Title: Love within the Marauders.

Summary: RL/SB. Slash, Yaio. Written about the Marauders years.

Disclaimer: I do not own Remus Lupin, Sirius Black or any of the other characters in my story. They are all owned by J.K. Rowling. I simply own the story idea.

*

Remus opened his eyes slowly and stretched his very stiff body. He felt that he was naked and pulled the white sheet up over him, he rolled to his side. He blinked in surprise when he saw Sirius next to him. He suddenly remembered the night before and groaned.

Sitting up he pulled the sheet tighter around him and then gently pulled at Sirius's pant leg. He saw a long black and blue bruise, his face twisted with guilt and he carefully pulled up his shirt. Sirius had bruises along his ribs as well.

He looked up and saw that Sirius's eyes. Sirius shrugged, "Get the guilty look off your face Remus. It's not like you could control yourself."

Remus grinned and looked down, "Still I'm sorry Sirius."

"Don't be." Sirius stretched and then looked slyly up at him, "So Remus…Why'd you play the dominant/ submissive game?"

Blushing Remus, shrugged, "Oh…I-I don't know." He knew that the wolf inside him had wanted to show Sirius that he was dominant over him, that he wanted to claim him and show him how intense his feelings for him were. But he wasn't going to tell Sirius that.

"Maybe…" Sirius sat up and moved close to Remus, "You should be dominant more often." He leaned in and whispered huskily, "It's hot."

Remus gasped when Sirius suddenly turned him and shoved him down onto the bed, pinning his arms down, he playfully growled his eyes twinkling, "But I'm dominant Remus." He tightened his hands over Remus's wrist and continued, "So two alpha males, that's bound to make sparks isn't it?"

Trying to still his breathing Remus's eyes widened and then narrowed, "You want me to be the sub? You want me to be submissive to you?"The wolf buried inside him growled angrily and his normally gray eyes flashed yellow.

With a grin, Sirius leaned into his neck and licked slowly up the side before lightly nipping at it. Remus gasped and shivered, not even trying to hide his reaction. Sirius pulled back and whispered, "God Moony for being so smart…You sure can be dumb." He leaned in and nuzzled Remus's neck, " I know what happened last night Remus…You tried to make me submissive to you…as your mate. And don't tell me it's just the wolf. It was you, you want me."

Sirius pulled back and raised an eyebrow at him, his eyes intent on Remus's. Remus laid back in shock and took in Sirius's words, and fear shot through him. But he gulped and said, "Yes…"

Lips twitching Sirius nodded, "Yeah I know." He smirked, waited a moment and said, "You going to wait forever or you going to kiss me now?"

"What…?!" Remus gulped trying to figure out if Sirius was joking.

"How long have you wanted to kiss me? Long time right.?" When Remus nodded he did too, "So why aren't you doing it now that you have the chance Moon?"

Remus's eyes flashed yellow again and he yanked Sirius down, his lips crushed against Sirius and he moaned happily. His heart beating rapidly, he moved his lips against Sirius's and grinned slightly when Sirius's hands tangled in his hair, and his tongue licked lightly at Remus's bottom lip. Sirius was trying to come off as the dominant and Remus took it as a challenge.

He opened his mouth and tipped his head to the side to allow a deeper kiss. His tongue stroked along Sirius's and he wrestled his arms free to wrap around Sirius's waist. He pulled him close and carefully slid one leg between Sirius's, he gently pushed against his ass and groin.

Sirius groaned into his mouth and began kissing him fiercely. His tongue and lips rough against Remus's. His hand snuck down and he pulled at the sheet around Remus, he got it open and ran his hand down his chest. Remus let out a deep breath and shivered when he felt Sirius's hand on his hip.

He almost whimpered when Sirius pulled back and whispered, "Do you want me to touch you?"

"You are touching me." Remus said frowning.

Sirius grinned lightly, "You've never done anything like this have you? "

"No…I was waiting for you…" blushing Remus looked straight up into the other mans eyes.

He could swear that Sirius's face had softened a bit and his voice was deeper, "Do you trust me Remus?"

"Of course I do Sirius."

"Good."

And the hand that had been on Remus's hip slid lower, and then very lightly his finger stroked at Remus's erection. Remus's eyes widened and he gasped at the feeling of someone else touching him, down there. He arched into the touch and whispered, "Oh that type of touching."

Sirius chuckled darkly, "Yes this type." And his warm palm wrapped around Remus's erection.

And when Remus arched up again, he slid an arm under his back , which kept his hips lifted a bit. Remus tried not to cry out when Sirius began pumping his hand slowly up and down, but he did let slip a few curses and gasps.

Just as he was building up to orgasm, he felt the wolf flare up in him with all the pleasure. His arms still wrapped around Sirius's waist, tightened as he rolled them so he was on top.

He heard Sirius gasp in surprise, and then again and again when Remus ripped off his clothes and pushed his knees up. He used his saliva to slick up his erection and leaned in to kiss Sirius's lips. Sirius was staring up at him his eyes wide, he whispered, "Remus…Your eyes they're yellow." And Remus pushed into him slowly.

And then his head was thrown back in a mixture of pleasure/pain, his moans echoing that. Remus stared down at him and let out a growl, his hips pumping into Sirius. His hand reached down to grip Sirius's own erection and he moved his hand to match the strokes of his hips. He felt his body growing tighter and more heated, the feeling of being inside Sirius was intense. It was everything he'd wanted and more. He looked down at Sirius and saw how his face was strained with pleasure. Remus was sure it was pleasure because Sirius's voice was yelling out in pleasure.

When Sirius called out his name, Remus snapped and the wolf flooded to the front of his mind. He kissed his mouth roughly before his lips found Sirius's neck. He pressed his teeth over the rapidly beating pulse and growled, "Mine." He tightened the hold with his teeth and heard Sirius gasp in surprise, "Mine!" He growled again.

He pulled back and kissed the spot lightly before moving faster and more hectically than before. When Sirius yelled out and came over his hand, the wolf in Remus buzzed with approval. He pushed in and stared into his lover's eyes, gold with black. Sirius lightly put his palm on Remus's cheek, "Come in me Remus. Come for me."

Remus groaned and let himself orgasm, his seed shot into Sirius and he called out Sirius's name, before slumping over onto him. He curled up by Sirius's side and closed his eyes, letting his emotions run wild, but trying to make sure that they were his emotions and not the wolfs.

Sirius cuddled into him and nuzzled his neck. His hands stroked Remus's chest and collarbone. Sirius looked up and in a hoarse voice whispered, "That was…amazing, and intense, amazing again and extremely shocking."

Wincing Remus looked over at him, "I'm sorry Sirius…"

"Don't be that was amazing sex. Was it the wolf?"

"Yeah…he seems pretty insistent about you."

"My Moony, you just had to be dominant didn't you?" Sirius laughed and dragged his finger around Remus's nipple.

The wolf inside Remus hummed happily, but it was Remus who rolled to his side to face Sirius. He pressed a kiss to Sirius's neck and then sucked lightly over his pulse. Remus pulled back and looked into Sirius's eyes, "Mine."

Sirius nodded slowly and stroked his hair, "Yours."

*

After kissing each other silly for the next hour, Remus sighed and stretched. He sat up and slid off the bed. He got up and picked up the clothes he'd left on the floor the night before. He caught Sirius looking him interestedly, blushing he moved his clothes to cover himself up.

Shaking his head and sighing, Sirius stood. He loped over to Remus and tugged the clothes away, "Don't hide yourself from me love."

Remus shrugged, "I'm not really used to being naked around someone else."

"I'm not just someone else Remus." He put his hands on Remus's waist and stepped back to look him over.

Fidgeting uncomfortably Remus let out a low breath. He bit his lip, "How long have you known how I feel about you?"

"The end of this summer."

"Why didn't you tell me?" Remus frowned and put his hands on his hips.

Sirius grinned, "I didn't know how…and I wanted you to come to me of your own will."

"You should have told me…You know how long I've been stressed about this?"

"I'm sorry love. I didn't know how to tell you, how I felt."

"How did you know?"

With a small smile Sirius looked up through his lashes, "Well, the way you looked at me. The way you avoided touching me. The way you said my name, and you always purse your lips when I flirted with you… Like you were trying not to smile."

Remus was breathing deeply, feeling warm and gooey inside. "How I looked at you?" He asked breathlessly.

"Yeah, you looked at me like you were imagining kissing me, like I was yours already." Sirius eyelashes fluttered open and closed slowly and he leaned in close, "It's how you're looking at me now." He pressed his lips lightly against Remus's and moved them slow and soft.

Breathless Remus pressed into Sirius and hesitantly put his hands on either side of his face. He tipped his head and let his mouth press a little harder into Sirius's. He frowned as a thought popped into his head and he pulled back, "Wait…the professors are going to realize you're not in class Sirius."

"You think I care about class when I hear you say my name all breathless and sweet like that?" Sirius rolled his eyes and ran his hand down his back, then to his ass cheeks. "I know you're not dumb Remus."

Blushing Remus shrugged, "But you'll get detention…"

"And I'll live through detention and then I'll sneak into your bed and snog you breathless."

"Promise?"

"Of course, I adore you Remus."

"And I you…"

"And your furry little problem agrees." Sirius chuckled and nuzzled his neck.

Remus rubbed his cheek into Sirius's hair and whispered, "Yeah I think he loves you." He tinged pink at what he'd said and winced.

But Sirius's eyes were twinkling when he pulled back, "Well I love him too."

Happiness flooded him and Remus whispered again, "Only him?"

Sirius raised an eyebrow at him, "No."

Remus smiled and looked down, "Yay."

"Yay? Yay? All you can say is yay, Moony? Well that makes me confident." Sirius chuckled darkly, his voice lined with worry and amusement.

"Well maybe he's not the only one who loves you."

He raised his face and giggled at the happy look on Sirius's face. He stepped back and pulled on his pants, ignoring a groan that slid out of Sirius. "We do have to get back up to school eventually."

"But why? I could stay here forever as long as you were with me…"

"Oh Sirius you're going to make me melt with all those sweet words."

"Then I'll catch you in a pail and keep you by my bed."

Remus laughed loudly, his head tipping back, "That is so weird! You're bloody mad!"

Sirius chuckled, "Yeah mad about you." He snatched up Remus's shirt and ran out of the room and down the stairs, yelling, "I want to stay here, with you!"

Laughing still Remus ran after him, Sirius surprised him by hiding out of sight, then swooping him up and landing heavily on the couch with him. Sirius stared down at him, "Stay with me."

"I'm with you every day and night Sirius." Remus laid his head back on the couch and watched the emotions change on Sirius's face.

"No…I mean stay with me forever Remus. I love you, and I won't ever love anyone else, I promise you that." Sirius's eyes and face betrayed his fear and vulnerability, and his hand was twining through Remus's tightly.

Remus's heart beat loudly and he was surprised that Sirius couldn't hear it. He looked up into Sirius's black eyes, his own eyes wide. He put his hand on Sirius's cheek, "Oh I love you Sirius Black, and of course I want to stay with you forever."

He beamed when Sirius's eyes lighted up with happiness and he smiled down at him, "Really Moony?"

"Really Padfoot."

Sirius leaned in and kissed him hard, his tongue twining with Remus's. He pressed his hips into Remus's and grinded slightly into him. Remus groaned into his mouth and pulled back, "We can't…We have to get to…class…"

"Fuck class, I want my turn to ride you." His eyes flashed up and he stared into Remus's hunger clear in his smirking eyes. His hands pulled at Remus's pants and began to yank them off.

And when he slid his own erection against Remus's, Remus moaned, "oh…Oh okay, please."

*

Many hours later and after a shared shower Remus and Sirius walked into the great hall, both grinning and flirting discreetly. But they stopped when McGonagall called out to Sirius. She strode over to them and said sternly, "Why were you reported missing from all your classes today Mr. Black?"

Sirius blinked, clearly trying to think of something to say, but Remus said quickly, "That was my fault Professor." Both McGonagall and Sirius looked at him in surprise and he continued, "I was ill…From last night and Sirius stayed with me to make sure I was okay." He put great emphasis on the mention of the last night and looked straight into her eyes.

McGonagall nodded slowly after a moment, "I see. Are you feeling alright now Mr. Lupin?"

"A little weak but yes thank you."

She nodded and said quietly, "Well Black, I will pass on the situation to your other teachers and see that you both get your assignments from today." She walked away curtly.

Sirius waited until she was far away before grinning lazily at Remus, "Liar."

"Only for you love. Besides it wasn't a complete lie…I am feeling a little weak."

"Oh yeah? Could it be because you spent the day making love to me?"

"Could be." Remus winked and walked over to the Gryffindor table.

They had gotten to the Great Hall a little early and sat at the empty end of the long table. Remus grabbed just a goblet of pumpkin juice and a bread roll. Sirius however loaded his plate with meatloaf and a bowl of soup. He shrugged at Remus's amused look and mumbled, "I'm hungry! I did a whole lot of physical activities today, you know."

"Oh yeah?" Remus scooted slightly closer and raised an eyebrow at Sirius.

"Yeah…see I spent the day with this amazing boy."

"Amazing huh?"

"Oh yeah, he's super hot. Brilliant and I love him."

"Sounds great, do I know him?"

"You might, you just might." Sirius's hand lowered under the table and he squeezed Remus's thigh, his eyes wishing that they could kiss right there in front of everyone. Remus closed his eyes and wished they could be too, but they had both decided that it was best that they weren't open about their relationship with anyone but their best friends. It was hard for the both of them, but they thought that it was the best thing for the best thing.

"Hey guys!" Peter said plunking down next to them and began pulling food towards him. Sirius pulled his hand away quickly and focused on his plate. Remus smiled when he saw James and Lily sit next to Sirius.

James grinned at them, while Lily put a small amount of food onto her plate. "Well…Hello Remus, Sirius. Decide to take the day off?"

Remus blushed but Sirius nodded, "Yeah, well you know how it gets. Sometimes you need to just…release some stress from school."

And as Remus suspected that Sirius knew what would happen, James blushed scarlet and looked at Lily. Lily just smiled, "Yeah we get it." She raised her eyebrows at them and smirked a secretive smile.

Peter glanced at them confused but shrugged and turned back to his food. Remus rolled his eyes and sipped at his juice. Lily asked quietly, "So you two finally told each other?"

Sirius smirked, "Yes we did."

"About time." James said looking at them closely.

"It's sweet, be nice James." Lily put her hand on James's arm and smiled lightly.

*

Later that night, Remus laid in his bed shivering, wishing Sirius was in bed with him. Abruptly he heard his curtains open almost silently and his bed dipped. He turned and smiled when he saw that Sirius was pulling his curtains closed. Sirius looked at him and grinned, as he pulled up the blanket and slid under them, he whispered, "I missed you."

Remus opened his arms and let Sirius melt into them, "You must have read my mind, I was just missing you."

Sirius cuddled into him, "Love you Moony."

"Love you to, Padfoot."

*

Remus woke the next morning and found Sirius wrapped tightly around him. He grinned and ruffled his messy black hair, "Sirius…"

"Shh, I'm sleeping." Sirius mumbled into his chest.

With a quiet chuckle Remus poked him, "Got to get up Love."

"No…Can't you be ill again today?" Sirius blinked groggily up at him.

"Sorry. I can't."

"Can I at least have a pity kiss?"

"You can have a regular, 'I love you, good morning kiss'."

Sirius tipped his head up, "Works for me." He pressed a kiss to Remus's lips and nipped at his bottom lip to slip his tongue inside. Remus sighed and let Sirius roll on top of him; he had to stop himself from groaning when Sirius gripped his hair and tipped his head back so he could suck at his throat.

But before it could go any further than Sirius's hand lowering down to his groin, a loud voice said in an amused tone, "Well usually when I wake up to those noises it's not from my two best friends, but from my girlfriend."

Remus blushed and laughed, and Sirius pulled back with an aggravated sigh. "Way to ruin the moment Potter!"

They heard James laugh and climb out of bed, and then a very confused Peter yell, "Okay I'm clearly missing something! What the bloody hell is going on?"

Sirius sighed again and yelled back, "Moony and I are basically enamored with each other, and we enjoy snogging each other, and more but I'm sure you don't want to hear the details Wormtail?!"

There was a shocked silence in the room, besides James's laughter, and then Peter said, "Huh…Well okay." And then, "Wait…Are you two groping in there? Ew…"

Sirius and Remus laughed, "You're lucky you stopped us now…I was like an inch close to buggering his brains out." Sirius chuckled darkly when they heard Peter hurriedly get out of bed yelling, "I'm not listening, I am not listening!"

Remus chuckled too but whispered, "Funny as it is you know you're telling the truth."

"I know…" Sirius kissed him for a long moment, "how about at lunch we sneak off to the Whomping willow."

"Yes please, love." Remus suddenly not caring pulled Sirius close and kissed him passionately.

Surprisingly it was Sirius who ended the kiss his breathing harsh, he leaned his forehead against Remus's and whispered, "You kill me Moony." He laid his lips lightly on Remus's but pulled back quickly like he didn't want to get lost in his kiss.

He scowled when Remus laughed at that, he leaned in and pressed his lips roughly against his. He pushed his tongue in and tangled it with Remus's. His left hand ran through his hair, tightening on it and his hips drove into Remus's. Sirius moved his hips in a suggestive way and Remus gasped and pushed him back.

But Sirius refused to back away. He pushed his hips in until Remus bent his knees and then he moved his hand away to stroke down his bent knee. Sirius ran his hand down and cupped his buttock; he squeezed and breathed into Remus's mouth, "Not laughing now huh? You want me as badly as I want you…"

"Yes…" Remus keened out quietly, his hands gripping at Sirius's shoulders.

"Tell me you love me, sweetheart…"

"I love you!" Remus pushed his hips into Sirius's and breathed rapidly.

"Me and you at lunch."Sirius said happily.

When he pulled back Remus sighed half in relief and half in frustration. He sat up shakily and narrowed his eyes at Sirius. "You're such a tease."

"Well yeah…"

Sirius chuckled and pulled back the curtain slightly; he looked out and grinned, "Looks like they left…"

Remus scrambled to the curtains and peeked out too. He smirked and looked at the clock on the wall. He crooked his finger at Sirius and said, "And we have thirty minutes before breakfast."

"Mm, good, just enough time…" and Sirius crawled back to him and hooked his fingers into Remus's pajama pants.

*

Two weeks later Remus and Sirius were cuddled next to each other in the Hogs head. Sitting across from them were Lily and James who were equally as cuddled up. Peter was asking the grumpy barman for more fire whisky.

And since the pub was empty Sirius and Remus didn't have a problem holding hands and flirting openly. At first they worried that they barman would have a problem with it but he'd just glanced at them and they both could swear that he'd winked at them.

Lily and James were laughing at Sirius who was playfully flirting with Remus, who was trying not to react and failing horribly. Remus had just sent a witty and sarcastic retort back and James was roaring with laughter when Peter pushed the five firewhiskeys to each of them.

Lily whispered something to James, who beamed and nodded, his finger stroking along her cheek tenderly. James cleared his throat and said loudly, "I have an announcement!"

It took Peter and Remus who was laughing at something Remus had said a moment to stop laughing but when they did, James stood. He held Lily's hand, "Well Marauders. We've made it through almost seven years together and I trust you all with my life." He lifted his glass at them and continued, "And that's why we wanted to tell you first."

"We're getting married!" Lily burst out, like she couldn't help herself. She shrugged halfheartedly at James's amused look and then looked back at the other three guys.

Remus beamed and chuckled, he wasn't exactly surprised. Lily and James were just so perfectly and obviously in love. Sirius stared at his best friend and then shouted, "Congratulations!"

And everyone started laughing, the three men stood and hurried to congratulate a beaming James and Lily. Remus raised his shot glass and said loudly, "To James and Lily!"

Peter and Sirius followed suit and then they all threw back their shots. After everything had settled down Sirius leaned across the table and said jubilantly, "You name you're first child after me Prongs."

"Sorry Padfoot old mate!" James laughed, "Lil's already picked our future offspring's names.

"Yes, for a girl we like Annabelle and for a boy we were thinking…Harry after James's grandfather." Lily smiled and sipped at her shot.

Sirius shrugged, "Those are cute…but I suppose I just like to imagine a little Sirius running around out there."

Remus looked at him and gripped his arm lightly. Sirius winked at him and said in a joking way, "I just don't want it to be my little Sirius…Could you imagine me as a parent?!"

Everyone laughed except Remus who smirked at him softly. He made sure no one was looking before he leaned in and pressed a light kiss to Sirius's lips, "You'd make a perfectly good dad, Sirius."

He pulled back and let Sirius smile soak into him, they were still gazing at each other when they heard several loud, but muffled screams from outside. They all looked up in shock before Remus, Sirius and James stood pulling their wands out and holding them in defense. Lily crept slowly over to the door and peeked out; she gasped and snapped the door shut. The barman rushed over and asked gruffly, "What's going on?"

"Death Eaters!" Lily gasped, but she pulled her wand out steadily.

The barman cursed muttered something and a tall silvery white shape burst out of his wand and ran through the door. He said, "You kids stay here." And ran outside.

Another scream wrenched the air and Sirius strode to the door, "They're hurting other students!" There weren't many other students in Hogsmeade that day, mostly seventh years. Dumbledore had restricted all younger students' visits to the village.

Remus and James strode to the door and James said firmly, "We have to go help." Remus and Sirius nodded together, shooting Peter a look until he nodded too, fear flooding his face. James turned to Lily and said, "Please…I know you'll hate this but stay here. I can't concentrate knowing you're in danger!"

Lily shook her head angrily but before she could say anything, James took her face between his hands and kissed her. He pulled back and she sighed, "Fine James. But you better be fucking careful!" he nodded and opened the door slowly.

He led the guys out and he aimed a stunning spell at a death eater who was attacking a brown haired girl. Remus stunned one Death Eater and looked around when he heard Sirius yell in surprise. He saw that Sirius was dueling a particularly excellent Death Eater.

The wolf in him took over when he heard Sirius yell out in pain. Forgetting his wand he launched at the man, his teeth, eyes and claws elongating as the wolf pushed through. He tore at the man's face, body and throat, growling at the blood that flooded his mouth. He could hear yells of the death Eaters but focused on hurting the man who'd threatened his mate.

He could hear the man screaming in pain before he let out a shaky gasp and lay still. Remus's wolf panted and he growled over the man when he heard someone calling his name. He raised his gold eyes up to black ones. Sirius looked frightened and worried, he said Remus's name slowly but turned his face away when someone said his own name.

Remus's growled, blood dripping out of his mouth and stared into electric blue eyes. Dumbledore walked slowly too him and said quietly, "I'm sorry Remus…" He raised his wand and then all was black…

*

Flashes of blood, screams, and groans, ripped through Remus's mind and he felt wetness falling onto his cheeks. A warm, familiar voice soothingly said, "Remus, its okay baby. It's okay…"

He opened his eyes and tears spilled out, "Sirius…What happened?"

Sirius gulped and blinked, "You don't remember?"

"No…" Remus said shaking his head. He felt achy all over, but he couldn't remember anything that had happened after turning to look at Sirius during the attack in Hogsmeade. He looked around and saw that he was lying in the shrieking shack's upstairs bedroom.

He looked back at Sirius and saw how pale he was. He sat up quickly, "Love…what's wrong? Are you okay? Did you get hurt?" he wrapped his arms around his love and kissed his cheek.

Sirius shook his head and looked down, "I'm okay Remus…What do you remember?"

"I remember stunning the Death Eater and then looking around for you, but I don't remember anything after that."

"You um…saw me attacked…" Remus gasped and held him tighter but Sirius continued on, "I guess that's when the wolf took over. You transformed but not completely…Just the most dangerous parts of the wolf came out. Dumbledore said that it's a defensive move that wolves make." He stared into Remus's shocked eyes, "You um…went after the Death Eater and attacked him. Dumbledore and the other teachers showed up and went after the Death Eaters but a lot of them got away. He had…to put you to sleep, it was the only way."

Remus was trembling, and tried to take in Sirius's words. He'd transformed…when it wasn't a full moon? And he'd attacked a man, bitten him… He blinked and gulped, "The man I attacked…Wh-What happened to h-him?"

Sirius gripped his shoulders tightly and said bracingly, "He died Remus…"

Eyes widening even more Remus shook his head and whispered, "No…No please Sirius…"

He was pulled into Sirius's arms and cried silently. The bloody taste in the back of his throat, his violent dreams…They all made sense now. He'd taken a life, in a horrible way. The man had been a Death Eater but that didn't mean he'd deserved to die. Remus cursed the wolf inside him, this was by far the worst thing the wolf had ever made him do.

"Shh, Shh Baby…Remus love, you protected me, are you sorry about that?"

Remus sat up and wiped his eyes; he shook his head and said croakily, "No Sirius…Never. But I killed someone…"

"So did he."

"What…Who? Are James and Peter….?

"No…No they're both okay. He killed a girl, a Hufflepuff. A few other students died too." Sirius gulped and looked down, they had a moment of silence for the slain students but when he looked back up, it was with a determined look in his eyes.

"Remus. The world is rid of a monster and I'm so sorry that it had to be you. But I won't ever say a bad word about it. You saved me. Fought for me, because you love me." He pressed his head against Remus's and said quietly, "I would do the same for you in a heartbeat."

Remus shook in his arms and whispered, "I love you Sirius, just hold me tonight. Please."

"I love you too." Sirius lay down and Remus cuddled into him, his arms tightening over him. Remus curled up as close as he could to Sirius and clutched at his shirt.

Sirius raised his wand and whispered, "Nox." The lights went out and he kissed Remus's head lightly. "My Moony…"

Remus stroked up Sirius's chest lovingly, "My Padfoot."

*

"And how're the nightmares Remus?" Lily asked reaching across the coffee table to put her hand over his.

Remus winced, "They're getting better, especially since Sirius is there to comfort me when I wake up from them."

"Oh Remus…You two really are perfect for each other you know?"

"Are you talking about me and Moony again Lily?" Sirius asked jumping over the back edge of the couch and landing to sit next to Remus. He nuzzled his neck and then smiled at Lily.

"Of course! Who else?" Lily chuckled, her little finger absentmindedly twisting the diamond engagement ring on her left hand.

"Yeah, we're pretty perfect…And hot together." Sirius playfully nipped at Remus's ear, eliciting a giggle from him.

Lily playfully groaned and frowned, "Damn you two are just too cute. I'm going to find my boyfriend and snog him extra good." She smiled and ran her hand across both of their heads lightly, as she walked away.

"James sure did pick a good one." Sirius murmured.

"Yeah he did, they're so great for each other."

"But no way are they as hot as us." Sirius grinned.

"No way." Remus grinned and slid his hand over Sirius's for a brief moment. They were in the Gryffindor common room and although it was empty, except for the marauders and Lily, they didn't want to take a chance.

Sirius motioned his head at their tower room and stood. Remus followed him up the stairs, and into their room. They climbed into Sirius's bed and shut the curtains. Sirius opened his arms and Remus cuddled up to his side, he unbuttoned Sirius's shirt and kissed his collarbone, his hand flat over his heart.

"What's wrong love?" Sirius asked quietly, displaying his uncanny ability to tell Remus's mood by the lightest touch.

"I'm scared Sirius…" Remus didn't even feel a twinge of shame when he said this. He knew Sirius would never judge him. He moved his lips down to kiss his dark nipple.

Sirius hand stroked his hair, "Of what?"

"Everything's changing for the worse…Voldemorts getting strong, and much bolder. People are dying every day out there. He even attacked Hogsmeade, what's going to stop him from attacking Hogwarts?" His fingers traced around the edge of Sirius's lucky trail, and his mouth nipped at the hardness of the nipple.

"Dumbledore's going to stop him, and we'll help! Remember he defeated Grindelwald, he can and will defeat Voldemort." Sirius arched into his moving mouth and struggled to talk normally.

"What if he retaliates…for what I did?"

Sirius jerked his head up and looked into his eyes, "I will never, ever, let anyone hurt you. Voldemort or anyone else."

Remus nodded, "I believe you." He smiled lightly and lowered his head down to kiss each of Sirius's ribs.

"Besides it not all bad." Sirius gasped out, "There are good things happening. We're graduating; Lily and James are getting married, and were going to move in with each other. Those are good things."

"Were moving in together?" Remus lifted his head, his eyes surprised.

"Yes we are." Sirius said his eyes twinkling.

"Mm, yay." He moved his head back down to what he was doing and kissed each rib. He snuggled lower and nuzzled his face against Sirius's strong abs. He slid his hands under the button on Sirius's pants and pulled them down, when he arched his hips.

He wrapped a palm around Sirius's erection and ran his finger across the tip. He listened to Sirius gasp and warmed happily. Remus moved down and took Sirius in his mouth, he listened to the gasps and curses that were spilling out of him and after several moments he pulled back "Make love to me."

Sirius pulled him up and rolled him onto his back, as he leaned in and kissed him, his fingers slid the buttons on his shirt open. He tucked an arm under Remus's back and helped guide him into an arch. He slid the shirt off and felt Remus unbuttoning and unzipping his own pants.

Remus smiled and lifted his legs up, so Sirius could pull the pants off. Sirius cursed and grabbed his wand. He pointed it at the door and Remus heard it lock. Sirius grinned and kissed him, "I don't want anyone walking in."

"Good."

Sirius pulled off his pants and threw them over his shoulders, he pushed up Remus's knees and Remus sighed deeply when Sirius let their erections glide together. Sirius moved his hips to repeat the move and then slicked it up and pressed against Remus's hole. Remus's arms reached for him and as Sirius moved in to capture his lips he pushed in.

"Oh…" Remus groaned against Sirius's lips.

They moved together and were soon groaning and whispering sweet things to each other. As they came together, they both murmured that they loved each other.

Sirius pulled out and their sweat slicked together as they pulled each other close. Remus pushed back Sirius's black hair and kissed his forehead, "Love you Padfoot."

"Love you too Moony."

"Promise me that you will always be there with me."

"It's me and you forever…"

Remus kissed him, and Sirius lifted his head and stared deep into Remus's eyes, they were gray flecked with gold. "I love you, and I will always be with you. Always. Nothing could ever drag me away from you, nothing."

"Mm, I know." Remus said with a smile. He knew that nothing could ever drag Sirius away from him.

*

The end.