Silver Lining
Remus Lupin & Nymphadora Tonks
1998
At the beginning, they weren't the perfect match. He fought his feelings for her until he realised that he was waiting for her smile, her bright purple hair, her short temper, her snappy correction when she was referred to as Nymphadora.
He had fallen in love. Yes she was younger. Yes he was scarred way beyond her imagination. But nevertheless, he had fallen in love.
And now, as if she couldn't bless him enough, she was carrying his child. He was ashamed to have tried to run away and was now making it up to her in any way possible. But even what he did, didn't seem enough at times. They were happy but surrounded by war and misery, Her father had already died. Voldemort was growing stronger every day and no one knew how to win, how to triumph, how to survive.
Yet being with Tonks made everything seem alright. She was the silver lining.
Gently, he stroked her large bump in smooth rhythmic circles while she hummed a song that Ted would sing to her as a little girl when she had a nightmare. The baby kicked from within and Remus looked to Tonks with the same look of wonder that he wore every time it kicked. She smiled at him, her eyes flashing with love and continued humming, When the song finished, her hands rubbed her stomach and stopped at Remus' hand. She gripped it with both her hands and kiss it softly. Looking at him, his hand resting on her cheek while hers dropped to cradle her stomach, she said, "Happy Valentine's Day!"