Fall 1981:

Remus felt strange. The whole day he felt like he had forgotten something. He just couldn't remember what… With a worried expression on his face he paced through the small hut, wondering what made him feel so strange, so bad. It was nothing he could explain it was just a strange feeling that filled him with fear and made him feel confused and edgy.

Sirius sat on their sofa and watched his lover walking up and down in front of the window, sometimes staring out over the green hills that surrounded their hut and sometimes aimless wandering around, touching things, taking them in his scarred hands, replacing them. The animagus could tell Remus was nervous and after nearly an hour he couldn't stand watching him any longer and got up from the place where he was sitting and stepped in front of Remus.

The werewolf hadn't seen Sirius get up nor had he seen Sirius contemplating his status. He simply crushed into the tall, black-haired man when he – seemingly – appeared out of nothing in front of him. Gentle hands grabbed his shoulders and he looked puzzled first at the hands, then at Sirius' beautiful face. He could tell the man was worried.

"What's wrong, Siri?" he asked and tried to stand still for some seconds. It was hard. When he walked he felt better, he did not even know why.

"You ask me what's wrong? You're the one ruining our carpet by running in circles. Is there something that bothers you? Is something wrong?" His hand wandered towards Remus' face and he gently brushed away some strands that fell into honey-coloured eyes. "You look so pale. And full moon isn't even close." Was there anything with their relationship that disturbed his mate? Gods, he knew he was hard to handle and sometimes – okay, often – he went too far but lately he had been extraordinarily peaceful, considered that he was Sirius.

"I don't know. I feel so strange. Like…like I'm in a cage and can't get out. Like something important or awful is going to happen. I… I can't even explain, it's just weird…", his voice broke and he looked at Sirius like being haunted. With one swift movement Sirius pulled him into a close hug and rocked him gently in his arms, his hands drawing senseless patterns on Remus' back.

"Everything will be alright, Remy." He needed to distract that beautiful person in his arms and he had an idea. Gingerly he placed a hand beneath Remus' chin and lifted his head up so he would look into his stormy grey eyes. "You know what? We will visit James and Lily. Let's get some sweets for lil' Harry and visit them." Remus smiled thankfully up at his lover.

"Great idea, Siri.", he whispered before getting everything ready.

Hand in hand both man apparated near the small house that was James' and Lily's. It was twilight and they were sure nobody had seen them appearing on the street. Not letting go of Remus' hand Sirius walked towards the small house with the tiny garden in front of it, but when they came farther down the street he saw that something was wrong. A hooded figure stood in front of the door of his best friend's house and only seconds after he realised this, the door was broken down with a loud crash. The hooded figure stepped into the house and Sirius could hear Lily scream something. She was upstairs, but the strange figure had stopped in front of James and pointed his wand towards his chest. Before Sirius knew what he was doing he had drawn his own wand, pointed it towards the hooded figure.

"Stupefy!" he yelled.

Remus gasped when the person all clad in black collapsed on the floor and James looked at him with wide eyes. He stood rooted to the spot until Sirius reached him and shook his shoulders. "Where's Lily? The boy?" Sirius asked and only then James snapped back into action. His shivering hand pointed towards the stairs.

"Up…upstairs, they…are upstairs." When Sirius let go of him to look for Harry and Lily, James sank to his knees and buried his face in his hands. A hand landed on his shoulder and he looked up into Moony's concerned face.

"Was that…?" Moony asked and James simply nodded.

"Voldemort."

Later that evening the friends from schooldays at Hogwarts sat together, cups of tea standing in front of them. Sirius and James looked rather pale and shocked while Lily and Remus were just relieved that nothing too bad happened especially to Harry.

Absentmindedly Sirius' fingers ran over Remus' back and soon he had gripped his lovers hand and pressed it seeking reassurance and peace in this simple touch. Remus smiled at him and pulled him close to his body so that he could feel the man in his arms shivering.

When they left it was early morning and dawning, Remus and Sirius stood in front of the door, waved and then apparated home. First thing Remus felt when they entered their own small cottage was Sirius clinging to his neck, shivering with tears he had held back the whole night.

"Merlin, Remus… You knew something was wrong, it was so close. Imagine what would've happened if you… Oh Gods, they'd be dead now. Lily, James and poor, lil' Harry." He sobbed into Remus' chest and clung to him for dear life. "How did you know? Why didn't I know what was wrong?" Sirius wanted to know. Remus tried to soothe him before he answered, stroking his hair, kissing his forehead and uttering sweet words of reassurance.

"You tend to forget what I am, don't you?" It made him smile. Sirius never even cared that he was a monster. He loved him anyways. "I am a werewolf, I… I kind of sense danger, when it's close." Sirius looked up at him and kissed him hard, opened his lips and claimed the man's mouth.

"You saved their lives, you know?" Sirius said quietly, when he came up for air. Remus panted hard and only stared at his beautiful lover. His eyes were slightly puffy but otherwise he was as handsome as ever and Remus kissed his lips again.

"T'was close…I know. But he'll stay in Askaban for the rest of his life." He sounded merciless, not like the compassionate man he usually was and Sirius smiled slightly.

"Moony…Don't hate. It doesn't suit you, my dear." Sirius whispered and pulled Remus close to him, his hands wandering over his lover's back, sneaking under his pullover and wandering back up again over scarred but soft skin. Remus simply melted into Sirius' touch. "Everything will be alright. Just relax, sweet darling." He muttered and pulled Remus towards their bedroom.

There you go… There will be more one-shots based on this one, meaning: alternate universe! Guess they will not be chronological, just some drabbles about Remus and Sirius '.'

I will try to write some chapters while I'm on holiday (yay)

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