Hi!!!!!!! Long time lurker first time asker hereâdo you have any interesting fics that take place in the summer? I feel like I've been losing myself in nostalgia for being a teenager since it started getting hot by me and I'd love to read a fic that compliments that feeling well!
Hiđ¸ You read my mind, long time lurker â Iâve been thinking of putting together a proper summery-nostalgic list for some time now. Your request finally made me do it(: So here you go! My favourite summer wolfstar fics, all of them with that sweet, soft nostalgic touchâď¸
the summer you let your hair grow out
in which sirius decides to go to remus' house when he runs away, rather than james'. remus finds this situation to be trying in more ways than one. includes gratuitous references to twentieth-century cinema and music.
Themes: summer at remusâ; pov!remus; disowned Sirius; pining; friends to lovers; first time.
Sirius spends a few weeks at the Lupins' place during the summer after sixth year.
Themes: summer at remusâ; pov!sirius; friends to lovers; fluff; first kiss.
*the apple caught between your teeth
The warm, July sun is unadulterated in its naked heat; blisteringly sweet and unbearingly heavy. It makes Siriusâ shirt cling to his chest, turns his bones lazy, and it colours Remusâ cheeks with a dusting of honey freckles.
So many that Sirius wonders where they all hide in the frosty, winter months.
Themes: summer at remusâ; disowned sirius; pov!sirius; friends to lovers; coming out; pining; so well-written I could cry.
*June, and Other Natural Disasters
Sirius talks, begs, and bribes Remus into a spontaneous trip to Brighton the summer of their graduation. Remus loses all sense of direction; Sirius loses his shirt; Remus kisses the last moth-eaten vestiges of his sanity a long, sloppy goodbye.
Themes: summer trip; pov!remus; pining remus; friends to lovers; sexual tension and smut; poetic prose.
*Everything Under The Sun
The summer of '76. Remus wants Sirius. Sirius doesn't know what he wants.
Themes: slow burn; friends to lovers; shit communication; friends with benefits sort of; pov!remus; pining remus; this is technically unfinished but it can be read as finished!; I love this so much itâs crazy.
*A Brief History of Dragons
Sirius moves to Cornwall for the summer and meets a rude, beautiful boy who is writing a book that may or may not be about dragons.
Themes: muggle!au; writer!remus; pov!sirius; strangers to lovers; Arthurian legend; everybody and their mother has read and loved this; but itâs very summery so itâs gotta be here!!
tomorrow, when the world is free
Sirius, in a tour-guide voice: âThe White Cliffs of Dover, part of the North Downs formation, is the region of English coastline facing the Strait of Dover and France. The cliff face, which reaches a height of 110 metres, owes its striking appearance to the composition of chalk accented by streaks of black flint-â
âPadfoot, mate, you never told us you could read,â says James. Sirius whacks the back of his head with the guidebook.
Themes: road trip; pov!remus; pining remus; fluff; pre-slash.
Camping, Comfort, and ClichĂŠs
by oliverdalstonbrowning (5k)
Remus goes on a camping trip with his friends, and discovers all the comfort and clichĂŠs that go with it.
Themes: camping; post-Hogwarts; sharing a bed; pov!remus; friends to lovers; jealous remus; fluff.
The air conditioning is already broken, Sirius's back has been effectively glued to the leather seat via sweat, and this road-trip may have been a Very Bad Idea.
Themes: road trip; muggle!au; pov!sirius; pining; so so soft and summery; friends to lovers.
Sirius has to go backpacking to fulfill a college graduation requirement. He is comfortable in his own skin, he has friends, he has passions. But he's still learning how to fit himself into loosely-defined spaces. Remus is a graduate student leading the trip. He loves nature, and backpacking, and being outside, and smiling, and having lots of energy. They both have some learning to doânot necessarily tactfully.
Themes: muggle!au; backpacking; nature; strangers to lovers; good discussion on privilege!
Piling into the car was uncomfortable and cramped, but there was something oddly satisfying about sitting on ratty blankets in the backseat, a box of fresh comfort food at his feet and Siriusâ legs splayed over his lap as the other backseat-inhabitant nestled himself into the corner and almost immediately began snoring. James met his eyes through the rearview, and this time when he saw the knowing smile, Remus smiled right back.
Themes: road trip; pov!remus; pining remus; self-esteem issues (remus); accidental confession; genderfluid sirius.
the private kind of purple
Post-grad summer. They are reaching for things they cannot name.
Or, it's four days out of Hogwarts and Sirius and Remus go wild camping in Scotland.
Themes: camping; light angst; soft and well-written af; friends to lovers.
Sirius and James accidentally find themselves on a Yorkshire farm during lambing season. The farmerâs son thinks thatâs a bit annoying, actually.
Themes: muggle!au; sheep farm; pov!sirius; this is a must-read for everyone.
Summer, 1977. With the full moon approaching, Sirius heads up to the Lupins' countryside cottage to make himself useful. Or to make a complete and utter arse out of himself, because really, that's all he can seem to do around Remus these days.
Themes: THE summer wolfstar fic; summer at remusâ; friends to lovers; pov!sirius; pining; sharing a bed; beautifully written itâs actually insane.
honey, i belong with you, only you.
remus was all honey brown hair and eyes that glittered golden in the sun, with a peachy flush across his freckles and legs that seemed to stretch for miles. sirius was screwed.
Themes: summer at remusâ; pov!sirius; pining sirius; friends to lovers; lots of kissing; fluff.
It's nearly the last day of fifth year, and Sirius really isn't looking forward to the summer.
Themes; friends to lovers; funny; pov!sirius; smut; awkwardness and fluff; itâs summer for most of it; a classic.
It's 1978 and the Marauders have just left school. James has fallen for Lily, Sirius is smarting about it, and Remus has complicated feelings of his own that he needs to work out during the last summer before they all have to find their way into the real world.
Themes: post-hogwarts; first war; holiday by the sea; pov!remus; pining remus; beautiful prose!!
by femme_de_lettres (200k)
Summer camp. Six weeks of planning activities, leading campers, and getting up to no good. It's no different than the last decade that Remus and his friends have spent in rural Wisconsin. Except Remus' heart keeps trying to tell him that he's in love with his best friend, Sirius can't believe he's fallen for the one person who he knows is unequivocally straight, James is starting to lose faith that Lily will ever actually consider going on a date with him, and Peter? Peter's just trying to keep his friends from getting in over their heads.
Themes: muggle!au; summer camp; long boy; American au; homophobia; panic attacks; fluff.
The summer air is too warm. The campfire isn't helping. Neither is Sirius's head in his lap. Neither is the burning blood in his veins. Remus is overwhelmed and something has to give.
Themes: camping; pov!remus; remus is jealous and very emotional about it poor baby; fluff.
It's the first summer after Hogwarts, and they have nothing else to talk about than Peter's dead father. / There are blue and orange postcards on the fridge door, and behind them, there are words Sirius knows by heart.
Themes: angst; first war era; canon compliant; the ending is sort of happy but also not that happy because you know what happens later yk.
Sirius, adrift and floundering at the advanced age of 23, rents out a mansion by the seaâ as you doâ in an effort to recapture his happiness. It works surprisingly well.
Themes: post-Hogwarts; no war; pov!sirius; growing up; friends to lovers.
I'm Glad I'm Your Favourite
just a wolfstar get-together oneshot that takes place in the summer of 1976 (between the Marauders' fifth and sixth year)
Themes: post The Prank; disowned sirius; sharing a bed; fluff.
by oscarwildechilde (46k)
The Lupins are moving again, and Remus is determined to be miserable following his disastrous fifth year and the fallout of Sirius' prank. Not speaking to any of his friends, he's resigned to go at it alone. That is, of course, until he finds out that he's moved to the same town as Lily Evans.
Themes: post The Prank; centred on the lupin family; Lily-Remus friendship; disowned sirius; friends to lovers; fluff.
Remus decides to finally spend a summer day with his childhood best friend, Sirius, after not seeing him for three years. But when old feelings quickly start to resurface, Remus is left feeling like no time has passed at all.
Themes: childhood friends reunited; pov!remus; pining remus; fluff.
I hope youâre all having a lovely summer so farđ¸
