Fic Rec Fridays 2021 - part 11

In The Middle (3724 words) by Blossomwitch
Chapters: 1/1
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, Peter Pettigrew
Additional Tags: Humor, Coming Out, Matchmaking, Poor James, Marauders' Era

Summary:

James is the natural confidant of both Remus and Sirius. When they both swear him to secrecy on the same topic, James is stuck watching his friends pine for each other without being able to say a word to bring them together. A lesser man might shrink from the challenge of finding a way to break his promise without breaking his promise, but not James Potter!

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...and by Devious Plan #43, or thereabouts, James Potter wishes he was a lesser man.

Recommended for ridiculously wilful obliviousness, increasingly convoluted matchmaking attempts, and the resultant ongoing amusement to the reader. Also the ending is very sweet -- in the Marauders style ;)