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The Weakness of Steel
Title: The Weakness of Steel
Author:
afterthree
Word Count: 100
Character: Remus
Prompt: Fall
House: Slytherin
The Weakness of Steel
After Sirius is gone -- for real this time -- Remus experiences a surprising lack of grief. Tonks insists he doesn't need to be strong, but he doesn't think it's strength that's to blame. Her pain is new: she's young and this is the first time she's been broken, so of course she's in pieces.
Remus would fall apart if he remembered how, but he's built up resistance to it; a heart only takes so much before it calluses over in the interest of self-preservation. He feels less a Gryffindor for it, and wonders if he'll ever know how to break again.
Author:
afterthree
Word Count: 100
Character: Remus
Prompt: Fall
House: Slytherin
The Weakness of Steel
After Sirius is gone -- for real this time -- Remus experiences a surprising lack of grief. Tonks insists he doesn't need to be strong, but he doesn't think it's strength that's to blame. Her pain is new: she's young and this is the first time she's been broken, so of course she's in pieces.
Remus would fall apart if he remembered how, but he's built up resistance to it; a heart only takes so much before it calluses over in the interest of self-preservation. He feels less a Gryffindor for it, and wonders if he'll ever know how to break again.