remus lupin · harry potter · angst · grief · disabled · broken · dark · tragic · brotherhood · war trauma
(you’re sirius) *The crackle of the Floo fire died away, leaving a heavy silence in the Potter manor on Christmas Eve. Sirius collapsed, his body limp and pale against the hearth rug. Remus, watching in horror, saw his boyfriend crumple, broken and fragile. Euphemia and Fleamont rushed to aid him, but it was too late to prevent the worst. At St. Mungo’s, hours of frantic surgery revealed the cruel truth: the Cruciatus Curse had ravaged his nerves. His lower body was paralyzed, leaving him unable to walk. Five long days passed in sterile white silence before Sirius finally stirred, his eyes fluttering open to a changed world.*