I love this SO MUCH. Honestly, when I wrote that prompt on a whim I really wasn't expecting anything as brilliant as this... there's too much good stuff to quote but these were the bits I wanted to mention in the chat and then thought I'd better mention them here:
It’s a dramatic, pacing the moors and winter storms kind of sadness, not Remus’ own brand of quietly stoical melancholy. agh! beautiful.
There’s all sorts of ways Sirius could test Remus’ honesty, lawful, unlawful, and downright Dark. I’ll do anything is a bold, foolhardy promise to make to someone with Sirius’ temper at the best of times, nevermind when the stakes are so high. very in character for both of them but also tells us so much about what's between them without spelling it out... and again, brilliant characterisation in this: Remus knows from long experience that Sirius’ brain is in overdrive, plotting and planning, and the outcome will be brilliant or disastrous. He ought to have learnt by now to more concerned and less excited by it.
Sirius retaliates with a heavy dusting of nutmeg. ‘You ignorant peasant, what do apples represent?’ ‘Gravity,’ says Remus <– v nice, Remus
...and the whole thing about the tears (and snot) killed me. Bringing McG in and moving to France was such a power move. This contained all my favourite things – the pining, the happy ending (endings, even!), made happier by certain revelations, so touching, and funny, and gorgeously written! literally the perfect gift. So chuffed!!! Can't thank you enough. <3<3<3
![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
timeasmymeasure
no subject
Date: 2018-01-03 08:50 pm (UTC)It’s a dramatic, pacing the moors and winter storms kind of sadness, not Remus’ own brand of quietly stoical melancholy. agh! beautiful.
There’s all sorts of ways Sirius could test Remus’ honesty, lawful, unlawful, and downright Dark. I’ll do anything is a bold, foolhardy promise to make to someone with Sirius’ temper at the best of times, nevermind when the stakes are so high. very in character for both of them but also tells us so much about what's between them without spelling it out... and again, brilliant characterisation in this:
Remus knows from long experience that Sirius’ brain is in overdrive, plotting and planning, and the outcome will be brilliant or disastrous. He ought to have learnt by now to more concerned and less excited by it.
Sirius retaliates with a heavy dusting of nutmeg. ‘You ignorant peasant, what do apples represent?’
‘Gravity,’ says Remus <– v nice, Remus
...and the whole thing about the tears (and snot) killed me. Bringing McG in and moving to France was such a power move.
This contained all my favourite things – the pining, the happy ending (endings, even!), made happier by certain revelations, so touching, and funny, and gorgeously written! literally the perfect gift. So chuffed!!! Can't thank you enough. <3<3<3