the_debt_of_time

"I'd watch what you say, Hitchins." Mary glowered from behind Mia. "You wouldn't
want to end up with 'Bitch' written across your face this time, eh slag?"
Callista, Sophia, and Mirabella all glared at the Gryffindor girls.
"Is that a threat, Macdonald?" Callista taunted, sounding hostile but not loud
enough to wake the sleeping library matron despite the fact that her voice had risen several
octaves.
"She doesn't need to threaten," Mia said calmly, purposely shifting her eyes to amber
in a menacing way. "Try to manipulate, charm, spell, or poison any of my friends, and you'll
have so much more to worry about than a few pustules."
"Honestly!" Callista scoffed. "Remus, I don't even know what you see in her!"
Remus was no longer looking uncomfortable; in fact, his eyes were flashing gold.
He grinned as he reached across the table, taking Mia's hand within his own and running
his thumb over her knuckles. "'She walks in beauty, like the night. Of cloudless climes and
starry skies.'" He brought her hand to his lips and kissed the tips of her fingers, ignoring
the soft gasps coming from the Ravenclaws. "'And all that's best of dark and bright, meet
in her aspect and her eyes. Thus mellowed to that tender light, which heaven to gaudy day
denies.'"
"Oh my goodness." Lily blushed and looked away from the couple as though she
were intruding on an intimate moment.
"Mother of Merlin," Alice whispered, hand to her chest.
Mary grinned. "Holy shit."
"Fuck me." Sirius chuckled. "Good job there, Moony. If Mia ever sets you
loose, I might just try to get a leg over." The wizards—sans a smug-looking Remus—burst
into laughter.
"That was beautiful," Sophia cooed, her gaze lingering on Remus as she ignored the
raucous happening behind her.
"If anyone other than Mia can tell me the name of the author," Remus began, turning
green-again eyes on the Ravenclaws, "I'll reconsider my courtship with her."
All three girls paled, mouths agape, dumbstruck.
"No?" Remus challenged, waiting for them to answer. "Well, in that case, I'd
appreciate being left alone with my friends and girlfriend. Thank you for the company," he
said condescendingly. "It was very... enlightening."