Remus spends nearly a week angry at his Ma. When Sirius had shown up the day after Halloween, asking Ma hesitantly if she’d help him buy that house down the lane, Remus had barely kept it together; he’d gone with, of course, the fury simmering under his bones as Hope Lupin contacted her friend who introduced them to the broker, who took them on a tour of the house and answered their questions and Remus was pleasant, he was, but he can barely remember anything about that day, too occupied with reining in his emotions. As soon as Sirius had left, smiling in a way Remus hadn’t seen him smile since Harry was born, Remus couldn’t hold it in anymore.