A/N: Written for the No Names Drabble Competition, week 1.
In a Heartbeat
1. Remus/Lily
He smelt a perfume trace when he awoke. Reminiscent of a garden – but his heightened sense of smell could still pick out the difference.
And the similarities. The tenderness that all sorts of perfumes lacked – but there were few, like her, who knew how those stronger almost vulgar smells pained sensitive noses, and who were kind enough to dampen them.
The subtle balance that lay in hiding the tang of flesh and over-flooding him. She was sharp. She was sweet. Somehow she'd worked it out and followed it.
And left it behind with a sweet little kiss on the forehead.