When Severus accidentally walks in on Sirius and Remus in the Shrieking Shack, he thinks the most he's getting out of it is a promise for the bullying to stop in return for his silence. But when Remus points Sirius to the attention of who he has his eye on, he ends up getting more than he bargained for.

An autistic Remus gets overstimulated at the Yule ball. His boyfriend Sirius comes up with a better way to spend the evening.

July 1996. The wizarding world is in turmoil, in particular Draco Malfoy who feels as though his life is sprialling out of control while being forced to conform with his father's desires of continuing the family's legacy. Out of desperation, Draco initiates an encounter with a classmate, deciding to hold on just long enough to make them fall for him. Once they do, he can let go.