Tonks let out a breath she hadn't realised she'd been holding as Gabe dashed out of the room.
"It really did," she said with a soft laugh. Giving him a quick kiss on the cheek, she added, "I won't say I told you so, but..."
This would open up an entirely new flood of questions, she was sure of it, but at least now they could be completely honest with him. There would probably be some sort of emotional injury or backlash as soon as Gabe discovered that the rest of the world didn't think being a werewolf was as brilliant as he did, but they would handle that when they came to it, and in the end, once Gabe saw that nothing changed between them, she hoped everything would work out.
Gabe scampered back into the living room and onto the couch between them, and Tonks ran her fingers through his turquoise hair. "I think it's your dad's turn to get to read to you, isn't it?"