1981

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35 works open to everyone here carry this tag; 94% are complete. The average one runs about 13,600 words. Read any of them in your browser, save it as an EPUB, or listen to it.

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Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling

The Age of Lies

by TheDivineComedian

January 1981. Sirius is a paranoiac, Peter is not a psychopath, James is a dad, Remus is super angry, and Regulus…Regulus is alive.No-one is more surprised than him.

Teen 24k words 5 ch Complete 2.5k kudos

Regulus is fucked · not literally though · Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence · Kreacher is king of loopholes· +15 more

Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling

One Hundred and Sixty

by Soupy_George

It was no accident. She was Hermione Granger - as if she'd do anything this insane without the proper research and reference charts. Arriving on the 14th of May 1981, She had given herself 169 days. An ample amount of time to commit murder if one had a strict schedule, the correct notes and the help of one possibly reluctant, estranged heir. Hell of a Season

Teen 311k words 59 ch Complete 1.9k kudos

Romance · Humor · Adventure · Fix-It· +4 more

Queen (Band)+1

Waiting for the hammer

by pineapplebarisi

They never arrive in Montreal in 1981. Queens tour bus gets into a horrible accident, which leaves the band members lost in the woods, with one of them seriously injured. Will they be able to make it out alive?

Teen 16k words 4 ch Complete 300 kudos

Accident · Montreal · 1981 · Injury· +9 more

Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling

Not Waving But Drowning

by cesays

As the Easter weekend crawls to a close, Remus sits in an empty house that had once been full of memories. That well-worn sofa where his mum would read to him; this kitchen table, where he’d watch his father diligently completing the crossword; that bedroom window, where he first learned the true horror of a full moon.His parents had died within weeks of each other, 1981 barely getting started before the kick in the teeth came. Some awful, drawn-out illness for his mother, who by the end could hardly see through the haze of pain. For his father, not in perfect health himself, the loss of his wife had been all it really took. “We don’t put ‘died of a broken heart’ on the death certificate,” the healer had told him, gently drawing a sheet over Lyall Lupin’s peaceful face. “But sometimes, it seems the likely answer.”He had wanted to reply, what about his heart? What about his life, left behind like this? But it didn’t do to be selfish. He had arranged the funerals and found burial plots side by side, in the graveyard of the church where his mum used to love raising her voice to the rafters in song.---1981, and Remus Lupin finds himself adding bereavement to his list of troubles.

Teen 11k words 1 ch Complete 142 kudos

1981 · ALL THE ANGST · Estrangement · First War with Voldemort· +10 more

The Beatles (Band)

To Nobody

by skua

It was a month after John died that he started showing up in Paul’s house, which was just fucking typical of him.

Teen 1.9k words 1 ch Complete 120 kudos

1981 · ghost!John · Not Actually Spooky · Hauntings as a metaphor for grief· +2 more

Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling

Pilgrimage

by Rosie_Rues

It would be very quiet, up in the snow-shrouded hills. December, 1981 - Remus, afterwards.

Teen 15k words 2 ch Complete 115 kudos

1981 · Chaucer

Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling

Pyrrhic

by blanketed_in_stars

"And when I saw their house, destroyed, and their bodies… I realized what Peter must’ve done… what I'd done…"

General 2k words 1 ch Complete 96 kudos

October 31 1981 · 1981 · First War with Voldemort · Post-Hogwarts· +6 more

Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling

The Rubble

by blanketed_in_stars

Remus is falling, falling, falling. The grip on his respiratory system has tightened, and he clutches at the soft edge of the bed. Something has gone wrong in his ears—a roaring, rushing, pounding noise like the ocean. He's drowning. November 1st, 1981.

General 1.7k words 1 ch Complete 89 kudos

wolfstar · October 31 1981 · First War with Voldemort · Post-First War with Voldemort· +6 more

Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling

Aprils Yet to Come

by Rosie_Rues

April 1981. Sirius, Harry and a dirty nappy. Angsty :(

General 1.8k words 1 ch Complete 87 kudos

1981 · Community: wellymuck

Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling

Lunacy

by blanketed_in_stars

they say that hell is crowded, yet, when you’re in hell, you always seem to be alone. & you can’t tell anyone when you’re in hell or they’ll think you’re crazy & being crazy is being in hell & being sane is hellish too. —"Lost" by Charles Bukowski Or, Sirius's first lonely full moon in almost ten years.

General 571 words 1 ch Complete 77 kudos

Grief/Mourning · Guilt · Azkaban · Internal Monologue· +6 more

Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling

Whats Wrong

by blanketed_in_stars

October 22nd, 1981. A cramped cottage, a slinking doubt.

General 1.5k words 1 ch Complete 63 kudos

Distrust · Post-Hogwarts · Marauders' Era · 1981· +3 more

Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling

The Origins Of “Eat, You’ll Feel Better”

by Dill_Pickle666

Usually, Peter and Sirius would take care of the baby Potter when Lily and Jams got a little overwhelmed. But, a week after Harry’s first birthday, Dumbledore himself needs to talk to the Potters and decides to do it at night. With nobody to watch Harry due to Black and Pettigrew’s busy schedule, Remus finally steps up.Harry wakes up randomly in the night quite often, so once he woke up, he refused to go back to sleep. Remus did everything, twice. But, nothing helped until he remembered a small passing comment from Harry’s father that truly helped and thus developed one of his most loving habits. Chocolate giving.

General 5.4k words 1 ch Complete 56 kudos

1981 · Baby Harry · Bisexual Remus Lupin · Established Sirius Black/Remus Lupin· +16 more