SWEETS IN THE LIBRARY
Libraries should be ideal places for concentration and study.
But in the library of twelve, Grimmauld Place, where I have come with my parchments dealing with various important Order matters, and which I should perusing, I find my focus slip and my mind wander. Might be that the academic atmosphere of the somber room lined with bookshelves is somewhat dampened by the other occupant besides myself in the room.
Nymphadora Tonks is reclining on the sofa opposite of my armchair, a quill in hand, scribbling a report for the Auror office. Her vivid coloured clothes and spiky pink hair really stand out in the drab, old room of the Noble House of Black . She lies there, a stack of parchments on her lap and beside her, a box of Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans.
I really should study the parchments, but I would much rather study her; she's fascinating. The way she seems to switch from serious Auror to silly young witch is seamless; For a minute or two, she writes intently, a small crease between her eyebrows. And then, suddenly, she pauses, and reaches in to the bag of sweets, and with an easy grin flicks one to her mouth.
Her reactions to the whatever she's tasting are equally intriguing, varying from a happy little sigh and smile when she has discovered a pleasant treat, to a quite amusing small shudder and roll of eyes, when the taste isn't to her liking.
And as I watch her, I cannot help but wish I could share the good flavours with her, and kiss the bad away.
My heart skips a beat when she suddenly raises her gaze from the latest bean she'd been carefully observing and meets my eyes.
Did she catch me staring at her?
She cannot know what I'm thinking, can she?
But she only smiles at me and says:
"Here, I think that's a chocolate one"
She tosses the bean to me, and somehow I manage to catch it. I bite into it and a taste of mildewy earth fills my mouth.
"Ugh, dirt" I say, very eloquently.
Her laughter is thrilling, and I feel unexplainable happy even with the taste of mud in my mouth.
A/N: Hi! Welcome to my Remus/Tonks collection of short(ish) stories varying from happy to sad, and hopefully sometimes funny. I, of course do not own the characters or any other recognizable things, I'm just borrowing :)
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