#and the old ladys tomatoes did die in the end but thats because the soil wasnt optimal for them and instead she started planting

[mothlau]

modern wolfstar but sirius is a scam tarot reader at small town fairs (he got the cards from a thrift store for a few pounds, watched one video on how to read them and he decided it's his best shot at making some money to survive). cue the fair where he's working ends up in a small town from wales where, lo and behold, he keeps pulling the moon and the death card for everyone. a small child that can't be older than 5? they get the death card. an old lady who wanted to know how her tomatoes will do this summer? death.

now, sirius does know that the death card means new beginnings and it's not as bad as it seems but everyone just starts calling him names and his clientele lessens by the day because everyone finds out about his cards and how he's the bringer of death (literally no one died since he got there so he finds the new nickname a bit overkill).

he's too worried about his scamming abilities though. he just can't shake the weird feeling he gets when he pulls moon out again, even after he takes the damn card out of his pack because he's sick of seeing it (he leaves the death card in because he does find it funny)

but then, on the night before the full moon, when he's just getting ready to pack his cards and cheap props and call it a day, a farmer comes to get a reading. he's still in his overalls because he came straight from the farm here to check out the card reader who the villagers keep saying is predicting deaths on the full moon to see what the fuss is about.

sirius is smitten as soon as the farmer opens his mouth, but imagine his surprise when he hears that he's been slowly making people fear him again, after he just convinced them that he's a kind guy. and imagine his bigger surprise when the cute farmer with hay stuck in his hair and mud on his overalls tells him he's a werewolf.

#my man would be stressed because hello??? what do you mean a werewolf buddy im a SCAM!!!! #meanwhile remus is patiently waiting for him to calm down so that they can make a plan on how to clear this up #because believe it or not #its hard making business when people think you wanna kill their 5 yo child and their tomatoes on the full moon #he just wants to tend to his sheep #sell milk and make cheese hes not asking for too much #somewhere along the way sirius realises oh maybe im not such a scam after all whoops #because i did just predict meeting my soulmate through these thrifted cards hehe #and the old ladys tomatoes did die in the end but thats because the soil wasnt optimal for them and instead she started planting #*spins the wheel* pumpkins and my god they thrived #sirius black #remus lupin #wolfstar #marauders #wolfstar au #wolfstar fic #harry potter #marauder era