"You deserve everything," Remus said with a smile. Cocking his head to one side, he listened as Regulus explained the number of children, then nodded. "Fair enough. I can vouch for the fact being an only child is lonely. I think, knowing what happened with your own brother, you will be more vigilant in helping your own children avoid a similar situation. But, three or more sounds brilliant to me." Leaning over, he kissed his lover softly. "We'll have that family. We will find a way; I promise."
Remus shrugged. "Maybe. It doesn't matter. He's still my son and I'll take as much of him as I can get." He didn't comment on Andromeda. Without Harry, Ted's grandmother would have let him grow up with only the history books to tell him about his father. And, there didn't seem to have been anyone else who could have told Remus' son about him. But, this didn't seem like the right time to point that out to Regulus.
"I..." Remus paused. He hadn't done anything about Rose before. He'd had very little contact with her after that night. Although, in his own defence, he had been trying to take care of things for Regulus. "All right, I didn't do anything about Rose. I was too focused on trying to fix things with us and trying to talk to Harry to cancel our brunches. I rather forgot she existed. I'm..." he paused again, not knowing if this apology was going to only make things worse. But, he had messed up and Regulus was suffering for it. "I'm sorry. I should have done something then and I didn't."
Sighing, he thought he finally understood what the problem was and it was one he didn't know how to solve, or if he had the power to. It hurt that Regulus pulled away from him, but he wouldn't push.
"You're right, if it bothers you that much, you shouldn't have to deal with it here." It didn't seem fair that Remus should have to censor what he said in their rooms. But, if it was this important to Regulus, he could simply refrain. It was less important to Remus that he work things out aloud about people and events than it was that Regulus felt safe and comfortable in their rooms. "We don't have to talk about them any more."