Fic: Sturdy Hiking Boots (and Other Warm Things) for penhaligonblue

[peskywhistpaw]

Title: Sturdy Hiking Boots (and Other Warm Things)
Author: peskywhistpaw
Recipient: penhaligonblue
Rating: PG
Contents or warnings: None
Word count: 3,208
Summary: Sirius gives a mysterious but practical gift, and Remus tries to stay warm.
Notes: Penhaligonblue, you asked for "hiking boots" in your main prompt, and you said in your wildcard challenge, "How did Remus amass

Comments

[brighty18]

This was darling, not to mention a very cool little adventure. And what an awesome present, too! I like to think of Sirius as a good giver of presents. He was in canon, afterall! Yet now I cannot help but wonder what he gave James and Peter. I imagine it to still be something personal, but without the kissing. LOL.

I also love the idea of wild hippogriffs, especially their beauty and this little bit of foreshadowing:The hippogriffs seemed satisfied as long as the pair of boys continued to keep their distance, which they did, despite Sirius’s jokes about saddling one up and riding it off into the sunset. Remus ended up with an entire scroll of notes. That made me smile.

The idea of Remus worrying about this clothes not matching (and the request for the blue jumper) was darling, too. It was just one of those great little bits that added a darling depth to the story.

And I love the way you write magic and are comfortable with the magical world. Bits like this: “And it didn’t even burn a hole in your tongue!” (Sirius said this with such relief that Remus didn’t dare ask.)

After Sirius was reassured that Remus wasn’t going to freeze to death on him, he led Remus outside, and pointed at a boot leaned up against the side of the Shack. It looked a lot like the ones Remus was wearing, except there was a hole where the toe should have been, and it appeared to have been dipped into something foul and green sometime in its illustrious past. seemed very Rowlingesque in their way. She uses magic in ways that could be painful yet somehow come across as fun. There's something very childlike and joyful about it and you've managed to capture that, too!

This was a great start to the day, my dear!

[penhaligonblue]

...very Rowlingesque in their way. She uses magic in ways that could be painful yet somehow come across as fun. There's something very childlike and joyful about it and you've managed to capture that, too!

Yes, agreed!