thistlecatfics:
the grace unasked for by @leftsidedown (17k, T, Remadora)
What if… instead of going to Bill’s after the Malfoy Manor, Harry and co. flee to Tonks’ parents’ house, where Remus and Tonks are hiding with Andromeda?
How would Remus and the others react and handle this? Remember, Tonks is in her last trimester, her dad just died, she’s still being hunted down by Bellatrix and everyone is in hiding, and suddenly Undesirable No 1 shows up with a tortured Hermione, former hostages and a dead house elf and his presence is now potentially threatening everyone’s safety…
I LOVE a “what if this one small thing changed” concept which has both big ripples and also keeps the fundamentals the same - this fic is so deeply rooted in canon and canon characterizations which I just love. Each character (Andromeda, Remus, Tonks especially but also Harry, Ron, and Hermione) is portrayed with such deep flaws and strengths in a way that really honors their humanity.
This has one of my favorite Andromeda portrayals and includes one of my favorite headcanons -
“A memory came flooding back. The letter she’d desperately mailed off: your little boy, your Draco, he must be one now? You must understand, then, dearest sister, I am begging not for myself, only for my daughter. Everything I know, anything I can do—She let herself fall back against the cool wall, and cast her eyes blankly upwards.
Ted. I promise, I will protect the only piece of you left to me.”
The fic left me with no coherent thoughts but just this deep and echoing respect for grief and purpose and devotion and connection.
For @hprecfest <3