the_debt_of_time

Remus broke away from the hug first, looking at his mother with a sad smile before
she turned to Mia. "Please know you are welcome to our home anytime, you sweet girl!"
"Maybe not anytime, Mum," Remus said, looking exceedingly uncomfortable.
"Well, no, obviously, but she understands."
Mia smiled at Remus's mother. "I understand."
Mrs Lupin stared at her like she'd just seen magic for the first time in her life. "You
truly do, don't you? Where on earth did such a kind girl come from?"
"Mum!" Remus looked down, embarrassed.
"Mia!"
Mia turned and spotted her parents waiting down at the end of the platform—James
and Sirius standing next to them. She waved and then turned to say goodbye to the Lupins.
"It really was lovely to meet you both."
Mia reached up to hug Remus tightly, glad that he did not hesitate to hold her close
to him with a level of comfort that was noticeably absent when he had hugged his own
mother. He buried his nose in her curls, and she could hear him breathing in her scent. Mia
hoped that it would help get him and his wolf through the long summer his parents had
planned.
He had told her recently that the small village that they lived in the past few years
had been compromised. Rumours of a werewolf roaming the village had reached the ears
of the Lupins, and before anyone could become suspicious of Remus, they planned on
relocating.
Mia would not see Remus again until the first of September. Thinking of that caused
her to frown as she pulled away from him. "Have a good summer, Remus. I'll miss you."
"Have a good summer, Mia." Remus kissed her cheek before turning and walking
away with his parents.