Summary: Sirius is smitten with Remus and their love is put to the test. Marauder Era (Oh and to clarify Snape is in Gryffindor house because my plot wouldn't make any sense otherwise)

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter because if I did Remus and Sirius would end up together forever! *Fangirl moment* Ok I'm back! Happy slashing! -bucktooth22

Remus is Red Violets are blue Sirius is in love and Remus is too

Chapter One

Remus Lupin was a quiet boy. He liked candy and he did all his work the day it was given. He went to Hogwarts like all normal wizards. He had a quiet life and was fine that no one noticed him. People were nice to him because they didn't know what he was. Remus didn't consider anyone his friend because friends didn't have secrets. Remus had two secrets that he had promised himself he would never let anyone at school find out. That was until he met Sirius Black. At Hogwarts everyone knew the name Sirius Black. Sirius was a skinny boy with shaggy black hair. He was the same age as Remus but the two boys were complete opposites. Where Remus was quiet and diligent in his school work, Sirius was loud and never did any school work. Remus had neat bronze hair, where Sirius had shaggy unkempt black hair.

Remus had thoughtful golden eyes and Sirius had mischievous grey ones. Remus was tall for his age but no one knew whether that was brought on by his, condition, or simply by genetics. The only thing the two young men had in common were their unbeaten skills in defense against the dark arts. Sirius new many more curses than the average fifth year because his parents had drilled them into him to make up for him being a Gryffindor.

Remus was getting off the train while munching on a sugar quill and reading a rather uninteresting book. As he stepped off the Hogwarts express he heard Lilly Evens calling his name so he looked up to try to find her. He saw her long red hair bobbing along in the crowd toward him so he waited for her.

"Hello Remus how was your summer?" Lilly asked sweetly.

Remus usually tried to avoid Lilly because people who got too close to her almost always became the brunt of James Potter's tricks. Severus

Snape came up to walk next to Lilly.

"Hello Lilly. My summer was refreshing. How was yours?" Remus responded politely.

"My summer was boring as ever. My sister played tricks on me most other time so I was glad to get away from it for a while. I went to visit

Severus's family for some time during our vacation." said Lilly kind heartedly. Unfortunately James had heard the whole conversation and was not pleased.

"Snivelous! You should not be moping about Lilly like that. I don't know what your intentions are with her but I intend to squash them." said James, taking out his wand and pointing it as Severus's head. In a flash of light James's wand went flying into Remus's hand.

Sputtering James fumbled. He had not expected quiet Remus to do anything of the sort.

"James! What's going on? I heard you were stalking Evens again but I didn't expect you to get your wand taken." said Sirius strutting up.

Remus's first impression of the Black heir was that he was an arrogant self centered spoiled prat. Seeing Remus with his wand at the ready, while holding James's wand in the other hand, Sirius drew his own wand. Lilly and Severus drew their wands in response. Just in the heat of the moment when everyone was about to start throwing curses,

Peter Pettigrew came stumbling up and knocked into James and the two of them tumbled to the ground causing Peter to drop all of the sweets he had been carrying. This caused the tension to ease slightly and Remus Severus and Lilly managed to sneak away unnoticed. When they got to Hogwarts Remus sat down off to the side and out of the way as he always did so as to go unnoticed. He was sitting quietly reading his book like he always did during the opening feast when he felt eyes staring at him. Remus looked up and saw that none other than that infamous Sirius Black was staring at him. Remus went back to reading his book. When the food appeared on the table Sirius got up and came over to Remus.

"Frank, move." Sirius said commandingly.

Frank Longbottom got up and moved to another seat without a single question or backward glance. Sirius lowered himself into the now vacant seat and began eating food viciously. Remus continued reading his book without looking up. When the food disappeared and everyone began leaving Remus remained. He liked being one of the last few to leave because then he was less likely to get jostled while going through the large doors. When everyone else had gone except Remus and

Sirius, Remus got up and began to leave the great hall. Sirius was following him but Remus wasn't afraid.

"What's your name?" Sirius asked suddenly.

"Why should I tell you?" Remus asked coolly.

"Is it really that big of a deal? I could always make James or Peter find out."

"Remus." said Remus not wanting anyone digging for information about him.

"Well Remus James would like something back you took from him."

Sirius said.

"I already returned Mr. Potter's wand to him so you can just leave me alone now." Remus said

"I'm not talking about his wand. I already know what room you're in so

I'll come and get you tonight." Sirius said mysteriously before walking away.

That night Remus went up to his room that he shared with Severus

Snape, Frank Longbottom and Arthur Weasley and after taking a shower, brushing his teeth and putting on his pajamas he went to his bed. He got into bed and closed the curtains. Then he proceeded to put up charms to protect him from any unwanted pests. That night after a few loud crashes, a few bangs, some yelling and stomping there was silence and Remus was able to sleep soundly.

The next day classes began and Remus could feel stares directed at him during all of the classes he shared with Sirius. At dinner Remus went straight to his room opting out of eating with the rest of the students.

Remus sat on his bed doing homework when the door opened and Severus came in holding his head in one hand and a note in the other.

Severus stumbled up to Remus, handed him the note and then collapsed on the floor.

Dear Remus,

Peter, Sirius and I would like to see you tonight at 10:00 sharp in the common room. Be there or else next time Snape won't be so fortunate.

~The marauders

Remus was furious. For one thing, tonight was a full moon and he would be in the Forbidden Forest all night and was unable to meet the three idiots. For another thing, Remus would be in the hospital wing for the next two to three days depending on how bad the night went.

Lastly, no one hurt people who were nice to Remus and got away with it. Remus devised a plan of action. He stood up and healed Severus with a quick incantation, and then he went to the common room where he found Lilly.

"Lilly I will be going out for a while and I won't be returning but I thought you should know that James Peter and Sirius messed Severus up tonight and he was hurt very badly. Don't worry, I healed him but they also left a threatening letter saying that if I didn't meet them tonight Snape may not fare as well. I don't want anything bad to happen to Mr. Severus so I thought I should tell you." Remus whispered to Lilly.

"Don't worry Remus I will handle this." Lilly said obviously very angry.

Sweet Lilly's face was almost as red as her hair. Then Remus left for the Shrieking Shack.

The next four days Remus spent in the hospital wing behind a curtained wall that helped him to feel safe. It had been an unusually painful night, not that Remus remembered any of it. When he was finally permitted to leave the infirmary he went straight up to his room and slept the rest of the day. That night Remus got up and went down to the kitchens to get dinner. The house elves were always so nice to him even though he was what he was. They were so understanding of his situation and always made him anything he wanted to eat and listened to him when he needed someone to talk to. Unfortunately when he walked in there was a completely different situation than the one he was expecting. Sirius was running around with a pot on his head screaming Rudolf the red nosed reindeer, James was rolling on the floor laughing and Peter was sitting on the floor naked stuffing his face with chocolate cake. When Remus walked in everyone froze and stared at him. Sirius obviously very drunk came right up to Remus with the pot still on his head and grabbed his face and kissed him. It was a rough kiss and Remus did not want to be part of it. Kissing a drunk Sirius

Black was not on his list of things to do today. The three things that were on his list were, sleep, eat, and sleep.

"How d you like zat?" Sirius asked pulling away and drooling slightly.

"Mr. Black I would appreciate if greatly if you would take your hands off me." Remus said feeling his face turn very red.

"Remus, we have been meaning to talk to you!" Said James jumping up and pushing Sirius out of the way causing Sirius to fall to the floor where he began drawing heart shapes in the air with his finger.

"Remus, you embarrassed me. I need to fix the mess you caused in my reputation and you're going to help me." James said.

"Gentlemen I don't know what you three are up to and honestly I do not care. I want nothing to do with it. Leave me and anyone who is nice to me alone or you will find yourselves some very unpleasant surprises." Remus said.

"Remus we mean you no disrespect but you really are in no position to be threatening us. There are three of us against only one of you."

James said.

Suddenly there was a flash of light and naked Peter, drunk Sirius and James found themselves locked out of the kitchens.

The next day as Remus was walking to his first period class Sirius came up behind him and grabbed his hand. Sirius then proceeded to pull

Remus into one of the nearby classrooms then shut and locked the door.

"Remus I need to talk to you." Sirius said before Remus could even get a word out.

"Mr. Black I don't know what you think you're doing but I advise you to let me get to class." Remus said.

"Remus, please just hear me out." Sirius begged making very convincing sad puppy dog eyes. Sighing Remus gave in which he was rewarded for by getting a bouncing Sirius Black with a face that looked so happy it looked like it might explode any second.

"Ok well I am gay for you. I thought you ought to know." Sirius said after calming down. For once in his life Sirius looked shy and very worried.

"Excuse me?" Remus said flustered.

"I'll leave you alone if you want I just thought you ought to know."

Sirius said looking heartbroken.

"Sirius, I don't know what to say." Remus said.

"I think I'll be going now." Sirius said with real tears brimming on his eyes.

"Sirius, please give me a moment before you leave." Remus said causing Sirius to stop. Sirius had gone to bouncing up and down with joy to near tears in about ten seconds and his emotional instability was giving Remus a headache.

"Sirius I don't know if this is some joke you're pulling on me to get back at me for hurting James's reputation because if it is I will kill you."

Remus said honestly.

"It's not a joke! It isn't a lie! I promise!" Sirius said turning to Remus with pleading eyes. They were earnestly begging Remus to believe him.

"So you're expecting me to believe Sirius Black, the biggest ladies man in the entire school is gay for me?" Remus asked earning a small nod from Sirius.

"Sirius, I am gay as well and that's one secret I promised myself I would never tell anyone else at the school." Remus began and seeing Sirius's face brighten he continued. "I have never had a boyfriend so if you were to ask me out I might consider it but there would have to be some ground rules."

"Anything." Sirius said his face showing how giddy with excitement he was.

"First you, Peter and James must tone back the tricks you play on

Severus. Just make them less life threatening." Remus began earning a loud groan from Sirius. Remus shot Sirius a warning glance and Sirius shut his mouth quickly. "Second you mustn't tell anyone until I'm ready to share. Lastly, this must be an exclusive relationship." Sirius didn't seem too down about the conditions. Remus's Friday ended with the face of his very hyper new boyfriend.