Fic: What Remus Lupin Isn't
FANDOM: Harry Potter
RATING: PG-13
CATEGORY: angst
SUMMARY: What Remus Lupin isn’t.
SPOILERS: Order of the Phoenix
AUTHOR’S NOTE: Oh, the bitterness and sarcasm. Even Remus should have a chance to get angry, I think.
WHAT REMUS LUPIN ISN'T
Remus is a survivor. He is capable and calm. He weathers his grief well, probably because he’s had so much practice at it, and he never, ever loses his temper.
He can be trusted with children - except, of course, the Boy Who Lived, because Harry is special. And his own, because he is, after all, a Dark Creature, and a werewolf having children is just, well, wrong.
Remus was best friends with Sirius Black, but it was all very platonic. It’s very sad that Sirius is dead now, but Remus isn’t alone because he has the Order and they’re all friends, just like Sirius was.
Poor Harry, though… all alone now. Poor Harry.
Remus is trustworthy. If he says he doesn’t know why Mrs. Black’s portrait has gone still, then he doesn’t. Remus is a very honourable man after all, and despite being a Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts and a Dark Creature to boot, he would never stoop so low as to read the Dark texts in the Black family library. And even if he did, just out of curiosity, because he’s a scholarly sort and quite smart, really, he would never actually use them.
It’s odd, too, that Kreacher has disappeared. Dumbledore was quite sure he left him tied up in the kitchen, but house elf magic is different from wizard magic, so it’s possible he got free somehow. Nobody really bothers Remus about it too much because he is grieving, even if he handles it well, and his last transformation was hard, poor thing. There was blood all over the pantry.
Remus likes gardening, too. He’s just put in a new flower bed in the courtyard, a small square of freshly turned earth. He hasn’t decided what to plant there yet, but he’s open to suggestions.
Such a nice man, Remus Lupin. He handles his grief so well, and you have to admire someone who never loses his temper.
THE END
RATING: PG-13
CATEGORY: angst
SUMMARY: What Remus Lupin isn’t.
SPOILERS: Order of the Phoenix
AUTHOR’S NOTE: Oh, the bitterness and sarcasm. Even Remus should have a chance to get angry, I think.
WHAT REMUS LUPIN ISN'T
Remus is a survivor. He is capable and calm. He weathers his grief well, probably because he’s had so much practice at it, and he never, ever loses his temper.
He can be trusted with children - except, of course, the Boy Who Lived, because Harry is special. And his own, because he is, after all, a Dark Creature, and a werewolf having children is just, well, wrong.
Remus was best friends with Sirius Black, but it was all very platonic. It’s very sad that Sirius is dead now, but Remus isn’t alone because he has the Order and they’re all friends, just like Sirius was.
Poor Harry, though… all alone now. Poor Harry.
Remus is trustworthy. If he says he doesn’t know why Mrs. Black’s portrait has gone still, then he doesn’t. Remus is a very honourable man after all, and despite being a Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts and a Dark Creature to boot, he would never stoop so low as to read the Dark texts in the Black family library. And even if he did, just out of curiosity, because he’s a scholarly sort and quite smart, really, he would never actually use them.
It’s odd, too, that Kreacher has disappeared. Dumbledore was quite sure he left him tied up in the kitchen, but house elf magic is different from wizard magic, so it’s possible he got free somehow. Nobody really bothers Remus about it too much because he is grieving, even if he handles it well, and his last transformation was hard, poor thing. There was blood all over the pantry.
Remus likes gardening, too. He’s just put in a new flower bed in the courtyard, a small square of freshly turned earth. He hasn’t decided what to plant there yet, but he’s open to suggestions.
Such a nice man, Remus Lupin. He handles his grief so well, and you have to admire someone who never loses his temper.
THE END