Dear Dexstarr, thank you so much! I'm so pleased you picked this prompt, and this opening is already excellent: such a spot-on Alastor voice, just exactly how he'd think. I love the second-person here, because it makes such sense for the character: of course he'd be distanced from himself, always standing on the outside of things, even his own mind.
I love your description of the hair-brushing, too, and the poignance of this line: Be a man taking care of his partner instead of the fearsome Mad-Eye Moody.
I love your description of the hair-brushing, too, and the poignance of this line: Be a man taking care of his partner instead of the fearsome Mad-Eye Moody.