Fic: ...yet your eyes cover my skin - for pavlablack

[huldrejenta]

Title: ...yet your eyes cover my skin
Author: huldrejenta
Recipient: pavlablack
Rating: R
Contents or warnings (highlight to view): *none *
Word count: ~ 4,900
Summary: Voldemort was conquered once and for all in 1981, and his followers were all sent to Azkaban. Years later, justice was done when some of them got released. But being free isn’t always what it’s cracked

Comments

[brighty18]

So well-written! That was my very first thought and the thing that I could not forget the entire time.

This is just a small sample of what I really loved about this: It wasn't love at first sight. Truth be told, it wasn't even like at first sight. Outspoken spontaneity meeting cautious contemplation can lead to friction, even conflict, when placed together in the same dorm, with a head-shaking James and a nervous-looking Peter as wary spectators. Surprisingly soon they found a common middle ground, giving the reckless Sirius long missed peace of heart, and the melancholy Remus unexpected joy of life. They built a bond; a bond strong enough to inspire powerful greatness and to forgive unthinkable betrayal. When years later they fell in love, their hearts and lives were already so deeply entwined it seemed one couldn’t exist without the other. Their love was old love, from the very day they leaned in for their first, breathless kiss. Never fumbling or searching. What they yearned for was already there. Yes, it was so very well-written, but it was also filled with honest heart-wrenching emotion - and that's a beautiful thing!

The whole thing was filled with such a lovely, complex mixture of pain and hope, it just resonated with meaning. Their emotions felt so real and so justified. Nothing in life is easy, is it? But you gave us such beautiful reasoning behind that lack of ease. The use of "people said" in Remus' musings was inspired and incredibly effective. It added yet another layer to the realness of Remus' character here. Gawd, but I felt for him! And Sirius, too, really.

But thanks so much for giving this a happy ending, everyone needs hope especially these, too! Event he sex was somehow breathlessly beautiful and that last line was to die for!

Oh, and Dumbledore was priceless - especially this bit: “Please come in, my dear boy.”

Having reached his thirties, there weren’t many people who would think of calling Remus a boy. Albus Dumbledore wasn’t most people, and it felt surprisingly comforting to be addressed this way. LOL

[huldrejenta]

Thank you! This comment put a big smile on my face :D I'm so glad you found the emotions real and justified.

LOL, I don't know when it suddenly becomes nice to be called "my dear boy" - maybe around the time it stops being annoying to be asked for ID?

[brighty18]

LOL, I don't know when it suddenly becomes nice to be called "my dear boy" - maybe around the time it stops being annoying to be asked for ID? Totally. I used to hate being referred to as a "girl" - until I hit the age that it was flattering. LOL.