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Aoede's Pretty Damn Long List of Remus/Sirius Alternate Universe Recs


Last update: July 2, 2008
Number of fics: 224, +3 pieces of art and 4 fic archives.


► The quality of the fics you'll find here range from excellent to decent. I found some stories with interesting premises, but I had to leave them out simply because the writing wasn't up to par.

► Fics are organized by era, or by books if they fall into the canon. Some of them didn't clearly indicate an era, but I tried to put them in the most likely one. The ones I really couldn't match are at the bottom. Fics that span through several eras/books, Bring Back Black, Historical and Non-magical AUs will be listed separately because I'm lazy and didn't want to think too much about where to put them. :B

► Is this too confusing?? D:

► Feel free to suggest fics that you don't see here. However, I'll only add them if I think they're good. Don't worry, I'm not picky. Not much. BUT I won't include any threesome fics, mpreg or the usual squicks (bestiality, human waste, necrophilia, etc). I might make exceptions for the squicks, but only if the fic has other... uh, redeeming values?

► You're also free to point out any mistakes (any kind. Even spelling ones) and make any suggestions.

► I don't differentiate between Alternate Universe, Alternate Timeline, Alternate Reality or whatever they're called.

Now, onto the recs!



CHOOSE YOUR DESTINY!

Hogwarts Era
Post-Hogwarts/Pre-Azkaban
Post-Halloween '81 (Lost Years/Raising Harry)
PS/SS to CoS
PoA to GoF
OoTP to HBP
DH and Post-Series
Spans Eras
Bring Back Black
Non-Magic AU
Historical AU (Magic)
Indeterminate Era


Hogwarts Era


• Come to My Window by kyasuriin.
Summary: From the first time Sirius saw the new gardener he knew he had to have him.
Rating: PG-13

• Ghost in the Bathroom by raenef_mignon.
Summary: Remus Lupin, our favorite werewolf has seen it all-blood, guts, discrimination, the ugliness of humanity. But for once in his life, he will experience love first-hand in the form of a spirit by the name of Sirius Black. Sirius had got one little quirk though: he haunts the bathroom-specifically, the bath tub.
Rating: M
Notes/warnings: WIP.

• Gryffindor No. 1 by anniesj, circe_tigana and casirafics.
Summary: AU Marauders fic based on the film Gangster No. 1
Rating: NC-17
Notes/warnings: Extreme violence and language. I didn't like this fic, but I'm reccing it anyway because I have to recognize that it's very well written. It's just too fucked-up for me. *g*

• Shuffle: Of A Kind by geekerypokery
Summary: Lame werewolf fanon; fetishized age differences. WHOOP WHOOP
Rating: NC-17

• Snakes and Griffons I : The Worst Possible Choice by Orithain and Rina
Summary: Sirius was sorted into Slytherin like every Black before him, but not even that can blind Remus to his attractions.
Rating: NC-17

• Snakes and Griffons II: Consequences by Orithain and Rina.
Summary: Sirius and Remus try to figure out how to handle a romance while in rival houses.
Rating: NC-17

• Teacher's Pet by cobalt_violet.
Summary: “Fifty says two months and I’ll have him fired.” When Professor Lupin arrives at Hogwarts, Sirius Black is determined to get him fired thanks to a bet with James. And he’ll do anything to win…
Rating: R
Notes/warnings: WIP

• The Regulus Arc by thistlerose and gehayi.
Summary: The Regulus Arc is a collaborative effort by gehayi and myself. It's an AU that stems from the ending of my This Bird Has Flown, and focuses largely on Regulus Black and his attempt to redeem himself. The primary ships are Sirius/Remus, Regulus/OFC, and Rodolphus/Bellatrix.
Rating: PG to PG-13

• The Wind in the Leaves by hpsauce.
Summary: “Sirius was sick of people always leaving him. He had just hoped it had finally ended, that nothing could go wrong after losing your hearing and being thrown out of the only school that would take you.”
Rating: PG

• Wandering, Gets You Down by hiddendaze.
Summary: Remus is in Ravenclaw and doesn't really know Peter, James and Sirius. Consequently, there is no Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs.
Rating: Unrated (I'd say PG-13 to R)

• When It Alteration Finds by musesfool.
Summary: Four houses, one student.
Rating: R
Notes: Some disturbing content. One of the sections has Remus/Snape.


Post-Hogwarts/Pre-Azkaban

• 296 Ways to Seduce a Teacher by _demonsblade_.
Summary: AU. Remus has been hired to tutor the Black heir, Sirius. But it seems Sirius has a few things to teach him, as well. Can this possibly the start of a friendship...or something more? And what will happen if the Blacks find out?
Rating: R
Notes/warnings: WIP (possibly abandoned?)

• All You Hear is Your Heart by felonytexas
Summary: None given (Sirius works for the Ministry in the Department of Magical Creatures and Remus works in a bakery).
Rating: NC-17

• Belladona, the Lady of the Rocks by venny_jones.
Summary: Remus wants to tell Sirius about how he never dreams about anyone else.
Rating: NC-17

• Charlotte's Web of Familial Awkwardness by sopdetly.
Summary: If he tried hard enough (and as he was a generally smart and capable young man, that wasn't really very hard at all), he could blame all of this entirely on Lily.
Rating: PG-13

• Collide (katcollides) by kyasuriin.
Summary: AU (Remus never went to Hogwarts). Everytime Remus gets close to someone, they start to uncover the truth about his strange disappearances and injuries. He can't stand the look on their face when he tells them the truth so instead he erases any trace of their relationship from their mind with a simple obliviate. Tired of getting intimate with someone only to become strangers again, Remus resolves never to get involved with anyone ever again. Of course, resolutions are made to be broken.
Rating: NC-17 overall.
Notes/warnings: WIP.

• Dissonance by rian219. *NEW*
Summary: Dissonance (noun): lack of agreement; the inconsistency between the beliefs one holds or between one's actions and one's beliefs.
Rating: PG-15
Notes/warnings: Disturbing imagery, character death.

• Fires of Bone by ignipes.
Summary: October, 1981. It has been a long time since Remus Lupin believed in tomorrow.
Rating: R

• Going Underground by closet_zebra with art by fabledtruant.
Summary: What if the Death Eaters and Voldemort had got inside the Ministry in the first war? The war would have been fought in a very different way. Take Harry Potter's first war and throw in 1984 oh, and then add puppies.
Rating: PG-13
Notes/warnings: Supposed to be a WIP, but only one chapter so far.

• Les Mois by addicted2ewan.
Summary: A miasma of sunlight shifts the focus, love and strutting park-pigeons to the places where the shadows fall powdery, like talc. An AU version of 1981.
Rating: PG

• Like Prayers by sheafrotherdon.
Summary: Not quite the October 31, 1981 you think you know.
Rating: PG

• Obsidian Rhapsody by cobalt_violet.
Summary: This man was seduction personified. Sirius Black, a top agent for Lord Voldemort. Remus Lupin, an auror unwillingly sworn to save the fallen man. When a chance meeting throws them together, a dance of seduction begins.
Rating: R

• Our Private Universe by busaikko.
Summary: Watch Remus, Peter said, look for evidence; but what Sirius found was something different. Christmas 1979.
Rating: NC-17
Notes/warnings: Open-ended story that could go AU or canon. The AU sequel is Chocolate (NC-17).

• Shades of Betrayal by riverflame.
Summary: None (Remus discovers Peter is the is the traitor. Sirius doesn't believe him).
Rating: G

• Spy vs Spy by busaikko.
Summary: I spy with my little eye, four friends and their secrets, lovers and spies....
Rating: NC-17 overall.

• Steps to Success by closet_zebra.
Summary: Ever wondered how they'd fall in love if Remus didn't get into school? That's right! It's the AU version.
Rating: PG13

• The Line in the Sand by lupinslittlesis. *NEW*
Summary: Everyone does things they know they shouldn't. Sometimes, they even regret them. When Peter confessed to Sirius that he was a Death Eater, the world changed.
Rating: PG-13

• The Rising of Thanatos by rev02a. *NEW*
Summary: What if the prophecy about the defeat of the Dark Lord had been a little different?
Rating: R
Notes/warnings: Unrequited Peter/Remus. Scroll down to find the chapter index.

• The Worst and the Best by trailingoff.
Summary: "Couldn't betray the Order, not even to save you." AU, July 1981.
Rating: R

• Truth and Consequences by citikitti.
mmary: AU where Peter is caught & made to confess before the Potters are killed. By request -- had to contain Peter being driven by a secret, unrequited love for Remus, a hatred of Sirius, and jealousy of a stable S/R relationship.
Rating: M

• Two Months by tartancravat
Summary: The longer they wait to speak to each other, the wider the gap becomes. AU 1981.
Rating: PG

• Where the Heart Is by Midnight Mint.
Summary: These walls hold greif and love, hope and truth, fathomless, too deep for him to see, too believe. But still it is real, it is tangible. And maybe he will begin to see, home is where the heart is. An untested transportation spell gives Harry the chance to see the homes of James, Lily, Remus, and Sirius before 1981. But Harry isn’t quite so practiced in the art of not interfering with the future.
Rating: PG-13



Post-Halloween '81 (plus Lost Years/Raising Harry)

» domus_felicus
A fic community for Raising Harry AUs. There's a good number of stories there.

» The Raising Harry Ficathon archive
I recced my favorite fics from the archive individually, but here you can find all of them.

• 1-900... by Uozumi.
Summary: No one would ever hire a werewolf, not even a muggle as Remus Lupin painfully finds out at every job interview imaginable. Then, one day, he winds up behind the phone at a phone sex hotline, half wondering how he got there...
Rating: R

• A Good Stumble Is a Symphony by last_radio.
Summary: One decision changes everything. Several more almost put it right again. 1983.
Rating: R

• Access by childofiluvatar.
Summary: After James and Lily are killed and Sirius narrowly escapes Azkaban, he and Remus take on the job of making Harry’s life with the Dursleys a little less miserable.
Rating: PG

• Aftermath by nashmaveric. *NEW*
Summary: After Voldemort attacks the Potters. Remus reaches the house at the same time as Sirius.
Rating: PG-13

• Ain't No Bitches by minnow_53.
Summary: The circumstances are similar, but R/S are poor and from a different background.
Rating: PG

• All Saints by sheafrotherdon.
Summary: The evening of November 1, 1981 - a whole new world and fumbling comfort.
Rating: PG
Notes/warnings: Sequel to Like Prayers.

• An Alternate Lullaby by setissma.
Summary: What might have happened.
Rating: G

• Bring Me a Boat by forest_rose.
Summary: This is an alternative universe fic, exploring what might have happened in 1981 if Remus had never stopped trusting Sirius.
Rating: PG-13.

• Christmas 1982 by sostrata
Summary: Prompt: "AU raising Harry Christmas 1982"
Rating: G

• Destruction Where You Stand by auberus.
Summary: 31 October 1981. Instead of going to Azkaban, Sirius Black goes on the run, determined to catch the traitorous Peter Pettigrew even as post-war violence tears through the wizarding world. Meanwhile, Remus Lupin and a handful of others work desperately to clear Sirius' name, and to find him.
Rating: R
Notes/warnings: WIP.

• Elegy by marinarusalka.
Summary: Sometimes, you just need somebody who'll understand.
Rating: NC-17
Notes/warnings: Character death (Sirius), Remus/James.

• Falling Into Pale by jenwryn.
Summary: For vyadh. AU set in January 1982. Sirius wasn't caught and thrown in Azkaban; now he's sent Remus a letter.
Rating: PG

• Five Ways Remus Lupin Never Raised Harry Potter by book_rapport.
Summary: Five scenes. Five different ways Remus Lupin could have raised Harry Potter, but didn’t.
Rating: PG-13

• For the Good of the Child by Moonbeam.
Summary: Miss Tupping is concerned about her favourite student.
Rating: G

• Furor by cobalt_violet.
Summary: A healer reflects on the many types of madness, and the dangerous pattern of hatred and desire so evident with Sirius and Remus.
Rating: PG-13

• Here's to the Night We Said Goodbye by themostepotente with art by ships_harry.
Summary: James was not the only one who put his faith in the wrong person.
Rating: R

• I Do Not Find the Hanged Man by venny_jones.
Summary: Two weeks and three days after Remus’ grand confession, after Sirius finally starts to believe that things might just work out in the end, the world falls apart.
Rating: NC-17
Notes/warnings: Sequel to Belladona, the Lady of the Rocks.

• Inevitably by secondsilk.
Summary: AU Remus and Sirius raise Harry from a young age.
Rating: PG

• On the Floors of Tokyo by reddwarfer
Summary: Raising Harry was something that Remus was happy to do with Sirius. However, he never expected anything to ever convince Sirius that sex at least twice a day wasn't mandatory. 1983.
Rating: NC-17

• Paper Wings by krisomniac
Summary: What if Sirius Black sent a final message from Azkaban?
Enter the home of the last Marauder in the days following Voldemort's downfall. Lost and alone, Remus asks a question of the void, a question whose answer will send him around the world. Meeting puppies, kneazles, dementors, and nomads, Remus learns more about himself and his friends than he ever thought possible. Learn the secrets of the Marauder's map and the world's best chocolate, how various Death Eaters occupied themselves after the fall of their lord, and why you should never leave Remembralls lying around.
Rating: PG-13

• Please Check the Place and Time by Ciircee.
Summary:When you're fugitive kidnappers who move constantly you sometimes lose track of a few little things...like each other.
Rating: R

• Quiet Move by Lola/io_aenaria.
Summary:When Sirius escapes from Azkaban in 1986 to take Harry from the Dursleys, it's really only the beginning of everything.
Rating: PG-13

• Rememberance of Things Past by westwardlee/soavefanciulla
Summary: A simple object can bring back memories long forgotten.
Rating: PG

• Scenes From Another Life by Helene.
Summary: The night James Potter died, Sirius Black stopped to think, and three lives unfolded another way. One-shot, AU, SBRL slash.
Rating: PG-13

• Stealing Harry by sam_storyteller
Summary: Stealing Harry grabs canon by the throat and disembowls it. If Lucius Malfoy got to Peter Pettigrew before Sirius could, Sirius would be a bookshop owner, Remus would have a steady job, and one day, when Harry Potter was eight-and-a-half years old, they might kidnap him from the Dursleys...
Rating: R

• Swallowed in the Sea by nohwrah.
Summary: October 1981: what would have happened if Albus Dumbledore had insisted on being the Potters' Secret Keeper instead?
Rating: PG-13
Notes/warnings: WIP.

• The Maddest House by busaikko.
Summary: AU. In the aftermath of Halloween 1981, Sirius Black finds himself in a safe house with baby Harry.
Rating: NC-17 overall.
Notes/warnings: See the rest of the stories set in this universe here (scroll down). If you prefer to read it all in one piece, go here.

• The World Turned Sideways by Midnight Mint.
Summary: And then, she thinks about Sirius and Remus, looking at each other, like maybe the world is sideways or rightways or leftways, or upsidedownways but it doesn’t matter to them because if they're just together it is always perfectways.
Rating: PG-13
Notes/warnings: OC PoV.

• Though The Heavens May Fall by shaggydogstail.
Summary: Ministry Obliviators were supposed to wipe the memories of all the witnesses to Sirius Black’s ‘murder’ of Peter Pettigrew, but Remus discovers that they weren’t as thorough as they claimed. Someone remembers what really happened that day: but will anyone be willing to listen?
Rating: PG

• Three Ways Sirius Black Never Raised Harry Potter by book_rapport.
Summary: None.
Rating: R

• To Cling, Amidst Devastation by iamshadow.
Summary: Sirius arrives at the Potter house, in the aftermath of the attack.
Rating: PG-13
Notes/warnings: Gen, with hints of possible slash.

• Trial by Fire by oddsbobs. *NEW*
Summary: Crouch has unexpectedly decided to give Sirius Black a trial. They want Remus Lupin to testify against him, but anger has not yet hardened into hatred, grief has not yet given way to despair, and Remus isn’t quite sure what to expect when finding himself face to face with the man he loved.
Rating: PG


PS/SS to CoS

• Accio, Stone by krisomniac
Summary: What might have happened if someone else had found the Potters' front door on Halloween day, if Lily and James had survived Voldemort's final attack, if Harry grew up in a close-knit family far away from the wizarding world, if it was now Harry's eleventh birthday and there was a whisper of trouble in the air... R/S, L/J, AU
Rating: PG-13

• Laocoon's Children by sam_storyteller.
Summary: SEQUEL TO STEALING HARRY. Ten years ago, Lucius Malfoy got to Peter Pettigrew before Sirius could, and the universe changed. Sirius spent years watching from a distance, until one day, when Harry was eight, he took Harry from the Dursleys. After two years in hiding, Harry returned to the Wizarding world to attend Hogwarts, only to find himself once more at risk -- once more facing Peter Pettigrew, who would like nothing better than to see Harry dead in the service of resurrecting Voldemort. Follow Harry and his friends -- brave Neville, clever Padma, and shy Draco -- as they are caught up in the battle for dominance between the Order and the Death Eaters.
Rating: R

• Laocoon's Children, Year Two by sam_storyteller.
Summary: Sequel to Stealing Harry and Laocoon's Children. Harry and his friends return to Hogwarts for their second year, in a world where Sirius Black is free, Lucius Malfoy is a fugitive, and Peter Pettigrew is a force to be reckoned with...
Rating: R


PoA to GoF

• Another Prisoner, Another Professor (mtsn_hp_au) by marauderthesn.
Summary: In Harry's third year he must learn the various truths about the new DADA teacher, Professor Black, and an escaped convict, Remus Lupin (A more detailed summary can be found in the community info).
Rating: PG

• Another Time and Place by 142978.
Summary: None ("In another time and place, one where dark lords never came into power and childhood playmates were not brutally murdered in their homes, Sirius buys a small cottage in Wales."
Rating: G, maybe a soft PG.
Notes/warnings: Mentions of Harry/Draco.

• Casualties of War by hansbekhart.
Summary: When the Second War begins, Remus Lupin and Draco Malfoy are its first casualties.
Rating: NC-17
Notes/warnings: Also Harry/Draco and some Remus/Snape (Yeah, I managed to read a fic with Remus/Snape and not vomit all over myself. Unbelievable). Warnings for implied torture, rape and character death (seriously. Don't read it if you don't want to end up crying).

• Changes by goldennotblonde.
Summary: Remus spends the full moon after Halloween in the Shrieking Shack and has an unwelcome visitor.
Rating: PG-13
Notes/warnings: The slash here is subtle, can be easily read as gen.

• Every Farthing of the Cost by azephirin.
Summary: “…From this night not a whisper, nor a thought, nor a kiss nor look be lost.”
Rating: PG-13
Notes/warnings: BtVS crossover. Not sure if it fits the AU label, but I'm putting it here for now.

• Getting Even by goldennotblonde.
Summary: Divergence begins when Remus has an unwelcome visitor on Halloween night.
Rating: R
Notes/warnings: Spin-off of Changes.

• I Solemnly Swear by atrata.
Summary: Remus doesn't know Sirius at all.
Rating: PG-13

• Harry Has Two Godfathers by Der Fischmob.
Summary: Parody of the children's book 'Heather Has Two Mommies'.
Rating: PG

• Laocoon's Children, Year Three by sam_storyteller.
Summary: (Sequel to Stealing Harry and Laocoon's Children, years One and Two) In year three, Harry must face many new problems: protecting Draco from his father, dealing with their new Dark Arts professor, and standing firm against the aura of fear that is pervading the wizarding world.
Rating: R
Notes/warnings: WIP

• Mischief Managed (part 2) by krabapple
Summary: Everyone deserves a little happiness, even Sirius Black and Remus Lupin.
Rating: PG to R.

• Our Deeds Determined by krabapple.
Summary: Sorrow is a part of love and love does not seek to throw it off.
Rating: PG

• The Cold Grey Light of Dawn by iamshadow.
Summary: Remus has to deal with the consequences of his actions the morning after uncovering Pettigrew.
Rating: PG
Notes/warnings: Gen with hints of possible slash.

• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by penknife.
Summary: Harry Potter meets Jane Eyre meets Penknife's brain on crack. Written for remus_centric's Romancing the Wolf "romance novel" challenge. My taste in romances runs more to Gothic than Harlequins, which may explain how this happened.
Rating: R
Notes/warnings: Implied Sirius/James

• Werewolf of Azkaban by jennuine.
Summary: set in an alternate universe. remus was the one found guilty and sent to azkaban. told from harry's p.o.v. as he watches his godfather deal with the sudden return of one remus lupin. a good slice of angst.
Rating: G
Notes/warnings: WIP (possibly abandoned?)


OotP to HBP

• Adorn the Sky by somewhatdeluded.
Summary: Look. The room is dimly lit and rectangular; the center, sunken into a great stone pit. Stone benches descend in steep steps to a raised stone dais in the center of the lowered floor. Look. Upon this dais stands a stone archway, ancient and cracked, supporting a tattered black veil, fluttering slightly, as though it has just been touched. Adults and children, many injured, are scattered about the room, and a single boy reaches, desperate, towards the veil, while a man, face grief-ravaged and ragged, holds him back.
Look. Look.

Then look again.
Rating: Adult
Notes/warnings: Crossover, Also Remus/Tonks and Sirius/Snape (easy to scroll past if you, like me, don't want to read it)

• Leave the Fire Behind by musesfool.
Summary: "This house is killing you, and I can't bear it. I let you down once, let you rot in Azkaban. I'm not doing it again."
Rating: Adult

• Mercy, Pity, Peace by juliefortune
Summary: Remus in the second war.
Rating: R/NC-17
Notes/warnings: "industrial-strength angst", character death(s), dark themes, violence, torture.

• Pack Issues by FairyTale.
Summary: Harry starts living with Sirius and Remus. It's like a dream come true, isn't it? Well it surely would be, if there wasn't the obvious fact that Sirius and Remus are hiding something from the teenager, Harry's desperate struggle to deal with everything that happened during the past months, and the little visit a former friend pays them. What Harry had imagined to become an alleviation from living with the Dursleys proves to be more difficult than everybody involved had expected.
Rating: PG-13

• Portions for Foxes by callmesandy
Summary: Sirius is fucking for peace and the furniture isn't answering.
Rating: PG-13/R

• Stop All the Clocks by rian219.
Summary: Sirius doesn't like this world. He just wants things back to the way they were before.
Rating: PG-13
Notes/warnings: Character death.

• The Great Unknown by pica_scribit.
Summary: Sirius makes a new friend beyond the Veil.
Rating: PG
Notes: Crossover with A Series of Unfortunate Events.

• Valor, And a Lack of Discretion by Kelly.
Summary: The battle is raging in the Department of Mysteries when Remus falls through the veil. With the help of Unspeakable Corbin Croaker, Sirius devises a spell that depends on the only magic that can survive beyond the veil--the dark magic coursing through Remus's blood. But after Sirius enters the veil, he won't have access to his memories. He and Remus meet as strangers, or so they both think-- until Remus begins to dream.
Rating: R

• Where do we go from here (tell me) by noticeably.
Summary: This is, Remus realizes with a start, the longest that he has ever gone without talking to Sirius. The evolution of a relationship in five acts.
Rating: PG-13


DH and Post-Series

• Alive by ignipes.
Summary: None. (From its first line: Sirius collects living things.)
Rating: PG

• An Undying Passion for Cupcakes by ignipes.
Summary: Post-war AU with cupcakes and the trio and angry tulips and nosy neighbors.
Rating: PG-13

• Bring on the Night by rian219.
Summary: All Remus wants in the end is to go home.
Rating: G

• Dance by taigne.
Summary: “I met him in a cell in New Orleans, I was down and out,
He looked to me to be the eye of age as he spoke right out,
He talked of life, he talked of life…” – Mr. Bojangles – Bob Dylan
Rating: PG-13
Notes/warnings: OC PoV.

• Force Balance by ignipes.
Summary: None.
Rating: PG

• House by kestrelsan.
Summary: Sirius, Remus, a house.
Rating: Unrated (G?)

• If Living Is Without You by loveliesfamous.
Summary: AU: Remus refuses to fight now the only thing he was fighting to protect is gone.
Rating: PG-15

• Indian Summer by ignipes.
Summary: None (a holiday in Wales).
Rating: G

• Inertia by Leyenn.
Summary: (Response to #42: Harry is killed by Voldemort, and the Wizarding World falls. Sirius and Remus are on the run and grieving; and #68: Sirius and Remus go into hiding as Muggles.)
Rating: PG

• In Theory by thistlerose.
Summary: Post-series AU. Remus Lupin gets everything he deserves, and Sirius Black gets to give it to him.
Rating: PG-13

• Lovers Alone Wear Sunlight by musesfool.
Summary: Sirius loves Remus, but he doesn't love Remus. Or does he?
Rating: PG-13
Notes/warnings: Sirius/Rosmerta implied.

• Masterfade by busaikko.
Summary: Remus Lupin, through the looking-glass.
Rating: R
Notes/warnings: Not listed as AU, but it could be considered one now that the books are over.

• Mors Mortis by kindkit.
Summary: The dead get lonely too.
Rating: PG-13
Notes/warnings: Includes several characters, one section of the story is R/S-centric.

• My Two Dads by wook77
Summary: Teddy Lupin finds himself with two daddies and that seems just about right to him.
Rating: R

• Promises to Keep by citikitti.
Summary: Sirius is having nightmares again. Remus wants to help.
Rating: NC-17

• Second of Our Reign by Wax Jism.
Summary: who is so safe as we? where none can do / treason to us, except one of us two.
Rating: Unrated (PG-13)
Notes/warnings: Also features Harry/Draco (which really is the main pairing in this story) and Ron/Hermione.

• Sirius Black Decides to Die by aras_fixation
Summary: Sirius Black decided to commit suicide on a sunny day while sitting at Fortescues', drinking his cappuccino and greeting the crowd of friendly people passing him by.
Rating: NC-17

• Spiced Wine by thistlerose.
Summary: They've known each other for almost thirty years, but this is only the third Christmas Remus and Sirius have spent alone together. Without any supervision.
Rating: R

• The End Is Heaven by neko_myka.
Summary: Remus Lupin survives the Second War and is left to raise Teddy alone.
Rating: PG-13 to NC-17
Notes/warnings: WIP. Harry/Ginny and Ron/Hermione as background pairings.

• The Lifetime Lost by yahtzee63.
Summary: Sirius has a chance to change everything -- but at what cost?
Rating: PG-13
Notes/warnings: Multiple character-death.

• Though Hell Should Bar the Way by thistlerose.
Summary: Post-series. Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
Rating: PG-13
Notes/warnings: Also includes past Remus/Tonks and Charlie/Tonks.

• Till Human Voices Wake Us by last_radio.
Summary: None
Rating: PG
Notes/warnings: Harry-centric.

• Who's Got Trouble? by jenadamson
Summary: A former lover walks back into Sirius’s life, with unforeseen consequences.
Rating: NC-17
Notes/warnings: Based off of Casablanca. Also Remus/James.


Spans Eras

• Fire and Ice by Anonymous. *NEW*
Summary: Books are boring enough as it is; sticking poetry in there should be considered cruel and unusual punishment.
Rating: PG

• Five Things that Never Happened to Remus Lupin and Sirius Black by penknife.
Summary: There's always more than one way for things to end. Five short AUs.
Rating: NC-17

• For the Good of the Whole by oddsbobs.
Summary: AU One decision can change everything. Remus Lupin did not go to Hogwarts, and nothing is the same.
Rating: PG

• Four Imagined Decembers by thistlerose
Summary: Remus was born a wizard, but because he's also a werewolf, he's not allowed to attend Hogwarts. He and Sirius will just have to meet some other way.
Rating: R

• Harry Potter and the Missing Text by minnow_53.
Summary: The missing sections from some of the Harry Potter books have been retrieved.
Rating: PG-13
Notes/warnings: Crackfic.

• Let the Water Hold You Down by lupinslittlesis.
Summary: What if Peter was a loyal Death Eater, but found a way to protect James and Lily from being hunted by Voldemort? When Peter sees to it that Harry Potter is born on July 15, 1980, the world changes.
Rating: R
Notes/warnings: Mostly gen (Peter PoV), character death, mentions of unrequited!Remus/Peter

• Momentum by Children of the Shadows.
Summary: ‘I would have done anything for you, Remus,’ Sirius whispered, fingering Remus’s blood crusted hair. ‘I would have given you my life, my body, my soul anything that you asked for would have been yours.’ (changes with every new chapter)
Rating: R

• Postcards From Another Life (six things Regulus Black never did) by shaggydogstail.
Summary: This is not the story of Regulus Black's life. But it might have been. AU.
Rating: PG-13
Notes/warnings: Regulus-centric, the R/S is a background pairing but still important.

• Reclamation by sam_storyteller
Summary: In an alternate universe, one man still struggles with a moral decision made many years before.
Rating: PG-13.
Notes/warnings: Tom Riddle-centric, R/S is implied.

• Sawdust Restaurants by twentyfivepast.
Summary: This is how it's supposed to happen. At least, that's what Remus thinks.
Rating: PG

• Six Parallel Lives by dea_liberty.
Summary: Other directions Remus' life could have taken - other possibilities.
Rating: PG-13

• Snapshots by noscrubs12345
Summary: What if everything had been different? What if Sirius had never gone to Azkaban? What if Harry had a normal childhood with two wizards who love like their own instead of living with the Dursleys? Ten years, five "snapshots" of a utopian alternate universe.
Rating: R

• The Engine Driver by sazzlette.
Summary: When Remus was young he had a wooden train set. Traces Remus’ life through the years, with an AU twist.
Rating: R

• The Innocence of Wolves by gatewaygirl.
Summary: The Prank goes wrong, Severus Snape dies, and the Mauraders dispose of the evidence -- and after they get away with that, killing is an obvious option.
Rating: R

• The Love Song of Sirius Black (or, Five Things That Never Happened to Sirius Black) by kaydeefalls.
Rating: PG-13.
Notes/warnings: Sort-of-AU (features several "what-if" scenarios, but follows canon in the end).

• The Uncle by sam_storyteller.
Summary: Just some AU silliness I came up with, featuring a crimelord called Uncle, Dumbledore's usual oblivious self, and the Dursleys getting what's been coming to them, Sopranos style.
Rating: PG-13

• This is My Truth, Tell Me Yours by hackthis.
Summary: There’s only one story in the entire world and everything else is a variation thereof, so the idea that Sirius fell through the veil and died is just one potential ending out of hundreds of thousands. Remus doesn't like that particular ending, so he’s going to choose another one.
Rating: R


Bring Back Black

In a separate entry here.


Non-magic AU (includes historical AU)

• A Dimly Lit Summer by lorddior. *NEW*
Summary: Summer days are long and nights are short. Yet, for some it isn't.
Rating: R

• Badly Made Bridges (bmbridges) by sundrymelodies and uninnocent
Summary: Narrowly escaping the clutches of JK Rowling's canon, this alternate universe piece of fiction tells the story of the lives of many characters in the Harry Potter universe. Friendships, love, children and life, it explores what could have existed for them had they lived in another world--one without magic, without mass extermination, and without the 'Chosen One'.
What if Harry Potter had had a normal life, with a loving family, and siblings, and different influences? What if Peter Pettigrew had been caught in the middle of his tangled web of deceit? What if Remus Lupin hadn't been the last Marauder standing? A larger collection of these what ifs have stemmed from seven books penned by Rowling. This is just our way of saying 'fuck that'.
Rating: R
Notes/warnings: WIP. Story index in Memories.

• Becomes of by lorddior.
Summary: nothing was ever meant to promise eternity.
Rating: PG-13/R
Notes/warnings: WIP.

• Blue Alert by maraudersaffair. *NEW*
Summary: Remus is the new teacher on campus, Sirius feels the need to help him find his way.
Rating: NC-17

• Break a Leg by hpsauce.
Summary: Sirius learns to put jealousy behind him when a unmeant wish comes true.
Rating: PG-13

• Ever After by busaikko.
Summary: Once upon a time, an astrophysicist was wooed by the gay Scheherazade. . .
Rating: PG-13

• Butterfly, Dreaming by minnow_53.
Summary: Sirius POV: Harry is in a coma and not expected to survive.
Rating: PG

• Hide and Seek by nekare.
Summary: Remus is lost, and Sirius can't seem to find him even when he's sitting right next to him.
Rating: PG

• In No Man's Land by minnow_53.
Summary: Sirius is back in London on a twenty-four hour leave.
Rating: PG-13

• Just What Mates Do by sam_can_do_it.
Summary: None (Remus is a scholarship student at Oxford and works three jobs. One of them is cage-dancing in a bar.)
Rating: PG
Notes/warnings: James PoV.

• Letters to a Friend by