One: Burnt Away

[tartancravat.livejournal.com]

Title: Burnt Away
Fandom/Ship: HP, Sirius/Remus
Word Count: 269 words
Rating: PG, at the most.
Prompt: August 1st, 2008 at barefootboys
Summary: Sirius revels in the sunlight, Remus prefers the rainy night.

Remus sits on the stone edge of the well, his back being sprayed by the water, collecting and mixing with the sweat already there. It’s a hot day, hotter than it’s been in weeks.

          He has kicked his shoes off, pulled off his socks and dropped them haphazardly along with the shoes. His feet don’t quite touch the ground.

          Sirius gallivants across the courtyard, shirtless and very tanned. Unlike Remus, he revels in hot weather, likes to sit where there is most sun so that it will collect around him. He likes, also, the excuse to be mostly naked.

          It’s the first of August, and last night it rained so hard it knocked the power out in Remus’s neighbourhood. They got up to look out the window, and the brightest thing in the night was the sky, and its reflection on the wet road. Remus has never known his house this dark, could barely see the outline of Sirius’s shoulders where he kissed them.

          Now all memory of the rain, its sound in the gutters, its smell—all these things are gone, burnt away by this blazing hot day. The splash of the well at Remus’s back does not sound like rain; it has its own sound.

          Remus prefers the darkness and cool of a rainy night. He knows Sirius likes that too (oh, Sirius made sure he knows), but he can see quite clearly that this is where Sirius’s true joy lies. In the sun and the stone courtyard and the thick blue sky.

          They have a whole month ahead of them. Remus hopes it will be sunny.

Comments

[molsymo.livejournal.com]

hurray! i loved your series last year, i hope you continue this one. this entry is lovely - i really enjoy the descriptiveness and the calm portrayed. i can just see sirius skipping around a courtyard, pulling off his shirt and grinning. love it.

[tartancravat.livejournal.com]

:D Thank you.

[penhaligonblue.livejournal.com]

Wonderful! I love the dichotomy between light and dark.

[tartancravat.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Dichotomy is a very nice word, isn't it?

[locked-up-panda.livejournal.com]

Rawr.
Lovely.

[tartancravat.livejournal.com]

:D Your nose has a face?

[locked-up-panda.livejournal.com]

Hehe.
God I'm almost Gilmore-d Out.
I'm seeing Maureen today!

[enderxenocide.livejournal.com]

Remus has never known his house this dark, could barely see the outline of Sirius’s shoulders where he kissed them.

Oh, I love this line. Actually, I adore the whole feel of this--it's kind of languid, and just feels like summer. I can't wait to read more from you!

[tartancravat.livejournal.com]

:D Thank you.

[aldehyde.livejournal.com]

Unlike Remus, he revels in hot weather, likes to sit where there is most sun so that it will collect around him. He likes, also, the excuse to be mostly naked.

and

Remus prefers the darkness and cool of a rainy night. He knows Sirius likes that too (oh, Sirius made sure he knows), but he can see quite clearly that this is where Sirius’s true joy lies. In the sun and the stone courtyard and the thick blue sky.

oh, such a perfect description of sirius.

love it :) hope you continue!

[tartancravat.livejournal.com]

:D Thanks. I plan to continue.

[meghan70.livejournal.com]

nice! there's a very summer feel to the fic. really loved your descriptions. you say so much for a small piece.

[tartancravat.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :D

[tartancravat.livejournal.com]

:D Thanks. I'm glad I got that across.

[midnight-birth.livejournal.com]

I loved it!! So very reflective of who they are. You got them right on. And the angst in the end, the smallest hint of it, just sealed the deal for me. It was simply beautiful!!

[tartancravat.livejournal.com]

:D Thank you.

[spacefragments.livejournal.com]

oh, lovely. i look forward to the rest (even if there is no more rain :D).

[tartancravat.livejournal.com]

:D Thank you.