On the night of a new moon, in the most humid and languid week of October, Sirius Black playfully whispers a silly notion to Remus Lupin.
It was a spontaneous proposition, accompanied with a subtle smile. He only said seven words: "Let's get away and never look back!"
The two are very sharp and perspicacious for fifth years, but the thought of escaping never ceases to exist in a teenager's head, no matter how sensible they are.
There's silence, and Remus chuckles into his palm, stirring some of the dark shapes in the nearby beds. His laugh is suppressed, and he shakes his head.
Sirius' smile grows wider, into the wild dog smile that always meant disobedience and an intricate conspiracy.
"No, I'm sincere!" He murmurs, trying to assure him, but his grin only makes Remus assume that his mercurial lover is acting again. Still, his mind begins to float towards the subject.
"Let's go off to nowhere, and.." Remus waits for him to continue, but instead his hand does most of the talking. It drags lightly up the fabric of his pajamas, and slips underneath to caress his waist. "We can be completely different people. We can live how you'd like it; there'd never be anyone to bother us. Doesn't that sound like the greatest thing, Moony?"
Indeed, it does sound coaxing and splendid, but Remus does not give in too easily. Running off with Sirius would pose some disadvantages, after all, that go hand-in-hand with the advantages. He would not only be running away from all the people he hated, he would be running away from school, from Hogwarts. One of the few places he had ever felt truly at home.
But.. Remus glances at Sirius. His body is carelessly sprawled on his bed, a smile, though this one smaller, still fixed on his beautiful face.
"How would you take me - your damsel in distress - away then, if you had the chance, oh brave knight?" He muses, pretending to be mordant and obnoxious.
Secretly, he's waiting for Sirius to ask him again, so he can say yes.
"Hm, well first I'd steal you away from everything you hate, and then make a very intricate and complex plan.. Then I'd crawl up to your window at night, show you this wonderful offer to spend your life with me, and then you'd obviously say-" Sirius is cut off.
"Yes." Remus smiles.
End.