After some time finishing what was started there, followed by a quick playful chase back to the other bedroom and a second round in the bed. The couple lay together utterly spent and content in each other's arms. Hermione was laying on Remus' chest with one of her legs draped over both of his.

"You're perfect." Remus murmured as he kissed her forehead.

Hermione blushed. "I'm not perfect, love. No one is."

Remus chuckled softly as he slipped a finger under her chin to tilt her head up. He kissed her forehead again, followed by a kiss to her nose and a chaste one to her lips. His eyes looked into hers for a moment before he spoke again.

"Maybe that's true overall, Hermione." He acquiesced. "But where you're concerned, you are perfect to me and for me." He kissed her again.

"I think I can say that James and Lily would've loved you for much more than how you've been there for Harry. Same for Sirius. James and Sirius used to always joke that I'd find someone that would seemingly be a blend of my own personality and Lily's." Remus chuckled.

"Funny how right they were. I'd say my love of reading is second to your own. And your protective devotion does remind me of Lily. You would've done practically anything to look out for Harry... including outing a werewolf." He glanced at her with amused mischief in his eyes.

Hermione blushed a little more. "I've been meaning to apologize to you for that. It wasn't my secret to tell." She looked down in slight embarrassment.

"You're right it wasn't. But the timing as to when you told him overrides that. You both had thought Sirius was after Harry and to see me on friendly terms with Sirius at the time had you even more concerned about Harry's well-being and it's plain that is the reason you outed me." Remus paused to hug her to his chest tighter, reassuring her he had no problem with how she had outed him, "Other than that, I have full confidence you would've kept quiet on it and I would've advertently outed myself when I shifted later that night because of the moon."

"Well, Harry's like a brother to me." Hermione blushed. "I honestly feel like I spent a lot of my Hogwarts years repaying Harry for saving my life in that first year."

"I thought both Harry and Ron were responsible for saving your life that year?" Remus inquired.

"Technically yes. But it was Harry who had actually realized I didn't know about the troll and wanted to seek me out. Ron basically just followed, likely because he didn't want to lose Harry as a friend." Hermione explained.

"Not to mention it was because of Ron that I was crying in the bathroom in the first place." She chuckled.

"I'm still surprised that Professor McGonagall actually acted as if she believed my poorly thought of tale that I'd gone chasing after the troll myself thinking I could take it down on my own. I am under no impression that she believed it to be the truth. But I think she understood why I did it."

Remus nodded in understanding. "Sounds like Minerva. As protective of Gryffindors as she is, she still attempts to not show too much favoritism. With the way she awarded and deducted points in that instant."

"It demonstrates that she was likely very overall impressed that the troll was taken down by first years who barely knew any spells but at the same time served to teach a lesson to you for lying and the boys for not getting a professor or a prefect." Hermione looked shocked at the revelations he was putting on her shoulders.

"If too much higher a number of points had been awarded, then Severus probably would've found a way to really get them taken away, just because Harry was involved."

Hermione sighed. "Sounds about right."

Remus nuzzled her softly in reassurance. "That's in the past now love. We've got a bright future to look forward to."

"You're right." She let out a small yawn. "We can talk more about it tomorrow, right?"

"Yes love." Remus chuckled. "Goodnight Hermione." He murmured as he drifted off to sleep.

"Night Remus." She replied sleepily before following him into dreamland.