HP Drabble

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This came a s a surprise after seeing a gif of Remus's phonograph on tumblr, but I'll go with it.

 

It felt a bit silly, really, bringing the old phonograph back to Hogwarts. He shipped it ahead with his books before he could talk himself out of it. But it was a source of good memories and he could use that in the months ahead, especially with dementors lurking just off the grounds.

It made him remember the days before The War broke out, splintering his little family like so much crystal. When Peter wrote notes about his new, blue socks. When James begged him for poetry so he could better woo Lily (not that it ever worked, she was ever so clever and knew Remus and his taste). When Sirius would confuse him in the best ways possible - not like now, his name tasting of bitterness and betrayal.

The phonograph brought him back to all of that, drew out the good, sweet memories of his Hogwarts days. And with all the darkness in his life, he may need a little sweetness that didn’t come from Honeydukes. He could almost hear a phantom dah nahnuh doodle oodle doo doodle oodle do, doot doodle oodle doo…

 

In other news, I've moved to a new place about 7 blocks from my old one, but with slightly noisier surroundings so it's even harder to podfic at home and the libraries with fully-sealable study rooms are closed or under renovations for the summer so I may just commandeer a classroom for an hour or two to record my second audiofemme entry.