Under Cover of Darkness

[gilpins_tales]

Title: Under Cover of Darkness
Characters: Charlie, Tonks, Remus
Rating & Warnings: PG-13
Word Count: 3865
Summary: Tonks was shaking her head. “I think one day someone will come along and I’ll - I’ll be so bowled over from lack of practice and by him, that my only chance of surviving it all is if he’s the same.”
Author’s Notes: I seem to have

Comments

[mrstater]

"Much more interesting when someone could be really wicked but isn’t, don’t you think?"

So Tonks has read Anne of Green Gables, has she? I always knew she was a kindred spirit

[gilpins_tales]

Both Tonks and the author have read Anne of Green Gables, and approve whole-heartedly of her analysis of attractive traits in men. ;) And Remus always likes girls who can change their hair to green

[hrymfaxe]

I knew there was a good reason I asked you to write Charlie! :D You make me want to pack a small bag and go hang out in the Romanian mountains as a goat herder in the hopes of meeting him on the slopes. Now I want to draw him too... *adds to insanely long list of ideas*

I have to go lift some weights now, but I'll be back with more to say later. Thanks a lot for sticking with this - I hoped it was this fic you were alluding to the other day, and lo!

[gilpins_tales]

This was indeed the fic I mentioned the other day, and the only thing that makes me more relieved than having finally finished it, is it making you want to add a trip to see Charlie and Romania onto your travelling list.:D LOL.

Hope the weight-lifting was fun! ;)

[shimotsuki]

When I was about fifteen, I used to compliment my aunt on her cooking whenever we visited for Sunday dinner, and at some point she teased me (at least, I hope she was teasing!) that because I always said I liked her meals, it must not be sincere. I feel the same way reading your work -- superlatives always spring to mind, and I worry that they will sort of dim from repetition, but honestly, I thought this was just wonderful. The mood of the whole story is itself an almost electrical tension in the air; especially since we can see where things are going before Charlie does, and it hurts to see him start to hope. Your language is always so delicate and precise, and you do angst so very well, making it tangible without ever going too far; it's painful in a lovely way, if that makes any sense

[gilpins_tales]

I don't know if people who are good at cooking need reassurance like writers seem to that someone has enjoyed something - but I'm betting your aunt loved your praise of her dinners. It's whether she felt the sheer relief that I do when someone, especially another writer that I admire, says yes, that worked for me that I'm not so sure about and would quite like to discuss with her! ;)

So, thank you very much for such great comments as this has given me a few headaches along its lengthy, delayed way. I started writing something far too R/T slanted, and found it quite hard to get out of that mind set until I'd got going with Charlie's POV. Like you, I'm sorry JKR said he never married, though I'm hoping that does tie in with my image of him as the slightly out-of-place, kind-hearted loner, who quietly goes his own very dangerous way to the rest of the Weasleys

[shimotsuki]

If I get chance one day, I quite fancy writing that as a sort of sequel as I think it might be fun to have Remus finally stop the defensive stuff.

I think that is a wonderful idea. Just saying. ;)

[gilpin25]

I am siriusly tempted. Just saying. ;) (Especially as I can now blame you for encouraging me if it sees the light of day before the poor fic that is always on the back burner... LOL.)

[chococoffeekiss]

I just want to give poor Charlie a hug:(

I usually don't like the way Charlie is portrayed in most fics, but yours does him justice, in my opinion.
Plus, I like the sneaky little hints of R/T, and how he's so quick to pick up on it...

An excellent end to an excellent weekend:D

[gilpins_tales]

I was going for all three of them needing a hug, Charlie most of all! It's a bit of an angst-fest, I know, but I like to think that afterwards Charlie and Sirius really hit it off and the Firewhiskey bottle makes them realise what fun house-bound and dragon-bound bachelors really have. While upstairs, our intrepid heroes actually fight their duel, and all UST becomes BSST. ;)

I'm not very keen on the Charlie I read myself in fanfic so am chuffed you liked this one. And thank you for such nice comments. It's always much appreciated.:D

Hope the excellent weekend meant 'all is well' writing-wise! ;)

[chococoffeekiss]

Hugs all around, then!
I think the angstyness was well done, nicely balanced...and yeah, I've always thought Charlie and Padfoot would hit it off, as well...
While upstairs, our intrepid heroes actually fight their duel, and all UST becomes BSST.
(Now that I understand the acronym, lols)
That would be an interesting duel, I think;)

The writing is going well! The jumble fic has turned out decently. RJ sat next to me while I wrote this afternoon and intermittently licked my arm. I took it as a sign that I was doing a good job. LOL.

[belladonna1986]

Wow, one of the first R/T fics in a long time that I read from start to finish and I enjoyed this very much, especially from charlie's perspective!

I like the way he perceives Tonks and how she has changed, would look forward to a duelling scene between her and Remus.

Great job!

[gilpin25]

Nice to see you getting some reading time, and also nice to hear you enjoyed this!:D I messed around with it for so long - originally it was definitely going to stop at about 1000 words, lol - that it changed dramtically in plot over time. I still fancy writing that R/T duel one day as I think it would be fun so thanks for the encouragement. And I probably ought to be nicer to Charlie, who appears to have come a very long way to get his hopes firmly squashed and have a rotten time... ;)