Fic: Travelling Through The Wilderness for lotherington

[liseuse]

Title: Travelling Through The Wilderness
Author: liseuse
Recipient: lotherington
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Word Count: 1,900
Summary: Remus meets someone on a train, gets fed and is strangely consoled.
Author's notes: This is for lotherington who wanted soldier!boys and a side of class differences. I hope you like it! All my thanks go to my wonderful beta, littlebutfierce. All mistakes,

Comments

[brighty18]

This is, indeed, truly lovely. And there was so much between the lines! You managed to convey the power of their friendship (and eventual relationship) without saying anything explicit.

Sirius' "battle fatigue" was interesting. On the one hand, like in canon, he certainly could be suffering from battle fatigue. Many men did. On the other hand that "no wife" comment made me half-wonder if there were not a little more to it. Could his sexuality have come into play there?

But what struck me most was their immediate connection. It wasn't overtly sexual, but the sexual tension (and, especially instant friendship) were certainly there.

Lily was great, too!

Oh, and for what it is worth, I very much loved this passage: These houses, he thought, all looked exactly the same. He could have been stepping into his mother’s house in Mosley, not a terrace five minutes’ walk from London Road Station. There was something about the stone front step, sturdy door and air of parsimony that greeted you as you entered the hallway. He glanced over at Sirius and stifled a smile at how uncomfortable he looked. It wasn’t that Sirius was tall, exactly, but he gave the impression of being too big for this space. Used to something more majestic. A ballroom perhaps.

[liseuse]

Oh thank you for this comment! It's really such a lovely comment to get.

I think that Sirius's sexuality possibly did come into play with his leaving the army, but I haven't got all the details of the universe worked out so I'm not sure how far exactly.