fic n° 109

  • 100 words,
  • Harry Potter, Remus
  • BL
  • Written for Multifandom Drabble.
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Remus remembers, despite himself.

Returning to Hogwarts as a professor was almost strange enough to make him forget that he did so alone, with two dear friends dead and the third beyond salvation. It was nearly bearable to walk from the Great Hall to his classroom, putting aside the memories that threatened to spill out – until he passed the statue of Haldrada the Questionably Benevolent, and remembered the secret passage that today’s students walked past without even blinking; and until he suddenly recalled the glorious summer of seventy-seven, and the mornings he spent in Sirius’s arms in that very passageway, loved and at peace.

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n° 1 (archived from archiveofourown.org)

2021-08-09

Awww. Poor Lupin. This is so beautifully bittersweet.

n° 2 (archived from archiveofourown.org)

2021-08-09

oh my heart ;-; this was so good!

n° 3 (archived from archiveofourown.org)

2021-08-10

What a good image! I love the idea of them cuddling in the passageway!

n° 4 (archived from archiveofourown.org)

2021-08-10

Oh, poor Remus! You can really feel his pain here and his loneliness. He needs a hug badly. I just love the idea of Sirius and Remus cuddling in the passageway when they were in school. So bittersweet and lovely.

Great job!

n° 5 (archived from archiveofourown.org)

2021-08-10

I love this. Great imagery and a vivid glimpse into Remus's heartbreak.

n° 6 (archived from archiveofourown.org)

2021-08-21

I'm really sorry for the late comment, but I really like this!

You've packed so much into so few words, Remus' grief and the sense of deja vu, of coming back to a place that used to be home so long ago, and how everything in his life has changed since then.

I love the imagery of the memories, of the statue and the link between the past and the present, and how you sketch out the scene with so few words, the sense of him being almost caught out of time while the students of today just go on with their lives as he did when he was a student.

loved and at peace
Oh ouch.

Thank you so much for this fic ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.