#backtogether

Back to the old house - (ao3) - Kuria99 Sirius/Remus, Regulus/James, Barty/Evan, Marlene/Dorcas N/R, 17k

Summary: It’s been four years since Sirius and Remus broke up. Then a Remus from the future shows up. A remus who’s in love with him.

Catastrophic Blues (ao3) - So_scarlett_maroon Hermione/Pansy E, 1k

Summary: Pansy is having a hard time moving on, and she knows why. This relationship hit different. She has resigned herself to mourning the loss when, by chance, Harry Potter, of all people, gives her one more chance. Maybe this story can have a happy ending after all...

Dernière Danse (ao3) - cassierin Sirius/Remus T, 7k

Summary: Remus and Sirius have been on and off for years—trapped in a cycle of painful breakups and even more painful reconciliations. Eight months after their last goodbye, Remus stumbles into a dingy bar, hoping to drown the ache. But he doesn’t expect to find Sirius on stage, guitar in hand, singing like his heart’s still breaking.

Will they fall back into the fire again—or finally find a way to stop burning?

Erised (ao3) - grumbleonimbus Draco/Harry M, 71k

Summary: Draco Malfoy is trying to make amends by doing fundraisers and events for a war orphan charity. He hasn't seen Harry Potter - or thought about him... really! - in about five years. Until he sees him a lot, everywhere, dammit. While vehemently trying to deny his school crush has reignited, Draco cannot help but be charmed by a more mature, serene, confident Harry. And, well, the new looks, plural, are ever so appealing.

Find Me Again (ao3) - HannahOphio Draco/Harry T, 5k

Summary: When Harry ends up in St. Mungo‘s after a mission gone wrong, Draco finds himself at his bedside. In the quiet, he confronts the love he tried to bury. Draco speaks and somewhere, Harry listens and their hearts search for a way back to each other.

Full-moon (ao3) - gloriask Sirius/Remus, James/Lily T, 10k

Summary: This was already the third time this month that a member of the Order of the Phoenix had been ambushed by Death Eaters. One by one, their comrades had fallen to the Killing Curse. The grim reality of their situation stared them in the face, forcing them to confront a horrifying suspicion—there was a traitor among them.

During the First Wizarding War.

Holidate (ao3) - danpuff Draco/Ron, Pansy/Ginny T, 11k

Summary: Draco and Ginny aren’t ready to come out, so they decide to “date” for the holiday.

just know you'll taste me too (ao3) - crazymateinnit Regulus/James, James/Lily, Sirius/Remus T, 6k

Summary: Regulus's feelings spiral as he watches James and his new girlfriend, the ever familiar ginger girl. Lily watches as James seems to drift further from her grasp and she can't understand why. James wracks himself with guilt as he feels himself pulled to his ex-boyfriend but doesn't want to hurt anyone with his feelings. Things tend to work themselves out when one puts in the effort.

A coming-of-age story in three.

Looked Up at the Sky (ao3) - seraphic_sapphic04 Sirius/Remus T, 28k

Summary: Sirius and Remus had found a love like no other. One that started as friendship and blossomed into something so much more, so powerful one would think it indestructible. But life gets in the way, and even their connection did not appear to be immune. That was until years later they find themselves in a startlingly familiar interaction.

(Lesbian Wolfstar second chance romance, told through Maroon by Taylor Swift)

Lost and Found, the Second Time Around (ao3) - Devious_Muffin Draco/Harry E, 10k

Summary: Harry and Draco were happy; at least, Harry thought they were. When Draco abruptly leaves to pursue his career, Harry is stunned and finds it difficult to move on. He never truly does, which is why it's so easy for them to fall right back into their relationship when Draco temporarily returns to London a few years later. This time will turn out differently, won't it?

Lovin' Into Hatred (ao3) -  thesumofentropy Regulus/James, James/OFC E, 4k

Summary: exes James and Regulus meet at a club six months after breaking up. They fight and fuck about it.

Pinky Promise, Please (ao3) - Justalevisimp Marlene/Dorcas G, 3k

Summary: After Dorcas breaks her fragile heart, Marlene is left to pick up the pieces of her life by herself. When her friends are worried about her, she decides to have a night out with the girls.

What happens when a special surprise comes in the form of her ex-girlfriend when Marlene least expects it?

the future is a foreign land (ao3) - SultryNuns Draco/Blaise M, 6k

Summary: The past is a different country, the future a foreign land. It is the distance that terrorizes Blaise as he loses his tether to here and now.

There once was a time when he did not know Theo or Draco, when he felt adrift in a social order he didn’t understand. Then there was a period when he knew them both quite well, but he had not yet understood what more there was to feel, in receiving Draco’s covetous affection, in trying to possess him in return.

There will be a time like that, again.

He Sees it so clearly.

Vicious Love (ao3) - Chewpchew Hermione/Draco E, 6k

Summary: Hermione didn’t expect to see Draco at the bar. She definitely didn’t expect him to be wearing the shirt she bought him, draped around another woman. What follows is a toxic collision driven by drinks, jealousy, anger and need. They’ve tried to stay away. Tried to move on. But some love stories don’t end — they just smolder, waiting for the next spark. It’s toxic. It’s messy. And neither of them is ready to let go.

What We Were Fighting For (ao3) - xxDustNight88 Hermione/Draco M, 1k

Dan hadn’t been doing so well lately. Things have gone pretty shit ever since he and Phil broke up. They were doing so well the past couple years and then… they just started arguing over stupid little things. Dan couldn’t take it anymore, and he broke up with Phil. He hadn’t meant to.

And now, it’s too late to take it back.

Phil’s moved on, and it’s only been a couple months since the break up. But, Dan knows that Phil goes out and hooks up with random people, which totally isn’t like Phil. He’s not the type of person to have one night stands, but that’s all he’s been doing lately. He goes out, and comes back late at night.

Dan hates it. He absolutely hates thinking about Phil being with other people that isn’t him, but it’s not like he can say anything. He’s the reason they’re broken up. He just had to lose control and break up with Phil.

It isn’t until when Phil actually brought one of his dates home, when things went from bad to worse. It’s like Phil didn’t care about Dan’s feelings at all. He brought someone home, and didn’t even try hiding it.

Dan blinks a few times looks up from his laptop when he starts hearing noises. He had just been doing one of his late night wikipedia searches when he realizes Phil brought someone home. They weren’t being quiet at all.

Dan can hear Phil moaning, and can hear another man’s voice.

Dan quickly covers his ears, but it doesn’t help. He can still hear it. He groans and quickly reaches over to grab his headphones out of his drawers. He puts his headphones in and turns up music from his Spotify as loud as he possibly can until he can no longer hear Phil’s moans.

Dan didn’t really get any sleep that night. He went to sleep at 5am but still only slept for a couple of hours. He couldn’t get the thought of Phil’s moans out of his heads. He couldn’t believe Phil actually brought someone home.

Dan doesn’t leave his room until around the afternoon when his stomach finally started yelling at him to get up and get something to eat.

Dan grabs a bowl and his usual cereal, and grabs the milk out of the fridge. He’s almost done with pouring the milk when Phil walks into the kitchen.

“Hey,” Phil greets, as if nothing happened yesterday.

Dan doesn’t say anything. He can’t even look at Phil.

Phil looks over at Dan and raises his eyebrows. “You okay?” He asks curiously. Dan seems quieter than usual. Phil knows they haven’t been talking lately but sometimes he tries to make small talk with Dan and see how he’s doing.

Dan scoffs and shakes his head. “Like you fucking care,”

“Excuse me?” Phil asks, blinking a few times. “What’s that supposed to mean?”

Dan slams the milk down on the counter, not caring that he spilt milk all over the counter. He turns and looks at Phil angrily. “Don’t walk in here and act like you fucking care about my feelings when I know you don’t!”

“What are you talking about?” Phil asks, shocked at Phil’s outburst.

“Look, I don’t care that you’ve been seeing other people. You can do whatever the fuck you want. You’re a free man now. But you cross the line when you bring that shit home! You weren’t even thinking about my feelings when you did that. I would never one of my dates home and do that to you!”

Phil’s eyes suddenly widen, and his cheeks turn a bright shade of pink. “O-Oh. You…” He laughs nervously. “You heard that?” He fiddles with the hem of his shirt. “I’m… I’m sorry. I was drunk. I wasn’t thinking…”

“Being drunk doesn’t excuse the fact that you actually did that,” Dan snaps. “And I’ve had enough. I’m tired of feeling trapped in this house!”

Phil frowns. “What… What are you saying, Dan?” He asks.

“I’m moving out,” Dan mumbles, looking away from Phil. He just decided literally two seconds ago that he was moving out. He depends on Phil a lot, and the thought of being on his own scares the shit out of him, but what’s the point of staying with Phil? He’s afraid to walk in his own house because he doesn’t want to run into Phil. “I… I don’t know where or when, but I am eventually moving out. Unless we fix whatever this… thing, that’s going on. I can’t take it anymore.”

“Dan, no… wait-” He tries, walking closer to Dan. “Come on. Y-You don’t have to move out. We can talk about this. We can make things work.”

Dan takes a deep breath and looks up at Phil as his eyes start watering up. “Phil, please. This has been going on for months. We’re never going to work things out. Things aren’t how they used to be, and everybody knows it. Fuck, even the viewers have started noticing that things are different with us.”

“I… I’m not saying that we have to rekindle our relationship, but you’re my best friend. I can’t imagine living without my best friend,” Phil says.

“It’s too late, Phil. I’m sorry. I’m sorry I fucked everything up. I didn’t mean to,” Dan mumbles before turning and walking out of the kitchen.

Phil stands there, shocked. He stares at the bowl of cereal on the counter. He never thought the day would come when one of the two move out.

It’s less than a week later when Dan leaves the apartment for the first time in months. PJ has a guest bedroom and is kind enough to leave Dan stay there for a little while until he can find an apartment on his own.

“Thanks for letting me stay here,” Dan mumbles as he stands with PJ in his living room. “Are you sure Sophie is okay with this? I don’t wanna…”

PJ rolls his eyes. “Dan, shut up. Sophie loves you just as much as I do. You’ll always be welcomed to stay here. I just… can’t believe you guys are really over. I thought you were going to make things work?”

Dan sighs and looks up at PJ sadly. “He brought someone home, and I had to listen to them have sex in the room next to me, Peej. That was the last straw. Phil didn’t care until I said that I was moving out.”

PJ frowns. “That doesn’t sound like something Phil would do,” he says.

“I guess we don’t know Phil very well after all,” Dan shrugs.

PJ clears his throat. “So, um… let’s go to the guest bedroom,” he stands up with Dan and leads the way to the guest bedroom. “The bathroom is right there and everything you need will be in it. You know, shampoo and towels and all that stuff. I know you said you wouldn’t be here very long but we want you to be as comfortable as possible after all the crap you’ve been through.”

Dan blushes. “Thanks, Peej. This really means a lot to me. I think I’ll finally be able to get a good night’s sleep, you know?”

PJ smiles at him. “I just wanna help you get back up on your feet,” he says.

Dan pulls PJ into a warm hug. “Thanks, man. I appreciate this so much,”

**

Phil hates being in the house without Dan around. It’s too quiet, and there’s no one to talk to. They haven’t been talking lately but at least there was always the option to go talk to Dan. And now, there’s no one.

“Peej, please let me talk to him,” Phil begs.

“Phil, that’s not a good idea. Besides, he’s not here,” PJ sighs.

“What?” Phil frowns. “Where is he then?”

“I think he went to go confirm paperwork for the apartment he picked out, or something like that. He was in a rush when he told me so I-”

“Apartment?” Phil gasps. “No, no, no. He can’t move into a new apartment!”

“Why did you let him leave, Phil?” PJ asks. “He gave you plenty of opportunities to talk with him, and instead… you out with other people.”

“I don’t know!” Phil yells, pulling out his hair. “I messed up, and now I lost the single most important person in my life. I can’t live without him, Peej.”

“Dan’s going to be back by 5, so I suggest you get your butt over here and make things better before Dan officially moves into his new apartment.”

“I’ll be there as soon as I can,” Phil says before hanging up on PJ.

Phil grabs his shoes, his keye and his phone. He doesn’t waste any time in heading straight to PJ’s house. It’s 4:50 now. Dan will be there any minute.

“Is he here?” Phil pants once PJ opens the door.

PJ raises his eyebrows as he watches Phil. “Did you run here?” He asks.

“No, I’m not stupid,” Phil rolls his eyes. “Peej, is Dan here?”

PJ bites his lip and glances back into the house, before looking back at Phil. “Yeah, he just got here…” He says. “Come in.” He allows Phil into the house, and leads him to the living room, where Dan is sitting on the couch. “Dan?”

“Yeah?” Dan asks as he looks up at PJ. “What’s up?”

PJ steps aside, revealing Phil. “Someone’s here to see you,”

Dan drops his phone, and he slowly stands up from the couch. “Phil…?”

“I was an idiot, Dan,” Phil begins as he walks closer to Dan. “I should have never done that to you and I’m so…” He takes a deep breath. “I’m so sorry.” His eyes begin to water up. “I wasn’t thinking about your feelings. I hate things got this far and I should have been a better person.”

Dan stares at him with wide eyes, before scoffing. “You… You think you can just walk on in here and make this big apology statement and expect me to forgive you just like that?” He yells, throwing his arms up.

Phil frowns. “I couldn’t let you go without trying,” he whispers. “I need you, Dan. I need you to come back and… I want us to try again.”

Dan takes a deep breath. “I’d hate to admit it,” he whispers. “But, yeah… I need you to, Phil. Like, what was I fucking thinking buying a new apartment? I can’t live on my own. I can hardly survive two days without you!”

Phil chuckles as tears begin to form in his eyes. “God, I love you so much,” he pulls Dan into a hug and wraps his arms around him tightly.

Dan buries his face in Phil’s chest and lets out a sob. “I need you,”

“It’s okay, bear. It’s okay,” Phil whispers as he continues to hold onto Dan. “We’re going to be okay. We’ll work on making things better.”