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Forever and Always	By : cls2256 Category: HP Canon Characters paired with Original Characters > Het - Male/Female Views: 6832 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 2
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“I think you should let me carry you to the entrance, your leg is going to get tired”
Remus watched as Mia limped around the bedroom, getting dressed for her first day back at the Ministry since the wedding. The Ministry enacted a new policy for employees arriving to work; no longer could you apparate or floo into the Ministry’s atrium, forcing employees to flush themselves down a public restroom toilet to commute for work.
“You said it yourself, my limp is looking better” she said “where is my purple blouse? The one with the high neck?”
“The hamper, maybe? Why can’t you wear this one?”
He held up a blue blouse that was on top of a pile of clothes she had pulled out of her closet and threw onto the bed in a frenzy to get dressed,
“It shows my mark” she said, waving her hand at him “and concealment charms are a pain in the ass to keep up all day”
“Sorry…” he said sheepishly.
She found the shirt she was looking for in the hamper, sniff checking it before casting a cleaning charm with a wave of her hand. She turned to look at him, recognizing the creeping self-loathing in his eyes.
“No, no don’t do that” she said, kissing him softly “you have nothing to be sorry for”
A crack of apparition from the living room made both of them flinch, Tonks’s voice now hollering through the bedroom door.
“Mia, I’m here! Ready to go?”
“Coming!”
She slipped on her blouse and turned back to look at herself in the mirror. She smoothed the fabric over her mark, ensuring it was indeed covered.
“You look beautiful” Remus said with a small smile. “I want a full report when you get home”
“Yes sir” she winked, leaning in for another kiss.
She expected a quick peck on the lips, but he snaked a hand into her hair as her lips touched his, holding her to him and kissing her deeply. She felt a heat burn between her legs; she wanted nothing more than to throw herself in his lap and sink down on him.
“Oi, you two better not be shagging in there— we need to get moving! Kingsley said the lines at the flushers are going to be long!” Tonks shouted through the door
“I have to go I have to go” she murmured quickly against his lips, forcing herself to pull away.
“There’s more of that for when you get home” he said slyly “go, Tonks is waiting”
He slapped her butt playfully as she grabbed her cane from the dresser. She broke into a fit of giggles as she spun back and kissed him one more time, Tonks hollering through the door again.
“You two are disgusting— let’s go!”
Mia opened the door laughing, limping out to find Tonks standing in the living room with her arms crossed.
“We weren’t shagging” Mia chuckled
“mhmm” Tonks hummed, raising a brow “you got everything you need?”
She grabbed her purse off the dining table, checking to ensure she had her daily dose of potions with her. She patted the bag then threw it over her shoulder, giving Tonks thumbs up.
“Yep, got my array of potions and fresh bandages just in case”
“You can apparate, right? We don’t have time to walk to the flushers now” Tonks said, giving Remus a sideways glance
“Uh, kinda”
Mia frowned at her leg, remembering the splitting pain she felt when she apparated from the wedding back to the flat. Tonks linked arms with her, giving her a nod.
“We’ll side along— bye Remus!”
“Be careful you two. Mia, see you tonight”
She gave him a small smile “Bye— I love you”
The familiar tug behind her navel was accompanied by the feeling of iron bands squeezing the air and life out of her, her body desperate for a breath. The sensation of apparition was at least short, fresh air filling her lungs as a splitting pain shot down her leg the moment her feet hit solid ground.
“fuck!”
She leaned on Tonks heavily, gritting her teeth as the pain subsided slowly. Tonks fought to hold her up, not allowing her injured leg to collapse.
“Sorry— you ok?”
“Yeah” Mia groaned weakly “I can’t wait ‘til this shit is healed”
“How much longer does Molly think?”
“About another week if I am diligent with my potions” Mia said “it’s not as bad as it was, but it’s still pretty painful.”
They hobbled into the public restroom where they would flush themselves into the Ministry, shuffling along the crowd of other Ministry employees. Mia and Tonks entered side by side stalls, Mia struggling to climb into the toilet. She was surprised that even though she was in a few inches of water, her feet were completely dry. Nevertheless, she felt disgusted as she pulled the flush cord, spiraling down through the toilet pipes. It was a similar feeling as the floo network, but something seemed a little degrading about spinning through sewer pipes rather than chimneys. Her feet hit the ground of the Ministry’s fireplaces, she letting out a hiss of pain when the familiar splitting jolt shot down her leg. Tonks ran to her side, helping her steady as she regained her footing.
“You alright?”
“Really can’t wait ‘til this shit is healed” she grumbled.
They made their way into the atrium, gasping at the sight of the new statue that stood in the middle of the fountain of magical brethren. An enormous black stone carving of a witch and wizard sitting on an ornate throne dominated the room, the words ‘MAGIC IS MIGHT’ carved at the base of their feet. When Mia looked closer, she realized the throne was composed of bodies pressed together— muggles— to support the weight of the witch and wizard. She was repulsed by the sight of such a horrible sculpture, wishing for nothing more than to send a few good blasting charms right at it. Tonks tugged on her arm gently, giving her a sad expression and a weak nod.
“It’s disgusting” Mia whispered
“I know.” Tonks said softly “This is bad.”
Mia hobbled into the Wizengamot offices, thankful to have reached her desk to sit down. She plopped into the chair, groaning slightly as she flexed her throbbing leg. She dug through her bag and plucked a pain potion out, downing in one quick gulp.
“Where is my coffee?”
Delphinus emerged from her office; hands on her hips a she studied Mia with a furrowed brow. Mia pinched the bridge of her nose and cringed— how could she have forgotten? She’d only been working for Delphinus Gamal for 6 months, and every morning she had gone to Calista Calderon’s to retrieve her troll sized latte with a plethora of ingredients.
“Shit— I completely forgot this morning, I am so sorry…”
Delphinus sighed heavily, looking to her supporting her weight with her cane. “It’s alright, Mia.” She said with slightly more inflexion than Mia was used to hearing her speak with. “Susan told me you were injured, I didn’t realize it was this bad. I can get my own coffee until your leg heals— she said you had a spell backfire?”
“Oh— yeah” Mia said quickly “I like to experiment, and well, this one failed”
It was a weak lie, but the only possible thing she could tell people when they asked about her leg. Many magical injuries can be healed on the spot, so to see a witch walking around with a cane was not a common sight.
“Be careful next time” Delphinus nodded “I need 19 copies of the stack on your desk”
“Yes ma’am”
Mia turned her attention to the pile of folders in front of her, staring at them in contempt. She sighed heavily; she really hated copying files.
The rest of the day went on as normal; Mia copied her usual copious amounts of files as she kept track of the clock to ensure she took her potions on time. Her constant watching of the time made the day seem to drag on; she had a couple hours left still in her day and she felt like she had been here for three hundred years already.
Mia’s attention to her stack of papers was broken when Dolores Umbridge walked in with a large Cheshire cat grin plastered to her toad-like face. A middle-aged man with dull flaxen hair was beside her, his elegant black robes crisp and lint free, accented with a silver Ministry of Magic brooch pinned to the left side of his chest. His eyes were cold, his presence made Mia uncomfortable.
“Dolores, Corban, what do I owe the pleasure?” Delphinus said as she strode out of her office, though her tone suggested that this visit was not a pleasure.
“Good afternoon Delphinus, I hope we are not interrupting” Umbridge said in her high girlish voice “I wanted to come by to ask you if I could use Amelia for my project”
“What project?” she asked
“I need some assistance for the Muggle Born Registration Commission— scribing for the trials specifically” she said, her smile sickeningly pleased with herself. “So, I’ll need you to excuse her from her work here for about a month or so”
“Of course” Delphinus said with a nod
Mia took note that her boss seemed less than pleased to share her aide. By her jaw clenching, she could tell Delphinus wanted to refuse. Part of her wished Delphinus would’ve refused— Mia wanted nothing to do with Umbridge’s disgusting prejudice.
“Excellent, I won’t need her for a couple weeks—” Umbridge’s face twisted when she noticed Mia’s cane “Oh my, what happened to you?”
“Oh— I like to experiment with spells, and one of them backfired. St. Mungo’s has me on a bunch of potions, should be healed up in about a week.”
Mia’s lie was delivered smoothly; Umbridge simply smiled, but the blonde man next to her looked her up and down, seeming to know she was lying. His cold, dark eyes sent a shiver down her spine.
“I wish you a speedy recovery” Umbridge said sweetly, but something about her body language seemed false “Have you met Corban, yet?”
“No, I don’t believe so—“She took a step towards the man, leaning heavily on her cane as she stuck her right hand out to shake his “Mia Roswell, it’s a pleasure”
The man took her hand and shook it, making eye contact for longer than she was comfortable with.
“Corban Yaxley, Head of Magical Law Enforcement”
“Amelia is interning here as an aide, but is an aspiring Auror like her mother. She is exceptionally bright and received all Outstandings on her NEWTs” Delphinus interjected.
“Impressive…” Yaxley said softly. He looked at her leg and cane intently, noticing the ring on Mia’s left finger. “I see you are engaged; best wishes” He said with a small smirk “Who is the lucky gentleman?”
She opened her mouth to answer, but her words caught in her throat. She knew she shouldn’t mention Remus in front of Umbridge, she certainly knew his name was synonymous with werewolf ever since Snape outed him at the end of her 7^th year.
“…Eric” she said suddenly, forcing a wide grin.
Eric, really? Her brain scolded her, but it was the first name she could think of. Yaxley and Umbridge both eyed her, as if knowing she was lying again.
“How wonderful” Umbridge said, her high, girlish voice off-putting “Alright, we won’t keep you, I’ll be in touch”
Mia nodded to Umbridge and forced a smile. She turned to walk out of the office, Yaxley following behind her, but not before he gave Mia another once over. She met his eyes for a moment, then watched him as he turned and exited, his long blonde braid whipping around with him. There was something off about Yaxley, something suspicious.
“You need to be careful around Corban Yaxley.” Delphinus said in her ear, making her jump. “And Dolores Umbridge, for that matter— you think you play her game better than she does, but I assure you, you do not.”
Mia turned and looked at her boss incredulously. “What do you mean?” she asked as her eyes narrowed.
“Just as I said— be careful.”
The bite on her neck felt warm as she rocked her hips against him, gasping at each of his thrusts. He slid his hands up her back and grabbed her shoulders, pulling her downward so he could push deeper into her. His mouth caught hers to muffle her cries, kissing her passionately as his body tensed then relaxed under hers.
“That was great— we should be shagging in the arm chair every time” Mia panted as her lips broke apart from his, closing her eyes and leaning her head back so he could kiss the soft flesh of her neck.
“I’m just glad this leg held out” Remus murmured
She giggled as he nibbled her earlobe, pulling away as it tickled. She peppered his lips with a few quick kisses as she murmured ‘I love you’ over and over.
“And I love you, but now that we’ve had our fun, I want to hear about your day” he said, patting her butt cheek gently “Get dressed— I’ll make us tea”
“Alright, alright” Mia laughed, getting up and limping off toward her bedroom. “Where the hell is my stupid cane??”
“By the door” Remus said, fixing his belt “I’ll get it”
“I got it— accio cane!” she said, raising her hand.
Her cane flew through the air to her, she catching it with ease and hobbling off into the bedroom.
“When did you learn summoning spells wandless?” He called to her, furrowing his brow as he buttoned up his shirt.
“I practice when Delphinus leaves for lunch” she hollered from inside the bedroom. “My job is boring; I have to pass the time somehow”
Remus smiled as he put a tea kettle on the stove, he was impressed with how quickly she was picking up wandless spells— it seemed like she was learning to do more and more without her wand by the week.
“So I am going to be working with the Muggle Born registration, assisting on trials, etc…” she called from inside the other room. “Umbridge asked for me specifically”
Remus pondered this for a moment as he poured boiling water into their tea mugs “What exactly did she say?”
“Well, she came by to ‘ask’ if she could borrow me for a few weeks, but it wasn’t a request” Mia said, limping out of the bedroom in one of Remus’s flannel shirts.
“Could you wear your own clothes for once?” He teased “That’s my good flannel— it only has one hole”
Mia grinned and waved her hand over the tear in the shoulder of the shirt, it repairing itself seamlessly. “I learned another new trick” she winked.
She plopped into a dining chair as Remus brought her tea to her. “I’ve got plenty more hole-y clothing for you to practice your sewing spells” he chuckled, sitting across from her “Back to it, so she asked for you personally…”
“Yeah, and she brought the new Head of Magical Law Enforcement with her— brutal face bloke, made me uncomfortable with his staring.”
“Who took over?”
“Corban Yaxley?” she said, scrunching her nose and taking a sip of her tea “I haven’t heard that name before, but his face was a little familiar”
“Corban Yaxley is a Death Eater” Remus said frankly “You are not going back there”
“I have to! How suspicious is it if I don’t go back?”
Remus sighed heavily, rubbing his face in frustration “you’re right— I just worry about you”
“I know, but I have to go back. Especially now that I have to work on that disgusting Muggle-born shit”
“At least maybe you could use your insider knowledge to help Penelope, see what you can finagle to help her.”
“That’s what I was thinking” Mia said softly.
She took another sip of her tea, a little too large of a swig as it burnt her tongue and the roof of her mouth.
“Anything else you can tell me?” Remus asked
“No, that’s all I have. I really didn’t learn much today at all.” She said heavily. “I’ll see what I can find out the rest of the week— should I call out Yaxley for being a Death Eater?”
“Absolutely not!— you keep your head down, you hear me? Don’t do anything stupid”
“Alright alright, I’ll keep my head down” She grumbled
“No cheek, no sass— alright?”
“No cheek, no sass” she repeated with an eye roll.
He studied her for a moment, giving her a stern fatherly gaze. She met his gaze, setting her tea down and folding her arms on the table in front of her.
“What??”
“If there was any time to heed my advice, now is the time” he said “We are at a disadvantage in the current state of power— there’s no telling how much we are all at risk”
Copying files was the bane of her existence, Mia was certain of this. It seemed like since Delphinus got word three days ago that Mia would be out for the Muggle Born trials that folders and papers seemed to pile twice as high, her boss requiring more and more work out of her. She duplicated files over and over for next week’s court proceedings, her eyes feeling like they were crossing from the mundane task. Her brain had gone on autopilot, trying to zone out so that the two hours remaining of the day would fly by.
“Mia!!”
Tonks’s voice came from down the hall. Mia perked her head up from her desk, craning her neck back to look for her friend.
“Mia! Mia!” Tonks was out of breath as she reached the door to the administrative offices. “It’s your mum— someone sent her a clipping of devil’s snare!”
“What??” She cried, her face twisting up “Who??”
“You— according to the parcel” Tonks breathed, her cheeks flushed from her jog. “She’s alright, but it nearly strangled her”
“Shit— Hey, Delphinus? I need to—”
“I heard Nymphadora— go ahead, go” Delphinus called from her office.
“Oh come on Delphinus, I’ve told you, call—“
“Tonks!” Mia said forcefully “Help me, I can’t walk very fast”

They made their way to Auror Headquarters, Mia hobbling along as she gripped her cane with one hand and Tonks’s arm with the other. Susan was sitting at her desk with Williamson, Robards and Dawlish standing around her as she rubbed her neck. She had a straight line of bruising around her entire neck, the black and blue color just starting to develop. The dead clipping of devil’s snare lay motionless and shriveled at her feet.
“Mum!” Mia said, limping over to hug her “Are you alright?”
They embraced tightly, Mia leaning her weight on her mother to ease the strain on her leg.
“Yes sweetie, I’m alright” Susan said weakly “Thankfully Robards was standing here when I opened the parcel—“
“Mum, it wasn’t me that sent it to you…”
“Obviously” Susan said sarcastically “There was a note underneath the clipping”
Susan handed Mia the bit of parchment to read. Scrawled in blue ink was one sentence that made her heart skip a beat.
You can try to hide, but you can’t stay hidden forever.
“Mum, I think this was Dolohov” Mia said softly
“I agree— I don’t think he wanted to kill me today, if he had, he would’ve made sure this package found me when I was alone.” Susan nodded
“How did it get in here?” Tonks asked, looking around the room and over her shoulder.
“I bet Yaxley planted it” Mia muttered
“Be careful!” Susan hissed “don’t say that out loud around here— we have to be careful with how we proceed from here. Do not give Yaxley a reason to come after you”
“Mum, is it even safe for us to come to work?” she whispered, lowering her voice so that Robards, Williamson and Dawlish wouldn’t hear her over their conversation they were having just a few steps away.
“No, but it’s safer than not coming to work.”
“What do you mean someone sent her devil’s snare?!”
Remus was scrubbing dishes when Mia had arrived home, shattering a cup in the sink and cutting his hand when he heard about the mystery parcel. He swore and grabbed a paper towel, trying to wrap his bleeding hand. Mia limped over and healed his palm with a wave of her hand, then fixed the cup with a flick of her wrist.
“Thanks” he grumbled, kissing her forehead “Who sent it?”
“Dolohov I’m pretty sure— I think Yaxley planted it. They addressed it from me, so she thought it was safe to open.”
“How is she?”
“She’s fine; Robards was at her desk when she opened it, thankfully”
Remus took a deep breath, tucking a strand of her hair behind her ear as his face reeled through a few different expressions.
“The Ministry is not safe; I don’t think you should go back”
“I have to— it’s safer to go to work than to not at this point”
Mia wasn’t sure if this was true, but Susan seemed to think it was, and she trusted her mother’s judgement. Remus wrapped one arm around her waist and brushed her cheek with the backs of his fingers.
“It makes me crazy to think about something happening to you.” He said in a husky whisper.
Mia looked into his eyes— this war was getting worse, and they no longer had the upper hand. She was worried they wouldn’t be here tomorrow, let alone this spring for the wedding.
“Marry me” she whispered.
Remus chuckled softly “I am, silly” he teased, kissing the ring on her left finger.
“No, I mean now— well, not right now, but soon. Let’s move the wedding up.”
“Alright, when do you want to do it?”
“In a couple weeks? Before is start the muggle born trials? We can do it the weekend after the full moon.”
“Two weeks???” he asked incredulously
“Yeah, we can keep it small, casual.”
Remus chuckled “You want to tell Susan Roswell that the wedding she’s been planning since the day you were born is off, and that you want something quick instead?”
“No, I don’t want to tell her that…” Mia said slowly, laughing nervously and running a hand through her hair “However, I don’t know if we will be here this spring— honestly— and if I am going to die, I want to die as your wife.”
Remus kissed her firmly, then pulled her into a tight embrace. “I would die before I let you die— I won’t let anything happen to you” he whispered as he nuzzled the top of her head with his cheek “If you want to move the wedding up, let’s do it. Think you can swing some time off work?”
Mia scrunched her nose as she shrugged slightly “I hope— I don’t think Delphinus will be very happy”
“You want a week off work right before I lose you to the Muggle-born trials?”
Mia’s palms were sweating as Delphinus’s dark brown eyes bore into her, her blank, apathetic face impossible to read. She could tell by her boss’s tone of voice, which she was less than pleased with this request.
“I know the timing is bad, but we felt that getting married before the trials started was…”
Delphinus held up her hand to silence Mia, sighing.
“I can’t give you a week this short of notice; especially since I am losing you to this project” Delphinus said “But I can give you three days”
“I’ll take what I can get” Mia said with a sigh of relief “thank you”
Delphinus nodded, and Mia turned to leave the office,
“Mia—“
Mia stopped and turned back to her.
“You know you and your mother are being watched, right?”
“What?”
“Just as I said, you are being watched.” Delphinus said, turning her attention to her papers on her desk. “I told you that you thought you were playing Dolores’ game better than her, but you are not. She asked for you to work the Muggle Born trials because she wants to keep a closer eye on you. She knows your fiancé is a werewolf, she knows you work with the Order of the Phoenix.”
“How do you know all this?” Mia asked, her heart pounding in her ears.
“I was tasked with spying on you, I am supposed to report what you do or say to her”
“Do you?”
“I don’t tell her anything that helps her”
“Why not?”
“Because I actually play Dolores’ game better than she does” Delphinus said “You need to watch what you say and do, especially around those that report back to Corban or her. You have very few in the Ministry that you can trust”
“How do I know I can trust you?” Mia asked
“You don’t” Delphinus said simply, “However; you can— there is a reason Kingsley Shacklebolt recommended you for my department.” She opened her desk drawer and pulled out 2 file folders. “Come here, I will only show you these once.”
Delphinus flicked her wand and the door shut and locked. Mia stepped behind her and looked at 2 files she pulled out of her drawer. She opened the first file, a photograph of Susan smirking back up at her paper clipped to the top left hand corner of the document.
Susan Roswell
Age: 44
Occupation: Auror
Location: Home concealed under Fidelius charm— Secret Keeper unknown
Blood Status: Pure-blood, with unacceptable pro-muggle leanings. Known member of the Order of the Phoenix.
Family: Parents deceased. Divorced; ex-husband a muggle, deceased. One daughter, also Ministry employee.
Security Status: TRACKED. Currently shares responsibility of working as the muggle Prime Minister’s secretary with Kingsley Shacklebolt.
Mia’s hand shook slightly as she flipped to the next file. She stared at a headshot photo of her, taken by the NEWT testing examiners for identification shortly before her practical exams. 18 year old Mia smiled back at her, her long dark hair was tucked behind one ear, showcasing a small garnet stud glimmering on her earlobe. She instinctively brought her hand up to feel the earring in her ear, the studs having almost never been taken off since the day Remus had sent them to her.
Amelia Roswell
Age: 21
Occupation: Administrative Aide, part time retail associate
Location: Home concealed under Fidelius Charm— Secret Keeper unknown.
Blood Status: Half-blood with unacceptable pro-muggle leanings, known member of the Order of the Phoenix
Family: Father (muggle), deceased. Mother (pure-blood), also Ministry employee.
Security Status: TRACKED. Romantic involvement with known werewolf Remus Lupin. Lives with known Muggle-born Penelope Clearwater. Works at Clearwater’s wine and cheese, part time on weekends. May try to help Clearwater evade trial.
Mia felt her stomach flip flop as her heart began to pound in her ears.
“Why are you showing me this?” she asked quietly
“Because you need to know what you are dealing with”
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