Summary: What if Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks lived and were able to raise their son Teddy. Can they pretend to be a normal family? How long can it last? Especially after Teddy discovers some dirty laundry that Remus was hiding for years. How will this new piece of information affect Teddy's view on his father? AU RL/NT, SB/RL

Author's Note: This is totally out of my element... I'm writing about Remus/Tonks! Except it's with a twist. There is a mention of SB/RL because I can't leave wolfstar. I wish Tonks and Remus did live so that they could raise their son. I can really only read AU Tonks/Remus. I recommend Lies and Letters by SweetDeamon. It was sort of an inspiration for this fic... I'm not copying but Tonks and Remus do have the same jobs as they do in Lies and Letters... its apporpriate that they do.

Warnings: Some language, adult content and all that jazz. I totally agree with SomethingBorrowed with her warnings. Just look at her profile and you'll see.

Enjoy.

"Have fun at Aunt Rachel's!" Nymphadora said to her thirteen year old son, Teddy. She kissed the top of his bright blue hair before he left via floo.

"I'll see you in a few days," Teddy said to her. He became very good friends with Rachel's son, Nick who was almost a year younger than him. During the summer they would end up sleeping over at Rachel and Andrew's home in South Kensington.

"I actually have to talk to Rachel, and run some errands at Diagon Alley but I'll be back before dinner," Remus told his wife and kissed her quickly on the lips. He left via floo shortly after.

Life was certainly different for Remus Lupin. He was married now, had a son and a job he really loved. He was offered a few years after the war ended the position as Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. He was hesitant but took the job. Ron and Harry made Tonks head of the department a few years ago. Remus could now say that he was stable. Financially and just in general.

Remus never expected to survive the second war. In the past, Remus would hope that he would die but those thoughts rarely surface to his consciousness anymore. He couldn't think those morbid ideas anymore. His wife and son were always on his mind.

"REMUS!" his sister Rachel yelled happily when she saw him. "I have excellent news."

"What is it?"

"I'm pregnant! Andrew and I hope it's a girl!" Rachel said.

"That's a surprise." Remus said.

"I know! But a wonderful surprise!"Rachel got back together with Andrew only a few months after the war ended. Rachel was still grieving over Snape but Andrew supported her. In that time, Andrew got her pregnant and Nick was their son. They decided to give marriage another go and they seemed happy. Andrew was a successful healer at St. Mungo's and Rachel was spending time with her son. She didn't want to be neglectful parent for a second time. They bought a big, two floor apartment in the nice suburb of South Kensington.

"That's great Rachel!" Remus gave her a big hug. "I just had to ask you something and then I have to leave." Remus took Rachel into her den.

Teddy didn't notice where he father went to when he saw Andrew and Nick.

"Hey guys. Wanna play some Quidditch?" Teddy asked them.

"OK." said Nick as he was taking out the brooms. "Where's Uncle Remus? Maybe he wants to play."

"No he wouldn't," Teddy said as he took his broom. "I want to be one of the chasers so Andrew has to be the keeper!" Teddy laughed.

"Fine by me," said Nick. "We're gonna win."

"Don't underestimate me so much. I was the keeper for a few years for Ravenclaw,"

"But wasn't that 100 years ago?" Nick asked, grinning.

"Oh now you asked for it," replied his father looking amused. "Now you're definitely going to lose!"

That night for some reason Teddy couldn't sleep. So he snuck quietly out of the guest bedroom and went downstairs. He expected to fine only furniture in the darkness but the kitchen lights were on and he heard Aunt Rachel and Uncle Andrew talking. Teddy decided to hide in the living room which was completely covered in darkness to hear the conversation on the other side of the wall.

"What the hell is this?" Andrew asked her.

"Oh my god." she said. Teddy heard her looking through a box of some kind."That's what he was looking for. He thought I might have it since it wasn't with his stuff. That's why he came over and asked while you were playing with the boys." Rachel explained to him.

"Should I just throw it out?" Andrew asked.

"Yeah," she said. "I'll take the garbage out in the morning." she threw the box in the waste basket. "It's all in the past now. He doesn't want anyone to know about it, besides us obviously since we've known about it for years. It seems like another lifetime ago."

"Does she know?" Andrew asked.

"I have no clue. I really don't think so and she didn't notice it at Grimmauld Place. Well, let's go to sleep." Rachel and Andrew linked arms and went back upstairs.

Teddy got out of this hiding place and walked into the kitchen. He took the box out of the garbage bag. He quietly went back to his room. He placed the box on the night table and turned on the lamp next to the bed.

He had no idea what Rachel and Andrew were talking about. Why did the box have to be thrown out. Teddy realized why when he opened it.

There was a muggle picture of Remus at a much younger age. His hair was light brown, no gray and his face wasn't as tired looking. He almost looked attractive. Then there was a picture of one of Remus' school friends, Sirius next to him. Sirius' arm was on Remus' shoulder. Both were smiling and looked like they were up to no good.

Teddy knew that his father had three very good friends in school. He knew the story of the Marauders. At least he thought because the next picture he saw changed what his father use to tell him about his Maraudering.

The picture was a magic photo: Remus didn't have a shirt on and was lying in a bed and then Sirius, who was also shirtless jumped into the bed and messed up Remus' hair.

Remus kissed Sirius on the cheek quickly and then Sirius grabbed Remus and started making out with him. Both of them were laughing.

Teddy threw the box onto the floor. "What the hell?!" he said quietly and picks up the box. Some of the other photos fell and he looked at them. They got more graphic with every frame.

He couldn't bare to look at them. Teddy quickly hid the box in the draw in his nightstand and turned off the lights.

The rest of the night he couldn't sleep because he couldn't get the moving pictures out of his mind.