A/N: Okay, here's the deal, this is slash. I wrote this as I was getting better from bronchitis or something. I was listening to my Creed cd, and I thought, "Hey, My Sacrifice could be about Remus and Sirius!" So here it is. I'm not quite sure why I'm posting it, but I figured that SOMEONE might like it. Keep in mind that I've never actually written a slash story before, so it might be completely horrible, but I DON'T CARE! I don't know when it takes place, if anyone has any ideas PLEASE tell me!

~Words~ with those surrounding them are emphasized. ~Sentences with those around them are thoughts.~

Remus and Sirius WERE together before Azkaban, Lily knew, but James didn't.

Disclaimer: Don't own them. Never have. Never will.

~~Hello my friend, we meet again

 It's been awhile, where should we begin?

Feels like forever

 Within my heart are memories

 Of perfect love that you gave to me

 Oh, I remember

 When you are with me

 I'm free I'm careless, I believe

 Above all the others, we'll fly

 This brings tears to my eyes

 My Sacrifice

We've seen our share of ups and downs

 Oh how quickly life can turn around

 In an instant

It feels so good to reunite

Within yourself and within your mind.

Let's find peace there

When you are with me

I'm free I'm careless, I believe

Above all the others we'll fly

This brings tears to my eyes

 My Sacrifice

 I just want to say hello again

 I just want to say hello again

 When you are with me

 I'm free I'm careless, I believe

 Above all the others we'll fly

This brings tears to my eyes

 Cause when you are with me

 I am free, I'm careless, I believe

Above all the others we'll fly

This brings tears to my eyes

 My Sacrifice, My Sacrifice

I just want to say hello again

 I just want to say hello again

 My Sacrifice.~~

And now… ON TO THE STORY!

~Sirius' POV~

            "What the hell am I doing here?" I wondered aloud, as I paused at Remus' back door.

            "I was hoping you could tell me," the owner of afore-mentioned door said, surprising me. How, you ask? By using his senses to discover that someone was talking to the very piece of oak that separated his living space from the cold outdoors. How dare he! "But, since that seems ~not~ to be the case, why don't you come in?" I nodded, if somewhat stupidly.

            Entering Remus' house, I was surprised at how much it resembled the old flat we used to share. Before—well, never-mind. I picked up a rather ugly grayish-green throw-pillow that Lily had made for us. We'd never liked it much, but kept it so her feelings wouldn't be hurt. "Couldn't even pick out a better color scheme without me?" I joked. Oooh, bad move. Remus' face contorted with pain and a few tears fought their way down his face. I dropped the pillow, horrified at what I'd just said. "I'm so sorry," I whispered before turning to go.

            "Wait!" Remus called as I got halfway to the door, "do you want some tea?"

~*~

            Three pots of tea and lots of uncomfortable silence later, I was ~still~ no closer to figuring out what I was doing there. Remus now interrupted my futile efforts to understand what evil (or, as I think now, not-so-evil) being had possessed my feet and taken me through the dark alleyways to his house. "Where are you staying tonight?" I glanced sharply at him. ~You don't want to go there ,Moony.~ "Because, um, if you don't have anywhere else to go, you could, um, stay with me."

            I put my teacup back on its saucer. The weird thing was that I did it extremely calmly. Considering that my heart was thundering around in my chest, it's surprising I didn't break the poor cup. "I'm not so sure that's such a good idea, Remus."

            Out of the four marauders, Remus had always been the one that had the most trouble concealing his emotions, but that was what I'd always loved about him. This "character flaw," as Remus would put it, was what showed me the hurt and disappointment on his face. For a moment I thought I saw something else also, but I probably just imagined it. "Oh, right, of course not. Full moon's tonight."

            "What? No!" I had thought he understood, but, as usual, he blamed it on the goddamn moon. "Remus," I gingerly took one of his hands in my own, he flinched a bit, but I didn't care. "I don't care about the fucking moon." He looked at me in surprise, I was saying this all very calmly. It was ~completely~ unlike the Sirius he used to know, oh well, a lot had changed since then. "If you recall, I'm an Animagus. And the reason I became one was so that I could be ~with~ you during the full moon."

            "Oh, well then why ~don't~ you stay here? I ~have~ a guest room."

            I jumped up, calm façade completely gone, "God, Remus! Don't you get it?" I shouted, "I'm still in love with you!" I'd finally figured out why I was there. My mind told me that now I could leave, but me heart made me go on. "I'm still in love with you and you hate me! You've always hated me! Even when you said you loved me! You were just using me! All you've ever wanted was my body! You've ~never~ cared about me!" Ranting about the one person you've ever loved, body and soul, hating you with all his heart is quite tiring. So it was no surprise that I collapsed in a pitiful, sobbing heap on the floor.

            "Oh my God," Remus whispered, obviously shaken, "Sirius, why do you think that I hate you?"

            I lifted my head long enough to whimper, "you never rescued me, you never even visited."

            Remus knelt down and placed my head in his lap. Not caring that my spine had stiffened, he ran his long fingers through my matted hair. "I visited you every single day for the first three years you were there. You never noticed. After that, they told me that they'd give you the Kiss if I ever came again. I couldn't risk losing you forever." I felt a few hot tears tumble into the tangles of my hair. I squeezed Remus' hand, encouraging him to continue. "As for rescuing you, well, you had never given me any reason to believe that you were innocent. But I ~never~ stopped loving you." Remus turned my head so that I had to look at him. "Sirius, I have ~always~ loved you, since the very first moment that I saw you. And not even my very last breath will take that love away."

            A single tear slipped from my eye, but Remus gently brushed it away. Well ~that~ was the last straw. I mean you can't find out that the person that you love that you thought hated you actually loves you and not do anything about it. Follow that? Oh well. In any case, I kissed him. Hard. With the exceptions of our first, last, and any others in between, that was the best damn kiss of my life. All of the yearning of the many long years was put into that kiss. All of the lonely nights, the cold beds, the feeling of emptiness when you know that the one you love thinks you betrayed him, all of that was somehow fit into that one exhilarating, raw, zealous kiss. We stared at each other for a few minutes after we broke apart, gasping for breath.

            I suddenly began to laugh hysterically. Poor Remus looked horribly hurt, he probably thought it had all been some elaborate joke I'd thought up. However, it was clear to my body that to stop laughing was not and option. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry. It's just, think about everything that's happened since I got here." This just confused Moony even more. "Okay, I'll review:

            1)I ask your door why the hell I came to your house.

            2)You find me talking to the door and invite me inside.

            3)I insult your taste in colors.

            4)You invite me to stay overnight.

            5)I refuse.

            6)I figure out why I was talking to the door, and declare my love for you, and your        hate for me.

            7)You proclaim that you don't hate me, you love me.

            8)I cry.

            9)We make out.

            10)We stare at each other."

            Remus stared at me in amazement, which only caused me to laugh harder. "It's really ~not~ that funny."

            I abruptly stopped laughing, "You're right. It's not." The doorbell rang, making the two of us jump. "You have a doorbell?" My true love stared at me as though I'd suddenly grown three heads. "What?"

            "Sirius!" he hissed, "There's someone at the door!"

            "Yes, Remus. There is someone at the door. Would you like me to get it?"

            "No!" The harsh tone of his voice surprised me, he saw this and softened it. "You're still on the run from the Ministry." I still didn't get it. "I want you to become my loveable dog, Snuffles!" he snapped.

            "Oh! Well why didn't you just say so?"

            Remus slapped his forehead and walked to the front door. Looking behind him to check that I was safely dog-i-fied, he opened it.

            After a few minutes of Remus gawking at whoever it was with a look of pure astonishment on his face, and extremely familiar voice forced itself towards my ears. "Well? Are you just going to let me freeze out here?"