Samuel Brandt woke up with his thoughts written all over his body. His brother woke up with his head missing. His sister woke up to find that her skin would crack open unless she stayed in water. All of the other children in the secluded Iowa town of Oak Knoll woke up having undergone strange transformations. Now, they are all forced to live at 407 West Marshall Street, the mysterious house outside of town. With the new name of The Boy with Words for Skin, Samuel wants nothing more than to hide from his new life. He painfully and unpredictably sheds his skin, there is a Voice in the entryway closet that is often cruel, and-perhaps worst of all for a naturally shy boy-the other children look to him as a leader. As his seven-year-old brother struggles with their new life, as terrifying growls start to come from the pitch black basement, and as his feelings for a girl begin to grow, The Boy with Words for Skin realizes that he wants to change. He wants to put others first, learn from his peers, and let himself hope that things will get better. The Boy with Words for Skin is the first book in the 407 West Marshall Street series. Each book will advance the story but be told from a different character. Book 2 will be The Girl without Eyes.

Sirius wore pronouns like one might wear a coat. Easily slipped on. Easily slipped off. Traded in when it stopped fitting or serving its purpose. . Genderfluid!Sirius and the time and trials of figuring out who they are. Wolfstar and Jily later on.

Dominique Weasley had very few traits that would link her to the Weasley family. Inheriting the silvery hair of her mother, some may see that as a glorious colour, yet she would never be graced with the fiery red tones of her cousins. When her blood boiled with anger, it didn't rush to her ears, but to the bottom of her cheeks and jaw, mottling her pale skin that didn't even tan in the same ways as that of her other family members. Yet the loss she felt most keenly was the lack of the freckles that even her brother and sister possessed, leaving her as the only one of all Molly and Arthur's grandchildren to be left with an empty canvas of skin, while all the others were graced with the beauty of constellations lining every inch of their bodies.

sirius black, self proclaimed rebel with messy hair, went to university wanted to make masterpieces. to paint, to make art, to create beautiful things. his parents, however, went against this, sending phone calls and letters that were far from shy of getting the point across, leading sirius to stray away from his goals. remus lupin, renowned for drinking black coffee and sarcastic comments, went to university for the same exact reasons. his parents allowed him to follow his, letting him keep his hands covered in paint and possibly dabbling in the stick n poke tattoo talent on himself. and after remus finds out about a portrait that he has to paint for his portfolio, he has to find someone aside from his friend peter (who won't sit still for anything), and he happens to find a certain young man willing to sit still for his final grade (as long as his friend james can get his number across to remus' friend, lily.)

remus lupin knows every constellation in the sky. sirius black knows every line to shakespeare's hamlet. remus looks for unknown galaxies. he finds them in sirius. - a modern wolfstar au ☆ remus goes to college, meets sirius black and his friends the marauders, as remus searches the stars for the answers, will he find love as well? cover @hurricanes-