These guys aren't mine. I just spend my days abusing them... Also big shout out to Aubrey Lowe! She convinced me to take my drabbles from Tumblr and put them here.. Annnd, she kind of reminded me I had a fanfiction account. College has been rough, but I'm done forever! So expect a bit more frequent updates!

Not Much.

The guys come over to see Remus' new flat.

"It's nice mate, really." Sirius had to raise his voice to be heard over the sounds of arguments, babies crying, and an elderly squib with a chronic cough. The walls were thin, and besides the noise, let the cold in too.

Remus had very little. A couch. A bookcase filled with worn books with cracked spines and torn pages. A moth-eaten rug across the floor. He has a fire going, so at least it didn't feel as cold as it looked. Sirius and James stepped through the door and stood awkwardly on the moth-eaten rug as Remus moved to the kitchen to get drinks.

"Is tea alright? I haven't had much time for shopping." A kettle crashed and the others heard Remus swear to himself. Then more rustling around, opening cupboards just to close them again. James looked to Sirius.

"This is- Merlin's beard. He deserves more than this," James whispered as his arm swept across the tiny living room. Sirius could only nod. They startled when Remus walked back in with three mugs.

"I…I know it's not much. But, I mean, I can pay for it. The rent's cheap, and the landlady's a muggle, so she doesn't even know things like me exist. I didn't have to tell her anything." He smiled, but it was empty. He looked down and set the mugs on the table. "Sit down, sit down." He motioned to the couch and moved to sit at the fireplace. "You know, I heard what you said, James." James cringed and cursed himself for forgetting the few perks of lycanthropy. "And I know it's bad. But what else am I supposed to do? Live with you guys? I can't be a dependent my whole life, I won't be. I'll find a proper job, and live in my proper flat, and be just like you guys. That's what I deserve." He finished with an odd smile on his face.

"But what about the full moon? You're miles from any forest, and I doubt your landlady will understand why you need an enforced shed once a month." Sirius tried to reason with him, trying to balance guilting him into seeing reason and just reminding him of his limitations.

"I-I know that, Sirius. I'll figure it out. I've got plenty of time. Worse comes to worse, I can charm my flat to be impenetrable and muffliato it, and I'll be fine." Sirius sighed and Remus' gaze dropped to the floor. He started wringing the sleeve of his sweater.

"…Remus. You know that won't work. What if something goes wrong?There are kid's here! I know you, you-"

"I what? I'll kill them? I'm a monster? I know, Sirius, that's why I'm living here and not down the street from you guys! Look. I know what you're trying to do, and I'm not going to be guilted out of this flat. You lot have done so much for me already, and I...I can't- We're not in school anymore. This is the big bad world they trained us to live in, isn't it?" He sounded almost bitter. James looked at Remus.

"Come on, mate. Just stay for a week. You can look for a job, Lily's been missing you so she'd love to have you-"

"..You wouldn't freeze to death.." Sirius added as he started to shiver. James nodded in agreement.

Remus looked at them, then around his flat. His eyes turned sad. "I just wanted…" A loud crash echoed through the walls, and a baby screamed and started crying louder and harder than before. "Sure, fine." He was always easily swayed by those two. The wind picked up and whistled through a small crack in the window. "Thanks, James." He sounded tired, as though the weight of accepting help, again, was hurting him.