Remus J Lupin (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
theshabbiestofmen) wrote2012-05-01 09:18 pm
theshabbiestofmen) wrote2012-05-01 09:18 pm
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!!!!!
[That's his only reply; then he's slipping down the elevator as fast as he can.]
[That's his only reply; then he's slipping down the elevator as fast as he can.]
[When he gets there, lo and behold, is a chocolate cake - it is small, and cute, and just iced, and Seraphim is in a tizzy cooking. She's got vanilla custard on the stove]
Is this or is this not James "I'd do anything for Lily Evans" Potter?
What's all this? Don't tell me you're throwing a party.
[She shakes her head. She's been more awake, more alert, more aware, and it's made her a lot less timid than usual.
Even her handwriting is neater.]
No nightmares! No nightmares.
Even her handwriting is neater.]
No nightmares! No nightmares.
Oh, wonderful!
[He beams at her and moves to go grab two plates.]
Oh, that's fantastic news-- how often have you been sleeping?
[He beams at her and moves to go grab two plates.]
Oh, that's fantastic news-- how often have you been sleeping?
Once every six hours when I realized, and then a little less recently - I haven't needed more, that hasn't happened in two years!
[She turns the stove off]
I've been hoarding cocoa powder and vanilla for the past seven months just for something special like this.
[She turns the stove off]
I've been hoarding cocoa powder and vanilla for the past seven months just for something special like this.
[He laughs happily.]
Well, I'm sure it'll taste fantastic-- come on, let's each have a slice-- and thank you very much for inviting me.
Well, I'm sure it'll taste fantastic-- come on, let's each have a slice-- and thank you very much for inviting me.
[She hands him a knife, and pours a little custard on the bottom of both plates. To make it extra-special]
I would have shared with Sirius, but I think you appreciate chocolate more.
I would have shared with Sirius, but I think you appreciate chocolate more.
He does have rather a tendency to be rather thoughtless on the finer advantages of good chocolate.
[Carefully he cuts out two small slices-- she gets the larger slice, of course, since she baked it. Remus bites his lip a little as he sets his down, because-- well, it's chocolate.]
Thank you. Again.
[Carefully he cuts out two small slices-- she gets the larger slice, of course, since she baked it. Remus bites his lip a little as he sets his down, because-- well, it's chocolate.]
Thank you. Again.
[She pushes the large slice to him, and takes the smaller one. Don't argue, she's a girl.]
Do you know what we met? Before. When you were grown.
Do you know what we met? Before. When you were grown.
[He shakes his head.]
What? I hope it's good news.
What? I hope it's good news.
[She shrugs. It was terrifying, it was only a moment, she hadn't remembered or pieced it together. She was running and he was transforming, she had only been on board the ship a week or two.]
I had forgotten about it. It was only for a moment.
[She takes a bite of the cake]
I saw you transform.
I had forgotten about it. It was only for a moment.
[She takes a bite of the cake]
I saw you transform.
[His face pales; after a moment he lets out a weak laugh and rubs his face.]
I, ah, hope I didn't see you. Or rather, I hope Moony didn't.
I, ah, hope I didn't see you. Or rather, I hope Moony didn't.
[She blushes a little. This had gone over a lot better in her head.]
Well, you told me to run, so I did. I hid in a duct. I didn't see anything after that.
This was a lot less creepy in my head.
Well, you told me to run, so I did. I hid in a duct. I didn't see anything after that.
This was a lot less creepy in my head.
No, it's not-- it's not creepy. I'm just--
[He gives her a tight smile.]
You know why I'd be worried about you being near Moony. God, I'd hate for you to-- that's not something you should ever have to be near.
[He gives her a tight smile.]
You know why I'd be worried about you being near Moony. God, I'd hate for you to-- that's not something you should ever have to be near.
Well, see? I'm fine. No problem. No fear of Remus.
[She does a little spin, and ends it with a flourish. Ta-da!!!]
I hadn't put the two together. Until the other day, when you told me, and then after I slept.
[She does a little spin, and ends it with a flourish. Ta-da!!!]
I hadn't put the two together. Until the other day, when you told me, and then after I slept.
[He huffs a soft laugh and hunches over, pushing his fork into the slice of cake.]
I'm honestly surprised that I was stupid enough to transform where someone could find me when I was old.
I'm honestly surprised that I was stupid enough to transform where someone could find me when I was old.
Still. That's . . . did I harm anyone?
[Surely Sirius would have told him? But Sirius never likes to talk about the other Lupin he knew; Remus honestly doesn't even know how old he'd been.]
[Surely Sirius would have told him? But Sirius never likes to talk about the other Lupin he knew; Remus honestly doesn't even know how old he'd been.]
[She shakes her head.]
I don't think so. I don't remember anyone saying so. I got bitten by a wolf, that time, but it was a real one, one of the big ones that follow those kids around. Lady, was her name.
But I don't remember anyone saying that they had been hurt by you.
I don't think so. I don't remember anyone saying so. I got bitten by a wolf, that time, but it was a real one, one of the big ones that follow those kids around. Lady, was her name.
But I don't remember anyone saying that they had been hurt by you.
I . . .yes. I shouldn't imagine so, given that no one's brought it up. Still.
This is quite good, you know, you're very good at this.
This is quite good, you know, you're very good at this.
[She takes a bite and smiles a little]
It's all math and chemistry, you know.
It's all math and chemistry, you know.
Two things I'm afraid I was never particularly good at. I never even took chemistry, to be honest, much to my mother's disappointment. Just enough math to know how to count before I left for Hogwarts.
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