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Sirius talks Remus into dressing as the Big Bad Wolf for the Marauders’ Halloween party. Y/N arrives as Little Red Riding Hood. Apparently, everyone knew except him. Now James is demanding photographs, their friends are entering them in the costume competition, and Y/N seems perfectly happy beside her wolf. Matching costumes should be harmless. So should sharing sweets, saving seats, and one dance between friends. But Remus has fancied her for months, and between her red cape, other boys asking her to dance, and Sirius’s relentless commentary, his chances of appearing unaffected are rapidly disappearing. Yet it’s the moments nobody arranges that leave him most hopeful—when the photographs are over, the jokes have moved on, and Y/N still finds her way back to him.