A/n- I wrote this in about ten minutes, then spent an hour honing it. But I think it depicts Remus/Tonks in a good way, so I hope you like it!

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An Imperfect Sunrise

He wondered if there could be anything more beautiful than this, but then her face popped up in his head and he realized that yes, there was something-someone- a lot more beautiful than a sunrise could ever hope to be.

He stared as the sky turned a color that reminded him of the blush on her cheeks whenever she saw him. Remus Lupin knew he had no right to be happy, but that blush was one of the few things that could still make him smile.

It matched her hair perfectly.

He knew he didn't deserve her affection, being the monster that he was, a monster that had seen three of his closest friends die, seen one of them destroy everything he'd ever lived for.

And he hadn't been able to do anything.

But a part of him, a part that remembered Lily's face whenever she looked at James, the way Molly looks at Arthur and sometimes the way Hermione looks at Ron, that part wished that someone would look at him the same way.

Like he was the reason the sun came up every day.

And she looked at him like that, but the worst part was that it was something he'd never, ever deserve. She was someone he'd never ever deserve.

"You love the sunrise, don't you Remus?" a voice called from behind, and like magic, the best kind of magic, she appeared.

"I do," he answered, standing on that balcony he didn't need to ask how she found him.

"Do you ever wish you could change something about it?" she asked, and he frowned, "Like, do you sometimes wish it wasn't as orange, and then maybe you would love it more. Or do you sometimes wonder if it would be better if you loved storms? Do you think that sunrises are imperfect?"

"No, why would I ever change something I fell in love with?" he asked, confused by her questions.

"And yet you ask me to change who I fell in love with," she said with a sad smile, and her words hit him like the first ray of light as the sun rises.

"You don't know what you do to me, Remus Lupin," she said softly, "but I swear, one day I'll make sure that you do,"

Then she walked away and he let her, because unlike sunrises, he wouldn't bring light to her life, just darkness. There were some things he just didn't deserve in life.

Nymphadora was one of them.

A/n- All reviews would be appreciated!