Contemplation
Disclaimer: I neither own nor profit from J.K.Rowling's Harry Potter series. All characters belong to her.
Author's Note: These are just short vignettes displaying interactions between Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks during OotP, written because I had an idea. Well, several, actually.My tribute to the genius of salt-rose, whose tiny glimpses into said characters' lives were absolutely amazing. And to LRES readers, I will have another chapter up soon, I promise.
"Can I borrow this?"
He looks up from the desk to see her standing in the doorway, holding up a copy of On the Road. Her hair is brown today. Not chestnut or honey, just brown. Taking off his reading glasses, he tosses them lightly onto the Prophet, nodding.
"Mm, and I suspect it will be returned with tea stains on the pages." He gives her a smile--one of the few she's seen from him--and adds, "You don't have to ask, you know." Later he sees her in the drawing room, curled up with his book while Sirius stirs sparks in the fire, and contemplates. Contemplating Nymphadora, he decides, could be habit-forming.