I've always loved the Marauders, especially Remus and Sirius. I absolutely love reading stories about the Marauders and their time at school. I recently began reading stories were Sirius and Remus are a couple and I absolutely love them as a couple, so I figured I might as well make my own.
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter because if I did Sirius and Remus would be together and the only Marauder to die would be Pettigrew.
Puppy Love: A Sirius X Remus Story
Remus Lupin entered Platform 9 and ¾ to find his friends James, Sirius and Pettigrew waiting. The four were about to start their fifth year at Hogwarts and couldn't be more excited to see their best friends again.
"Moonshine, you're back," James yelled before running up to him and hugging him.
"Of course I am Jamie," Remus replies while returning his friend's hug.
"Hey, don't call me Jamie!" James yells while playfully punching Remus' arm.
"Then don't call me Moonshine," Remus retorts.
These were the small little things Remus always missed during summer, especially this one. Earlier in the summer Remus had been put in St. Mungo's care after he got incredibly sick after a full moon. The rest of the Marauders had visited him, but were scared he wouldn't be well enough to go back to Hogwarts with them.
Remus then hugged Peter before being squeezed to death by his best friend Sirius. "We missed you Moony, we're so glad you're feeling better," Sirius told him before noticing how stiff Remus was.
"Something wrong Remus?" Sirius asked while letting go of him.
"No, why would you think that Sirius?" Remus asked looking confused.
"Forget I asked," Sirius responds completely confused by his friend's behavior.
Remus hadn't meant to make Sirius feel uncomfortable, that was the thing he wanted to happen the least. Remus watched his friends board the train while following them close behind thinking about what he had realized over the summer.
Remus was gay and was in love with his best friend, Sirius. He had known he was gay since halfway through his third year, and realized his feelings for Sirius halfway through fourth. Luckily for Remus either his friends were completely ignorant or pretended they were when it came to his love life.
"Remus, you alright, you've been quieter than you usually are?" Sirius asked pulling Remus out of his train of thought.
"Huh, oh yeah, sorry I'm just a little distracted that's all," Remus replied.
"Worried about your boyfriend, Padfoot?" James teased.
"Oh shut up Prongs, you're just jealous that you can't have me or Evans," Sirius responded.
Jokes between the marauders about one or two of them being gay was common and didn't mean anything to most of them – the exception being Remus of course. Whenever James would say something like that Remus would panic thinking James would reveal his secret.
The rest of the train ride continued on like normal for the four marauders – James and Sirius planned pranks to use on the other students especially Snape, Peter ate a bunch of candy before falling asleep, and Remus read a book while listening to James and Sirius' conversation.
Puppy Love: A Sirius X Remus Story
After the feast James stopped Remus telling him he wanted to talk. Remus agreed and told the others to go ahead and wait for them in the dormitory. James then led him into an unused classroom where he locked the door.
"What do you want James?" Remus asked confused and slightly nervous.
"I know about your little secret and I want to tell you that I'm perfectly okay with it," James said while sitting down on one of the desks.
"Really James, that's it? I already know that you, Peter, and Sirius have no issue with my "furry little problem". We established that in third year, remember?" Remus replied annoyed.
"Not that your other secret," James responds as calmly as ever.
"What other secret?" Remus questions genuinely nervous now.
"Oh come on Remus, how thick do you think I am? How could I not notice that you're interested in Sirius, it's so obvious I've known you for five years, I'm one of your best friends. Unlike Peter and Sirius I do happen to notice thinks," James calmly states.
"Y-you know?" Remus manages to whisper.
"Of course, I think I just established that, Moonshine," James teases.
"H-how long?" Remus responds in the same tone.
"Have I known that you're gay or that you like Sirius?" James asks.
"Both," Remus answers.
"Well the first one I realized about halfway through fourth year and the other one the last month of school," James states.
"You really are okay with it?" Remus asks still nervous.
"Of course why wouldn't I be? Your one of my best friends and the fact that you're gay and attracted to one of your fellow Marauders isn't going to change anything, Moonshine," James tells him, "But I do think you should tell Padfoot how you feel about him."
"I don't think I can Prongs, at least not now," Remus tells him.
"Well that's your choice, but I still think you should tell him. We should head up to the dormitory before those two start to worry," James says before unlocking the door and heading towards Gryffindor tower.
Puppy Love: A Sirius X Remus Story
"Sheesh, what took you two so long? I want to work on the map!" Sirius whined when Remus and Prongs entered the room.
"Good to know that you weren't nervous something happened to us," James said before sitting down on his bed.
Remus head over to his trunk where he fished out the piece of parchment that held the almost complete Marauder's Map. "Here we go. Now how much more do we have left to do?" Remus asked.
"Just a couple of secret passages and we have to finish that insult feature," James said while moving over to Sirius' bed, "Now come on you two we don't have all night."
Peter then moved over to Sirius' bed and sat next to James. "Come on Moony, we don't bite. I take that back Padfoot here might," James said calling the fourth Marauder over.
Puppy Love: A Sirius X Remus Story
A few hours later the map was complete and the four boys were getting ready to turn in. Peter had just climbed into bed and drawn the curtains while James had left to take a shower. Remus was sitting on his bed reading a book while Sirius was laying bored on his.
"Remus, do you mind?" Sirius asked while sitting down on his friend's bed.
"Of course not. Is there something you want, Padfoot?" Remus asked while setting his book down.
"I wanted to make sure that you were okay. I know you spent the summer in the hospital and all, but that shouldn't explain why you're being so cold. Not only that, but you seemed a little nervous when you came back from talking with Prongs," Sirius told his best friend.
"Nothing, I guess I'm a little jumpy that's all," Remus explained, "Now I'm tired Pads. Good night."
"Good night Moony," Sirius told his friend before heading back to his own bed.
Remus felt absolutely horrible since he was lying to Sirius. Well not exactly lying, he just wasn't telling the whole truth. Remus wasn't sure what he was going to do, since Sirius was already getting suspicious.
Puppy Love: A Sirius X Remus Story
That's the end of the chapter. I know it's real short, but what do you expect for a first chapter? Anyways please review.
