Serpents, Chapter Five (Part Two)

[mrstater]

Title: Serpents (5/?)
Author: MrsTater
Rating & Warnings: R for sexuality
Prompts: weakness; "In the light of Voldemort's return, we are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided."
Word Count: 14650 words
Summary: Two years into a relationship with Remus, and the correct way to deal with full moons continues to elude Tonks, dredging

Comments

[mrstater]

I feel like I've run a marathon, quite frankly; the reason I didn't finish the epilogue last night was not because I got sleepy, but because my arms were sore from typing all day! Thank you for your lovely words about doing this thing this month. I sort of don't quite believe it could only have been a little more than a month.

It goes without saying that I'm really glad you continue to enjoy this and find it an interesting take, and actually I owe Ch. 6 coming together because of the comments you made here about Tonks being wrapped up in her thoughts and Remus having no idea how she feels. Somehow my focus wasn't that sharp, even though I always think communication is they're biggest issue, but when I read this was when it all clicked. So thank you for more reasons than one!

Also, I'm glad you found it interesting from a personal standpoint. The marriage thing with them could be a bit of self-insertion, because I think it never would have occurred to me not to see myself married when I got married; but at the same time, a lot of it goes back to the first time I read HBP and my initial thought being, "Whoa, Remus was nearly at the point of marrying her and then broke it off?" So I'm really pleased you think that's a realistic, if not completely obvious, way of telling their story. And it shall be quite important in the Magical Creatures story. Later. Much later, lol.

And especially thank you about the sex. I kept thinking these scenes would be in other chapters, and I nearly chickened out a few times because I wasn't sure it was clear what was going on, or I thought it might be too much. I was determined not to use any words for it!

I'm sure wizards have a spell that'll get Glow Stars off the ceiling without scraping. ;)

Thank you, again, for your comments, and for catching my typos! Muchly appreciated, m'dear.