Harry Potter -- Blanket Forts -- "Stripped of All One's Torments"

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prompt for Day 23
Stripped of All One's Torments | Day 23 | G | 120 words

Remus dusted the snow off the rock and sat down, coat wrapped tightly around him to ward off the chill. The snow had just recently stopped, but the sky was still that flat grey that promised more snow in the future. The Hogwarts grounds were quiet with most of the students away on holiday, and Remus reveled in the almost-silence. He enjoyed teaching, but there were times that the noise of a castle full of students made him feel even more tired and old than usual, and it made it almost impossible for him to forget why he was really there. But looking out over the frozen lake and the peaceful expanse of white beyond, he could almost – almost – forget.

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