Sirius... the most needless death in the series. Besides three of the deaths at the Hogwarts Battle. And by that I mean that I didn't want them to happen. They probably had their reasons for being, but these people were the ones I liked the most. The bereaved shouldn't have had to suffer their absence.
Yes, I meant them. And the fanfic being short is an understatement. I think I'll print it and lay it into my copy of the Deathly Hallows.Did you mean Fred, Tonks, and Remus? Snape, I would have liked to hear a lot more from, too.
And, well, speaking of the scars of war, this is something that hit me pretty hard.
https://m.fanfiction.net/s/4152700/1/Cauterize
Perhaps I am just silly - in fact, I am sure I am, but this was one of the shortest, most poignant fanfiction I have ever read.
Harry Potter is such a dark story. Darker than many in real life.