Thanks so much for reading, and for your thoughts.
(I like that you've got in straight away that it's His Life she is terrified for.)
Yes! And also his dignity and his self-respect...and maybe, a little, his sanity. He's already been thrown so far off balance from losing Sirius (and from his confusion and guilt over his feelings for Tonks, for that matter), and she knows it. :/ More to come in the next chapter on that front, I think.
Glad you liked the hands! That's all the affection Tonks can give Remus at this point, but she's trying so hard. (Unfortunately, so is he.)
Dark times ahead for them both
I know it's sort of conventional wisdom in the R/T world that there needs to be Remus-humour in any given story, even angsty ones. And that does tend to make stories better. I made the decision to release this chapter unleavened (except for the mirror, I suppose) -- and maybe that was taking the easy way out? :/ Although I did want to make it very clear that Tonks had reason to lose the pink. I will try for a somewhat different mood in the next one, for variety, although there is certainly plenty of angst to go around in the HBP sequence.
Thanks for the feedback on the title, too. I'm still afraid this one is too subtle, but it's kind of growing on me!
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(I like that you've got in straight away that it's His Life she is terrified for.)
Yes! And also his dignity and his self-respect...and maybe, a little, his sanity. He's already been thrown so far off balance from losing Sirius (and from his confusion and guilt over his feelings for Tonks, for that matter), and she knows it. :/ More to come in the next chapter on that front, I think.
Glad you liked the hands! That's all the affection Tonks can give Remus at this point, but she's trying so hard. (Unfortunately, so is he.)
Dark times ahead for them both
I know it's sort of conventional wisdom in the R/T world that there needs to be Remus-humour in any given story, even angsty ones. And that does tend to make stories better. I made the decision to release this chapter unleavened (except for the mirror, I suppose) -- and maybe that was taking the easy way out? :/ Although I did want to make it very clear that Tonks had reason to lose the pink. I will try for a somewhat different mood in the next one, for variety, although there is certainly plenty of angst to go around in the HBP sequence.
Thanks for the feedback on the title, too. I'm still afraid this one is too subtle, but it's kind of growing on me!