His eyelids fluttered opened, voice week, "What is it?" He asked in regards of the clear liquid she held between her soft fingertips in the tulip spun glass.
"Aqua vitae. It will help you rest."
"I've never heard of it."
She mopped his forehead with a damp clothe, "You wouldn't have. A little know potion I got from 'Professor' Snape in school."
Remus moaned, "Are you trying to make me feel old?"
Her lips parted with a smile, "I'm trying to remind you you're lucky."
Heaving himself upwards, he sniffed the liquid, "Looks like vertiserum."
"What would I possibly have to question you about that I don't already know, Remus"
Raising an eyebrow, "Tonks, I am a werewolf."
Tonks rolled her eyes, "Enough dodging, now drink up. It will help you relax immediately. I even went a bit heavy on the sleep antidote."
"And it won't interfere with the Wolfsbane?"
"You're worse than Moody! No, Remus, it won't interfere."
Taking the crystal goblet, he quickly swallowed the contents easily and laid back into the bed where Tonks promptly kissed his eyes, his cheeks, his nose, and his forehead.
Eyelids fluttering shut, a faint smile on his wan face, "I'm feeling better already."
"Good. Now go to sleep." She said, stroking shoulders and in a few minutes his body purred with gentle dreams and tender sleep.
Placing the goblet on his night table she smiled, it was amazing what a little London tap water and a lot of love could do.