The way you wrote that Harry/Dakin, with the unrequited Harry/Remus and Dakin/Irwin background, was really what made me think of putting Remus and Irwin together. Plus, the timing fit almost perfectly, canonically speaking, to have Remus post-war and Irwin post-film. So, yeah. Without yours I don't think I'd have written this. ♥
*coughs* Well, the first time I was in the UK in 1990 I still smoked... but I had to verify. Hee.