Past and Present

[devonwood]

Title: Past and Present
Author: Dev (Devonwood)
Rating & Warnings: T/PG-13. Just mild swearing.
Prompts: Astronomy Tower, Orchideous, A Day of Acquisition, Drama
Word Count: 1,724
Summary: Bandaids may fix a broken heart, but some wounds take longer to heal.

Author’s Notes: This was beta'ed by my loverly friend Trace, so any grammar/spelling mistakes are

Comments

[gilpin25]

Really liked the two scenes showing the heartbreak of both of them, and how she tries to heal his while he is the cause of hers. No wonder she threw Molly's yellow flowers away - I presume that was a reminder of his, and her bright yellow jumper on that day? And I thought her being shocked and horrified by the appearance of an enormous werewolf instead of a chameleon, was both logical and original (in fan fic land she always seems to end up embracing it in no time at all;)).

I think it does need the couple of tweaks other reviewers have suggested, but I thought you used the prompts (which weren't easy) very well, and there were some very good ideas in this, which you could make even more powerful if you wanted to.

An interesting read, which I enjoyed. :)

[devonwood]

No wonder she threw Molly's yellow flowers away - I presume that was a reminder of his, and her bright yellow jumper on that day?

Oh, I was *so* hoping that someone would catch that one! You just made my day. :D

And I thought her being shocked and horrified by the appearance of an enormous werewolf instead of a chameleon, was both logical and original (in fan fic land she always seems to end up embracing it in no time at all;)).

I'm sure Tonks eventually learned to accept her new Patronus (because it was the only piece of Remus she had left...which is a very sad thought in itself), but her initial reaction to the change is never really mentioned. So, I thought I'd take advantage of that. :D

Thank you for the lovely review! :)

[kerrymdb]

Ooh, I liked this. I really enjoyed the parelells between the two sections. Like Tonks is adorable. Just so innocent and thinking that a band-aid could cure anything.

The ending was well done. I like how much of a surprise that her Patronus was.

Good job! :)

[devonwood]

Thank you! :D I'm glad you enjoyed the ending; it was my favorite bit to write. Other than Tonks with the band-aid, of course. XD

[phe_o]

That's got to be the most difficult set of prompts that I've seen so far, and I think you did a great job with them. Little Tonks in the flashback was adorable, too. :)

[devonwood]

Thank you for the review!

Those prompts were hard, but once I got an idea I just kind of ran with it. :)

[kileaiya]

I enjoyed this, I thought the first part tied in quite well with the second. Very nice. :)

[devonwood]

Thank you for the review. :D