Fake dating Remus&Regulus AU, but they're not really fake dating - everyone just thinks they are.
They go to the Room of Requirement together to hang out and read in peace (where their loud, excitable, motivated best friends can't find and disturb them). The room transforms into a library with a nice fireplace and books they also wouldn't get access to otherwise.
At some point they start ranting to each other about their respective crushes, James and Sirius, while said crushes are moping that "Reggie and Moony" snuck off together again.
Remus Lupin is a sarcastic asshole, Regulus Black is a sarcastic bitch. Difference.
Remus and Regulus discussing about books
Sirius, sighing dramatically: Prongs, the light of my life, since our boyfriends ditched us for each other, why don't we get married!?
James, wiping out fake tears: Padfoot, the love of my life, it would be an honor to marry you!
Sirius, fake crying: Moony, I'm dumping you for my soon to be husband!
James, fake sniffing: Regulus-
Regulus: Can you two shut the fuck up or get the fuck out, the adults are speaking.
Remus: Honestly you two, didn't Effie taught you to not interrupt your elders?
regulus knows remus is a werewolf, so every time remus is in pain from the moon, regulus goes to him in his animagus form for cuddles and offers him a nice distraction. remus doesn't know where this random cat comes from, and is a little paranoid because whose cat is this and does he know i'm a werewolf? but he appreciates it still
Remus and Regulus learn to cross stitch together.
They learn as part of therapy or just a way to keep hands busy.
Then it becomes a competition on who can make the prettiest one with the most terrible obscure threat/quote.
Examples of their fine work:
don't be part of the problem, be the whole problem.
I was born to be wild but only until 9 pm or so
You are exceeding the limitations of my medication
They gift them to people and hang them random places like their kitchen, the loo, in their cafe.
a very tired remus and regulus looking for their boyfriends before they’re inevitably caught pulling a prank
Two pretty best friends (original sketch by @/charlijacobs on insta)
Also yes reg will give you the meanest side eye/stare if you look at Remus wrong
It is Remus Lupin's birthday and when I told my friend that, she looked at me like I was insane, which is only partly true. Imagine Remus with rooms full of chocolate and books because that's all people thought to get him. Sirius might have tried with something else to be different but probably ended up getting chocolate too. Remus loves it though. I like to think that James and Sirius enchanted something to follow him around all day singing Happy Birthday as a prank present. No one knew what books to get him though and he already had most of them from most people but I imagine Regulus tried and his book was Remus' favourite. They had probably discussed it before in one of their long library sessions. They discussed all sorts of stuff then, from complaining about their idiotic boyfriends, Sirius and James, to helping each other with homework or discussing plans of their own such as how to get their stupidly obvious friends to realise they like each other. They were very big supporters of most ships, Rosekiller, Dorlene, Marylily.