at peace
welcome back guys!!” mary says into the microphone
“now” remus starts
“these songs are ones each of us wrote at some point in the last years since the accident” the audience murmurs
“for a long time after the accident neither of us thought we would ever want to write or make music ever again, because that was something that we shared with our band and it wouldn’t be right” mary announced
“but a couple of years ago our harry started to express an interest in not only the music we’ve shown him that his parents and friends wrote, but in playing the drums, and i think we both saw lily in him then, who was also our bands drummer, not only his mum”
“and over the years he brought back our love of playing music, and showed us how despite our losses, music could still make us feel in ways we didn’t even understand.”
“and with that, this next one is a song i wrote, called ‘soft dark nothings’” the audience applauded her loudly
“Goodnight, goodbye, good luck, don't cry”
a photo from the marauders last concert all together
“It's the edge of it all
It's the edge of it all”
a photo of marlene, james and peter as kids
“All my friends at the end of the world”
a car selfie on halloween night.
“I hope to see you again”
a video of remus placing flowers on a grave, the grave belonging to his husband.
“It's the end of this time
It's the end of our time”
the band accepting their last award
“Oh how little did we know”
a photo of their first ever gig as a band
“We had such a long way to go”
the marauders just looking at the crowd at their biggest show ever
“When you sleep tonight”
the girls sleepovers
“You'll be in my dreams” mary choked on a sob at this line
the marauders at the studio
“Soft kind of love
Soft dark nothing comforting me”
mary hugging mrs potter at james and lily's funeral.
“And the Earth went quiet”
a group photo of everyone in their halloween costumes
“And the air went still”
remus with baby harry, taken a month after the accident
“I feel you now more than I ever will”
a photo of the band performing at the same areana they stood in now
“So we break, and we bleed, and we hurt, and we need”
mary and remus with harry on his 5th birthday
“To feel whole, to feel free
To feel like you feel like me”
remus strumming his guitar with harry
“In the end, weren't always friends
We saw the fault lines
And we made amends”
a video of lily throwing the bouquet at her wedding
“Wasn't all you
Wasn't all me
We took our hits
And now we see”
the whole band cramped in a small hospital room, lily on the bed clearly very pregnant
“Oh how little did we know”
a video of them singing by a campfire at the beach
“We had such a long way to go”
a video of them singing happy birthday to harry on his 1st birthday
“When you sleep tonight”
a photo of a group sleepover when they were young, taken by mrs potter
“You'll be in my dreams”
a video of the boys playing a strange game of tag
“Soft kind of love”
marlene whispering somthing to dorcas
“Soft dark nothing comforting me”
mary and remus at sirius’ funeral
“And the Earth went quiet”
the news article.
“And the air went still”
remus and minerva hugging
“I feel you now more than I ever will”
mary and remus stargazing.
mary has tears streaming down he cheeks by the end of the song, but despite that she had the biggest smile,
she bowed to the crowd before moving to where remus was sat at the piano, quietly sobbing but looking towards the stars.
“it’s ok re” she whispered
“go sing for him” mary said softly, her forehead against his
he nodded, letting out a sad laugh,
“i’m proud of you mare” he spoke,
“im proud of you too rem” she said in a giggle, ushering him to stand and go sing his heart out.
“wasn’t that amazing guys?!” he cheered into the mic,
the fans screamed in response.
“are we ready for our last song?”
they cheered louder at that.
“this is one i wrote when i went through i period of time where i refused to let myself feel any of the grief.” he paused, thinking to himself before continuing,
“well, mary pointed out to me,today actually, that maybe i never really got out of that phase.” he let out a sad laugh
“but i’m trying” he announced,
the crowd letting out a cheer at that
“but anyways, as i was saying, this song is about trying to get yourself to feel again after a loss.” he took a deep breath,
“this is a song called ‘touch’”
the fans screamed again
“When will I, feel this
As vivid as it truly is?”
sirius and him, first day in their new house
“Fall in love in a single touch”
a video of sirius jumping into his arms, after a football match
“And fall apart when it hurts too much”
remus and sirius walking back down the isle at their wedding, interlocked hands raised in the air.
“Can we skip past near-death clichés”
remus pushing sirius into a pool, only for him to get pulled right in with him
“Where my heart restarts, as my life replays?”
all four boys sword fighting with pool noodles one summer
“All I want is to flip a switch
Before something breaks that cannot be fixed”
remus and lily, studying in hogwarts library
“I know, I know the sirens sound
Just before the walls come down”
lily pulling funny faces at the camera
“Pain's a well-intentioned weatherman”
the band playing chicken in the potter families pool
“Predicting God as best he can
But God, I wanna feel again”
a selfie of sirius and remus on their honeymoon
“Rain or shine, I don't feel a thing
Just some information upon my skin”
the girls dancing in the rain
“I miss the subtle aches when the weather changed”
james braiding flowers into marlene’s hair
“The barometric pressure we always blamed”
peter celebrating winning chess against remus with a victory dance, as remsu sits there with an unamused look on his face.
“All I want is to flip the switch
Before something breaks that cannot be fixed”
lily and james dancing with baby harry
“Invisible machinery”
the gang practicing
“These moving parts inside of me”
james, marlene and peter as toddlers, all running around together
“Well, they've been shutting down for quite some time”
the marauders graduation
“Leaving only rust behind”
mary at madeleine and dorcas’ funeral, laying flowers on each of their caskets
“Well I know, I know the sirens sound
Just before the walls come down”
marlene running around with lily on her back
“Pain is a well-intentioned weatherman”
mary at the beach, building a sandcastle with james
“Predicting God as best he can”
remus and sirius ice skating together
“But God, I wanna feel again”
sirius wearing remus’ sweater, being way to big for him, but hugging himself in comfort
“Oh God, I wanna feel again”
remus with sirius and his parents, mr and mrs potter
“Down my arms, a thousand
satellites”
the last group photo they ever took
“Suddenly discover signs of life”
a family photo of remus, mary, harry, minerva and the potters.
the music ends and the crowd erupts.
remus turns to smile at mary and
strangely, he doesn’t feel the need to scream or sob at the top of his lungs.
he feels at peace
he feels at peace, knowing one day he will see them again, and that they will love, and they will dance. they will laugh and cling together once more.