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Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry: 2017 Event: 365 Drabbles
Prompt - AU - Role reversal!AU (Remus is DE, and Rabastan is order member)
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry: Insane House Challenge
Location - Astronomy Tower
Pairing the Character
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Only Way
Pairing: Remus/Rabastan
Rabastan ran up the steps of the Astronomy Tower. He kept his eyes open for his estranged brother. If he ended up dead tonight, it wouldn't be by Rodolphus' hand.
When he got to the very top, he wasn't surprised to see Remus in his Death Eater garb.
Rabastan gripped his wand. He liked to believe Remus wouldn't hex him, but he couldn't be positive.
Remus' posture was rigged. "Why couldn't you just stay away?"
"The Order needed me. I'd never turn my back on them. You, on the other hand, had a choice."
"Be killed or fight. Some choice," Remus scoffed.
"I love you. I don't want to fight you," Rabastan tried.
Remus closed his eyes for a moment, and when he opened them, there was nothing but determination in his gaze. "I love you, too, but we don't have a choice."
"There's always a choice," Rabastan implored.
Remus lifted his wand. "There really isn't."
Rabastan swallowed down a painful lump in his throat. He really hoped he'd be able to get through to his lover, but obviously, he had been wrong. He lifted his wand. "Find. Have it your way."
And then there was nothing but colorful hers between them. And it would only stop when there was only one left standing.
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(wc: 214)