I'm from Portugal and I have a huge crush on "Harry Potter"'s character Remus Lupin since I read "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" and saw the movie right after. 
I started to write Lupin fanfiction in class an I did it until 2005, in a Brazilien forum, where I made a lot of virtual Potterhead Brazilien friends. 🩷
Those stories featured an original character -  totally inspired by myself, of course :P - as Remus Lupin's girlfriend.
When "Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix" book came out, I immediately loved Tonks and thought she was a lot like me: clumsy, curious, goofy, impulsive... But although there were a lot of people all over the Internet shipping her with Remus - because of their first interaction and the scene where Harry finds them having a private conversation, the fact that they are mostly mentioned together and the fact that he completes her sentence in the end - I didn't think anything of it. I didn't even think there were going to be any love stories between adult characters.
Then "Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince" book came out and Lupin and Tonks got together. I stopped writing fanfics.
When I read the last book, I was so sad and mad that it took me a really - I mean, REALLY - long time to fully make peace with HP saga. 
Only a couple of months ago did I go back to watch the movies, read the books and write fanfiction, thanks to two friends of mine who are Potterheads. So, please, be easy on me. I'm still trying to get my old fanfic writing skills back. :)
Also, English is not my first language. Please, go easy on me with that too. Oh, and...You may find some repetitions and some parts missing from my fics... Blame it on my ADHD! 😬 I promise I'll edit it when I re-read it, if I notice it.