PARCHMENT (PG) BY IAMSHADOW

[shadowfiction]

Title: Parchment
Rating: PG
Summary: When Harry disappears, Ron does the only think he can think of.
Disclaimer: Not mine.
Content: Angst. Barely counts as slash - preslash? Best mates? You decide.
Original Author's Note: Well, it's not UST, but I hope you like it anyway. Merry Christmas. :)
Author's Note 28/05/12: Well, this is a blast from the

Comments

[star54kar]

I remember this!

Seeing you post a story, even if it's one I've seen before, was a wonderful surprise and it's just as lovely as I remember from the first time around:)

And no pressure, but if you could be persuaded to write down Harry's side of things I would be over the moon!

[annafugazzi]

OMG yes!!

This is beautiful. Reminds me why I ship these two, even when they're just friends.

Love the idea of Ron writing angry letters but not sending them.

[shadowfiction]

Ron can't really be properly, resentfully angry at Harry because in a way he understands. Ron himself wouldn't hide away from everyone, because he is used to having the support of a large family around him to help him through the worst times. Harry, however, is used to only having himself to depend upon, and hiding away and relying on himself alone is normal behaviour for him. He's forever reprimanded for it through the books by his friends. Ron can't be angry at Harry for longer than the time taken to write the letter, because what Ron's really angry at is the whole bloody war, and the circumstances they found themselves in, and the friends and family they lost, which isn't Harry's fault at all, even if he was the pivot on which everything turned. When it all comes down to it, Ron's lonely, and sending the notes, even if they don't get replied to, makes him feel less alone. And, he hopes, makes Harry feel less alone, even if Harry doesn't read them at all. He wants, in his own small way, to remind Harry that when he's ready to be

[shadowfiction]

Thank you!

I've been thinking I might start posting some of these old stories over on AO3, but I'd have to be a lot more organised. I think the Teapot 'verse fics in particular would work really well over there, because I could easily arrange them in the order they're meant to be in, and they'd be all interconnected in the right way automatically without it being a hassle.

Right, well, Harry's side of things is pretty basic - he's at Godric's Hollow. He smells of woodsmoke because he's cooking by fire and also heating the house by it (and sleeping next to it). He smells of Muggle shampoo because he's living in a fairly Muggle way, shopping, for example, at Muggle shops, to avoid magical people who might recognise him. He smells like beeswax because what he's been doing for the last six months is fixing the cottage - by hand. (This is not as impossible as it sounds, because, unlike the film, which showed only a few walls standing, the cottage is mostly intact in the book:
"Most of the cottage was still standing, though entirely

[goddessriss]

I remember this! It's lovely, one of my favourite Harry/Ron stories. Thank you for re-posting!

[shadowfiction]

Thank you! I'm really fond of it myself. I know slash and porn is really popular, and I've had some success writing them, but I think if I look back over everything I've done, the stuff I'm proudest of is gen, or so close to gen as makes no difference.

[mrsquizzical]

oh wow. such great timing. i reread some harry/ron and trio last night!

this is heartbreaking and beautiful.

[shadowfiction]

*squishes*

I must go back and reread your trio stuff; I was thinking of it only the other day.

[mrsquizzical]

<333 so strange that i then ended up looking at it again this week! must be in the air at the moment!

[innibis]

Aw, I remember this. How wonderful to run across it again. It's as lovely now as it was then.

[shadowfiction]

I am so glad you liked it and remembered it! I feel so bad, there are a heap of comments over on the fest post that I never replied to; it's a bit late for it now. I don't know what happened to stop me - I suspect mental health issues.