#halloween '81

[mydarlingdearestdead]

Peter 'Murderer' Pettigrew

James 'Martyr' Potter

Remus 'Monarch' Lupin

Sirius 'Mad' Black

[in-flvx]

Kiss

@wolfstarmicrofic

Remus is drunk.

There is no way around it, when he finds himself on the dance floor, he is sure that he had been drinking too much. But Sirius is here, his grey eyes framed with dark paint, red on his lips and jeans so tight he must have bathed in them. He looks like sin, and Remus thinks that tonight is the night. It's Halloween, afterall. And he's drunk.

Sirius looks happier than he had in a long time. No better time to destroy their friendship with some brash decisions. Remus is sure of it.

The bass is pulsing, and his heart is racing, but Remus manages to take hold of Sirius' ever cold hands and pull him into a dark corner. They talk together, and their breaths mingle.

Sirius doesn't react when remus first presses their lips together. Time stops. Remus is sure his heart could power a flat at this point.

"are you -"

"shh"

"I don't know if I can-"

"Sirius, we don't have to talk about feelings or anything." that's a flat out lie, at some point they would have to. At some point Remus would confess his undying love.

"I just wanted to do this." that's true at least.

Sirius looks like he's a bit drunk himself but he scans over Remus, as if to decide if he wants him. It's weirdly hot.

Then they kiss again. And Remus has to pace himself or he's sure he'd end up eating Sirius, and that would be just a waste.

They break apart when loud voices sound from sirius' crotch area.

Sirius is instantly in high alert, pulling out his two-way-mirror to check on James.

"shit. Remus, I have to go. Something is wrong with the potters."

"fuck, let's go!"

"no, It's quicker if I just go myself. I'll be back!"

"I'll wait for you!"

12 years. Remus would wait for twelve years. With nothing to hold onto, but a kiss.

[fonkeloog]

Hate

Dear Sirius,

I hate you. I hate how you keep finding your way into my life even when you're gone. I hate how everything reminds me of you. I hate that I ever called you mine, when I so clearly wasn't ever yours. I hate how your side of the bed still smells like you and how I keep gravitating to the illusion that you'll come back. I hate you for breaking down my walls, all while you never showed me your true self. Maybe if I knew, I could've left on time.

But most of all, I hate that I still love you.

Forever yours, Remus.

@wolfstarmicrofic

[enbysiriusblack]

Marlene grabbed Mary's hand and pulled her downstairs, "Come on! I need to drink and dance!"

The two ran downstairs; Marlene dressed as Columbia, and Mary dressed as McGonagall.

Lily was still getting ready in the dorms, finishing her makeup as a zombie princess leia, when someone knocked on the door.

"Come in!"

James entered the dorm, dressed as nearly headless nick, and jumped onto Marlene's bed.

He looked up at the Suzie Quatro poster that was placed just above the bed, "She's a bit obsessed with her."

Lily turned around, "I think she plays her so much, I've memorised every single song by now... you look nice."

James grinned and sat up, "Do you find Sir Nicholas attractive, Evans?"

She laughed and turned back around, "Only when you dress up as him."

"Your makeup looks amazing compared to Remus', he barely looks like a zombie."

Lily huffed and shook her head, "I told him to come here so we could help him out, but he refused saying he could do it himself."

James shook his head with a grin, starting to come over, "He certainly can't."

"Have you seen Mary yet? You'll love her costume so mu-"

Lily's words were cut off as James reached over to kiss her.

The door opened again and Peter groaned in the doorway.

"They're in here!", He shouted before walking further into the room and sitting on Mary's bed.

Sirius' head peered around the doorframe and he grinned as he looked inside, "Evans! Who do you think makes a hotter Sir Nick, Peter or James? Don't let the fact you're dating James persuade you to lie. Because you know the true hotter Sir Nick."

Sirius blatantly pointed at Peter and mouthed to Lily 'it's Pete."

Lily looked at both Peter and James befofe squinting her eyes and declaring, "no comment."

"Booo!" Sirius shouted.

At that, Mary and Remus walked in.

Mary collapsed onto her bed next to Peter, "Marlene's gushing over Dorcas' Magenta costume... she's going to be a while."

"Mary. Mary. Is that what I think it is?" James asked, excitedly.

She grinned and got up to spin, "It is indeed."

Sirius and James both ran over to her.

"Can you give people detentions? Give James a detention!"

"No, give them one! For being a massive prat!"

"Thought that was meant to be you!"

Remus sat down next to Lily, "How? How the fuck did you make yourself look like that?"

Remus was dressed at Luke Skywalker but with a grey painted face and badly painted red circles under his eyes.

Lily laughed, "Talent, which you do not possess, young Skywalker."

"Fuck off!"

She laughed harder and laid her head on Remus' shoulder. Looking at Remus and herself in the mirror, with her friends fighting and messing around in the background.

"I fucking love Halloween."

Remus snorted, "I know, Lils."

•

Lily planned to send photos of Hari, dressed up in his little pumpkin onesie, to all her still alive friends and mentors. He looked adorable.

Lily planned to watch whatever horror film was on tv as soon as Hari fell asleep, curled up with an absolutely terrified James that still thought everything on tv was real.

Lily planned to store the remains of their pumpkin in a tupperware tub for James to make food with the next morning.

Lily planned to send a pile of sweets with her next letters to everyone. Homemade. They were already made and in little bags, ready to be given out.

Lily planned. For things that never came. And her joy for Halloween was clouded by death.

[lielowat-lupins]

Halloween is a hard day for us Marauders fans, so if you want to wallow in your sadness over the death of Lily and James just a little bit more, here ya go -

Carry the News by sleepingtigers 

A telling of events from Sirius’s perspectives regarding Peter’s betrayal and Sirius’s sentence to Azkaban. Fits in the ATYD universe perfectly. 

that’s the art of getting by by sarewolf 

Remus gets custody of baby Harry a few years after the death of Lily and James and must grapple with both the newfound struggles of parenthood along with the emotional upheaval of Sirius being released from Azkaban and coming to raise Harry, too. 

Everything’s Growing in our Garden by dinosaursweater

Sirius takes a break from hunting down Peter to say goodbye to Lily and James at their gravesite. 

White Button Down by dinosaursweater

Remus gets ready to go to the Potter’s funeral. 

Mr. Mouse by TracingPatterns

Doesn’t exactly have to do with Halloween ‘81, but involves a young Harry grappling with the concept of death and his guardians Remus and Sirius helping him through it. 

Have any other similar fics to recommend?

[autumnsaesthetics]

🍁 Shows For Autumn & Halloween 🍁

Part Two!

(Row One) 🍁

X Files

Sleepy Hollow

Them

(Row Two) 🎃

Archive 81

What We Do In The Shadows

Only Murders In The Building

(Row Three) 🍁

The Addams Family

The Munsters

The Twilight Zone

[padfoot-lupin77]

31st of October 1981 at the Potters’

*knock knock*

James: who’s there?

Voldemort: you know

James: you know who?

Voldemort: exactly!

James: shit!

[floridaboiler]

81 days until Halloween!

source - https://twitter.com/HalloweenVerse

[fallensnowfan]

Love love love this delightfully spooky color page for this week's chapter of Akane Ban(a)shee. 🎃🕸

[jt1674]

Rest In Peace Ed Mann 1954 - 2024

[loserboyfriendrjl]

i just know that the marauders gave remus so much shit after "werewolves of london" by warren zevon appeared

[in-flvx]

When Sirius told Hagrid, he could take the motorcycle because he wouldn't need it anymore, do you think he knew what he was getting himself into? That he thought he would die or end up in Azkaban?

Well, hagrid is not officially allowed to do magic. So I think he gave the bike to hagrid to give him and Harry a safe way to travel without magic.

But also, to your actual question... I think he expected two outcomes. Either he'd die, probably by the hands of death eaters who also tortured and killed Peter; or that he'd find a tortured peter who'd be able to confirm the truth of the secret switch. I suppose a dark corner of his mind also thought that Peter could have betrayed them on purpose, but I don't think he'd have fully expected it before he actually met him. And before peter blew off the street

[enbysiriusblack]

just realised i have a habit of headcanoning characters leaving the wizarding world and magic behind them...

mary macdonald, lydia pettigrew, draco malfoy, remus lupin, andromeda tonks, etc.

[im-some-lionheart]

whatever you do don't think about the marauders singing the story of tonight from Hamilton when they decide to join the war, then the story of tonight (reprise) at James' and Lily's wedding and do NOT for any reason whatsoever think about Remus post Halloween 81, returning flat he used to share with Sirius and sitting alone at the dining table and singing to himself empty chairs at empty tables from Les Mis... don't do that

[ddejavvu]

is it normal for james potter to make me this horny… i swear i could be reading the most gutwrenching fic and i’d still be like 🥵🥵 over him

james is just too sexy to be mad at

[floridaboiler]

81 Days Until Halloween!