Title: Housewarming, III Challenge: Potter House Word Count: 100 Note: This is yet another Motherless Child ficlet, set a few weeks after “Full Moon Wedding.”
Dinner was subdued that night, with too many memories and too little cheer. A post-meal flurry of post owls from equally upset Order members did not help, as it quickly became clear that younger members thought it was “time to reclaim the house from bad memories” regardless of what their elders thought. By the time the last missive had been delivered, Remus had drunk enough firewhisky it was all he could do to stagger upstairs to bed.
“We can't go,” Severus said, as the salamander scuttled in the hearth.
“No way,” muttered Remus, burrowing into the sheets. “Nope.”