the_debt_of_time

"His wife might have a problem with that." Harry snorted as he attached a letter to
his new owl's leg by the open window. The bird took flight, and Harry turned around to
catch Mia's mischievous smile as she snatched a piece of bacon off of Remus's plate which,
for anyone else, would have garnered at the very least a growl from the man.
Remus pushed the plate closer to her, silently offering another helping as he said,
"Unlikely. Dora's been looking forward to meeting Mia for years."
"Really?" She looked up anxiously. "I'm nervous to see her. Is it weird that I'm
nervous?"
"It'll be fine," he reached out and patted her arm.
She nodded, still slightly worried, and finished off the tea in her cup. "When will
Tonks come?" A thought occurred to her. "And Teddy! Oh Merlin, I get to see Teddy!
Where's my little godson?"
"Your godson?" Harry narrowed his eyes playfully.
Remus eyed Mia with a grin. "And what on earth makes you think you are my son's
godmother?"
She laughed and rolled her eyes as she stood up to deposit the now empty bowl into
the sink. "Oh please, I am so that boy's godmother."
Cracking a small smile, Remus said, "We wanted to wait to ask you until you were,
well, Mia again."
She held in her excitement for as long as she could, but a celebratory squeal escaped
from her throat as she rushed into Remus's arms. "Oh, thank you, Remus! I cannot wait to
see him!" she gushed, completely overjoyed.
Then she pulled out of Remus's arms and promptly smacked him hard on the chest.
"Ow! What was that for?"
"For every time in the past eight... or I guess thirty years when you said
you'd never have children. Do you know how hard it was for me to refrain from throttling
you back then? You'd go on a tangent about your lycanthropy, and all I could see was a
sweet blue-haired baby. Thank Merlin Sirius punched you that day," she said, reminding
Remus of the day he discovered Tonks's pregnancy.
Shaking his head in amusement, he smiled gratefully as he leant forward and kissed
her cheek. "Thank you for putting up with me for all these years."
"Remus, you look... different," Harry commented. "Younger? Healthier?"