CHALLENGE: 100 challenge
ISSUED BY:BlueEyes444
PAIRING:Remus/Tonks
WORD: Fever
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Harry Potter, however, wolfie bear is the pet name I gave my husband.
"Dora?" Remus asked sleepily as someone placed their hand on his forehead. "Wotcher, my wolfie bear. Are you okay? You seem warm..." Remus smiled meekly at her and shrugged. Tonks' hair turned a fiery red with hints of brown as she placed her hands on her hips in a very Molly Weasley-like manner. " I'm sorry dear. I just didn't want to worry you. It's true I don't feel good, but I'll be fine after a little more sleep." " If you don't I'll firecall Madam Pomfrey!" Remus crouched under the cover in fear. "Wolfie Bear, she's not that bad..." Remus snorted before launching into a coughing fit. Tonks gave him some chicken broth and orange juice.
After making sure he was indeed eating Tonks fire-called Snape. "Proffessor Snape, sir?" "What in Merlin's name do you want?" Tonks gathered up her courage before speaking again. " Remus has a cold. Could I pay you for a fever reducer and a pepper-up potion, sir?" Severus looked taken aback before nodding. "I'll send you three doses of each as well as a flu potion. That will be one galleon and two sickles Miss Tonks." Tonks gave him a grateful smile as she paid the sour potions master. "Oh, and Miss Tonks?" "Yes sir?" "Warm cider will help with congestion, if needed." Tonks returned to Remus with a bright smile. "Severus made these potions, wolfie bear. Can you take a fever reducer, and a pepper-up potion for me?" Remus swallowed the vile tasting concoctions and sighed with relief. "Thank you, dear. I sincerely hope that I get better before the full moon..." Tonks hummed in agreement.
Tonks started to feel ill a few days later. She became violently ill during all hours of the day,very moody, and,in Remus' opinion, had became entirely too much like her Aunt Bellatrix when she first started going insane. "Nymphadora, my love?" "What?" she yelled as she slammed down the cutting board. Remus recoiled as if he, himself had been struck. " I am worried about you. Will you please allow Poppy to give you a check up?" Tonks nodded sharply before grabbing her cloak. "No time like the present." The couple flooed into Poppy's office. "Hello Remus, Dora. How can I help you both today?" "Will you give Dora a full scan? She's not herself and I'm worried for her." Poppy nodded. "Go get situated on a bed. I'll be out as soon as I get the paperwork from St. Mungos." A few spells and scans later Poppy smiled broadly before hugging them both. "Congratulations! You're going to have a baby!" Remus passed out cold with a very sirius-like grin on his face.
Severus entered into this scene shortly afterwards with the new school year's potion supplies. He looked to Poppy for an explanation. "Remus and Dora are pregnant Severus! Isn't that wonderful?" Severus nodded slightly before transfiguring a pillow into a stuffed wolf with huge blue eyes. " It changes colors to suit your child's mood, much like your hair and eyes." He turned to leave but Poppy stopped him. Dora smiled softly at the man."In pure-blood culture one godparent is chosen by each parent. My choice is you, Professor. I know that you are not a bad man. You just made bad choices." "Thank you for the honor, Miss Tonks. Shall I enervate your wolf now or let him rest?" Remus woke up shortly after Severus had left. Tonks smiled as she told him what she had done. He agreed whole-heartedly. "Maybe that fever was what was needed to mend some broken fences."
THE END
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