the_debt_of_time

After leaving Charlus to his grief, Lily smiled softly up at Remus as they met at the
end of the hallway. "Ready?" he asked her.
She nodded. "Let's get everyone home."
Once they were able to get James, Sirius, and Mia down from the roof, Lily ushered
everyone through the Floo, saying goodbye to Peter in the process, who had a sudden urge
to go home and check on his own mother.
That was something they all completely understood.
"Right, the lot of you off to bed," Lily ordered the moment they stepped from the
fireplace into the large circular drawing room of Potter Manor. "It's been a long couple of
days. I'll bring up some tea if anyone wants some."
James ascended the staircase without speaking to anyone.
"Firewhisky's in the glass cabinet just there," Sirius said, weakly gesturing to
Charlus's recently refurbished stash of Ogden's Finest.
"I'll put some in your cup," Lily conceded, squeezing his shoulder gently.
Mia watched as Sirius and Remus followed after James, leaving her alone in the
drawing room with Lily. She wandered around the room as though it were all new to her—
some strange place she had never before been. She ran her fingers over a soft green ribbon
bookmark hanging out of a novel on the table next to the sofa. There was a silver serpent
embroidered on the end, and Mia closed her eyes as she touched it.
"Tilly?" Lily quietly called, drawing Mia's attention.
Tilly appeared, looking worse for wear. Her large, blue eyes were wet with tears, and
in her hand, she held a small handkerchief that she wiped her nose with. "Miss Lily called
for Tilly?"
When the house-elf noticed Lily with her hand in the cabinet—her fingers wrapped
around the bottle of firewhisky—Tilly snapped her fingers, causing a tray to appear out of
thin air with several cups on it. She gestured to one in the middle of the tray that appeared
darker than the others. "Tilly makes tea. Firewhisky already in Young Master Sirius's cup."
"Thank you, Tilly." Lily smiled sweetly at the little elf. "Mr Potter would be very
pleased if you'd go to St Mungo's and attend to him for a while. I promise I'll take good
care of everyone else while you're away, and I will call for you if we need anything."