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dragonhideboots (dragonhideboots) wrote in wished,
@ 2010-03-04 13:50:00

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!1998: 03, bill weasley, harry potter, remus lupin

Remus visits Shell Cottage
Who: Bill, Remus (eventually Harry, maybe Ron/Hermione/Luna/Fleur)
What: Catching up
Where: Shell Cottage
When: Evening, after dinner
Rating/Warning: Likely PG

Bill sat on a rock at the cliff's edge outside his home, cigarette in hand, watching as the smoke trailed out towards the sea. It was, perhaps, his worst habit but he kept it as one guilty indulgence. The last of the butt was nearly gone and he snuffed it out on the ground and reached for the pouch in his back pocket, carefully pouring out some of the herbal tobacco and rolling another fag before putting it in his lips and lighting it.

It was chilly outside in the crisp March air, but he'd needed a little escape from the house and a place to sort out his thoughts. Plus, Lupin was due to arrive soon and Bill wanted to catch him before he had a chance to speak with Harry, both to fill him in on the week and to ask a few questions. Bill liked Remus a lot but with Dumbledore gone and Remus now the Order's somewhat-replacement when it came to leadership, Bill'd noticed the increased strain on Lupin. With a kid on the way and Fenrir's pack always a threat, Bill couldn't find good reason to feel angry at Remus for being absent lately, but at the same time, this was exactly when they needed Lupin around. Bill was glad he'd managed to contact him and arrange a visit.

Pulling his scarf and coat tighter, he took a long drag from his cigarette and sat back on the rock, waiting.

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wolfylupin
2010-03-06 07:57 am UTC (link)

Remus took a bit longer to get away than he intended. It was likely paranoia on his part, but he didn't like to travel directly anywhere for fear of being tracked. On his own, he was just one man - werewolf - and not of great importance to the Death Eaters. But he was known to have close ties to Harry, and to be a member of the Order, which made him perhaps a higher priority for the Death Eaters than he would have been otherwise.

So he took roundabout routes and stayed as far beneath notice as possible. He'd thought he saw someone sniffing about the cheap flat he was currently staying at - he only went back to his own cottage for Moons - so he took a random floo and loitered around diagon for a bit after that before finally apparating close to Shell and walking over.

He spotted Bill outside and tucked his hands into the pockets of his somewhat threadbare coat, walking over to smile a greeting at the other man. Bill was a bit younger than he was, but not enough that he felt like he was an old man amongst the kids, as he sometimes did with the others. "Avoiding the crowd?" Remus asked, glancing back toward the lights of the cottage behind them. It was a full house for the small space.

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dragonhideboots
2010-03-06 06:49 pm UTC (link)

Bill looked up with a half-smile.

"Maybe a little," he said, flicking some ash from the end of his cigarette. "Just getting some space to think. And I wanted to catch you before you got inside and everyone swarmed."

He extended a hand to shake Remus' warmly.

"It's been much too long. I think some congrats are long overdue, on the kid," he said. "We saw Tonks the other day. She looks great."

He reached for the pouch of tobacco.

"Fancy one?" he asked. "Nasty habit of mine but it gives me a reason to escape out here. Tell me if you're too cold and we can sneak into the study."

	dragonhideboots 2010-03-23 04:26 am UTC (link)
	Bill poured a glass of brandy, a little less full than his and Remus', and set it on the table next to Harry before taking the third chair in the room and tucking his legs up. "Does McGonagall know what you saw?" Bill asked Harry. "If anyone would know about Snape, I'd think it'd be her if Remus didn't and no one else in the Order does." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dragonhideboots 2010-03-24 09:25 pm UTC (link)
	"Great," Bill said, clapping his hands together. "I'll get on that, then. Give a shout if you two need anything. I'll be in the kitchen." (Reply to this) (Parent)