Like New (Yuletide; fic; Garth Nix: Old Kingdom/Abhorsen series)

[opalmatrix]

Title: Like New
Author: opalmatrix
Warnings: none
Rating: G
Spoilers: end of the series
Notes: Occurs after the end of the Abhorsen trilogy and refers obliquely to significant events from the series. This came up on pinch hits, but I wasn't certain I would be able to complete it in time, so I did not take the pinch hit. I had just done a Spring Kink story, Reunion, for this fandom, so the canon re-read was fresh in my mind.
Summary: Some things can't be fixed even with the arts of the Wallmakers.

The outcropping of the castle that contained the little room was almost a round tower ...