A Halloween prompt drabble collection.

Written for the Harry Potter Halloween Collection Competition - (the prompts are Halloween related, not necessarily the stories). Prompt used: (Feeling) Anxiety

The Sims Challenge: Hopeless Romantic

Won't Be Able To Say No

Sirius Black had always insisted that there was such a thing as true-love and that Soul-mates existed. James had always thought that Sirius was full of crap, seeing as to how he went from girl to guy. a fling here, a snog there. Nothing serious.

Not that James doubted the existence of Soul-mates - he just doubted that Sirius truly believed.

When Sirius admitted to having met his Soul-mate, it was all James could do not to roll his eyes at his friends declaration. Even harder not to do so, when Sirius admitted that the guy didn't even know he existed.

So much for Soul-mates.

Or so he thought.

It wasn't until they were in the gym and he saw Sirius blushing and stuttering around an equally stuttery and nervous guy did he realise that maybe something had come over Sirius. After all, Sirius had never stuttered a word in his life.

He had also never cooked dinner for someone before, but he had spent a week in James' kitchen, convincing Regulus to give him tips and to help him. James could almost see the crazy 'I-want-to-have-a-baby-with-him' in Sirius' eyes.

But it wasn't until James turned up after Sirius had called him up panicking, babbling about wedding rings down the phone, did James realise that Sirius was being serious.

That he was actually serious about the shy guy that James had met in passing twice. That this Remus Lupin, who worked in a library, listened to the complete opposite music than Sirius, and who seemed like the sort to put chocolate on every single meal, could have caused this effect on his friend.

He saw hundreds of candles lighting up the room and he heard soft music playing from the speakers. Sirius was dressed smartly, not bothering with his usual jeans and t-shirt.

An expensive bottle of wine sat on the table, and Sirius, with shaking hands, withdrew the box.

"I'm going to do it tonight," he muttered. "I just need to find the perfect words, the perfect way to tell Remus how much I love him."

James knew that Sirius had laughed in the past at the very notion of marriage, so for him to actually be planning to do it must mean something more than Sirius doing something rash and impulsive.

For Sirius to go against his thoughts on marriage, because he believed that he could spend the rest of his life with this person.

Taking a seat facing Sirius, James smiled at his best friend. "Sit down and we'll work this out. Remus won't be able to say no." Some of the anxiety leaving Sirius' face.

"That's the idea," Sirius mumbled. "He needs to say yes!"

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