the_debt_of_time

Before Remus could say another word, Dorea was right in the thick of the group,
pulling Mia and James into hugs. She took one step back to look at James's hair, which still
had not calmed down after Lily zapped him. "Oh my goodness."
"Isn't it hilarious?" Sirius asked, grinning widely.
Dorea stared at the mess and winced as she tried to pat it down. "And how is the
young Miss Evans?"
"That's the future Mrs James Potter," James declared, not deterred in the slightest.
"How bad was it?" Dorea asked Sirius, Mia, and Remus.
Sirius laughed loudly.
"He proposed," Mia said, trying to lace her fingers through Remus's even as he tried
to awkwardly shake her grip off in front of her parents.
Charlus frowned. "Again?"
"This time it was in front of the whole train," Sirius continued, laughing. "She hit
him with a hex I've never even seen before."
"Static Jinx, actually," Mia supplied. "She invented it herself."
Sirius grinned. "Muggles are great."
"Remus." Dorea smiled and leant in to kiss his cheek affectionately. "Can't tell you
how happy Charlus and I are about this." She gestured to Mia and Remus's hands with a
bright smile on her face.
"We are?" Charlus raised a brow but then immediately looked guilty when Dorea
turned and narrowed her grey eyes at him. He cleared his throat and nodded, shoving his
hands into the pockets of his robes. "Oh yes, certainly. Good match. Shall we be off?"
They all stepped after Charlus, heading toward the line for the Floo when a voice
called Remus's name loudly from behind them.
Remus and Mia both turned, spotting Mr Lupin looking haggard and dressed in
what appeared like hand-me-down robes. He had a stern expression on his face, and Remus
let go of Mia's hand the moment his father's eyes fell on them.
"I'm sorry," Remus said as his father approached. "I know I was supposed to take
the Portkey, but I ended up on the train, and there wasn't a way to owl, and I fell asleep―"
"It's fine," Mr Lupin said roughly. "Let's go; your mother's in the car."
"You have a car?" Charlus and Sirius asked at the same, their eyes bright and
interested.