Best Dorlene Angst Fanfics
The best angst Dorlene (Marlene McKinnon/Dorcas Meadowes) fanfiction on AO3, curated by popularity. Sometimes you want to feel deeply - angst delivers emotional catharsis and meaningful character exploration.
Top Dorlene Angst Fic Recs
3 angst Dorlene fics matched, followed by other top-rated Dorlene stories.
En Avant
Angstby bluerosebouquet
Lily Evans dies too young, leaving a three-year-old and a destroyed husband behind.A young man returns to London after many years, with no one and nothing but a love for ballet.A friend group rallies around their sunlight, willing the flame not to die.A story about grief, love lost, and love found.
Never Have I Ever had a crush on Remus Lupin
Angstby ilbaritz
"Never Have I Ever had a crush on Remus," Dorcas says mischievously.Sirius drinks.Lily drinks.James drinks.Marlene drinks.Mary drinks.Peter drinks.Remus gapes, Sirius splutters, everyone laughs. Explanations are in order.
Changes
Angstby chothocolate
Sixth year brought about a lot of changes for the Marauders.Remus comes back hot.Sirius comes back gay.Peter comes back uncomfortable.And James comes back with a plan.
Kill Your Darlings
by MesserMoon
Kill Your Darlings: To remove or refrain from using something in spite of one's affection for itYears after Regulus loses his brother they're reunited, and as he struggles to figure out where he fits in Sirius's life he also struggles not to get lost in the impossible feelings he has for Sirius's be
Of His Bones
by MesserMoon
Once upon a time there was a pirate, who fell in love with a king
Staying Strangers
by 3amAndCounting
Sirius get's given a wrong number, Remus definitely isn't being sarcastic, and they should probably agree to stay strangers...* Rated M for a lot of language, some sexual content but nothing too explicit, mainly jokes/flirting.Any TWs should be listed at the start of chapter notes, please let me kno
Yeah, My Boyfriend's Pretty Cool (But Not as Cool as Me)
by paintmegrey
James and Regulus are nominated for the same award. The media starts calling them rivals.In truth, James is honest to god so hot for Regulus, but he just loves stirring up the Media. Chaos ensues.
A String of Consequences
by semistrawberry
The brewing of amortentia in Regulus' potions class, creates a chain reaction few people expected.
Just what the doctor ordered
by WrappedUp
This is the story of how Sirius Black finds a dog. Except, it's not really that. This is the story of how Sirius Black finds a dog and meets a skilled veterinary surgeon with crinkly eyes and dimples in his cheeks. Except, that's not really it either. This is the story of how Sirius black finds a do
What We Do Today
by Moe64
During a snowy evening in mid-December, 1979, Albus Dumbledore goes to an interview with a prospective Divinations Professor, not thinking much of it. Needless to say, that meeting changes everything.Sybil Trelawney, plagued with dreams of the future, manages, with her sister's help, to spell her vi
The Hand That Feeds
by Rollercoasterwords
Marlene McKinnon is a mess. She can’t sleep, she’s almost certainly going to fail all her NEWTs, and she’s 99% sure that if they don’t win the Quidditch Cup this year James Potter will throw himself headfirst off the Astronomy Tower. On top of all that, there’s a war on, yet their professors seem de
edge
by pinkpalaceapartments
a chase gives way to mutual obsession, and it's hard to tell where a cat and mouse game starts and ends when both players are the cat. love is certainly nowhere on the table, but is there not something intimate in the desire for someone else's blood on your hands?or, james works for MI6 and regulus
No Promises
by aobao3
“This still doesn’t mean you can fuck my brother.”“No promises. Especially if he’s pretty.”James has never been more glad that he didn’t promise Sirius something, because god knows that someone who looks like that and apparently a tongue so sharp one phrase alone could sentence you to death by a tho
Flight 143
by thebiinbitch
They met when they were eleven. They fell in love when they were thirteen. When they are twenty-five, they meet again after half a decade. The only thing is — they'll have to sit together throughout an entire flight.
thin white lies
by wotcherremus
Sirius: try to sound more enthusiasticUnknown Number: I’LL MISS YOU SOOOOO BAD. PLEASE HURRY BACK MY HEART IS ACHING WITHOUT YOU ALREADYUnknown Number: Better?Sirius: i just blushedSirius: much better..Unknown Number: I didn’t mean it. Don’t flatter yourself.Sirius: fuck You- - -While on a weekend a
you knew what it was (he is in love)
by mraudersmoon
“As I was saying,” he continued. “James couldn’t pull me-““Says who?” James snorts. “I could totally pull you, mate. You’re just stubborn. I don’t know how you’ve lived with me so long and you haven’t tried to shag me yet.” Everybody in the room lets out a groan in unison, all muttering variations o
Language Lessons
by MsAlexWP
September 1982The war is over. Voldemort was defeated on October 31, 1981. Regulus Black discovered Voldemort’s horcruxes and informed the Order of the Phoenix, which destroyed them. When Voldemort arrived on Halloween to kill baby Harry, the Order was standing by, ready to kill him first.Almost a y
Clandestine
by my_castlescrumbling
He was crying. “You can do that?” He repeated, feeling like he was in some sort of dream. And then, Sirius seemed to realize. Because for a twelve-year-old, he was decently smart, and knew him better than anyone. “D’you…d’you want to do that, Reggie? I thought…I thought it was just a game?” But he c
Let's Play a Love Game
by rabidlittlestrawberry
Regulus is sick of his friends not admitting they like each other, so he plans a drinking game with the Slytherins and Gryffindors, thinking he'll be safe from any accidental confessions. It doesn't quite go to plan.orThey all play a risky drinking game with love potions, firewhisky and veritaserum.
This House Could Be A Home
by Fullmoonstar00
Sirius Black has been living with the Potter’s for nearly 2 years and is constantly filled with guilt and regret about leaving Regulus behind. In the summer before the Marauder’s sixth year, Regulus turns up at the house with nowhere else to go and no one else to turn to. Can they forgive each othe
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Why Angst Dorlene Fanfiction Works So Well
Marlene McKinnon/Dorcas Meadowes — Two names from the list of the dead became fully realized women in the modern Marauders fandom renaissance, where Dorlene rides sidecar to Wolfstar and Jegulus. Canon gives only their murders, so fic supplies the loud, doomed, brilliant lives.
Angst — Stories focused on emotional pain, drama, and intense feelings.
Characters who are 99% blank canvas with a 100% guaranteed tragic ending are catnip for writers who like to hurt. Sometimes you want to feel deeply - angst delivers emotional catharsis and meaningful character exploration. That's why angst Dorlene fanfiction is one of the most consistently popular combinations on AO3.
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