Hatstand
Remus' POV on Dora when he visits Harry, Ron and Hermione in DH
Disclaimer: If HP was mine Fred wouldn't have died, sadly, he is as JKR is the Game maker.
There it was; that old troll-leg hatstand that she had tripped over all those many times. I suspected now that she had tripped over it a few too many times when I was around, and she always fell towards me wether I was in front of her, beside her or behind her. I mean, I always knew Dora was a bit vertically challenged, but that troll-leg always had a funny affect on her when I was around.
I know this because after I said 'no' she didn't trip over it so often. But as soon as she stopped I missed it. That's always the way it is, you never know what you love until it's gone.
One thing I distinctly remember is the time she cornered me here as I was taking my potion before full moon and asked me whether she could sit with me through it that night. We had been out together a couple of times by that point and I was just getting deeper, I knew that I shouldn't be making the hole so big that I eventually couldn't climb out, but I still said she could. I foolishly thought that her seeing me in this weak, vulnerable and ugly state would scare her off, but of course it worked the complete opposite. It took her a while to shake off the initial shock, but soon she was sitting with me and talking to the monster that was me.
Perhaps I could take it with me.
A/N There is an extended version titled "Hat-Stand" that I have published, this 250 word limit was too short!