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A/N: Ratings are very difficult for me to distinguish. Where is the border? Lot's of Slash is in this fic, and slightly AU (e.g according to DH, Lucius was a prefect when Snape was a first year, but here they're only a year apart), so if you get disgusted or reluctant about these things, it might be the time to click back and read another fic. It's a shame for me, but I guess I should respect your preferences...

Those who are staying, I certainly hope you will enjoy!

The Way the Wheel Turns

"Until when do we have to do this?"

Severus Snape's tearful voice asked, tentatively.

"Why? You like me, don't you?"

James' hazel eyes shone dangerously, sending a chilling thrill up Severus' spine, as he thrust himself into Severus' deepest place.

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"I love you, Lucius."

Sixteen-year-old Sirius Black whispered to himself in a low voice while walking down Hogwarts' empty corridor. Even though there was no one to hear him, saying the words aloud still sent a crimson blush across his face. Sirius had had sex with seniors, juniors, and classmates, but never had he been in such overflowing love that he couldn't keep it to himself. His face was still flushed with ecstatic embarrassment.

How would Lucius react when he heard these words?

Speak of the devil; Lucius appeared at the other end of the hallway.

Sirius hurried his pace with a welcoming smile, thinking of giving Lucius a deep kiss that would make him remember him throughout the day, but that parasite Severus Snape appeared right behind his lover, ruining his plans. A fellow Slytherin, meaning that he was in the same dormitories as Lucius, Snape's existence itself was enough to bring up annoyance in Sirius' mind. Not to say Snape was already an annoying character to begin with.

"Haven't washed your hair yet again?"

Sirius was planning to pass by quietly, but the puerile words had already popped out from his mouth. Snape and Lucius both turned to look at him. But as his eyes met Lucius', there blossomed a feeling of irrepressible affection.

"You bloody Gryffindor...!"

Seeing that Severus was baring his teeth at him, Sirius figured he hadn't washed his hair today. He couldn't stop the delighted grin that was spreading across his face; insulting Severus in front of his one-year-senior who was now Head Boy couldn't have been more satisfactory. However, it was soon wiped off when Lucius came up to the agitated Slytherin and pulled those shoulders towards him.

"Severus, don't bother. Let's go."

Now turned seventeen, and having acquired the authority of Head Boy, Lucius leaded Severus with a calm tone unlike last year. At Lucius' command, Severus turned to follow with an unsatisfactory look on his face. Sirius looked at the two walking down the hallway until they disappeared from sight. Not once did Lucius turn to even glimpse at Sirius Black.

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"Why did you ignore me today?"

Sirius sent off a lascivious voice into Lucius' sensitive ear as he caressed it with his mouth. Because they had been having a physical relationship since the beginning of last year, he knew everything little secret concerning Lucius' body. Even though he hadn't even touched his lips or even more tender parts, Lucius' sex was already hard due to Sirius' proficient touch and lustyful breath. Though Sirius spoke in a somewhat nonchalant tone, the pain he had felt earlier in the corridor was still going on, even into the late hours after the blanket of darkness had covered the skies.

"What...?" Lucius responded, his eyes half shut, his sweet lips moving just a fraction as if finding the task of talking irksome. "Ignore you...?"

Sirius' pants were getting uncomfortably tight as he thought of devouring the blonde in front of him. But he was never satisfied without having said what he wanted to.

"You just walked away with that bastard Snape."

For a moment, Lucius' slate eyes portrayed an odd emotion but it disappeared as soon as Sirius noticed it. Sirius couldn't identify it, but a shadow of uneasiness draped itself across his heart. Lucius' lips were twisted into a smirk.

"What did you expect? Start a love fest in the middle of a hallway?"

"You know that's not what I meant."

Sirius couldn't say everything that was bothering him; he didn't want to sound petty. Sometimes – actually, more like often – Lucius would be malicious as he was at present. The time didn't seem right for a confession the passionate love that he had kept and practiced all day long. However, even the spiteful ways of Lucius was just lovely in Sirius' eyes. A sixteen-year-old, deeply in love with a seventeen-year-old. When he did reveal his love for Lucius, would he say that he loved him back?

"Kiss me."

Lucius' pale arms, that had just enough muscles to be elegant yet not too feminine, slid around Sirius' neck like a couple of silken snakes. Enchanted by the softness and the coquetry, Sirius rubbed his flesh into Lucius until dawn, as they always did.

A/N: Did you have a good time? Of course, this is only the first chapter, so it would be lovely if you enjoyed it enough to come back again. Complicated relationships start twisting them into tight places in the following chapters.

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