dreamers and golden boys .⋆ 𖥔 ݁‧.⭒.‧˖ ݁𖥔 ݁˖ .

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• The Unfair Proximity of a Dream by grummygh0st for ehehhehehhheeeh, blueMoonz

  Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

  • Explicit
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • M/M
  • Work in Progress

  16 May 2026

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Sirius Black/Remus Lupin
  • Regulus Black/James Potter
  • Peter Pettigrew/Sybill Trelawney
  • Marlene McKinnon/Dorcas Meadowes
  • Lily Evans/Barty Crouch Jr.
  • Minor or Background Relationship(s)
  • Sirius Black
  • Remus Lupin
  • James Potter
  • Peter Pettigrew
  • Lily Evans
  • Marlene McKinnon
  • Mary Macdonald
  • Emmeline Vance
  • Frank Longbottom
  • Alice Longbottom
  • Sybill Trelawney
  • Regulus Black
  • Dorcas Meadowes
  • Pandora Rosier
  • Evan Rosier
  • Barty Crouch Jr.
  • Severus Snape
  • Mulciber Jr.
  • Tom Riddle | Voldemort
  • Fenrir Greyback
  • Original Characters
  • Marauders
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
  • Not Canon Compliant
  • Dual POV Between Sirius & Remus (Starts During Christmas Break 1971)
  • Hogwarts Era
  • Fix-It
  • Voldemort is Defeated & Sirius Never Went to Azkaban
  • Canon-Typical Violence
  • Minor Character Death
  • Not Really Character Death
  • Regulus Black Lives
  • werewolf dorcas meadowes
  • Memory Alteration
  • Morally Ambiguous Characters
  • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
  • Tooth-Rotting Fluff
  • Found Family
  • Queer Themes
  • Demisexual Sirius Black (Implied)
  • Internalised Homophobia
  • Slow Burn (Literally Years)
  • Idiots in Love
  • Self-Destructive Behaviour & Mental Instability
  • Period Typical Attitudes & Bigotry
  • Class Differences
  • Coming of Age & Growing Up
  • Sex Drugs and Rock and Roll
  • Peter Pettigrew is a Marauder
  • No Lily Evans Bashing & No Severus Snape Bashing
  • Remus Has a Psychogenic (Trauma-Induced) Stammer
  • Partially Blind Remus Lupin (Second Year)
  • Major Character Injury
  • Desi/Hispanic James Potter
  • French Sirius Black
  • Welsh Remus Lupin
  • Complex Family Dynamics (Particularly Between Walburga & Sirius)
  • Referenced Child Abuse & Neglect
  • The Lupin’s Involvement in the History of Wolves (My Interpretation)
  • Characters Play Dungeons & Dragons
  • Ravenclaw Barty Crouch Jr. (But He’s Basically a Slytherin)
  • mad scientist pandora
  • aroace mary macdonald (implied)
  • weird & awkward marlene mckinnon (I adore her)
  • rosekiller crumbs lol
  • It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better
  • Eventual Happy Ending… I promise ❤️

  Summary

  LONG fic exploring the POVs of both Remus and Sirius throughout the Hogwarts years and the first Wizarding War, starting from a very eventful summer of 1971 that changes everything.

  Or more importantly, an ode to being young, dumb, and in love <3

  ⋆⁺₊⋆ ━━⊱★⊰━━⋆⁺₊⋆

  As the Wizarding world falls apart into war around them and they desperately cling to the life they’ve built for themselves, the boys learn two things:

  Life is rarely fair.

  But, the future, however fragile, is always worth fighting for.

  Series

  • Part 1 of dreamers and golden boys .⋆ 𖥔 ݁‧.⭒.‧˖ ݁𖥔 ݁˖ .

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  129,695

  Chapters:

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