1
Remus Lupin was ten years old the first time he
met Fenrir Greyback.
Fenrir was thin and tall. His clothes and his fingernails were dirty. His eyes were hazel. He came to see Remus' father. They went into the study. Loud voices came out. One belonged to John. The other was lower and rougher. It scared Remus' mother.
When they came back out Fenrir smiled at Remus. It didn't make him look friendly, it just showed his teeth. John gripped Remus' shoulder, and told Fenrir to leave. Fenrir didn't stop smiling until the door closed behind him. It scared Remus.
2
Remus
was 13 and in Hogsmead when he saw him again.
Remus knew him for what he was. He could smell it. Fenrir smelled of sweat, dirt, and old blood. He wasn't human. The blood was. Fenrir's eyes locked onto his. Fenrir grinned. Remus' lips drew back from his teeth. It wasn't a smile.
Fenrir knew it. The hand on the back of his neck hurt. Nails bit in until Remus felt blood trickling down the back of his neck. He shook Remus almost gently. Remus looked down. Fenrir told him he was a good boy, and let him go
3
When he
was 16 Fenrir asked if he his parents were dead yet.
Remus knew who made him. He remembered a loud argument and the smile that wasn't. He knew why he was made. Remus growled. Fenrir didn't like it. They fought.
This time it wasn't nails in his neck, it was teeth. The spit burned against torn skin. It left a scar. The come burned more. It left a scar, too. He submitted. Submission left its own kind of scar
When his parents were reported dead Remus knew who was responsible and he hated. That left the biggest scar.
4
When he was 37 Sirius was dead.
Dumbledore asked Remus to go to the werewolves. Remus agreed.
He killed but never infected. Fenrir was pleased. He called Remus his 'little lost lamb in wolf's clothing'. Fenrir thought it was funny. Remus didn't.
Remus always fought being fucked. Fenrir always bit him. There was always blood. It was always violent. It always hurt.
The first time Remus came, he thought it was a fluke. The second he blamed the moon. After the third he got out. He left with more scars than he'd gone in with.
He left with more hate.
5
He was 40 years old the last time he saw Fenrir
Greyback.
Remus was tall and thin. He smelled of old blood. His eyes were hazel. The moon was full, and he wasn't human. They met on Hogwarts' front lawn.
Bone and fur collided in midair. They hit the frozen ground together. The growling and snarling was low, loud, and angry. It scared the children watching. Fenrir's spit still burned.
Remus ripped his throat out. The blood was hot and bitter. It melted the snow and soaked his fur.
He was limping when he returned to the castle.
He'd heal.