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• Laughter in the Dark by endintrageties

  Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • F/M
  • Work in Progress

  09 Feb 2026

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Fred Weasley/Original Female Character
  • Cedric Diggory/Original Female Character(s)
  • Fred Weasley
  • Original Female Character(s)
  • George Weasley
  • Harry Potter
  • Hermione Granger
  • Ron Weasley
  • Sirius Black
  • Remus Lupin
  • Cedric Diggory
  • Slow Burn
  • Hogwarts Era
  • Canon Divergence
  • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
  • character-driven
  • quiet romance
  • Soft Magic
  • Mutual Pining
  • Found Family
  • Protective Fred Weasley
  • OC-centric
  • Eventual Romance
  • Dementors (Harry Potter)
  • Book 3: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
  • Emotional Trauma
  • Protective Remus Lupin
  • Unreliable Authority Figures
  • Established Relationship
  • Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms
  • emotional dependency
  • Isolation
  • Control Issues

  Summary

  Nyx Black does not believe in easy happiness.

  Fred Weasley refuses to stop believing in it.

  Set during their Hogwarts years, Laughter in the Dark is a slow-burn Fred Weasley/OC romance focused on restraint, quiet magic, and the kind of connection that grows without asking to be loud.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  98,802

  Chapters:

  18/?

  Comments:

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