worldfromafar | writers_muses: 27.5B - Wishes [picture prompt]

Prompt: 27.5B - Dandelion/Wishes

ooc note: So very, VERY AU.

"Dad, look!"

Remus looked up from the newspaper he had been reading to see his son walking up to him, carefully holding a dandelion. Since there was a light breeze, Teddy kept trying to protect the dandelion so it wouldn't dissolve before Remus could get a glimpse of it. Lips tugging into a smile, Remus set aside the paper and lifted his son so he could sit him on his knee. "Are you going to make a wish with it?"

The five-year old looked up with big, bright eyes. Today he had chosen blue as his eye colour, it seemed. The same shade as his father's, while his hair was kept black so he wouldn't stand out in the park filled with Muggles with his favourite bright turquoise colour. "You can make wishes with it?"

It had been his own mother, Remus remembered, the one that had once asked him the same question; if he was going to make a wish with the dandelion that he had offered her one day when they had gone to the country. He couldn't help but wonder if he had had that same expression on his face - that wonder for life that sparkled in his child's eyes.

"I did once," Remus responded with a small grin. "Would you like to make a wish as well?"

Teddy seemed to contemplate the suggestion for a moment, staring at the dandelion, before looking back up at his father. "What did you wish for when you made the wish? Did it come true?" His eyes widened suddenly before Remus could respond. "No, don't tell me! If it didn't it might not come true, like a birthday wish, yeah?"

Unable to help it, Remus laughed lightly under his breath. "Well, I suppose... Though I must say, that wish was done a rather long time ago; I don't remember what it was."

Leaning against his father's chest, Teddy grinned. "Did you wish for chocolate?"

"Most likely," came the response, eyes twinkling while managing to keep a straight face. His son knew him way too well. "Are you going to wish for chocolate as well?"

"I can't tell you that! If I do it won't come true, Dad."

"Ah, of course."

Taking a very deep breath after a couple of seconds, Teddy made his wish with the dandelion, and as he watched how the wind played with it Remus watched his son with a smile on his face. Whatever his wish had been when he was a child, another one had come true. One more important than chocolate, that was for sure. One that was sitting right on his lap, and that he hadn't even been aware of wishing for. He just knew that he would be forever thankful that it had come true.