Tiny little snippet
Sep. 27th, 2005 10:58 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lls_mutantJust because I utterly amuse myself sometimes, a snippet from the R/S --> R/T fic I'm frantically working on.
"There's something I need to discuss with you, Remus," Molly said as she settled across from him, a glass of milk in her hand.
"Oh?"
"Yes." Molly settled herself across from him. "I've been talking with Tonks."
"How is she?" Remus asked.
Molly snorted. "As if you care! She's told me what's been going on between you two, Remus."
It honestly took him a moment to understand what Molly meant. "In August, you mean?" he asked.
"That's one way to put it! Remus, from what I understand you and Tonks had quite a connection, and then you simply dropped her, with no word in weeks!"
He stared at her blankly.
Molly sighed. "Remus, dear, I know you've been busy, and I have an idea of what Dumbledore's asked you to do. But one letter in a month?"
"Molly, forgive me, but I fail to see what business my correspondence is of yours."
Molly was undeterred. "Tonks has been talking to me quite a bit, Remus. I don't think you realize just how badly she's taking this."
"Tonks has a lot of things on her mind right now," Remus pointed out. "With her duties in Hogwarts and dementors on the loose, I hardly think her love life is a high priority. Besides, not that it is any of your business, but she and I had an understanding."
"So I heard," Molly said acridly, and Remus privately thought Dumbledore was definitely wrong in not putting Molly on the front lines. Determination like that could win wars. "But Remus, Tonks is a young woman. Didn't it ever occur to you that she might take more from it than you intended?"
He shrugged. "That's between her and myself."
"Well, that's just it. You're not letting it be between her and yourself. You've shut her out completely and now she has nowhere to turn. She said you were both happy during that time."
Happy was a relative term, but Remus didn't feel like explaining that to this bossy, intrusive presence at the moment. "Molly, there are reasons- and very good ones- that I am not looking for a commitment at this point in time."
She arched an eyebrow. "Oh?"
He couldn't bring himself to say Sirius's name to her. But there were other reasons. "I can't even pretend I could provide for a wife, Molly. I can barely keep myself fed and clothed."
"So I noticed."
He ignored her. "Tonks is twenty-three, going on twenty-four. I am thirty-seven, going on fifty. And Molly, I am a werewolf."
"She's a bright young woman, Remus. She's aware of that fact."
He sighed. "Never mind." He stood up. "Is Arthur around? There are some things we need to discuss."
"He's probably in the living room with Kingsley." Molly laid a hand on his shoulder. "You can't keep shutting people out just because you're a werewolf, Remus."
"Oh yes? Well Molly, watch me."
In other news, the weather today is simply gorgeous. I mean, perfect blue sky, perfect temperature, no humidity... perfect in every way.
Please God, let it be like this for my sister's wedding!!!! (Of course, it rained on my wedding day and my day was still perfect, so it doesn't REALLY matter. But it's still gorgeous out right now.) But it's weather like this that just makes it impossible to be at all unhappy today, especially since the smell of fall is in the air. I love fall- it's my favorite season by far.
No other posting of substance for the moment. It's just one of those days that I need to turn up "It's a Great Day To Be Alive" by Travis Tritt and be happy :)
"There's something I need to discuss with you, Remus," Molly said as she settled across from him, a glass of milk in her hand.
"Oh?"
"Yes." Molly settled herself across from him. "I've been talking with Tonks."
"How is she?" Remus asked.
Molly snorted. "As if you care! She's told me what's been going on between you two, Remus."
It honestly took him a moment to understand what Molly meant. "In August, you mean?" he asked.
"That's one way to put it! Remus, from what I understand you and Tonks had quite a connection, and then you simply dropped her, with no word in weeks!"
He stared at her blankly.
Molly sighed. "Remus, dear, I know you've been busy, and I have an idea of what Dumbledore's asked you to do. But one letter in a month?"
"Molly, forgive me, but I fail to see what business my correspondence is of yours."
Molly was undeterred. "Tonks has been talking to me quite a bit, Remus. I don't think you realize just how badly she's taking this."
"Tonks has a lot of things on her mind right now," Remus pointed out. "With her duties in Hogwarts and dementors on the loose, I hardly think her love life is a high priority. Besides, not that it is any of your business, but she and I had an understanding."
"So I heard," Molly said acridly, and Remus privately thought Dumbledore was definitely wrong in not putting Molly on the front lines. Determination like that could win wars. "But Remus, Tonks is a young woman. Didn't it ever occur to you that she might take more from it than you intended?"
He shrugged. "That's between her and myself."
"Well, that's just it. You're not letting it be between her and yourself. You've shut her out completely and now she has nowhere to turn. She said you were both happy during that time."
Happy was a relative term, but Remus didn't feel like explaining that to this bossy, intrusive presence at the moment. "Molly, there are reasons- and very good ones- that I am not looking for a commitment at this point in time."
She arched an eyebrow. "Oh?"
He couldn't bring himself to say Sirius's name to her. But there were other reasons. "I can't even pretend I could provide for a wife, Molly. I can barely keep myself fed and clothed."
"So I noticed."
He ignored her. "Tonks is twenty-three, going on twenty-four. I am thirty-seven, going on fifty. And Molly, I am a werewolf."
"She's a bright young woman, Remus. She's aware of that fact."
He sighed. "Never mind." He stood up. "Is Arthur around? There are some things we need to discuss."
"He's probably in the living room with Kingsley." Molly laid a hand on his shoulder. "You can't keep shutting people out just because you're a werewolf, Remus."
"Oh yes? Well Molly, watch me."
In other news, the weather today is simply gorgeous. I mean, perfect blue sky, perfect temperature, no humidity... perfect in every way.
Please God, let it be like this for my sister's wedding!!!! (Of course, it rained on my wedding day and my day was still perfect, so it doesn't REALLY matter. But it's still gorgeous out right now.) But it's weather like this that just makes it impossible to be at all unhappy today, especially since the smell of fall is in the air. I love fall- it's my favorite season by far.
No other posting of substance for the moment. It's just one of those days that I need to turn up "It's a Great Day To Be Alive" by Travis Tritt and be happy :)
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Date: 2005-09-27 03:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-27 03:24 pm (UTC)Good to see Remus standing up to Molly, at any rate.
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Date: 2005-09-27 03:29 pm (UTC)*snort*
I can't believe it, but I'm probably going to end up reading your fic. And I get sick just by the thought of reading anything that's remotely R/T.
I'd much rather read a Hagrid/Giant Squid fic. Seriously.
But...I read that snippet and I'll read the whole fic when it's done. DAMN! I should just accept the idea that I'd read anything if you wrote it, like
Still. It's R/T! Arghhhh
well done!
Date: 2005-09-27 04:06 pm (UTC)Molly is quite a nosey parker, no?
*goes to make popcorn*
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Date: 2005-09-27 04:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-27 04:41 pm (UTC)Molly seems a little weird, since I'm not used to her doing much "discussing", especially not when she's pissed off. But I guess she's closer to Remus on a different level than she is to--Harry or Fredgeorge or Sirius. It's interesting to see that side of her, since we never see any of her moments with the people she considers her "equals".
I probably could not read a R/S-R/T fic if I was being paid (or, yes, yes I could, because I am worth $7.50 right now)....I hate Wolfstar, I love to hate Remus, and R/T is funny in the books, but it would get annoying if I had to take it seriously. I might try to read yours, heh.
OMFG, I made an R/T icon. Lolz.
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Date: 2005-09-27 06:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-27 06:22 pm (UTC)And yeah- Remus does have a backbone in OotP/HBP, and the conversation between him and Molly at the end of HBP insinuates that Remus has stood up to her before on this issue. I like Remus-with-a-backbone. He's so much fun that way!
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Date: 2005-09-27 06:23 pm (UTC)OCs are dangerous in my hands. I get WAY too fond of them!
Re: well done!
Date: 2005-09-27 06:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-27 06:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-27 06:27 pm (UTC)It's interesting to see that side of her, since we never see any of her moments with the people she considers her "equals".
This drives me nuts. One thing I would LOVE to see is a true tender moment between her and Arthur. But yeah- we very, very rarely see Molly with anyone that she doesn't feel like she can boss around. Which is too bad, because it would really add some depth to Molly's character!
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Date: 2005-09-27 07:40 pm (UTC)Oh, marriage me, woman. I swear, I wouldn't have liked the books so much had he not been the complete bitch of the series.
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Date: 2005-09-27 09:31 pm (UTC)It's one of the characterizations that drives me NUTS in some of the R/S fic- poor, sweet, innocent Remus being suspected or taken advantage of by Sirius Black. Pfft. Sure, Sirius might be a complete asshole at times- I don't really object to that part! But Remus gives as good as he gets. There were reasons Sirius suspected him, and I like to think they were more than "Remus is a werewolf!"
It's just so much more fun that way.
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Date: 2005-09-27 09:36 pm (UTC)I love him so.
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Date: 2005-09-28 02:53 am (UTC)Lovely snippet, can't wait to read the rest.
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Date: 2005-09-28 07:05 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-28 03:09 pm (UTC)Thanks!
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Date: 2005-09-28 03:11 pm (UTC)Would you believe I've never written grapic het though? I think it actually makes me giggle too much, because I can't suspend my disbelief. Heh.