Full moon & the morning after...

[r_moony]

ooc: First part is backdated to last night (full moon). Second part is open to anyone in the house.The previous evening Remus had left Grimmauld so he could go to Headquarters and use the room in the basement that Sirius had prepared a couple of months ago for him. He had kept to himself, not wanting to disturb or bother the occupants there, and

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[pinkhairedauror]

Tonks was tucking Maisie in when she heard Remus's voice and her eyebrows shot up. He's... has somebody brought him in... then much more brightly. He's here. He's fine. as she kissed the girl's forehead.

Then she rushed down the stairs to him - which wasn't such a good idea, as she should have known, as she slipped two steps above the floor and almost ended thudding down on her behind.
Still she walked fast.

"Remus?"

[r_moony]

Remus was just making his way towards the stairs when he heard her, and that just made him want to rush to her faster. Which he wasn't really able to, considering that he was not feeling (or even looking) much better than when he had gotten back in, but he did try at least.

"Good morning, Dora," he said as soon as he saw her, his voice still a bit hoarse. "Are you both all right?"

[pinkhairedauror]

She felt her heart freeze as she saw him... "You. Bed. Now." The words were out of her mouth before she ever realised she meant to say them; she was rushing to him and holding him so tight. She spoke rapidly so that they could move sooner and he could rest.

"We're fine. Little bit's exhausted, but that isn't really..." She swallowed, stopping herself. She didn't need to explain to him. She switched to, "she's as sweet a little puppy as she's a sweet little girl. I had her have chocolate, as much as she would have, and then left her to sleep. Which I should to with you too."

[r_moony]

His shoulders sagged with relief as he held her and she gave him the news.

"I needed to know that she was all right." Lips tugged very slightly at the corners, suddenly shivering since his body temperature was readjusting as well.

[pinkhairedauror]

"Oyee!" She didn't LIKE the shivering. So her arms tightened again for a moment, then she let go just to take her wand out and Accio a jumper for him that she immediately put on his shoulders, and a bar of chocolate, that she placed in his hands while hugging him around the waist again. She motioned towards the stairs. "Right. She is. Shall we?"

[r_moony]

He was about to take a bite out of the chocolate bar, no matter how much his stomach tightened at the idea of food at this moment, but didn't as she motioned towards the stairs.

Move towards the stairs or eat chocolate... He really wasn't sure if he could do two things at once right now, so he turned to her and kissed her cheek softly. "Could we just...apparate upstairs? I don't think I can do it by myself again, however."

[pinkhairedauror]

"Merlin! Of course!" She tightened her arms about him. "Ready?"

[r_moony]

His smile widened just in the slightest, and he nodded. "Please."

[pinkhairedauror]

Because she wouldn't have apparated with him in this state without warning. But when he confirmed, she did so immediately - right by the door of their room. She wasn't sure if he wanted to check on Maisie in the next room first, or else she'd have apparated them inside. By the bed.

When they apparated, she held tight still for a moment to steady him should he need it. After all, apparating wasn't all that nice on the... third ear. And the stomach.

"Here. No stairs. Neat. I think I still can hear Molly berating the twins for apparating up and downstairs back when this was Headquarters..."

[r_moony]

He did want to check on Maisie, but apparating had thrown him a bit off balance and at once his hand reached out for the threshold of the door as well, so he could steady himself using that as well.

With a very faint chuckle under his breath, he nodded slightly. "I can as well. Sometimes I think my mind starts playing tricks on me and I can remember things that happened years ago as if they happened just yesterday."

His body was way too used to at least laying down immediately after a transformation, and he was starting to be realize just why. For a brief moment he turned towards Maisie's door before turning back to Tonks.

"...she is all right?" Not that hedidn't believe her, he just wanted to make sure. Especially because he doubted he'd be able to make it to her room and then back again. "I am so glad you were here with her..."

[pinkhairedauror]

Tonks gritted her teeth, seeing him just...

"Yes, she's fine, really she is." She snuggled under his arm (a.k.a. draped his arm around her shoulder so he could use her for support) and firmly guided him into their room and to the bed. Where she sat him down and pressed her fingers over his, still holding the chocolate. "Eat, you need it."

Then she sat beside him, making sure he could just lay down as soon as he needed to, and only then did she speak.

"It was fine. Prongs was there, and they ran around a bit. I don't know if he was quite ready for it, but he jumped as soon as I suggested it, so... I thought, for one night only, he could run a bit. And they ran." She rolled her shoulders. "Flying's fun, but it does require muscles I don't usually use. But it was OK. Then she slept, and I watched over her. Prongs seemed to want to run a bit, but... he soon came back and lay down to rest as well."

ooc: the narrative not ran though either James or Maisie mun, so if either of them have corrections over it, their is valid.

[r_moony]

As she sat he took a bite of the chocolate, letting it slowly melt in his mouth. After a transformation that was the first thing he did when eating chocolate; chewing and trying to stomach it that way was too difficult. Letting it melt was an entirely different thing altogether.

Remus smiled slightly and leaned towards her to kiss her cheek. "I'm glad... Maybe next month we can all go out running together."

His eyes twinkled briefly and he brought the chocolate up to his lips again without adding more to what he had said, but that was his way of 'surprising' her with his news that the Wolfsbane had worked well enough for him to run around next month.

[pinkhairedauror]

Tonks nodded, slightly relieved at the brightening of his face, then her eyes widened. "It's ... it's all right? You can be with..." Her arms wrapped around him from the side and she kissed his shoulder.

"That is good. Very." No, she decided, that 'all' would probably not include her. For one thing, she'd promised not to intrude on HIM again unless there was an emergency. And for another... now just wasn't the time for her to suggest spending a full moon with three werewolves, pregnant, even if they were controlled and two were just pups.

"I think all running together would be just brilliant. She looked so excited and... glad when she had the wind in her fur..."

[r_moony]

If he would have had more energy he would have grinned and hugged her, but he was just so tired. So, instead, he simply wrapped his arm loosely around her waist and leaned slightly against her. "I'm glad that she had fun. Hopefully knowing that...she won't be alone will help her face the transformations better

[pinkhairedauror]

She winced, thinks about holding him for the apparating and his open wounds... she was lucky the weeks of habit had kept her hands away from the sore areas.

"I ... think I see. I hope you're right, and there's a movement." A pause. "When you're ready, lay down and let me look at those wounds reopening before ... well, and bandage them up. Good thing it's Saturday and you have at least two days before you start fretting about getting back to work." And that depended on how the wounds were healing, it really did.

"Oh, and I think I'm sleeping in with you afterwards. A day asleep, at least until we need to be up, sounds a lovely idea, doesn't it?"

[r_moony]

Remus' smile softened. "They didn't open that much, love. With the change it just caused some bleeding in some of them, but nothing how they had been in the beginning. Really, I'm all right."

It had just been the change that had done it. The bending and stretching his body did, and after just weeks of recuperating he wasn't surprised it had happened. If anything, he had expected things to be much worse.

"Sleeping in sounds wonderful." He kissed her cheek again before slowly laying down since he was just too tired to keep sitting. Holding back a wince as his sore body made contact with the mattress, he added quietly, "You don't work today?"