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Fic: Dance With Me? and Coat Check by NachoDiablo

Rating: T and E

Genre: AU - modern setting, AU - non-magical, first meeting, clubs/bars, fluff

Word count: 1,791 and 1,916, both complete

Summary: “Remus doesn't usually dance, but Sirius makes him reconsider.”

Major CW: Semi-public sex (sort of)

Mod Theo thoughts: These two lovely fics are based off of this creation by the incomparable @upthehillart. There’s not a ton of words here (Remus and Sirius meet in a club, Remus and Sirius fuck in a club) and yet NachoDiablo does a great job of including the little bits of representational details we need without making it A Whole Thing. Fics like this are a great reminder that including rep in your fic doesn't have to be huge task - a couple details here and there often do the trick. I fell down a bit of a nightclub AU rabbit hole recently, and this one has all the things I love about them - first meetings, sexual tension, awkward introductions and conversations and a slow build to an intense romantic connection. Plus, I don’t know about you, but I haven’t been to a club since 2019, and it’s nice to revisit them from a distance. 

I can’t express how much I love your works. The way you’re able to take us readers on an adventure with your world-building and characterization is amazing.

I can always start one of your fics with the knowledge that the characters are in great hands and that it’s going to be a work that I’ll want to come back to again and again.

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly. What is essential is invisible to the eye. Trans Steve and Trans Bucky! Below are my Top 5 Favorite stories:

Title: Definitely Romantic Author: NachoDiablo (@samstevebuckyhq)  [AO3LINK] Artist: @darthbloodorange  [AO3LINK] Rating: Teen and Up   Pairing: Sam Wilson/Steve Rogers/James “Bucky” Barnes  Major Archive Warnings: None  Summary: 

“Listen," Bucky had said. "We can do this. We can woo Sam. We know everything he likes, we have access to his comforts. We can show him how special he is!”

“We can!” Steve had perked up at Bucky’s enthusiasm. “We know everything about Sam. We can absolutely win him over.”

It had seemed so easy back then. Now, months later, having failed to close the deal during multiple wooing attempts, it appeared to be nearly impossible.

#mayfestrecs - Day 24 Fest: RS Fix It Fest

Author: NachoDiablo Rating: Mature Word Count: 6,359 Type: Raising Harry!AU

Summary: Remus Lupin doesn't know how he wound up raising Harry and designing sex toys, but he's too tired to argue against any of it.

Sirius Black knows exactly how he wound up charged with murder and locked away in Azkaban, but he's too guilt-ridden to fight for his freedom.

Minerva McGonagall is thoroughly fed up with both of them.

"He’d been dreading this day ever since the start-of-the-year staff meeting last week, when Dumbledore had announced this year’s Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. He’d had his suspicions-- Dumbledore always had trouble filling the role, it was only a matter of time before he stooped this low, really-- but to have them confirmed had set a sour tone as the first of September drew nearer."

AU where Sirius raised Harry and taught at Hogwarts while that arsehole Remus fucked off to do Merlin-knows-what. Not that Sirius gives one shit about it, of course.

by: nachodiablo

wordcount: 8180

That was my main ship before I got into Winterfalcon and Steve became a scrub. He could've had it all.

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Anything that involves bi people being happy.

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