As so often with your stories, I started reading this one and couldn't stop! I love that it can be read multiple ways: both as a non-magical AU in which Remus very probably is HIV positive, and as a take on canon in all its miserable glory.
I like the respect that you give to both characters here. Tonks is young and hopeful (possibly a little naive, but never pathetic), and Remus is...well, Remus is lovely - it's great to see the outsider viewpoint again, which we haven't really had since Harry in PoA.
The last line is gorgeous. For me, you've captured this wistful pairing perfectly here.
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Date: 2009-07-27 11:48 pm (UTC)I like the respect that you give to both characters here. Tonks is young and hopeful (possibly a little naive, but never pathetic), and Remus is...well, Remus is lovely - it's great to see the outsider viewpoint again, which we haven't really had since Harry in PoA.
The last line is gorgeous. For me, you've captured this wistful pairing perfectly here.