Remus trudged through life, with patches on his robes and holes in his jumpers and that brittle smile stretched thin on his face. The least I can do is get him a decent Christmas gift, Charlie resolved as he watched Remus comb his fingers through his sandy, silver-streaked hair.

"How are you not scared about all of this?" James thought about the intensity on Lily's face the first time they had dueled and the force of her spell when she had disarmed him. "I'm going to be fighting alongside you, aren't I? How could I possibly be scared?" Updates on Thursdays.

Sirius and Mary never talk about their feelings if they can help it, but the war tests them in ways they never imagined. Alcohol and marijuana and evasive comments are temporary solutions, but eventually they'll have to confront their problems or watch their relationship crumble around them.

Remus never really stopped loving Sirius. Why else would he follow him all the way to Australia and let a Hippogriff steal their bed?

Ginny ditches the wedding and her stupid heels, expecting to drink her bottle of stolen champagne alone. When Luna appears, Ginny decides maybe she doesn't want to be alone after all.

Remus loses another job and goes to the pub to drink his problems away, but his night improves when he sees a familiar face from his past.

ummary: When Luna plays the piano, the lingering darkness of the war fades, and her joy echoes through the cottage, and Ginny can't help but listen and admire how damn beautiful she is.

Peter loves living by the beach with Regulus, but he can't help missing the snow at Christmas.

It starts with a two-way mirror shopping trip and ends with Sirius passed out drunk in a cardboard castle.

"Look at you." James fiddled with the sleeve of Harry's jumper, eyes shining. "In your own Potter Christmas jumper." "Prongs, don't cry – Harry's already embarrassed enough wearing this." But as Sirius turned Harry around to survey the full effect, he too felt an absurd urge to cry.

In spring of 1978, Peter Pettigrew fell in love with Mary Macdonald. On Halloween, 1981, Peter made a decision that resulted in the deaths of Lily and James Potter and twelve Muggles, as well as the unjust imprisonment of Sirius Black. This is the story of everything that happened in between.

Sirius flies his motorbike through a snowstorm and arrives half-frozen, but Remus helps warm him up

Sirius dreads working with Lily on the Charms project, but as they spend time together, he decides maybe she's alright after all. Then all of a sudden she's stealing his cigarettes and eating his snacks, and somehow she's become one of his best friends.

It has been ten years since Remus spent a blissful July with Narcissa, but when he is captured and imprisoned in Malfoy Manor, the two of them pick up right where they left off.

James thinks about his future as he and Lily take a quiet, snowy walk on the beach.

Every year for Christmas Eve, Sirius wears the Christmas jumper the Potters gave him, even when it brings up unwanted emotions.

Sirius spends his first Christmas with the Potters after leaving Grimmauld Place.

Sirius knows exactly how he wants to spend his evening with Remus, and it does not involve decorating a damn Christmas tree.

Sirius can't be bothered to clean his flat after Mary's death, so Remus takes matters into his own hands.

"When did we adopt your best friend?" Lily murmured, nodding at Sirius's sleeping form. James snakes his arm around her waist and kissed the top of her head. "We did say we wanted more kids."