Three-Sentence Fic: Trying His Best
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paulamcgThis morning I noticed a note I'd made about a deadline, and realised I'd forgotten to follow the Three Sentence Ficathon. In this list of unfilled prompts I found a prompt which seemed to be made for me. Perhaps this will remain my single fill, but the deadline at the end of this month is only for new prompts, and I'm still reccing the event to all of you who feel like writing three or more sentences.
Title: Trying His Best
Author:paulamcg
Pairing: Sirius/Remus
Rating: G
Word Count: 160
Summary: Some songs by one of Lily's favourite bands marked moments Sirius would not forget.
Author's Notes: This piece is based on the prompt Harry Potter, Sirius Black, Queen songs byravenlilyrose here at the Three Sentence Ficathon, and on what I've written about the Marauders and Queen before, for instance in More and More Exciting Muggle Music.
My three sentences can be read here on AO3
as well as right here:
When James mentioned the phrase Killer Queen written with flourishes under Evans's name in her Charms book, Sirius guessed it referred to some more exciting Muggle music than what they'd heard before.
A couple of years later he was trying his best to focus on the band while he wanted to strangle Peter only for pushing between him and his Moony in the crowd, and when peeking around to feast his eyes on the face he was dying to touch, he saw tears of anger run down the cheeks, as Moony was singing along about having been had and been made to castrate his human pride.
Finally, on that very last night before he learnt who the traitor was, he used the fresh single to fill the silence in the flat he doubted the two of them could bear sharing much longer under all the pressure, and they ended up dancing in a tight embrace so as to give love one more chance.
Notes: The Queen songs referred to are Killer Queen (of course) from 1974, Flick of the Wrist, also from 1974 and performed in the free concert given by Queen in Hyde Park on the 18th of September 1976, and Under Pressure, released on the 26th of October 1981.
Title: Trying His Best
Author:
paulamcgPairing: Sirius/Remus
Rating: G
Word Count: 160
Summary: Some songs by one of Lily's favourite bands marked moments Sirius would not forget.
Author's Notes: This piece is based on the prompt Harry Potter, Sirius Black, Queen songs by
ravenlilyrose here at the Three Sentence Ficathon, and on what I've written about the Marauders and Queen before, for instance in More and More Exciting Muggle Music.My three sentences can be read here on AO3
as well as right here:
When James mentioned the phrase Killer Queen written with flourishes under Evans's name in her Charms book, Sirius guessed it referred to some more exciting Muggle music than what they'd heard before.
A couple of years later he was trying his best to focus on the band while he wanted to strangle Peter only for pushing between him and his Moony in the crowd, and when peeking around to feast his eyes on the face he was dying to touch, he saw tears of anger run down the cheeks, as Moony was singing along about having been had and been made to castrate his human pride.
Finally, on that very last night before he learnt who the traitor was, he used the fresh single to fill the silence in the flat he doubted the two of them could bear sharing much longer under all the pressure, and they ended up dancing in a tight embrace so as to give love one more chance.
Notes: The Queen songs referred to are Killer Queen (of course) from 1974, Flick of the Wrist, also from 1974 and performed in the free concert given by Queen in Hyde Park on the 18th of September 1976, and Under Pressure, released on the 26th of October 1981.
