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[clumsy_auror]

*The sound of the front door opening echoes through the Tonks-Wrangle flat, followed shortly by someone humming to herself. Plunk goes her bag on the floor, thunk as she drops a pile of books and papers on the coffee table.*

Bernard? I'm back!

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[the-woodpecker.livejournal.com]

*He tries it out a few times, wincing.*

...Don't you think Tonks-Wrangle is enough of a mouthful, though?

[clumsy_auror]

Agh. True. Don't want anything so boring as... John, or something, though. Y'know?

[the-woodpecker.livejournal.com]

Well, yeah. But if you're going to go all ethnic-y Irish, why not just go all the way and name it Aoife or Diarmuid? You know? Augh. Then the sins of the grandmother will be visited on a whole other generation, and we can all weep.

[clumsy_auror]

Aoife? I'm sorry. What did you think my name was again? I am so not doing that to my child.

[the-woodpecker.livejournal.com]

*He cackles.*

That's the fucking point.

[clumsy_auror]

*She pokes him in the ribs and sticks her tongue out.*

Well all right, what are your suggestions, then?

[the-woodpecker.livejournal.com]

Ummmm.

Okay, you have to bear in mind that I haven't thought about this at all, and so these are not my final suggestions.

Um.

Josephine.

[clumsy_auror]

...As in "Napoleon and..."?

*She raises an eyebrow.*

All right, we'll keep it in mind.

*Scratch goes her quill as she adds it to the list.*

And?

[the-woodpecker.livejournal.com]

Augh, I forgot about Napoleon. I just like the name. You can shorten it to Sophie.

*He thinks some more.*

Peter's a nice name. Had a friend at school named Peter.

[clumsy_auror]

*She nods.*

Sophie, yeah. That's pretty.

*Nymphadora thinks for a moment, and shrugs.*

Dunno about Peter. Hasn't always held the best connotations, for me.

Maybe that for a middle name, though?

[the-woodpecker.livejournal.com]

*Bernard shrugs.*

Sure.

*Then he gets an evil look in his eye.*

Sure you don't want any family names for the middle name, though?

Like, say... Regulus? Or Dude?

[clumsy_auror]

*She gives him a pained look.*

[the-woodpecker.livejournal.com]

...Or Kathleen, maybe.











Bellatrix?

[clumsy_auror]

*She stiffens.*





You know better than that.

[the-woodpecker.livejournal.com]

*He sighs and closes his eyes.*

Hey.

It's laugh or cry, right?

[clumsy_auror]

I'm sorry, I just... can't. Not about her.

[the-woodpecker.livejournal.com]

All right.

So.



Kassandra's a pretty name, you know. Speaking of our extended family.

[clumsy_auror]

*Her brow smooths out somewhat, and she leans over to give him a kiss.*

Quite right. On the list it goes.

...You know, it's too bad Aziraphael and Crowley are entirely awful names to bestow on anyone 'cept the originals.

[the-woodpecker.livejournal.com]

*Bernard blinks.*

Well.

I mean.

What about Anthony?

[clumsy_auror]

*Nymphadora blinks too, and bites her thumbnail contemplatively.*

...That's rather nice, isn't it.

[the-woodpecker.livejournal.com]

Means God's beloved. Christ on a bike.






...Well, I'm an outlaw atheist.

[clumsy_auror]

*She snickers, and rakes her fingers through his hair.*

Also means our family.

'Sides. Anthony Tonks-Wrangle has sort of a nice ring.


...Providing it's a boy. D'you want to know ahead of time, by the way?

[the-woodpecker.livejournal.com]

I dunno. Do you?

[clumsy_auror]

Well. I'd like to be able to stop calling the strawberry-kumquat-kiwi an it.

Also, by some name other than a fruit.

[the-woodpecker.livejournal.com]

*He turns his head to press another kiss to her stomach.*

When can we find out?