imagine

( btw, voldemort does not exist in this universe bc fuck that guy, right? )

• after hogwarts, remus is determined to get a job
• he knows it will be tough, he knows he’ll be treated like garbage, but he had to rely on other people’s charity for too long and he just wants to prove himself
• lily, peter, james and remus all pretty much immediatly find jobs they love
• but remus is struggling to even be allowed to be a waiter
• wizarding jobs immediatly reject him : even with the registry being kept secret, they look at his frequent sick leaves and immediatly make the connection
• muggle jobs are no easier : people are put off by the thick scars on his face and his mysterious chronic illness
• and everytime remus sees his boyfriend coming home happy from work, he feels a little lower
• everytime he cant pay his half of the rant or his part of the grocery shopping, shame creeps up on him
• james insists on supporting him, claiming that’s it’s just temporary, but it had last for two years now and there is no evidence it’s about to stop
• it all escalates until he gets a new rejection letter filled with insults and threats and he just breaks down
• he refuses to get back at home for three entire days, sirius is loosing his shit
• finally, him and sirius meet to really talk
• and sirius all but begs him to take a break with the work search and to stop accepting every slur and threat just to get underpaid short stints in terrible conditions
• remus comes home, and for 6 months he just stays there
• he’s being the nice stay-at-home husband : cooking and cleaning and gardening and taking care of harry when needed
• after that, he is hesitant to try to work again, but he is feeling useless just staying at home ( even when sirius reassures him that he is being plenty useful )
• so he tries volunteering for charities
• and people are a bit hesitant to take him in, sure, but they need the help
• he gets to work in charity shops and kitchens, and with kids
• he loves it, obviously
• its not perfect : he is still relying on james and sirius’ money, but at least he is doing something
• he feels so much better, strangely, after an unpaid shift at the charity shop than an underpaid one at a grocery store
• and eventually, he figures out that he really loves working with kids
• so harry and a few friends’ kids become the first students of his small unofficial school for magical kids
• he only has 5 or 6 students, but he is having fun and he is actually getting paid and it’s amazing
• he still doesnt make much, but he is paying his entire part of the bills for the first time
• and he can even occasionally get sirius or his friends a present and hes so proud everytime and I HAVE A LOT OF FEELINGS ABOUT THIS OKAY