"I did plan on coming in in full nursing regalia," Fabian came around the corner and pulled up a stool. "but Caradoc said that would be too camp even for me."

He reached into his shirt pocket and pulled out a heavy, thick bar of Belgian chocolate. "Didn't know if Poppy would be confiscating it at the door."

His eyes ran over Remus, silently cataloging injuries and finally shaking his head. "It would have been very rude of you to check out just when the rest of us went to all this trouble to check back in. How you doin'?"