Fic: Moon By Moon

[shimotsuki]

Title: Moon By Moon
Author: shimotsuki
Rating & Warnings: PG, no warnings
Format & Word Count: Fic, 2205 words
Summary: Last month, Sirius carefully explained to Tonks that Remus needs privacy after the full moon. But now somehow, something has started to change. (October through December of OotP.)
Author’s Notes: Hmm, I seem to have a post-moon theme

Comments

[sspring92]

Can't believe you have had that sitting around all this time! You know I'm a sucker for pre and post transformation fics!
I have always wondered about Remus and Wolfsbane after Hogwarts. I always figured Dumbledore would have made Snape make it for Remus. Can't have an Order member being incapacitated for too long, or you know, possibly eating another member!

[shimotsuki]

Well, I didn't have the whole thing sitting around, just parts! ;) I needed a day to pull it together and finally finish it, especially the Tonks section in the middle.

About the Wolfsbane, I agree that it would have made a lot of sense from the Order's perspective to have Snape keep supplying it, but from what Remus says to Harry at the Burrow for Christmas in HBP, it really sounds to me like that year at Hogwarts was the only time Remus had access to the potion. :(

Thanks so much for reading and commenting!

[eleanoreleanor]

So sweet :) love it!

[shimotsuki]

Aw, thanks! :)

[gilpin25]

Not only did I enjoy this very much but it's also made me quite hungry! LOL. Therefore perfect holiday reading.

What I liked most about this was how tuned in Sirius is to everything Remus isn't saying, and how he works matters to give Remus exactly what he needs and Tonks what she'd like most. It's lovely to see how even an exhausted Remus is literally heartened and restored by both company and fun, then heartbreaking how he doesn't quite let himself wish for Tonks to be there in December. I'm with Sirius and Tonks in not liking to think what all those years spent alone have cost him.

I really like your Tonks here as well. She's so vibrant with all the different coloured hair and outfits, standing out against the gloom of Grimmauld, and so caring that it's easy to see why both men would want her around. And it's lovely that a few ghosts are laid with the Exploding Poker, which sounds a lot of fun with its forfeits and wins.

He didn't think he’d ever felt so warm after a moon in his life.♥ As always, your Remus makes me want to

[shimotsuki]

LOL! I wonder if I spent too much time channeling Molly in "Order," and now I'll find I have to feed everyone in my fics. ;)

I'm glad you like this take on Sirius. I see him as being at his best when he's worried about his friends and forgetting his own unhappiness a little.

Remus does need a hug. But it's also fun to write him opening up to the idea of friendship and better things in his life, even if we know the tone will get darker later. I've been neglecting the OotP end of things in my series lately -- looking forward to writing that part a little more in the near future. Maybe I'll finish this project in 2012? Five years is the charm...

Glad you picked up on Tonks and her brightness, and what it means for our Marauders. The subtitle of Book 1 of Kaleidoscope is "Colours"!

Thanks so much for commenting.

[jobey_in_error]

Finishing a WIP from 2007? Kudos -- serious kudos. :D It turned out fabulous.

Your Tonks is SO adorable. I thought she would peak at her entrance, and I was grinning at her considerable proficiency and grace with Hover Charms even before Sirius's POV weighed in (and then I outright laughed). But it just kept on. The flour streaks were a great touch.

My favorite moment with our leading men had to be “No, of course not.” Sirius stared. “She understands that you like a little privacy right after the moon.” I wonder if Sirius put it that way on purpose. Certainly I really felt for Remus when he seemed to get the point that his pride had driven away the thing he most wanted -- to have Tonks around. The way you tie the romance into Remus's growth (and the roots run very deep in your universe) is always fascinating and well-done.

Thanks for the holiday present. (And Happy New Year's!) ♥

[shimotsuki]

Finishing a WIP from 2007?

LOL -- there's a sense in which all of Kaleidoscope is basically a WIP from 2006. ;) I have fragments of all sorts of chapters floating around, most of which I do actually plan to finish or use in the series somehow!

Glad you like Tonks here. I really like writing her with Sirius -- and I wanted to show some of why Remus might be taken with her.

I wonder if Sirius put it that way on purpose.

Ooh, that's an interesting interpretation, and it's definitely fair game! What I was actually thinking was that the October moon was early in Remus and Tonks's friendship, and it was a genuine surprise to Sirius that Remus actually wanted Tonks to stay that evening.

Thanks for your comments -- and Happy New Year to you, too! ♥

[more_ruthless]

Like the exploding snap poker, and just about everything for that matter. And, very clever use of hover charms as a coping mechanism for clumsiness, a trait I share with Tonks. Wish *I* could cast one.

thanks!

[shimotsuki]

Thanks so much for your comments! I'm glad you liked this.

I could sure use one of those Hover Charms myself. ;)