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❝ my favourite marauder ❞
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𝓔𝓿𝓪𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓮'𝓼 𝓟𝓞𝓥
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13th 1978

On the 11th of August my husband and I brought our daughter into the world, at seven pounds and ten ounces. I named her Gwendolyn after Pandora mentioning that it meant hope and new beginnings. Gwendolyn Regulus Black.

Now at the age of only a month old, my daughter stares up at me from her crib and her deep chocolate brown eyes only serve as a reminder that Regulus is not her biological father.

Speaking of Regulus, he's decided to do school from home for his last year so he could help me move into our new home and take care of Gwendolyn. Evan took Regulus lead to work from home after Mallory gave birth in July to their daughter Bexley Angel Rosier, her middle name being after me of course.

I hear a quiet knock on the door to the nursery and I turn my head to see Regulus stood there with his jacket on, making me smile in amusement.

"Going somewhere, handsome?" I joke out.

"Barty called" Regulus smiles at me and I nod in understanding.

"Tell loverboy that I say hello" I hum, gently lifting Gwendolyn from the crib and she grabs onto my sweater as I hold her to my chest.

"I will if you tell Romeo I say hello" Regulus teases me, walking over to place a kiss on the baby's head and then one on my cheek.

"Of course, Reggie" I laugh quietly, staring down at my little girl.

"You're a great mother" My husband tells me in a sincere tone and my eyes well up a little as I look from her chubby cheeks to him.

"You think?" I ask hopefully.

"I know, Eva" He assures me "She's the luckiest little girl in the world to have you as her mother"

"I love you, Regulus" I tell my best friend and he smiles at me warmly.

"I love you too, Evangeline" He replies.

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I knock on the door of the quaint little cottage house and it is swung open to reveal a grinning redhead who squeals in delight when she sees me with my pram.

"Come in! Come in!" She ushers me inside and I smile at her infectious joy.

I clip the brakes on the pram in the hall and gently scoop Gwendolyn up in my arms as she wriggles around wide awake.

"Oh, she's a gorgeous little babe" Lily coos over my daughter, tapping her little button nose before looking at me "You're looking great, Angel"

"Thank you, lilypad" I grin at the girl, pressing a kiss to her cheek.

We head through the house that Lily and James have moved into and once we reach the living room i'm met with happy voices and laughter. Remus is sat on the armchair while Sirius wrestles with Marlene and James tries to stop anything from getting broken, Dorcas on the sofa talking to Pandora and Mallory who is holding baby Bexley.

"Angel!" Pandora gasps happily, noticing me first and the two fighting stop to look up as James scampers to my side.

"She's a baby moony" James awes, hesitantly rubbing her little cheek with his knuckle and she grabs onto his finger, causing him to gasp "Pads, Moony, look! She grabbed my finger"

Remus and Sirius join James next to me while Lily pecks my cheek and heads over to sit with the girls. Remus wraps an arm around me and kisses my temple, smiling at me and then down at our little girl who seems to adore James.

"Aren't you such a cute little lady? Yes, you are" James gushes over her and she looks up at him with wide eyes, a little smile pulling at her tiny lips.

"Angel?" Sirius breaks me out of my daze and I look from James to him with a smile "Can I hold her?"

My heart swells at the nervous expression on his face and I nod, assuring him that it's perfectly okay.

"Take a seat, Rius" I tell him and he immediately sits down in the nearest armchair, looking up at me.

Much to James' dismay, I walk over to the eldest Black brother and carefully lean down, placing my daughter in his open arms. Sirius looks at the little girl in awe, gently lifting her to his chest and she shrieks happily, causing him to look at me in worry.

"You're okay. Don't panic" I assure him with a chuckle, tapping the little smile on her lips "She likes you"

"She does?" Sirius questions in surprise.

"Of course. She loves her uncle padfoot" I smile at the boy as he cradles the baby with so much care and adoration that it makes my heart grow two sizes.

Gwendolyn suddenly grabs a hold of Sirius' hair and tugs on it roughly, making him yelp in pain. The little girl seems to find amusement in the noise he makes so she pulls his hair again, causing us all to laugh as the boy whines and I try to untangle his hair from her little fist.

I manage to free Sirius but Gwendolyn doesn't seem to like that I've ruined her fun so she lets out a shrill cry and I roll my eyes, lifting her from Sirius' arms.

"Such a drama queen, little dove" I tell my daughter, rocking her a little and quietly shushing her cries.

"Pass her to me" Remus speaks up and I place her in her father's arms, letting her cradle her.

I watch in awe as he kisses her head and whispers sweet nothings to her until she stops crying, Remus managing to soothe her to sleep.

"That's got to be magic, right?" I question in disbelief, looking around the room.

"She's just a daddy's girl. Bexley is the same with Evan. A few minutes of time with him and she's content as a hell" Mallory tells me and I playfully glare at Remus, making him grin at me.

Mallory and I put the babies down in their prams to sleep while Lily and Pandora finish making dinner, Marlene and Dorcas pretending to help the girls to avoid doing anything while James and Sirius set the table. I head into the living room where I find Remus sat alone on the armchair and I smile warmly, padding over to him.

"Hi, moons" I greet him and he pulls me into his lap, my legs hanging over the side of the chair.

"Hello, sweetheart" He grins happily, pressing a kiss to my lips.

"I missed you" I sigh, nuzzling my face into the crook of his neck as he holds me.

"I missed you more" He counters, rubbing small circles onto my thigh with his thumb.

"Impossible" I argue quietly.

"How so, cub?" He asks me.

"Because I missed you the mostest" I tell him matter of factly and he chuckles, making me smile happily.

"You two make me feel nauseous" Sirius' voice breaks into our happy moment and we both look up to see him pretend gagging as he leans against the doorframe.

"You're just jealous, pads" Remus declares.

"Jealous? Of you two?" Sirius scoffs in disbelief "Never in a million years"

"Don't lie. You wish you had a girlfriend as hot and cool as me" I tease the boy who narrows his eyes at me.

"You mean a girlfriend who has a husband that isn't me? I'll pass" Sirius jokes and Remus picks up a pillow, throwing it at the boy who dodges it.

"Va te faire enculer" I spit at him with a sarcastic smile and he grins.
(Go fuck yourself)

"Tu as une bouche si sale, Angel" Sirius teases and I roll my eyes at him.
(You have such a dirty mouth, Angel)

"Connard" I insult him, flipping him my middle finger.
(Arsehole)

"Salope" He fires back with a smirk.
(Slut)

"Assez, vous deux" Remus snaps at us and I turn to look at him in surprise.
(Enough, you two)

"Since when do you speak French?" I question my boyfriend.

"Since I realised you speak it a lot" The lycanthrope shrugs nonchalantly "I wanted to understand you, so I started teaching myself it. Sirius has helped a bit"

"You are incredible" I murmur in awe and his cheeks heat up at the compliment.

"The accent is still pretty terrible" He admits.

"You can work on it" I assure him with a grin.

"You gonna teach me?" Remus questions with a cheeky grin and I hear Sirius groan, walking out of the room.

"Anything for my favourite marauder" I giggle.