Drabble: Porous
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bronze_ribbonsFor lore. G, Snape/Lupin, pre-DH (15-year-old fanons in effect)
Over the years, Snape had applied layer upon layer of ink to his arm. To the untrained eye, it would have looked like a solid black sleeve, but only Lupin ever saw Snape shirtless, and Lupin could read between the lines.
Lupin knew about different kinds of silence, too. He rarely disturbed any of them, but sometimes his fingertips lingered over certain words, as if he wanted to lift up and rearrange them.
“Do you hate it?” Snape suddenly muttered one night.
“No,” Lupin replied. “It stores the unsayable.” His hand closed around Snape’s wrist. “It helps keep you here.”
lore. G, Snape/Lupin, pre-DH (15-year-old fanons in effect)Over the years, Snape had applied layer upon layer of ink to his arm. To the untrained eye, it would have looked like a solid black sleeve, but only Lupin ever saw Snape shirtless, and Lupin could read between the lines.
Lupin knew about different kinds of silence, too. He rarely disturbed any of them, but sometimes his fingertips lingered over certain words, as if he wanted to lift up and rearrange them.
“Do you hate it?” Snape suddenly muttered one night.
“No,” Lupin replied. “It stores the unsayable.” His hand closed around Snape’s wrist. “It helps keep you here.”
