Gift for MelusinaHP!

[stephanometra]

Title: Final Exam
Author: creepingviolet
Recipient: melusinahp
Pairing(s): Harry/Tonks with mentions of Harry/Ginny and Remus/Tonks as well as Harry/Rosmerta!Tonks, /Angelina!Tonks, /Narcissa!Tonks and /Bellatrix!Tonks
Rating: Adult/NC-17 (maybe just a very hard R?)
Summary: Sex with a metamorphmagus, should never be underestimated, no matter what the circumstances.

Comments

[kethlenda]

There's one little detail toward the end that makes me think I know who wrote this. *giggles evilly*

Anyway. First of all, let me explain that I don't usually like Tonks-morphing-into-other-people fics. BUT, I think that's because they're so often done without any thought to the emotional weight that the changes would carry in a relationship, it's just "Tonks turns into Sirius so Remus will wuuuv her!" and there's no real depth to it.

This is NOT one of those fics. This is one of the best explorations of the morphing I've seen in a long time. She's secure enough to play around with the different faces for fun, yet it ends up cutting deeper than that for both of them when she chooses forms that are heavier with meaning. Love this bit:

"You're so gentle, Harry. So loving and so giving but sometimes...." She paused as they both felt the weight of past lovers fall on their shoulders.

"...Sometimes you wish I was more like a wolf," he finished for her.

I think my favorite part is when Tonks changes back from the "original form" and into the form she usually takes. The line, The façade of her original self was just that: a façade, could be taken two different ways: one, that the original form isn't her original form at all but another game or a test for Harry, or that it is her original self but that she's more at home in her chosen features and so they're more her despite not being what nature gave her, and either way I love it.

[creepingviolet]

yay! the reveal happened so i get to reply!

thanks for all the great feedback. i struggled a bit with trying to remove the gimmick from Tonks' ability. she doesn't strike me as the sort of person would would stick around with someone who just wants her for the parlor trick, but she does seem like someone who would use it when she wanted to.

interesting take on the facade. i certainly have my opinion, but i like it when people can read other things into my writing.