"Summer Nostrum" for _citanul

[applecede]

Title: "Summer Nostrum"
Pairing: Sirius/Ginny
Rating: PG13
Summary: Just a moment during the summer of No. 12 Grimmauld Place. Ginny watches Sirius. That's kind of all there is to it, I'm afraid :[

A/N: This is for _citanul, who guessed correctly that the reason why I wanted Rachel Yamagata's "Worn Me Down" is because I've been sort of obsessed with The O

Comments

[applecede]

Grazie mille! :)

[applecede]

Hee :P The F/Hr is going to be Post-Hogwarts and fluff romance, per request :P

[twinsofthesky]

Ooh! The title is Latin! ...Or perhaps not. Oh, psh. You would think I'd know, since I'm taking Latin.

Y'know, my heart leapt while I was reading that, because Sirius/Ginny (to any degree, even a PG one) makes me happy and sad at the same time.

I want to go write Sirius/Ginny, but I'll phail. With a capital Q. I liked it a lot. However, it felt sort of jerky to me. The actions, I mean. They were natural, yet they felt jerky. If that makes sense, which it doesn't.

Ah, yes, Summer Nostrum means our summer, in Latin. Good ole dictionaries.

[applecede]

Our Summer? Wow. Well, actually nostrum in English means a cure or remedy but one isn't sure whether it works or not... :D Both work for me.

[_citanul]

AHHHHHH! This is lovely! Sirius and Ginny are excellent, very in-character. I love how Ginny observes Sirius. Your descriptions of him are just beautiful.

I especially liked this:

Ginny could see traces of handsomeness. In flashes-when he smiled, that quirk of lips revealed teeth, and his strong neck when he turned his head as though he had scented something on the wind. His eyes were always very dark but sometimes in moments of cynicism, they gleamed brightly with irony.

The detail is fantastic, as always. ;) It makes both scenes come to life.

I really think you've nailed this pairing. It has the perfect amount of angst and comfort. There is something a bit dark about their connection, and I think that darkness works perfectly with their characters. I see them as similar in so many ways.

Thanks so much for this! =)

[applecede]

Hey! :) I'm glad you liked it! You're very, very welcome.

Sirius was always hard for me to write, and same with Ginny...I'm hoping that now that I've gotten a bit more used to them, I can write them in something with more substance, and not just a sketch or tease or something :D

Thank you always for the feedback <33

[be_a_rebel]

And today is the day I read all your fics. :) I love your Sirius, he's...ah, he's just as I pictured him to be.

Despite Sirius not having gone out in more than a month, and his skin was pale and he was very thin for a man his height, so that he looked under the weather, Ginny could see traces of handsomeness. In flashes-when he smiled, that quirk of lips revealed teeth, and his strong neck when he turned his head as though he had scented something on the wind. His eyes were always very dark but sometimes in moments of cynicism, they gleamed brightly with irony.

I find this part so fitting, so completely in character.I felt like crying when I read this fic, remembering that he isn't in the books anymore. And the camaraderie, yet..more...between Sirius and Ginny..it feels so right.