Chapter 11 of my trans Remus Lupin fic, ‘Boys Will Be Bugs’, is up on AO3!

Summary:

Remus Lupin has more than one secret. And there’s no way of knowing who he can trust. All he has are his parents, but they can’t protect him when he goes off to Hogwarts.

But then Remus meets a boy and his two other friends, and soon realises that some secrets can’t be kept forever.

(Canon compliant)

Disclaimer: I do not condone or support JK Rowling’s harmful and transphobic views.

Chapter 9 of ‘Boys Will Be Bugs’!

Published Chapter 9 of my trans Remus Lupin fic over on AO3!

Summary:

Remus Lupin has more than one secret. And there’s no way of knowing who he can trust. All he has are his parents, but they can’t protect him when he goes off to Hogwarts.

But then Remus meets a boy and his two other friends, and soon realises that some secrets can’t be kept forever.

(Canon compliant)

Disclaimer: I do not condone or support JK Rowling’s harmful and transphobic views.

First paragraph(s) of chapter 9:

Things finally began to settle down at Hogwarts, in the sense that Remus was finally able to catch up with the classes he’d missed, though so far he’d tended to stay up till quite late finishing off essays, which inadvertently caused him to lose focus in class the next day. But all in all, he was managing to keep up with everyone else. So what if he lost a little bit of sleep? He could sleep after the full moon.

As for making friends, Remus was actually doing alright on that front. He talked to Peter between classes, and during lunch he spent a lot of time with Lily and Owain. They enjoyed each other’s company, and Remus could relate to both of them in some way or another, whether it was Lily’s muggle background, or Owain’s familiar stories of growing up in the Welsh countryside, so they always had something to talk about.