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The night before Valentines Day, Remus Lupin decides to drunkenly send one Sirius Black a valentine professing his love. @goodboylupin Prompt: Love Him

Day 7

Title: How Could I Ever Refuse By: @siriuslythatbitch​ | SiriuslyThatBitch Rating: E Prompt: F28 Summary: Sirius Black was actually looking forward to his second year at Oxford University. He had a flat with his best mates, loved his specialization, and wasn’t completely upset about his Little Brother starting his first year. It was all going so well, until he met one, Remus Lupin Word Count: 20.1k Tags: Alternate Universe - Non-Magical, Alternate Universe - College/University, Fluff, Smut, Oral Sex, Rough Oral Sex, Alternate Universe-Muggle, University, Art History, Marauders Fest 2020 Extract: Next year, I’m hiring bloody movers.” Peter huffed, setting down the overstuffed box with an ominous thud. “Perhaps, you should have packed lighter boxes, mate. It’s not like we didn’t know we’d be on the third floor more than a month ago.” James said, gently placing the sensibly packed box of his own on the counter. Across the room his friend stuck two fingers up in the air and collapsed on the couch. “You two already squabbling then? Good, I was worried we’d have to wait for a dramatic blow up a few days from now.” The third roommate entered the room with a smirk on his face. His shoulder length hair was pulled up into a bun on his head, a duffle bag slung over his shoulder. “Please, Pads. We leave the dramatics to the professional.” LINK

Title: The Bois By: @hellcatdraws​ | hellcatdraws Rating: G Prompt: A5 Summary: Marauders in their 70s get up, James just thought it was a nice Christmas card photo, the other boys knew they were starting a boy band. Medium: Digital Art Tags: 70s, 1970s, Marauders, Marauders Fest 2020, Art, hellcatdraws, Digital Art, Fanart LINK

Title: Loveable Idiot By: @samunderthelights​ | Samunderthelights Rating: T Prompt: F3 Summary: After avoiding it for months, Sirius decides it’s finally time to come out to his friends. Word Count: 3.1k Tags: Marauders Era (Harry Potter), Marauders Friendship (Harry Potter), Gay Sirius Black, Bisexual Remus Lupin, Coming Out, Love Confessions, wolfstar Extract: “You don’t think there’s something going on between them, do you?” Lily asks, her nose scrunched up. “I mean, don’t get me wrong. I’m sure Kat is a great girl, but she’s just so-” “Not his type?” James suggests. “Also, didn’t she used to go out with Ravenclaw girl?” “Do you think he knows?” Sirius’ friends are staring at him and Katherine, but when he looks over his shoulder, they quickly look away, pretending to be checking out the sky – or in Remus’ case his feet. “Do you think he saw us?” James asks. “It’s weird, right? The way he’s been acting lately, spending all his time with her-” “He’s probably in love.” Remus shrugs. “Good for him.” LINK

Dare I? I dare!

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by MoonlitMarauder

For Al, it started with a game of Truth or Dare.

For Scorpius though, it started with a bird.

Words: 3560, Chapters: 3/3, Language: English

Fandoms: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Thorne & Rowling, Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Albus Severus Potter, Scorpius Malfoy, OC-Slytherins, Rose Weasley

Relationships: Scorpius Malfoy/Albus Severus Potter

Additional Tags: Fluff, slight angst, Soulmates AU, Background Relationships, Truth or Dare, Drinking Games, First Kiss, Hermione’s Nook LoveBirds Fest

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I’ll Give it to Someone Special

Author: MoonlitMarauder

Rating: Explicit (for later chapters)

Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply

Category: M/M

Fandom: Harry Potter

Relationship: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter

Characters: Draco Malfoy, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Theodore Nott, Original Characters

Additional Tags: Fluff, Bad Dates, Slow Burn (more tags will be added as I post

Summary: The Elder Malfoy’s are returning to England for Christmas and have hinted at choosing a spouse for Draco if he doesn’t find a suitable partner before then. Draco’s friends step in to help him out and it all goes as well as to be expected.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/25_Days_of_Draco_and_Harry_2020/works/27813550

Fic: Hey Spaceman

Title: Hey Spaceman Creator: Anonymous Prompt: #342 Career Theme: Harry - Astronaut | Draco - Flight Control Rating: Teen Warnings/Content Notes: Mild language, Pining while on different planets, Getting Together, Fluff Summary: Harry is one of the worlds most well-known astrophysicists. When the UK announced they were joining the space race with their own mission to Mars, Harry knew he needed to follow his dream. He just didn’t expect to fall in love along the way. Word Count: 13,012 Creator’s Notes: Thank you so much Prolix for this amazing prompt. It was basically made for me, it was my one requirement for signing up for this fest, it had to be an astronaut prompt. I thoroughly enjoyed writing this story and watching these men fall in love before my eyes. There were many times they were ready to profess their love for each other before I was ready. I listened to The Killers a lot while writing this, specifically Spaceman and Dustland Fairytale. Finally, thank you so much to my alpha and beta, without them this story wouldn’t have gotten completed. ( Hey Spaceman )

I love Bellatrix and she’s perfectly in character

Fic: Madness in the Manor

Title: Madness in the Manor Creator: Anonymous Prompt: #33 Career Theme: Draco - Property Owner | Harry - Ghost Hunter Rating: Teen Warnings/Content Notes: Language and suggestion Summary: When Narcissa Malfoy uses a spirit board, she unleashes a negative haunting in the Manor. Fortunately, the London Paranormal Research Team, headed by Harry Potter, is here to save the day. Word Count: 4,525 Creator’s Notes: Many thanks to robinellen for the smashing beta job! ( Madness in the Manor )

Made for the Candy Hearts Challenge “Boogie”  @goodboylupin

Its honestly so painful when the creator of something you love so deeply, rejects your very identity. It hurts. I don't blame anyone for wanting to leave the fandom at all. I keep hearing people say "if you hate j.Karen Rowling just leave the fandom" (okay, they probably don't call her that but i do 🙃) and if people want to, I get it completely. But I don't want to. Harry Potter is something that is a part of me now. It is a part of me as much as having been bullied as a child is, as much as reading to escape the real world is, as much as being queer is. It helped to shape me and I don't want someone else's hate and fear to take away something that I love. That happens enough in the real world and I don't want it in fandom. I reject that.

I've spent hours in thrift shops looking for merch (because I never buy new things if I can help it. This works out even better for me now.) I've devoted so much time to writing fic in this world and appreciating other fan creators and their works. I've got a huge tattoo on my arm showing my love of Harry Potter, a love I shared with the artist who created it. Without this fandom, I would never have met most of my closest friends. This is a big part of my life. It's something that's brought me a lot of joy and a lot of goodness, in spite of its problematic aspects.

If there's one thing I've learned from taking literature classes, its that you can be critical of a work and of its author and still enjoy it. Making that criticism, analyzing the text and the author's life and motives, can be part of the enjoyment. With literary analysis, you're free to take the pieces that have meaning to you and toss out the rest. You're free to connect dots within the story to create your own full picture. And if those dots include criticism of the author, that's OK. And if they don't include the author at all, that's fine, too. That's where I'm at right now.

Another thing that I think about with literature is that it doesn't hold much meaning for me personally unless I can put myself in it, unless I can move in and live there for a while.

Lord of the Rings is basically a story about people walking around the countryside until you feel like you're one of those people, wishing you could just stay with Tom Bombadil and ignore the rest of the world, wishing the ents would maybe be just a little bit hasty. The Stand is any dystopia until you're stuck in a tunnel heading out of NYC, hoping to get to Colorado. Or Vegas, depending on your inclinations. Hell, Ramona Quimby is any random kid until you're sitting in the lunch room with her as she smashes a raw egg on her head.

Harry Potter is just another story about magic and a child hero until you're stepping onto Diagon Alley with Hagrid, until you're brewing a potion in the dungeons and praying that Snape doesn't hate it too much, until you're kicking off on the Quidditch pitch and hoping your House wins. That kind of enjoyment doesn't come from the author at all. Their words have something to do with it, for sure, but it has more to do with our own imagination; it happens inside our heads.

And if there's one thing I learned from Harry Potter, it's that even if something is happening in your head, why on earth should that mean it isn't real?

I guess my point is that I enjoy Harry Potter by analyzing it, by being critical of the text and the author. (And I am critical of her. I hope that she gets some help for the irrational fear that she's propagating, but I don't think she will. She's not there yet, at the very least.) And perhaps more importantly, I enjoy Harry Potter by being a part of it, in a myriad of ways. By being there with Harry throughout the story, by writing about Snape, by looking at the incredible art that people create of the characters I love so much, by discussing it all with other fans. And that kind of enjoyment has nothing to do with she-who-must-not-be-named at all. It belongs to me and to the people I share fandom interactions with. That kind of enjoyment is ours alone.

Yes, she is toxic. And yes, she has hurt me. She's hurt people that I love and people that I don't know who have my love and support, nonetheless. But I don't need her. I reject her. That's not me being a snowflake or whatever you want to call me. That's just me holding on to something that is important to me. Her books, the wizarding world, would be nothing but paper and ink without the fans loving it and making it real, sharing it with our friends and building it in our imaginations. So this is me, this is us, taking our love and our imagination, taking our analyses, taking the pieces that have meaning to us, and tossing out the rest. This is us moving in and living there, free from hate, in the world we've become invested in.

And to the people who say "find another book to read"... I have. I've found a lot of them. But I like this one and I want to keep it. I divorced Anne Rice a long time ago for her treatment of fans, but I still love Lestat and Louis and Armand and Stella and Julian... This isn't new to me. It looks like ima do it again.

My friends convinced me to do it! So I present to you....

The Scorbus Mini Fest!

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Due: 31 July 2021, I will post and email the AO3 collection link later.

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One Trip to Make us Whole

Author: MoonlitMarauder

Rating: Explicit

Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply

Category: M/M

Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling

Relationship: Harry Potter/Teddy Lupin

Characters: Harry Potter, Draco Malfoy, Teddy Lupin

Additional Tags: Past Harry/Ginny, Light Angst, Grieving/Mourning, Fresh Start, Harry is trying is best, Teddy needs a hug, Norway, Auror Draco Malfoy, Referenced Heavy Drinking, Referenced Prostitution, Rentboy Teddy

Summary:

Teddy Lupin is a fucking wreck.

When Draco Malfoy calls Harry to retrieve Teddy from Auror lockup once again, seeing a lot of his past self in the kid, he suggests Harry take the young man on a trip for some fresh air.

Harry for once, listened to Malfoy and now is stuck in Norway with Teddy for a month. Can he get through to the man he hasn't been close to in years or will this trip tear them further apart?

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/29990391