Blind
Title: Blind
Author: captainraz
Rating & Warnings: PG implied violence and angst
Prompt: Blind
Word Count: 617
Summary: Remus ignores a warning from Tonks about Greyback. Greyback's revenge has dire consequences for both of them, and for their relationship.
Author's Notes: if anyone has a problem with the rating just let me know. especially in later chapters
Tonks has always loved Remus’ eyes. Not just because of their colour, which has to be the most exquisite blue that she has ever seen. Not just because they always retain a certain sparkle, no matter how down he is, no matter what hand life has dealt him. His eyes still sparkle with life even just after a full moon. She loves Remus’ eyes because they truly are the window to his soul. They are the only window to a soul that is deep and utterly complex; a soul that precious few are allowed to see. But Tonks has always been able to read Remus’ eyes like a book. She loves his eyes because they cannot lie, not to her.
Even when he is pulling a prank, and his face and voice give nothing away, Tonks always knows what he is up to because the mischief is plain in his eyes, for those who are able to see. His eyes were how she knew that he fancied her, and his eyes were the reason she kept pushing him, even though he protested that he was ‘too old, too poor and too dangerous’ for her. Tonks could see his love for her all along, it was written in his eyes. His eyes told her that he would eventually give in to what he felt, if she could only push him far enough.
And right now Remus’ eyes are telling her that there is no way she is going to be able to talk him out of this one.
* * * * *
“You can’t Remus, it’s far too dangerous!”
“I must,” said Remus gravely. “I am the only one who can do this. Everything is dangerous these days.”
“But this is Greyback! If you’re caught… …I don’t even want to think about what he’ll do to you.”
“Then don’t think about it,” Remus said softly, pulling Tonks into his warm embrace. “Don’t think about the ‘ifs’ and the ‘maybes’. We’ll deal with whatever comes our way whenever it comes our way. It’s the only way we can deal with things at a time like this.”
“I know it is,” by this time she was close to tears. “But this is Fenrir Greyback that we’re talking about. We both know what he is capable of... I can’t face losing you, not again.”
“You won’t ever, ever lose me again. Not like that.” This time the look in his eyes was sincere, and Tonks knows that he truly meant it.
“Promise me you’ll come back in one piece,” she whispered into the warmth of his shoulder.
“You know I can’t do that; I won’t make another promise that I might not be able to keep,” Tonks could see the sadness in his eyes, and she knew why they were sad. They were sad because he didn’t want to leave her; because he knew he had no other choice. “I have to do this; we need to know what the werewolves are up to.”
“I don’t want to you to go.”
“I know,” he said gently. “I don’t want to go back there, but I have to.”
“I love you,” Tonks murmured.
“I love you too,” said Remus. There was bitter regret in his eyes, but just behind that was the love he felt for Tonks, shining as brightly and as strongly as the first time she ever saw it.
If Tonks had known that that would be the last time she would ever see the love in his eyes, she would have spent more time memorising the way he held his eyes when he told her those all important words. But she could never have stopped him from going.
Author: captainraz
Rating & Warnings: PG implied violence and angst
Prompt: Blind
Word Count: 617
Summary: Remus ignores a warning from Tonks about Greyback. Greyback's revenge has dire consequences for both of them, and for their relationship.
Author's Notes: if anyone has a problem with the rating just let me know. especially in later chapters
Tonks has always loved Remus’ eyes. Not just because of their colour, which has to be the most exquisite blue that she has ever seen. Not just because they always retain a certain sparkle, no matter how down he is, no matter what hand life has dealt him. His eyes still sparkle with life even just after a full moon. She loves Remus’ eyes because they truly are the window to his soul. They are the only window to a soul that is deep and utterly complex; a soul that precious few are allowed to see. But Tonks has always been able to read Remus’ eyes like a book. She loves his eyes because they cannot lie, not to her.
Even when he is pulling a prank, and his face and voice give nothing away, Tonks always knows what he is up to because the mischief is plain in his eyes, for those who are able to see. His eyes were how she knew that he fancied her, and his eyes were the reason she kept pushing him, even though he protested that he was ‘too old, too poor and too dangerous’ for her. Tonks could see his love for her all along, it was written in his eyes. His eyes told her that he would eventually give in to what he felt, if she could only push him far enough.
And right now Remus’ eyes are telling her that there is no way she is going to be able to talk him out of this one.
* * * * *
“You can’t Remus, it’s far too dangerous!”
“I must,” said Remus gravely. “I am the only one who can do this. Everything is dangerous these days.”
“But this is Greyback! If you’re caught… …I don’t even want to think about what he’ll do to you.”
“Then don’t think about it,” Remus said softly, pulling Tonks into his warm embrace. “Don’t think about the ‘ifs’ and the ‘maybes’. We’ll deal with whatever comes our way whenever it comes our way. It’s the only way we can deal with things at a time like this.”
“I know it is,” by this time she was close to tears. “But this is Fenrir Greyback that we’re talking about. We both know what he is capable of... I can’t face losing you, not again.”
“You won’t ever, ever lose me again. Not like that.” This time the look in his eyes was sincere, and Tonks knows that he truly meant it.
“Promise me you’ll come back in one piece,” she whispered into the warmth of his shoulder.
“You know I can’t do that; I won’t make another promise that I might not be able to keep,” Tonks could see the sadness in his eyes, and she knew why they were sad. They were sad because he didn’t want to leave her; because he knew he had no other choice. “I have to do this; we need to know what the werewolves are up to.”
“I don’t want to you to go.”
“I know,” he said gently. “I don’t want to go back there, but I have to.”
“I love you,” Tonks murmured.
“I love you too,” said Remus. There was bitter regret in his eyes, but just behind that was the love he felt for Tonks, shining as brightly and as strongly as the first time she ever saw it.
If Tonks had known that that would be the last time she would ever see the love in his eyes, she would have spent more time memorising the way he held his eyes when he told her those all important words. But she could never have stopped him from going.