A/N: Apologies for 'Indigo'. What an annoying colour that is. I think there is only one pairing that truly suits me, and here they are to conclude. Mild DH spoilers here. Hope you've enjoyed the series, and that you enjoy this last instalment!
Violet
Remus Lupin/Nymphadora Tonks
Tonks once said violet made her look peaky, but in Remus's opinion it never did. He, of all people, knew what peaky looked like, and the true difference between looking pale and looking ill was in the eyes, in his opinion. And her eyes…sparkled. Their shade of violet was darker than the electric purple that she sometimes chose for her hair; it was more of a dark blue. In fact, it probably was dark blue really. Still, it was nice not to be the only one with an unnatural eye colour.
She would look at him across the table at Order meetings, when they were based at Grimmauld Place. It took him a while to catch her, because even though he could feel her violet stare, she always turned away and looked attentively at whoever was speaking before he could return it. When he eventually met her eyes, she winked at him and smiled. Not quite sure how to react, he stretched his face into something he hoped was a happy expression, and something began.
The next few Order meetings became something Remus never thought they could be; they were fun. They used to deliberately sit opposite each other and exchange smiles and expressions occasionally. Once she made him smirk inappropriately by turning her eyes alternate colours and crossing them, and he got his revenge by glaring at her with his bottom teeth over his top lip. So winks became faces, and faces became the briefest of touches on a sleeve, with only a glimpse of purple nail polish and suspiciously drumming fingers to identify the person who'd done it. Remus, when realising this, had been disturbed by another kind of drumming in his ears.
Then one day, after the full moon, he had been sleeping most of the day and had no shoes, and she was equally tired after a full day of Auror work before the meeting and had removed her shoes. And so, after trying not to let his mind wander to her, Remus felt her foot touch his under the table, and then withdraw. He stole a glance at her and patted her foot, and so began the game of footsie. It was only when he felt her foot move up to his calf that he really began to wonder where these regular exchanges where going; and his face heated up with the thought that perhaps she…fancied him. He had then felt even more embarrassed as a stern glance from Moody showed that their secret games were no longer secret.
Order Rule #9: Each member at the Order will pay full and serious attention during meetings, and will ignore other members unless they are speaking. Private exchanges during meetings are forbidden, especially flirtatious ones. This neatly scribed rule had "Tonks! Remus!" scrawled underneath it, from some mysterious person whose initials may or may not have been SB.
Strict though these restrictions were, and as much as he may have tried to in those years that followed, her violet eyes remained irresistible. She still chose that purple for her hair occasionally, because there was now a radiant glow to her skin that took away any suggestion of 'peaky'. Because, as it had passed, these beautiful attributes were (perhaps) to be passed on. Two years after she had first winked at him across the dining room table at Grimmauld Place, Nymphadora Tonks was Dora "Tonks" Lupin, and there was to be another new Lupin come April. As they spent some spare time after dinner at their own dining table, she talked to him about the new arrival.
"You know, Fleur says you can tell whether you're having a boy or a girl from the shape of your bump." she told him.
"So what are we going to have?"
"A girl. Boys are higher up in the womb, apparently." His wife said, then after a pause added; "Of course I'm taking all this with a pinch of salt."
She was right to; this was a complete medical myth, but this didn't mean they weren't going to have a daughter…
"Dora?"
"Mmm?" she said, softly, her hand on her belly.
"I hope she has your eyes."
A/N: Unfortunately, it was a boy. I'm kidding, I love Teddy! Baby!fic is something I enjoy writing, as well as pre-romance fics, and I really hope you've enjoyed reading this, as well as all the rest of the one-shots! Thank yous and virtual boxes of chocolates go out to:
anna – Ichigo No Ki – GreenTeaandHoney – Sivaroobini Lupin-Black – Kerichi – OpalTears – TheSceptic – The Thief Lordess – Professional scatterbrain – ladyofthelight101 – denise134 -
