Saying Yes, chapter 1

SAYING YES chapter 1

Summary: At 17, Andromeda Black thought being in love was everything. At 57, Andromeda Tonks knew better. Yet the first time Kingsley Shacklebolt asked her out, she surprised herself by saying yes.

Characters: Andromeda Tonks, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Teddy Lupin and ensemble (Harry! Ginny! Molly! Kingsley's kids! All the Potters and Weasleys!)

Warnings: None

Chapters: 15

Note: So many brilliant writers to thank:

JKR, the one and only.

gm_weasley started it all, with the tiniest suggestion of this pairing in the beautiful "Variations on a Happily Ever After," best described with its own summary: "All was eventually well, but it took nineteen years to get there." Unfortunately, it seems the story has been either taken down or locked, but it used to be here.

sundancekid's "September when it comes" is a fantastic portrait of Teddy over the years. And, now I think about it, the sixth of the Septembers in that story may well have inspired some of the events in Chapter 11 of this story.

With permission, I've used Fernwithy's inspired choice of name for Kingsley's son, from the delightful "Teddy Lupin and the Forest Guard." The name was so perfect, in fact, that I had to let my version of Kingsley have children just so I could use it.

Rosemaryandrue's wonderful "Rising Storm" universe has unquestionably influenced how I see the characters of Andromeda and Ted during the years of the first war.

And Molly running a home school for pre-Hogwarts-aged kids comes from Sam Starbuck (aka Copperbadge)'s fantastic "Stealing Harry" series.

Story:

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