The Body Keeps The Score

Sirius Black doesn’t believe in fate.But if he did, he’d blame it on a tattoo.One impulsive ink session drags an old friend of James’—Remus Lupin—into Sirius’ world. One minute he’s saying he’d never get a tattoo, the next he’s back at Remus’ shop every week, chasing the soft-spoken artist’s quiet attention like a hit he can’t get enough of.What begins as a crush spirals into obsession, and Sirius is forced to reckon with the truth: he doesn’t know how to stop wanting people who feel out of reach.But Remus isn’t just a muse. He’s a mirror.And as old wounds reopen Sirius begins to unravel. Slowly. Sharply. Beautifully.This is a story about falling in love before you’re ready.About brothers and breakdowns.About the mess of wanting and being wanted.About learning to be seen—and learning how to stay.ORIt was only supposed to be a tattoo — not a map of the places Remus Lupin would ruin him, not a brand so deep he’d forget where he ended and Remus began.

This is going to be a story that deals with many heavy themes, I will include content warnings for anything that might be extremely sensitive for people.The topics I address in this story are very important to me. I hope I do them justice. This is not meant to glorify, glamorize, or fetishize.This is my way of telling an important story through characters who mean so much to me.I hope you enjoy!CW: This chapter reference drugs and addiction and mental health themes.