Drabblefic #1: The Sign of the Scarf

[gilpins_tales]

Title: The Sign of the Scarf
Genre: Humour
Ratings & Warnings: PG
Word Count: 1817
Summary: All Christmas scarves are simply a gift to keep out the cold. Aren’t they?
Author's Note: For katyscarlett76, who requested Remus/Tonks and the prompt scarf. I'd say this was just fluffy fun, but there's enough scarf jokes already...

Comments

[godricgal]

LOL. It's a lot of fun to see Remus and Tonks ahead of the romantic game, leaving Molly and Sirius trailing behind. It's very Molly to attempt to stir things up by sending matching scarves, though I'm sure Sirius would now disagree!

I do love fics where they attempt to keep things secret - especially from Sirius, who is always going to think himself ahead of the game, which has got to give them both a fair amount of amusement - and me!

Thanks for the Friday night fic fix! :)

[gilpins_tales]

Glad to hear this provided a Friday night fix for you! I wasn't sure where I was going with it when it started - not 1800+ words, obviously - but it seemed fun to have Remus and Tonks, er, pulling the wool over everyone's eyes...

No, I can't believe how many knitting jokes there are in the world, either. I did reject most of them!

Thanks very much for the nice words, which definitely brightened my Saturday morning.:D

[sspring92]

Just lovely. I'd really had a crappy day at work, and that put a smile on my face! Thanks

[gilpins_tales]

Oh, thanks very much. That's really nice to hear and I hope the weekend's a big improvement on Friday for you!:D

[mrstater]

LOL This is too cute! Of course Remus and Tonks would be able to slip one past the Order, leaving them to think they need to get together. I love Sirius wanting Remus to know he saw it first.

I think I shall start shipping Sirius/Kingsley now. Don't know why I never saw it before. ;)

[gilpins_tales]

Many thanks, DLF. I've already made one reviewer groan with this joke, but it did seem fun once I'd started this to have Remus and Tonks pulling the wool over certain eyes. Yes - I really do need that holiday!

I think I shall start shipping Sirius/Kingsley now. Don't know why I never saw it before. ;)

I think Sirius is probably secretly intrigued under the horror, indignation and desire to hex Molly. Though I hope you're not going to neglect Pink-Eye Moony!

Thank you.:D

[duck_or_rabbit]

LOLZ, poor Sirius, he's always so humorously in character in your hands, which makes him occasionally such an idiotic fop. You have a knack for writing him well and always enjoy the dynamic he brings to your R/T fics. Is this the start of S/K for you, lol?

I love this line from Remus

“Funny how you’ve only just thought of it then,” remarked Remus dryly.

and that Sirius had them pegged right (even if his clues were right) yet neither Remus or Tonks could admit so!

Wonderful story from a HP writer on hiatus. =]

[gilpins_tales]

I think I need an hiatus - nothing beats waking up in the morning to find you've posted the version with the two original lines still in it that you'd tweaked and thanked your lucky stars you'd spotted before posting... It doesn't speak well for either the new glasses or the old brain!

Glad it made you LOL. I always feel a bit guilty using Sirius as my unwitting comic stooge as I think so much more of him than that, but a couple of the other drabbles (not mentioning yours) are a lot grimmer and this seemed a fun, light one to start with. I can make no comment as to the S/K likelihood because, obviously, I'm busy working on the woolly threesome first. ;)

Thanks, as always, for the kind words. :) Will do my utmost to post yours before I go, but I'm apologising in advance in case time gets the better of me.

[katyscarlett76]

Thanks so much, that was fab :)

I love a bit of Sirius and Molly meddling, especially where it isn't actually needed ;) Bless Molly and her matching scarves :) (especially the ones for Kingsley & Sirus ;) )I love how they're hiding it and being all cool in front of Sirius and then sneaking kisses behind closed doors :)

[gilpin25]

Thanks, Katy, I'm glad you enjoyed it as it was fun to write. (Which is possibly why it went on and on.;))

I thought it might be fun to have Remus and Tonks one step ahead of the matchmaking for once - though obviously not all the scarf implications! And I couldn't resist the ending after poor Sirius had so carefully worked out every possible meaning for them.

Thanks for such a good prompt! :)