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Fic: Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Chapter 1 of 4)
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Title: Ain’t Misbehavin’
Rating & Warnings: PG, no warnings
Word Count: 4 chapters total; this chapter 1,900 words
Prompt(s):
#11, 'I would always rather be happy than dignified.' —Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
#9, The Auror Christmas Party
#15, [picture of a really snazzy red dress]
#14, 'My Head of House said I lacked certain necessary qualities...like the ability to behave myself.' ―J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
plus a bit of #7, Sirius' Christmas
Summary: It wouldn't be the Auror Christmas party without a mystery to solve, a spot of mischief, and a very well-earned slow dance.
Notes:
By the nature of their canonical relationship (compressed timeline, inherent tragedy, so much personal struggle and interpersonal angst!) I feel like when I write Remus/Tonks so much of it ends up being intensely emotion-focused. Even when it's positive emotions and fluffy moments, it feels like I'm fighting to give them as much happiness as possible before their inevitable end! So with this one I wanted a different focus, wanted to give them something fun to do, a bit of an adventure – showcase Tonks and Remus doing cool stuff as the interesting characters they are, not just having relationship angst. I don't know whether I've succeeded, but that was the intention. :-)
This is also a new experiment for me... I don't think I've ever begun posting a story before I had the whole thing written (and in most cases obsessively edited and checked and double checked...) But this one's long-ish and I'm going to post it in chapters anyway, so here's Chapter 1, even though Chapter 4 is still to be written.
I've borrowed one small but crucial detail from the great Dorothy L. Sayers. I'd like to hope she wouldn't mind!
( Chapter One: Puttin on the Ritz )
.
starfishstarTitle: Ain’t Misbehavin’
Rating & Warnings: PG, no warnings
Word Count: 4 chapters total; this chapter 1,900 words
Prompt(s):
#11, 'I would always rather be happy than dignified.' —Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
#9, The Auror Christmas Party
#15, [picture of a really snazzy red dress]
#14, 'My Head of House said I lacked certain necessary qualities...like the ability to behave myself.' ―J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
plus a bit of #7, Sirius' Christmas
Summary: It wouldn't be the Auror Christmas party without a mystery to solve, a spot of mischief, and a very well-earned slow dance.
Notes:
By the nature of their canonical relationship (compressed timeline, inherent tragedy, so much personal struggle and interpersonal angst!) I feel like when I write Remus/Tonks so much of it ends up being intensely emotion-focused. Even when it's positive emotions and fluffy moments, it feels like I'm fighting to give them as much happiness as possible before their inevitable end! So with this one I wanted a different focus, wanted to give them something fun to do, a bit of an adventure – showcase Tonks and Remus doing cool stuff as the interesting characters they are, not just having relationship angst. I don't know whether I've succeeded, but that was the intention. :-)
This is also a new experiment for me... I don't think I've ever begun posting a story before I had the whole thing written (and in most cases obsessively edited and checked and double checked...) But this one's long-ish and I'm going to post it in chapters anyway, so here's Chapter 1, even though Chapter 4 is still to be written.
I've borrowed one small but crucial detail from the great Dorothy L. Sayers. I'd like to hope she wouldn't mind!
( Chapter One: Puttin on the Ritz )
.