Goodbyes (Strange, What is Still Here Remix) [Harry Potter, Harry Potter and Teddy Lupin; G]

[ghostface_kira]

Title: Goodbyes (Strange, What is Still Here Remix)
Author: riko
Summary: Harry doesn't even know how to start.
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Harry Potter, Teddy Lupin
Rating: G
Disclaimer: Jo's for always.
Original story: Goodbyes by loony4lupin

Comments

[melandry]

I really liked this. It is brief, but very moving, and really very Harry; of course he'd want to do better for Teddy than the Dursleys did for him.

[riko]

Thank you very much! I always find Harry's headspace hard to crawl into, so I'm particularly glad to hear it sounded like him.

[lls_mutant]

That last line was just so poignant. Lovely.

[riko]

Yeah, I rather liked it myself. :D Thank you!

[tourdefierce]

I love that you picked this piece. I wrote it for R/T Challenge and it felt incomplete but I didn't know what to do with it. You've finished it.

I love that Harry tells him now, is honest with Teddy from the very start of their relationship and I love Harry. Awkward and beautiful and real and little.

"Oi," Harry says, prodding Teddy's hand a few more times, "stop that." He presses the pad of his finger into Teddy's palm, which achieves something at least when Teddy closes his hand around it and squeezes. Harry decides this is the best he's going to get and forges on. It's such a beautiful clip of the two of them.

a shocking woollen rainbow made by Mrs. Weasley I squeed just a little bit here.

Harry looks down at Teddy expectantly, although he is not entirely clear on what he is expecting. Teddy just gurgles and blinks up at Harry in return. He reaches out his tiny, saliva-shiny right hand and takes hold of Harry's thumb. His lips press together in a little frown that puckers his chin, turning it into a field of dents and dimples

[riko]

Your original was so lovely in that chest-achy, tearful sort of way. And oddly enough, I had never really thought about Teddy and Harry's first post-DH meeting until your story twigged the idea.

Thank you so much for writing such a beautiful original. It was a joy to work with!

[escritoireazul]

This is really painful and lovely. The details are amazing, the tiny things about Teddy, and the way Harry has his lists and it's still so hard for him to tell Teddy the truth, even though he knows what can happen when you set out to protect the kid from the truth.

Thank you for writing this story.

[riko]

I am really pleased that all those layers got through in such a short piece. Thanks so much!

[ficwize]

This made me cry, but in such a beautiful way. Lovely, just lovely!

The last line especially got me. *sniffs* Also the line about Harry having lost more parents than most people ever have, really got me, too.

[riko]

While I'm sorry I made you cry, I am very pleased to hear that this story was that effective! Makes me all warm and squishy inside. :D