A/N: I've been wanting to write angst, and I'm pretty happy with how this turned out! Read/Follow/Review, if you enjoyed. This will be a five drabble prompt collection with a different pairing each chapter. :)

Summer Camp Challenge Forum: Bi-Weekly Relay Race - prompt 1/5 ~ "Give me one good reason not to walk out that door."

Pairing the Character: Week 3 - Sirius Black ~ Sirius/Remus

Word count: 300

Disclaimer: Nope. Never Have, Never Will.

The One

Numb.

That's what he felt. Ever since the break up, it was as if he were treading in murky waters, lost. Everything was an automatic function to him.

Wake up, attend class, eat, and sleep.

If it weren't for the purple bruises under his eyes which contrasted against his too pale skin, nobody would notice a thing.

The memories from that night replayed every time he closed his eyes. They were so vivid; it felt like it was happening all over again.

"I used to think you were the One! How foolish was I, Sirius?" The usually kind man spat, his amber eyes filled with anger and disgust. Emotions Sirius had put there. He could feel dread rising in his stomach as Remus turned away, arms crossed. "Give me one good reason not to walk out that door."

"I am!" Sirius protested, risking a step towards Remus who still refused to meet Sirius' eyes while he snorted in disgust. "We are so right for each other, Rem. I admit I messed up badly, and I'm really so—"

"No, you're not. If you were, you would've kept quiet." Remus tightened the grip on his arms. "You didn't just mess up, Sirius. That was my life, my secret, my fear for Merlin's sake, just so you could use it for your petty revenge. You. Did. Not. Mess. Up." Sirius winced at how dangerously low Remus' voice went.

"You. Fucked. Up."

Sirius' throat closed painfully and his heat sped up. A bead of sweat ran down his face. "I-I, don't know why I did it. You have to beli—"

"I'm done," Remus snapped, his eyes finally meeting Sirius' with a cold, cruel glare. "Didn't your mother teach you that saying 'sorry' doesn't always work?"

"I'm sorry," he repeated once more to empty space.