Day 23 - Fic: Team AU: Vigil Strange I Kept

[rsgamesmods]

Team: AU
Title: Vigil Strange I Kept
Rating: R
Warnings: Angst, sexual situations, instances of crude language, implications of major character death
Genre(s): Angst, Hurt/Comfort
Word Count: 11,355
Summary: Remus' lycanthropy has caused his body to seriously deteriorate over the years due to the constant stress of the transformations, and by his

Comments

[ceredwensirius]

Dear, darling mystery author, I love this story in ways I can't fully articulate. There are moments here that make me misty everytime I read them. You are gifted writer; I would even go so far as to say you are a writer's writer, as your infinitely clever use of the prose proves. Every word is carefully chosen, your descriptions invoking a mood as well as a scene that plays out in the mind, and striking in me a wonderment at the absolute perfect phrasing.

This story is heart-breaking almost the whole way through, I ached for both of them as they faced the ending together. You show their love for each other and how they try to maintain despite the odds, despite the pain, despite the fear. I loved the way that the ending brought us back to the beginning, to the wren, that blasted wren, and let us know that yes, things were going to be alright.

Throughout, your characterizations are strong and true, that I could easily believe that this is how it would be had the survived canon.

Thank you so much for writing this incredibly beautiful and original take on our boys.

[whitmans_kiss]

This took me so long to write - I can't thank you enough for listening to me fret and read so many snippets and pieces, and for making me finish the damn thing. You are the best cheerleader and the best friend. This would have never been written if it weren't for you and our boys, and this story made me realize that I can do it.

Thank you so much, chica. I'm floored.