Title: Bedtime
Rating: T
Character(s): Andromeda, Teddy
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: Don't own 'em - not making any money off 'em. Dern it.
Word Count: 397
Notes: This collection will feature Andromeda in a mother and grandmother role. There will hopefully be fifteen chapters.
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry: March Event - Mother's Day - Prompt: A mother reading a story/singing a song etc
Andromeda walked into Teddy's bedroom. He was sitting up in his bed, reading a book. "Lights out," she called when he didn't look up from his book.
"Do I have to go to sleep? It's Friday night."
"Yes, and you're still only eight years old. So for now, bedtime is 9 pm every day of the week."
Teddy pouted. "I'm not a baby, you know."
"You're sure acting like a baby," she countered with a raised eyebrow. She walked to him and took the book from his lax fingers. She made sure his place was saved and put it on the side table.
She turned to walk away, but Teddy's voice stopped her. "Aren't you going to tuck me in?"
She looked back at him. "What happened to you not wanting to be treated like a baby?"
Teddy blushed. "I kinda like you tucking me in," he sheepishly admitted.
Andromeda smiled gently. "I'd happily tuck you in until you were thirty-five if you wanted me to."
Teddy laid back when Andromeda walked back to him. She lifted the blanket and pulled it over his legs, then his stomach, all the way up until it rested just below his chin.
"Grandma?" he sleepily asked.
"What is it, Teddy?"
"Can you tell me another story about Mum? Maybe about how you used to tuck her in when she was little?"
Andromeda sat down, smoothing the blanket. "Well, your mum loved to hear bedtime stories. I usually made them up, and most of the time, I tried to use them to get her to do what I want."
"Like what?" Teddy asked.
"Like I tried to get her to choose a career in Healing versus being an Auror."
Teddy laughed. "I guess that didn't work."
"No, most of the time, your mum was too smart for those tricks. I never stopped trying, though."
Teddy closed his eyes. "You don't try to trick me like that."
"Well, not only was your dad extremely smart, but if you're anything like your mum, my tricks wouldn't work on you anyways. I've found another way to get you to do what I want."
Teddy's eyes snapped open. "What way?" he suspiciously asked.
Andromeda smiled mysteriously. "You'll never know."
Because if Teddy ever found out that Harry's words ever came from Andromeda, he would stop listening to his godfather. And she couldn't have that happening.