Fic: What is (Dean/Seamus)

Title: What is
Author: wook77
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Dean/Seamus, Dean/Susan Bones
Rating: PG
Wordcount: ~1800
Warnings: Contains non-graphic het
Summary: Some things are worth fighting for, even if they're the things that won't make you the happiest.
Disclaimer: Not mine. No profit made or sought.
Author's Notes: Many thanks to my betas - why_me_why_not and nefernat. As always, remaining mistakes are my own. Originally written for miz_thang88 at slashfest for the prompt "some things are worth fighting for." I'm quite certain this isn't what she wanted but this is what she got :D.

( What is )

They don't feel love, they only negotiate love moments.

(title from a line from The Fisher King starring Robin Williams)

Forgive the rambly-ness of these thoughts but this is something that's been going through my head for about a week and I sort of need to talk this out to get my head on straight.

Can there be humor-genre story in a post-PoA world for Remus/Sirius?

This is something that came up while I was talking to a fellow participant at rs_games and I simply don't have a concrete answer.

I think, in a Hogwarts-era world, humor is a given genre. The boys prank and trick and it can be humorous. It's a given that there will be at least a few laughs sprinkled about, even in the angstiest of angsty fics. Thus - humor is to be expected and a humor-genre story would completely fit within canon.

However, post-Hogwarts, I don't know that I would, necessarily, expect a funny story. I would expect humorous moments. I wouldn't expect the entire story to be a laugh. First there's the war and then there's the distrust followed by the betrayal and years in Azkaban and then slowly rebuilding a relationship only to have Sirius die, Remus hook up with Tonks and then buy the farm himself.

For me, there is too much death, distrust and angst within the world post-Hogwarts for Remus/Sirius to have an across-the-board funny story.

What are your thoughts on the viability of humor-genre stories post-Hogwarts for Remus/Sirius?

Humor or humor moments? Neither? Both? Discuss. (*steals from coffee talk*)