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Anonymous asked:

Hi, not to put pressure or anything on you, but it's been a while since you updated your fics so I'm wondering if they should be considered abandoned

hey friends, I've had quite a few (very lovely!) asks about my fics and how I've been doing. and HOWDY it's been a time. Honestly I haven't really had the mental space to be online, reading or participating in fandom, let alone be writing too. But I really do thank everyone so much who has reached out, it honestly makes me feel so connected and motivates me so much <3 To answer the question, nope none of my fics are abandoned. However I'm not quite sure when I'll be able to update, particularly as right now I'm doing a bit of a rewrite of when covered in snow (no major plot points or anything, more for me and some of my characterisations and to get back into it). I hope to have that complete in the next few weeks along with the new chapter.

I want to tell you that I want you will probably be updated after that.

I'm really enjoying the process of rewriting, and to be honest some of the things that I've been going through and my emotions will feed into it in a way that's super cathartic.

Hope to see you all there on that journey <3

xxx

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The hard thing about running is remembering how to stand still. Outside Dumbledore’s office, the need to flee chokes Remus. To pack his things and go, to pretend that the last few months have been nothing but a bad memory – like the djinn he had encountered in Morocco, an illusion of choice. It’s so much easier to skirt around life than it is to live it, and he longs for the anonymity of Muggle farms and magical creatures. James has stopped him like a broken brick wall at Kings Cross. James fucking Potter. James Potter and his impulsive, reckless... James Potter and his unbearable... Remus puts his hand against the stone gargoyle. Leans his head down, sick in the back of his throat.

chapter fourteen of when covered in snow is out now. I’ve been referring to this one as the “James” chapter for so long. I hope you like it <3 x

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when covered in snow | chapter thirteen

by sarewolf

archiveofourown.org|Organization for Transformative Works

The morning after Halloween, a copy of the Daily Prophet lands heavily on the table in front of Remus, clattering against his orange juice and nearly tipping it over. Poppy halts the glass mid-air with a wave of her hand, not even pausing her own breakfast.

The routine they’ve settled in – early morning coffee, gentle starts, shared meals – has become a comfort to Remus. Reassuring in the quiet way the ebb and flow of the seasons are – natural, encompassing.

Now as he shakes out the paper, he can’t help the sharp exhale that escapes him. Students dotted around the Great Hall look admiring as they open their own copies of the Prophet, but Remus can’t stop the tremble of his hands. When Poppy glances at him, he tilts the paper to show her the cover. Her face falls.

“You were all so young,” she says softly.

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"Conversations with Lily stretch on in tentative letters between classes, a walk around Hogsmeade, tea breaks at their usual. They are hesitant, they are wary. Remus lets himself, just this once, avoid the pain of it. Like scratching around the itch of a wound for relief."

– when covered in snow, chapter twelve is out now by @sarewolf

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For one brief, awful moment Remus thinks he is going to run. He has the buzz of it in the bottom of his feet, in his ears, the twitch of his fingers longing for a cigarette. He can see it now, the long loping walk back to the castle, to Poppy, cheers escaping the pitch distantly, leaving her – leaving behind –

Lily is beautiful. She always was, unbearably lovely in the slope of her soft, round cheeks. Her green eyes framed with dark lashes and her thick, auburn fringe. Standing in front of him in a Gryffindor sweater and Muggle denim overalls, red and gold painted in stripes across her face, a banner in her hand and her smile fading into shock. Comfortable with the slight lines around her mouth and eyes. She is so... alive.

when covered in snow, chapter eleven is out now by @sarewolf

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When Sirius is angry, he is reckless with himself. With the dark parts, the hidden awful well of his being that he normally keeps a white knuckled grip on. His mother’s voice, her palms, his father’s wand, the seething, brimming hatred of it and the way he flings it out to hurt others.

In the past, the dream – Remus is muddled – it aches, it hurts as Sirius turns to face him. He is so beautiful in his furious, Remus can’t stand it. He couldn’t then, looking into the face of the brightest star and seeing how it burns. It’s a horrific thing. James could hold it in his hands, soothe it away like a douse of water in a drought. But Remus trembles at the sight, throat dry because he is parched too.

— when covered in snow, chapter ten is out now by @sarewolf.

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When the morning light cracks and breaks through the howls of night, Remus opens his eyes to see Regulus on the other side of silver bars.

For once, he looks uncomfortable. His normally perfect aristocratic posture is slumped as he leans against a table. His hair is a mess of tangles and clumps. Sweat drenches his brow and there are rust flecks on his shoes.

When he sees Remus looking at him, he straightens.

“Lupin,” Regulus breathes. There is something tired and strange in his tone. “You’re awake.”

— when covered in snow, chapter nine by @sarewolf, out now x

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“The first time Remus nearly killed a child, he was sixteen and savage. The pimples on his face trailed down his chin and neck, his limbs long and gangly. In the darkness before moonrise, the Shrieking Shack had swayed in the wind, rocking like he was a child to be coddled in his cot. And Remus had paced back and forth, hungry, biting, angry and restless. Ready to transform and desperately wishing he wasn’t.”

– when covered in snow, chapter eight

out now at: https://archiveofourown.org/works/36607129/chapters/108808569#workskin

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