Written by Hand by Setissma (R)

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Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Remus/Sirius
Author on LJ: setissma
Author Website: Stories at Skyehawke
Why this must be read:

Oh my god, I love this story. I *love* this story. It takes place in that post-Hogwarts Marauders era, which I enjoy so much because stories at that time have a happy glow to them, usually, that is a welcome relief from the dark thoughts and emotions the deaths of James and Lily Potter caused, and everything beyond that point.

Remus has to go away for the summer. He wants to take something of his friends with him--so he takes their handwriting.

So it is only natural that when he has to go to Romania for the summer - Romania! - and can take no one with him, he takes handwriting instead. He takes the term notes of Sirius's he has saved every year from the fire, hidden in the bottom of his trunk, he takes the clumsy poems James sent him, once, for reassurance. He takes summer letters from Peter, wedding lists from Lily, saved Christmas cards from all the years he has been at Hogwarts, letters of recommendation from his professors. Towards the end, when he is packing his trunk, he grows so desperate for the security blanket he has forged from ink and parchment that he takes everything he can find; grocery lists and scribbled notes, even James's half-worked crossword puzzles.

Written By Hand