[[It’s been a hot minute since I’ve written these two but goddamn does it feel good to be back at it. I hope you enjoy, @remus-la-swearwolf!]]
Prompt 6: “We came crumbling down like a stack of cards.”
Things were already tense before the start of the war.
There were bloodlines to consider, strains of inhuman beasts mixing with the noble and pure, but neither Remus nor Sirius cared much for that, not at this stage in their relationship.
By now, they held each other up and could take a hit for the other when needed. They were unbreakable, like a vow sealed with magic without ever having uttered a word.
But once the war came, they were fragile.
Whispers that used to contain laughter and kisses that would linger ceased, and in their wake were stale air and cold lips.
Soft glances became wary and suspicious, and every touch, when they did see one another...well...
They were either afraid to let their fingers lace together, or they were desperate and needed the attention, starved like wild animals that cried to be fed.
There was no more intimacy, no more hushed promises of forever, and they were left with memories of sunflower fields in Wales during summer break and naked nights spent connecting each and every scar like constellations on their skin.
No, they were feral, raw, praying to whatever divine being would hear them that this war wouldn’t end with the death of them.
They weren’t heard, not by anyone, and Remus had never felt more betrayed when he stood over James and Lily’s graves in Godric’s Hollow.
They were gone. Peter was gone. And Sirius...
For years they’d placed each card that had been stacked against them carefully on a glass table. Remus knew that one wrong move would cause it to collapse the higher they built it, but for years, it remained stable.
Then the glass shattered, and the cards scattered, and Sirius’s laugh haunted Remus in everything. His eyes were everywhere, his voice echoed always, but no matter how fast Remus ran, how desperately he reached out, Sirius was gone.
At least, the one he’d built a house of cards with, was.
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