A/N: Happy New Year everyone! Another new story for you. This pairing was a request from my unofficial beta and the Padfoot to my Moony, TVD_FFN_NIN. It's bit different than my last full length story and one of the more serious things I've written, but I hope you'll like it anyway.

Important Info: In italics at the top of every chapter, there is a date and time. It might help you understand the story better. It's not very long chapter wise and might feel too fast paced without the dates to insure the illusion of time. That's all.

Disclaimer: My New Years Resolution is to own the rights to Harry Potter. It's a work in process.

The Meeting

May 5th, 1998, 4:30 pm:

Sirius was still sore from the battle. He had never in his entire life been so covered in bruises and cuts. He was limping from a bad leg injury. His head pounded from the memories of the last three days. They had defeated the most dangerous dark lord in history, but it hadn't come without cost. A cost, that for Sirius, was too high a price. He had lost his best friend and the only person he'd ever loved, Remus Lupin.

"We gather here today to acknowledge a terrible loss…" The preacher's voice faded into the distance. Sirius didn't recognize the man and that angered him. That preacher shouldn't have the right to stand up there and say things about a man he'd never known. He looked at the people around him. He could only identify about half of them. Most of the people there had ignored or mistreated Remus in life, but were there weeping about his death. He couldn't take it anymore. He had to get away.

No one tried to stop him as he stormed away from the funeral. There was a hill not far away that looked like a good place to hide. As he walked, he realized that his face was wet with tears. He hadn't even noticed he was crying, but now that he had he couldn't stop. He walked even quicker, desperate to avoid the sympathetic looks for unconcerned strangers. After moments that felt like miles, he collapsed on the other side of the hill, safe from all the unwelcome funeral guests. Without the anger to focus on, there was only pain. The tears fell like candle wax, slowly and heavily. He curled into a heap, content to stay there for the rest of his life, when he realized he wasn't alone.

She was there. Tonks, Remus's other lover. From the time he had been freed from Azkaban, the two of them had shared Remus. Not just his bed, but affection as well. At first Sirius hated the idea, he had had Remus all to himself at Hogwarts; but soon got use to it. Remus made it very clear that he loved each of them equally. Although they were cousins and had loved the same man, they had never met. Tonks was just as beautiful as Remus had described her, but her features had been dimed by scars and tears.

"Had to get away too huh?" Her voice was dry and emotionless. Sirius nodded, unable to respond any other way. Then it occurred to him, she was the only other human being he knew who might have the slightest idea of what he was going through. She too had lost the love of her life. She too was broken. She too was all alone.

She shivered, not from cold, but from anguish. Sirius felt for her. He managed to crawl next to her and hold her as she cried. He doubted he was much comfort; he was crying just as much, if not more, than she was. He knew that people could hear, but luckily no one bothered them. They held each other through the afternoon and into the night. They cried until their eyes wouldn't produce tears. And then they cried some more. The entire evening they didn't leave each other's side. They couldn't. They were connected by the feeling of pain that came from losing the man that they both loved.

The world around them blended together and faded away. It was midnight-ish before Sirius noticed it had gotten dark. He thought it might be a good idea to get himself and Tonks home. It was then he realized he didn't have a home. He had nowhere to go. With this epiphany came fear and fresh tears. He truly was alone in this world.

A/N: Thanks for reading! If you liked it, pretty please review. I love that shit. :D The next chapter will be up next weekend. See you then!