Fic - Team: Post-Hogwarts - In the Shadow of the Dog Star

[rsgamesmods]

Title: In The Shadow Of The Dog Star
Team: Post-Hogwarts
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: None
Summary: The night after Sirius' death, Remus remembers.
Wordcount: about 2100 words
Prompt: "We are all lying in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." Oscar Wilde
Genre(s): Angst

Comments

[maraudersaffair]

Oh, that was so sweet and sad. Love the line --

And I didn't dare act. Because still, you were above me. And I liked you to be there.

[a_shadow_there]

I love this paragraph:

And because I'm the last, the only one left, the only one who remembers the way you truly were, I have to remember every moment. Even the bad. Even the times I despaired. Even your wide eyes, your open mouth, your clutching hands, the rippling veil, the long, long fall. Even if it hurts so much I'm sure I'll die, I'll hold onto every moment.

And I love the way it's book-ended with "The Dog Star is burning bright" and "The Dog Star is fading." It's got that great, cyclical element to it.

[werewolfsfan]

I loved the paragraph above also so to be different, I'll reference these lines which touched me especially:
"We needed more time. A little more time, and a little more after that, but just one more kiss. One more night. Thirteen years stolen from us, and I didn't do enough to win them back."