#sbtmas updates

[embrassemoi]

Heeeeey could you maybe give us a sneak peek of the next SBTMAS chapter 🥺💕

I'm halfway done writing the next chapter and I haven't edited it yet so if it changes in the final product, that's why!

Typically, when a cold or fever consumed your body whole, it only took a single piece of bacteria. One nasty, measly dirty intruder that managed to worm it’s way into your system.

It was only a matter of time before they duplicated and the bacteria became two.

Then four.

Then before you know it — before your body knew it — it was under attack. An invasion that could take anywhere from a few days to weeks, months or even years if you’re unlucky. But once they landed, spread themselves through the healthy cells and emitted toxins, the question remained: how do you get rid of them? Take the medicine prescribed, or will it away? Maybe even get used to it over time.

In this case, as the Marauders, not one or two, but duplicated to four, waltzed into the hall and clumped to each other like those horrid bacteria, made her instantly sick.

[embrassemoi]

SERIES MASTERLIST

Surrounded by the Moon and Stars

The year is 1975 and Y/N L/N recently moved to London, England. As a transfer student from Ilvermorny, it was an understatement to say that she was out of her element. But what happens when you add friendship, love and war together? Only time will tell and we all know that time waits for no one.

↳ PAIRINGS: Sirius Black x Reader / Remus Lupin x Reader

CONTENT: Smut in later chaps, NO poly, graphic descriptions of violence, triggering themes such as self-hatred + mental health struggles + self-harm, MAJOR and minor character death, mature language, love triangle, pining, jealousy, fluff, angst, slow burn, slow updates, LGBT+ themes, war, major character death, hurt no comfort, hurt with comfort, possible proofreading errors, head-hopping, unreliable narrator, depression, sexism, implied/referenced child abuse, tags to be added.

↳ CHAPTERS

* = Indicates explicit smut

00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44

AO3 | MASTERLIST | PLAYLIST | OUTTAKES

↳ FAQ

✩ If you have any questions, ask or they might be under the tag #sbtmas ask

☽ Chapters average around 3k - 4.5k

When do you update? 

THIS STORY IS CURRENTLY ON A HIATUS

Who will the reader end up with? 

That’ll spoil the story! 

Will I continue this series?

Yes! I plan for this to be a very long fic.

What does the reader look like?

Since this is an x reader fic, I will refrain from using words that will describe physical characteristics for the MC. This means I will not mention hair texture, skin colour, body size and more. But, I will mention hair periodically throughout.

[embrassemoi]

here’s some doodles SBTMAS’s MC! I headcanon her as having that fluffy blown out 70s hair but always tied up (to help symbolize how she’s lowkey always on her guard and her walls won’t allow her to “let her hair down” and be truly vulnerable). Also the name I’ve been calling her in my head is either Katherine or Katrina because both could be turned into the nickname Kitty 💕 I have so many HCs about her she’s my new religion i s2g I’m down bad

Oh my gosh. OH MY GOSH!! You’re joking right?? I’m screaming this is so good!! Your  interpretation of the MC is lovely — I’m speechless!! I’m genuinely at a loss for words!! You’re so incredibly talented and I looked at your drawings for a solid ten minutes just freaking out over them!! I absolutely adore them, thank you so much :’))) it means the world to me <3333 xx (definitely going to put it as my screensaver for a whole to remind me to update lol)

[ Ooo!! And I’d love to hear your headcanons! ]

[embrassemoi]

Are there any updates on SBTMAS? :-)

Hello! its not discontinued! Long story short, my life went to shit and I broke my laptop. Lost 98% of all my files, outlines and pre-written chaps I had for SBTMAS. It's been hard trying to get motivated to write again and I'm taking a break from that series while I write various one shots and other stuff that currently sparks any inspiration, etc.

I love, love, love SBTMAS and I 10000% plan to finish it. But with series (espically with how long I planned this one to be) it takes a lot of me. It's not like a oneshot where I don't put much thought into details and I can write it within a few hours and put it out the same day. SBTMAS - can't do that. I have to think about the bigger picture, deeper metaphors, meanings + how it will affect future chs and characters. then editing and blah blah blah.

I know if I force myself to write it during this time, where I don't enjoy writing it, where it stresses me out more than anything else, it's going to make me resent it. I miss it, I really do because it's my literal pride and joy on this blog but I need to take a break or I'll just end up freaking out and discontinuing it. However I started re-writing the main outline to give me a sense of direction and I have a good idea of how the next 3 chapters are going to be like :D

I’m hoping that by November I’ll have my shit together with SBTMAS and put out at least one chapter by then. Plus uni has taken a hit to my writing availability :(

[embrassemoi]

The real slowburn of sbtmas isn’t long chapters when the characters don’t get together, it’s me, the writer that takes forever to update.

[embrassemoi]

Hi, congrats on 1k! I’ve been super busy so I just caught up on sbtmas and move me, baby! Both recent updates were so good, they were giving me something to look forward too when I was going through a little bit of a hard time (things are starting to get better) so thank you! I love learning about people’s music taste, so for the celebration 💿

The vibe for the playlist is confident feminist bitch who’s getting ready for a fun night (or whatever you want lol)

Congrats on uni btw, hope you had a good day!

I’m glad to hear things are starting to get better! That’s a celebration in itself! 🥳🥳🥳 take it easy darling xx

You gave me a hard one. Whenever I'm in that exact mood, I only listen to Doja Cat on repeat. So I really tried with this. Also I hope you don't mind the more groovy, cool girl indie vibe this has & Im hoping a few songs were new for you!

The Devil is a Gentleman — Merci Raines

Clueless — The Marias

Hush — The Marias

Terrible Thing — AG

Lady Grinning Soul — David Bowie

Make Believe — Joan Jett & The Blackhearts

YOU SO DONE — Noga Erez

Solitude — Sorry, Peach

Fire of Love — Jesse Jo Stark

The Gold Is in the Dark — Cat pierce

[embrassemoi]

(1/8) *inhales* *starts screaming like a howler* IT'S HAPPENING OH MY GOD IT'S HAPPENING! Honestly, you have no idea after how many times I checked tumblr after your sbtmas update post. I don't even know where to begin. Probably I should start with moony, right! When he took her flying and asked her to let go of her hands, it kind of reminded me of *that* scene from titanic but with stars and actual flying (sorry jack dawson but remus lupin is and always will be superior). It was just so, so

*inhales too and starts screaming back* HOLY - IT'S HAPPENING! AHHHHHH! REMUSSSSS! AHHHHHHHH - KEEP CALM !!!!!

Ah! now that you mention it, it also reminds me of that 'I'm flying' from titanic!

(2/8) beautiful. I cannot even begin listing everything I loved about that scene or else I would have to copy and paste the entire thing here. "But now, watching her glow, it dawned on Remus that he was holding the golden beam that threatened to paint the midnight sky gold." I mean- I probably read this three times because *screaming* HE'S IN LOVE, YOUR HONOR!!! Also I love, love, love the sun, moon and stars being used to represent mc, remus and sirius. It's kind of interesting sun is actually

I WANT YOU TO KNOW I WAS 100% SCREAMING WHILE WRITING THAT ENTIRE SCENE LMFAO! I'm glad you liked it! It was definitely *so far* one of my favourite scenes to write

(3/8) a star so they are similar and belong together, but also the moon and sun are kind of opposites and opposites attract and complete each other. So both sirius and remus are good matches for her but have very diffrent dynamics... I don't know, I am probably overthinking again. But I just don't know who to ship her with at this point. And I don't think you are going to fast with their relationship, their relationship progressed so naturally and beautifully, especially since the beginning

Well when I was in the planning stages of figuring out what I wanted to really add in this fic, one of the first things that came to mind was taking advantage of the moon and star metaphors. it makes things so much more romantic / angsty and plus - they're there. what am I supposed to do - not use the absolute gold I have at my finger tips? (see what I did there)

and no! I always encourage predictions being made. some of my readers have been scarily accurate and it scares the fuck outta me but they're hilarious to read! Like I had one clever reader send in a prediction of what was going to happen and my jaw dropped. Spot on!

also for the MC and remus' relationship progressing - I had to cut out so m u c h because it really was too rushed. But don't worry, it'll be moved to other upcoming chapters!

(4/8) of the sixth year. Okay, I know this chapter was remus' time to shine but can we talk about sirius for a minute? The way he looked at with so much vulnerability in front of everyone. Couple of chapters ago he didn't even cast a spell at her during their duel and bowed in front of her. Considering how romantic feelings are foreign to him, it's crazy to see how much he grown to care for her in a short amount of time. I can't help but love their chemisty, even after everything that happend.

SIRIUS! darling... I feel awful. I can't wait to write his POV of how he's feeling sometime in the near future.

yeah, I was also trying to go for the intense guilt he feels about everything so :p I love torturing characters, don’t I?

(5/8) And there were so many little things in this chapter that made me so happy. McLaggen already started causing drama and I'm so here for it. Sybill celebrating her birthday. Matthew being the best friend ever (When gaplin family owl arrived, i though something happend to him and I was terrified). Lily finally talking to mc again! Regulus' extravagant gift! But being dramatic must be a Black family thing. I can't belive he got her a ring that practically screams "the noble and most ancient

McLaggen - stirring the pot. sly mother fucker haha!

Matthew made a little cameo! I love writing him :D!!!! I have a few things in store for his arch and ughhhh ahahahahah. and omg! no! If I was going to hurt Matthew, I wouldn't do It this early. (That sounds like a threat haha)

(6/8) house of black" while hiding their friendship. Somebody bound to connect the dots (sirius maybe?), right? And he's with his parents for "an event"? Very suspicious. P.S. Bc I'm not creative with names (like remus' parents) I was calling the bunny furry little problem the second or moony jr. in my head. And as for name... flopsy could be cute. I know it's very stereotypical but there was a children's book called "the tale of flopsy bunnies" and I feel like remus might have been familiar

Lmfao fucking Regulus - or really the black family - always one for the dramatic. I can't wait to *eventually* write more of dramatic ass Sirius.

I've also been referring to the bunny as 'furry little problem' in my head haha!

(7/8) with muggle children's books because of his mother and idk, naming a pet after a book character feels like something he would do. Also floppy and flops were some of the nicknames james used to call mc, so it could be cute (But owl bait is also a brilliant name as well). P.P.S. Can we talk about how after mc comes to his dorm for the "bunny time" (very cute btw) remus said something like "i feel like you're using me for my pet" and in one of the previous chapters mc told him he was using

- also I'm surprised you remember that part about James calling her 'Flops' ETC considering I only mentioned it briefly. Wow! And you're absolutely right, it would be such a cute call back to the MC!

I'm going to be running a 'poll' (idk if I should call it that) sometime within the next few days of a list of name suggestions I've gotten and let readers choose the name! and I'll totally add your suggestion to the list. love it!

(8/8) her for the casette player. I don't know if it was intentional but for some reason that made me laugh so hard. And seems like I talked way too much again thank you for this chapter and thank you for listening/reading my ramblings, I guess. *screaming stops* *howler rips itself into pieces* -🌸

It was intentional! I'm glad you caught on!

and thank you for rambling, as always I loved reading it! Made my week :D xx I wish you a wonderful day/evening 😊