I never once thought that love would find me, nor did I ever really want it to, not with my being a werewolf and all, that lifestyle is not one that is suitable for any woman to love me, I hardly love myself. Albeit the life of a werewolf is always a lonely one, even with friends that understand, but with the death of my best friend Sirius, I truly felt more alone than I ever had when he was imprisoned within Azkaban. It was a dark storm cloud that followed me from the day he went through the veil, and although I was dedicated to the Order and its cause, a part of me realised that I was longing to join the two friends that I had lost, life without Padfoot and Prongs was truly unbearable. They say that all things happen for a reason, that there is always a silver lining, I didn't think that was true until the day that love became an actuality for me.
Nymphadora Tonks and her flirting ways were not unknown to me but like the fool that I am, I spurned her advances in hopes that she would no longer pursue me, that her love that she thought she had for me would dwindle and die, for her own safety. But this rainy evening I noticed something, I don't know whether it was the lavender tones her hair had taken, or the musical notes within her laughter as she made a joke with Molly Weasley, but for that split second in time I knew that was a sound that I wanted to hear more of. I blamed it on my weakened state from the full moon, even with the Wolfsbane potion the moon and it's ever constant changing phases were too much for me to handle, especially alone, but I knew I had to persevere no matter what. Tonks, without knowing it, became the reason that I continued to try harder and I knew that somewhere deep within my heart without doubt that I would be in love with her forever.
Still, I thought her too young, too innocent to have to deal with the fact that every full moon I became a raging, monstrous beast, she deserved better than that and I continued to spurn her despite how desperately I craved her affection. She would end up making my mind for me though during one particular full moon, my potion helping to make me more docile despite how much I wanted to escape life and this horrific curse of mine. Deep into the woods I ran, thinking perhaps that I could outrun the night, outrun the pain that was threatening to be my undoing until I happened upon a small wolf with fur the colour or the lightest blue you have ever seen. I knew in that moment that Tonks, the brilliant Metamorphmagus that she was, had come to me and as we frolicked together through the woods, a part of me felt more alive than it had in ages, and I knew from then on that I would do anything it took to keep her by my side...
Remus looked down at the small baby boy within his arms that stared up at him with his incredibly bright eyes, giving him a soft smile as he kissed his forehead, watching the baby's hair turn into a brilliant turquoise colour as he lay him down in his crib. "And that, my beloved Teddy, is how your mother caught me and I haven't let her go since, and that is why you, my son, are the best gift of all," he whispered, turning to the door to see Tonks standing there with her hand held out for his. He took it gently, his eyes gazing into hers with a smile as she turned out the light and they headed on their way to help their friends at Hogwarts. It would be the last story that Teddy Lupin would ever hear his father speak to him.