Teddy was still sprawled on her couch when she got back from work, his face the same as when he arrived three days ago.

He was too lethargic to give her a proper greeting when she stepped out of the fireplace. She didn't mind. She dropped off her stuff, changed clothes, turned the radio on at a low volume and snagged two wine glasses and a bottle from the kitchen.

Teddy didn't have the stubble or the telltale bags under the eyes of someone who had spent the last few days moping. Perks of a metamorphmagus.

"Thanks," he uttered, taking the glass from her.

Lucy told him about her day, the people she'd run into, the challenges and the happier surprises. Something to take his mind off things.

He didn't say much, but she knew he appreciated it.

Finally, she ran out of things to say, and they lapsed into a long silence.

"I think it's over, this time," Teddy said.

Lucy didn't have anything to say.

"She explained her side. How a husband of a thousand faces doesn't feel like a commitment, how any guy could be me," Teddy said.

"I don't think that's fair," Lucy said. It didn't seem like a real excuse to cheat.

"Me either."

"Love's like- It's not to a face. It's to a personality, a soul, precise and singular to a person," Lucy said. "That connection doesn't change, through everything. You haven't changed, Teddy."

"I feel different," Teddy said. He finished his wine.

Lucy's dad had said that if there was one code to abide by in life, it was the code of family. You stick with it, and everything else would sort itself out.

It hadn't led her wrong, even when it meant she broke other rules, like pulling pranks with Teddy at school. Here though-

This whole thing was a mess. Victoire was family. Teddy was family.

Lucy refilled his glass.

"It's a full moon tonight," he said.

"I know," she told him.

He leant on her, and she wrapped her arm around him. Still that same boy from all those years ago, trying to forge a connection he didn't realise already existed.

"You're the same to me," Lucy said. She leaned in and kissed his forehead.

The two of them stayed like that for a while.

"How about I go and get a picnic blanket, we'll go out and sit beneath the moon?" Lucy asked.

Teddy looked at her, smiled and stayed the same. "I'd like that."

Lucy smiled back. She'd like that, too.