Summary:
Summary:
Remus shook his head slowly. "Peter was there. And I saw the body."
James' stomach dropped. The body. As if Sirius were no more than a discarded shell.
"Well, I didn't," James said flatly, crossing his arms. "If I had, I'd have known it wasn't him."
"You were a teenager, James," Remus said gently. "You panicked. You couldn't have known what would happen that night. When are you going to forgive yourself?"
In nineteen seventy-eight, just three weeks before graduation, Sirius Black died a hero, protecting Peter Pettigrew from a Death Eater ambush. Five years later, James Potter is the only one who believes he survived.
Until Sirius comes back.
A post-Hogwarts Marauder Era AU about missing memories, love that defies death and the dangerous secrets of the Great and Noble House of Black.
Notes:
Notes:
Originally, I was planning this to be a ten chapter memory loss fic set during the Hogwarts years. Instead, it became the longest and most heartfelt story I've ever written.
Sirius and James insisted on taking it in directions I didn't expect. There's mystery and mythology, magic and mayhem. But at its heart it is a story about love. It's about two people who would love each other in any universe. It's about losing everything and fighting for the people you love.
I hope it makes you feel something.
A warning: this one is going to hurt in parts, but I can guarantee a happily ever after for my favourite boys. Keep an eye on the TWs, though.