Pairing: Remus/Tonks
Rating: T
Warning: Slight reference to sexuality; other than that nothing really offending...
Length: about 310 words; all chapters together have about 2,700 words
Disclaimer: So there's the Land of Denial (for R/T-shippers considering DH) and there's the Land of Wishful Thinking (for people who wish to own HP). I live in both of them. BUT while the Land of Denial does not change the events in DH (regretfully), the Land of Wishful Thinking sadly neither makes HP mine. So it's hard for me to tell you this, but it's all JKR's, even if I'm not always happy with the way she wrote things.
Summary: There's none; just read and you'll see! Takes place in OotP, but does not really go along with canon, kind of a different take on the R/T-relationship...
Former title: Long Night Gone - It's a song from the "Kimi Wa Petto"-Soundtrack, a japanese TV show that I really liked a lot (well, the song was called "Long Nights Gone" but who cares about that little s?). Almost all the chapters have a former title - which is not important at all, but I'll tell you for fun anyways! ;D
Beta: none (yet)
Author's Notes: I like this one. Really. And all the other chapters, too (mostly). There will be nine and I already started to write a companion piece from Remus' POV that will fill in some gaps and explain his behaviour somewhat further. Enjoy reading, it won't take long... ;)
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1. Consequences
"Go."
It was a simple demand, yet she wouldn't have expected it, not from him anyways.
"What…?" she said slowly, clutching the sheets to her naked body and feeling a bit dazed still, both from the alcohol and the actions that had followed that night. He was sitting on the edge of his bed, his gaze set on a point opposite that she couldn't make out.
"Just go, Tonks."
His voice was more determined than before and there was a hint of desperation in it. She felt worry rise in her stomach and inched closer. Instinctively she reached out to him, but he backed away as soon as her hand touched his arm. She frowned, concerned.
"What's wrong…? Come on, Remus, tell me…"
For a moment he put his face in his hands, sighing deeply. Then he looked over his shoulder, and his eyes were dark and firm when they set on hers. She was shocked. Never had she seen such an expression on him; and just some hours ago he'd been so kind, so loving, plain perfect…
"I said: Out, Tonks!"
His voice was loud now, and angry. The coldness in it hit her unforeseen and hard. He meant it.
She opened her mouth and closed it again. There was nothing to say and she knew it. So instead of arguing, she got up quickly and gathered her scattered clothes from the floor, a stinging pain behind her eyes, even though she didn't surrender… yet. She was out a second later, the door closed. Standing there for a moment, she couldn't bring herself to believe what had happened. But slowly realisation seeped in and she felt her knees give way and sank to the floor, still naked, with the soft fabric of her favourite shirt held closely to her heart, tears running down her face. What had she done?
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I know it's short, but it's a vignette, see? I hope it makes up for the companion story to Seeking Comfort, Seeking Love which I don't think lived up to expectations and feel very disappointed about. I'll upload further chapters with a two-days-break each (maybe if reviews show great interest I'll upload daily). Tell me what you think and I promise you get to spend a night with Remus (or Tonks, whomever you want) and he (she) won't throw you out (be thrown out by you) in the morning! :)
Toodles, see ya und tschüß
