Remus fidgeted, trying to keep still, trying to keep his breathing calm and even. He gazed at his daughter's sleeping face, and smiled. Slowly, carefully, he stood and began walking around the infirmary, going to stand by Sirius who was rocking his weight from foot to foot, holding their son against his chest. Remus sighed as he stared at the beds, the floor, the curtains, the windows, the wall, at Sirius, everything his eyes landed on he stared at. He sighed again, explosively.
"Now, what is this? My eyes must be decievin' me! It can' possibly be our own Remus Lupin and Sirius Black, back at Hogwarts?" The large, burly man asked in his booming voice, striding over to the two men, and, of course, when hearing a loud, booming voice, sleeping babies tend to scream and cry. Being a pair of sleeping babies, and hearing that loud, booming voice, Serenity and Lykaios both woke and began screaming. Remus began rocking his daughter, Sirius immediately doing the same with their son. Hagrid stepped slowly out, looking highly apologetic. The two men finally got the twins quiet and settled once again, though all hopes of them going back to sleep were wasted. Madam Pomfrey bustled out, and smiled,
"You seem to be doing very well." She commented,
"What can you expect? They're his pups, of course he's going to be doing fine, he's a friggin' wolf!" Sirius said happily, letting Lykaios suck on a finger. Remus smiled at his husband, and gently rocked Serenity, humming to her. Slowly, both children's eyes drooped closed. Remus smiled down at the sleeping face, and looked up when Sirius began whining,
"Aw, come on! Can't we go home now?" He whined to Madam Pomfrey, who was shaking her head sternly,
"No! Absolutely not! Remus just had twins, are you not at all concerned about him?"
"Of course I am! You know that, right Remus?" Sirius pleaded, Remus looked shocked,
"I never doubted you Sirius! Now, quit your whining dear. Madam Pomfrey, truly, I am fine, I miss home, I just want to go home." He said softly, the woman found she could not ignore the pleading in his eyes, so she caved and dispatched her werewolf. The two men flooed home, each laden with a child. Once they stepped over the hearth, they were greeted by a grinning Lily and James. Remus took a step back, surprised; Moony was not exactly a supporter of surprises or shock. It tended to send him into a lunatic raving, that almost always ended up with Remus in a straight jacket until he calmed himself down. Remus closed his eyes and breathed deeply,
"Sirius, take Serenity." Remus said quickly, not breathing, because breathing brought with it the scent of blood, he could see now a bandage wrapping James' hand, and two of his fingers. Remus handed off Serenity, and turned away from the group and strode away, throwing open the door he hurried out, all the while trying to calm Moony who was now even angrier at being separated from his pup. Moony was a growling, rumbling presence in Remus' mind, and Remus had to fight for every step not to turn and run back to his pups.
Pup! Mate! Go back! The voice growled, Remus shook his head
"No, Moony mad, Moony might hurt pup or mate. No hurt pack Moony!" Remus said, talking simply, as if he talked to a small child.
Pup?
"When you calm down Moony!" Remus ordered sternly, to his relief feeling Moony, and himself, relaxing and calming. Remus sighed, and felt his knees buckle, as he sat down on the back lawn, holding his screaming head. Slowly he pushed himself back to his feet, and walked back into his house, and easily found everyone, where they sat in the den, Sirius holding the twins, settling them so that they lay across his legs. He looked up and gave Remus a concerned glance,
"You okay, babe?" Remus smiled, and walked forwards, taking Lykaios into his arms,
"Moony just got tetchy, he didn't like me handing off his pups." Remus cradled the small boy child against his chest, "See Moony? They're here, right here." Remus could hear Moony purring, and it took most of Remus' self-control not to purr as well.
"Come on, if Moony has calmed, we want to show you something!" Lily said happily, pulling gently on Remus' hand. She led the three men up the stairs, and turned, pushing open a door across the hall from the bedroom. She led them in. It was a room painted the palest green, with pale honey-nut golden furniture. A window with white lace drapes looked out over the garden, a rocking chair sat sweetly beneath it, a plush white cushion sitting against the back. A changing table stood against one wall, a small dresser against the other. A bucket of toys stood in the corner. Remus looked at it all, and nearly cried, he was so happy. Lily grinned,
"Don't get emotional yet, there's more." She led them out and just a bit farther down the hall, and pushed open another door. It led into a small bathroom with two more doors on opposite walls. The bathroom had a toilet, a double sink, and a bathtub. The walls were brick red, the floor black and white dance floor tile. She pushed open one of the doors, and led them into a small bedroom. The walls were pale lavender, the furnishings white with pink bed clothes. The walls had mythical creatures prancing across it, griffins, phoenixes and unicorns. Lily pushed them out and into the other room; this room had walls a lush forest green, and dark oak wood furnishings. The bedclothes were crimson, with the occasional gold weave pillow, or gold hems. Golden snitches and broomsticks zipped around the walls. Remus finally had it, the tears broke the damn, falling in hot torrents down his cheeks.
"You guys, thank you so much!" Remus sniffled, rubbing the back of his hand across his eyes. Lily smiled gently and embraced him,
"Like we said every step of the way." She whispered,
"Jamie-boy, you truly out did yourself this is just…… This is so…. Wow." Sirius finished weakly, breathlessly, taking in his surroundings. James smiled and clapped the man on the back, a huge pumpkin grin plastered across his face. James smiled and leaned around Sirius, gazing at Serenity's sleeping face, and smiled,
"She's beautiful, they both are." Remus and Sirius smiled, and walked to stand side by side, glancing at each other, they turned, Remus went to the crib, and Sirius went into the other bedroom. Together they lay their sleeping children down onto the mattress, for the first time since they were born actually letting go of the small children. James and Lily smiled, and after a few quick good-byes and grateful thank-you's, James and Lily flooed home. Remus and Sirius sighed in content, everything was perfect, but all that was on their minds, was a nice, soft, bed. They trudged back up the stairs and into their bedroom, falling on top of the mattress and immediately drifting off into sleep.