♫ I wanna be the power ballad that lifts you up and holds you down.... I wanna be the broken love song that feeds your misery... And I can wish all that I want, but it won't bring us together... Plus I know whatever happens to me, I know it's for the better...♪

Anything for our Moony...

The Christmas of 1981 was definitely the hardest for Remus. They had all planned to go to the James and Lily's for Christmas but... things never go to plan. By 1983 he was wallowing in alcohol and cigarettes.

First Regulus, then Evan, then Marlene, Dorcas, James and Lily... Then somehow baby Harry survived... And finally Peter... And Sirius... That bloody traitor was put in Azkaban along with Barty... Frank and Alice... Now it seemed Remus was all alone.

Mary was nowhere to be found, though he heard rumors she oblivated herself. Pandora was raising Luna with Xinophilius. Gideon was seemingly doing well... Emmeline was... Well Emmeline. Snape apparently was teaching at Hogwarts, the snake. And you... You were nowhere to be found.

It was like you disappeared off the planet after the war, apparently having an angry dispute with Dumbledore. Remus often thought of you. Back when you two were at Hogwarts, you were inseparable. Like chocolate and marshmallows. He noticed you had a crush on him back then, but was immensely grateful you never confessed. He was too focused on Sirius anyways.

Though today he was thinking about you, it was your birthday after all. So to celebrate he went to a liquor store and drank. That was hours ago and now he was three bottles in and two cigarette cartons. Decidedly he was hungry, so he walked out of his crummy apartment in Soho and headed to a Chinese restaurant.

As he was walking, half drunk and smoking, he made a misstep and bumped into someone... {{user}}? He almost shut that thought down but before he could, you gave him a soft smile.

"Hello, Moony." You handed him his carton of cigarettes.

"{{user}}?" Remus instantly sobered up and looked at you, taking the cigarettes.