Pieces of Us

by loveislouder94

He's handsome and adorable and patient and sweet, but he's also shy and insecure and so frightened of pain that he won't allow himself love. / Ten Remus/Tonks drabbles, in response to the Alphabet Soup: Drabble Competition on HPFC.

8. T for Tangent

1995

"Yeah, and so that's how I failed Charms in my second year. And why. How did we get onto this again?"

"I can't actually remember, I think we were talking about our respective Care of Magical Creatures experiences, and then segued into something else…"

"Oh, Merlin, I've gone and done it again, talked your ear off and rambled about nothing. Sorry, Remus." She buries her head in her arms, certain he's sick to death of her and too bloody polite to say so.

"Don't be Nymphadora, I love listening to you talk."

She lifts her head slightly and smiles. "Really?" Then she frowns. "I swear I'll curse you next time you call me that."

Their conversations always go like this, leading them from one tangent to another, and Remus thinks that's the way good conversation is supposed to go, when you can talk for hours and never run out of things to say.