"This is ridiculous."

"Ohh, come on Remus!" Dora exclaimed, "loose up a bit, love. You promised that since Teddy's gone for the weekend, we're gonna relax."

"When I said that, I didn't mean you'd be putting on a face mask on my face," he replied.

Remus was sitting on the toilet while Dora was applying cream to his face. He already had a headband on which, according to his wife, removes all the hair from the face making more space for the Muggle skin product she bought in a store near their home.

"Oh? And what kind of relaxing did you have in mind, Mr. Lupin?" She smirked as she sat in Remus' lap. His hands immediately circled her waist and held her tightly.

"You know very well what kind of relaxing I had in mind, Mrs. Lupin," he replied and placed a kiss on Dora's neck. He would have chosen her cheek or temple but as they were covered in that weird Muggle stuff, he chose not to.

She raised an eyebrow at his reply and continued to tease him,

"Really? Are you sure I know?"

"One hundred percent."

"Wow… Well that means… Cookies!" Dora jumped from his lap and ran out the door.

Remus sighed and went after her.

He found his wife in the kitchen, sitting on one of the counters and a cookie box in her lap.

"You know…" Remus said as he walked to her and stole the cookie from her hand, biting into it, "I didn't think of cookies. But when you said you wanted them, I thought we were actually gonna make them."

"Remus, we said we were going to relax. Cooking is definitely not relaxing for me. Unless you're the one who's cooking and I'm the one who's watching you cook," she smirked and took the cookie back from Remus' hand.

"First of all; we don't cook cookies, we bake them. Second of all; you're not a bad cook at all."

It was true. Dora wasn't as bad as everyone thinks she is when they notice how clumsy she is. She spills something sometimes but she's still pretty good. In fact, she was even the one who cooked a meal for their first date. It was delicious.

She sighed. "You're right. But still. I like watching you doing stuff."

"Come on! It'll be fun. I will help you whenever you're stuck," Remus took her hands in his and gently pulled her down from the counter. He placed a kiss in her hair and turned around to grab the ingredients from the fridge.

"Do we have everything we need?"

"Yes, dear. Can you grab a bowl for me, please?"

She nodded and carefully grabed the bowl from one of the cabinets.

They set a slow pace, neither hurrying. Dora was mixing the ingredients while Remus prepared the pan and turned on the stove to heat up.

While they were placing the little dough balls on to the pan (Dora stole a few and ate them. Remus warned her not to, but she didn't listen to him, obviously) they were listening to Muggle Christmas songs. Remus' favorite is called Last Christmas and Dora's favorite is All I want for Christmas is you.

Once the cookies were in the oven, they started dancing and singing. Christmas was always their favorite time of year.

As soon as one of the song ended Remus asked,

"Dora? Is my face supposed to feel like it's burning or?"

Her smile fell a little. "What? You're face is burning?"

Remus nodded.

"Well get it off! Quickly!"

He rushed towards the bathroom and started washing his face. Tonks stood beside him, leaning on the wall as she hid her amused smile in the palm of her hand.

Remus eyes met hers in the mirror.

"You think this is funny, don't you?"

"A little bit. I'm just sad you don't have the mask on anymore. You looked very handsome with it… the headband and all."

At this point she couldn't hold her laughter anymore and started laughing very loudly while Remus rolled his eyes but smiled. He loved hearing her laugh. It was the music to his ears.

He wiped the water from his face with a towel and turned to Dora who's laughter stopped.

He wrapped his arms around her and pressed a kiss to her short pink hair.

"I love you."

"I love you too."

They stood there for a few moments until the sweet smell of chocolate cookies came from the kitchen.

"I think the cookies are done."

-

Later, Remus was reading a book to Dora who was spooned next to him. His arm was around her shoulder and was brushing her arm as he read. Dora's eyes slowly fluttered closed as she fell asleep.

Remus closed the book, carefully placed it on the nightstand and turned his head to his sleeping wife next to him.

Her hair changes when she's asleep and he watched as it went from pink to lavender, soft blue, lime green, yellow, red and back to pink again. Her hand was placed on his chest and her face in the crook of his neck, her soft and even breathing warming him.

Even after four years of marriage, he still didn't know what he did to deserve such an amazing wife and son. They were both very proud of him and continue to let him know that every single day.

Remus never even dared to imagine this kind of life. He had a wonderful woman who loved him very dearly, a son who's looking up to him, a mother-in-law who actually doesn't hate him considering all the terrible things he did to her daughter.

Nowadays, the single thought or memory of that painful year they spent apart made Remus ashamed and angry. How could he push away his happiness like that?

Right now, laying on a soft bed in their house, with her in his arms, Remus couldn't imagine his life without Dora.

A/N: So here's the first chapter/story of this series! I hope you enjoyed :)