Fic Rec Fridays 2020 - part 28

Black's Anatomy (14596 words) by WhyTFNot
Chapters: 7/7
Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sirius Black/Remus Lupin, James Potter/Lily Evans Potter
Characters: Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, James Potter, Lily Evans Potter, Marlene McKinnon, Mary Macdonald, Peter Pettigrew, Minerva McGonagall, Rubeus Hagrid, Filius Flitwick, Horace Slughorn, Cuthbert Binns, Pomona Sprout, Albus Dumbledore
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Muggle, Medical

Summary:

Sirius is working as an intern at St. Mungo's. One of his first ever cases, a very snarky, very sick, and very attractive patient, tests everything he thought he learned in med school.

The title is a play on Grey's Anatomy, since it's a hospital AU, but the plot's not anything like it.

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I was lured in by the premise, stayed for the flawlessly built AU (everyone’s specialties are spot-on!), and fell in love with the witty banter and scintillating chemistry.

Not going to lie; this might break your heart a little, because Remus is quite literally flirting like he might die tomorrow, and Sirius has his own ghosts. So the stakes are high and the tension is palpable-- but you do know what they say about pressure and diamonds? The gems found here are unexpected turns of humour, moments of joy snatched from the crushing grip of harsh reality -- and yes, simple attraction turning into something else when it really, really shouldn’t.

And did I mention all this goodness is packed into less than 15k words of wonderfully clean prose? It really feels like a bigger story, which only goes to show that sometimes great things do come in small packages.