July reading wrap-up--- if you find any you like, be sure to let the author know with comments and kudos 🥰
Word count: 1,739,088
•Where Habits Change by bridgeofbirds (65k rated e) strangers to lovers in the country
•All Over Again by @moonsconewrites (45k rated g) 1st war, Sirius loses memory
•skies are strange by thenewoldsong (fishyspots) (32 rated t) After Remus saves the Potters on Halloween 1981, everything crumbles like wet parchment. But when little Harry’s parents seek help with his magic years later, they get another chance to repair the damage.
•the things unsaid in silence by @fadingtostardust , @theresthesnitch (13k rated t) It's been a year since Sirius's return at the Shrieking Shack, and Remus is alone, again, with nothing more than the silence of the cabin as company. However, when an unannounced canine guest comes to join him, Remus may find he has become too comfortable with the things they've left unsaid in the silence.
•You Can Go Your Own Way (Just Always Come Back on a Lonely Day) by @violetwhisperswolfstar (56k rated e) It's been four years since Voldemort was killed and the Wizarding War was won but one battle is not over yet—the battle for Sirius Black’s heart.
•Lose Yourself by Daiver (260k rated e, reread) AU in which Remus gets brainwashed into joining the Death Eaters. Stripped of his memories, his empathy and his love, he becomes a spy in the Order, bringing Voldemort closer to victory than ever.But then there is Sirius Black. And the haunting, inevitable notion that nothing in this world disappears without so much as leaving a trace. Especially not love.The question is: Will it be enough?
•Best in Show by @emperorem (15k rated t) Five days ago, Remus Lupin decided it was his life’s dream to become a dog show handler. With the support of his best friend Lily, he attends an open call pairing handlers with dogs for the upcoming show season. After a somewhat rocky start, he meets Padfoot, the dog he’s certain he’s meant to handle. Now all Remus has to do is convince Padfoot’s owner—the charmingly odd veterinarian James Potter—that he’s the right man for the job.
•Sirius Loves James? by @wolfywordweaver (7k) James is trying to help Sirius date Remus and when Sirius' anxiety botches up his confession, he still ends up with a date but for the wrong reasons. Can Sirius figure a way to actually confess to the right person? Fake dating, accidental proposals, head injuries, and drunken wisdom are all a part of the process.
•Dark and Not-So Mysterious by Twixxystix (1k not rated) Remus works in a quaint bookstore to pay his university tuition. While stocking shelves, he meets a handsome, dark-haired stranger and can't help but flirt.
•Body made of glass (but not really) by depressedstar (1k rated t) After a particularly brutal full moon, Remus Lupin throws himself back into classes determined to prove he can handle everything on his own. But exhaustion catches up with him in increasingly public ways, and his friends refuse to stand by and watch him break himself apart.
•Unfound by brownleaves (1k rated m MCD) What happens when soulmates don’t find each other.
•pub Night by @thestralsofspinnersend (3k rated m) Remus is a virgin, but he isn't about to tell anyone. Let alone his best friend. Until he does.
•angel, islington by aeridi0nis @steelycunt (3k rated g) Nineteen seventy-five, and Sirius is getting over it all. Really, he is. Really.
•a jaunt to the middle of windermere by @equalmindz (14k not rated ) weightless holiday to the countryside, late night card games, fermented pear cider and something half written finally matches up.
•comfort crowd by starcrosser (4k rated t) When Remus’ bones start to break too soon before a full moon he’s relieved to have someone there to comfort him and help, which if Remus isn’t careful, might lead to some overdue confessions.
•Spring Break by plagueherheart (2k rated e) With school out for spring, Remus finds himself a bit anxious, with nothing to occupy himself. Luckily, Sirius’ week is coming to an end as well.
•Are we happy? by Thesunkissedfreckles (3k rated t) It was wrong, it was indulgent, and it was incredibly dangerous.
•Four Freckles and a Heatwave by TheBlueBlues @theblueblues-ao3 (1k rated e) Remus Lupin is wandering around the flat in shorts. The freckles have unionised. Sirius never stood a chance.
•Begging a Deaf God for Mercy by lovesickstaarlight (1k not rated, no ship) He is begging for anyone to hear him, wondering if God truly is there and if he is, why hasn't he saved him from the hell he calls life
•it's just us by m0onyy (13k rated e) two idiots, one ugly couch, no bed, and absolutely no sense of personal space.
•The Stress of Sirius Black by lejic (7k rated t) When Remus accidentally takes a potion that takes away his worries, he winds up forgetting about Sirius. Completely. Sirius does not take it well at all, but all’s well that ends well
•Extra number by @missmoonfrost (1k rated m) Star singer Sirius Black is forced to work with equally as talented Remus Lupin - whom he has tried to avoid due to their complicated past. How should he even describe them? Exes? Or was that just Sirius wishing for more than it ever was?
•How to Breathe Underwater by @aquamyosotis (4k rated g) Sirius - the coolest, most nonchalant Champion Hogwarts has ever seen. Until Remus goes missing the night before the Second Task that is.
•how little he deserves by fictional_simp09 @fictionalsimp09 (400 rated t) Remus and Sirius have a summer fling, but Remus feels as though he is way more invested than Sirius
•who could ever leave me, darling? (but who could stay?) by ls_28 (5k rated t) remus has been studying nonstop for newts and Sirius is annoyed he doesn't get to spend time
•One Light Burning by blanketed_in_stars (postatoflarch) (5k rated g) It's the winter solstice of 1980, there's a spy, and strange magic is cropping up off the coast of Scotland.
•Rain and Reckless Promises by TheBlueBlues @theblueblues-ao3 (9k rated e) On a stormy autumn afternoon, Sirius can’t keep her hands off her swotty, scarred girlfriend—especially when Remus is being her usual clever, sensible self
•Freefall by brownleaves (1k rated m Canonical MCD) Remus can't stop falling...
•The Stories We Tell (The Secrets We Keep) by @always-pining (4k rated g) After the war, Harry returns to 12 Grimmauld Place. Someone else is already there.
•the unrequited and loveless by yellowmarshmallow (3k rated t) Sirius has never understood romance and he's mostly accepted the fact that he's entirely uninterested in it. However as time goes on, he finds a growing fear of winding up alone, and wonders if he's the only one to not understand love.
•what matters most is how well you walk through the fire by alandia_wings (1k rated m) Statistically speaking, Lupin almost always arrived at King’s Cross station on September 1, 1993 at 10:15 am, just as instructed. There is no world where he didn’t make it to the train.
•Microwave Cooking for Two by pringlealltheway (1k rated g) A gift from Harry revives an old memory
•Don't Know What To Call This Feeling (That I Feel For You) by Sax246 @sax246 (10 k rated e). Sirius hasn't allowed himself to live since he lost his best friends and gained custody of their child. Luckily for him, Remus Lupin can give him exactly what he needs, and maybe some more.
•Werewolf Memories by LumiaHearts ( Canon MCD 1k rated t) Remus reeled from the scars the year placed on his soul.Pacing, thinking what he could have said or done to change what had happened.His heart pained at the thought of Sirius, yet all his mind could think was of him.He was broken beyond repair.So when he saw such a carefree younger version of himself, the surprise made his mind ache.
•Fever by BluBerd (1k) When Remus is ill, Sirius can never stay away
•Desperate Measures by @puuvillaa (9k rated e) Remus didn’t present at the age of fourteen, so he was left to assume that he’s a beta. What happens when he unexpectedly goes into heat at the beginning of his sixth year?
•Animal Instinct: The Lives of Teenage Animagi by barkatthemoon @barkingatthemooninsteadofwriting (2k rated t) There have been some slight behavioral changes since Sirius, James, and Peter completed the ritual to become Animagi...
•Wolfstar on Ice by YumeNouveau (3k rated t) After Sirius accidentally tells Remus he wants a kiss from him, Remus ponders what it would be like to be in a relationship with his best friend as Christmas Holidays begin
•To Spice Things Up by @puuvillaa (2k rated e) Sirius unexpectedly decides to spice things up in the bedroom.
•all alone on the edge of seventeen by orphan_account (3k rated t) He is seventeen and in love.
•Anything I Want by @astralsunshine (4k rated t) Sirius is in London now, living in a bedsit that smells like cat, pulling at a guitar with a missing string, imagining kissing a boy in Soho, and sitting on six thousand pounds of his family's money he can't decide how to spend
•Hi-Res Heartthrob by @wannabelilybriscoe (4k rated t) Remus falls in love with a stock photo model. One day, the stock photo model shows up at his workplace.
•there's nothing you and i won't do (i'll stop the world and melt with you) by barkatthemoon @barkingatthemooninsteadofwriting (3k rated e) “I want out of my head,” Sirius says, words coming out on a breathy sigh, tipping his head until it gently knocks against his. “I don’t want to think anymore.”
•dreams of reason by swoons (2k rated t) Remus’ infuriatingly hot, wealthy boss is trying to bring back dinosaurs. Remus is a scientist with morals. He thinks.
•old dogs (new tricks) by barkatthemoon @barkingatthemooninsteadofwriting (5k rated m) Remus tries not to think too hard about the fact that Sirius has been staying in bed until noon lately.
•Remus Lupin’s Extremely Innocent, Totally Not a Pretext, Transport Excursion by @theblueblues-ao3 (2k rated e) It’s just a normal day. A quiet museum about magical transport. (Except for the part where Remus decides to remind Sirius—slowly, thoroughly—what it means to wait. And what it means to beg. And why, actually, trains are sexy and public transport is foreplay if you do it right.)
•Good Vibrations by @sliebman10 (3k rated e) Sirius has had to go on a number of business trips recently. This time, he leaves Remus a present to make the time go by faster.
•Would you? by @mikibou (2k rated t) Sirius has questions. And now, so does Remus. Questions that could change lives.
These are ones I've just started reading- see big list of wips I'm following here
•The Paint is Chipping, My Love by edendirt (26k rated m 3/ 5 chapters) Remus is a managing barista at his local cafe, writing in his spare time, and loving on his best friends in their charming small town. Sirius sweeps in from London, reeling with grief and trying to start again.
•Adrift in beadless Wonder by Robin_is_awesomesauce @robin-is-awesomesauce ( 1k not rated) Remus lupin gets sad during his time of the month, sirius makes him feel that little bit better
•Written on Water by evesaintyve (13k rated e) Lupin and Tonks survive the war, but their marriage doesn't.
Moony's midlife crisis fest @moonyfest
•One Baby, Two Babies, Wolf Baby, Star Babies @luxalupinlvr (6k rated e) Remus and Sirius pregnant at same time post war div
•For the Inconvenience @madefortherain (22k rated e) Remus and Sirius marry. Out of convenience, of course.At least, at first. At least, until Remus begins to wake to a racing pulse; to a wing-tangled belly; to the giddy terror of belated epiphany.At least, until the whole thing has turned rather inconvenient indeed.
•embers @sorealis (40k rated e) Remus Lupin is not having a midlife crisis. It is a perfectly normal thing for a man in his mid 40s to desire a simple change in his life. Sometimes that change happens to come in the form of learning to ride a motorcycle, which then leads to events that reunite him with his ex, with whom things ended… complicated at best. Naturally, they handle everything in the way only they can: lack of communication and giving into their desires.
•Blackmail by @luminousgloom (6k rated t) Remus is blackmailed for cheating on his husband with… his husband.
•In Doorframes We Stand by LuxaLucifer (18k rated e) Sirius thought he knew how to ride a motorbike, but, ever the teacher, Remus ends up showing him a whole new world.
•Pernicious Class @heartoftheserpent (2k rated t) Remus is set to be executed. Sirius saves him.
•Moony’s Got Money Problems. @mlooperskate (31k rated e) Remus Lupin decides it is time he starts an OnlyFans.
•Theoretically Bisexual by lejic (8k rated e) As part of a midlife sexuality crisis, Remus Lupin gets a phallic object stuck on his rectum and has to go to the emergency room, where he gets seen by sexy doctor Sirius Black.
•Project: S.H.A.G. by ShesGotStuff2Do (22k rated m) During a muggle studies trip Teddy and Harry run interference as their fathers "descretly" exercise the benefits of being in a "secret" relationship.
•songbird by @lavenderhaze (1k rated t) Remus loves birdwatching. Sirius doesn't care but accidentally sees a super rare bird while Remus is on the toilet. Remus has a meltdown. Should he abandon his lifelong hobby?
•Dear Younger Self by ShesGotStuff2Do(14k rated t) Fourteen years had passed since he walked away from his friends. Fourteen years since Remus had slipped away into the night, protecting his heart from Sirius' impending betrayal. By the time he had realized his mistake it was too late. It's been twenty years since Sirius sowed the seeds of doubt within Remus; fourteen since the love of his life finally saw the light and walked.
•Buzz by lejic (11k rated e) Remus Lupin turns thirty-five, and decides to give online dating a shot.
•Hot Girls Hit Curbs @marley1031 (10k rated m) Remus reached forward to hand Sirius his keys, hesitating briefly when he remembered the bright pink Hot Girls Hit Curbs keychain Teddy had given him on his 40th birthday. Remus slowly handed the keys to Sirius, placing the image side down in his palm, and praying that Sirius did not look at it too closely.
•Snowflakes and Silver Linings by LuxaLucifer (1k rated e) After forty years, Sirius still wakes Remus with nose-kisses after full-moon mornings that takes their toll harder these last couple of years. Coffee in bed turns into slow, knowing hands under blankets, bodies moving with the easy rhythm of knowing each other for decades.
•No Matter How Long It’s Been (You’re Mine) @mirdeli (37k rated e) Sirius falls asleep in 1981 and wakes up in 1996—only to learn he is supposed to be dead. As the Ministry tries to figure out what to do with him, Remus has to live with the younger Sirius who remembers nothing of their recent past, and face everything that they have lost.
•Starlight Serenade @sliebman10 (6k rated e) Remus is a middle-aged saxophone player at a local pub. Sirius is the bartender.
•his forever @fictionalsimp09 (1k rated g) When ordering takeaway, Sirius does the classic thing of "Send your cutest delivery person." Remus shows up: "Sorry I was the only one available" and Sirius is like "What do you mean, you're perfect."
•Never too late @missmoonfrost (1k rated gen) A famous magazine has a column in the "Letter to My Younger Self" format, in which famous and/or anonymous people can submit letters. Both Sirius and Remus write one, and both letters are published in the same issue, side by side. They haven't spoken in over a decade.
•Muggle Magic @theblueblues-ao3 (17k rated e) Remus Lupin is thirty-nine, chronically exhausted, and talks to trees. When Albus Dumbledore appears in a park and offers him a job teaching Defence Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts, based solely on the fact that Remus once apologised to a Bowtruckle he thought was a stick, Remus assumes he’s either being pranked or that he has finally lost his mind.
•don't forget to breathe @colourful00desert (21k rated t) With Teddy away at university, single-dad Remus has decided to put his newfound extra free time to use and finally enrol himself in that ballet class he’s been wanting to take for years. The last thing he expects is for his teacher to be quite so gorgeous... nor quite so young.
•Found @lippskinn (5k rated e) Estranged from the wizarding world, addicted to Muggle drugs, and selling his body to afford another month of pain, he drifts through the underbelly of a Northern industrial town until a pair of eyes finds him.
•SAVE US, SIRIUS! - S1.E1 - Hope's Southern Kitchen @always-pining (23k rated M) After the sudden death of his mother, Remus is left in charge of his family's highly successful restaurant, despite harboring a private resentment for the business, the food, and the fact that humans need to eat daily at all.Things are going poorly. Enter famous, foul-mouthed reality TV chef Sirius Black and his brand-new TV show, Save Us, Sirius!
•Over The Moon. @emperorem (19k rated e) Remus Lupin has been part of the Altalune fandom since he was sixteen, and has been writing fanfiction for it since he was twenty-one—a year after the television adaptation premiered, starring Sirius Black.Now thirty-seven, he feels like he's aged out of the fandom, until a comment on one of his fics invites him to join a newly formed Discord server. To his surprise, everyone there is around his age, and he rediscovers both his place in the community and his inspiration to write. Looking for a beta reader, he strikes up an unlikely friendship with one of the server's members, growing into the possibility of something more.
•The Shorts, or: Misadventures in Brown @igetje (11k rated e) The doctor says it's finally time for Remus to do some exercise - luckily, he's still got his old middle school attire to hand. Or: Remus accidentally seduces Sirius with a pair of catastrophically tiny gym shorts.
•this too I know by swoons (11k rated t) Starved for human connection, Remus begins writing letters to an Azkaban prisoner. He doesn’t expect to fall in love.
•Under the rolling hills (wip 4k rated t ch 2/?) How Sirius accidentally became a coparent to a clumsy sheep and met the love of his life.
