Beneath a Shadowed Moon

by reminiscent-afterthought

[AT] His relatives didn't want him in their way, so he returned only long enough for them to know he hadn't disappeared – or run away. The rest of the time he wandered the city, meeting a lonely stranger that both pulled him in and pushed him away…

10. Wall

Beneath a Shadowed Moon
Chapter 10 (014) – Wall

Harry wondered if the "don't go to strangers' homes" applied to him, but decided it didn't. Remus wasn't even a stranger; he was a friend of his father, and told him all sorts of stories about him.

And Remus' little flat was nothing like Aunt Petunia's walled up castle, or Mrs Figg's cat paradise. Instead, it was cramped, full of old things, but with a homely feel Harry had never come across before.

'I'm sorry it's not much,' Remus said to him, embarrassment in his tone.

But Harry wondered if the rain really had killed him, and heaven had granted his wish of a home.