This piece truly is wonderful in more ways than I could first realise. It’s getting more amazing when I reread it and read the discussion. In fact, I first even failed to notice you marked it AU. And in fact, I also love the interpretation that this Remus is possibly HIV positive.

And this can only reinforce my recent, unexpected urge to enjoy the best of (Remus) fanfic based on post-OotP canon, too – including R/T.