Fan Fiction Recommendation: "Especially Defensive Of Poe" (Harry Potter)

[flowrs4ophelia]

I think this story makes a very grand first recommendation after HBP, though it doesn't really have anything to do with the last book. It is a short vignette about Lupin with an original character in it that good_conduct posted in remus_lupin. I just love the descriptions and the feel of this piece. It makes you feel very calm and peaceful.

I've always loved the idea of Lupin being a literature-appreciating man whose only possessions that he likes are books. I imagine the only place he feels comfortable in the very cluttered, falling-apart house he must live in is a little room where he has a library of old classics. This fanfic conveys just that kind of personality in him.

The author wrote this for a Creative Writing class so it doesn't have any actual names in it, or anything that would give it away as fan fiction. The girl character is a character she has developed for a long fanfic she hopes to write (and which I hope to read).


Title: Especially Defensive Of Poe
Author: good_conduct
Rating: G
Characters: Lupin/OFC
Summary: "It’s the smell, he thinks, because the smell of old books from the library always makes him feel like this."
Link: wrapped up in his leather-bound lover...