ebonlock | Marauder-era fun

Straying just slightly from my chosen 'ship, I have to recommend Straight, No Chaser, which is just howlingly funny, well written, and utterly charming to boot:

Remus sighed. “I told her you weren’t interested in Sirius. I’ve informed her that the only person you’ve got any intent to shag is her. I’ve explained in large and small words that there is nothing going on between you and Sirius that could even loosely be construed as sexual, unless one is given to believing all the rumors about sports figures and David Bowie.”

“Bowie’s not gay,” Peter informed him. “Mick Jagger’s the poof.”

“What sports figures?”

Remus sighed. “You might be missing the point, Prongs.” He rubbed his forehead with three fingers. “Lily isn’t going to listen to a word I say. She’s convinced that, for whatever reason, you’re only interested in blokes, more specifically Sirius and, as such, not really interested in making her the heir to the Potter fortunes. She assumes the Potter fortunes, along with the family jewels are mingling with the rather tainted coffers of the House of Black.”

“As if my mother would let him touch my coffers.”