Tonks spent the entire night in a trance. She didn't know what was actually happening. She was so concerned about how Remus was doing that she couldn't sleep. She spent the entire night pacing around her flat in London occasionally looking out the window. Hoping maybe to see something. Though she knew he wouldn't come into London. She was so happy that Snape was still bringing Remus his Wolfsbane potion so his transformation would be much easier. But even that wouldn't make her stop worrying about him.
The moon disappeared from the sky and she quickly Disapparated to 12 Grimmauld Place. She sat in the parlor waiting for him to get back to the house. It was about an hour after the moon as left the sky before she heard a clatter in the kitchen. Something that sounded a lot like Remus stumbling through the room. She raced down to help him upstairs to the parlor.
When Tonks arrived in the kitchen she saw Remus collapse into a chair around the table. He looked completely battered. Thin. But he looked up and saw her standing in the doorway and smiled.
Remus had spent the entire night alone and was so happy to be back with her. To be back with this woman that cared for him more than he actually knew. He watched as she raced around the kitchen to get him something to eat. She was so concerned for him.
After Tonks had made him breakfast she helped him up the stairs to the parlor. He didn't really need her help to get up the stairs, but he was enjoying watching her fuss over him. No one had ever cared so much about him. James, Sirius, and Peter were always with him during his transformations during his times at Hogwarts, but it never felt like this. Tonks went up to grab him some new pajamas and a couple blankets once they reached the main floor.
Remus chuckled to himself as he watched her make such a hassle over him. Wanting him to be comfortable and warm with her. Once she had forced him into a pair of clean pajamas and he was resting on the couch with a blanket wrapped around his body Tonks curled into his side and snuggled under the blanket with him. She was not concerned about Sirius coming into the room and seeing them together. It no longer mattered.
Remus took out his wand and started a fire in the fireplace across from them instantly warming the room. He wrapped his arm around the woman sitting next to him and pulled her into his chest. She placed her hand on his chest grateful she was able to touch him again.
Remus put his feet up on the coffee table in front of him as she curled her legs onto the sofa. Her eyes slowly drifted shut and she fell asleep quickly. Remus reached his arm up and ran his fingers through her bright pink hair. Was this real? Was this really happening for him? Did he finally have someone that loved him? All of him, including the infected part? He loved her so much that when the door to the parlor started to creek open he didn't move to be away from her. He didn't care if Sirius found out because they loved each other.
The door finally opened fully and Sirius stood there smiling at him. A smile informing his friend that this wasn't a surprise. That he knew that this was going to happen. He slowly backed away and closed the parlor door. Causing Remus to chuckle slightly. Tonks moved in his arms and he placed his arm back around her body pulling her close to him once again. He watched her and slowly drifted off to sleep with her.
The two of them stayed sleeping in the parlor closely guarded by Sirius as people came and went from the house. The Weasley's had come by to make sure Sirius had everything he was going to need for the next couple weeks.
"Where's Remus," Molly asked as they sat down at the kitchen table for a cup of tea. "Has he been awake since he returned?"
"Yes," Sirius said with a cheeky grin thinking about the scene he had witnessed. Remus and Tonks cuddled together on the sofa. He thought back to the look on Remus' face. He was so happy with Tonks fast asleep on his chest. Sirius was so happy that he friend was finally feeling better about himself. That he was finally feeling happiness in his life. He knew that Remus would find some way to try and distance himself from Tonks. But he knew his cousin wouldn't allow Remus to drift too far away from her. She was a Black and that meant she was stubborn and didn't give up without a fight. "He's asleep in the parlor. I was just letting his rest." He almost added that Tonks was in there keeping an eye on him, but thought that information was better saved for another time.
"At least he has his potion to keep him from being in too much pain," Arthur said.
"I'm just glad he has a place to come back to," Molly said, "with people to care for him. He's been through a lot. Ron's always talking how he wished Remus hadn't resigned from Hogwarts. He's always been bright and he certainly was the brains in your operation, Sirius."
Sirius was laughing to himself. Someone was definitely caring for Remus. Though it had just occurred to him that the person caring for his friend was his much younger cousin. A woman that was thirteen years their junior. This concerned him slightly, but he was going to talk to Remus before he started to make himself go mad over the subject.
"Yes," Sirius responded to Molly. "He's doing much better. It would have been nice to have him keep his post at Hogwarts. He still talks about the students. How impressed he was with Hermione and being able to tell Harry about his parents. It's unfortunate that he felt he needed to resign. All because Snivellus—"
"Sirius," Molly cut him off. "You all need to get over your school grudges. It may get in the way of The Order. And we cannot have that."
As Sirius, Molly, and Arthur talked in the kitchen Remus was waking up hours after he had seen Sirius at the doorway. He looked down and saw Tonks had made her way to her resting her head in his lap. He stroked her hair again making her stir and look up at him sleepily. "Good morning," he said smiling down at her.
"Good morning," Tonks said wiping the sleep from her eyes. "Haven't slept that well in months," she said not moving, but curling into him further. His body produced so much heat it was like being inside of a fire while sitting next to him. She didn't want to let him go. She didn't want to move from this spot. She was sure that if they moved this entire experience would be over. That her time with Remus would be brought to an end and she couldn't bare that.
Remus tried to pry her off of him so he could readjust and be closer to her, but she wouldn't move. He wanted to lay with her. Feel her body close to his. Hold her close and breathe in her scent. Feel her breath just barely on his chest. However; because she didn't want to move he finally gave in and let her lie on his lap. He rubbed her back gently as she struggled to wake up.
"How did you sleep," he asked her quietly. She said nothing but gave a satisfied groan into his thigh. "I believe I hear Molly and Arthur here," he said looking at the door. "Are you hungry?"
Tonks simply shook her head. She could easily stay in this position for the rest of the day. She loved being so close to Remus. His touch was so comforting and secure. She didn't want to move. Tonks wrapped her hand around Remus' thigh and gripped it tightly trying to make sure he knew she wasn't leaving. Right then or anytime in the future.
Remus heard movement in the corridor outside of the parlor. Sirius, Molly, and Arthur were headed towards the parlor to check on him. He heard their voices speaking about him. Sirius hadn't seemed to mention that he saw Remus and Tonks together that morning. The door handle started to turn and Remus found himself stationary. He didn't want to move. He wanted to let his friends know how happy he was.
The three entered the room and froze when they saw Remus staring down at the sleeping woman. Molly instantly knew that the two were completely in love. Even Tonks' grin on her sleeping face showed how happy she was.
Sirius walked over and sat down across from Remus and Tonks. "How long has this been going on," he asked putting his feet up on the coffee table.
Tonks stirred slightly and slowly opened her eyes and saw Sirius instantly. Once he became clear in her vision she sat up quickly noticing they were no longer alone in the room. Sirius had that cheeky smirk on his face, Arthur looked confused, and Molly wore a broad smile on her face.
Tonks blushed as she slid across the couch to distance herself from Remus.
"Two days," Remus answered not flinching.
Tonks didn't make eye contact with anyone in the room. Then she felt Remus' hand on her knee. All of her embarrassment melted away.
"I feel like a child bringing a boy home to mum," Tonks said laughing.
"You basically are," Remus joked giving her a small nudge. "The way Molly considers you hers," he said into her ear.
"At least mum knows the man you've brought home," Sirius said kicking Remus' foot with his own. "Of course your cousin isn't quite sure. I heard he was a trouble maker in school."
"That was you," Remus said quickly. "I just got us where we needed to go. You and James made the trouble in school."
"If that's how you recall our seven years at Hogwarts," Sirius said getting up and leaving the room.
Remus looked over at Tonks and made to follow Sirius. Molly quickly sat down next to Tonks and anxiously waited for the young woman to confess what had brought her and Remus together as Arthur turned to leave the room.
"Tonks, how did this happen," Molly asked curiously. "He's—"
"Much older," Tonks finished for her. "I don't care." She started giggling like a child. She hadn't been able to talk about her feelings for Remus until then. She had bottled everything up and it all came bursting through at once. "I don't really know when it all happened. But I love him, Molly. It's strange. I didn't expect him to reciprocate anything and just the other day we walked around London for four hours just talking. We had dinner and nothing was awkward. Then he kissed me."
Molly smiled at her and took her hand. "I hope you're ready for what comes with Remus," she told the young woman.
"I am," Tonks told her. "I don't care about what he is. I don't care that he's so much older. That he has no money. He's sweet and kind. He cares and loves so much. He'll never admit any of it though. I just want to be with him." Tonks rolled her eyes at herself. She sounded like a lovesick teenager with her first crush. "I sound ridiculous."
"You sound like I did when Arthur and I first met," Molly told her. "I fell in love with him so fast. He's one of a kind that husband of mine and I wouldn't trade him for anything. As I'm sure you feel about Remus?"
Tonks simply nodded her head. She felt her thoughts wonder back to the feeling of falling asleep in Remus' arms. With everything going on in their world it was hard to feel happy and safe. Let alone feel both at the same time. But as she was lying in Remus' arms she was. There was no room for feeling alone or scared. Hopeless or angry.
Down in the basement kitchen Sirius was teasing Remus about his new found relationship with the much younger woman sitting upstairs.
"We could be related, Remus," Sirius said elbowing his old friend in the ribs. "Moony and Padfoot bound together always."
"Nothing is being bound," Remus said standing and walking away from Sirius.
"I'd be Uncle Sirius," he said happily.
"No," Remus said. "Who mentioned having children? You know I can't. Not with the lycanthropy. Anyways, this just started. There's nothing to be predicting. Not to mention I didn't want this to happen. Our world is coming into a war and I don't think—"
"Quiet, Remus," Sirius just about shouted. "You're in love with the girl. Stop trying to make sense of it. Stop trying to control of it. Just be with the girl."
"Sirius is right, Remus," Arthur added. "Now more than ever you need to admit how you're feeling. And we all know that you don't have a history of expressing yourself well."
Later that day Remus sat in the parlor reading when Tonks entered the room. He looked up from his book and watched her walk over to him. She sat down and he immediately wrapped his arm around her. She rested her head on his shoulder while he continued to read.
About an hour later Tonks looked up to him. "I have to go on patrol tonight. I should be back before midnight," she said sitting up straight rubbing his chest. She felt his body tense up beneath her. She knew he didn't want her to go. "Just going to observe Dolohov. Completely safe. Plus," she said as she morphed her face into someone unrecognizable to him. "He'll never knew it's me. That's one reason Mad-Eye recruited me."
Tonks stood from the couch and headed back to the door ready to leave for patrolling Dolohov. Remus quickly put his book down and raced towards her. He grabbed her arm and spun her towards him. He took her face in his hands and kissed her. A kiss that had so much more force and passion behind it than their first. A kiss that told Tonks how much Remus actually cared for her.
Tonks had spent the entire previous night sitting at her flat worrying about him and tonight he'd be sitting in this parlor anxiously awaiting her return. He knew he wouldn't be able to sleep until she had returned from her mission.
However; five hours later as Tonks returned to the parlor after following Dolohov and finding nothing suspicious she found Remus lying on the sofa with a book open on his chest. Fast asleep. She morphed back into herself and grabbed an extra blanket. She was happy that the sofa was large because she was able to curl up next to him. He moved slightly waking up for a moment.
"Are you okay," he asked sleepily pulling her into him. She nodded her head against his chest. And they fell asleep close in each other's arms. Everything was perfect…at that moment.
A/N: Okay I just wanted to write something after Remus transformed. And I wanted to move on from just Tonks and Remus. So I brought in more of Sirius and Molly and Arthur. Tonks always confided in Molly so I thought this would be a good start to that relationship.
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