After the events of GOF, a stranger weeps at Remus’s table. After OOTP Ginny finds the past often lingers into the future, Ron and Hermione try to take comfort in each other, Luna fends off reality with a vengeance, and Harry buys a lemon ice cream.

Remus, on the night of October 31, 1981, reflects on himself and his friends in the still before Voldemort attacks.

We are not always motivated by hate or obsession or guilt.

A woman, in Hogwarts 800 years ago, loses her love to the Mirror of Erised. A sad, angst-ridden fic.