I Put Off On Making This For So Long

While I know a lot of people like to hc Harry as having freak outs about his gender and/or sexuality because of the Dursleys and him being distraught over this being another way he’s a “freak”, I like to go the other way with it

I like to hc in every version of Harry that because he was treated so differently and he didn’t know why that he eventually figured out his placing on the rainbow and maybe even thought that that’s specifically why the Dursleys hated him so much, and also because he’s so used to being hated and stuff that he just lets it roll off his back, no internalized homophobia here

And so going into this specific scenario, we got bisexual fem!Harry (cis or trans, but if it’s trans then she socially started transitioning in or prior to first year so that she’s seen as a girl the whole time she’s known Hermione) who’s v open about liking both

For Hermione, while I don’t see her as having any internalized homophobia either, I do think she’d unknowingly have a very heteronormative mindset, and in this scenario she has started crushing hard on Harry from the first moment they met and just has no idea

Spends the entirety of their hogwarts years being like “It’s so great Harry likes girls :) I wish I liked girls too”, “It’d be so amazing if me and Harry could get married, we’re so compatible, but I’m gonna have to marry a boy”, just constantly thinking about dating boys as a chore, thinks she’s just being a v studious student by not getting all boy crazy like the other girls, jealous and possessive over Harry and thinking it’s just because she wants to be her bestest friend, just the quintessential lesbian who doesn’t know they are one experience

I’m talking things like he gets a minor cold and everyone collectively loses their mind, starts acting like he’s on death’s door, send him care packages and home remedies in droves

Or like during Voldemort’s return, a majority of death eaters actually not wanting to hurt Harry at all because he’s been their beloved public figure since he was a baby

Like even if it’s not an au where hogwarts students get phones, I could picture people sending “anonymous” letters to their crushes, but rather than actually being truly anonymous, they pretend they’re Harry Potter sending the messages, because they’re hoping his name will open the door, but after a bit of communication they’ll fall in love with the letter writer, and won’t be upset when they reveal their actual identity (never actually happens that way, nobody likes being catfished)

But I’m surprised I haven’t really come across a plethora of fics, magical or non-magical, where Sirius as an auror/detective trying to avenge James and Lily, raises Harry to be a mini-detective, and it’s like a huge part of the plot or the set up to it

Usually I see fics where it’s either background stuff of Sirius being an auror/detective searching for Voldemort or Peter and he doesn’t have custody of Harry, or it’s background he has custody but he’s neglectful and it’s his neglect that sets everything up