The Fall of the House of Black

Sat, 18 Nov 2017 19:04:48 GMT

THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF BLACK

Summary: Remus Lupin has heard not a single word from his old friend Sirius Black since Sirius retreated to his family’s ancestral home, abruptly and without explanation, twelve years ago. Now Remus receives an urgent letter from Sirius, begging him to visit the House of Black.

Characters: Sirius, Remus, Regulus, Kreacher

Words: 16,000

Notes:

I was thinking about Edgar Allan Poe’s story “The Fall of the House of Usher” and about the “Noble and Most Ancient House of Black,” and how delightfully they might map onto one another: two grim houses, one gothic tale! But in this one, perhaps there’s romance to be had as well…

(This is an AU and a fusion with Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher,” but you don’t in the least need to have read that story to enjoy this. Though if you have read it, I hope you’ll get a kick out of spotting the parallels!)

Written for the 2017 Remus/Sirius Games (Team Sirius, Day 21; prompt: picture of a stack of old books with a glass jar on top).

I’ve also created a music playlist to accompany this story (see the end notes for links to individual songs).

Thanks so much to huldrejenta for betareading!

Read here below or on AO3.

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The Fall of the House of Black