Two Sirius ficlets

[shimotsuki]

Hope everyone had a fun Hallowe'en. In honor of the day, here are two ficlets (well, more like drabbles) -- featuring Sirius! Cross-posted from Day of the Black Dog 2014 at sirius_black.

Title: Vol de nuit (136 words, G | Marauder-era)
Characters: Sirius, the motorbike
Summary: The bike was pure power-almost as though the Muggles who made her had kept some

Comments

[merryb87]

Really great little drabbles, I really like the second one, even if it made me a little bit sad.

[shimotsuki]

Thanks for reading! I'm glad you liked these.

[shimotsuki]

Aww, thanks. I hadn't visited young Sirius in a while...

[gilpin25]

Oh, these are very nice indeed. Like the descriptive choices in the first, which make it easy to visualise the bike as a powerful feline counterpart, a perfect match in beauty and wildness for Sirius.

The second is such a good little character sketch of the Marauders. How Remus' health counts against him as usual, even though he's unaware of it this time; how Lily, not even unkindly, simply doesn't even consider Peter. And how Sirius charms Harry and her, for the first time and at the right time, too. Lovely. :)

[shimotsuki]

Heh, that first one was totally a deliberate exercise in description, but I haven't done something like that in a while and it was fun to try.

The second one would have benefited from a little more thought and editing, but time was running out, and I did want to post it for the event! It's very sad about Remus, but I imagine even Lily, who (in my headcanon, not that it's an unusual perspective) loved him like a brother, would have to admit that a destitute closeted werewolf in the pre-Wolfsbane era would have a hard time raising a child on his own, especially in wartime...

[sspring92]

Aw! I love that Remus was Lily's 1st choice for Godfather! Other than the financial aspect, just that one pesky day a month shouldn't have been too much to deal with!

[shimotsuki]

In my headcanon, Lily really loved Remus -- but I think she was worried about what he would be able to manage to do for that pesky one day a month, if she and James weren't around and it was still wartime. (Sniff!)

[anonymous]

I LOVE THEM!!
And yeah, this is not anonymous, only Mel Dahlie, and I am not a mouse!
Good work.

[shimotsuki]

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed these. :)