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Hello friend! Not an odd ask at all, but a difficult one to answer. No matter who you ask, everyone will give you a different set of fics that are their “must reads” or “fandom classics”, so I appreciate your “favourites” option which is much less daunting. 

If you’re looking for canon-era/MWPP era fics as an intro to the wolfstar fandom, start with this list: 

Wolfstar Starter Kit

Now onto the fics the Librarian finds themselves reading over and over again. If you also like fics with adults, sweet romance vibes, maybe some comedy and happy endings, then you might like these as well! Also check out Favorite Fic Bingo: 1-4.

The Librarian’s 12 Favorite Fics 

Modern Artists: Celestial Bodies by @remus-john-lupin

This feels like the best of all of the Librarian’s favorite ideas wrapped into one beautiful fic. Modern get together, crazy prongs, sexy chaotic painter Sirius, cute nerd Remus, loving parents and an issue with timing all come together in the most lovely prose. It’s a visual feast the way the words leap off the page and paint a picture in your mind, making the entire romance feel like a magical movie. 

Canon-Era Get Together: Unknown Pleasures by @kattlupin

So, Remus moves in with a PLANT BABY OKAY, and there are scenes where Sirius gives him his hoodie to wear, and there’s so much pining and the two of them trying to be kind to each other in a scary situation it’s just...ugh. This soft and tender fic pulls at the heart strings and was immediately Librarian’s favorite canon-era fic. It’s coming to terms with who you, and who you can be, and leaves the reader comforted in the face of the unknown.

Finding Love w/Anxiety: Roma is Amor spelled backwards by @aryastark-valarmorghulis

Too often, characters mental health struggles are written into a partnership where one of them “saves” the other from their insecurities. While romance is powerful, it never saves us from our anxieties, and thankfully this fic doesn’t shy away from the realism of finding love with anxiety. It’s incredibly relatable and will leave you with a feeling of hope and peace. Beautiful prose and lovely descriptors round out a quiet story that sneaks into your heart.

Modern with Great Banter: How Remus Got His Groove Back by @theprongsletthatlived

The Librarian paused for full two minutes trying to categorize this fic and still failed, but don’t let that stop you from reading this fic. If it was a book, it’d be the Librarian’s favorite. It can stand on its own, but the characters are still true to their canon selves, despite being thrown into need and complicated situations. Deep emotions juxtaposed against witty banter and modern shenanigans may ruin you for another modern fics, but it’s definitely worth it. 

College Comedy + Magic: A Supplementary Story by @elixirsoflife

Sassy college student Remus meets Vampire Sirius? At first its sounds too silly to be good, but this one always gets the Librarian laughing and is reread repeatedly to chase away bad nighttime thoughts.

Battling Insecurities/Smut: A Pair of Brown Eyes by @hp-shessocold

This features a Librarian’s favorite trope: older wolfstar! They’re realistic and still so in love with each other that you’ll swoon. And if that doesn’t do it, the way that Sirius helps Remus while getting him off? Well, it’s a fantasy and wholesome moment combined. 

Customer Service Fluff: Let's Go Out With a Bang -orphaned account

Most people can relate to the woes of customer service, but this one gives the reader a fluffy fantasy of what could happen. Cotton candy fluff. 

Coffee-shop AU: Finest in Fairford by @bluepeon-y

There may be tens of thousands of coffee shop AUs, but this one has a quiet magic to it that sets it apart. Also, Sirius as an author is underrated and it compliments  the way this fic this features each of their nerdy sides in this author-meet-cute fantasy.

Modern Teacher: Signs of Affection by @kittycargo

Do you wish there was a comfort fic that was soft without all the angst? A fic that taught you new ways to express love or find a family? This is that fic. It’s a gentle journey to the heart where they’re both teachers, and both learn a little something from each other. If a fic could hug you and tell you it’ll all be okay, this would be the one to do it. 

Awkward Magic: A Black Dog by @toyhto

This is maybe the strangest premise on the list but it’s so good. It takes a flower shop au and twists it sideways in an awkward situation where Remus isn’t magical and Sirius is still under his spell. A short and sweet delight that you won’t be able to forget. 

Wartime Wedding: Young Hearts Intertwined by @goodboylupin

What’s better than a look into James and Lily’s wedding? Getting a surprise, impromptu invitation to Remus and Sirius’s happening at the same time, that’s what! And just like being at a real wedding you’ll laugh at the ridiculous, smile at the warm moments, and maybe even she’d shed the happiest of tears watching it all go down. This fic is the funnest wedding you’ll ever attend, and for as a gift for attending you’re rewarded with the simplest of common sense canon fixes. Grab some champagne and enjoy!

Love Online: You've Got Love by @cruisinwritealong

The Librarian is a sucker for romcoms and this fic is the best. Emails filled with love and tenderness against a backdrop of retail rivalry will make you yell at your screen with glee and frustration. It’s a total escape that shows that the best kind of love is the one that makes you feel like you’re home. 

@mightbewriting you’re an actual treasure! Your words are like the emotional equivalent to butter melting on toast. Comforting. Warm. And oh so yummy.

The words just ease you into this safe, dreamy space. The attention to detail, the world building it’s completely immersive and Draco’s characterisation had me feeling soft .

Perfect stories to read before bedtime with a cup of tea, huddled up in some fluffy blankets, phone on aeroplane mode. 

Summary: The night that Harry and Dumbledore return from the cave, the Death Eaters are delayed from reaching the top of the Astronomy Tower for one more minute. Draco Malfoy lowers his wand. // A Deathly Hallows rewrite in which Draco accepts Dumbledore’s offer to fake his death and go into hiding with the Order of the Phoenix.

Find CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO on: FFNet and AO3

Years. Broken into months into weeks into days—into hours, minutes, seconds—into moments. Simple at one end, complex at the other. In Draco’s experience, moments, even when simple, had a habit of becoming irretrievable. Moments grew, stretched, multiplied into ages and eras that defined whole stretches of measurable time. Draco regretted several moments in his life, some within his control, some without: all of them irretrievable in nature. At a certain point, wedged between ‘what-ifs’ of his own devising, he’d stopped trying to keep track of those regrettable moments: now and then, pushing and pulling, coming and going, beginning and end. Moments were only moments for just as long. After that, he had no control.

there is absolutely nothing i wouldnt do to protect remus from all the harms in the world, and to keep grant and sirius away from every single harm

and i really hope Mskingbean89 knows of their power