For Joel. It was supposed to go a different way, but Tonks refused to rise to bait.

Snape Encounters: #69 Slap

She’d resolved that if Snape ever spoke another word to her about Remus… she’d make him eat his words. Maybe literally, although she couldn’t quite remember the words to that incantation.

When she saw him on her rounds one night, Tonks gripped her wand and glared at him. Snape’s dark eyes glinted in the half-light, and they faced each other.

“How does a woman with that temper make an Auror?” his voice was quiet and dangerous. “You beg for a reason to snap…

Tonks turned and left. She wanted to slap his face off, but he was right. Damn him.