Alone Again Or by Tattva
For Disclaimer see Chapter 1. Very short filler, see note for why. I'll try and update properly soon!
Chapter 2: Aside: Watercolour
I never understood watercolour paintings until I saw this one. I used to think they were a poor man's art, all pale and drab and lifeless. Give me vivid, violent streaks of purple, black as dark as deepest night, blinding sunshine yellow any day. But this one awoke me to their unique and subtle beauty.
What really struck me was the grey. How such a half-hearted excuse for a colour can portray so much emotion is beyond me. Sometimes it was dark like towering storm clouds, brooding and menacing, tinged with midnight indigo, an understated yet somehow blatant warning sign. Other times, it was almost white. Specks of light glittered joyfully across the most delicate shadows, like a diamond. And not only that, but the way the colour changed! It seemed to roll and shift under my very gaze, like a fast-moving sky or a deep and ancient river.
The grey was set against ivory. Clean, simple, refined, like the keys on a piano, yet never so hard and plain. The background was somehow soft, as if when I touched it my hands would always be too rough and tear it, taint it. It wasn't perfect. There were flecks of camel and fawn, cool purple and blue shadows, tiny thin streaks of pink. In no inch of it could you be bored by continuity. Here and there, strands of light brown interrupted it. They stood out like neon in a dark street, but were infinitely more mesmerising. So many shades were there, from rich mahogany to faint ash blonde. Light and shadow in sandy tones. To look was bliss. I could have looked forever.
But I can't. I think I might look strange. Stormy grey eyes, soft brown hair, blemished ivory features; all, to me, perfect. I never understood watercolour paintings until I saw Remus that day.
A/N: Eek! I know it's short, but bear with me! Sorry to Siriusly Delusional- the next chapter is about 800 words longer than the first. I don't wanna post it until I've written chapter 4 though… I have exams approaching, y'know. Tattva x