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semicolon_space

FIC: A New Year

Jan 02, 2008 23:14

A New Year

It’s finally a new year. You aren’t alone for this one, but you almost wish you were. Well, no. Not alone. Just not here, with her, pretending. You want to be with someone else, just like you think you always will. You want to be with him.

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“Happy New Year, Remus,” Tonks says, smiling up at you. “May this year bring more cheer ( Read more... )

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holy_pancake January 3 2008, 07:46:46 UTC

The last line kills me, darlin'. Kills.

semicolon_space January 3 2008, 09:36:51 UTC

That was precisely my intention, but I wasn't sure I did a good job. Yay!

Oh, I mean, no, don't die or whatever.

brighty18 January 3 2008, 17:23:53 UTC

Oh, you are brilliant! You summed up their relationship EXACTLY as I picture it!

This is just perfect: "You want to move on. You know Sirius would want you to be happy. It’s not like he’s in the afterlife, jealous of whomever you have close to you. Or maybe he is jealous. He is Sirius, after all. He has never been a typical human being, and you don’t think the afterlife has changed that one bit. This makes you want him even more."

I've always rather felt for Tonks. Yes, she came between them, in a sense, but mostly she just meant well.

semicolon_space January 4 2008, 00:42:26 UTC

Thank you very much! That's quite a compliment.

I used to really dislike Tonks and find her annoying and I still kind of do, but I'm a little more understanding of the fact that maybe all she did was fall in love. I actually surprised myself with how not-mean I was to her throughout this thing, haha.

Thanks for reading!

brighty18 January 4 2008, 15:45:09 UTC

No, I understand. Yes, I think that she did fall in love, but I think she also loved him enough to simply want Remus to be happy. And, honestly, were the situation the same, I think that many of us would do the same thing.

brighty18 January 4 2008, 17:23:00 UTC

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leilanibabyy January 5 2008, 08:23:31 UTC

I agree about the power of the last line.
A very touching read about an ever struggling heart.

semicolon_space January 5 2008, 08:32:53 UTC

Yay, thank you! I'd say something clever, but I'm talking to you on AIM anyway, so I feel funny thinking of something to say to you when you're practically right there. I'm not sure if that made sense.