Hold Back the River (3369 words) by @mcdynamite Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Hogwarts / marauders era (post-prank)
Summary: “There are nights where I don’t really dream, or at least, not that I remember, you know?” Sirius continues. “But I can’t remember the last time I dreamt about something that was good. Something that made me happy.” Remus’s heart beats unsteadily in his chest, because this, strangely enough, is not something he can relate to. Remus does have good dreams, on occasion, and a great many of them feature the boy with whom he is currently sharing a couch. He’s done his best to shove them to the back of his mind, whenever he wakes up from them. He relegates them to that ever-expanding box of Sirius-related memories that would be better off forgotten and moves on, only now… Sirius is right beside him, prodding at the box with long, aristocratic fingers, and Remus can feel the lid beginning to slip.
Comment:This was such a beautiful one-shot of Remus and Sirius trying to navigate how to be close (again), a while after the prank. I love the writing style, and their soft confessions and the emotions just felt so raw and real.
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