Author's note: So glad we're all on the same page about needing fluff. Here's more; originally written for Hogwarts' Drabble Tag, where I had to work off the prompt "Charity Date Auction." Feel free to leave me prompts in the reviews, anonymously or not!

Disclaimer: The following characters belong to J.K. Rowling, and this story derives from her original works, storylines, and world. Please do not sue me, I can barely pay tuition.

Warnings: NA

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Lucky Buyer

"Honoured guests, thank you so much for coming out tonight and helping our Aurors support St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries…" Kingsley Shacklebolt, Minister for Magic, told the crowd in attendance.

Sirius leaned over and whispered to Remus. "You're really doing this?"

"Of course I am," Remus said.

This was the first time he had any kind of disposable income, for starters—and his penny-pinching habits from before he'd rejoined Hogwarts' faculty meant he had quite a bit of it, actually... Not to mention that he still had quite the sum left over from his pack's successful discrimination lawsuit against the Department for the Control and Regulations of Magical Creatures, even after putting the bulk of it away in a savings account for Teddy.

Besides; his wife had turned her hair a lusciously wine red shade, put on the black boots she fondly called her "man-stomping heels" (he agreed), a little black dress, and a blazer. Even if he hadn't been plotting ever since the fundraiser had been announced, his decision was made now.

He patiently bid his time until Kingsley got to her.

"Next up is Auror Nymphadora Tonks Lupin, a veteran of the Wizarding War specializing in long-term tracking and infiltration projects—most recently bringing down an illegal dragon egg trafficking ring twice the size the Bureau anticipated."

A round of applause picked up and he saw Dora smiling on the stage, though she stood straight with her hands clasped behind her back. He knew how much that case had worked on that.

"We can start the bidding at 25 galleons," Kingsley said.

"50 Galleons!" someone in the room called.

"50 Galleons for the witch in the back," Kingsley said. "Do I hear 75 Galleons?"

"75 Galleons," Remus called.

Dora made eye contact and her eyes popped. She cocked her head to the side and bit down on her lip.

Kingsley grinned. "75 Galleons for the wizard in the back left corner…"

"90," a completely different wizard yelled out.

"110!" the same witch chimed in again.

Remus grinned. "150!"

"Merlin," Sirius scoffed. "Give others a chance…"

The bidding continued until Remus called out: "375!"

"375 Galleons," Kingsley grinned. "Going once… going twice… Sold, to the gentleman in the back left corner!"

There was another round of applause. Dora looked at him across the room and shook her head, before shaking Kingsley's hand when he reached out and walking offstage to come join him. She sat on his knee, an arm around his neck.

"375 Galleons to St. Mungo's?" Dora asked with a smile.

"It's a good cause," Remus said. "I'm especially fond now that they've got that Lycanthropy Ward set up."

Dora smiled.

"I thought you didn't mind if I participated in the auction and went on a date with some random rich buyer," Dora said.

"I didn't mind," Remus said. "I just figured that it would be a shame to waste one of your precious nights off on some random rich buyer when I could fill in… Sirius here agreed to babysit Teddy."

"I did?" Sirius asked.

"Well, Harry's busy on a date of his own," Remus said, nudging his head towards the stage where the remaining Aurors waited.

"Such a good cousin," Dora said. Then she turned back to him. "Such a good husband."

She gave him a peck on the lips before waltzing away and back towards the Auror's table at the front of the room.

Stacked with: MC4A; Shipping Wars; More Like Guidelines

Individual Challenge(s): Gryffindor MC; Hufflepuff MC; Seeds; Times to Come; Old Shoes; Themes & Things A (Family); Themes & Things B (Joy); True Colours; Rian-Russo Inversion; In a Flash; Yellow Ribbon; Yellow Ribbon Redux

Representation(s): Everyone Lives!AU; DADA Professor Lupin

Bonus challenge(s): Hot Apple; Second Verse (Middle Name); Chorus (Odd Feathers)

Tertiary bonus challenge: NA

Word Count: 571

Shipping Wars

Ship (Team): Nymphadora Tonks/Remus Lupin (Technicolour Moon)

List (Prompt): Spring Medium 1 (Charity Date Auction)