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CHRISTMAS REC LIST

It’s Christmas time! You know what that means? Christmas!Wolfstar of course! And so, I hereby present Wolfstar Haven’s big Christmas rec list! 🎄❄️

So make a cup of tea (or hot chocolate?), sit down in your comfiest jumper, and enjoy!🎄

PERSONAL FAVOURITES❄️

a flame in two cupped hands, by such_heights (3k)

This just so sweet and well written. And I’m totally in love with the “revelation scene” (when all the pining comes to an end). Read it!❤️‍🔥🎄

If you really hold me tight, by aryastark_valarmorghulis (5k)

A beautiful piece of writing! It’s Christmas 1977, and Remus and Sirius are spending the holidays in Sirus’s London flat - which happens to have no heating or electricity. Lots of unspoken feelings and general sweetness!

Elucidation Practice, by montparnasse (21k)

Asdfghjkkl this fic makes me MELT. It’s just so soft and hot and amazingly written and please just give me more. It’s smutty, but it’s done beautifully. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: montparnasse’s prose is orgasmic. Also! The Christmas feeling in this fic is wonderful🎄

When we finally kiss goodnight, by aryastark_valarmorghulis (2k)

Another gorgeous Christmas fic from the talented aryastark_valarmorghulis - so you can expect great quality writing in this one. Definitely also one of my favourite Christmas fics! Lots of lovely pining and Yuletide gays😉🎄

Dreams To Believe, by setissma

Bed sharing. Need I say more? This is LOVELY (and bloody hilarious)!

The Problem with Eggnog, Uncommon Thoughts, and Sharing a Bed with Sirius Black, by xylodemon (3k)

Urghhh this is both hilarious and cute! In which Remus wakes up in bed with Sirius.

boy, we can do much more together, (5k) and it's not so impossible, (4k) by wholesome_gay

It’s sometime before Christmas, and Sirius wants Remus to move in with him. Remus refuses. How could that be? SUCH SWEET PINING! The first one is from Remus’s POV and the second from Sirius’s. Both of them are lovely✨✨

To Keep Christmas Well, by lorax (4k)

In which the Marauders find themselves stranded during Christmas. Includes: shoe-pie and rocknogg, a little bit of mistletoe and Peter being a good friend. This fic is so funny, and Christmas-y! 🎄

Let Nothing You Dismay, by montparnasse (19k)

Christmas 1979. Definitely a classic, and rightfully so. The prose in this masterpiece is like poetry, like velvet, storms, and magic✨ Montparnasse is a god! You should know that this fic is pretty smutty though - but I still love it, and I’m not the biggest fan of smut. It’s just so hot and beautiful, with a lovely Christmas feel to it.

Advent, by coyotesuspect (39k)

25 days of December, 1976. This beautiful fic is remarkable! MWPP era, 6th year - Christmas is coming to Hogwarts, all whilst a war is looming on the horizon. This fic is a perfect balance between fluff, pranking, joy, and darker themes. And the characterisations! To die for! Sirius in this fic is just. Shehajjsheslejrb. ❤️‍🔥

GOODIES:🎄

And a Hedgehog in a Pine Tree, by eyra (8k)

This one’s a right gem! In which Sirius, due to a snow storm, gets stuck at Remus’s Christmas tree farm. Fluff fluff fluff!🎄

Holiday Traditions, by MoonCat457 (23k)

Snippets of wolfstar’s Christmases between the years 1971-1984. Includes everything from snow fights, to mistletoe, to proposals. Everyone lives. IT’S SO BLOODY SWEET! And VERY Christmas-y!❄️

Familiar Bedfellows, SubtextEquals (2k)

Boxing Day morning, and Remus wakes up to two problems: 1. He’s hangover. 2. He’s in bed with Sirius Black. Cutie cute cute!❤️

The Emotion and the Response, by too many stars to count (4k)

Some enchanted mistletoe, and Remus being totally oblivious. Yes please!💋

Of Queer Werewolves, Blood Traitors, and Snogging, by Vixeree (5k)

Pining idiots, scheming James and a lot of snogging. Cute!

Five Times Remus and Sirius Went Out Into the Snow, and One Time They Stayed Inside, by huldrejenta

The title pretty much says it all. 6 snapshots from the marauders’ winters at Hogwarts. Cute!

Sounds of the Season, by lorax

(not on ao3)

This fic is honestly a little confusing, but it’s still incredibly funny. In which James does a lot of plotting, and fails magnificently (or does he?).

someone came and kissed me there, by such_heights (3k)

A 3+1 fic. A traditional mistletoe fic! Very cute🥰

A bright particular star, by torch (25k)

Remus and Sirius’s last Christmas at Hogwarts. Sweet and well-written! (Also quite smutty)

Some others:

All I Want For Christmas, by shaggydogstail

the snow and the falling, by reachthetree

Five Times is the Charm, remuslives23

Snowball, by Mayberry_rose (not on ao3)

A little Very Wolfstar Christmas, by so_it_shines

Weeping Willow is planted, the Marauders meet at Hogwarts

willow

seven

cowboy like me

tolerate it

august

the last great american dynasty

gold rush

the lakes

dorothea

peace

The Prank

mad woman

mirrorball

hoax

betty

cardigan

The First War

marjorie

tolerate it

epiphany

Peter betrays the Order and Sirius is arrested

no body, no crime

my tears ricochet

exile

champagne problems

right where you left me

The aftermath of the events on October 31st, 1981 (+Remus and Grant)

coney island

happiness

the 1

closure

invisible string

ivy

illicit affairs

Lie Low at Lupin’s / Grimmauld Place

‘tis the damn season

this is me trying

epiphany

ivy

cowboy like me

peace

willow

Mischief Managed

it’s time to go

long story short

cardigan

evermore

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BONUS

Grant Chapman

cowboy like me

august

dorothea

invisible string

illicit affairs

the 1

long story short

-

august by taylor swift is literally grant chapman's song

yes he's an oc

do i care?

(spoiler alert if you haven’t read it yet (GO AND DO SO)

“Oh good, a Potter. Dad told me not to talk to you.” - Sirius Black

“From this day forward, we are The Marauders!” - Sirius Black

“You should be a teacher, Remus.” - James Potter

That Sirius Black grin. - Remus Lupins 

“I think she’s probably only annoyed because they’re muggle girls, she couldn’t care less that they’ve got their tits out.“ - Sirius Black

“Never look at another bloke a bit too long? Never get that feeling about a film star, or a teacher?” - Grant Chapman

“Anything for our Moony.” - Sirius Black

Oh god. I fancy Sirius Black. - Remus Lupin

“Morning, your prefect-ness,” - Sirius Black

“ We’vebecomeanimagus’ …” - James Potter

“You’re so brave, Remus.” - Peter Pettigrew

“You were beautiful.” - Sirius Black

“She’s got the best tits in the year. That’s very respectable.” - Sirius Black

James ‘oi, Evans!’ Potter - Remus Lupin

Just now, he wanted to be whatever Sirius needed. - Remus Lupin

I’m a great friend, me. All I think about is Sirius. Sirius’s safety. Sirius’s happiness. Sirius’s hands, Sirius’s neck, Sirius’s mouth, Sirius throwing me down on the bed and— - Remus Lupin

“You know when you just can’t get ‘em out of your mind, and in your head it’s great, and everything’s going the way you want - but then they’re there, in front of you, and… well it all goes to shit, because she’s just so much more spectacular in real life, y’know?” - James Potter

“Oopsie daisy!” - Barty Crouch Jr. 

“I forgot I have to share my boyfriend with his boyfriends.” - Mary MacDonald

“Don’t worry about me, sweetheart. I always land on me feet.” - Grant Chapman

When the war’s over, you’ll still be a queer werewolf with a chip on your shoulder. - Remus Lupin

“Godric save the girls stupid enough to marry any of you.” - Lily Evans to James Potter

“You’ll never leave me for a girl, will you, Moony?” - James Potter

“You’re lovely.” - Sirius Black

“I’ll never forget you stomping onto the train in those boots.” - Sirius Black

“You’re not a dark creature. You’re our Moony.” - James Potter

“You were loved, my little Remus, I pray you haven’t forgotten it.” - Hope Jenkins

“I bloody love you lot. You’re all my best friends,” - Marlene McKinnon

“I’m gay.” - Remus Lupin

“It’s going to be a matter of historical interest, future generations will need to know what miraculous feats you had to perform in order to finally convince Evans to–” - Sirius Black

Sirius in the sea was his new favourite thing to look at. - Remus Lupin

“I’m going to know everything about you, one day, I promise.” - Sirius Black

‘EAT THE RICH’ - the graffiti behind Grant Chapman

“Tell me a secret.” - Sirius Black

“I’ve no doubt you’ll have a classroom of your own, one day, young Lupin!” _ Professor Flitwick

“Moony is our criminal mastermind. Without him, we wouldn’t be the legends we are today.”  - James Potter

“And I’m mental about you.” - Sirius Black

“I am always Sirius.” - Sirius Black

“But if we can keep being happy together, and making eachother happy… then good. Brilliant. If it’s Sirius for you, and you for him, then brilliant.” - Lily Evans

“Oh Moony! You kill me. What happened to that rough little yob I used to know?” // “Some posh boy taught him to read.” - Sirius Black & Remus Lupin

“There’s something a bit sexy about the whole beast-man thing, though” - Mary MacDonald

"He’s a good kisser, isn’t he? But then, you were too, I seem to remember.” - Mary MacDonald

I think you’re beautiful, the only beautiful person I’ve ever seen. I love your voice and everything to do with you, down to your clothes or the room you are sitting in. I adore you. - Remus Lupin

"I’m away for a week and the castle turns into an orgy! What a load of queers.” - Marlene McKinnon

“That’s ok, because love not something you say. It’s something you do. Right?” - Sirius Black

"I’m always in a dark mood.” - Remus Lupin

“Hello… er, I mean… welcome, everyone, to the Hogwarts Quidditch cup final, 1978…” - Remus Lupin (this whole entire scene is a masterpiece”

“Remus ‘fuck-me-we-won’ Lupin.” - Sirius Black

“James ‘hangover free since ‘73’ Potter.” - Remus Lupin

“Love. It’s the only thing you get to take with you, you know.” - Hope Jenkins

“And… your mum? How’s she?” // “Dying.” // “Bummer” - Grant Chapman & Remus Lupin

“Love you.” - Remus Lupin

"It’s my patronus thought, this place.” - Sirius Black

“We’re getting married!” - Lily Evans

"Bloody feminist hero, Evans.” - Marlene McKinnon

“I don’t bite. Often.” - Remus Lupin

“It’s a boy!” - James Potter

How could there be a world without James Potter? You might as well picture a world without kindness, or laughter, or mischief. - Remus Lupin

“No one owes you a happy life.” // “But you owe yourself one, love.” - Remus Lupin & Grant Chapman

“Be gentle with yourself, love.” - Mary MacDonald

“Maybe. But she wants to make him immortal, and Odysseus wants to get back to Penelope. Calypso isn’t his true love.” - Remus Lupin

“Accio Marlboro’s” - Remus Lupin

All the Young Dudes “Like magnets, you and me. Always snap back together again.” - Grant Chapman

"He’s special to me , and if you’re not man enough to be kind to him, then you don’t deserve him. He’s been waiting for you. He’s never stopped waiting. He won’t say it, because Remus doesn’t say stuff like that. But he feels it. He feels everything, you must know that.” - Grant Chapman

“Look; you had him at his best, ok? I had his worst. And I was glad to do it. I have one part of him.” - Grant Chapman

"You’ve been my little bit of magic.” - Grant Chapman

“But shouldn’t life last longer, if it can be like this?” - Remus Lupin

“Ooh, teenage me would be so jealous, getting Remus Lupin in my bedroom!” - Sirius Black 

However, you have any specific favorite slow burn, very obvious enemies to lovers fics? Preferably M+ rating?

Thank you so much. I can’t tell you how often I come to your page in search of something to read 🥰🥰

Hello friend! Thanks so much, I’m pleased to know you find good recs around here 💗 this was such an interesting request! I do love this trope, even if I’ve been reading more friends to lovers lately. I tried to keep this short and follow your criteria while including a few different tropes, so these would be my top 7 recs for enemies to lovers + slow burn + rating M/E:

REVOLVEVLOVER by @firethesound and @lol-zeitgeistic (2014, 46k) - Hitmen AU

The work Harry does is justifiable. It’s justice. He works for his country, and his country is a republic—the magical side, anyway. It’s not laudable work, it’s not work he’s proud of, but it’s necessary work. Harry has always taken the necessary jobs that no one else has the stomach for. It’s just that he’s never deciphered a kill sheet and seen Draco Malfoy’s name on it. Career Choices: Harry: Hit Wizard; Draco: Anti-Government Extremist

fly like paper, high like planes by @harryromper (2019, 47k) - Quidditch fic

Harry Potter, Head Coach of the Appleby Arrows, is very content leading a quiet life. He has a doddery old house-elf who makes his breakfast, a team of players who love Quidditch almost as much as he does, and a Kneazle that curls against his damaged leg at the foot of his bed at night. The absolute last thing he needs is a fit, tattooed, and wildly talented Draco Malfoy back from living his life on the margins. Soon he’s dealing with goblins for the first time since the war, traveling to Prague, eating dodgy squid, and maybe, just maybe, accepting that Quidditch, Malfoy, and even Harry himself are still capable of change.

The Boy Who Only Lived Twice by @letteredlettered (2012, 54k) - Partners & Identity porn

Harry Potter is an Unspeakable. Draco Malfoy is the wizard who shagged him. Adventure! Intrigue! Secret identities, celebrities, spies! It's all right here, folks.

The Darkness Before the Dawn by Ren (2016, 55k) - Case fic

A mysterious creature is loose in London, stalking and killing people. Auror Harry Potter requests the help of a liaison from the Beast Division and gets saddled with Draco Malfoy. Will they be able to stop the creature before it claims more lives?

That Old Black Magic by @bixgirl1 (2019, 77k) - Arranged Marriage

Centuries ago, marriage contracts were the norm — ready-made alliances between families, expected and complied with, without complaint. But norms have a way of changing, and when a long-dormant contract flares to life, Harry has to navigate an unexpected splintering of the path he'd thought would be easy after the war... with Draco Malfoy.

Who we are in the shadows by @quicksilvermaid (2019, 99k) - Creature fic

What happens when you’re forced to become the very thing you despise? Ex-Auror Harry Potter, tossed out of the Ministry for something he had no control over, has been looking for a way back to his former life. When he comes across Draco Malfoy in the criminal underbelly of Wizarding London and in need of protection, Harry figures bringing him in to face the Ministry's justice is his ticket back to everything he's lost.

But nothing is exactly as it seems. Not even Harry himself. And as he gets drawn further and further into Malfoy's world of honour and deception he finds himself questioning everything he thought he knew—about his childhood nemesis, the Ministry job he misses so much, and most of all, about himself. What happens when you’re forced to see that you were wrong?

Temptation on the Warfront by alizarincrims0n (2015, 180k) - War Years

harry : after me

I will never…

About Time (2013)Before Sunrise (1995)Before We Go (2014)Begin Again (2013)Beginners (2010)Breathe In (2013)Comet (2014)Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)In Your Eyes (2014)Liberal Arts (2012)Like Crazy (2011)Ruby Sparks (2012)Stranger Than Fiction (2006)The Last Kiss (2006)To the Wonder (2012)

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