Fic Rec Fridays 2020 - part 30

Elucidation Practice (21359 words) by montparnasse
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sirius Black/Remus Lupin
Characters: Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, James Potter, Lily Evans Potter, Peter Pettigrew, Andromeda Black Tonks
Additional Tags: Post-Hogwarts, First War with Voldemort

Summary:

Christmas, 1978. Remus, wrestling with the mighty problems of gift-giving on a budget, contemplates life, love, London in winter, and falling off the edge of the world with Sirius Black.

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Let me present to you an atmospheric and moving prose-poem of a fic. It’s a love song, really, a romance where the insecurities of youth and personal tragedies interweave with friendship and casual intimacy to form a brilliant tapestry of frustrated longing; a tableau of senseless pining where the war is -- for this short while at least -- but a shadowy wreath of darkness around the warm domesticity of a cramped, crooked couch and an overabundance of festive string lights.

And where the greatest act of bravery is crossing the threshold you built yourself.

The prose is a joy to read, with lush and evocative imagery, a clever use of flashbacks and memories, and well-flowing, in-character dialogue. There’s also a podfic available, which I’m going to try myself next, because this feels just the kind of thing that should be read aloud for maximum enjoyment.