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“Where do I start? Teddy’s one of the best things that ever happened to me. You know, I spent a very long time never thinking I’d ever have children... but a beautiful woman with a good deal of common sense is working on curing me of those issues.
“I remember the first time I held Teddy, I felt all the worries drop away. He was probably the most beautiful thing I’d ever seen. I’d been so scared he’d turn out like me - I mean, with my condition - but once I saw him it didn’t matter any more, because he was my baby and Dora’s and I loved him.” *chuckles* “He gave me a bit of a start when his hair turned red, though. He definitely takes more after his mother than me.
“I mean that in more ways than just being a Metamorphmagus, too. I’ve never known a child so clumsy. I don’t think there’s been a single week since he began crawling where he hasn’t bumped or hurt himself or fallen over somehow. Not that it ever stops him. He’s got a huge sense of adventure - he wasn’t satisfied till he could climb all the way to the top of the tree in his gran’s back garden, and he’s forever trying to explore every corner whenever we go somewhere new.
“That said, he’s a very good student. He works hard, and I’ve had no complaints from his other teachers about his behaviour... at least, not since his first year when he got caught putting a Flobberworm down a girl’s robes. I don’t know if that means he’s actually behaving better or if he’s just better at not getting caught, though. It wouldn’t surprise me either way. Neither of his parents were exactly angels at school. But he doesn’t cause trouble for the sake of it, which is all I could really ask for.
“Honestly, seeing him together with the rest of our family makes me so grateful for what I have - even if I still have a condition that will never go away, I’m learning more and more that it doesn’t have to bar me from the things I wanted. Teddy’s the ultimate proof of that. I couldn’t be prouder of him or love him more.”