A/N: Random freeverse. Tell me what you think, lovelies.
colours
i.
Sirius is grey
eyes like steel - unflinching, unwavering, (cold, mad)
he smells like grey too
like storm clouds and fog and unlit cigarettes
and he is always somewhere in between
not black, or a Black (though he has that smile)
but he does not seem white to Remus either because
he is made of shadows, he is not yet a ghost
like an old photograph, Remus thinks
nice to look at but
not really any use if you want to really live
(he died behind grey prison bars)
ii.
Tonks is different
she is a whirl of colour and light
and she cuts through the grey clouds
with her bubblegum laugh and bubblegum hair
and blinding, technicolour smiles
she has barely started being, yet
and time stretches out before her
a road paved with a thousand different hues
she just wants to explore it, but
all the colour seemed nice at first
now Remus is old and
it's starting to hurt his eyes
iii.
he thinks the grey might be a part of him
entwined in the tawny strands of his hair
he doesn't think it will ever leave
(even if he wanted it to)
but he doesn't
all he can do is reminisce
just try to bask in the glow of warm memories
but they have faded
and next to the grey
the colours just look brighter
and one thing he knows is that
his eyes will adjust, in time
