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Leia Organa Solo (yourhighnessnes) wrote in snapthread,
@ 2019-12-03 21:01:00

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leia organa, remus lupin

WHO: Leia Organa & Remus Lupin
WHAT: Leia finds Remus for a chat, about hairiness.
WHERE: Library and possibly moving on to COFFEE
WHEN: December 3rd

Her trip through the doors had been quite productive, and again another positive experience to build on, from the terrible experience that was now over a month behind her. She’d acquired some nice decorations, hanging snowflakes with a bit of sparkle and the like. No doubt the magic users here, as Remus had suggested would be able to hang them, and probably enhance them in some way, they were rather clever like that. A lot of the backpack was taken up by snacks too, things Leia hoped about be appreciated by guests, once the event came together. Most importantly, of course were the several blocks of chocolate she’d brought back for Remus specifically; one because he'd asked, and two perhaps for the slight sensation stirring in her stomach that was a mix of apprehension and something very close to guilt. After all, she’d not warned the wizard that she wanted to discuss his condition - it didn’t really feel completely right.

Not that it hadn’t been made public earlier in the year, but - well it still seemed a bit abrupt of her to expect he’d talk with her about it, when the creature that had bitten her behind the doors seemed to have infected her too.

Remus had mentioned that he usually worked in the Library and went to COFFEE in the afternoons for tea - which sounded a lovely opportunity to meet and talk, of course also to share tea but Leia also had some concerns it might be better if she met him a little earlier, he’d have a choice; perhaps they could have the option to head elsewhere to talk? Or continue on to COFFEE - that felt a little less, like she was cornering him, added to the fact that he always had the option to decline.

Heading into the Library, she looked about idly as she wandered - it’d been a little while since she’d come here. But it was a nice facility to have available, generally always guaranteed to be peaceful and quiet as one would expect of a Library. Not that it was exactly a constantly bustling town, but that wasn't the point. Leia found Remus the gift of chocolate in hand, smiling to him in greeting. "Apologies that I’m a little earlier than expected. I thought it might be better to catch you before you left."

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lonewolfen
2019-12-24 01:33 am UTC (link)

Remus shook his head. "You don't have to thank me, although I understand how it feels to be grateful to find kindness from someone when faced with this affliction." He hadn't seen a lot of that. The Marauders, Lily, Dumbledore (although he had a lot of conflicting emotions about that man), and now the people in town. The latter, he never would've guessed could be so understanding and accepting. It wasn't that he hadn't thought them to be good people; he thought the world of many of them. But being as conditioned as he was to expect being shunned, it shocked him when so many people had wanted to help. It was overwhelming, really.

If he could offer her that same kindness, he was more than happy to do it. It was what he wished all werewolves were given, even if he too held much disdain for his wolf form. It wasn't Leia's fault. She'd done nothing to deserve what happened to her.

"I'll speak with him, but seeing as he always is with me during the full moon, I cannot imagine him not being there to help as well." Remus wasn't going to say it just yet, because he did not want to darken his sentiments. But if her wolf form tried to harm Padfoot for any reason, he knew full well Moony would attack her. And that went without saying whether Remus had consumed his potion or not.

He didn't think he needed to go there. Not now, anyway. "Perhaps," he said, when she tried to make light of it. "I have no doubt we will learn quite a bit. What I want you to remember, though, and it is very important -- you aren't alone in this. I struggled with that for a very long time until I accepted the help and support of others I could trust. You can trust me, and you can trust the people in this town. We'll all help you. But I know it can be overwhelming to have so many people trying to help at once. So we'll start with me, and by extension Sirius as well. We'll go from there. One step at a time."

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yourhighnessnes
2019-12-24 01:27 pm UTC (link)

“I fear it’s unlikely that’s the last time I do.” Leia’s tone was a dry amusement of sorts, with no real joy behind it. But, she felt the need to warn him she was liable to go on being thankful for some time to come for his support, even if in his own eyes, there was no question he offer it, and did so with no expectations.

“You’ve experienced a lifetime of feeling this way- managing it.” There was a difference between pity and empathy, her tone understanding, more than she could have ever previously. Leia imagined if she’d been placed in her own galaxy with such a condition, she wouldn’t know where to begin, or who to turn to. Her need for complete isolation would be far more likely and her panic insurmountable. Here, she had turned to Remus and without hesitation, he was giving her some hope, even if it would take time for her fears to truly lift. Her nervous energy, held. “And you’ve paved the way within this community for ..understanding, and education.” Yes, they were good people, open minded and capable of trying to understand things they hadn’t previously encountered. But, Remus had facilitated that, he’d had to, when the illness meant he wouldn’t be under control, but that’s not what counted. “Which, I imagine keeps them all safer too.” Less of an issue, so long as Remus had his partner, and the potion, but even more vital now she too, was now a danger.

Leia nodded slowly as she took in his words. He was quite right; it was overwhelming. She didn’t think she’d be ready to speak on this again, to anyone else so soon. “One step at a time.” She echoed, with a little more certainty than she felt. “I just hope you know you’ve made every difference, for something I couldn’t have imagined happening.” It was devastating, and life altering, she was only beginning to process it all. So Leia didn’t want to embarrass him, but she honestly couldn’t thank him enough, regardless of what he thought was a given and he had no obligation to understand her experience, as well as managing his own. But he’d already laid down plans, where she’d been almost literally quite lost in the woods, for where to begin and how to protect those around her. Still, she wasn’t about to let those words linger there, in case it was a little much for him too. “-Uh. Should- we head to COFFEE, for that tea?” She prompted, there was still a lot, most of it fear-based coursing through her, and it wasn’t so much that any of it had been quieted, or even a move of avoidance, more, it was Leia’s way of not lingering on what she was afraid of in this moment, or at least not drawing Remus in any longer. Together they’d taken steps toward sorting it out.

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