Song Prompt: Stole My Heart by One Direction
Remus Lupin was a good boy. If he hadn't been roped into numerous pranks and schemes by James Potter and the ever charming Sirius Black, he would probably have a perfect record. As it was, he had been made a prefect which only confirmed Sirius's suspicions that pranks were harmless, didn't count for anything and that under no circumstances should they stop them. Remus was brilliant, the brain behind the task of putting their ideas into actual actions. Without Remus, the Marauders would stop being super mega awesome and just be awesome. Of course the poor boy was deluded that they had to be good and follow rules and stuff that Sirius planned to cure him of. Remus never broke the rules. Sirius knew that Remus was not a thief. So he was very surprised when Remus stole something very important to him.
It was on New Year's Eve during their sixth year when Remus stole it from him. For the first time in Marauder history, Remus, James, Sirius and Peter were all staying at Hogwarts for the holidays along with Lily Evans. Remus was staying because the full moon fell on Christmas Eve and he would get better care from Madam Pomfrey at school. Sirius was staying to be there for Remus and, well, Christmas at his house pretty much sucked. James was for once giving up his picture perfect Christmas because he could finally help Remus during the full moon as this was the first Christmas they were Animagi. Peter was pretty much only staying because James was. None of them were entirely sure why Lily was staying although Remus believed it had something to do with her sister and her new fiancée and James had somehow convinced himself that she had signed herself up to stay the minute she found out he was. The rest of them had given up trying to convince him otherwise and Remus and Sirius quietly left Peter to indulge James and endure 'Lily-rants'.
This year, the five of them were on the astronomy tower along with a few other students from Hufflepuff. The Slytherins were, as expected, nowhere to be seen and Sirius figured all the Ravenclaws were studying for OWL's and NEWT's and other ridiculous stuff like that. The students on the roof were all waiting for the fireworks that Flitwick had promised them to celebrate the New Year.
"Moony?" Sirius leaned over to Remus.
"Yes?" Remus answered sounding slightly amused as he had the other thousand times that night when Sirius had asked him for the time. Sirius opened his mouth to speak but James cut across him.
"For Merlin's sake Sirius! It's ten to twelve. Get a watch!" Sirius glared at him.
"I have a watch." He informed James, "I just prefer Moony's." James rolled his eyes.
"Yeah because he tells you the time so you don't have to try read a clock." He widened his eyes and clutched his throat dramatically, "The horror! Reading! A clock!" Sirius shot him another glare then stood up a moved next to Remus.
"Happy now?"
"Lucky Remus." James chuckled, earning him a punch from Sirius.
"Shut up all of you!" Lily interjected, "It's nearly time." Sirius grinned and bounced up and down.
"Fireworks!" He collapsed on Remus, "I love fireworks!"
"Oof." Remus complained, "Have you taken to eating rocks?"
"It's dark." Sirius whined as if he hadn't heard Remus.
"That means you can actually see the fireworks genius." Remus rolled his eyes at Lily.
"I still don't know how you put up with this lot Remus." She said sighing and Remus shrugged.
"I know. They don't appreciate the effort enough." Sirius patted his shoulder comfortingly in a way that was about as comforting as a dragon deciding to eat you later instead of now.
"We appreciate you Moony." Sirius squeezed his cheek. "I can't see you!" He pouted. Remus slapped his hand away.
"Get off me!" Sirius ran his hand through Remus's hair instead and somehow managed to fit more of himself on the other boy's lap. "You'll miss the fireworks." Remus threatened and Sirius sat upright quickly, nearly banging heads with Remus.
"So Lily," James began, "Who are you going to kiss at midnight?" Lily smiled sweetly,
"Remus." She answered grinning at him.
"What!" James spluttered, "But. But. He's a poof!" Remus punched James.
"I am not!" Sirius looked hurt and slung his arm around Remus.
"You're denying our connection! Our love!" Remus made a noise of disgust and pushed Sirius arm away.
"You're a pain. Did anyone ever tell you that?" Sirius shrugged.
"Might have been mentioned before."
"It's starting guys." Peter said quietly. They all turned to see the first of the sparks fading from the sky. Sirius felt Remus relax next to him as colorful sparks continued to blossom in the sky. Sirius turned to look at him and his breath caught in his throat. Remus was smiling, his lips turned up in a perfect curve, an expression of pure joy on his face. Long, dark lashes framed his eyes which were liquid amber in the light of the fireworks. His hair was waving gently, the color of spun gold. His skin was clear, his hated scars crisscrossing over his cheeks. Remus turned his head and a tiny frown creased his forehead as he noticed Sirius staring.
"What?" He asked curiously.
"Nothing." Sirius smiled, "You look happy." A smile spread across Remus's face.
"I am." He replied and turned back to the fireworks. Sirius turned his attention away but not until he had made the important observation that Remus Lupin was beautiful. He wasn't entirely sure what that meant but he knew it was true and that knowledge was good enough for now.
Over the next month, Sirius found his gaze wandering constantly to the recently deemed gorgeous boy. It wasn't until he noticed his expression when staring at Remus was very similar to the one James wore when he looks at Lily that Sirius made his next important observation. That New Years eve night, Remus Lupin had stolen his heart.
Note: The next chapter/s will link to this and carry on the story but they will each be written in more of a oneshot style. Please Review. I love reviews! :) Not that I'm begging or anything . . .