When they got back to Grimmauld Place, Luna quietly made her way to her room. Remus followed her and shut the door behind them.
"I can't begin to imagine how you're feeling right now.." He said as he sat next to her on the bed and wrapped his arm around her, "I love you... but if I'm being honest, I had always hoped that it would be my child that you'd carry one day."
"I'm sorry, Remus." Luna began to cry again, her eyes still puffy and red from crying at the hospital.
Remus placed two fingers under Luna's chin and turn her head to look at him, "But if I'm being truly honest, you having my child has also been one of my greatest fears. My affliction has been a curse on my life and has ruined nearly every aspect of it. I've laid awake many nights wondering how I would ever forgive myself if I had a child and passed this on to them... To know that I caused someone else a lifetime of suffering because I was selfish and wanted a child of my own."
"You're not selfish, Remus." Luna said softly.
"Maybe this is all for the best. Maybe this is the universe's way of telling me that I shouldn't have children... None of my own at least." he said, sounding rather defeated.
"Remus, don't be ridiculous. The universe isn't tell you that. You're telling you that." Luna said as she rested her hand tenderly on his cheek.
Remus reached up and gingerly took her hand from his cheek and held it tightly in his, their fingers intertwining. "Sirius once told me that life is short and full of suffering, and that if I ever got the chance to grab a sliver of happiness, for however long it lasts, that I should do it. You were the happiness that I grabbed onto... but I can't shake the feeling that my time of happiness is coming to an end."
"What are you saying?" Luna said, her voice shaking.
"It's your turn to grab your strand of happiness in this world. You have a choice to make. We could still be a family... I know it isn't how either of us ever pictured it happening... but I would be willing to raise this child as my own."
Remus placed his hand tenderly on Luna's stomach, and she placed her hand on top of his.
Remus continued, "But I also know that some part of you still cares deeply for Severus... He clearly still cares for you."
"Are you... are you breaking up with me?" she whimpered.
Remus was silent, but the look in his eyes told Luna everything she needed to know.
"Remus..." Luna gripped his hand tightly, and hot tears began to flow down her face once more.
"I want to be certain that if you chose me, that it was because I had truly won your heart. I want you to talk to Severus." He said softly as he pushed her hand off of his.
"Are you sure?" she whispered.
Remus swallowed hard, and it looked as if it was killing him to speak, "Yes."
