Broken
They are shouting, shouting so loudly the entire Burrow seems to shake with it.
"What part of this don't you understand, Tonks? For Merlin's sake, I'm trying to save you!"
"What makes you so sure I need saving?!" She all but spits the words at him, eyes afire through the tears, hands balled into fists at her sides. "We talked about children, Remus, about having a life together! How is it so easy for you to throw all that away?"
"You think this is easy? To walk away from the only glimmer of happiness I've had my entire life? I'm doing this so I can at least have some hope that you'll be safe! Is it so bad to want you to live if I don't make it through this year?"
"Do you really think so little of me? That I can't protect myself as well as you would?"
"I think I wouldn't be able to survive if I knowingly put you in the path of a danger so much bigger than the both of us! Nothing can warrant that!"
"I love you, Remus! Shouldn't that be enough reason to fight it together?"
But he will hear no more. Molly watches from the window as he strides across the lawn and out of sight, and Tonks is glad they cannot hear her cry.
A/N: You guys get your update early today! Starting tomorrow I'll be in Chicago for a week, so there may not be a daily update unless I can weasel my way onto a computer. My fingers are crossed!
You know the drill, will bribe for feedback with butter-rum muffins and tea (because it's as Molly-esque a of comfort food I could come up with). ^_^