Blackficathon Challenge: Illusions

[gehayi]

vixenette provided the challenge: "A Regulus/Remus story (because there can never be too many)."
Pairings: Regulus/Remus, unrequited Remus/Sirius
Warnings: Slash. Nothing explicit, though.
Rating: PG, because it deals with slash relationships, but really, this is as gen as slash can get.
Summary: "Remus does not, of course, love him. Regulus knows that he

Comments

[gehayi]

I've said before and I'll say it again, Poor Regulus. I wanted to slap Lupin for playing games with Reg. But Reg was just as guilty as Lupin, he could have ended their affair at anytime. Then again, Reg was so head over heels( which the poor thing seemed to be in complete denial over) he probably wouldn't have been able to end it.

I think that Reg had decided that half a love--or even a quarter--was better than nothing...and at least it kept Remus in his life. And yes, I do think he was either in denial of his love for Remus or (which is sadder) that he genuinely didn't know how to recognise love. The latter would be completely possible, given his parents.

I'm still surprised that there aren't more Reg/Lupin fics; the pairing seems like a more logical pairing for "Remus tries to exorcise his feelings/attraction for Sirius by fucking someone who vaguely reminds him of Sirius" fics.

I'm rather surprised too, now that you mention it.

There is so much I liked about this that my feeble comments don't do justice to how good your fic is. I really, really liked this.

Thank you! I'm very flattered.