Imagine the entity in charge of relationship dynamics was fired and the new entity took a look at the mostly straight relationships with closeteds already established and decided to start sending out a variety of them and that’s why we have more confident gays and queers along with more allies
Peter was very important to his friends, actually.
I would go as far as to say he was the polar opposite of excluded, that he was the cornerstone of the Marauders' friendship. The reasons that some people say might have made Peter "boring" are exactly the reasons the others deeply needed him.
Sirius dealt with his abusive parents, Remus with his lycanthropy, and James with his insecurities masked by a huge ego and impulsive behavior. All of them needed someone stable and dependable to tie them together. And that person was good old reliable Peter Pettigrew.
He would help Sirius through his struggles when James was too socially inept to, and then he'd comfort James without minimizing his problems because he "has it better." Then he'd hang out with Remus, and those two would probably be as close as Sirius and James were. I also imagine that Peter would've been a huge help to mending the group's relationships after the Prank.
The Marauders needed Peter Pettigrew. Don't forget that.
so i read this fic like a year ago and it was basically regulus being jinxed to end up in james' bed by the end of the night and sirius ends up finding out bc regulus ends up in james' lap during a party one night.
i cant find it in my ao3 history and i really wanna reread it, please drop the name if yall know it
The War Is Almost Over… but Our Struggle to Rebuild Has Just Begun.
Every day here in Gaza feels like a year carved into our chests. The war isn’t like it was in the early days—the sky is quieter, the air carries less smoke, and the nights hold fewer explosions. But the pain… it still lives under the rubble, inside our memories, and in the empty spaces where our loved ones once stood.
I’m writing this today not because the war has completely ended, but because for the first time in a long while, it feels like the horizon is opening a little. A small space where we can breathe, gather ourselves, and try to rebuild what’s left of our lives.
Yet every step forward feels like walking on wounded memories, and every stone from our destroyed home whispers stories we never got to finish.
We lived through nights so heavy we thought morning would never come. We lost things that can never be replaced—homes, dreams, pieces of our hearts.
But we are still here… holding on, trying, fighting to stay standing despite everything.
And in the middle of this long road… there is a house. A house that once carried laughter, warmth, noise, and life.
Today, all that remains is an image holding a memory—and rubble longing for the people who once lived inside.
Today, we are trying to rebuild—not just the walls of a house, but an entire life that was shattered.
We are trying to create a new beginning, to live with dignity again, to give our family a sense of safety that we’ve been missing for so long.
We’re not writing this to mourn what was lost, but to ask for a chance to start again.
We ask for your support because rebuilding after a war is not something one person can do alone—it is a human effort, a shared act of compassion.
We need you.
We need your hearts.
We need your help to stand again.
My name is Abedmajed Elderawi, and I live in Gaza with what remains of my once large and loving family.
Every contribution—no matter how small—makes a difference.
It becomes part of our story, part of rebuilding a home, part of reviving a life that nearly faded.
The war may be almost over… but our journey back to life begins now.
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Thank you to every soul who still feels our pain, and to everyone who reaches out a hand to help us rise again.
pre-endgame jegulus and wolf star except it's james and remus thinking the blackbrother they actually want to wouldnt like them back so they date the other but eventually the black brothers figure it out (they have feelings for the marauder that actually wants them but didn't know how to go about it) it's actual chaos because the vibe between every double date they go on is the opposite of what's supposed to happen and all in all the black brothers are psychos that like to tease the loves of their lives
James who ran like his life depended on it when Sirius told him what he had done.
James whose only thought was Remus, and the fact that he had to save him from his own self because he knew that Remus would never forgive himself if he hurt Snape.
James who was ready to throw himself to death without another thought to push Severus away from the shack before just as moony is ready to pounce at him.
James who stays by the door the whole night to make sure moony was okay, and then by his side in the hospital wing when he wakes up.
James who holds Remus as he cries his heart out when he hears about what Sirius has done, who nurses him back to health as he becomes a shell of his own self.
James who comes learns how to take the muggle train to go to Whales every day during that summer because he can't apparate yet, even though Remus told him not to come. But he still goes and sits with hope in the living room or helps her around the farm when Remus doesn't come out of his room.
James who keeps bringing him books from Effie's library everyday since Hope told him Remus had been rereading his old books because he didn't want to go out to the library, and so he sets them by his door and sits there with his back against the wood, babbling about nothing and everything through it till the time for the last train back rolls around.
That is, untill Remus opens the door and James falls down on the ground, his eyes wide and his glasses askew as he watched the upside down face of the best friend he hadn't seen in a month.
Remus has a fond exasperated look on his face at the sight of the sweet boy who kept coming back no matter how much he tried to push him away.
They spend that summer running around in fields or sprawled under the shade of the trees as Remus read one of Effie's books and James rested his head in his lap, something that after days evolves into Remus carding his fingers through his wild messy hair, delicately removing his gold rimmed glasses as he dozed off under the shade of the trees while Hope watches them with a small smile on her face from the kitchen window, taking out her camera to capture the sweet moment because she knew that one day the oblivious pair would want it.
Remus is famously impossible to wake up after a full moon. James has tried shouting, Peter has tried shaking the bed, and Lily has tried cold water. They all failed. Sirius, however, just sits on the edge of the bed, brushes hair out of Remus’s eyes, and whispers: "Moony" once. Remus wakes up immediately. It infuriates James.
And peter. i love the prongs foot dynamic a ton but i also feel like james wouldn't have noticed for quite a while. peter is that one person who somehow knows everything and was the one who built sirius' foundation of his knowledge of love.
Today I’m thinking of the Sirius, Remus, and Barty kinnies.
Those of us who will never truly have a home for the holidays. Who visit families that hardly know them or understand them. Who have to go be with people who don’t love them.
I’m thinking of those of us who can’t go be with our families because it’s unsafe or mentally distressing. Who had to go no contact with the people who are meant to be there for you always.
Today we are thankful that we have the community/family that we have built for ourselves. To all my current and future friends…I love you. Thank you for being a part of my world.
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