TITLE: Crazy Little Thing Called Love

RATING: M

GENRE: Drama/Romance

WARNINGS: M/M, F/F, sex, violence, language, probably a fair bit of angst and drama, and maybe some other stuff, though I'll put up more warnings if I need to.

CURRENT PAIRINGS: SS/RL, CD/HP, GW/CC, BW/HG, CW/DM, NL/LL. Future pairings have lots of possibilities…And SS/HP is an obvious one, no worries.

BACKGROUND: Changed a lot from canon. Remus, Sirius, Cedric, and Dumbledore are all alive. Severus and Remus began a relationship when Remus taught at Hogwarts Harry's third year. Because of his closeness to Remus, his relationship with Harry and friends became a little better. They found out about the Horcruxes earlier and they managed to defeat Voldemort midway through Harry's sixth year. Harry and friends continued their education and graduated from Hogwarts. Severus abandoned teaching since he was no longer needed as a spy or to protect Harry and works in the research center at St. Mungo's with Hermione. Ron is in Auror training and Harry doesn't know what to do with his life yet. Sirius is cleared and a free man.

SUMMARY: Severus loves Remus, but he also loves Harry. Remus loves Severus and loves their life together enough to ignore any suspicions of infidelity. Sirius loves Remus. Love is complicated and they're not even the only ones figuring it out. Not many people can get relationships right or even figure out their own feelings very well. Crappy summary, all you need to know is lots of drama and lots of fun!

A/N: Snarry is my favorite pairing ever so they will be together and they will be my main focus, though there are a lot of side stories that will be in play, too. The first several chapters will be small glimpses into the lives of our current couples and situations and whatnot.

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SEVERUS AND REMUS

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It was quiet in the home of Severus Snape and Remus Lupin. The men were laying in bed together side by side reading books. Remus was amusing himself with some Muggle book romanticizing werewolves while Severus unwound from a long day at the office with a good Wizarding classic, a tragic story of a dark Muggle man haunted by a jaded past with a decent life that was destroyed by falling for the wrong person, a young and vibrant witch. It had created quite the controversy in its time for making it seem as though magic was the problem and magic was evil and making some Muggle the protagonist, but it truly was intriguing and quite the heartbreaking tale that Severus had never been able to get enough of.

They hadn't had sex in seventeen days. They had both counted.

Remus found it hard to read once he thought about it. He missed their passionate lovemaking. They had been together for six years, though, and these things happened. Relationships didn't always stay interesting. They got boring and that was fine. It was preferable over fighting all of the time. Still, Remus wanted something interesting and he did miss having sex. Severus was an amazing lover, but Remus didn't know how to broach the subject of sex. He was thirty nine years old, almost forty! But he had never been very comfortable sexually and he didn't know how to be seductive or anything like that. He cleared his throat, but changed his mind about vocalizing his desires. Severus didn't even look at him when he made any noise. Remus frowned, feeling a bit rejected even though he hadn't even made any moves that could be turned down. He went back to reading his book.

Severus, meanwhile, was very aware of Remus's noises. He wasn't so caught up on their lack of a sex life as Remus, but he did pretend not to hear the man just in case that was what he wanted. After the last time fucking Remus, Severus didn't want to do it again anytime soon. Not when all he could think about while he pounded into Remus was messy black hair and green eyes.

He wasn't sure when his fascination of Harry Potter started, but his attraction to the young wizard was undeniable. He found himself visiting whatever shops Harry was currently employed at whenever he could and they enjoyed a bit of harmless flirting. Harry probably thought it all a big joke. Young people these days flirted with their friends and just for fun. Harry wouldn't know how much Severus actually wanted him. It didn't matter much. Severus had Remus and Harry had Cedric.

Not that being with Remus had ever stopped Severus. He didn't cheat often, but he had had small flings with Lucius Malfoy and ex Slytherin student, Adrian Pucey and a few others. He did feel bad about it because he did care about Remus, but things were boring and sometimes Severus just felt the need for more.

Harry was too much of a good and true Gryffindor to betray Cedric and Remus like that, though. All Severus could do was dream.

"I am going to sleep, Remus," Severus finally said, closing his book. "I have a long day tomorrow."

"Alright," Remus agreed, feeling disappointed. He set aside his own book instead of taking it out to the living room. Even if he wouldn't get any more tonight, just being near his lover was enough for him. Things would pick up eventually. They always did.

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A/N: Please review.