Title: Let's Take a Walk
Characters/Pairings: Sirius/Remus
Forum/Challenge: The Golden Snitch 'Light It Up Like the Fourth' Challenge / The Golden Snitch Birthday Club—Happy Birthday to TheRottenJas!
Prompts: (task) picnic—write about a proposal / Pairing - Sirius/Remus
Word Count: 500

"Hey Moony, let's take a walk." Sirius tossed his long hair in a practice move, one that made the girls in the common room giggle. He shot them a smile as they left. James and Peter were playing chess by the fire, and Remus and Lily were sat across from each other, studying.

Remus, however, had not paid Sirius's posturing a lick of attention. "Not now, Pads. My Runes NEWT is in a week and I still have six chapters to revise."

The tension in Remus was evident, as his shoulders were near up to his ears and his eyes more than a little teary from staring at his meticulously handwritten notes for so long. Sirius sauntered up behind him and kneaded the werewolf's shoulders gently.

"C'mon, you need a break. Just a quick walk to the lake and back. A half hour, at the most."

Remus shook his head. "I'm on a roll here with the major points of Anglo-Saxon translation. I'd like to finish it tonight, which means I'm in for the evening."

Sirius pouted. "Please Moony. It's our anniversary, and I've hardly got a kiss from you."

Lily, who was elbow-deep in her own revision across from Remus, giggled into her hand. Remus moved his chin up to peck Sirius on the cheek, never taking his eyes off his notes.

"Remus, seriously? You can't take a half hour break to spend with your boyfriend on your anniversary? Our last anniversary at Hogwarts?"

Remus sighed. When he spoke, the aggravation was evident in his voice. "Sirius, this is really important to me. I have to do well on NEWTs. I'm going to have to do twice as well as everyone else because of my"—he glanced around the common room, making sure only the Mauraders and Lily were present—"furry problem. Not all of us have our future locked up in a trust vault and can afford to goof off down at the…"

"Goddammit Moony, I want to propose to you!"

Sirirus's eyes widened as soon as the words escaped his mouth, and a blush rose on his high cheekbones. James's jaw dropped, while Lily's hand went to her mouth in shock.

Remus stilled, and then slowly turned to the dark haired wizard. "Really?"

The blush hadn't left Sirius's face, but he took on a look of exasperation. "Yes, really. It's you, Remus. It's always been you. Since our first night at Hogwarts, since our first moon together, since the first time I kissed you after the Quidditch Cup fourth year." He lowered his eyes. "James, Lily, and Pete are my family, but you… you're mine."

Sirius dug in his pocket and pulled out a simple gold band. Then he closed the distance between the two of them and dropped to his knees. "Marry me, Moony."

Remus waited a moment, then knelt in front of Sirius and took the animagus's chin in his hand.

"Mine," he said lowly, before he closing in for a heated kiss.