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Remus Lupin (aventine) wrote in lockewood,
@ 2010-10-21 21:41:00

Entry tags:

remus lupin, teddy lupin

Who: Remus and Teddy
Where: The Whizzer
When: Oct. 21 afternoon
What: Remus and Teddy discuss Sirius.
Status/Rating: Incomplete, low?

His hands kept cramping up, which made it incredibly difficult to actually cook anything. He really wished that he hadn't come into work at all, but he knew that it was better to reserve such days for after the full. While it was unlikely that anything bad was actually going to happen, especially since he had Padfoot, he was still all too aware of the first full he had been here, when things hadn't gone so well. Greyback hadn't been sighted in quite some time though and Remus was quietly starting to hope that maybe - just maybe - he had disappeared altogether.

He had decided to make Teddy lunch for their meeting, although he wished he would have asked what Teddy liked. He ended up making them two large club sandwiches, figuring that was a relatively neutral bet, simple to make, and yet fairly filling. He needed something simple, because his mind was on a thousand different things.

He didn't know how Teddy was likely to react to the news that his father was involved with another man. He tried to imagine his own father breaking such news to him, but the notion was so ridiculous that he simply couldn't. He didn't want Teddy to think that this had any bearing on how he felt about Teddy's mother in the future. He didn't even know how things would up then. Still, he knew that such news had hurt Dora. There was a good chance that it could hurt Teddy too. He knew that Teddy had a right to be angry - even if Sirius didn't think so. He had to respect whatever his son's decision was. He just hated the idea of losing him so quickly. He liked being a part of Teddy's life. He liked getting to know his son - and Victoire. He knew that he probably should have even told Teddy sooner, but he dreaded a negative reaction on Teddy's behalf. Simply put, he had put things off too long though. Sirius hadn't necessarily been wrong about that.

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nearlyfearless
2010-10-22 04:34 pm UTC (link)

Teddy rolled out of bed shortly before going to meet with Remus, a grin set wide on his face as he set about getting ready for the day. The moon was coming, which always had a weird effect on Teddy, it made him restless and it didn’t help that he didn’t know what it was that his dad wanted to talk about. Whatever it was though, it seemed serious, so Teddy had mental braced himself for the worse as he made his way to the restaurant.

Teddy walked into the building and passed the hostess, his eyes glancing around for any sight of his father. Not seeing anything, he pressed farther into the restaurant, coming to the kitchen doors. He knew he really wasn’t supposed to go through there, but it never really stopped him before. He pushed open one of the doors and stuck his head in.

“Hey, Dad, you back here?” He called out looking around the kitchen area, before spotting him. “Hey.”

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aventine
2010-10-23 05:55 am UTC (link)

Remus turned at the sound of Teddy's voice, not surprised at all to see that his son had made the decision to wander into the back of the kitchen. He was also quietly pleased that Teddy had made the decision to call him "Dad." He hadn't ever heard Teddy call him such before; he could still remember the awkward pause that had occurred when he had shown up for dinner the other night. He could only hope that Teddy chose to call him "Dad" because they were getting to know each other better -- that just maybe it was a position he was starting to earn.

It only made him all the more worried that he was going to fall out of favor in the next five minutes.

"Teddy," Remus said warmly. He presented him with the plateful of food. "I hope that's all right," Remus said after a moment. "Would you prefer to stay back here and talk for a bit?" he asked. There was plenty of space and the kitchen afforded them a little more privacy than the main part of the restaurant.

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nearlyfearless
2010-10-23 05:10 pm UTC (link)

Teddy could see the worry that was written on his face when he got closer though. He wasn’t entirely familiar with his dads mannerisms and expressions though and he could have been imagining it. It also could have been because of the moon, Teddy had worked with enough werewolves in his time with the equal rights organization to know that they reacted to the moon far differently than he did. Either way, the worry that was there made Teddy a little concerned himself, but her grinned when Remus did, taking the plate from him.

“Thanks. It looks great. I’m starving.” He said and it wasn’t wrong, Teddy was always hungry, and that only doubled when the moon came around. “Back here is fine, where ever you want to do it is fine.”

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aventine
2010-10-24 06:01 pm UTC (link)

"Pull up a stool then," Remus said, glad to hear that Teddy didn't automatically hate whatever he had made. It just served to remind him that there was a lot that they needed to learn about each other still. It seemed to be something that he couldn't ever really forget. He set his own plate down on top of one of the tables and pulled up one of the infrequently used stools so that he was sitting across from Teddy.

He figured that it was best just to jump into the conversation. He didn't think he had the propensity to sit through an entire lunch without actually bringing up why he had asked Teddy to meet him for lunch.

"I thought you should know, Teddy," Remus started, glad to hear that his voice was much more even and and calm than he really felt. "That I've become involved with someone here." He took in something of a deep breath. "I don't want you to think that this has any impact on how I feel about your mum. I'm sure that I loved her very much, but here, I don't know her that well yet. When I'm from, Dora's quite young and it's been awhile since I've seen her."

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nearlyfearless
2010-10-26 09:02 pm UTC (link)

Teddy nodded and searched out a stool. He placed the plate on the table his dad picked out and perched himself on the shaky seat. He was pleased when Remus dove right into the subject at hand, he was the same way. Teddy was horrible with sugar coating things and some times people thought he lacked tact, but he'd always found it was just easier to say things flat out. He'd taken a large bite of the sandwich as Remus started talking, and chewed slowly for an excuse not to answer right away.

It was unexpected but it made sense. Sure when Teddy imagined his parents, they where caught in a blissful romance like he and Victoire were. But the woman he'd met here who claimed to be Nymphadora Tonks barely seemed to be out of school and the married life wouldn't come for at least another decade for the man in front of him. Teddy could understand, he smiled softly.

"So, what is she like?" He asked, "who is she? Are you happy?"

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aventine
2010-10-26 11:22 pm UTC (link)

Remus cleared his throat a little. This was the far more complicated part. At least Teddy accepted the idea of him being with another person. He didn't know if it would be as easy to accept that other person being a man. Or his mother's second cousin. It was just odd, and he supposed it wasn't really that surprising that Teddy had the assumption that he was with another woman.

"He, actually," Remus managed to say, although the words sounded incredibly strange coming from his mouth. He would have never imagined saying them. "Sirius Black," Remus said finally, not entirely certain if Teddy would know who that was. It was another name that Remus imagined would have had to have been past down throughout history, but that didn't mean that Teddy really understood who he was - or that even the things he had heard about him were positive. He figured he would just have to wait and see Teddy's reaction and work off of that.

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nearlyfearless
2010-10-26 11:57 pm UTC (link)

He. If Teddy hadn't been so interested in this conversation, he might have even missed it. He knew it was rude, but he stared. It wasn't quite clicking in his brain that his dad could have been interested in another man. He placed his sandwich on the table and wiped his hands on his jeans, clearly lost in his own thoughts.

"Harry's godfather?" he said, shock evident in his voice, his eye brows knitted together before he realized how it looked. His eyes widened. "Oh! I mean, there's not anything wrong with that or anything!" he said quickly. "He uh... treats you okay and everything?"

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aventine
2010-10-27 12:05 am UTC (link)

Remus could see the surprise evident on Teddy's face - surprise, that, at least, Remus had fully expected. After all, he had had a hard enough time believing that there had been something going on between himself and Sirius when he had initially arrived in Lockewood. Still, he could feel something of an embarrassed flush coloring his face. Most people just already knew; there were few people that Remus actually had to be bothered to tell.

"Yes, Harry's godfather," Remus said, nodding his head. "And he does." He faltered for a moment. "I just thought you should know. Your mum wasn't too happy about it the last time that she was here - and I'd understand if you aren't either. But," he paused and found himself repeating the same sentence again - "I just you had a right to know."

Still, he was a little hopeful. Teddy's initial might have been one of surprise, but he seemed genuinely okay so far. Maybe Remus was reading too much into things, but he just wanted things to be all right between himself and his son.

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nearlyfearless
2010-10-28 04:00 pm UTC (link)

Teddy wasn’t really sure what to say. Sure, he didn’t think there was anything wrong with his dad seeing another man, but it didn’t mean that it wasn’t something incredibly weird. He was just getting used to these people all being alive and now, now he had something new to get used too. He couldn’t imagine his mum being so upset, but from what he understood, the teenage woman he’d met here was only one of the versions of her that had been on this island. It only came to cause more headaches. Still, he did his best to smile at his dad.

“Well, if you’re happy, I’m happy.” He said finally. “And I want to meet him, seeing as he’s so important to you.”

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aventine
2010-10-30 06:05 pm UTC (link)

"I think he would like that," Remus said, feeling an acute sense of relief. Everything was so complicated, so convoluted, and there were so many people that felt that he was wronging Dora and Teddy by being involved with Sirius here. He didn't know what he was supposed to think or what he was supposed to feel anymore. When Sirius had told him that they had been together before he had arrived, all Remus had felt was surprise. He had been worried about continuing such a relationship - but that was mostly because of issues related to being a werewolf. He now knew that his worries had been placed in the wrong arena; he should have been more concerned about his initial meeting with Dora, because they had come to color so many of the problems that came from being with Sirius.

Still, it was one victory that Teddy was going to condemn him for it - and perhaps the one that was most important. It was difficult to know that Ted Tonks hated him, but that was mostly because he abhorred the idea of separating Sirius from any of his family; he had so little that it was important that he maintain contact with whoever he could.

But in any case, he hoped that Sirius' mood would improve when he heard that Teddy had no problem with anything and that he wanted to meet him. It had been difficult to read Sirius about everything, and there had been one too many snide comments about Dora over the course of their relationship. He hoped that Sirius' malcontent with Teddy's return had been vested in the fear that Teddy wouldn't approve rather than Teddy's actual appearance.

"I think he's met you before," Remus confessed. "He's been here awhile, and he said that you've been here before."

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nearlyfearless
2010-11-02 05:07 am UTC (link)

“You’ve met my fiance, I suppose it’s only fair that I give your... boyfriend a chance, right?” He said smiling. Yeah, it was still incredibly weird. Here Teddy was, finally adjusting to the fact that his father was alive, and younger than him, and now he could take on the fact that his father, his mothers husband, was now dating another man. Another man who by all rights should also be dead. Instead of voicing his thoughts, Teddy picked up the sandwich and chewed on it until he could think of something appropriate to say.

“Harry’s told me a lot about him. Lots of stories of you and him and his dad. How long have you been dating?” he asked, finally looking back at his father. “Where you dating him in your time, before you met mum and all?”

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aventine
2010-11-21 08:29 am UTC (link)

Boyfriend. It was an intrinsically strange term and one he hadn't yet applied to Sirius. He knew that it was, for all intensive purposes, what Sirius was to him. He had no idea if that was what Sirius thought of him. When he had been explaining things to him, Sirius had just said they were together. In Remus' mind, that's what they were. Together. Not boyfriends.

He appreciated Teddy's enthusiasm though. He knew he was incredibly lucky that Teddy would be willing to consider Sirius as important as Victoire.

"Almost four months now," Remus said. "Since around the time that I arrived in Lockewood." He figured it was a little too complicated (and odd) to get into how Sirius had been dating another (and significantly older) version of himself. He decided that could wait for another conversation.

"Oh no, certainly not," Remus answered, hoping that he didn't sound too flustered; to him, it was still absolutely ridiculous to think about Sirius ever dating him when they were in school or when they had lived together. Sirius had dated practically everyone and well, he hadn't dated anyone. He could have. But in the end, it just got complicated. There were too many scars, and eventually there was too much attention paid to the fact that he was missing for a slice of every month. And then, it was just too much to ask anyone to put up with that.

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