WHO: Harry and Remus, to be joined by James and Sirius WHAT: Waiting with bated breath WHERE: James' house WHEN: backdated - 29th October WHY: ready to greet James WARNINGS: weird tension between Sirius and Remus likely
Though it was safer, waiting behind whilst someone else did the rescuing had to be more nerve-wracking. Remus had spent months feeling powerless and anxious but this feeling was only amplified now that someone else was actually doing something and there was nothing for him to do but sit and wait. So he paced and waited instead.
Remus and Harry were in the living room of James' home. Remus had given it a good clean in preparation for James' return - it would have been easier to get Botty to do it, of course, but at least this was something he could actually do, so Remus had thrown himself into it whole-heartedly. He couldn't even imagine how frustrated and powerless Harry must feel, still stuck in the mirror and not even able to do that.
Remus reached the end of the living room and turned round, his unbuttoned tweed jacket flaring out a little at the quickness of the turn, as though it were dancing with him. Remus started the walk back up the living room again, glad that it was a long room.