A Merry Wolfstar Christmas Fic Rec
Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays! In honor of this time of year, hereās some holiday Wolfstar Iāve read, am reading, or am planning on readingššš (yes there are a lot of MsAlexWP fics because Alex is THE Christmas Wolfstar writer in my humble opinion.)
Note: I donāt have my notes completed yet for a lot of these fics, but I wanted to get this out in a timely manner. Enjoy!!
Elucidation Practice by montparnasse on AO3 (21,359 words, rated mature)
Summary: Christmas, 1978. Remus, wrestling with the mighty problems of gift-giving on a budget, contemplates life, love, London in winter, and falling off the edge of the world with Sirius Black.
Tags: Post-Hogwarts, First Wizarding War, Friends to Lovers
Iāll Be Home for Christmas by MsAlexWP on AO3 (45,744 words, rated explicit)
Summary: Hope and Lyall Lupin hoped that their wizard son would come home to their little village in Wales and marry a nice, quiet Muggle accountant. So when Remus wants to bring home the flashy curse breaker Sirius Black for Christmas, Remus and Sirius pretend to be just friends at first to ease Mr. and Mrs. Lupin into the idea of their relationship. But everything doesn't go to plan.
Tags: Established Relationship, Christmas Fluff - Meet The Parents, Canon Divergence, Wales, Culture Clash Between Muggles and Wizards
Just Another Winterās Tale by Elliepenny on AO3 (13,452 words, rated mature)
Summary: Celebrity singer Sirius is asked to collaborate on a charity Christmas single--and since James is going, he says yes. But someone else is there who Sirius doesn't want to see (or at least that's what he tells himself).
Based on the 1984 Band Aid recording of 'Do They Know It's Christmas.' Some things inspired by actual people/events, some completely made up.
Tags: Christmas, Singer Sirius, Bad Communication, Getting Back Together
Let Nothing You Dismay by montparnasse on AO3 (18,993 words, rated mature)
Summary: There are a few things Sirius really didn't count on for Christmas of 1979. The extreme sexual confusion is one of them; Remus Lupin is approximately seventy-eight of the rest.
Tags: Post-Hogwarts, Smut
merry christmas, war is over by dykesiriusblack on AO3 (5,834 words, rated teen and up)
Summary: Christmas: 1981 and 1995.
Tags: Christmas Angst, First and Second Wizarding Wars, Canon Compliant
Read This If: You cannot escape the dichotomy of melancholic joy that the holidays bring each year with time passing, slipping away. The writing is lovely, and I especially liked this line, āNow he is here, with a photo that should feel like lies but sits rocking on the edges of his chest, clings there, and Remus is pain boiled down to the living boundaries of tragedy.ā Fast forward to 1995, and itās a story perfumed with hope, older Wolfstar, and a bit of parent Wolfstar.
Second Chances (But What If I Call) by futurefortem on AO3 (21,114 words WIP, rated explicit)
Summary: Christmas in London has never felt less festive for Remus. Trying to handle his new life as a single-parent widow, he feels anything but jolly. And love really is the last thing he's searching or even hoping for. Until a charming artist with hair like coal and eyes like smoke dares to prove him wrong. And soon, Remus feels like he has arrived in his very own version of a Hallmart movie.
Or, between grief, bi-panic and second chances, Sirius teaches Remus to love again.
Tags: Modern AU, Strangers to Lovers, Christmas Fluff and Smut, Bottom Sirius, Top Remus, Single Parent Remus, Professor Remus, Artist Sirius, Angst/Hurt Comfort
Dear Mr. Black by MsAlexWP on AO3 (73,957 words, rated explicit)
Summary: When famous TV chef Sirius Black is publicly outed and needs to escape the London paparazzi, he heads to a very rural B&B in Northumberland where he's astonished to taste the most delicious almond croissant he's ever tasted and simply must meet the chef. Featuring falling in love, snowy hikes, seeing the stars, chestnuts roasting on an open fire, unconventional families, letters to Father Christmas, wishes coming true, finding authenticity, getting to the heart of things, and lots and lots of food.
Tags: Christmas Fluff and Smut, Gay Hallmark Movie, Modern AU, Famous/Chef Sirius, Raising Teddy, Gay Sirius, Gay Remus, Eventual Smut and Romance, Happy Ending, Tiny Bit of Angst
Read This If: You like gooey parent Wolfstar and the Great British Bake Off vibes.
A Silver Moon Christmas by MsAlexWP on AO3 (19,691 words, rated explicit)
Summary: It's been two years since famous TV chef Sirius Black left his high-flying life in London in favor of running a beautiful, idyllic B&B in rural Northumberland with his new husband and family. But when his manager suggests filming a Christmas special at the B&B to promote their new cookbook, Sirius and Remus find out that the spotlight isn't quite what they expected.
A tiny Christmas trifle and a sequel to Dear Mr. Black.
Tags: Christmas Fluff and Smut, Gay Sirius, Gay Remus, Established Relationship/Romance, Modern AU, Gay Hallmark Movie, Raising Teddy Lupin, Famous/Chef Sirius, Innkeeper Remus
Read This If: You loved Dear Mr. Black.
To All a Good Night by MsAlexWP on AO3 (36,110 words, rated explicit)
Summary: Sirius Black was supposed to spend Christmas in a luxury Airbnb in Vermont with his best friends. Instead, there's a record-breaking snowstorm, a tiny cabin with no electricity, a viral video, a mysterious last-minute breakup, and sharing a bed with Remus Lupin.
Tags: Fluff, Humor, Getting Together, Smut, Only One Bed, Gay Sirius, Gay Remus, Vermont Cabin