the_debt_of_time

"Don't let her fool you, Ginny," Remus declared. "She was just as bad as the rest of
us. Sometimes worse."
Ginny snorted. "I find that hard to believe."
Mia grinned slyly. "I'll keep that in mind," she said in a soft, innocent tone.
"Harry, come look at this one!" Ginny said. Harry jumped over the back of the sofa
to kneel beside her on the floor where photographs were splayed out.
Mia stood and took Harry's place on the sofa beside Sirius, throwing her feet into
his lap with a smile. He looked at her, his eyes filled with longing and relief and something
that she could easily identify as fear. The corners of her mouth turned down, and she
moved closer to him, wrapping her arms around his neck and kissing his cheek sweetly.
"I'm here," she whispered in assurance.
Sirius closed his eyes and nodded, swallowing as he digested her words, letting them
sink into his skin. He pressed his forehead against hers and sighed. "You're perfect."
"I'm okay," Mia simpered teasingly at him and kissed him quickly on the lips. She
would have deepened it, company be damned, but Ginny's full belly laugh pulled her
attention back to the floor where the redhead threw her head back and giggled while Harry
grinned widely at her. "You know, I used to look at Jamie and Lily and think of those two.
It made me miss Harry less."
"Does looking at them now make you miss James and Lily less?"
"Does it for you?" she asked him.
"Sometimes," he admitted, bowing his head. "Especially in moments like this. When
he's happy, it makes it a little easier to forget the shit life he had."
"We're going to fix it, you know," Mia said firmly.
Sirius raised a brow at her. "What are you planning?"
"What's so funny over there?" Mia asked, ignoring Sirius's question.
Ginny held up a photograph. "Why do Harry's father and Sirius have blue hair?"
Remus immediately started laughing, and Mia just smiled brightly.
"Who has blue hair?"
Breath stuck in her throat, and her eyes widened at the voice coming from the door,
Mia froze.
Remus grinned over his shoulder as Tonks entered the room. "Hello, love."