July 12th, 2000Summer had been busy.
Between the second year anniversary of the end of the war, attending Neville and
Hannah's small wedding ceremony in a church outside Godric's Hollow, followed by Theo
and Luna's very traditional ceremony in the middle of the Forbidden Forest (unknown to
Minerva), Mia and Sirius were so exhausted that they did not even bother celebrating their
first wedding anniversary.
After a much-needed game of Quidditch, Sirius, Remus, and Harry found Mia lying
in bed with a sleeping Teddy curled up against her side, his hair a sandy blond to match his
sister's, and a cooing Jamie in her arms, perched perfectly on her swollen stomach.
"I think you both have been replaced," Sirius said to Remus and Harry with a smug
grin.
Mia looked up at her boys and chuckled as she played with a random curl on Teddy's
head. "Give me another week and I'll have a miniature Sirius to complete my set. Younger,
cuter, sweeter versions of all of you. I can start from scratch."
Her miniature Sirius surprised them all by arriving late that same night, black hair
and grey eyes like his father's. The couple lay in bed, exhausted despite the surprisingly
quick birth, their newborn son sleeping between them.
"Leo," Sirius suggested, "or Rigel."
Mia shook her head. "Regulus. Regulus Charlus Black."
Sirius closed his eyes, sighed in what felt like closure, and kissed her forehead in
gratitude.