A Sad Truth (Wolfstar)
Remus Lupin only got two years with Sirius Black after they reunited at Hogwarts in Harry’s third year.
Two years full of worrying about Harry and reforming the Order of the Phoenix, not knowing that they would be the last years he spent with the only remaining Marauder.
That faithful night at the ministry burned holes into Remus’s heart, holes that burned at anything that reminded him of his best friend. The order headquarters. Buckbeak. Cigarettes. Narcissa and Belatrix. Anything.
Remus remembers hearing the spell leaving Belatrix’s lips. His heart stopping as he turned to look at Padfoot, the man who he had only gotten 730 days with, take his last breath and fall through the veil. He wanted to join him at that moment. Screw the order and what they were fighting for, he wanted his friends back. The only people who saw him as Moony, the harmless student with a “furry little problem”, and not Remus the werewolf.
But he knew he couldn’t. And as Remus saw Harry staring in shock walking toward the veil, he knew he had to protect him. He was the closest thing to a true family the kid had left.
So he pushed away all his emotions, all the tears that threatened to fall and the scream that was begging to be torn from his throat, and stopped the 15-year-old from joining the person they both wanted to see one last time.
(saw this Tiktok and needed to write my thoughts out :P)
