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necessarian posting in potterwatch Mar. 4th, 2019 11:32 am)title: A Duet
author: mustntgetmy
rating: M
tags/content: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, Angst, Romance, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Violence, First War with Voldemort, Music, Musicians
summary: AU where Sirius was Sorted into Slytherin and also happens to be a gifted pianist and composer. Remus answers an ad for a music accompanist in a Muggle paper, is shocked to find out Sirius placed the ad, has a moral dilemma about working for a potential Death Eater, ignores said moral dilemma, then falls swiftly in love with the moral dilemma in question. But this is wartime, and even if love survives often people don’t. Expect tragedy, tenderness, complications, but above all, expect music.
wordcount: 24k
rec notes: Heed the archive warnings - this is one of those fics that reaches into your chest and pulls out your beating heart. But is done so lovingly that I can only recommend you put yourself through it too; I read this all in one feverish sitting and I think it speaks to the startling quality of the fic that I remember the exact conditions of this reading, and how emotional I was at the time. The prose is elegant and the characterisation impeccable. I would easily call this one of my favourite fics ever. Also, on a personal level, this fic inspired me to write a gift for the author, which turned out to be for a prompt inspired by a fic I'd written, so this fic will always have a really special place in my heart (which is back in my chest now but it's a tenuous thing.)
author: mustntgetmy
rating: M
tags/content: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, Angst, Romance, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Violence, First War with Voldemort, Music, Musicians
summary: AU where Sirius was Sorted into Slytherin and also happens to be a gifted pianist and composer. Remus answers an ad for a music accompanist in a Muggle paper, is shocked to find out Sirius placed the ad, has a moral dilemma about working for a potential Death Eater, ignores said moral dilemma, then falls swiftly in love with the moral dilemma in question. But this is wartime, and even if love survives often people don’t. Expect tragedy, tenderness, complications, but above all, expect music.
wordcount: 24k
rec notes: Heed the archive warnings - this is one of those fics that reaches into your chest and pulls out your beating heart. But is done so lovingly that I can only recommend you put yourself through it too; I read this all in one feverish sitting and I think it speaks to the startling quality of the fic that I remember the exact conditions of this reading, and how emotional I was at the time. The prose is elegant and the characterisation impeccable. I would easily call this one of my favourite fics ever. Also, on a personal level, this fic inspired me to write a gift for the author, which turned out to be for a prompt inspired by a fic I'd written, so this fic will always have a really special place in my heart (which is back in my chest now but it's a tenuous thing.)