there’s something so very beautiful about sirius, who was raised to prize elegance and perfection, falling head over heels for remus, who had to accept the reality of being a monster and believing someone like sirius would never even look his way, because sirius could only ever be drawn to extraordinary things. little does he know that sirius has never found anything more extraordinary than a lanky boy with unruly curls, freckles, a tooth gap, and a heart too big for his own good
this month, I did have to put myself on a screen-time restriction after going Insane™ and posting seven times in two weeks.
which means a little less fic reading this month as I went outside, read physical books, and watched hours and hours of world cup games, recaps, highlights, and hot takes c/o the husband (which, yes, is actually also screentime).
still, so many great reads this month! quality over quantity, eh? and now my eyesight is reset, my heart is pure, my mind is open, and I'm so ready to read more in july.
keep reading for this month's recs!
One-Shots
the rhythm of the night by @barkingatthemooninsteadofwriting [E | 10k | Wolfstar] - nightclub au ft. DJ sirius! this was the first fic I read this month, and it really set the tone of greatness to follow! it's actually rare for me to picture characters when I'm reading, but I feel like I really visualized r/s in this one, because their descriptions were so specific and gorgeous and perfect. this was fun and sexy and sweet, I loved it so much!
We'll Be Strangers in the Morning by @astralsunshine [T | 3.5k | Wolfstar but mostly Regulus & Sirius] - I am continuing to cry my way through this series!!! unsurprisingly!!! dual pov between sirius and regulus (the way I GASPED at that) the day sirius leaves home. I am so seated for every single update in this series.
Father to a Son by @ourstarman [G | 1.6k | Wolfstar] - another short fic to cry over!! this is a lyall lupin pov tracking his fears and suspicions and worries about his son. emotionally stunted but deep fatherly love!! I also devour any kind of outsider pov on some wolfstar tenderness, and this scratches that itch as well.
And They Were Roommates! by @just--vi [E | 8.1k | Wolfstar] - sirius is going crazy living with remus and hopelessly pining, so he makes a plan. truly, I live for them being mutually stupid and incredibly obvious about it except to each other. this was so !!!!!! it made me insane in the best way.
smarting in the jaws of war by Anonymous [M | 2.6k | Wolfstar] - pledging my genuine allegiance to this anon writer because this prose was so gorgeous and heartbreaking!! if you want to be sad about first war wolfstar, please look no further. SO much heaviness and context in so few words (and all the words are gorgeous, breathtaking, earnest, evocative). loved this!
First time he fucked a boy by shamelessllamapeanutthing [E | 4k | Wolfstar] - what is there to say about this except you're getting exactly what's in the tags and description and it's delightful.
Multi-Chapter
The Old Spark by @puuvillaa [E | 31k | Wolfstar] - wolfstar exes to lovers (my beloved) featuring complicated and grown-up r/s reuniting after many years apart. I really liked how human and honest this was as they navigated their reunion. both of them had struggles and neither of them were perfect, which made following their journey all the more gripping and enjoyable!
From the Very Core of Him by @mybelovedmoon [T | 13.3k | Wolfstar] - sirius breaks his wand and needs to visit very special wandmaker remus lupin to get a new one. this was so, so sweet and tender!! I loved how soft and uncertain and flustered they were with one another. I keep thinking about this one, it made me feel so warm inside!!
Lie Low at Posada de Cachorritos (with Lupin) by @igetje [E | 21.9k | Wolfstar] - unsurprisingly a DELIGHT. my heart still squeezes when I think about this one!!! remus and sirius go on a little holiday after PoA and they are so sweet, no, I'm actually tearing up (also unsurprisingly) typing this description. I loved every second of this and I know I will be returning to it when I need to cheer myself up and imagine them getting the rest and sun and time together they deserve <3
Toujours a Twat! by @thatdesklamp [E | 65.6k | Wolfstar] - omg what a fun delight of a fic! never have I ever laughed out loud so many times over the course of a chapter! like genuine giggling at sirius and sirius jr and all the mental spiraling they were doing. truly it's impossible to overstate how much fun this one was!
WIPs
Rumspringa b-sides by @lifeisabitch-butimcute [G | 2/? | Wolfstar] - I could read a million updates about the Rumspringa boys and their happy lives together!!! a million might not even be enough!!!!
I'm behind on updates for a few fics, but I'm including them here because I love them and I can't wait to catch up now that I'm back on screens: All We Leave Unsaid by Kiendra and Melody of Wildflower Honey by @outromoonyy!!! highly recommend diving into both of these!
My Fics
One of the Boys [T | 1.9k | Hollanov | One-Shot] - everyone forget that I said I was never writing another HR fic... the spirit of the stanley cup playoffs and seth jarvis possessed me.
Morning Evening [E | 12/15 | Wolfstar | WIP] - three chapters left in my exes-ish musicians au :')
Late Bloomers [M | 38.5k | Leah Clearwater/OFC | Complete] - operation give leah clearwater a happy ending is officially complete
You're the One (I Want to Go Through Time With) [M | 3/6 | Wolfstar | WIP] - five times r/s get married, and one time they don't!
hi!! <3 last winter, I started exactly three Christmas-themed fics, and only finished one. but this one still gets worked on from time to time, and I hope to have a completed version before this year's holiday season.
ft. bitter, lonely, professor Sirius Black (who may or may not be visited by three ghosts later in the evening)
Six years later, Sirius Black is fifty-six and freezing. His bones feel much older than fifty-six—somewhere near a hundred. He thinks about how spry and mobile old Dumbledore had been, even at the end of his life. How had that been possible? He must have been somewhere near a hundred and fifty, and still hopping around like a sprite.
Another humbug. Aging poorly, with brittle wrists and creaking knees and a right hip that bothers him significantly this time of year. Depending on the day, he blames either the years spent hunched over a broomstick playing Quidditch or the bitterness of his life or the old ex-boyfriend (you know the one) for leaving him half-decrepit and withering before his sixties.
oh hi!! :) here is a little something from a fic I've been fondly returning to lately, maybe soon it will see the light of day!
for context, Sirius works at the Potters' family-owned Mexican restaurant:
It went like this: The front door opened; a little bell rang; Sirius saw him, standing in their entryway; the song started to play over the restaurant's speakers; in the kitchen, he could hear Monty calling for his wife, pulling her into a dance just like he always did any time Pedro Infante started to sing.
It happened this quickly: Sirius kept his eyes on the man, still standing in the doorway and holding up one finger, table for one. The man did not notice Sirius. But Sirius could not help but notice him.
"I've got this one," Sirius said on autopilot, placing a hand on James's chest before he could walk past him to the man's corner booth.
James laughed knowingly. "You always like the tall ones."
hi!!! here's something from the doc that's currently open, the next chapter of you're the one (I want to go through time with) <3
"I'm never having children," he tells Moony, whilst the girls giggle and chase after a soaring teacup—a chipped one, so it's no real loss should it come accidentally tumbling to the ground.
"Bit hard, that," Remus remarks, right as always. "Considering."
I've decided it's actually very noble of me to still have so many typos in my writing when I send it to other people. that's how you know a human wrote it. it's not embarrassing that I still don't know how to spell occasionally. it's all in the name of the fight against AI. I'm brave
can’t go wrong with pining while fucking as a trope. truly it has it all. pining. awkward sexual situations. weapons grade insecurity for all parties involved. the desperation as they inevitably fall further and further while hating themselves for being unable to stick to the contract of no strings attached. etc. you understand
"There is a war on. He's made peace with dying. If his time runs out, he'd like to know for certain he's spent most of it with Remus Lupin, no matter what anyone says or thinks or knows about that."
"Do you wish," fuck, fuck, fuck—Sirius stops mid-sentence, the mortifying prospect of vulnerability lodging in his throat. He swallows and, somehow, manages to finish the thought. "Do you wish we could get married?"
Every month on the 2Wolf2Star Discord server we have monthly prompts that can be used by our members to create fics, fan art, playlists, or anything else that they can come up with! Here are some of fics that were born from May's prompts.
Would you like to participate in June's Wobbles? Come join us on Discord (invite link in pinned post!) We're now opening up the prompts to everyone outside of the server once the month has passed, so if you would like to participate you can find the collection here, and May's prompts were: restaurant, sleeping bag, speed dating, misunderstandings, and costumes. Any submissions must feature Wolfstar as the main pairing!
Please be sure to kudos and comment on these absolutely wonderful works!
Would You Still Love Me if I Were Polyjuiced Into Someone Else? by @always-pining
"Just say yes to the Polyjuice, Remus," Sirius sighed. "Say yes. Meet me again as a stranger, lie about your life, I'll lie about mine, and see if you match with me in the end. If you do, I'll let this go."
"And if we don't match?"
"Then, I don't know. Then at least we'll know."
Remus turns forty-two. Sirius has a crisis about it.
[Teen | 4,131 words]
Why don't you stay for the night? Or maybe a bite? by @shunstanpike
Sirius and Remus's friends tell them to go to a "camp themed" speed dating event. They have different ideas of what this means.
[Teen | 1,982 words]
from something to nothing to something again by @superficialextent
In 2018, Remus Lupin walked out of Sirius’s life with no warning, no apologies, and no explanation. Sirius learns to be fine with it, he grows his life and his success into something most people would only dream of. He travels, he works, he’s on billboards, he’s got a nephew on the way. He’s doing more than fine.
Until Remus comes back after eight years of nothing, looking gloriously sun kissed and freckled from two years in the Mediterranean. Suddenly Sirius is not fine anymore.
[Explicit | 25,708 words]
ty for the tag @fruityindividual, this reminds me of my highly curated middle school Facebook flair board
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np tagging @brandileigh2003 @igetje @a-pine-cone @mybelovedmoon @barkingatthemooninsteadofwriting @madefortherain @theoryofanamnesis and anyone else seeing this, I’d love to see the Pinterest you !!
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