the_debt_of_time

"Merlin, don't even tell me what pumpkin juice might signify." Remus laughed before
setting the kettle to boil and then digging around in the cooling cabinet for something to
eat. Suddenly, he sucked in a sharp breath and winced, grabbing at his side.
Instinctively, whether by their own will or driven by the Pack Bond, Mia and Sirius
found themselves closed in on Remus, offering support and magic should he have need of
it. The full moon was the following night, and it would be only the second one since the
bond had been sealed. They all still worried about his transformations, especially since he
had come so close to death.
"How are you feeling?" Mia asked with a frown, brushing hair from Remus's
forehead affectionately. Sirius was busying himself behind her, pouring their flatmate a tall
glass of pumpkin juice while they waited for the kettle to boil. "Do you want me to make
you some breakfast?"
"No, thank you, love." Remus smiled at her, kissing her forehead and accepting the
glass from Sirius. After drinking it down quickly, Remus knelt down in front of the cabinet
under the sink where Mia knew he kept an emergency stash of chocolate for the bad days.
"Feeling a bit under the weather. Let's save the big meals for after the moon. I might just
take some Sleeping Draught and go back to bed, to be honest. I hate pre-moon symptoms.
If it's not the agitation and jitters, it's the bloody headaches."
"Go and take a hot bath in the big tub in our bathroom," Mia insisted, all but
shoving him out of the kitchen and down the hallway. "It'll help relax you. One of us will
bring you a cuppa when it's ready."
Remus made a face at the suggestion. "When was the last time your tub was
Scourgified?"
"Go." Mia narrowed her eyes at him, but her pinched look softened when he
laughed at her. "I'll run down and get you some of that Christmas fudge they've been selling
over at Sugarplum's Sweets Shop."
"And some pumpkin pasties?" Remus asked, his eyes suddenly bright.
She nodded. "And some pumpkin pasties."
"And some Cauldron Cakes?" Sirius shouted from the kitchen.
"Do I look like a house-elf to you?" Mia snapped back at her boyfriend as she
rounded the corner.