Drabble: The Wolf at the Door

[freakinwinky]

Title:The Wolf at the Door
Author: freakinwinky
Rating & Warnings:R, Voyerism, non-graphic mature situation, dark imagery
Prompts:"And the steam rising in characteristic spirals," said Hermione enthusiastically, "and it's supposed to smell differently to each of us according to what attracts us, and I can smell-"
Format & Word Count: drabble (

Comments

[more_ruthless]

Quite chilling and disturbing. Remus really did have just cause to say he was dangerous to Tonks! Good story!

[freakinwinky]

Thank you so much! I'm glad you liked it.

[gilpin25]

You should probably get the 'Closest Ever To The Deadline' award as I was typing out the actual Posting Closed one as this arrived, lol.

It's a very imaginative take on the prompt, and so chilling to read how Greyback defines the different scents and relates it all to blood and owning people. You really have made him totally repulsive and frightening here (that's a compliment!), and so it's easy to see why Remus would hate so very much having any tie to someone like him at all. The wolf really is at the door, but I think his one mistake is not recognising the man on the other side isn't the same as him.

Does it sound odd if I say well done for making me shiver?! :)

[freakinwinky]

Oh dear, I didn't realize I was quite that late! That doesn't sound odd at all! :) I'm very glad to make people shiver with a peice like this, even though I think I may have cemented my reputation in the fandom as the queen of dark, creepy, angst. I'm especially glad that the idea of ownership on Greyback's part through the imagery. I'm also glad that Greyback's inability to conceive of a Werewolf not thinking the same way he does was implied as well. Thanks for reviewing!

[bookish_brownie]

Wow, this is powerful stuff. It was very creepy, but well done too. I won't soon forget it.

[freakinwinky]

That's a big compliment! Thanks! :)

[mrstater]

*Shudder* Well, m'dear, I think you successfully conveyed the creep factor with this Greyback. We don't see a lot of him in the books, but this seems totally in line with the way his twisted mind would work, and if Remus has even the slightest hint that this is what he's like, no wonder he wanted to keep Tonks as far away from him as possible!

BTW, does your title happen to refer to the Radiohead song by the same name? Which has always struck me as a very Remusy song!

[freakinwinky]

Thank you! I'm glad you thought that Greyback was in character. It can be difficult to do that with characters who play only minor roles in the books. As to the Radiohead song... I'm afraid I'm not up on non-musicaltheater trends much past 1945, so I'd never even heard of that song but now I'm interested! :)

[carnivalgirl]

Oooh, this is excellent. Very seedy, but there is a dark side to HP, particularly in Greyback, and so the idea behind this is disturbing and fascinating. Your description is excellent, the images are very clear, sensual and powerful. You also have a great way of writing Greyback's mentality. I would definitely read more!

[freakinwinky]

Thank you so much! Description is something I struggle with so lately I've been writing orriginal peices in this style to practice it. I'm glad you think it came across!