#after the prank

[missmoonfrost]

Fly safe - a wolfstar microfic

@wolfstarmicrofic - September 7: Quidditch Lockerroom - Words: 228

The last Quidditch game had been only a couple of weeks ago, but to Sirius it felt like in a different life. He dared a glance to where Remus sat, eating his scrambled eggs and sausages in stubborn silence, like he’d done ever since that fateful night.

Sirius was glad James blabbered on about tactics and how they would crush the Ravenclaws today. Sirius didn’t muster the enthusiasm, but faked it as well as he could, for James' sake.

Until they stood in the entrance hall, about to part ways. When Remus gave James a good luck hug, Sirius turned and started walking towards the Quidditch pitch. He didn’t need the wound opened by Remus walking past him like he didn’t exist. He didn’t need James' pitying eyes.

He knew very well he deserved it. It didn’t make it hurt any less.

Last game, he’d got a good luck kiss behind this very same building of locker rooms. A quick thing, in between giggles and glances to make sure they weren’t seen.

He sighed and went inside, a good ten minutes before anyone else would be there. A folded parchment note was spelled stuck on his locker.

Good luck. Fly safe.

Unmistakably Remus' neat handwriting.

Sirius sat down, pressed the note to his chest and took a deep breath. Deeper than he’d been able to breathe in weeks.

[vomits0cutely]

Remus “I can’t love you, anymore” Lupin.

Sirius “I can’t love you any more” Black.

[wolvesandshine]

“I have a proposition.”

James simply raises an eyebrow, not having expected the other Black brother to acknowledge him, much less try to talk to him.

“I hear you have a problem with Sirius.”

A problem is putting it mildly. As if Sirius didn’t betray their trust and almost got another student killed.

When James doesn’t deny it Regulus smirks. “I can help you get back at him.”

James didn’t fancy himself as someone who desired revenge but then again recent events had clearly proved his judgement couldn’t be trusted.

“Date me.”

James blinks, sure he’s misheard. Regulus continues. “Well obviously it would be fake but it would drive Sirius up the wall.”

James couldn’t deny it. It was a wickedly smart plan. Not only replacing Sirius for his younger brother, but also dating him? That was pure genius.

Yet- there was something off. Regulus wouldn’t be this helpful without ulterior motives. “And what would you get out of it?”

“Isn’t seeing my brother suffering reward enough?”

At James blank stare, Regulus continues. “Look, are you in or not?”

James stares at the determined expression, so similar yet so different from Sirius’s. He knew he wasn’t going to find out Regulus’s reasons for this if he had even an ounce of Sirius’s stubbornness.

And as much as he knew this was a train wreck waiting to happen - he wanted to do it. He wanted to make Sirius hurt, the way he’s been hurting for the past few days.

“I’m in.”

[the-river-nyx]

It almost feels easier this way, with all his friends hating him. When he’s alone, things feel easier; there’s no one to impress and no performance to put on to make people love him. Sirius found a twisted sense of satisfaction in making things worse. It was part of who he was, a role he was bred to fill.

Sirius sat in silence, his mind drifting to a slightly disturbing thought. He wondered if his mother would be proud of him if she knew what he had done.

He was tired of being a disappointment. No matter what he did, he never seemed to be good enough. To his parents, he was nothing more than a disgrace—a rebellious teenager who constantly failed at his duty and ignored at his responsibilities.

He couldn’t even be there for Lily when she needed him the most, despite everything she had done for him over the past three years. He didn't deserve James' warm smile and unabashed love or Peter's unwavering support. Time and time again, he had let them down.

Deep down, he still clung to the hope that perhaps his mother would be proud of him.

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[maiiefizz]

I had a new wolfstar fic idea.

Completely bombarded with angst, again.

Why can't I have cute fluffy ideas?

And where is my motivation to write again?!

[descenderintofantasy]

Head canon that Hook was the one to comfort Bridget after Uliana's prank. With Bridget's emotional state at that point, right after, he might have been the only one brave enough to. That's how they ended up close enough to eventually date/marry and have four kids.

(If they were not already secretly dating, I will take either!)

[maliefizz]

I don't know if I've asked this before, but would you rather have a 27.000 words story as a one-shot or divided into several chapters?

I planned this as a Oneshot but... Yeah im not so sure anymore.

I prefer...

One Shot

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Voting ended onApr 11, 2023