despite how many times he’s been in this place ( whether it was bringing in people or leading them out ) it has never stopped being terrifying. the person he’s escorting today had a famous name , one spoken with both bitterness and pride , although opinions may vary.
‘ te— edward lupin.here , take this. ’ the auror holds out the raincoat he had prepared for moments like these. not many showed sympathy for the people who came out of azkaban but teddy finds the heart to be one of the few. ‘ bad weather ahead. we’re taking a boat. ’
KINDNESS WAS NOT A VIRTUE HE WAS USED TO receiving from others,not even in the life that preceded azkaban. life is an unfair gift that sometimes comes in beautiful wrapping —- severus, unfortunately, learned that lesson far too early& he himself stopped giving it away freely. he took the coat hesitantly & shielded his frail figure with it. it felt heavy on weakened shoulders —- snape wondered if he would be able to walk without hunching them once it was wet, but merlin, would it be good to feel the rain on his skin again.
‘ i knew your father. ’ he said it more to himself than to the other man. now it all made sense. the former convict wasn’t familiar with tonks enough to spot similarities, but snape could swear he could see a shadow of remus’s features in his visage. in a way, it was much like the ghosts conjured by the dementors back in his cell. his stomach lurched with shame —- once he would have given anything to see the auror’s father locked in the wizard’s prison for supposedly help in the escape of sirius black. now, lupin’s son was getting him out. ‘ you remind me of him. ’
