Hope Molly Lupin and Sirius Lyall Lupin were born at 10 PM, on May 17th, exactly 10 minutes apart.

Tonks couldn't describe the joy and happiness she felt when she took her new babies into her sweaty and slightly shaking arms. They were wrapped in white blankets so only their red faces could be seen. The healers were not sure if Hope and Sirius were Metamorphmagi yet, but Tonks couldn't care less if they were or not. Remus, Teddy and herself wouldn't love them any less.

They looked so adorable and innocent in her arms tears started welling in her eyes. One of them fell on Sirius' cheek and before Dora could move to wipe it, a big hand came in front of her face and did it for her.

Remus.

She was so busy looking at her children, she didn't notice her husband sitting next to her on the bed.

"They are beautiful, aren't they?" he asks softly as he pressed his lips in her brown hair. She was still too tired to morph.

"They are," Tonks answers, her voice thick with emotion; adoration and love she held for her family.

"Thank you," Remus whispers into the shell of her ear. She could sense Remus was on the verge of tears as well.

"For what?"

"For Hope and Sirius. For Teddy," he stops for a moment as he swallows. "For not giving up on me, all those years ago."

Tonks looked up at Remus. She was right - tears were glossing in his green eyes.

He smiled and leaned down to press a soft kiss on her lips.

Just then, a camera flashed and the couple broke away to see Teddy and Andromeda with a camera in her hands. Their eldest son grinned.

"Hi cub," Remus smiled to his son and gestured him to come closer. Teddy carefully stepped closer and leaned to look at his siblings. Both Hope's and Sirius' eyes are wide open and looking at their brother with their parents just behind him.

Teddy' hand brushed Hope's still light brown hair and she raised her little hand to hold her older brother's finger.

"She already likes you, Ted," Dora said quietly.

Remus chuckled and pressed another kiss to Tonks' hair. She leaned her head on his shoulder, observing her children with awe in her eyes, not believing her luck.

Another camera flash as Andromeda takes another photo of the family.

"Let's give mum and the twins some time to rest. I'm sure they are tired." suggests Remus as Tonks stifled a yawn in his sweater.

Teddy nodded and went back to his gran's side. Remus put Hope and Sirius one by one in their cots and gave his wife one last kiss before she went to sleep.

"Why don't you two go home and come back tomorrow? I'm going to say here with them." Remus whispered to Andromeda and Teddy. They both nodded and silently left the room giving the twins and the couple a bright smile.

Remus sat on the chair next to Dora's bed and took her hand in his, squeezing it gently.

At that moment, Remus was overwhelmed with happiness as he thought how lucky he was. Most werewolves never find someone who love them, who would want to marry them in a heartbeat like Dora did. He was indescribably happy he found that someone and that that someone was as special and great as she was. She had risked so much to be with him, to have Teddy and now Hope and Sirius.

Remus didn't know what he did to deserve all of this. His whole life he thought of himself as a monster, a beast, someone who, no matter how much he wanted to, couldn't and shouldn't have a family and children. He lived with that decision most of his life. Until Dora stumbled in it. She was messing with his head, his heart. Remus swore he was going to hurt her by being in a relationship with her, but she thought otherwise.

They were both very stubborn – he didn't want to give in and she didn't want to give up. Then, it was a little frustrating, but now he couldn't be more glad she kept fighting. Because if it weren't for Dora, he wouldn't know how it feels to be a father, a husband. To feel loved and appreciated. To have a family. To finally be happy.

He smiled and continued to watch over his family, brushing over Dora' knuckles with his thumb. He brought her hand to his lips and kissed it softly. She was already sleeping – she was in labour for 12 hours. No wonder Dora was exhausted.

She was so beautiful.

Probably for the first time in his long life, he believed he was actually worth something to someone.

Tonks was asleep, dreaming about her childhood when she suddenly heard a baby's cry. Slowly, Dora opened her eyes and noticed how Remus was sleeping in his chair next to her bed, holding her hand. She smiled at him and pulled her hand back, trying to get to the crying baby. Remus seemed to be awoken by the cry as well and before she knew what was happening, Remus was lowering her back to the bed and picking up the crying bundle of joy out of the cot. It was Hope who was crying while Sirius remained asleep, a small smile on his small lips.

While Dora breastfed, Remus was standing over the cot, looking at Sirius. She couldn't imagine what he was feeling in this moment. She was indescribably happy, overwhelmed, excited. Her children were healthy and safe. Remus however, he must be feeling a hundred different emotions. She knew this life was something he never dared to even dream of.

He turned around and looked at her for a few moments.

"What?"

He smiled softly. "It's just that… You breastfeeding is the most beautiful sight I have seen in my entire life."

Dora rolled her eyes but still smiled. "You've seen me breastfeed before, Remus."

"I know. And you were beautiful then. You're beautiful now. Nothing changed really," he grinned and Dora could see how happy he was right now.

"Do you want to hold her a bit?" She asked him a few minutes later. He looked at Hope a little hesitantly but nodded and took her into his arms. He carefully placed her against his chest and started walking around the room, humming a song quietly.

Sirius was still sleeping and Dora took the chance to study her husband. He had more gray hairs then ever, but light brown still dominated in his hair. He no longer had dark circles under his eyes and looked less thin. Now, he had broad shoulders and strong arms. He looked healthy – and happy.

He was finally happy.

She could see it in his eyes when he looked at Teddy, or the way he's looking at Hope now.

Remus was happy before, sure. But happy only to a certain point. Back then, he still couldn't have a stable job, Wolfsbane provided every month and his heart was still healing from the loss of his best friends. The only time he was as happy as he was now was when he was at Hogwarts. James, Lily, Sirius and even Peter at one point, made Remus extremely happy. They helped him through his transformations and wanted to be his friends no matter what. Dora felt like she owed them a lot for that.

She didn't know what Remus would be like if he didn't have best friends like them in school. Would they ended up together? Would Remus even be a part of the Order of the Phoenix? Probably not. If they hadn't helped him, right now Remus would probably still be poor, depressed and maybe even dead.

Tonks shuddered. This is not the moment to think about it, it wasn't important right now. Remus was finally happy and loved like he deserved to be.

Lost in her thoughts of her husband's life, Dora didn't notice Sirius started crying as well. She got up and carefully went to the cot. Poor Siri's face was red from crying so she picked him up and went back to her bed. Hope was asleep in Remus' arms but he looked like he had no intentions of putting her back into the cot. He had a smile on his face and he played with her still light brown hair. Sirius' hair was a little darker than Hope's, so he probably had Tonks natural hair while his sister had Remus'.

"What time is it?" She looked out of the window and saw it was dark outside.

"Around midnight. You slept for an hour and a half."

"How about you? Did you sleep?"

"A bit. I feel asleep little before Hope started crying."

"Why so little?"

"I had to look over my family," he grinned as he looked at Dora. She smiled back and held his gaze.

"Can you believe how lucky we are? We have three amazing children and they all look like you! Isn't that amazing?"

"They do not look like me at all! All three of them have your face shape, your nose and your ears," Remus argued, whispering so he won't wake up his children.

"But they have your eyes and lips. Hope has your hair color too."

"Well Sirius has yours."

They shared a chuckle. Remus came closer to them and bent down to press a kiss on Sirius head and then on Dora's lips. "I love you so much."

"I love you too."

--

It's been two weeks since the birth of the twins and Dora and Remus couldn't be busier.

The entire Weasley clan came to visit Hope and Sirius. Molly had already made jumpers with the letters H and S on them. Fleur and Bill brought their daughter Victoire to play with Teddy while the adults talked and fussed over the twins. Overall, it was very lovely to have friends and family to celebrate with them.

One Sunday afternoon, the twins were sleeping and Remus and Dora were talking in the living room when they heard a knock on the door. Dora thought it was just more friends coming to see Hope and Sirius. They both went to see who it was.

At the door stood a man, average height, his hair color and face similar to Remus'. His eyes were everywhere but on them and he looked very hesitant.

Her husband froze and she felt him tense beside her. Nobody spoke for what felt like hours. Remus's eyes were focused on the man who was looking back at him almost shyly.

Dora didn't know what to think of the man. He was unfamiliar to her and he didn't even pay attention to her as his eyes were glued to Remus'. He didn't look dangerous and Remus seemed to know him so they were probably friends. But why would friends act like that? The silence was getting longer and the tension in the air was very thick.

"D-dad?"

"Remus."

"What… What are you doing here?"

"I… Andromeda contacted me, said you lived here," Dora's lips were parted, forming a small 'o'. She stared at Remus' father in shock.

What? How did her mum know Remus' dad? Judging by what Remus told her before, they are different ages, live in different places … How she contacted him, Tonks had no idea.

"Why are you here?" There wasn't hatred in Remus' voice, but genuine confusion.

Remus and his father haven't been in contact for a very long time. Remus didn't speak of him or his mother a lot, but she knew his mother was a Muggle and died from a Muggle illness. Remus and his father haven't always been in the best relationship with each other. They kinda drifted apart when Remus found out his father actually held a life-long hatred for werewolves and that he had something to do with Greyback attacking him. Remus, of course, doesn't blame his father for his lycanthropy at all but knowing his father thought werewolves deserved nothing but death broke his trust towards the man. He tried everything to heal Remus but to no avail.

"I… want to fix things between us, Remus."

Remus said nothing. He just continued looking at his father.

"You must be Dora," he looked at her for the first time and he extended his hand. She had no choice but to shake it. "I'm Lyall. I don't know if you heard anything about me."

"Only a little bit."

"Well… I'm sure it's not all good."

He still stood in the doorway and Tonks nudged Remus with her elbow. He understood her message and they both moved to let Lyall enter. Remus was clearly nervous so she gave him a quick hug and a kiss. "It's going to be fine," she whispered against his lips. He gave her a small smile and walked to the living room where Lyall was looking at the pictures on the wall.

"Tea?" she asked.

"Yes, please."

Tonks turned to the kitchen, leaving the two Lupin men to themselves. Remus was standing awkwardly at the door, not sure what to say. He hasn't heard or seen his father for more than 20 years. They exchanged birthday and Christmas cards - mostly to let the other know they were alive. But they haven't directly talked since his mother's funeral.

He didn't really know why he was here and more importantly, why has Andromeda written to him. How did she even know who he was?

"So…"

"So…"

"How are you, dad?" Remus asked as he mentioned Lyall to sit in one of the chairs.

Lyall let out a long sigh. "As well as I could be. Yourself?"

"I'm good. Great actually. I'm finally happy."

"Yes, I noticed you look well."

"You… you look well too."

Lyall smiled a little and started looking around he room again. A few moments later Dora came in with tea. "Thank you, darling," Remus said quietly as he took her hand and gave it a firm squeeze. She squeezed back, letting him know he had her support.

Tonks wasn't sure if she should stay, but since the son and father had some things to clear up, she decided that it's best if she leave. "I'm going to go check on the kids upstairs," she muttered and seeing Remus nod, quickly and gracefully left the room.

"Your wife seems nice."

Remus' head shot up at the mention of his wife. "Yes. Yes, she is. The nicest in the whole world."

"How did you two meet?"

"We were in the Order together. We met there back in the summer of '95. She's an Auror."

Lyall nodded. "She a Metamorphmagus?"

"Yes, she is. How did you know?"

His father chuckled very softly. "It wasn't hard to notice it, really. She had pink hair when I first saw her and now she had blue."

Remus smiled, trailing the scars on his hand with his fingers. "Pink is her favorite. And mine too," he said.

"And she… she doesn't care that you're a..."

"No, Dora doesn't care I'm a werewolf. She never did. When I first found out she loved me I… I went on a mission," he couldn't tell him he went to Greyback. It would ruin the comfortable mood they were in right now, "For a year. And I told her, begged her to get over me. To stop loving a poor and old and dangerous werewolf like me. I knew it would hurt when she did because I have never loved anyone like I love her, but I did that for her safety. But she never listened to me. She kept repeating she doesn't care about that and that she loved me."

Lyall nodded again. "I'm glad you two found each other then. She clearly makes you very happy."

"She does."

They continued to drink their tea in silence. The atmosphere was much better and there wasn't much tension in the room. Remus felt much better.

"I have a question." He said to his father.

"Yes?"

"What did Andromeda write to you? And how does she even know you?"

"We met only once. You know she worked as a Healer before, right?"

Remus nodded.

"Well… And you also know how I tried everything to help you when you got bitten."

Remus nodded again, not sure where this is going.

"I went to St. Mungo's after your first full moon. Y – you were badly hurt and the only Healer who would take you in was Andromeda."

Remus was at a loss for words. Andromeda was the only Healer who wanted to help him? Was that why she was so accepting of him when Dora first came home with him? She didn't even hesitate to welcome him in the family.

"Wow," was all he could muster.

"Yeah… And she told me everything in that letter, Remus. How you were avoiding Dora for most of the year. How much it hurt her… You went to Greyback, Remus?" Lyall's voice held sadness and concern. They had never talked about Greyback. They rarely mentioned him and only referred to him as 'that werewolf'.

"I… did. But he didn't hurt me I swear," he hurried to say as he saw his father open his mouth. "I only spied on him, and he knew I was there but he didn't hurt me."

"I'm sorry about everything you had to go through in your life. It's my fault."

"No, no dad it isn't! I already told you I don't blame you for what happened! It wasn't your fault. It was Greyback's fault. Only his. I don't blame you nor mum."

Remus was breathing hard and he felt his heart beating very quickly.

They were quiet again for a few minutes. Remus had calmed down and was breathing normally again. His father placed his tea cup on the table and started uncertainly,

"So, uhm… Andromeda mentioned you had kids. A four-year-old and newborn twins?"

Remus merely nodded, looking at his hands which were folded in his lap.

"Teddy, Sirius and…and Hope." Remus said quietly.

"Hope?" Lyall's voice broke a little.

Remus nodded again. Hope was his mother's name.

"And-and they're not… not…?" Lyall trailed of but Remus knew what he meant. He shook his head.

"Good," Lyall breathed.

They went silent again. Remus contemplated what to say to his father. He wasn't angry at him, no. But it was weird, seeing him after so many years.

"Do you wish to see them, the kids? They should be up from their nap soon."

Lyall's face lit up as he nodded. "Yes, I would like to meet my grandkids."

Remus smiled and this time the smile actually reached his eyes. "I think they would like to meet their grandfather as well."

The men stood up. They exited the room just as a cry came from upstairs. Remus smiled to himself and showed his father up the stairs. Just as they reached the top, Dora came out of the nursery.

"Both awake?" Remus asked.

She nodded and smiled as she said, "Teddy's watching over them."

"Like every brother should," the trio chuckled softly and Remus nodded to his father to enter the room.

The sight that greeted them was beyond adorable. Hope and Sirius were in their cots, their little hands and legs moving as Teddy, who had to stand on a chair because he was still too short to reach them, was making funny faces at his siblings.

Remus grinned and put his arm around Dora's waist, kissing her bright pink hair.

Lyall was frozen to his spot. At first, his face held no emotion, but slowly a wide smile spread on his old face.

Teddy was so busy playing with Sirius and Hope that he only noticed the adults at ghe door when Remus cleared his throat.

"Um, Teddy… we'd like you to meet your grandfather, Lyall. Dad, this is Teddy." Remus smiled as he introduced his father to Teddy.

"Hi," Teddy said quietly as he stepped down from the chair and slowly started walking towards this new man who is his grandfather.

"Hello, Teddy," Lyall said as he opened his arms. Teddy looked a little uncertain but he saw his dad behind nod and smile and went to hug Lyall.

Remus never felt happier.

--

Lyall stayed for a few more hours and they were spent laughing, sharing memories, talking about the past and the future. Remus and his father still had a lot to talk about but they will do anything to remain in a good relationship.

Teddy, at first little hesitant, was very happy to have a grandfather. He unfortunately couldn't meet Ted, his mother's father, after who he was named after so having Lyall in his life makes him very excited.

Lyall already accepted the fact he is never going to be a grandfather and then suddenly founding out he had three grandchildren shocked him a bit. But he was very excited as well.

Remus walked his father to the door and just as he went to close the door, Lyall spoke,

"You know Remus, last time we talked I remember you said that you will never find love. That, no matter how much you wanted to have it, you never would because you don't deserve it," Lyall took a deep breath, "and it made me sad. Very sad. Because there's no one in this world who deserves love more than you do. You've worked hard your whole life, you fought in battles… I'm happy you realized you deserved it and that you found your happiness and love."

Remus smiled. "Thank you, dad."

Lyall patted his son's shoulder and after exchanging goodbyes, left feeling better than ever.

Remus closed the door behind him. He let out a long sigh and leaned against the door.

"That went well, right?" Dora asked as she approached him.

"It did," he said as Dora wrapped her arms around his neck and his wrapped around her waist, "It could have gone much worse, actually."

"Well I'm glad you two have finally made up."

"We weren't in a fight, we just haven't spoken in a while." Remus raised his eyebrow and smirked.

Tonks rolled her eyes. "Same thing. I'm glad you two are speaking again."

Remus kissed the top her head and pulled her into a tight hug.

"So am I, Dora. So am I."

He was finally and truly happy.

A/N: That's it!!! Thank you for reading this short story! I started it as a small exercise for myself to improve my writing skills and I'm glad so many of you enjoyed it!I usually headcanon Remadora to have only one child after Teddy but hey, why not twins? :)

I initially planned this won't have an epilogue but after seeing such great reviews I decided to give it another chapter. I came up with this Lyall visit last minute so that's why it took so long to update.

Thank you so much to everyone who reviewed this and I'm absolutely overwhelmed with the amount of love this short story got!