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Title: no one ever said it would be this hard
Author: throughadoor
Notes: Ugh. I go cry now. Oh, Remus.

Remus made a noise. If it wasn't a laugh, it was a sob. "But we weren't, really, you know. We couldn't be. So many other things had to come first. Sometimes I wondered if we'd even --"

But he stopped himself. Whatever else might have been, might have happened, Remus had loved Sirius, would always love Sirius, and he had to remember that now, when no one else would.

Somebody had to keep living. Somebody had to go on. Somebody had to remember. Somebody had to put the house in order. Somebody had to behead Kreacher. Somebody had to look after Harry.

Remus stood up, under a weight that he couldn't possibly fathom.

Remus stood up.