ankle, he knows you can take care of yourself."

"And what if Ellie wants to play Quidditch once she starts next August? Dad won't let her because of what happened to me—I've ruined my siblings's chances."

"Emie, you have to cut yourself some slack," the boy replied, his grey eyes darkening with concern. "Penny says you rarely spend time with friends! And every time I go visit your common room, you're rubbing your nose raw on a book."

Emily stared down at her hands. "Because I want to make my father proud. I want to be perfect so he... so I can show him that all those sacrifices he made when he was my age were all worth it."

"Hey, when your dad was our age, he did all kinds of stuff. Once he stole someone else's hair for a Polyjuice potion and knocked that girl unconscious so she wouldn't show up while Mel was pretending to be her." Leon tried not to, but a chuckle escaped him as he sat next to Emily's bed.  "He wasn't unhappy all the time. You know what he's always telling me?"

Emily's hazel eyes are fixed on the boy's face, expectant and curious. "What?"

"He says that it was thanks to my sister that he loved school, and found real friends. And... I don't know if you know, but he and my sister had a thing when she was my age."

"What!"

"Don't tell him I told you!" Leon blushed. "My point is, he wasn't sad about anything, because his parents and brother had never been mistreated for their beliefs and yet they were always angry and miserable—but he'd been beaten twice, and on both occasions, the pain was nothing because Mel was there for him."

Leon grabbed her hand and squeezed lightly. "He thinks I'm like my sister, and maybe he sees you're just like him. So, he wants me to keep an eye on you. He says every Flint needs a Sultens," he grinned. "I think us Sultens would be nothing without our Flints. You're the sole reason why I didn't end up being a brat."

"Really?" Emily laughed, though still conscious of the way Erick was holding her hand.

"I was always trying to force you to follow my rules," his smile grew. "And you would always leave me there standing. It drove me mad!"

Emily nodded, remembering a bit of it. "Yeah, you were annoying."

"Unlike Teddy and Victoire, you didn't worship me at all," he continued with amusement. "I tried to win you over but I never figured out how to get you to do what I wanted, so I gave up— accepted the world didn't revolve around me, and I became a better friend."

"And then I changed my mind," she mused.

"Yeah well, you didn't hate me, you were just nudging me in the right direction, even as a kid you were always wiser than me." His expression turned affectionate then, poor Emily had to slow down her breathing so she wouldn't faint. "But you're too obsessed with being perfect."

"I can be perfect, it's a matter of hard work!" She argued, momentarily forgetting about her feelings.

"Princess, your own father handed me the task of teaching you how to have fun! Do you know how grave the situation has to be to get that kind of order from Mr Flint, Master of introversion?"

Emily didn't want to be seen as a task, or a kid Leon had to look after. He'd always been the oldest, strongest and smartest, and she felt like a huge fraud, because the only reason she hadn't followed him around since the start, was because she'd realized Leon paid more attention to her that way.

She wondered what had caused her father to crush on Mel Dumbledore—dad wasn't interested in superficial stuff like beauty or money, he'd always said he'd fallen in love with mother because of the way she spoke, 'She's pure magic' he liked saying. She'd been the first person to make him feel interesting and special.

Judging by the things Leon mentioned, her father had been enchanted by the way Mel made his life bearable in school, because of all the good things she'd brought into his life. She'd been an advantage, not a burden.

Emily wanted to be that for Leon. She'd decided he would be the man she'd marry, but for that to happen, boundaries had to be established. The way he would call her 'Princess' wasn't even sweet to her ears, he called her that because Mel teasingly called her father 'Prince'. It was just as platonic, and it made her furious.

Leon Regulus was a good boy, but he was too self-sufficient and only followed his own rules, not even Penny could get him to do her bidding. So far he'd dated plenty of beautiful girls who fawned over him, and even if he'd never been rude, most girls couldn't stand his distant personality, they never lasted more than one or two months with him. 

It was easy to lose his interest, his feelings faded quickly once the thrill of the unknown wore out. She'd once overheard his sister talking about Leon's father with Harry.

"Uncle Lu says Sirius used to date girls just to keep himself entertained with something during the times he wasn't doing mischief. That it was fun to him, but once that thrill was over so were his feelings, no girl ever got to make him stay once he'd fully known them."

"But he knew Mily, they were friends," Harry had pointed out. "And he was in love with her his whole life."

Mel took a moment to reply. "I don't know. Sirius was impulsive and kept to himself—Mum was a fun girl but I wouldn't know the reasons why he felt differently about her. He never told me."

If Leon was so much like his father—everyone always said that—then Emily had to be more like her namesake. Otherwise, she'd be overlooked, and taken for granted, and she could not have that.

"I appreciate your efforts to look after me," the girl dropped his hand. "You're right, my dad would want me to have fun—more importantly, he'd want me to have a Mel Dumbledore. But I don't think that's you."

Leon straightened up in his seat. "Why not?"

"Well, it'd be too obvious," Emily rolled her eyes. "Mel's brother being my answer is lazy—and I'm not lazy. Dad wants me to look for my person as he did, so that's what I'll do. Some boys have been trying to ask me out but I keep saying no, maybe I should reconsider."

"What boys?"

"I'll take it from here," Emily smiled even though her guts were twisting in knots, she hoped this would not backfire. "Thank you, you've opened my eyes. I won't sit around in my common room where you'd always been certain to find me. Now you'll have to search the entire castle just to catch a glimpse of me!"

The girl tried her best to sound obnoxious in a credible way because she was young, but Leon knew she wasn't stupid. There was a thin line between being obvious to the point he'd known she was up to something, and sounding like she'd truly been convinced to change her ways.

"It frustrates me when I discover there are limits to my abilities and they don't always reach where I want them to—"

"I think you're okay exactly where you are," the boy mumbled, scratching the back of his neck. His burgundy hair reflected the sunlight coming from the window.

"But I'm missing out! I want to go out on adventures with you, Teddy, and Victoire, and then Ellie once she gets here! I want to date people—and I can't do that if I follow you around like a lost pup, can I?" 

"I... guess not," Leon frowned, seemingly confused. "I mean... yeah, you're right."

"I must find my way alone. It'd be silly to rely on you anyway, you graduate in a year and then I'd just fall back in my bad habits. So no, thank you."

She laid back looking pleased. If Leon decided then to really let go, her dream would die right at that moment... but she had to take a risk, it was better to not have him at all than to fall deeper in love, only for him to grow numb to her appeal. 

Emily couldn't stand the idea of losing the boy she wanted to be with when he was the perfect fit, so she had to make sure he remained interested long enough until she was the right age to place her offer on the table. And if she played her cards right, he'd be begging her to take him by that time.

"I... I know I can't force you," he wrinkled his nose. "But I'd be useful to have around, you know? I know everyone, I get invited to all the parties and—"

"I'm the best seeker in school," she replied confidently. "I think I can get into any party if I just ask nicely."

"Yeah," Leon agreed, though he was no longer so joyful. "You're right, as usual..."

"Don't worry, I'll come to you if I have doubts about how to break up with someone, or my charms homework, or if I ever feel like joining the duelling club," she teased him. "I'll be around."

Leon's grey eyes got cloudier as he sank into his thoughts, Emily wished she knew Occlumancy. "Your dad will be glad, then... I should leave and... uh... Penny wanted me to help with her transfiguration parchment, so..."

"Go ahead, I won't be lonely," Emily shrugged. "Teddy and Vicky might visit after lunch."

"Yes," he replied, now sounding slightly on edge. "Teddy will want to talk your ears off about the game. I know. See you."

The boy got up and left. The way he walked out with his fists buried in his pockets and that cute pout on his face reminded her so much of the way he'd looked whenever she would defy him, that she felt this had been the right call. 

Leon Regulus would soon realize he'd always been in love with her, it was only a matter of time.

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Harry Potter Fic Rec List

So, here I will add all of the amazing Harry Potter fics I adore. NGL, most are Wolfstar, but there are others in there so I hope you like at least one, they all deserve love 💖💖💖

And as always, if its your fic, or you know whos let me know so i can @ them, they all deserve to be recognised!

The Moonlit River - JBankai89 (Harry/Draco)

You Moony Promise? - Ginger_Snappp (Regulus/James/Lily, Sirius/Remus)

Remus and His Rider - Writer_INFJ_2w1 (Sirius/Remus)

A Panville Christmas - Ginger_Snappp (Neville/Pansy)

You can't do magic, the muggles are watching - GeekMom13 (Sirius/Remus)

Of Minibikes and Coolness - Seekerofknowledge3119 (Sirius/Remus, little Hermione/Harry)

Flying with Broken Wings - Shiyaki - Harry Potter + Walking dead (Harry/Daryl Dixon)

Dadfoot & Moomy - Daisy_space (Sirius/Remus)

A Month in the Life of Sad Spinster Sirius Black: In Which He Unwittingly Stars in a Sexy Mechanic Soft Porno (except, not really) - cmajalis, dustmouth, epithalamium, nerakrose, rscollabmods (Sirius/Remus)

Finders, Keepers - varsavia (Sirius.Remus)

The Haven Hotel - NikiAlex03 (Sirius/Remus)

The Bump - Anonymous (Sirius/Remus, Mpreg)

i want your midnights - raggedypond (Regulus/James, prequel to the below fic)

they will tell you now you're the lucky one - raggedypond - Harry Potter (Regulus/James, SMAU)

seeing you tonight (it's a bad idea, right?) - raggedypond - Harry Potter (Marlene/Dorcas) A werewolf's little human slave - Moon_Stars (Writer_INFJ_2w1) - Harry Potter (Sirius/Remus, smut with plot, watch the tags)

Where the Silence Began - brandileigh2003 - Harry Potter (Sirius/Remus, Prequel to an amazing series)

and you don't want to know me (i will just let you down) - raggedypond (Evan/Barty)

An Infinte Ocean - orphan_account (Sirius/Remus) Signs Between Us - brandileigh2003 @brandileigh2003 (deaf Remus, traumatised Sirius and just an amazing little one shot to her bigger fic) good lookin’ - Anonymous - Harry Potter (Sirius/Remus, faous Siirus coming out, crack fic, its fun) Brother - orphan_account - Harry Potter (Gen fic with Fred reunitig with his siblings in th afterlife, its lovely) The Life In Your Years - FivePips - Harry Potter (Sirius/remus, Muggle Au, its so good) A study of Teddy and Sirius - BayleyWinchester (Sirius/Remus getting together, Sassy Teddy for the win lol) Under the Influence - shantismurf - Harry Potter (Harry/Draco, its cute and fun and the kids are funny) sway through the crowd (to our empty space) - littleoldrachel (Sirius/Remus, Autistic,trans Remus and dancer on Stirctly Sirius, watch the tags but its amazing!)

Of Bookshelves and Baby Carriers - poppunkpadfoot (StormVandal) - (Sirius/Remus, Wolfstar raising Harry is one of my fav tropes. muggle Au)

Au Pif - YumeNouveau, sreka - Harry Potter (Sirius/Remus, misunderstandings, mutual pinning and Wolfstar being idiots, the way we love them. Its very cute) The Daily Grind: Black Coffee - orphan_account - Harry Potter (Sirius/Remus, Sirius doing Orion's bidding and somehow stumbling upon his found family)

Text Talk - Chapter 1 - merlywhirls - Harry Potter - (Sirius/Remus, Probably oe of the more well known Marauders text fics, and for good reason) wading in waist-high water - Chapter 1 - colgatebluemintygel - Harry Potter - (Sirius/Remus, Wolfstar and British Bake off, perfect!) How Teddy Lupin Became an Amateur Arsonist - moonscone - Harry Potter - (Sirius'/Remus, this is so precious and Teddy is amazing) Vigil Strange I Kept - whitmans_kiss - Harry Potter (Sirius/Remus - established relationship and the realities of Remus being a older werewolf. Angsty but HEA) Petty (With A Prior) - lunchbucket - Harry Potter (Sirius/Remus - Funny muggle au, its cute)

Lupine - BayleyWinchester - Harry Potter - (Sirius/Remus - adorable muggle au and as always Teddy is star of the show)

How to Get Rid of Sirius Black - Cylyxa - Harry Potter - (Sirius/Remus - Another fic where Teddy is star of the show and he doesnt like Sirius ....) Puppy Magic - DemonBanisher, thefifthmarauder17 - Harry Potter (Sirius/Remus, Remus' trauma is beautifully portrayed, as well as he fight with himself to do his best by Teddy)

Unusual Circumstances - ThatFilmGraduate - Harry Potter (Sirius/Remus, Sirius doesnt want to go home. It's Remus job to fetch him, the banter and sexual tension is delicious) I didn’t sign up for this - Moonystoastandmarsbars - Harry Potter (Sirius/Remus, kid fic, the kids are all so precious, especially little Leo)

an endless sky of honey - colgatebluemintygel, pjxckson - Harry Potter - (Sirius/Remus, a persephone/Hades retelling. The story is beautiful and the art is amazing) Of Bookshelves and Baby Carriers - poppunkpadfoot (StormVandal) - Harry Potter (Sirius/Remus, one of my fav muggle Au fics) Summary:

The customer standing in front of him is quite possibly the most beautiful man Remus has ever seen. Like, he looks like a model or something. He has long, black hair, flattened by water, and just the slightest amount of scruff on his face, and… Let's Play Pretend - MsAlexWP - Harry Potter (Sirius/Remus, muggle Au and fake dating, whats not to love?) Summary: After James and Lily died, Sirius Black's therapist told him not to date for a year. And that's just as well. He's got a 13-month-old baby now and quite enough to deal with, thanks. But the nosy neighbors in his building keep trying to set him up and won't take no for an answer. Enter Remus Lupin, another single dad who pretends to be Sirius's boyfriend, just to get the old lady brigade off his back and nothing more. Nothing more at all.

i've loved you in a million different ways - dotty456 - Harry Potter (Sirius/Remus, James/Regulus, this is one of my fav Hogwarts-No voldy fics ever)

Summary: An everybody lives fanfic that follows the Marauders from before their first year to the end of Hogwarts - may include mentions of their children/marriages and future stuff because I can. Dumbledore is a douchebag, Voldemort doesn't exist and the Black cousins join together before the elder Blacks start burning that damn family tree. One Flash Of Light, But No Smoking Pistol - Ludo_ten - Harry Potter (Sirius/Remus, Zombie Au)

Summary: Nov 1981: Sirius wakes up hungover in a stranger's bed when an emergency radio broadcast warns of a viral outbreak and instructs everyone to stay inside.

Isolated and homeless, Sirius has no choice but to reconcile with his estranged brother. Their uneasy alliance plants the seeds for buried family secrets to surface. Together, they venture .

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~MARAUDERS TICKLE HEADCANONS~

A/N~ Second post, I’m on a writing spree rn haha. I may even start another fic if I have time.. We’ll see. Anyways enjoy!!

James Potter

Lee

•Like a good 7 on the ticklish scale. •Has an obnoxiously loud laugh when you get him in a good spot. •BIG SQUIRMER LIKE THIS MAN CANNOT STAY STILL ITS HILARIOUS. •His worst spots are his knees, back and feet. •His main lers are Sirius, Lily, Remus and Marlene. •He gets tickled a lot for being annoying or too excitable. •Him and Sirius get into tickle fights at least 3 times a week over the most ridiculous things like who gets to shower first and so on.. •Genuinely loves being tickled because it reminds him of when he was little and his parents would do the same. •He thinks he’s really subtle about it but all his friends know.

Ler

•Definitely the biggest tickle monster of the group because he LOVES making his friends smile. •His main lees are Sirius, Peter, Remus and (this next one depends on what your preferred ship is) Lily/Regulus •Would never tickle anyone that’s uncomfortable with it. •He was the first person to ever tickle Sirius and they had a cute lil brother bonding experience together. •Such a sweet ler, he’s like a real life teddy bear, but he can be ruthless when he wants to be. •He’s such a Dad when it comes to teasing. •He’d use teases like “I can’t stop my hands are stuck” “Aww are you ticklish??” “You’re laughing so you must be having fun!” •I love him so much ahh

Sirius Black

Lee

•9.5 THE MOST TICKLISH OF THE MARAUDERS NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. •Loves being tickled so much he’ll literally full on spread himself out on top of you until you do something about it. •Has a really shrieky high pitched laugh it’s so funny •His worst spots are his ribs and under his arms. His thighs are pretty bad too. •Was never tickled before Hogwarts but now he’s practically tickled on a daily basis. •His main lers are James and Remus but sometimes Lily too.

Ler

•More Lee than ler but still enjoys tickling people cough Remus cough •The first time he realised he had a crush on Remus was during a tickle fight when Remus showed his full laugh for the first time. (Fic idea??🤔) •Loves sneak attacks especially on James because no matter how many time he does it James still never expects it. •That’s it for Sirius :)

Remus Lupin

Lee

•I feel like he’d be really ticklish but very good at hiding it you know? •I’ll give him an 8 because come on we all know this man is super sensitive!! •Super contagious laugh he snorts •Sirius, James and Peter giving him cheer up tickles iS MY LIFE!!! •Imagine after a bad full moon his all sad but then the boys make sure to turn his frown upside down like UGH😭❤️ •I think his worst spots would have to be his neck, sides and hips. •Sirius would totally abuse his neck with tickly kisses all the time. •His main lers are Sirius, James, Peter and Lily. •(I love Remus if you can’t tell lol)

Ler.

•Can be so mean when he wants to be, like genuinely such a teasy mf. •Sirius is such an attention seeking brat and Remus can’t resist •Has tickled the snot out of James on multiple occasions for being so annoying. •I feel like him and Pete would be a really good tagteam against the other two. • Loves to see his friends laugh but definitely loves being on the receiving end too

Peter Pettigrew

Lee

(We stan young Peter in this house NOT older Peter. He has been exiled from my brain)

•The least ticklish of the four but still a solid 5 maybe a 6 it depends on the day?? •Has a squeaky laugh ifyaknowwhatimean. •Worst spot is under his arms •Tends to be more ler than lee but gets tickled alot by James and sometimes Remus. •Sirius is too scared to lay a finger on him because he knows he’ll get absolutely wrecked😃. •Doesn’t love being tickled but he genuinely doesn’t mind he just likes having fun with his friends. Definitely more comfortable as a ler though.

Ler.

•You provoke him you die no further questions. •Despite what other people say I genuinely think he’d be an amazing ler like the boy grew up with THE JAMES POTTER AND SIRIUS BLACK •Come on you know he had to have some form of defense against those two. •Freakishly skilled at “worming” his hands into their sensitive spots (I didn’t make a pun nonono) •Rarely tickles Remus for fear of retaliation but has on a few occasions and it turned into the most intense showdown of all time Remus lost •Has never let him live it down EVER •Annnnd that’s it for him

A/N~ Thank you for reading my silly little headcanons for some dead gay wizards!! Hope you enjoyed and I’ll hopefully see y’all soon :)

[harryissuchalittleshit]

Ginny Headcanons for her birthday

She has always loved her birthday

Being the youngest, she gets so much attention, and even Bill and Charlie always seem to be around in her birthday

Percy always reads her “babbity rabbity and her cackling stump” for her birthday, a tradition that continues after the war

(It’s their favorite Beedle the Bard story)

She finds out she’s pregnant with James on her 22nd birthday

Okay, onward - she and Harry get married on Aug 16th…right after her 22nd birthday

Ginny is the one to name James actually, she won the right in a game of “rock, paper, scissors”

She knew that Harry wanted to name their son after his dad, and she loved the name James since she was little

But Harry wanted James’ middle name to be Albus and she wanted it to be Sirius

Sirius had been so kind to her when she got nightmares at Grimmauld Place, he would make her hot chocolate and tell her about the uncles she never met

In fact, Sirius told her a lot of stories that she was able to pass onto her brothers, Harry, and later their children

Ginny is always the storyteller

Al was born a week after Ginny’s 24th birthday

She lost the game of “rock, paper, scissors” this time around, but she never once calls him Albus, it’s always Al or Albie when he’s a baby

In fact, Ginny is the reason why Al only goes by Al when he’s older

And finally, she came up with Lily Luna’s name

Harry had been gone in a mission while she was pregnant, and Luna had been a big help to Ginny, practically moving in with her twin boys

They were always going to name their daughter after Harry’s mother, but the middle name was always up in the air

(Originally it was going to be Lily Molly, after both of her grandmothers, possibly Lily Minerva after Professor McGonagall, matching Lily Evans initials)

Lily looks the most like Ginny, but she finds more similarities between herself and her boys

James reminds her a lot of Bill and Percy, even if he does have a trouble streak, he is very loving and great leader and looks after his younger cousins/siblings very well

She finds so many similarities between Al and Fred and George. Al has the same freckles across their nose like the twins, and he Carrie’s so much on his shoulders like they did during the war, she often tells Al about how he reminds her of Fred in his teen years

Lily is all Harry and her grandmothers, she’s the parts of them that clash with Ginny, causing some friction in her teen years that they fight through

Ginny loves her kids so much, she really strived to make their home as comfortable as the Burrow and loves having their kids, their friends, and all of her nieces and nephews over for the summer holidays

She just loves a full house, it brings her back to her childhood

She quit the Harpies for her kids, but looking back on it, she knew that it was time for her to commit to her family in that time

She does keep up most of the workout schedule after she leaves, even years later when her kids are grown

She and Harry like to run together, and living out in the countryside they have plenty of privacy to just go wild

She lets Harry teach the kids how to fly and ride a bike and even how to drive (Ginny never learns how to drive a car) but Ginny teaches their kids her best moves from her playing days (all three of them play chaser like her)

She has 5 godchildren, Teddy Lupin, Victoire Weasley, Rose Weasley, Lysander Lovegood, and August “Gus” Longbottom with Victoire and Gus being just hers, not her and Harry’s

A lot of her nieces do come to her with dating questions, but Ginny gives terrible dating advice, having been in love with only one person for most of her life

She does give great fashion and make up advice though, so win-win in her book

Ginny is just such a good person to the younger (and older) people in her life, she gives her family so much joy and love, and she has been one of my favorite characters since I first read Harry Potter

You can read more about Ginny on my Ao3!

[looneyleyle]

the potters ~ t. lupin

synopsis: a muggle family moves into the quaint village of godric's hollow and befriends the infamous potter family. what lies ahead for the muggle family's daughter and the wizarding family's godson?

warnings: none

words: 6471

note: from my wattpad account, written feb 1 2021

third person pov

when charlotte dickenson and her family moved into the quaint village of godric's hollow, there wasn't anything strange about the place. their neighbors were nice, the lawns were well kept, and everything seemed nice and cozy.

however, after the first couple of weeks, godric's hollow turned out to be quite… peculiar. the neighbors were still nice, the lawns still mowed, but there were many… odd occurrences. there was an abnormal abundance of owls that seemed to be carrying letters and parcels everywhere, and charlotte could have sworn the neighbor's fireplace fire turned green once. nevertheless, the family enjoyed their new home, dismissing these unusual events.

it was not long before the family became acquainted with the family next door. the potters seemed normal enough, with their godson teddy, their sons james and albus, and their daughter lily. charlotte, being a year older than teddy, was mildly interested in the blue-haired boy. he seemed quite shy, but extremely well mannered and kind. the girl was dejected to find out that the boy was going to be attending some boarding school in scotland, but was determined to become friends with the boy nevertheless.

teddy, on the other hand, was not very interested in the girl at first. she was just an average muggle girl a year older than him, and since she would not be going to hogwarts, he decided that a friendship would be hard to sustain. even so, he was kind to the girl. by the end of summer, the girl was getting ready to go to her muggle middle school, while teddy was preparing for his adventure to hogwarts.

the next year, the two families became closer. mr. potter was on a 'business trip' in london, so the dickensons helped mrs. potter take care of her four children. she most certainly could take care of them on her own, but along with her 'travelling job', it was a lot to juggle, and she appreciated the extra hands.

charlotte and teddy still remained acquaintances, but they learned more about each other through the experience. charlotte learned that the blue-haired boy liked pulling small pranks and cooking, while teddy learned that the blonde-haired girl liked to draw and sing. teddy often found himself subconsciously listening to the girl singing lily to sleep while his godmother was making dinner for the rest of them.

it was hard for the potters to keep the wizarding world a secret from the other family, but with harry's upbringing in the muggle world, along with ginny's father's affinity to muggle things, doing things the muggle way wasn't that difficult.

this state of acquaintanceship between teddy and charlotte lasted for another four years. the two changed quite a lot in that relatively short period of time. teddy, being in his 5th year, was now on the hufflepuff quidditch team, and becoming more aware of the female presences in his life. he had a short infatuation with a certain victoire weasley, but the relationship quickly turned into a more familial one than a romantic one. the boy also became a bit more mischievous, taking after his biological father's friends and his godmother's brothers. while teddy could change his appearance at will, his natural state changed into a taller, slightly muscular boy with a fairly sharp jawline and freckles to pair with his dark brown eyes. he kept his hair blue over the years, claiming the color was part of who he was.

charlotte undertook a bit more drastic change than teddy did. she became a lot like the classic teenage muggle girl: a cheerleader who liked boy bands, sleepovers, and gossip. she still loved to draw and sing, but with constant cheer practices after school and hangouts on the weekends, she found less time to herself to do these activities. physically, she became a bit slimmer, with a bit of a bust, which teddy may-or-may-not have noticed. she was also quite tanned from all of the outdoor activities she did.

their families grew closer yet again, with ginny inviting mrs. dickenson over to bake treats for the families every saturday. harry and mr. dickenson weren't as close as their wives were with each other, but they found a strange common interest in owls, as charlotte's dad was an avid bird watcher. while charlotte frequently missed the saturday family bakes, she always made a point to go to the house every thursday to take care of lily. ginny often had quidditch games on thursdays, so charlotte would take care of lily for ginny while she was away. lily loved charlotte and threw a fuss whenever charlotte wouldn't attend joint family events.

no matter how many impromptu family events she missed, charlotte never missed holidays with the potters. with no practices to go to, and many of her friends going away to exotic locations, charlotte saved the holidays to spend with her family, including the potters. the holidays were also one of the few times all of the potter children were home from their boarding school.

the first potter-dickenson christmas was during this time. charlotte was 17, and hadn't seen most of the potters in a couple months, with her school's soccer team going to (and winning) the west country division a soccer playoffs. needless to say, she was shocked when she walked into the potter's house for the first time in a while. she was greeted by mr. and mrs. potter, who looked roughly the same, followed by james and albus, who looked quite older now. granted, the two were still only 10 and 8, respectively, but they still had grown so much in her eyes. then, a 6-year-old lily came bounding into the room with a weirdly-shaped ball in her hands. she didn't seem to care much about the ball in her hands, because she let it drop to the floor as she jumped into charlotte's arms. the most surprising appearance was 16-year-old teddy lupin. while charlotte used to be centimetres taller than teddy, he was now a whole head taller than charlotte. her jaw nearly dropped when she saw him, but refrained while in the presence of their families.

"presents!" lily yelled, noticing the bag of presents behind charlotte. the older girl grabbed the bag and handed out the presents one by one. for lily, she had a silver locket with a picture of the two of them at the park. for albus, she bought a whoopie cushion ("a what cushion? … did you say it makes fart noises? cool!"). james got a soccer ball from the girl, as she had been teaching him how to play. when she got to teddy, she became red with embarrassment. she didn't know what to get the boy, and opted to make him a cookbook of family recipes he enjoyed, from bangers and mash to apple tart. to her surprise, the boy seemed to enjoy the present, already going through the book and marking down pages he wanted to make first.

the rest of the night went on with eating, talking, and more gift-giving. when lily, albus, and james went off to bed, the parents all went to the kitchen for sweets and drinks, leaving teddy and charlotte alone together. eventually, teddy leaned over to the girl and gave her a small white box.

"from me and lily." he said, watching in anticipation as the girl opened the box. inside, there was a beautiful necklace with a strange pendant made up of a triangle, a circle, and a line.

"thank you." she said, admiring the necklace. "what does it mean?"

the boy, realizing the girl was a muggle and had not heard the tale of the three brothers, took her up to his room. the two sat on his bed as he read the story from his copy of the tales of beedle the bard. as he read, the girl found herself entranced with not only the story, but the boy who was telling the story. his soothing voice clouded her thoughts. when he finished the story, he drew out the deathly hallows symbol, replicating that of the girl's necklace.

"lily and i grew up hearing the story thousands of times. it's our favorite." he explained in a hushed voice, not wanting to wake up his siblings. charlotte just stared at the boy with a small smile on her face, admiring the passion he had for the story.

"help me put it on?" the girl asked, handing the boy the necklace. he nodded, taking the necklace from her hand and moving behind her on the bed. he brushed her hair away from her neck, sending a pleasant shiver up and down her spine. once he clipped the necklace in place, he stayed behind the girl, a thick tension in the room that neither had ever experienced before. when the girl looked back at teddy, she couldn't look away. the light in the room seemed to magically dim, but charlotte didn't pay any attention to it. rather, her attention was focused on the handsome boy in front of her, who hadn't looked away from her either. before the atmosphere could affect the two more, the door swung open.

"charlotte, dear, it's time to go home." mrs. dickenson said, mrs. potter right behind her with a knowing smirk on her face. the two shook themselves out of whatever trance they were in and said quick goodbyes.

the next morning, teddy awoke to all of his siblings jumping on his bed, opening up the almost-always closed curtains, and pulling him in every which way. telling them to go finish packing for hogwarts, he shooed the children away and began getting ready. once teddy was done packing up his things, he was carried out of his unkempt room by a hurried mr. and mrs. potter, not wanting to be late to king's cross station.

upon arriving home late at night from hogwarts in the beginning of summer, teddy came back to his messy room. he tidied up and went over to the window to close the curtains. however, as he looked out of his window, he noticed a figure in one of the windows of the house next door. taking a closer look, teddy realized it was charlotte. she stood by the window, presumably looking at a mirror next to said window, combing her hair. teddy watched the girl in curiosity, feeling a strange pull to her. before he knew it, the girl was stripping, leaving herself clad in only a sports bra and underwear. blushing, he briefly looked away. he eventually looked back at the window, albeit timidly, to find her in the sports bra and athletic shorts, seemingly singing into a hairbrush while dancing. she seemed to be having the time of her life, listening to her muggle songs and singing along. the boy stood at the window and watched the show, subconsciously admiring the girl. when the girl finished her show and turned off the lights, the boy went to bed as well, keeping his curtain open.

while teddy would never admit it, he found himself looking out his windows a lot more, slightly disappointed when the lights in charlotte's room would be off. it wasn't until this year that teddy realized just how close charlotte was to his family. sometimes, she would be out in the backyard with james, kicking around a black-and-white ball. other times, she would be a couple rooms down from his, playing dolls or house with lily. once in a blue moon, she would be found hiding around the house with albus, waiting for a masterful prank to unfold. she even spent a fair amount of time with mrs. potter, helping her wash dishes, make food, or tidy up the house. when charlotte wasn't at the potter's house, she would be hanging out with her friends. mostly, they would go to charlotte's house. one day, while teddy was reading his charms book, he looked up and noticed two of charlotte's friends looking out the window, straight at him. he was shocked, and was even more shocked to see a flushed charlotte come to the window, give him a shy wave, and promptly shove the curtains together.

on a late august night, while teddy was getting ready to go back to hogwarts, he looked out his window to find a disturbing sight. through the window, he could see charlotte and some shirtless boy snogging in their room. at first, he couldn't believe his eyes. as the boy lifted up charlotte's shirt, teddy found himself quickly closing the curtains in anger, not wanting to open them again.

that year, teddy found himself dreading going back home for the holidays. james, who was now a first year, noticed teddy's reluctance to go home for christmas break.

"what's wrong teddy bear? what's wrong? did mum and dad do something to you? aren't you excited for christmas? charlotte told me she was going to make a ton of desserts for us-"

"i'm fine james. go sit with your friends. and don't call me 'teddy bear' at school." teddy snapped, not wanting to hear about charlotte. it didn't really make sense to him: he wasn't her boyfriend, they barely even talked, but ever since last christmas, he couldn't help but think about charlotte in a more-than-friendly way. he would never admit it aloud, but he had dreamt about charlotte a couple times since then, much to his dormmates' teasing pleasure. he never heard the end of their questions, trying to find out the girl whom teddy had had such pleasant dreams about. despite all of his complaints about going home, he had still bought charlotte a gift from hogsmeade.

when teddy, james, and harry got back from king's cross station, they were met by ginny, lily, albus, mr. and mrs. dickenson, and charlotte all over the house, baking, cleaning, and decorating.

"oh, you boys are finally home! here, we'll talk about school later, we need all hands on deck right now. james, go help lily clean her room and then start working on yours. teddy, help charlotte in the kitchen, she's going to drown in all the sweets she's making. harry, start dusting off the shelves and tables." ginny ordered, still moping the floors.

"what's the rush mum?" james asked, not seeing why everyone was cleaning like madmen.

"well, we invited uncle ron and aunt hermione for christmas, then grandma and grandpa invited themselves over, and then aunt angelina just called and said that she and uncle george were coming over. who knows who else will show up unexpectedly." ginny explained. a beeping sound came from the kitchen.

"i'll go help." teddy said, jogging into the kitchen. there, he found charlotte, her hair in a messy bun, sleeves rolled up, flour all over her hands and arms, whisking a batter while taking a tray of cookies out of the oven and adding them to an already tremendous heap of cookies, hand pies, and tarts. teddy put on an oven mitt and took the teetering cookie sheet out of her hands, transferring them to the mountain of treats.

"oh, teddy, thank the lord you're here. are you able to make pastry cream? i need it to make crème brûlée, but i need to get these cookies and pies out of the oven so i can decorate them." teddy just nodded, getting out a pan and the ingredients.

"did you make all of these yourself?" he asked in awe.

"yep. about 5 dozen sugar cookies, 4 dozen chocolate snowflake cookies, 2 dozen apple hand pies, 4 dozen cherry hand pies, and 3 large tarts. so far." she listed, still whisking whatever batter was in her hands right now. teddy's looked at charlotte in shock, still whisking the cream on the stove.

"aren't you exhausted?"

"well, ginny helped me out with the tarts, and lily was handing me ingredients for a bit, so it wasn't too bad." charlotte replied.

the two continued to bake for the next couple of hours, turning on muggle music to listen to as they baked. teddy had forgotten all about the boy he saw with charlotte and enjoyed his time baking with the girl. once the two were done with all the baking and decorating, they put all the baked items in tupperware or the refrigerator and cleaned up the kitchen, plopping down on the couches with everyone else once they were done.

"thank you all so much for helping us out today. we couldn't have done it all without you guys." ginny thanked the dickensons. as mr. and mrs. dickenson started to get ready to leave, lily's eyes went wide.

"is charlotte going home?" she asked. her father nodded.

"no! charlotte should stay!" she whined, waddling up to the girl and hugging her. charlotte looked down at the girl with a smile.

"lily, i'm going to be back tomorrow for christmas eve. you'll barely notice that i'm gone." the older girl reassured the younger.

"b-but charlotte, i don't want to wait until tomorrow." the girl whined. ginny and harry were about to yell at lily for her behavior, but charlotte stopped them.

"how about this. i go home right now, but i come extra early tomorrow to play in the snow with you. does that sound good?"

"snowball fight?" lily asked, sparkles in her eyes. everyone smiled warmly at the two girls as charlotte nodded, pinky promising lily that she would come early for a snowball fight.

true to her word, charlotte came to the potter house early the next day to play in the snow with lily. instead of playing with just lily, more and more children started joining them. first, it was just lily and charlotte. after a while, albus, and james came bounding out in snow gear, preparing little snow forts. then, teddy came out with a girl and a boy named rose and hugo. finally, the last pair of kids came out, named roxanne and fred. as soon as charlotte was done meeting the four new faces, she felt something hit her. turning around, she saw james with a mischievous look on his face.

"you're so dead james." charlotte said with a smirk, quickly making a snowball and hitting james in the chest with it. two teams were soon made, with charlotte, lily, albus, rose, and fred against teddy, james, hugo, and roxanne. charlotte's team absolutely destroyed teddy's team, with james being immediately pummeled by a seemingly endless stream of snowballs from charlotte. hugo took a snowball to the face from fred, who in turn narrowly missed a snowball from roxanne. albus was ambushed by teddy and hugo. soon enough, only charlotte, lily, rose, and teddy remained standing. rose was soon victim to a pile of snow being dropped onto her. charlotte snuck up on teddy as he got rose, and she quickly pelted him with snowballs. he grabbed another big pile of snow and threw it onto her, which made her fall backwards onto the snow. the force of the throw threw teddy off balance, making him fall down next to her. charlotte, however, was not going to give up. she made another snowball and hit teddy with it. teddy laughed and just picked up snow, not even bothering to form it, and threw it onto charlotte. the two stumbled around, continuously burying the other in the snow. what they did not expect was a ginormous pile of snow to be dropped onto the both of them by all of the younger kiddos.

"rose! lily! you two were on my team!" charlotte laughed, brushing the snow off of herself. james stuck his tongue out at the two of them, leading him to be tackled down by teddy. when charlotte finished getting all the snow off of herself, she found a gloved hand extended out to her. accepting the blue-haired male's hand, he pulled her up and dusted off some stray snow bits that were stuck to her. the two smiled at each other, not noticing the other kids getting ready to throw more snowballs at them, and yet again, the two were ambushed by the children.

after a couple hours in the snow, all the children got cleaned up and put on formal clothes and congregated in the living room. mr. and mrs. dickenson had met hermione and ron over the summer, so they were very social with the new group. charlotte, however, not knowing any of these people and only being close in age to teddy, kept to herself on the sides. lily, who was playing with roxanne, noticed this and pulled on teddy's shirt sleeve.

"you should go play with charlotte. she seems lonely." she said, pointing at charlotte, who was standing in the doorway, only half paying attention to the conversation going on at the moment. teddy nodded and went up to charlotte, gesturing for her to follow him. the two went into the basement, which had a couple couches, a tv, a pool table, and a bar.

"you seemed bored up there. thought we would have a better time down here." teddy told her. charlotte looked around the room for something to do, her eyes landing on the game console.

"do you guys have mario?" she asked, her eyes sparkling.

"what's a gaming console without mario? of course we have mario. which do you want: kart or regular?" teddy asked, getting it set up.

"mario kart. get ready to get your ass kicked." teddy looked at her with challenging eyes.

"you're on like donkey kong."

the two played for a couple hours, charlotte winning most of the games, with teddy hot on her trail.

"how do you keep winning?" the boy sighed, falling back onto the couch, the leaderboard revealing 'yoshi' in first place and 'dry bones' in second.

"anyone who plays as dry bones will never win. yoshi is just too good." the girl taunted.

"teddy! charlotte! dinner time!" harry's voice yelled from upstairs.

"you may be faster than me in mario kart, but you aren't faster than me in real life." teddy smirked, already racing up the stairs. charlotte bolted after him, not about to lose. the two ran into the dining room, finding the only two available seats in between albus and lily.

"ha! i win!" teddy yelled, sitting down first, next to albus.

"i would've won if we would've started at the same time." charlotte huffed, sitting next to lily.

"and why're you two all red and out of breath? have you two had the talk yet?" george asked with a smirk on his face. both molly, who was on his right, and angelina, who was on his left, smacked him. teddy and charlotte turned even more red at the thought.

"we weren't doing that, we were playing mario kart and raced each other up the stairs, i swear." teddy defended.

"what talk? what did you guys think they were doing?" lily asked. the table got quiet before bursting out into laughter.

the rest of dinner went by smoothly. everyone talked and ate, with no magical slip-ups. teddy and charlotte were both still a bit flustered from george's comment. once dinner and dessert were done, the families exchanged presents. george and angelina took roxanne and fred home right after presents, with the two kids starting to have a sugar crash from all of the cookies they ate. molly and arthur were next to leave, claiming that they were too old to be staying up late and dealing with all of the kids. ron, hermione, hugo, and rose stayed until around 11 before hugo started throwing a fit. that left the dickensons and potters, just like it had been last year.

"we should probably head out now…" mr. dickenson speculated, looking at the time. as expected, lily ran to charlotte.

"pleeeeaasseee don't leave! pretty please? with a cherry on top?" lily begged.

"sweetie, you know i'd love to, but you have to get to bed for santa."

"she could sleep over." teddy blurted out, not wanting charlotte to leave either. mr. and mrs. potter shared a knowing look at their godson's outburst. all the potter kids looked expectantly at their parents.

"if that's okay with charlotte and her family, it's fine with us." now, everyone's eyes were on the dickensons.

"we're okay with it." mrs. dickenson said. albus, james, and lily all jumped up.

"yes! charlotte, we can play soccer!"

"no! i want charlotte! we have pranks to pull!"

"i'm her favorite, she should play dolls with me allllllll night." the three fought over who would get charlotte. mr. and mrs. dickenson left, saying their goodbyes as the three pulled charlotte every which way.

"all right, all right. calm down." harry said. the kids ignored him, still yelling.

"hey! listen to your father!" ginny yelled, getting their attention.

"teddy has the most room and biggest bed, so charlotte will stay in his room, if that's okay with you." he said, directing his attention to charlotte at the end. the girl nodded.

"you three aren't waking up before 8 o'clock, got it? you've stayed up late enough tonight."

"now go get ready for bed quickly, or else santa won't come." ginny added. with that, albus, james, and lily ran to their rooms and bathrooms, not wanting to miss getting more presents.

"don't be too loud you two." ginny said as she walked past charlotte and teddy. the two got a bit red.

"not like that, you bloody slags." ginny laughed, harry following behind. they said an offhanded goodnight to the two teens. an awkward silence settled over the two.

"so… to my room?" teddy asked. charlotte nodded, and the two walked to his room quietly, lily already fast asleep. teddy got some clothes out for the two to wear, while charlotte looked out the window.

"here, take these. you can change in the bathroom if you'd like." teddy said, giving charlotte his quidditch jersey and some black sweatpants.

"'hufflepuff'?" charlotte asked, reading the front of his jersey. teddy scratched the back of his neck.

"yeah, it's like… my dorm name?" he explained quickly. charlotte just nodded and went to the bathroom. when she got back, she was wearing the large jersey and sweatpants, along with a messy bun. she turned around to put her stuff down with her presents. while she was turned around, teddy admired the jersey on her, and for a fleeting moment, the name "charlotte lupin" flashed in his head. he tried to shake the idea out of his head, and reminded himself that she had a boyfriend. an awkward silence settled over the two, not knowing what to say or do. while teddy observed the girl, he noticed a silver chain around her neck.

"you still wear it? the necklace?" he asked. she looked down at the necklace and twiddled with it.

"of course, i wear it all the time." teddy became flustered.

"really? i would've thought your boyfriend wouldn't like that." he blurted out, immediately regretting it. she looked at him, slightly confused, before the recognition settled in.

"you mean leo? we were never really… together, per se. it was a one week kind of thing." charlotte explained. she then gave him a teasing look.

"and how did you know about leo?" she accused with a smirk. teddy blushed.

"well- i… i mean-"

"the window, am i right?" teddy's eyes went wide.

"i swear, i'm not some weird stalker or anything! it's just… y'know, my window was open, and your window was open-" charlotte cut the boy off again with a laugh.

"it's okay teddy. i've looked through the window a couple times too." she said with a wink. with that, charlotte laid down in the bed, under the covers. it took teddy a minute to process all of that information, but he soon followed, laying down awkwardly, leaving a sizable distance between the two. charlotte found his awkwardness adorable. scooting closer to him, she laid her head on his chest.

"you're adorable, you know that?" she said, listening to his heart race. teddy was speechless. he had never been so flustered. in the past, when he was around girls, he would always be bold and smooth. it was often a charming point that attracted girls. but with charlotte, he became a puddle of mushy gushy feelings he couldn't comprehend. trying to collect himself, he wrapped his arm around charlotte while she placed a hand over his beating heart. she gave him a small peck on his cheek before falling asleep next to him. with charlotte asleep, teddy could openly admired charlotte in his arms without getting extremely flustered. it was a sight teddy wouldn't mind getting used to.

the next morning, teddy was waken up by the sound of repressed giggles. he knew nothing good could come out of the sound. reluctantly opening his eyes, he saw his three siblings standing at the door, james with a camera in hand.

"finally made a move on her huh?" james teased. teddy just rolled over and threw the blanket completely over himself and charlotte. she was curled up into his chest, their legs slightly intertwined. he moved a bit of hair out of her face, and a light smile settled over charlotte's face.

"morning." she whispered, her eyes still closed. impulsively, teddy leaned down and gave the girl a forehead kiss.

"the kids have been taking pictures of us." he grumbled. charlotte finally opened her eyes.

"i mean, we are pretty darn cute. i don't blame them." teddy couldn't resist the urge to pull the girl into a hug. she immediately returned it, sinking into his broad chest.

"you two better not be doing anything gross in there!" albus yelled.

"kids! santa came!" ginny's distant voice yelled. three pairs of feet could be heard sprinting to the living room.

"he brought something for charlotte too!" lily yelled.

"i guess we should go down there now." charlotte said quietly, not loosening her grip on teddy. he hummed in acknowledgement, also not moving. it took the two another five minutes before james and lily came up to pull them out of bed. harry and ginny smirked at teddy when they saw charlotte with his quidditch jersey on. he mouthed "shut up" to them while rolling his eyes, a smile on his face nonetheless.

the morning went by quickly, with the kids playing with their toys, while the rest sat on the couch, watching some christmas movies. by lunch, all the kids were outside again, making a giant snowman. teddy had to lift james up to put the head on it. lily soon found herself tired and cold, so she went inside. albus wanted to play some chess, so he and james followed after the smallest child. teddy and charlotte had a mini snowball fight before going back inside, sopping wet. when they tried to get into teddy's bathroom, a grunt was heard from inside.

"occupied" the sorrowful voice of james moaned.

"why are you in my bathroom?"

"albus. he put some sort of laxative in my yogurt from this morning."

"then why aren't you in your shared bathroom with albus?"

"he forgot and ate some of my yogurt." the two near-adults laughed at the boys' stupidity.

"want to come over to my place? i have my own bathroom we can get changed in, plus, i can put our clothes in the wash." charlotte offered. the boy just nodded, disgusted by the grunts and plops coming from the bathroom. he grabbed a sweatshirt and pants from his closet before following the girl. the two went to charlotte's house, her mother and father taking naps on the couches. they snuck past the sleeping adults and went upstairs. when teddy went into the room, it had a familiar sense to it. he had already seen various parts of it through the window. there was a large mirror, dresser, full sized bed, backpack, bookshelf, and other various room decorations.

"you can take a shower first. i'll go put our stuff in the dryer." teddy nodded, going into her bathroom and stripping out of his wet clothes. he opened the bathroom door, exposing his shirtless torso and black boxers. a pile of wet clothes was in his arms. charlotte, who was changing out of her clothes, looked over at the boy, a slight redness seeping into her cheeks. teddy was no better off, seeing the girl in just a bra and underwear. he quickly looked away, focusing his attention on making sure his hair didn't change to pink.

"i- uh- sorry, i just- was going to-"

"it's okay teddy," charlotte said, stepping closer to him and grabbing the clothes out of his hands. "from what i've heard, this is nothing new to you." she continued, gesturing to herself. his mind flashed with the image of her in just a sports bra and athletic shorts. the girl took their clothes and left the room, going to the laundry room. teddy made the water just a bit colder to cool him down, his hair a bright pink.

after a couple more awkward, nearly naked, encounters between the two, teddy and charlotte were soon fully clothed, sitting on her bed. the two just talked for a bit, getting tired from their time in the snow earlier. just as teddy was about to mention going home, he noticed a tiny plant on the girl's deck. he went over and grabbed it, looking at her, confused. the girl nervously chuckled, looking at her hands.

"james gave it to me last night. said to use it if you 'aren't man enough' to make a move." she explained. teddy moved back to the bed, standing in front of her, still holding the plant. he took an unnoticeable breath in before holding it above the two of them. charlotte couldn't hold in her smile, laughing a bit. she stood up, their bodies only a few centimetres away from each other.

"merry christmas charlotte." teddy whispered, a radiant smile covering his face. charlotte's face mirrored teddy's.

"merry christmas teddy." she replied, covering his lips with hers. the kiss was awkward for a moment, the two simply basking in their joint happiness. their lips disconnected after a couple seconds before trying again. that time, the kiss was much smoother. the two parted due to their giddiness, big smiles and uncontainable giggles escaping them.

~ ~ ~

if someone would have told mr. and mrs. weasley that their home would host not one, but two large weddings, they would have had a panic attack over their small home. unlike the first wedding, which had happened a little over 25 years ago, there was no war, or sense of urgency. the reception part of the wedding had already finished hours ago. all around were smiling people; dancing, laughing, and just enjoying themselves. those who had been at the first wedding, who were now considerably older, were a bit on edge at first, but were glad for a do-over of sorts.

"your parents look like they're going to faint." the blue-headed groom whisper-laughed into his bride's ear. the blonde looked over to see that, indeed, her muggle parents watched in a mix of awe and terror as items flew around. charlotte's parents had learned about the wizarding world fairly recently, considering that teddy and charlotte had been together for about seven years now. charlotte found out a year into their relationship, after his hair turned pink from seeing charlotte without her unders. teddy nearly had a heart attack when she pointed it out to him, worried that she would break it off with him. she needed a couple days to process the information, but she reassured him that it didn't matter whether he was a wizard, centaur, or any other 'mythological' creature. she would always love him the same. a muggle song from when the first started dating played, and many of the wizards left the floor, unaccustomed to the moves needed for that genre of music. so, it was just teddy and charlotte out on the dance floor, laughing and reminiscing.

the evening was magical, in more ways than one. even though charlotte only had her parents at the wedding, she felt at home with teddy's big, big family. she had grown quite close to victoire, much to the horror of the once-19-year-old teddy. nevertheless, he was glad that charlotte loved his family as much as he did.

"teddy, charlotte, we have something to show you two." a motherly voice said. the two turned to see ginny, harry, and mr. and mrs. dickenson standing behind them. the two followed the older adults into the burrow and found themselves seated on one of the many couches.

"we wanted to give you guys this, as a wedding gift." mr. dickenson said, passing over a large book. the two put the book on their laps and opened it. charlotte teared up immediately, while teddy just looked at the contents in awe.

inside, hundreds of photos of teddy and charlotte were taped, glued, or magically stuck onto the pages. some were pictures they posed for, others were not.

the first picture in the book was teddy putting the deathly hallows necklace on charlotte. she still wore that necklace, along with all of the other jewelry teddy spoiled her with throughout the years. next, there was the two of them baking hundreds of treats for christmas. the two of them had wide smiles on their faces, dancing around the kitchen, occasionally bumping into each other. each moving memory reduced the couple into a sappy mess. they held each other tight as they kept on going through the pictures. the two of them smiling at each other, covered in snow, with a barrage of snowballs incoming. the two of them tangled up on the bed that one christmas morning. the two of them under the mistletoe. teddy at charlotte's graduation. charlotte at teddy's graduation. them in front of their very first house together. so many fond memories that reminded the couple of how so utterly in love with each other they were, even before their marriage. there were many blank pages for more memories that they would continue to make together.

as teddy and charlotte flipped through the pages, three couples watched them with equally teary eyes. harry and ginny sat there, giggling to themselves through the tears, as they were the ones who took most of the pictures. mr. and mrs. dickenson cried bittersweet tears as they realized their once little girl was now officially someone else's as well.

and, from behind the couch, a tall, brown-haired, scarred man and his pink-haired, punk wife watched as their son sat next to the love of his life, to spend an eternity with. for just a moment, teddy felt the ghost of a hug around his shoulders, accompanied by the soft smells of chocolate and bubblegum, and he knew. all was well.

[goldcrown20]

Written for @wolfstarmicrofic prompt: Snow. A Wolfstar raising Harry and Teddy in a no Voldemort AU

“There, Daddy!” Teddy pointed out their hotel window toward a snow covered hill on the hotel grounds. He turned around to see his bemused father rubbing his wet hair with a towel, having just gotten out of the shower.

“For sledding?” the little boy elaborated upon receiving a confused look from Remus.

“Oh, Ted, it might be a little early, love,” Remus started. But Teddy had already rushed into their connected room to find his brother, who was still asleep.

“Haz, I found it!” Teddy fell forward onto Harry’s bed and tried to use his lower body to push his legs up. After a few unsuccessful attempts, he was able to clamber up to crawl near Harry, who was still blissfully asleep.

He poked Harry in the cheek, not once, but three times. Slowly green eyes blinked open to give Teddy an annoyed look.

“It’s too early,” Harry mumbled into his pillow. It was only a couple days after the older boy’s school had paused for winter break. The ten year old had claimed he needed to be awakened later in the mornings to “detox” from what had apparently been a very tough first half of Year 6.

“The bed’s too high,” Teddy informed him. “Get ready, we need to go sledding!”

Harry gave no response, except to turn his head in the other direction. As Teddy began to jump on the bed around him, Harry grumbled into the comforter.

“Ted, what did we say about jumping on the bed?” Sirius’s voice drafted in from the door.

“But Harry’s not getting up,” whined the little boy, his hair turning a cranky dark green.

“Ugh, fine, let’s go,” Harry rolled out of bed to brush his teeth. “But you have to let me have the first go on the circle sled.”

Teddy cheered as he internally smirked. He doubted Harry would hold him to that. His brother always caved to Teddy’s puppy dog eyes and begging. But the little boy wasn’t that mean of a younger brother. Teddy would definitely let Harry have a go after he went on the circle sled at least a couple times.

An hour later, the Potter-Black-Lupin family stood at the top of a snow covered hill, alongside many other families. As Remus adjusted Teddy’s hat, Sirius frowned at the sight of children zooming past him on sleds.

“It looks dangerous,” Sirius started. “Maybe we should find another hill.”

“No,” howled Teddy, as Harry rolled his eyes.

“Dad, if we had it your way we would be sledding on flat ground,” said Harry. “Don’t be such a worrywart.”

“Oi, that doesn’t sound half bad,” chuckled Sirius, giving Harry’s hat covered head a gentle nudge.

“Okay, who’s first?” asked Remus, pulling the orange circular sled in front of them.

“Me, me, me,” chanted Teddy, jumping up and down. Harry threw his hands up in exasperation while Sirius tried not to laugh.

“Why don’t we do the bigger sled first, Ted?” Sirius asked, catching the beginnings of a scowl on Harry’s face.

“Perfect actually, Dad will push you and I can stand over there to take a picture. Make sure the both of you smile! We want both Muggle and magical ones,” said Remus, moving to the side of the hill.

Both children groaned good-naturedly. It wasn’t a vacation unless both Remus and Sirius had about a 100 family pictures each. Harry wrapped his arms around Teddy as they both situated themselves onto the long purple sled.

“One, two, three,” Sirius counted before giving the sled a hard push. The boys cheered as the sled raced toward the bottom. When the sled came to a stop, Harry and Teddy climbed out to drag it back up the hill. A few times up and down the hill later, Teddy clambered over to where Remus was standing with the camera.

“Your turn!” Teddy reached his arms up to ask for the camera. Harry had given the sled to Sirius, presumably to ask for the same thing.

Remus raised his eyebrows and made eye contact with a laughing Sirius. “Err, we might be a little too big for your sled, loves,” he replied. Sirius motioned for them to join he and Harry at the top of the hill.

“How are we going to fit?” asked Remus, as he and Teddy joined the two other members of his family. While Harry and Teddy both launched into explanations, Sirius leaned into Remus’s ear.

“It’s going to be quite a squeeze,” he teased the sandy haired man. Remus rolled his eyes, as Sirius sat at the back edge of the sled, opening his legs to allow Remus room to sit down. At Harry and Teddy’s insistence, he moved to sit in front of the dog Animagus.

Sirius wrapped his arms around his partner, placing his head on Remus’s shoulder.

“How’s this?” He asked, looking up at the children. Harry made a face at what seemed like an excessive display of affection to a ten year old, while Teddy snapped pictures that may or may not have been focused enough.

“Here, let me, Ted,” said Harry, gently taking the camera from the four year old. He snapped more pictures of their parents. As Sirius got ready to push their sled down, Harry and Teddy moved to the side of the hill.

“Reminds you of old times, doesn’t it?” asked Sirius, nostalgia filling his voice.

Remus mind flashed through memories of sledding down Hogwarts hills with the Marauders. “James and Lily would’ve loved this,” he replied sadly.

Sirius squeezed Remus’s mitten covered hands tightly, as he pushed them down the hill. Remus felt the cold air whip past his face, contrasted with Sirius’s warm breath on his neck. As the sled gained speed toward the middle of the hill, Remus caught sight of the two boys snapping pictures wildly. He was suddenly hit with an overwhelming amount of joy and gratitude. He’d always grieve for James and Lily, but he was endlessly grateful he was able to have this perfect little family with Sirius, Teddy, and Harry.

Disclaimer: I don’t own Harry Potter.

[impishtubist]

someone to needs to write “y/n lupin-black” the story of a regular human girl growing up alongside her two werewolf brothers and three werepuppy siblings and three ordinary puppy siblings and one three-headed monster half-sibling…

Ooooooooooooh YES I would be into this. You know I'm not really here for fics with OCs in them, but I will make an exception in this case. Although I still can't with y/n fics, so we're gonna have to give her a name. I'm running out of star names to use, so uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh we'll go with Cassiopeia this time, but she goes by Cass.

-You can't forget her human brothers, either! Harry and Teddy are good, protective older brothers for her.

-Her two werewolf brothers were adopted, but Moony gave birth to the three werepuppies and the three ordinary puppies and the three-headed half-sibling. He is DONE being pregnant, thank you (Sirius disagrees though).

-She loves her almost-stepdad Crowley and is glad that Dad and Crowley are still on good terms after their breakup. Sometimes Crowley even takes her and her monster half-sibling for rides in the Bentley.

-She's not a fan of her other almost-stepdad Aziraphale, but unfortunately he's part of the package. Every time she sees Crowley, Aziraphale is there as well, and she's pretty sure Papa might actually murder him one of these days.

-Cass helps out on the full moons along with her human brothers, because otherwise Papa would be stuck dealing with 8 were-something children and also a werewolf husband.

-All the siblings go to Hogwarts together! They make up, like, 5% of the school's population. Headmistress McGonagall retires after their first year.

Okay I'm running out of steam, someone feel free to tack on!

[weeklyreadings]

Week 9 & 10

exes, horcruxes, and other reasons to panic by @lynxindisguise

Rated M. 14k. Wolfstar

In which everyone parted ways after the war, but a troubling discovery brings them back together.

Pride and Prejudice and Werewolves By @lynxindisguise

Rated M. 8k. Wolfstar

After twenty years of living in fear of the wolf’s murderous impulses, Remus finds himself weighing the pros and cons of strangling Sirius Black with his bare, human hands.

The Miseducation of Draco Malfoy by magpie_fngrl

Rated M. 38k. Drarry

Zacharias Smith writes a tell-all about the D.A. Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy are not happy about it.

I'm in Love With a Stripper by @kbrick

Rated E. 80k. Drarry

Harry's life is a bit of a disaster across the board, but it's particularly messy when it comes to love. Because Harry might have feelings for his best friend, and he definitely has feelings for his best friend's brother, and he sometimes sleeps with his other friend, for whom he has no feelings whatsoever. Then things somehow manage to get even more complicated when Draco Malfoy twerks his way back into Harry's life one night at a muggle strip club.Because as it turns out, Draco's a stripper. And he's gotten really, really fit. And his sugar daddy is a married club owner. What could possibly go wrong?

Song for the Dumped by @kbrick

Rated E. 35k. Drarry

Right after the most infuriating breakup of his life, Draco overhears Harry cursing love from a nearby booth at the Leaky and finds out that he, too, has been dumped. Before long, a plan is hatched: they will work together to utterly destroy (Draco) and win back (Harry) their exes. Of course, the only thing these dummies manage to do is make their lives more complicated.

The Matchmaker's Spell by @kbrick

Rated E. 21k. Drarry

Thanks to a spell cast over all of wizarding Britain, Draco is forced to marry Harry Potter, who still hates him. But Draco refuses to live a cold, sexless existence, choosing to fill the emptiness in his life and his bed with a parade of lovers. And while Harry may not be able to stand Draco, he despises seeing him with anyone else.

again, for the first time by @aibidil

Rated E. 14k. Drarry

Five times Draco lied about why he wasn't drinking, and one time he gave an honest answer. Or, a love letter to sobriety.

Calamity's Child by @aibidil

Rated R. 43k. Jeddy

Teddy Lupin—orphan, metamorphmagus, former Head Boy, grocery-store clerk—is due to find some things out. Namely, that he has an older half-sister born during the first war, that he knows nothing about his dad, actually, and that he's deeply and unfortunately attracted to his younger godbrother. This is fine.

[thelighthousestale]

We're Going On A Hippogriff Hunt

In the south of England, nestled behind a quaint thatched roof cottage, lay a dense thicket of woods. Between the trees, two young boys, James Potter and Teddy Lupin, embarked on a grand adventure. The sun dappled through the leaves, casting playful patterns on the forest floor as the boys set out on a very special quest - to catch a hippogriff.

Teddy, the elder boy at twelve, had an air of wisdom and experience about him that captivated the six-year-old James. Having recently completed his first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry James was sure Teddy was one of the smartest boys he knew. As they ventured deeper into the woods, James trotted behind Teddy and bombarded him with questions about magical creatures, eager to absorb every bit of knowledge his older brother possessed.

"Teddy, what's the best way to approach a hippogriff without it attacking you?" James asked, his eyes wide with curiosity.

Teddy, not wanting to admit he hadn't taken Care of Magical Creatures yet, replied quickly, "You have to speak to them in Parseltongue. The hissing sounds calm them down."

Satisfied with the answer, James mimicked the sound of Parseltongue, emitting "hssses" and "sszzzes" out loud, as they continued their imaginary hunt. Teddy continued to weave fantastical tales of magical creatures and their peculiar habits.

"And hippogriffs love to eat mince pies. So at Christmas make sure you save your pie so we can set up a hippogriff trap."

"Really?!"

"Oh yes, and they make their houses on the top of trees. That's why we are hunting for them in the woods."

"But they are so big! Won't they break the trees if they sit on them?" James asked as he picked up a rather large stick and used it to punt himself across a babbling stream.

"Hippogriffs don't weigh much though. How else do you think they're able to fly? You got to be light as a feather to fly."

"But we can fly and we weigh more than feathers."

"Yes, but we have brooms to help us fly. Hippogriffs don't have brooms."

"Wow, you're right!"

Just as the boys stooped down to look at markings on the forest floor that Teddy swore to James were hippogriff prints, a familiar face appeared along the dirt path that cut through the woods that led from the apparition point back to the cottage. Harry Potter had just come home from a day's work at the Ministry

"Hello, boys! What are you doing out here?" James quickly abandoned his investigation of the animal prints and ran up to his father wrapping his arms around him in a hug.

"We're hunting hippogriffs, Dad! It's important!"

Harry chuckled, as knelt down "Really? Important is it? Is your hunt successful?"

"No, but Teddy says hippogriffs like swimming in deep waters. Our stream is too shallow. Maybe they went to the beach. Can we go to the beach tomorrow?"

"hmm, not tomorrow, I'll be working tomorrow. Maybe this weekend we can go to the beach but I don't think you'll find any hippogriffs there."

"I don't know Dad, Teddy was pretty sure we would. And he knows what he talking about. He told me he met one of Hagrid's hippogriffs at Hogwarts."

"Ah, yes Ted is quite the authority now, isn't he. Why don't we go inside and get ready for dinner?"

"Can Teddy and I continue our hunt after dinner?"

"Of course, You can hunt until it starts to get dark." And with that little James ran up ahead of his father and towards the house.

"Err," Said Teddy from beside Harry. "Do you think he'll figure out how I made up all that stuff about hippogriffs?"

Harry laughed at his godson's concern. "No, Ted, I think he is having fun. He's very lucky to have an older brother who will play with him."

"OK, but maybe next time we go to Diagon Alley we can get a book on magical creatures? That way I can tell James the truth."

"I'll get you any book you want, Ted." Harry clapped his godson's shoulder and gave him a warm smile, "Go on and make sure James washes his hands before dinner. I'm sure Ginny has something delicious cooking tonight."

As Harry followed Teddy up the tiny path, he paused for a moment, to soak in the innocent joy of two brothers playing carefree in the summer before he made his way inside his family home.

[celestemagnoliathewriter]

001 teddy

thanks for the ask @pawmoony!

I wasn't sure if you meant 001 Teddy in a relationship or 002 Teddy as a character, but since it's just him, I'll go with Teddy as a character:

002 | Give me a character & I will tell you

How I feel about this character: I love Teddy. He's my little bean, my cinnamon bun, my precious baby who we must protect at all costs.

All the people I ship romantically with this character: Depends on the situation. If we're talking strictly canon, Victoire. I think they'd have such a sweet relationship, especially considering that their parents knew each other.

My non-romantic OTP for this character: Teddy & Lily Luna as older brother/little sister vibes. I know James Sirius is the oldest brother for the Potter kids, but I think Teddy has a soft spot for Lily Luna and vice versa.

My unpopular opinion about this character: Teddy does eventually come to terms with his parents' deaths. I think he will have his moments of wondering what if, what if, but for the most part he'll accept what happened.

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: HIS PARENTS BEING ALIVE GOSH. THE WHOLE LUPIN FAMILY TOGETHER.

my OTP: Tedoire! I think they're cute.

my cross over ship: None, not a crossover person.

a headcanon fact: Teddy's Patronus is a wolf and it's never changing.

asks about ships and characters

[girll-almightty]

new hp headcanon

George Weasley lost his twin during the battle of hogwarts but he wasn’t the only one who would continue to grow without someone madly important. I like to think that George found Teddy Lupin one day, seeing a familiar mischievous spark in him as he came to the shop to buy some stuff for pranks. And I like to think that him and Fred share a particular frown when they get confused. I like to think that George always wanted to thank Remus for being behind what gave him and Fred the secret to their success. And I also like to think that George took Teddy under his wing and showed him everything he knew, because he had to pass down the knowledge, right? And I like thinking Teddy looking up to George like an older brother. Remus never had an older brother, but he sure as hell would’ve loved one for Teddy.