#orestesfasting

[veganbutterchicken]

Short wolfstar fic recs (under 20k) aka go read them all if you haven't already

Impossible Things by accioromulus

Roommates & angst. The belt loops scene is permanently engraved into my brain.

Lock it down by WrappedUp

Roommates again, this time set during lockdown. The buildup and the smut is divine.

Statten Park by eyra

Sirius is rich and Remus works as a waiter. Two nights at Sirius's estate and lots of smut. (I reread this one about 20 times each month.)

Let Me Touch You or The Five Times Sirius Black Kissed Remus Lupin and the One Time Remus Kissed Him Back by JadedandConfused

Marauders at Hogwarts. Lots of love and kisses (that Remus pretends he hates).

Leather and Cinnamon by TracingPatterns

Meet-cute in a coffee shop. I love Teddy in this.

Born Under Punches by orestesfasting

Roommates AU set during the First War with Voldemort. Angsty.

(Just realised that 3 fics out of 6 are roommate AUs. I clearly have a type lol.)

[brandileigh2003]

Wolfstar fics I've reread:

My other list of recs was getting long so I thought I would start up another

All are wolfstar (mix of jily and jegulus as other ship) Complete unless marked. There is plenty of fluff, however. Check tags please, some are sad, mcd, or deal with things that some find triggering

Non-magical:

-my jokes are my armour, my kindness is my sword by littleoldrachel: trans remus with disabilities. So good

-Wish You Were Here by afieryfox meet as online gamers

-Countermoves by athenowl: Hunger games no mcd

-Something Just Like This by shadow_prince fake dating

-Aging Gracelessly by orphan_account: older wolfstar texting fic

-Stray Dogs by MsAlexWP: strangers to lovers kidfic

-The Lab by de_sire: mutual pining

-i Didn't Come Here to Party, I Only Came for the Cake by attheendoftheday: gbbo fic

-Suite Nothings: Wolfstar Edition by femme_de_lettres: university get together

-my love, take care of yourself by littleoldrachel: raising teddy get together

-Of Bookshelves and Baby Carriers by poppunkpadfoot: cute bookshop au

-The Boys of Summer by todaslasmadrugadas: summer get together

-Liebestraum by lunchbucket: get back together, classical musicians

-Too Little Too Late By swings_and_roundabouts

-Under the Eucalyptus [+Podfic] by xinasvoice: sweet get together fic set at the zoo

-Au Pif by sreka, YumeNouveau: bakery au

-Signs of Affection by KittyCargo: deaf remus

-Love by the Seaside by viwrites: falling in love

-Within White Space and A Series of Sketches Done in Black Ink by mustntgetmy

-sway through the crowd (to our empty space) by littleoldrachel

Magical:

-Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations by TheQueerTailor: fantastic look at disability caused by lycanthropy

-used my best colours for your portrait by littleoldrachel: lie low at Lupin's with flashbacks exploring remus' life

-By Any Other Name by Under_the_Willow meet in bookstore

-Light in August by orestesfasting: summer at the Lupins

-Common Woodbrown by imochan: goes through remus childhood and war divergent

-Into the Fire by wilteddaisy (taotu) triward tournament

-A Duet by mustntgetmy: mcd war divergent

-no closer to heaven series by everythingintransit

-The Other Side of Sorrow by TheHufflebean Hogwarts divergent, Snape dies in prank

-shorn and scarred and yours by lynxindisguise: Slytherin sirius, Hogwarts divergent

-Motion Sickness by oscarwildechilde: summer post prank. Lily and remus friendship

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

-Let Them Eat Cake by OpeningMyEyes: another baking fic

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

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

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

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

**some wip recs:

-we grew up in spite of it by peachyybabe: remus has twin, starting Hogwarts together, there will be mcd

-Tic Tic Boom by Fictionboysarebetter: remus with tourettes Hogwarts fic

-Give Me A Sign by TherestheSnitch soulmate fic with deaf remus

-Underneath It All by Kaymardsa texting fic

++my to reread list

**A few others with jegulus main, but this girl needs lots of wolfstar so no worries lol

-you signed up for this by solmussa: summer fic, lots of queer ships

-only the brave: Hogwarts into war divergent

-Young Blood by viwrites: road trip

**Also- I haven't re-read it yet since I read as it updated, I am soon, and scenes live rent free lol. -Kill Your Darlings by MesserMoon: hockey fic, mainly jegulus but *lots* of wolfstar. Deaf Remus.

Of course feel free to check out my works

[declanscunt]

kenstewy fic recs?

oh god… so many… first of all anything and everything by ao3 authors leoandsnake (especially tsd i & tsd ii) and stewyonmolly (im particularly fond of lesbian kenstewy & their senses series)

MORE RECS UNDER CUT!!!

coefficient of variation by trill_gutterbug

summary:

"No, it's not—I just want to. It's not like, a thing, you know?"

"You want to lie here slobbering on my limp dick while I read forty-seven thrilling pages of Macroprudential Policy Regulation, but it's 'not a thing.'"

Kendall's face, already hot, pulsed feverish with a livid mix of embarrassment and arousal. He shut his eyes. "Something like that, yeah."

Telemachus’ Detachment by magnoliabud

summary:

There’s one thing Logan hasn’t used against Kendall yet: his relationship with Stewy. Kendall decides to jump in front of it.

Or: thirty years of something.

Set from the middle of Series 3, after the shareholder’s meeting.

tenderness of heart by strangeluvz

summary:

Stewy,

My assistant said that you told her if I wasn’t using my phone “to at least send a fucking letter or some shit” and I don’t know whether you were joking or whatever but here. You know that being online is bad shit for me man. So here’s this: I’m OK. Is that good enough? Do you need a stool sample or something too? Vial of my blood? Let me know

Kendall Roy

*

Kendall goes offline. Stewy sends him letters.

we’ll meet in even greater darkness later by moonrocks

summary:

Kendall isn’t exactly sure what Stewy’s doing here, if this is a booty call for old times’ sake or there’s something else they need to discuss. Maybe Stewy’s just doing him another solid. Since his dad died, it’s been hard to be stagnant in his apartment all alone. Between the studio in LA and the corporate retreat in Norway, Kendall has actively avoided it, but the election is coming up, and there’s nowhere to run now. He’s in the bullpen and the beast is rearing its ugly head.

(Set sometime between 4x04 and 4x08).

some little language by strangeluvz

summary:

Stewy says, “Dude, sometimes. I think I, like, love you so much, it physically hurts.”

Kendall replies, without thinking, “What the fuck.”

*

Post-canon: Kendall goes to Stewy. Stewy’s arms are always open.

Make Good by Springandastorm

summary:

"I don't think…" Kendall trails off. His shoulders hang heavy.

"You don't think, or you do?" Stewy asks, the usual smooth scale of his voice a little softer, like he's talking Kendall off a ledge somewhere.

"I think I'm pretty fucking hollow."

"Yeah. My voice echoes when I talk to you." Stewy agrees, leaning a little closer and knocking his shoulder into his. "That's okay."

a current under sea / picked his bones in whispers by ingwertee

summary:

God, he’s been picking up the pieces for a mopey, strung out, kicked puppy version of Kendall for over a year now. Kendall’s sudden surge of confidence, however unjustified, turns him on, reminds him of the Kendall he had started to think only existed in his daydreams.

a little of the collapsing space by ohtempora

summary:

“I’m not gonna say you should have told me,” Stewy says. “You absolutely should not have told me fucking anything."

what did you tell me, mary by harukatenoh

summary:

In which Kendall and Stewy attempt to answer: what have you got in your fucking hand?

i figure you with love by alaczije

summary:

Stewy manages to do a decent job of forgetting about Kendall, and him-and-Kendall, and all the neuroses contained therein, until the pap photos leak.

Luxe / Redux by orestesfasting

summary:

He’s not sure what he’s more angry about, is the thing. The betrayal or the subsequent lie.

Or—maybe that’s not quite true. He knows which one he’s more angry about, and he knows that rationally it should be the other one. But needless to say, if Kendall had told him the truth about why he did what he did, Stewy wouldn’t be heading to his place uninvited at 11PM on a Saturday night, brimming with righteous fury like the proverbial woman scorned.

[roblogging]

August Fic Recap

a slower month than usual with a lot of rereads, and mostly wolfstar <3

Total fics: 29

Total wc: 1,379,151

New Fics

The Road Not Taken - MollyMaryMarie (88,278)

Aging Gracelessly - orphaned (13,280)

Light in August - orestesfasting (21,104)

we'll keep the king - BlueSundayCake (26,000)

Solntse - lumosinlove (61,997)

Your Baby Grows A Tooth - wulfstars (71,140)

Chasing Dreams - thelunaloos (28,031)

Sometimes We Stumble - SunMoonStar60 (32,021)

Laughing all the way - Wheat_marten (17,870)

A Cure For Nightmares - picascribit (36,083)

Boot Scootin' Baby - cancerravenclaw (20,972)

Beneath a Big Blue Sky - eyra (68,298)

snapshots from a campground near mystic peak, alberta - eyra (17,172)

a memory stolen, a memory gained - maladaptivewriting (30,376)

Chasing Glory - YumeNouveau (8,844)

Highland Fling - picascribit (38,369)

The Last Trial of Peter Pettigrew - sleepstxtic (20,779)

Uncharted Territory - Thealmostrhetoricalquestion (12,444)

Drifting - Eniaos (44,000)

Discards - picascribit (76,033)

die young, stay pretty - veridity (72,080)

Rereads

Sweater Weather - lumosinlove (156,108)

A Wolf's Heart - mizdiz (87,051)

Liebestraum - lunchbucket (101,369)

Bird Set Free - MollyMaryMarie (70,984)

what's it gonna be - industrations, alarainai (9,060)

Sorry I'm Late - I Was Searching For You - EuripidesTrousers (84,203)

that's the art of getting by - sarewolf (40,459)

Under the Eucalyptus - xinasvoice (24,747)

[newsom]

heard ao3 was back up and running early sooooooo heeeeeeere is the penultimate chapter of darklands :^)

[wolfstarwarehouse]

I read this amazing fic a few years ago and I don’t remember anything other than that Remus listened to “the Jesus and Mary Chain” a lot and that I loved it.

Do you have any idea what it might be?

Thank you <3

My only guess would be Sex and Dying in High Society by fluorescentgrey, but someone correct me if there's another fic out there.

edit: Thank you @ellistheelephant!

Darklands by orestesfasting

A collection of paper tumbled out of the record sleeve and onto the coffee table: parchment of varying quality, scraps torn from lined notebooks; some folded into pocket-sized squares, others rolled into tight scrolls. Remus’s hands shook as he sifted through them.

—

In 1987, Remus finds the letters Sirius never sent to him, and loses what little hope he had of moving on.

[weeklyreadings]

Week 8

the coffee shop au series by third_crow

Rated T. 55k. Wolfstar

Remus works as a barista and Sirius comes in every morning with the world's cutest baby, and man, these two just wrote the book on mutual pining, huh?

Lead Me Into the Light by third_crow

Rated T. 18k. James/Regulus

Regulus asks James for a favor to get his ex off of his back, and James makes bad choices.

Operation: Sirius Black by ikeasharksss

Rated T. 54k. Wolfstar

AU in which Remus goes to Beauxbatons instead of Hogwarts. Remus needs to be Sirius’ friend, Sirius hates ABBA, and James is too smart for his own good.

The Beard by MannixMind

Rated M. 23k. Wolfstar

And that was how Remus ended up with four weeks of detention, three suspended Hogsmeade visits, two truly mortifying pamphlets on wizarding secrets to safe sex that made Sirius cry with laughter, and one unshakable ally in Marlene McKinnon.

Light in August by orestesfasting

Rated E. 21k. Wolfstar

Summer, 1977. With the full moon approaching, Sirius heads up to the Lupins' countryside cottage to make himself useful. Or to make a complete and utter arse out of himself, because really, that's all he can seem to do around Remus these days.

The Player's Secret by @wrapped-up

Rated M. 52k. Wolfstar

Remus Lupin is a successful documentary filmmaker who is assigned to make a fly-on-the-wall documentary featuring Sirius Black - one of the world's most brilliant footballers - as he competes in the European Championship.

All does not go smoothly.

Tis The Damn Season by SpiltScribbles

Rated M. 8k. Wolfstar

Remus travels back to London to celebrate the holiday with his childhood best friend— Lily— and her husband, her baby, and her husbands brother that she’s been trying to get Remus to go out with for a while. On the train ride there, Remus meets the sexiest man he has ever laid his eyes on, and they have an interesting trip indeed.

The highest pub by @wrapped-up

Rated M. 9k. Wolfstar

This is, Sirius knows, where he should reel off their drinks order, but he momentarily loses the ability to form words because this man is... well, he’s really fucking beautiful. His hair is curly; long on the top but cut short on the sides, and it’s golden, everything about him is just golden. His eyes and his freckles and the impatient scowl on his face. His lips are full and unimpressed, a little rough from the inclement weather, pursed together as he waits for Sirius to speak.

“Erm,” Sirius mumbles, losing all of his usual swagger. “Three pints of bitter please.”

The man nods, pulls the pints with practised proficiency and hands the card machine to Sirius. “Ten sixty.”

Sirius starts. “For all three drinks?”

The man arches an eyebrow. “Not from round these parts, are you?”

Petty (With A Prior) by lunchbucket

Rated M. 68k. Wolfstar

Showing up for his ‘civic duty’ is one thing, getting out of jury duty without losing his shit is another. Tack on an attorney who finds the whole fiasco hilarious, and Remus might as well be in hell.

[amanitaphalloides]

top 5 reddie fics

ok now I have to re confess smth I have confessed in the past which is that I almost never read fan fiction anymore. however. here are what I’d consider all time faves. first of all I can’t decide if it’s cheating to add one I betad so I’ll just say it’s an up-front bonus fic but distant music by orestesfasting. “eddie son he’s on the john” is my “whatever souls are made of his and mine are the same.” ok for fic I have no personal stake in, if I’m butter by makesomelove but I also think every crease and slope is another makesomelove all time masterpiece and deserves an equal shoutout. feel it in my body know it in my mind by youabird, awesome sex problems fic, i think I read it in the middle of writing my own sex problems fic and it was one of those YESSSS moments. we were always here at the right time is I think my fave fic by fuckener but hard to say that definitively. anyone on this list I love your whole oeuvre. evidence of a happier future my lagaudiere you should’ve seen me reading this on public transit and just dying. recovery position by fluorescentgrey a great example of hurt/comfort in the sense I was talking about it yesterday.

[thewatsonbeekeepers]

Add me on storygraph - I need people to follow! I'm orestesfasting

[munacy]

@newsom WOOF I have been meaning to do this for a minute

Ruby I love Darklands so much.

And I love this update so much.

I think your characterizations of Remus and Sirius are so brilliant and nuanced. God they feel so real. And when they get into their angsty moments, golly it aches, but you never ever lose sight of how much they care for one another, how deep and permanent the love is.

Weirdly enough, I think the peak of this fic for me so far is Julio dumping Remus. 😂😭 omg the part when he tells Remus that he doesn’t get Madonna. ☠️☠️☠️

I love this and I love your writing. Thank you. 🖤

[wishingitwerewolfstar]

Author Summary: Summer, 1977. With the full moon approaching, Sirius heads up to the Lupins' countryside cottage to make himself useful. Or to make a complete and utter arse out of himself, because really, that’s all he can seem to do around Remus these days.

Review: ,,,, this is the one where remus’ mum gives sirius the motorbike,,,, they just chill around remus’ house all summer and teach each other french and how to swim and drive and it’s beautiful and oddly calming and sweet PLUS some quality hope lupin up in this shit

[thewolfstarlibrary]

The truth is that he’s kept this love on the back burner of his heart for so many years that he’s grown accustomed to the smell and can sometimes almost ignore it completely. He likes to think he’s made peace with the fact that he’ll never know what it tastes like.

by: orestesfasting

wordcount: 13,283

rating: M

[wolfstarhaven]

Do you want to read something that makes you forget you’re reading? Something so lyrical it makes you catch your breath? Here you are then! This is my appreciation post for some bloody talented writers in the Wolfstar fandom!❤️‍🔥

NB: This is my personal list. And holy moly have I spent a lot of time making this list, but there’s no way I can fit all writers I love in one list. There are so many other incredible writers out there! Furthermore, this list does not intend to bring light to lesser-known writers. I know that this list contains quite a few pretty well-known writers within this fandom, but that’s how it is—please don’t come at me! This is simply a list of writers that I, personally, love. Capiche?

accioromulus

(@accioromulus) accioromulus is an old favourite of mine; I can’t even imagine me being in this fandom if it weren’t for them. Writer of my two favourite fics: Hard to find, and Impossible Things. Their writing is just so soft. So beautiful. So all-consuming. I want to live in their writing and never leave!

“Sirius?” Says Remus, quiet. His fingers curl ever-so-slightly into the hair at the back of Sirius’s neck, and Sirius shivers. “What are you doing?”

The pale sunlight is creeping across the kitchen, lazy and gentle, but every inch of Sirius is on fire. Remus’s lips are parted, his chest rising and falling, and Sirius thinks about Remus’s skin under his mouth.

“I don’t know,” Sirius admits, voice ragged. “I don’t know.”

Montparnasse

(@montpahrnah) The god of the wolfstar fandom. This is probably no news for you, but of course they had to be included in this list! Their prose is like a literary orgasm. My favourite fic of theirs is Elucidation Practice, but everything they’ve written is beautiful. To give a taste:

They’re a natural disaster of hands and mouths and hips all the way to Sirius’s bedroom, clumsy pathfinders tearing ineffectually at clothes and shoving each other into walls, Remus’s fingers drumming up Sirius’s ribs like counting the bricks in Diagon Alley, 1-2-3, 3-2-1, taking altogether a very long time about getting anywhere

Aeridi0nis

(@aeridi0nis), writer of fics such as in lieu of beaujolais, station to station, and for your pleasure—all of which are wonderful! Their writing is clever, witty, and beautiful. Ridi has a magical way of writing inner monologues that always has me laughing! They also have a way of making me cry…

“But the answer is this: the answer is that Remus still (still – that precious little word) keeps his toothbrush with Sirius’. His mugs are still in their sink, half-drained and bitter and material, and all of it is still theirs: this place, this mess. Remus is still here. Still, still, still.“

MizDiz

MizDiz made me believe in magic, in Everything's Connected—more than the Harry Potter books ever did. (I’m actually not even really kidding. I finished it reeaallly late one night, and pretty much convinced myself that magic exists, that everything’s connected). Their writing is just that: magical.

“ All of it,” he says, turning his gaze out across the grounds. “Everything in the world—in the Universe—it’s all energy. We’re nothing but energy, and sometimes I can...feel it? I can feel it, almost like a vibration thrumming through my body, and in those moments I can’t see borders anymore. I no longer see objects, I just see pure vitality. And it’s when everything is as one that I can do anything I want.”

Orestesfasting

(@newsom) Another classic writer, having written the masterpieces Light in August, and Born under Punches. Their writing is so incredibly soft, like a summer breeze, like a tender touch. Orestefasting is a gift to this fandom.

The truth is that he’s kept this love on the back burner of his heart for so many years that he’s grown accustomed to the smell and can sometimes almost ignore it completely. He likes to think he’s made peace with the fact that he’ll never know what it tastes like. Still there are times when the pot boils over and it’s like he can feel it physically, the bubbling in his chest, cooking his insides and threatening to surge up his esophagus and out his mouth, scalding everything within its reach

Templeg

The softness. The sweet angst. And sometimes a touch of comedy. Brilliant! Brilliant! Brilliant! Writer of the wonderful: Our Blood, Still Young. Masterpiece!

‘Look’, says Sirius, ‘it isn’t as if- It’s not like this has never happened before, historically. Between, you know, mates. It doesn’t matter. It doesn’t mean anything. When I was thirteen I rubbed one off on my bedpost.’ Remus chokes. ‘It doesn’t mean I have feelings for the bedpost. It doesn’t mean I ever had feelings for the bedpost, plus, you know, splinters-’

            ‘OK, STOP’, yelps Remus. ‘Am I a bedpost in this scenario?’

wholesome_gay

( @moonynpadfootforever ), wholesome_gay has given so much to this fandom, in the most beautiful ways. My personal favourite of theirs is the beasts of wanting, but they have written other fics that are incredible as well. Their prose is quite simple, and it goes straight into your heart. Oh, I just love them.

He could see his own breath, and Sirius’s: ephemeral clouds that dissipated before having the chance to touch.

Sirius tucked the cigarette away in his jacket and tapped his fingers on the leg of his jeans. 

“You know I’d do anything for you, right, Moony?”

Sreka

(@smodernlife), Oh, my beloved Sreka. Master of AUs, characterisations, and just. everything. (such as: Au Pif).

And anyways, just because Sirius was engaging and gorgeous and funny and seemed genuinely interested in what Remus had to say, he was still getting married . Remus had a business to run and didn’t have time to do little favors for any pretty boy who batted his eyelashes at him. 

He inhaled deeply, looked into Sirus’s beautiful, earnest, gray eyes and answered.

“Yeah, absolutely.” 

Wanderingburrundia

(@wanderingbandurria) V always manages to amaze me, especially with their incredible AUs. Nobody does AUs quite like them - it really is like stepping in to another world! (e.g. The Delegate)

He knew that nothing he could say would convince Remo, so he just kissed him firmly, and let Remo cradle his face between his hands, firmly, and undo him completely.

It already tasted like his heart breaking, and yet - even though he wanted to cry, to scream, to beg - all he could do was hang onto Remo’s body and breathe close to his neck, wishing for something, anything, that told him how to keep Remo by his side.

eyra

(@eyra) I loooved the writing in Hollow Places, and I don’t think I’ve ever smiled as much as I did while reading Beneath a Big Blue Sky. And of course, who wouldn’t sell their soul for A Brief History of Dragons? So naturally Eyra needs to be on this list. Their writing is spectacular! Whenever I read their fics I instantly want to move to Yorkshire. Right. Now.

“Your its mum now, Sirius," Remus says quietly, the corner of his mouth quirking up in a soft smile. "Don't let it down."

And for some reason, at that, Sirius feels his throat grow a little tight. The lamb squirms a little in his arms, apparently trying to clamber higher on Sirius's chest to then - and drawing a chuckle from Remus - nose noisily at his hair hanging loose around his shoulders. Sirius smiles, shrugging his shoulder as the lamb's nose tickles at the side of his neck, still sniffing away and taking fine strands of hair between its gummy little lips.

Xylodemon

(@xylodemon) Writer of many wonderful wolfstar fics! I mean, just the sheer number of fics they’ve written for this fandom - it’s unbelievable! And you can always count on quality writing—and be prepared to laugh! It takes some skill to write something so funny! From Truthful:

It wasn't that Remus didn't trust James, it was just that Remus didn't trust James at all. His furry little problem was safe, but the way James' mind worked, everything else would be fair game. Including his inconvenient and growing-worse-by-the-day crush on Sirius. How James had ferreted it out, Remus would never know, but he supposed James wouldn't be bloody James if he hadn't.

dykesiriusblack

( @dykesiriusblack ) Laura is a lyrical mastermind. Every damn time they have me completely mind blown with their writing. I’m sorry I don’t know enough about literature to explain exactly what it is, but it’s definitely something; their prose is like a psychedelic drug, a fever dream—in the best way possible!

Eg. Illicit affairs

Remus was breaking apart at the seams, spilling bloody on the floor everything that Sirius wove himself into – in the lines of his palm, his stomach acid, his marrow, the infinitesimal space between joints. He was everywhere; he was in him. Remus could peel back his skin, dig into the muscle, the gristle of himself, to excavate Sirius like a tiny, piercing glass shard, but he would never get close.

Lunchbucket

(@quoththethestral) I don't understand how lunchbucket does it, there's just something about their writing that's so incredible. It's soft, but also with some kind of edge to it? Also, their fics are always so clever, and often feel kind of grown up in some way. (e.g. Petty (With a Prior), and the BEAUTIFUL Liebestraum)

Remus, in the throes of it, wondered why a word had never been created for the particular feeling — he was so out of his element, lost in some sort of space where he was surrounded by nothing but Sirius, and Sirius’ hands, and Sirius’ voice — terrified but satisfied indescribably, freed but held, these contrasting feelings fighting against each other all at the same time to create a sense of freefall unlike anything he had ever felt before.

aryastark_valarmorghulis

(@aryastark-valarmorghulis), An exceptional writer. There's no questioning that. I’m so so weak for: when we finally kiss goodnight.

Remus blinks, his ears ringing like a spell missed him by a whisker, his heart leaping somewhere between his chest and throat. “Or something,” he repeats, his stunned mind still not grasping the enormity of what Sirius just said but there’s no possibility to read anything different into his words. The clumsiest, truest, sweetest confession just fell into his hands and it’s so precious, Remus is afraid that translating the dizzy love into words could break it.

WrappedUp

(@wolfstarting) Yet another classic wolfstar writer! Always a safe choice if you want some quality writing! My favourites of theirs: Lock it down, and Just what the doctor ordered.

It feels mature. It feels right. It feels fucking wretched. It’s the first time he’s ever been aware of the feelings of another mattering to him at least as much, if not more than, his own.

moonymoment

( @blurryayse ). moonymoment really manages to swing from writing really good quality fluff and silliness (such as in lessen my load and Operation: Toebeans) to writing prose so poetic and lyrical it hurts (such as in ‘tis the damn season).

He’s a forest fire, a hurricane, an avalanche, he’s–

He’s all of these things, but primarily, he is Remus’s. For the night, he is Remus’s.

He’s Remus’s, wrists under his hands, skin in his mouth and between his teeth, every sound that falls out of his mouth like a trickle of sticky chardonnay following a sharp jawline, he’s all of these things. He’s a billion things. He’s a billion noises. He’s a sacrifice to be made.

drowsyanddazed

( @drowsyanddazed ) It was earlier this year that I stumbled upon my dear drowsyanddazed—and from the very first word I was hooked. All her stories are so very very lovely; she’s such a pro at capturing the feeling of (not really) unrequited love: the pining, the jealousy, and the sheer stupidity of our favourite boys. If this is something you like, you should read all of her fics right now!! (e.g losing my mind, thinking about you, and this desperate in love)

The black kohl along his water line is smudged, black flecks of it dusting his cheekbone. His hair is still flying everywhere, whipping across his face. He’s a mess. He’s the blurred edges of a photograph. He’s a heartbeat and stinging lungs. He’s the rattling behind Remus’ ribcage. And Sirius grins at him, tongue between teeth —illecebrous and tantalising and all things beautiful and dangerous— and all the air rushes out of Remus’ lungs in one fell swoop. He’s lightheaded and dizzy and burning.

Here you have ‘em! Now go enjoy!

xx Elliot🌸

[sassmar]

literary wolfstar recs part 2 (modern classics/post-2010)

hallo! Okurr so this is officially part 2 of my “literary” (by which I mostly just mean fucking beautiful) wolfstar recs & it covers the various post-2010 gems that I’ve managed to discover/read thus far. Posted this to reddit back on Remus’s bday because I’m a big nerd & thought that would be cute, but I’ve tidied it up just slightly since then bc the original post was an utterly a spur-of-the-moment thing & riddled with typos, etc.

As a general disclaimer, I abandoned fandom in like 2009-ish & have only been back for a few months so I can only imagine I’ve probably missed SO many lovely stories/authors (!!) and can only beg their forgiveness in advance. Still, wanted to post what I've got so far & hopefully one day I shall update or add a part 3 when I’ve had more time to read/explore contemporary ("contemporary") fandom.

And now, in no particular order whatsoever – modern wolfstar classics <3 -

we build our own unfolding & longsdune by @imochan.

Already recced imchan on the last list, I know, but these two were written post-2010 (meaning I just discovered them within the last 2 or 3 months lol) and are fucking beautiful, so. "We Build Our Own Unfolding" is a post-Hogwarts get-together about the death of Remus's mother, and "Longsdune" is an atmospheric multi-era fic that centers around an abandoned train station. Anyway, again, everything imochan writes is painfully gorgeous.

a history of sexuality, vol. 1 by istajmaal.

I think this is the author's only wolfstar fic but ohmygosh, it's so charming and also just achingly lovely. As the title would imply, it focuses on Sirius's sexual awakening & schoolboy crush on Remus but - God. It's just beautiful and heartbreaking and perfect. (Very minor spoiler alert but this fucking line: “Sorry I can’t make you feel normal” / “You’ve driven me so mad I don’t even care.” Kills me every time.)

annual honesty by @alwaysalreadyangry aka tigrrmilk.

This is such a beautiful and original take on the Prank, very dreamy (both in vibe and literal content, lol); Snape utilizes legilimency & dream magic in his attempts to discover what the Marauders are hiding. Walburga's also a creepy legilimens in this one, and ever since reading this fic I truly can't imagine her any other way.

grounded (& the rest of the listeneise series) by @yeats-infection aka fluorescentgrey.

Okay so fluorescentgrey has written SO many wolfstar fics and as of yet I still haven't read the vast majority of them but, but. I would be willing to bet that they are all amazing, because what I have read of hers so far is so stunningly beautiful and distinctive. I recced "Grounded" because it's a personal favorite, a Grimmauld Era canon-ish story with so many unbearably and achingly gorgeous lines, but it's actually the third part in a series (Listeneise) & every story in the series is wonderful.

EXILE/RETURN (& the rest of the empire falling series) by @polytony aka zambla.

This one's actually the last part of a series (Empire Falling), and everything in the series is beautiful and absolutely worth reading, but this one happens to be my favorite so it is now the one I'm linking here :). This is a non-magic AU and homage to Derek Jarman; Remus is a Jarman-esque artist who dies of AIDS and Sirius his surviving partner, who reads Remus’s old journals and reflects on their lives together as he travels Wales. The writing is fucking beautiful and it HURTS.

stick season by mombasas.

Such a sweet, charming premise (in which Remus unwittingly becomes the go-to helping-hand for "all things monthly" at Hogwarts) and the prose is wonderfully sharp and clean. And the PINING. This fic is pure UST/pining/etc., and it's so, so lovely.

between the moon and the stars by llassah.

A beautiful, imagistic, atmospheric get-together fic, in which James is distracted and Remus and Sirius spend most of the summer before seventh year attached at the mouth. This one is just so pretty.

light in august by orestesfasting aka @newsom.

Ahhh, the Sirius-visits-Remus-over-the-summer fic to end all Sirius-visits-Remus-over-the-summer fics. A charming, lovely, gorgeously imagistic get-together story (in which Remus and Hope Lupin are both, like, adorably granola). I mean, what else is there even to say here. This story is beautiful and happy and just, wow.

all manner of wolves & leave the children behind by @montpahrnah aka montparnasse.

Montparnasse is another one who has apparently written a LOT of wolfstar and I am just one busy human who has still not read sooo many of her fics, but they're probably all amazing because her prose is truly beautiful. "All Manner of Wolves" is a short sweet little first-kiss fic, and "Leave the Children Behind" is a long, beautiful Lie Low at Lupin's story. Again, her prose, her imagery/descriptive language, her use of metaphor . . . utterly stunning.

of witness testimony & in lieu of beaujolais by @aeridi0nis.

Omg ANOTHER author with so many fics that I've yet to read, but istg one day I will because her writing is so original and gorgeous - atmospheric and richly imagistic, full of creative metaphors, I mean - I could go on. I love everything I've read by her. "of witness testimony" is this lovely and funny and yet PAINFUL, utterly painful story from Peter's POV, in which he observes (and the other oblivious Marauders do not, lol) Sirius's immense affection for/growing attraction to Remus; "in lieu of beaujolais" is a charming post-Hogwarts story in which Remus and Sirius get a flat and sometimes hook-up and spend quite a lot of time misunderstanding each other/talking around their feelings.

static by dustmouth.

Okay this is actually a graphic fic/comic/etc. (so, pictures + words!), and probably I was the last person on earth to discover it, but anyway, it's haunting and beautiful and I can't let it go unrecced.

to fill a gap by @sqvalors.

An era-shifting (mainly post-Halloween & Lie Low at Lupin's) fic with, just, such lovely writing, and so much hurt, and - ah. Featuring an epigraph of obscure contemporary poetry and Lyall Lupin as a somewhat reserved but actually fucking amazing father. This story is just gut-punchy and achy and gorgeous.

where your teeth meet the flesh by @squidgilator.

THE FIRST SCENE. This story, this fucking story. I must rec it because it contains the most stunningly PSYCHO characterization of eleven-year-old Remus, and I cannot even. That freaking first scene has become one of my all-time favorite fanfic moments *ever.* Anyhow the story features various crucial bites in the lives of Remus & Sirius. Also, it is lovely and angsty and tender and so very good. And another author with so many wolfstar fics that istg one day I will read! Because this.

<3<3<3

p.s. tried to tag all the authors I could find on tumblr, but pls lmk if I missed anyone.

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continuing to tag authors i find them, pls just lmk if you'd like a tag or story removed

[redadidassneakers]

100 FOLLOWERS ILYSM

Here are some of my favourite fics that you may not have heard about for your fancy & pleasure ;)

Wish you were here by afieryfox - a gamer AU Moony and Padfoot are both well-known online streamers that meet in an Among Us lobby. They fall in love, have some… interesting discord calls, and eventually meet, so cute.

Light in August by orestesfasting - Sirius goes to the Lupins, learns how to swim, has sex, acts a bit like a dick but it’s ok. So cute :)

Grizzly Bears are Dangerous by sheslytherin - Sirius finds a crying boy in a bear costume lost in a crowd who’s looking for his dad. Good thing the dad is hot. Good soup.

Beneath a Big Blue Sky by erya - SHEEP that’s all I can say about this. With Jily and supportive parents. Enjoy ;)

I Can Still Recall by Realismreading - Remus is a new teacher at Hogwarts and has to teach the boy he fell in love with last summer in Rome. So sweet and so well written, I love it <3

The time Remus Lupins workplace and life is turned upside-down just because he forgot his lunch by oocephalus - It’s all in the title but it only gets better. So goooood pls read.

[newsom]

hello ms orestesfasting I know I have said so before in the comments of light in august but that is quite especially my favourite of all time (I won’t disgust you with the amount of years I have consumed fic and the sheer volume of my annual consumption) but I will never stop being grateful to you for that story it is. quite literally the blueprint of Remus and Sirius for me and easily one of the most thoughtful and affecting pieces of lit I’ve ever read I just. Will love it forever and read it countless more times. Like that’s the hazy lazy days of summer. That’s a dog day afternoon. That’s day that stretches into evening and the leaves are green and the streets are quiet and you have nowhere to be and a song you love is playing and you’re so happy to be alive. That’s golden hour baby

WOW this made me blush. thank you so much!!!!! i will always have a soft spot for that story and i'm really happy to hear it means something to you. also how awesome to get this beautiful evocative description of summer in my inbox in the depths of chicago january, like the PANG that i felt. thank you for that!!! 🌤️🌱🌾🌻🌙