"It's funny" Said Tonks, pink curls grazing the scars on Remus' bare chest, as she peered into his face. "Last night I had the privilege of seeing you lose control and now I'm watching you try to reassemble yourself. Piece by piece" - The Ministry's most unconventional Auror meets the Order's most self-disciplined werewolf. RL/NT during OoTP. Rated M for later chapters.

AU Voldemort was destroyed at the end of the First War, but nobody remembers how. The only clue is a hazy memory Sirius has of a small boy Greyback attacked on the night in 1985 when the war ended. Eight years later, a young man named Remus Lupin begins to teach at Hogwarts. As he challenges Wizarding Britain's view on Dark Creatures, memories return, and lives are changed forever.

She was dramatic. He was dynamic. She was precise. He was impulsive. He was James, and she was Lily, and one day they shared a kiss, but before that they shared many arguments, for he was cocky, and she was sweet, and matters of the heart require time.