Birthdays aren't supposed to make you anxious. But Albus has been wishing for the same thing for years now, and it still hasn't come true.

A snake finds warmth and a friend in a small, curious boy who looks just like his father.

They say that when Azkaban sank, it turned silver. Scorpius knows now that what they say is true.

Harry finds a garden growing in his upstairs fireplace, and calls in an old friend with the greenest thumb he knows.

Regulus gets a little lost in the woods, and runs into something wearing Sirius's face.

Lysander didn't put much stock in superstitious idiocy, but even he could admit that shifts at St Mungos were always busier during a full moon.

"I may have committed horrible crimes, and I may have joined a Necromancer's Army, and I may have fed my brother boil-inducing tea, but I still do not deserve to share a dream with you," Regulus said, while James chuckled.

Albus stays up all night knitting a spell. It's worth every yawn if it keeps Scorpius safe.

In which bath time is a sacred affair, Teddy is a giggly mess, Harry deals with rebellion, and Theo questions why he ever got involved with Gryffindors who cannot even be trusted to toast bread.

Remus settles in to play a game on his battered old laptop, and Sirius questions his taste in romantic partners.

Grief and loss can turn a photograph into more than what it is. When Draco accidentally ruins a photograph of Teddy's parents, he has to decide whether or not forgiveness is as easy as it seems.

Sirius and Remus meet when they are older, not too much wiser, and prone to accidentally insulting each other at first sight.

The Room of Hidden Things was more than a haven for lost treasures and old trinkets. Sometimes it was a haven for people, too.

A discovery or two told through the unimpressed diary entries of Esteemed Medical Associate and Med-Bay Manager, Regulus Black, as he sails through the stars with a ship full of idiots.

It depends a little on where you are going, but a trip is often better when you make it with loud music, a feather boa, and your two best friends.

The Marauders are a tight-knit band of carefree travellers at best, and a hopeless collection of lovesick morons at worst. Remus is perhaps the most lovesick of them all, but he's too busy dealing with strange, magical mirrors to deal with the growing problem of Sirius Black.

On the inside of Blaise's wrist, there is a compass etched in silver ink. Juniper berries decorate the nape of Theo's neck. Pretty pictures that mark who your soul could love, if given the chance, are not supposed to be so complicated to understand; Blaise and Theo do love to complicate things.

Neither Draco or Ginny are very good at backing away from a challenge. Years later, they'll probably still be baffled over how this led to a strong, somewhat combative friendship being born.

After the war, Ron gets so caught up in looking after everyone else that he forgets to look after himself. Luckily, he has two very good friends that are more than happy to pick up the slack.

On their last Christmas at Hogwarts, Harry and Neville start up a new tradition that they intend to make last, even if it does involve keeping a pair of Cheat-Proof dice handy.