Title: The Simple Truth
Author:
patriot_jackie
Rating & Warnings: PG - None
Genre: Angst/Romance
Prompt: "And in my hour of darkness//She is standing right in front of me//Speaking words of wisdom, let it be." --
Let It Be
Word Count: 3072 Words 4086 Words
Summary: After Dumbledore’s death, to continue on for the hope of a better future, Remus must confront his doubts and fears for the present. The only person who can make him see is the woman he’s been pushing away. The post-hospital scene of HBP.
AN: Long ago written originally in the
metamorfic_moon Beatles and the Bard Timeless Moon Ball, (them mods should totally get an award for the longest challenge titles EVA! yes?), this fic was written with the express purpose to be canon, leaving room for why Remus leaves Tonks again in DH even though he was seemingly convinced at the end of HBP. I thought it was difficult the first time ‘round, but that was nothing compared to the revisions, which will mostly be noticeable to anyone interested only at the end as I made a lot of minor changes, as well. And while I’d say that this still doesn’t quite hit the difficulty of my hardest ever written, I’d say it’s a very close second!
Thanks: I’d like to thank again everyone who reviewed the
original version of this over at Meta. Y’all have no idea how helpful you really were when the time came to actually put into
words what I was really thinking here. You guys rock my socks!
Lastly, the original version of this won a spiffy award, which pretty much floored me considering how truly incomplete (in my mind, at least) this thing was before:
And now, I will shut up so you can read said revised ficcy! :)