ficlet: deep memory. harry/neville

[marginalia]

deep memory - harry/neville
a sort of antidote to all the post-war darkness of late, and totally not what i'm supposed to be writing.

Once, lying on their stomachs in front of the fire in the Gryffindor common room, Neville told Harry about trees older than anything, trees that remembered all of history. They moved and spoke, but slowly, feeling the power of their weight and words on the flow of time.

Neville's cheeks flushed and his eyes glittered from the heat and the flame. Between his words were lost memories. He toyed with the fibers in the rug as Harry rolled onto his back and complained about Transfiguration.

At the end of it all, Harry thought about the trees who remembered everything that Neville couldn't. He thought about their branches reaching up strong to the sun, even when the sun couldn't be seen. He whispered his secrets and ghosts into a knot of one tree, one that bore deep scars and new buds.

Satisfied, he slung his jacket over his shoulder and walked back into the world, into the beginning of everything else.

Comments

[dorrie6.livejournal.com]

This is completely, utterly gorgeous.

He whispered his secrets and ghosts into a knot of one tree, one that bore deep scars and new buds.

Wow.

I love this to tiny bits.

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

::love::

[dacro.livejournal.com]

At the end of it all, Harry thought about the trees who remembered everything that Neville couldn't.

beautiful. Perfect characterization in one line. How the hell do you do it?
*hug*
~J~

[meganberrieh.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow. That's beautiful. The third paragraph is particularly touching.

You're making me want to read more Harry Potter fic. Thanks!

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

bring me hopeful post-war fic, alive and unspoiled!

thank you :)

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

thank you :)

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

well, obviously i'm a genius ;)

thank you!

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

thank you!

doooooo eeeeeeet! there is so much good stuff out there! granted, there's a lot of crap, but sorting that is what rec communities are for :)

[dacro.livejournal.com]

google, duh!

(hee hee)

[birds-sing.livejournal.com]

It's sad and happy at the same time.

You are an evil genius.

[farothear.livejournal.com]

Neville told Harry about trees older than anything, trees that remembered all of history. They moved and spoke, but slowly, feeling the power of their weight and words on the flow of time.

o_0

i love how short and concise this is. damn. (in a good way.)

also, i'm friending you. do with that what you will. :)

[meganberrieh.livejournal.com]

Ah. See, I just stick with seeing what you and others on my flist pimp. :P Saves me the energy of weeding through the 98%-99% of it that's crap (stats from Chicklit (http://www.chicklit.com).

I'm such a snob when it comes to fic...

The 'kick ass' icon is for you because that's what you do. :)

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

i am! i'm a member of the league and everything. i only wish i got dental with it. *frown*

thank you :)

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

thank you!

and welcome :) hope you don't mind that i can't settle on a fandom ;)

[farothear.livejournal.com]

hope you don't mind that i can't settle on a fandom ;)

that's just the way i like it. :)

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

i'm bad about remembering to rec. i get most of mine from dorrie6 and probably phineasjones.

i don't even read communities anymore - i get everything from my flist and recs. so i get the snob thing ;) i'll just let others sort through it for me.

also, i'm lazy ;)

*flex*