The telescope stood abandoned at the edge of the roof, Leo still visible, the clouds encroaching. The cold, crisp rain both excited and chilled Tonks as she knelt comforting her cousin. The heavens had opened, apparently in sympathy with Sirius's tears for a lost brother. The metallic tang of water on her lips was a promise of thunder later, and she hoped that here, overlooking London, he would likewise find vent for his emotions. Cruel twist of genetics meant they should never be lovers, but simpler emotions could always be shared. That at least could not be taken from them.