Blue Christmas

[pinkhairedauror]

Title: Blue Christmas
Author: pinkhairedauror
Rating & Warnings: PG to be on the safe side.
Prompts: Christmas music programme on the WWN
Word Count: 1 549
Summary: It's December 1996. And the spirit of giving is there, even if one would rather keep the fact secret.
Author’s Notes: Angsty - not painfully so (I think), but still. I hesitated a lot

Comments

[pinkhairedauror]

Thank you! ^_^ I am glad you do like it, and that you find them in character. Happy holidays!

[belladonna1986]

You did a great job writing this, it's sad and lovely, to see how caring both of them are, even apart.

[pinkhairedauror]

*nods* caring, that's a good way to put it. The are, both of them, very caring; I think it's one of the reasons they fit so well together. Thank you for the comment; I am glad you liked!

[mrstater]

Poor Remus and Tonks. :( I think this is a very realistic depiction of their respective HBP Christmases, and I really like the way you've had the both of them affected by tunes on the WWN -- and I really want to hear/read the lyrics to Celestina's "Jinglespells" which is a brilliant wizardized title!

[pinkhairedauror]

Poor them indeed... they would not be doing things for each other, I think.

Thank you muchly, and, um. 'Jinglespells' is an idea from here... >.>

[lady_bracknell]

Oh, I really liked this. These lines especially:
So did her reasoning say. Her heart... spoke otherwise. Maybe if I were to just speak with him one more time... make him listen to me one more time... maybe I'll talk him into... really struck the right note for Tonks, I thought, because that must be exactly as she felt, torn between head and heart, and then just trusting that if she sees him one more time, tells him how she feels one more time, it might be enough (or at least, she can't take the chance that it wouldn't be). I thought that was really neat characterisation, and I love the quiet tone of your writing, that stops the angst being overblown.

And I wondered why you chose hyacinth as the flower Remus had carved? Is it because hyacinths (at least, purple ones) are the symbol for apology?

Anyway, lovely :).

[pinkhairedauror]

Thank you

[lady_bracknell]

Oddly enough, Remus in my epic fic gives Tonks hyacinths on Valentine's Day - blue ones to sympbolise constancy, and pink for playful love (and when I get to the end of HBP, he may well offer her purple ones to apologise to her ;)) - it's odd how different people come to the same conclusions about characters, but I always saw Tonks as liking unusual flowers, rather than roses or something more traditional, and hyacinths seemed a really good fit for her....

[pinkhairedauror]

... I am catching up with your epic fic!! ... slowly. Partly 'cause RP is a bit overwhelming at times. ;)

but *nodnod* yes. She would be one for non-standard flowers.

LOL I think her attitude to roses would be like the one to her name - It's good, it's nice, but it's waaay too fine for me. It just doesn't fit. (oh well. I suspect her attitude might have been a bit less amiable towards the name in her teens. She still maintains that the only name WORSE than hers is "Walburga"... ;) )

[shimotsuki]

I like the way this interleaves the present with memories of the past, especially this line: It didn't seem easy that, not since that one night in the summer when she'd fallen asleep, and then awakened, in his arms. Almost a throwaway line, but it adds a lot of impact.

I also like the way you show Tonks being frustrated with Remus pushing her away, but at the same time unable to keep from worrying about what this mission underground is doing to him.

It's a nice touch to have Remus leave a gift, but no card, since words have done so much damage between them. It's also a very Remus-like gift, thoughtful and appropriate but within his means.

(Also, "Jinglespells"? That's great!)