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Title: TBA Prompt: 98 - "Remus never went to Hogwarts, homeschooled until he got his OWLs but swapped to muggle school after realizing he’d never be accepted in the wizarding world and went on to get his PhD. The moon is incredibly hard on his body as he ages and he ends up needing a service dog who is INCREDIBLY smart and has the clearest grey eyes. imagine his surprise when the dog needs opposable thumbs and turns into a bipedal, handsome man." Guidebook / Prompt List / Sign Up Want to submit a snippet but missed the email blast, drop us a DM or log a ticket in the server <3

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Title: In your arms. All eight of them Prompt: 285 - "Going out on a limb with this one: When an untested, werewolf “cure” starts being advertised (by lockhart of all people), both sirius and remus scoff about it. But after a horrible couple moons Remus decides to take it, expecting the same sort of nonsense his parents put him through as a child. He doesn’t feel any different and when the next moon comes around they do what they always do and go to a nice forest next to a lake. Instead of a were/wolf/ at moonset remus turns into a were/octopus (or squid)." Guidebook / Prompt List / Sign Up Want to submit a snippet but missed the email blast, drop us a DM or log a ticket in the server <3

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Title: TBA Prompt: 240 - "Remus is a middle-aged saxophone player at a local pub. Sirius is the bartender. (He doesn’t know Remus once was a famous musician, but retired and withdrawed to a quiet life due to an accident, a tragedy or a heartbreak. He is just drawn by this mysterious man with a melancholy look on his face and wishes to help him feel better.)" Guidebook / Prompt List / Sign Up Want to submit a snippet but missed the email blast, drop us a DM or log a ticket in the server <3

Lupin came on with an alto sax strapped to his front and waved to the crowd. They cheered. 

Sirius’s eyes widened. 

It was the man who’d ordered the Scotch earlier. He stood with his shoulders hunched but straightened up when he acknowledged the crowd with a wave and a smile. He sat down on the chair, folding his too tall frame while making room for his alto saxophone. Lupin adjusted the height on the mic, some of his messy dark gold curls flopping over his forehead. 

“Thank you Dorcas, for that introduction and to the Magic Hat for having me,” he said. 

Then he started to play. 

Sirius didn’t know that much about jazz. What he did know, however, was from the first note he played, Lupin was exceptionally talented. The sounds the sax made were smooth, luxurious and haunting in equal measure. With lesser musicians, Sirius had noticed, you were always aware of the physical effort they were exerting. But Lupin made it look effortless. 

Sirius only really started listening to jazz when he took over The Magic Hat. He often found himself zoning out during the performances but now, he was riveted. He couldn’t look away. 

Lupin played with his eyes closed, like he was having a one on one conversation between himself and his sax. His fingers that had looked gnarled and bent up close moved deftly over the keys as he played. When the song was over, he opened his eyes and almost looked surprised to see that there were other people there, watching. He smiled, inclining his head in thanks as he reached for one of the bottles of water.

“Thank you,” Lupin said in that low raspy voice. “Next one is an homage to Charlie Parker.”

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Title: TBA Prompt: 188 - "40-something year old Remus stumbles upon a younger (inordinately hot) man having escaped the back of a cop car during his arrest and assists him in picking the lock to his still-attached cuffs. How Remus got himself into harboring a fugitive, he'll never truly know." Guidebook / Prompt List / Collection Sign up and submission of snippets is now closed. The fest starts posting on July 8 <3

Remus knows from his mental map of the block that he's standing in the only outlet to the small alley, and if something is in there, it's going to go through him. Hesitantly, he takes another tentative step inward, the hair on the back of his neck prickling, and then wonders what the hell he's doing. Whatever it is could be anything, a wild animal, a giant rodent, a badger—a-a rat of unusual size.

His heel catches on something that his cane had missed, and his foot nearly slides out from under him. He fumbles groceries, struggling to keep upright and hold onto his things at the same time. Scuffing his foot along the ground, he huffs to himself, shaking his head at his ridiculousness, and turns to leave.

"Right, then." Just talking to air, as one does.

"Wait!"

A voice sounds, muffled and deep down the narrow gap. Remus stops, striking the base of his cane against the wall in front of him, looking for the corner.

"Yes?" he asks, not sure why on earth he's not just walking away as fast as his wobbly legs and soggy socks can take him.

"I just—" it takes a moment, then there's a little scuffle and a few scraping noises again before the voice sounds, much closer than before. "Can you not tell anyone I'm here?"

Remus furrows his brow. "I don't even know who you are." The voice sounds young, maybe early twenties, and sounds male, but that's not always true.

"Oh," the man gives a little, sharp bark of a laugh, drifting closer to Remus, who can hardly keep himself from leaning away, partially because he smells like he may have rolled in garbage. "Oh, I see."

"Well, I don't," Remus says, a knee-jerk reaction.

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Title: TBA Prompt: 18 - "Sirius is Gordon Ramsey. Remus is a restaurant owner who is on Kitchen Nightmares." Guidebook / Prompt List / Sign Up Want to submit a snippet but missed the email blast, drop us a DM or log a ticket in the server <3

In front of him, Sirius prods at his plate. It's their signature meat and three. Remus can see Sirius ordered fried chicken, green beans, mac and cheese, and what looks like fried okra—but he can't be sure.

If Remus is being honest, it's been a long time since he's paid careful attention to their food. It all tastes the same to him, anyway—bland, tasteless, cold. Although that's probably because it takes him so long to work up an appetite. It's the grief, he thinks.

But even he can tell this food does not look appetizing in the slightest. And Sirius just stares at him, unnervingly quiet, which makes its own sort of point.

"When's the last time you dined at your own restaurant?"

Remus swallows again—there's no saliva left in his mouth, so it burns. "Last night," he says, which is halfway true. Technically, he'd gotten food here last night, because a person, regrettably, has to eat. But he'd only picked at it, tasting nothing, then consumed a whole bag of Doritos, mindlessly, while scrolling on his phone before falling asleep covered in red dust.

Things are not going well in his life, to put it mildly.

"You ate this," the revulsion is palpable in Sirius’s voice, "last night?"

Remus nods again, a little dumb.

"It's fucking raw," Sirius gives the camera his signature line, voice steady and condemning.

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Title: Dear soulmate (I can't wait to fall in love with you) Prompt: 228 - "Soulmate AU: In this universe if you have a soulmate (many people do but not all) and you are both looking in the mirror at the same time, you will see the other person and not yourself. Remus spent his childhood obsessed with mirrors, hoping to catch a glimpse of the pale boy on the other side, but he saw him less and less as he grew older. As a teenager, Remus has a breakdown thinking that his soulmate must have died (hasn't seen him in years) and breaks the mirror he's looking into, giving himself some bad scarring. After that incident, Remus avoids mirrors as much as possible. In reality, Sirius was being kept away from mirrors/locked up as a child because his family is fucked up. By the time Sirius has escaped his bad home life Remus has started to avoid mirrors. Remus is in his mid-30s and for some reason is forced to look in a mirror for just a moment and suddenly he sees his soulmate again; and it's someone he recognizes." Guidebook / Prompt List / Collection Sign up and submission of snippets is now closed. The fest starts posting on July 8 <3

“Are you going to read the ingredients of those as well?” Remus asked playfully when they got to the dental–hygiene section. He felt so weird. So out of himself and more like himself than ever at the same time. Playful in a way he didn’t remember ever being. “It contains nylon bristles and a plastic handle… better known as petroleum,” Remus pretended to read with a neutral voice, as if it were the small print of a cigarette carton. He redoubled his efforts when he was blessed by Sirius’ hysterical laughter. “The number of penguins killed to make this product was 4.3. This company doesn’t take responsibility for any consequences of using this toothbrush for any purpose other than oral hygiene.” Remus paused dramatically, staring at Sirius with a severe expression. “Basically, don’t insert it in your arse and you’ll be using it correctly. Any questions?”

The laughter stopped for a moment as Sirius stared at him in disbelief, jaw dropped and eyes wide open, and for just a second Remus felt afraid he had gone too far. He was about to apologise and disappear from there, never to be seen again,  when a quiet giggle bubbled out of Sirius’ mouth, along with the most beautiful blush.

The smile that spread across Remus’ face in response was absolutely maniacal. 

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Title: Can't take my eyes off of you Prompt: 271 - Remus goes to a strip club for the first time at 35 years old when Lily has her bachelorette party. There he meets stripper Sirius Guidebook / Prompt List / Collection Sign up and submission of snippets is now closed. The fest starts posting on July 8 <3