Drabble: December (Harry Potter fandom)

[gilpins_tales]

Title: December
Pairing & fandom: Remus/Tonks (Harry Potter)
Rating & Warnings: PG-13
Prompt: Everlasting Icicles
Format & Word Count: Drabble, 500 words
Summary: After Christmas at the Burrow, where else would Remus go? Set during HBP.
Author's Notes: If anyone's looking for a heavy dose of angst, then look no further. ;) Originally written for

Comments

[solochan]

How can you not love that man? Such a beautiful piece of work. I really like the metaphor about the ice in Remus's life, I believe that really works, dislocation is Remus is best at and you really show that here.

I'm just glad we know it was better in the end, even if it was cut short.

Thank you for such a heart rendering fic

[gilpin25]

Thank you for such lovely comments. Getting the icicles prompt made me think of how ideal it was for HBP Remus, desperately trying to hold things together and avoiding people and emotional scenes as much as he can. And yet how much 'freezing' what he feels is costing him (and Tonks), and how painfully aware he is of that at times like this. Perhaps those fairy lights did make him knock at the door...

I'm very glad you enjoyed it, especially as I know it's not the easiest of Christmas-time reads. And thank you again for letting me know you did. :)

[duck_or_rabbit]

This is gorgeous. Yes, I know it's also terribly sad, but you did it beautifully. I especially like the switch to 2nd person there at the end.

[gilpin25]

Thank you for the kind words, which made me smile in suitably dopey fashion. The icicles prompt seemed perfect for an HBP-like Remus, struggling to detach himself from all past and present feeling, and almost from his life itself, such as it currently is - and that is terribly sad. I tried to explore that inward struggle a little here, and the last line second person switch is trying to suggest that the end of this could go either way. Though I'm not sure myself whether he stays or goes.

Thank you. :)