I adore this! It feels so ithem. This is especially brilliant:
his eyes alighted on his queen and he saw a single opening where he could take Sirius’s queen and check Sirius. Remus saw that the blockade around all his pieces that had only moments before seemed so constricting had been illusory, and could be maneuvered through. Had that been the real reason? Fear of someone being too close to him?
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his eyes alighted on his queen and he saw a single opening where he could take Sirius’s queen and check Sirius. Remus saw that the blockade around all his pieces that had only moments before seemed so constricting had been illusory, and could be maneuvered through. Had that been the real reason? Fear of someone being too close to him?
And of course, all of the parts surrounding it!