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Not April Showers But April Stories...

Mar 30, 2009 22:20

April cometh and so, we hope, do more drabbles and drawbles. Now there's a lot of inspiring possiblities on the horizen for our pair - like Easter, Teddy's birth, or anything at all set in April that takes your fancy. As well as a certain April Fool's Day. Which is why we're starting this off slightly early, in case you've a Weasley twin-like ( Read more... )

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Porridge (WIP excerpt) | PG shimotsuki April 2 2009, 04:34:49 UTC

I hope it's not cheating to post an excerpt from a story I've been working on this winter! It's set in April, DH year.
A soft knock on the half-open study door made Andromeda start and look up.

Her son-in-law, hovering in the doorway, offered her a hesitant smile. "I was wondering if I might speak with you for a moment."

"Of course." Andromeda whisked a stack of musty dragonhide ledgers off the wing chair and stowed them underneath her writing desk. "Do come in and sit down."

Remus stepped gingerly around the piles of parchment on the floor. They were growing taller every day-Andromeda was combing through all the letters and documents she could find that pertained to the Black family, looking for any information that might possibly be of use to the Order.

She should have begun this three years ago, of course. But once upon a time, she had wanted to keep herself, and her family, safely away from Dumbledore and his penchant for stirring up trouble.

This year, trouble had found her. And her daughter's little family-to-be. ( ... )

Re: Porridge (WIP excerpt) | PG hrymfaxe April 2 2009, 07:58:38 UTC

Very nice excerpt! I like the idea that Andromeda tried to stay out of the war but now it has found her (in a very real way) and now she is doing what she can to help.. The other strategy of staying on neutral ground obviously didn't have quite the effect she was hoping, which is a sad fact of war anywhere, I think.

I like Remus with a prickly pride. I like that it takes away his eloquence and that he sometimes has to let the mask fall and let people see what he really feels. He must be really frustrating to live with sometimes. And because his thoughts are so much on himself and his condition (and others' reaction to it and him) he doesn't understand at first why Andromeda is unable to pick up the mirror..

I'm sure there was more I wanted to say, but I'm not very eloquent myself - it's still too early for that, and I'm at work and people keep barging in here and expect me to actually, you know, work! O.o! Anyway, I really liked this piece. Thanks for posting.

Re: Porridge (WIP excerpt) | PG shimotsuki April 2 2009, 19:52:26 UTC

Thank you! I appreciate your thoughts on the characters, which pretty much reflect what I was trying to do here, so I'm glad.

I'm sure Remus is frustrating to live with sometimes, heh. But Andromeda is, too, and in my version of DH year, not all of the uncomfortableness between them is Remus's fault...

Re: Porridge (WIP excerpt) | PG train_lindz April 2 2009, 16:07:29 UTC

I really, really like this, but at the same time I want to reach over and smack you for teasing us this way.

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April Showers PG francesca_blue April 2 2009, 11:18:43 UTC

There’s nothing quite like kissing in the rain.

They’d been dismayed at first, when the rain had interrupted their picnic. It was so rare these days that they got to go out anywhere, be a couple, that those first few drops ruined the mood completely. But as they ran for shelter she had tripped, and he had caught her just before she splashed face-first into a puddle. Their eyes had held each other for the longest time, and then, as their lips met, they realised that it didn’t matter where they were, or what the weather was like, as long as they were together. Now they stand, lips meeting and parting and meeting again, in the rain, and they know exactly what they are about.

There’s nothing quite like falling in love.

Re: April Showers PG shimotsuki April 2 2009, 19:56:18 UTC

Aw, this is Remus and Tonks through and through -- the way it's hard for them to be able to be together, and even this outing doesn't go quite as planned. Plus the classic Tonks clumsiness! But they they realize that what they've got is all they need anyway. A perfect microcosm of their relationship.

Also, I like the way the last line echoes the first line.

Re: April Showers PG francesca_blue April 4 2009, 15:33:22 UTC

Thanks you! I am now happy. :)

Re: April Showers PG sspring92 April 3 2009, 04:20:14 UTC

Poor R/T, nothing ever does go quite as planned for them. Love these little moments when they find happiness!

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anonymous April 3 2009, 00:14:36 UTC

Oh, goody! You just made my day when I found out that you were going to write more wonderful fics!

It's been a little while since you've written a R/T fic. That's not to say that I've not enjoyed your other works, but it's nice to get back to reading about Remus and Tonks.

I have to commend you on another job well done. I think Andromeda's curiosity and Remus's cautiousness here, really work well together. I'm pleased to hear that you'll be writing Teddy's birth in the near future. I was wondering if you'd do so, considering it IS April now, and that Teddy was born sometime in April, so the timing is perfect.

Keep writing!

shimotsuki April 3 2009, 03:37:43 UTC

Thanks so much for the encouraging comments! I'm happy to hear you liked the interaction between Remus and Andromeda.

I hope I'll finish this soon, but I don't know quite when. (...And Teddy might or might not arrive in this particular story, heh heh.)

Rain PG-13 ravenna_t April 3 2009, 19:00:34 UTC

Rain ( ... )

Re: Rain PG-13 shimotsuki April 3 2009, 22:13:49 UTC

Cute! I really like the characterization of Remus here, with him both quoting poetry and being a Marauder. And remembering something Tonks told him a long time ago -- which she certainly does pick up on!

Re: Rain PG-13 ravenna_t April 8 2009, 18:56:41 UTC

Thank you!

Re: Rain PG-13 sspring92 April 4 2009, 03:00:28 UTC

This is why she calls him a "GIT"! She must want to sock him, before she snogs him that is! Thanks for Posting!

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Re: Expected... and Unexpected | PG ravenna_t April 8 2009, 18:55:42 UTC

Oh no! Way to leave us hanging! Lol.
I can't wait to read more. I'm loving the "Great Tonks-Lupin Panic of 1998" so far :)

Re: Expected... and Unexpected | PG sspring92 April 10 2009, 03:24:26 UTC

Oh, my....How long are we to be left hanging. I find it completely believable that they had been so concerned about being good parents, and the war that they would overlook that minor little detail! Hope to see more soon!

Re: Expected... and Unexpected | PG merryb87 April 10 2009, 04:33:28 UTC

oh my! I want to read the rest of this! I find it believable that Remus and Tonks would overlook something like this. I've also had it in my head about Dora having the baby in a muggle hospital.

I really hope to read the rest of this, and see how the muggle doctors handle Teddy's changing hair!

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