"We really ask too much of her," Lupin confirms with a nod, "but… I think a lot of us have been confronting a lot of assumptions this past few weeks. One of them was, a woman like Molly's choice to become a housewife, when in the past we might have said: 'she could have put her magical talent to 'better' use'. We're coming up against just how very much talent managing a house—even without this one's challenges—can require. And how exceedingly good she is at it, so how it was as considered and empowered a choice it was for her as any other career. More of us would be laughing at seeing the likes of Moody at his wits' end groveling for her help, if we weren't limping right behind him to also do so."
Tonks's transformation into Sirius had Lupin fumble his cup, catch it in one hand to cover his eyes with the other and laugh-moan, "Oh, crumbs…" and only look up most briefly and furtively until she'd become herself again. Yes, as students, then-Remus and then-Sirius had fulfilled the entire school's rumour mill and snogged a few times; but as such different people to one another now… seeing current Sirius's appearance on a person he was really fancying finding-attractive-without-intent was still a bit difficult to process.
What she was actually saying caught up to him with a worried frown. He forced himself not to be that guy and thought it through a step further. "…and then your ability to completely vanish a moment later," he too-sluggishly finished. "That's quite good. …Do you mind? That as your mission?"
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Date: 2022-10-11 04:52 am (UTC)Tonks's transformation into Sirius had Lupin fumble his cup, catch it in one hand to cover his eyes with the other and laugh-moan, "Oh, crumbs…" and only look up most briefly and furtively until she'd become herself again. Yes, as students, then-Remus and then-Sirius had fulfilled the entire school's rumour mill and snogged a few times; but as such different people to one another now… seeing current Sirius's appearance on a person he was
really fancyingfinding-attractive-without-intent was still a bit difficult to process.What she was actually saying caught up to him with a worried frown. He forced himself not to be that guy and thought it through a step further. "…and then your ability to completely vanish a moment later," he too-sluggishly finished. "That's quite good. …Do you mind? That as your mission?"