TITLE: A Matter of Choice
AUTHOR: Scarlet Carly
PAIRING: Harry Potter / Remus Lupin
RATING: NC-17
SUMMARY: Harry must get married as soon as he turns 18. He has a choice: either marry someone he can tolerate, or marry someone who will likely get him killed before the honeymoon is even over. The marriage is supposed to be just on paper, but there's a legal snag, and things become very complicated.
CATEGORY: Angst, Drama
WARNINGS: Awkward first time. Forced marriage and bonding.
SPOILERS: ORDER OF THE PHOENIX SPOILERS!
FEEDBACK: Please let me know what you think, or how I can improve my writing.
NOTES: This fic is part of the 'Mortal Moon' Harry/Remus Fuh-Q-Fest (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mortalmoo
nfest/). Challenge: #17, #92, and #119.
17. Remus sees Harry as only his best friend's son. Harry sets out to change that. (Cara)
92. Love. Sex. Altars? Harry and Remus indulge in a little ritual sex. (Kristi)
119. Harry finds out his parents betrothed him to someone-- someone awful, for whatever reason. The only way to escape is to marry someone else, someone so unsuitable that his betrothed will agree to break it off. OR To cast a counterspell that will break a magical binding between them (if you like that sort of "betrothal" definition better). The counterspell requires him to involve Remus in some way, either because there's a ritual sex component (i.e., they must both be mutually unfaithful or whatever), a Dark creature's involvement is needed in some way, or anything else you can think up. (Ere-Lian)
BETA: Starling Siren, any remaining mistakes are my own.
ARCHIVING: The Mortal Moon Fest. Everyone else should ask permission.
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