Remus has always convinced himself he just prefers to be alone. That’s why he gets overwhelmed in parties or feels so small in crowded rooms. That’s why he has gotten used to spending time on his own instead of forcing himself to interact with people.
That is, until Sirius Black appears in his life, and his “alone time” means never being alone again.
Because, as he calmly reads a book, his hand will find its way to a cascade of dark curls and he will enjoy a soft, familiar humming as background music.
As he goes for a walk, he will share one of his headphones with a warm presence next to him and he will blush every time his hand brushes long, cold fingers, and his pinkie intertwines with his other half.
As he needs to cry, gentle arms will wrap around him and a firm caress on his back will remind him he is safe, home.
Next to Sirius, he learns company can be loud, chaotic and exhilarating, but it can also be sweet whispers, a comforting but shared silence and the constant reminder that he, Remus Lupin, can be loved the way he is.
so hopefully what we all learn from JK Rowling starting to go after asexual people is that when we bully or exclude queer people in our own communities we make this discourse popular enough for it to eventually spread to homophobes, right?
This is not the first time I've heard people outside the community parroting Ace Discourse talking points either. One of my sister's friend's parents believed that it was a form of social contagion when her son came out as asexual. She said very similar things to people online that I've seen. My mom had to talk her down and discuss it with her, but yeah.
Ace Discourse breached containment a few years ago. They have some of these talking points because of acephobes on this website starting discourse and invalidating peoples' asexuality. When a transphobe as notorious as her starts parroting these points, please know that you fucked up.
When you make fun of poly people or people with neopronouns you're making it more likely for homophobes and transphobes outside our community to spread hate and violence against small, vulnerable communities. I don't care if you think it's cringe or a phase or whatever, don't give homophobes ammo and stand with other queer people, even ones you don't understand/don't like/don't agree with.
Sometimes I want to send you asks on instagram but I get scared bc it's my irl account but the doodle you did the other day of Remus sticking his tongue out makes me unreasonably happy
hes balop
Sirius, winking at Remus: Remus, dropping his books: Peter: "Moony, you good?" Remus: "no. i'm deceased. tell my story."
If you consume fanfic on ao3 and are 18+ and American I need you to lock in and call your senators saying you oppose a federal porn ban. This would effectively ban ao3 and being queer in public, among many other things, due to the intentionally vague language of the bill. I’m counting on queer tumblr and fandom tumblr to help me get the word out that you have to call your senators
Sirius and Remus are both friends with James, who introduces them to each other during a party. They chat a bit and drink a bit and Sirius takes Remus to his place and they have sex
The next morning, Sirius wakes up to find Remus in his kitchen drinking tea. It makes him grumpy because he doesn’t like it when his one-night stands stay in the morning
Sirius’s grumpiness increases when he realises that Remus wants to start a relationship. Sirius doesn’t want to date Remus, and he tells Remus this
Much to Sirius’s horror, Remus tears up as his expression turns dejected. Sirius doesn’t deal well with crying people, so he panics and suggests that they could go for coffee in the hopes that a good coffee and a pastry will distract Remus from the disappointment, and it works; Remus is significantly cheered up by the suggestion
They go to a café, Sirius buys Remus a hot chocolate and a slice of cheese cake, and they sit at a table by the window, and it’s a bit awkward, but Sirius knows how to deal with awkward, and chats to Remus who eventually starts chatting back
Remus is actually pretty interesting, and the longer Sirius looks at him the clearer he realises that Remus is also pretty cute
After they've spent two hours chatting Sirius suddenly has a horrifying thought: he's on a date with Remus. He gets the immediate urge to leave, but first he must have closure on the story Remus is telling him, and then the topic shifts and Sirius has to hear what Remus wanted to say, and then Sirius needs to contribute to the conversation, but after that he's definitely out of there!
Another two hours go by before Remus says that he needs to go home. They exchange numbers because Sirius can’t stand the idea of seeing Remus so sad again. He'll just ghost Remus afterwards. Not his finest moment, but better than watching Remus get sad again
Remus texts Sirius that evening sounding really excited, and Sirius can’t bear to ghost him, so he texts with him for a bit. They agree on another date. Sirius will definitely let Remus down gently after the date
They go on a date. Sirius enjoys it. He thinks that maybe it won’t be so bad to go on another date with Remus before turning him down, it would be such a shame to ruin such a nice evening
Of course Sirius then realises he actually enjoys Remus’s company so much that there’s no reason to turn him down any longer, and then they kiss a lot and have a happy relationship
Sirius: Hey, moons, I’m sorry, I won’t make it to our date tomorrow. Remus, sighing: Detention? Sirius: Detention… Remus: Gotcha, I’ll be right back. *a few moments later* *loud crashing sounds* Sirius, to Peter: what the fuck was that? Peter: I dunno, man. Remus, arriving: Well, it looks like I also got detention tomorrow. Date still on? Sirius: *heart eyes*
*grabby hands* WOLFSTARBUCKS CAFE AU!!
ok there’s really not much else to say on this one, sooo snippet!!
i am absolutely not writing this one in chronological order so they are already together in this snippet but it is a getting together fic, they start out as strangers and everything.
also this is almost entirely unedited.
Remus attempts to pick up where he left off like everything is normal. Because it is. A minor accident, that’s all it was. Standard. Run-of-the-mill. Accidents happen.
His boyfriends seem to disagree.
They’re both standing from their stools, and James is already reaching out to take his hand. Their fingertips brush, and he yanks his own back as if the touch is what burned him.
“Moony, baby, come on, let me see,” James says softly.
“I’m fine! I need to finish your drinks,” he replies, a bit snappier than he intended. He’s just…embarrassed. And stressed.
i promise they’re happy he’s just being dramatic 😭😭
FINISHED DRAFTING CHAPTER 4 OF LOTF ‼️‼️ i just need to edit it now!! gonna try to cut some stuff because it is…Long.