Apologies for not updating as frequently as I promised, but school started on Monday and I've been loaded down with homework. This one's written "campfire style", as I like to call it, and if you make the connection correctly, then...well...good for you. Haha. As for my Teddy fic, I'm still working on chapter 2 - you'll have to bear with me on Resurrection Stone because I'm aiming for it to be big and well-written. I promise this chapter will be worth the wait.
Here's the Nymphadora filler. It's very short, mainly because I'm not big on writing from Tonks's point of view, but here it is!
She hugs her knees as she anxiously waits for him, letting every single worry that pops into her head cause her to bite her nails just a little harder. She keeps turning her head to the doorway, hoping he'll pop in anytime. It's later than when he usually returns from his monthly excursions.
Where could he be?
The very question has been rolling through her head and banging against her brain since five o'clock that morning. It is the late hours of the morning now. The downstairs of her mother's house is cold like the late-March weather outside, but she doesn't notice. Her hair has turned a neon orange color as she sits there, worrying about him, wondering if he was caught.
But just as she is about to give up hope and go out to look for him despite her swollen belly, he comes through the door and rushes into her arms, and she knows he is looking for security and warmth. His clothes are ripped as usual, and a scarf keeps him warm around his neck. The way he says her name as he hugs her delights her and she breathes a sigh of relief.
After their short reunion, they sit down on the couch, him cuddling up to her and reminding her of a teddy bear. She asks why he came in so late, and he tells her about having to stray so far away from the house because of several Dark werewolf-Death Eaters were on his path, and it turned into a great chase. His transformation at dawn does not help, but he eventually returns to the house safely and secretly and manages to utter the hourly-changing password before bursting in. She hugs him and kisses his forehead at his story and embraces the fact that he is safe.
Then they talk about baby names. The baby's due date is coming up and she can't wait, and she knows he can't either, for two things, hoping that the first is his son or daughter's birth. They discuss what its name would be if it were a girl, and then if it were a boy, and they decide on the same male name in an instant.
"Teddy Lupin."
Next chapter - the birth of Teddy Lupin, complete with Tonks's painful screams, Remus's fleeting worries, tears in the St. Mungo's hospital room, and then Tonks's begging Remus for Chocolate Frogs after the birth of their baby. And after that...the oh-so-anticipated sex chapter. Be aware. And REVIEW!
