do you happen to have any andromeda and teddy headcanons?♧
finally getting around to answer this! (I apologize, the end of the semester is killing me and asks like this always take a while to answer):
Andromeda & Teddy head canons - keeping it canon compliant here:
Teddy is all the color and light in Andromeda's life after Tonks dies. If it wasn't for Teddy, Andromeda wouldn't have had anyone to live for.
Andromeda dresses Teddy in a lot of Tonks's old clothes. Tonks was a bit of a "tomboy" and didn't like frilly things, so they work great for her son. It brings Andromeda so much joy to see another little Metamorphmagus running around in the same clothes.
Andromeda takes Teddy to his parents' grave every week in the first year after they die. She tells her daughter and son in law everything that Teddy is doing. Eventually, Teddy is able to tell them himself.
As Teddy grows and life gets busier, Andromeda and Teddy visit once a month. They always visit for birthdays and holidays.
Andromeda accidentally calls Teddy "Nymphadora" whenever his hair is pink. At first, it makes her sob when she realizes she's addressing her grandson and not her daughter, but eventually she makes peace with it.
The same thing happens when Teddy decides to look like a young version of Ted Tonks.
When Teddy is little he doesn't understand why his Gran cries when he morphs to look like his mother or grandfather.
Teddy is clumsy like Tonks. Andromeda is very well prepared for a clumsy Metamorphmagus and heals him quickly. She cries when their accidents are similar, or they run into the same obstacles in the house.
Teddy is quieter than Tonks. He broods when he's angry, like Remus. Andromeda tries very hard (and often fails) not to lose her patience with him. She hates the passive-aggressiveness that Teddy inherits from Remus.
Teddy is easier to teach than Tonks. Teddy has much better manners than Tonks did, despite his clumsiness. His penmanship is outstanding and he's well behaved enough to be a prefect and Head Boy. Andromeda is one proud grandmother.
Andromeda is careful when speaking about Remus. She had a somewhat strained relationship with him and tries to highlight the better aspects of him to Teddy.
Teddy picks up on these veiled comments as he gets older. He comes to understand his father was a flawed, but good man who loved him.
Andromeda is Teddy's mother and father. Harry was his godfather, but Andromeda was there at all hours of night, all the tantrums, and all the pain. Harry helped, but Andromeda is Teddy's #1 parent and grandparent in one.
Andromeda never remarries. Her life revolves around Teddy and rebuilding herself after the war. She makes friends with Molly and becomes a great aunt to the many Weasley grandchildren.
Andromeda misses Teddy greatly when he goes to Hogwarts or whenever he visits Harry, but she wants him to be happy and thrive. Andromeda helps with the Weasley grandkids, especially the Potter-Weasley grandchildren.
Just like Molly took a role in Harry's life, Andromeda does too. Andromeda becomes like a pseudo grandmother to the Potter-Weasley kids, but is more like a great aunt to the other Weasley grandchildren.
Teddy and Andromeda go through stages of grief together as Teddy grows up. It's hard for Teddy not to be grief-stricken on holidays like Mother's Day and Father's Day. He has his grandmother and godfather, but it's not the same as his mother and father. It's a struggle he eventually finds some peace with.
When Teddy brings Victoire home, Andromeda teases them by saying she's too young to be a great grandmother.
When she DOES become a great grandmother to a baby girl, called Andromeda Fleur, she's over the moon. Little Annie is later joined by Dora Victoire, and finally by Remus William.
When Andromeda finally dies, her funeral is huge - as big as Remus and Tonks's. Andromeda's social circle became so large through Teddy and she's remembered, loved, and celebrated by many people.
Later, when Teddy is dying, it's not his parents who he sees on his deathbed, but his beloved grandmother. She brings him home and welcomes him to the afterlife.
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