Prompt: 056 - Angels
Word Count: 230
"Are you sure about this, Remus?"
He pulled the threadbare jacket over his shoulders and flicked his fingers over the buttons to snap them. "It's not really that I'm sure, it's more like a duty. I have to do this."
Tonks watched from the doorway with saddened eyes. "Do you want me to go with you? For support?"
He frowned and grunted as he sat down to pull on a pair of tattered brown socks. "This is something I have to do alone. Maybe in the future you can join me--Harry, too--but for now, I have to go solo."
She bent over and retrieved his shoes before approaching to place them in his reach. "Did you get the flowers?"
He took his shoes and began to slip them on. "Yes, for both of them." He laughed softly. "You know, if James were here, he would've smacked me with the bouquet and called me a girl."
Tonks smiled and rubbed his shoulders gently. "He is anyway, you know that."
He 'hmmed' before he rose to his feet, joints popping. "Well, I'm off."
"When will you be back?"
"Tomorrow night is the latest." He paused. "Tonight could possibly be the earliest, although--"
"Don't rush yourself." She hugged him. "Just be careful."
He ran a hand in a soothing circle on her back before he grabbed the flowers and left.