"Did you know that Sirius almost got married?" Remus asked, hardly louder than a whisper. "If you're going to tell him about her," Molly said from the other side of the room, "then you're going to have to tell him about all the work she did for the Order too." "She was in the Order?" Hermione questioned. "As a muggle?" Remus smiled. "Did you think Sirius would marry just anybody?"

"They're staring at us." "Probably because we both look like we just crawled out of a graveyard backwards." I said dryly, leaning heavily on my bow. He laughed where he sat next to me on the steps. "Ah yes, that could well be it." — Nothing in my life has ever gone according to plan. I don't know why I thought it would now. [Sequel to Lapsus Memoriae. Full description inside.]

Tony Stark escaped the Ten Rings with the help of Yinsen and Daniels. But while Tony survived, they didn't. Years after his kidnapping the guilt ridden nightmares return and Tony feels like he's falling off the edge. Alcohol can only drown so much and the sorrow of her death can only be healed by the woman herself… but he swore he saw her die. Didn't he? Tony/OC, Post Avengers.

"You make no sense, lass. You look like an elf, talk like a man, eat like a hobbit, curse like a dwarf, and sleep like the dead." — Every Tolkien fan has a 'Tenth Walker' in them, I just never expected mine to become quite so literal. [A mix of the films and books. Full description inside.]

...Only makes you stronger. I had to keep reminding myself of that as I befriended a Vicomte, was rescued by a Phantom, fought with a diva, and defied the impossible several times over. EOC, movie based, some Leroux. Starts slow, but picks up, promise!