the_debt_of_time

Remus quietly obeyed, tugging on the leg of a chair with his foot, and pulling it out
far enough to drop into it. Hermione smiled at his acquiescence and then turned to Ron.
"Would you go and get my bag? There's a small bottle of dittany in it; please bring it here."
"You sure?" Ron asked cautiously, his gaze wavering between Remus and Sirius as
though he was preparing for them to start fighting again.
"Everything will be fine, please go," Hermione said. She returned her attention to
Remus, bringing a hand to his face and tilting his chin to force him to look at her. He did
but immediately looked away again, blinking aside tears. "Remus, you're going to be a
wonderful father. And your child will not have lycanthropy. It's only transmittable through
a bite on the full moon."
"That's what we've been telling him since Hogwarts," Sirius grumbled irritably.
Remus shook his head. "There's no proof."
Completely fed up with his friend, Sirius scoffed loudly. "You want proof? Moony,
if saliva, semen, or blood transferred your furry little problem to others without a full
moon, then I'd have a furry little problem of my own!"
Instantly, Harry and Hermione gaped at Sirius; Remus turned his head and looked
quizzically at him. Sirius blinked a few times, trying to understand their expressions before
explaining.
"Oh, uh... blood," he clarified, subconsciously scratching at his left shoulder where
a scar rested beneath a pattern of tattoos. "Fifth year we did a whole... And then after
Hogwarts, it was.. ." He groaned attempting to describe it, his gaze narrowing at Remus
in the process for not helping. He gave an emphatic shake of his head, and Harry swallowed
a laugh. "It was like a blood brothers thing. Like Muggles do. Not with semen. You
know... nothing with that."
"See?" Hermione smiled, stifling her own burst of laughter as she turned back to
Remus, and thanking Ron as he re-entered the kitchen with the small bottle of healing
extract.
"You are going to go home to your wife," she instructed clearly as she placed drops
of dittany on the bite wound. "And you are going to rub her feet and buy her ice cream
and do anything she wants. And you are going to do it with a smile on your face."
"And get over yourself in the process," Sirius added.