Marauders AU

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Characters: Mingle
Warnings: Gen to mature, smut warning?
Timeline: Fluid, this is an AU post, anything from Hogwarts to distant future
Preferences: AU'd characters. Feel free to use this as a mingle, post your top levels. And if someone out there plays James, I'd love to see you in this post too! Multiple versions of characters welcome and pile-up threads encouraged. So don't be shy to thread jack or start your own things.

WHAT IF JAMES AND LILY HAD LIVED
It's as simple as that. Maybe they picked Remus as their secret keeper after all and managed to mount an attack against Voldemort otherwise. This is just a silly what if scenario, go as wild with it as you like. I'll give some prompt suggestions below but feel free to invent your own, too.

1. ALL FAMILY FUN - PARTY AT THE POTTERS
Spending together family holidays or Harry's first day in Hogwarts. Maybe James and Lily didn't have time to take him to the train and instead the duty fell onto the godfather, or maybe Remus will help Lily to organize a birthday party, the whole million of Weasley kids are of course invited. What if Harry and Ron knew each other since they were babies? What about life changing things like first girlfriends or oh no, potions teacher who Harry can't stand? Sirius practically lives at the Potters, surely, is he begging treats from the breakfast table or teaching Harry how to cast jellylegs jinx even before he's allowed to use spells on his own?

2. SERIOUS BUSINESS - THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX
Now, what really happened? Did they change the secret keeper? Was Peter not the traitor after all? Maybe he deserted Voldemort's ranks before taking the dark mark. Maybe they're fighting a long, long war against Voldemort still years later and the kids will grow up to be warriors at childhood. Maybe they are on a run and Voldemort has taken over the wizarding world. Or maybe they managed to defeat him together. Have your own horcrux hunt?

3. WILD CARD - YOUR SCENARIO
????? Be the change!

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[lupine314]

Remus helps him undress, effortless and quick, throwing away the robes towards a chair beside the bed. Then he reaches for the covers and nudges them, helping them away from under Regulus.

"Sirius is not my task master," he says quietly while helping Regulus to lay down. "I'm still trying, you know." He's trying to do this right this time. Because obviously he hadn't the first time. Regulus ended up taking the mark and now they're here.

"I think you both deserve better than your family," he continues, even quieter now, helping the covers on top of him. "And someone should have been patient with you too." The way they had been with Sirius. Sirius should have been patient, but of course Sirius never is...

"For my part, I'm sorry." If there is a quick hand smoothing down Regulus' hair, you shouldn't judge Remus for it. He knows it's too little, too late.

[grayblack]

Regulus' eyes are already closed as he lays back, sleep swimming at the corners of his mind. He can hear Remus talking, hear everything he's saying, but it seems more like it's a dream. Deserving better? Deserving patience?

At the touch of Remus' fingers, he forces his eyes open again, and the half-lidded look is possibly fiercer than expected due to his sheer stubbornness. "Don't be," he says clearly, and closes his eyes again. "I wouldn't have listened. Not even to you. That isn't your fault, Remus."

If Remus says anything after that, it's lost as Regulus finally gives up the fight and falls into a deep sleep. It's been the longest day he's ever experienced, and he'll sleep for hours if nightmares don't wake him.

[lupine314]

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