black coffee | remus lupin [2]

40. chocolate chip pancakes

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SHE WANTED TO DIE. No, like, seriously. She wanted to open up that window and jump out head first.

One thing the devil-version of Sirius had been right about was the fact that Claudia's attraction to Remus would only grow at the sight of him taking care of Cho.

Honestly, saying that it would grow would be quite the understatement, because Claudia was certain that her attraction for him bloody skyrocketed right in that moment when he took Cho from her arms, began soothing and calming the baby down and in the process succeeded with doing so all at the same time as he made Claudia's heartbeat race.

She stood there like a fool, telling herself to get a grip as she watched him be all nice and handsome and mature, making Cho laugh a little just seconds after the last tear fell down her small little cheek.

Remus smiled the biggest smile back at Cho as she hid her face in his chest, and then he looked to the side and saw Claudia standing there, frozen in her spot with a strange look on her face.

"What?"

She snapped out of it immediately at his question, her eyes widening for a second before she raised her eyebrows at him.

"What?"

He chuckled, "I asked you first."

She smiled a little, "How did you do that?"

"Do what?"

"That," she said, nodding towards Cho who was now looking between the two of them with a small little grin that reminded Claudia so of Henry.

It was as if that damn child knew exactly what was on Claudia's mind.

"How did you calm her down so quickly? She, uh...not even Henry or Jia Li does it that fast. Trust me, I've seen it."

"Well," Remus said, looking down at Cho with a cheeky smile. "She has a soft spot for me."

Get in line, Claudia thought.

"James says that she might be able to sense the, y'know, wolf-thing," Remus chuckled. "He says that she probably thinks that I'm a nice dog and that's why. Personally, I just think I'm lucky and that she feels very safe with me and stops crying because she doesn't want to annoy me too much."

"Yeah, well," Claudia said. "She does like you. A whole lot. Doesn't look at me like that."

"Oh, don't say that," Remus said with a shake of his head. "It's impossible for anyone not to like you, let alone a baby. Come here."

"What?"

"I'll show you my little trick, come here," he said, nodding encouragingly at her.

She took a few steps closer, looked up at Remus with confused eyes as he only smiled as big as he could.