Disclaimer: characters and places belong to J K Rowling, not me unfortunately.
Warning: contains slash (full warning in prologue)
Rating: M for sexual content.
Beta has sort of given up for a while, so any mistakes are my own. Sorry!
A/N: Sirius has a plan…
Chapter 3: Day three
Friday dawned grey and dreary, as Sirius peeled himself away from his tempting lover. He wanted desperately to ravage his boyfriend, but knew that he should let the werewolf get some rest as it was only a few days until the moon would be full. Whilst in the shower he reasoned that Remus had a better chance of convincing James than he did. Remus is subtle, he pondered, yet can be very influential without people realising. That's what makes him a marauder; he is sneaky and can convince anyone into something, while making them think it's their idea. Yes Remus could easily entice James into his offer.
Fifteen minutes later when he emerged from the steamy bathroom Sirius Black had a plan.
"How is it fair that we have potions first thing in the morning two days in a row" Peter complained after breakfast, "I hate potions" Sirius laughed and slung his arm over Peters shoulder,
"Cheer up mate, it's not that bad" He grinned at Remus "tell you what, I will partner with you today, give you a hand eh?" Peter looked relieved; they all knew Sirius had an uncanny affinity for potions, most likely a talent bred into all Blacks, Sirius suspected, can't have a dark wizard who is incapable of making poisons now can we? He thought bitterly.
"Really? Thanks Padfoot" Peter perked up a bit and Remus narrowed his eyes at his lover. Sirius usually avoided Peter during potions, said he was too clumsy too be helpful. What are you up to now Siri?
Potions class started as usual Professor Slughorn put the instructions on the board, checked they all partnered up ok and then started marking papers. Remus opened his text book and found the list of ingredients they would need. The potion today was a cure for boils, it seemed simple enough; the only annoying thing was that there were three places where you had to stir it for about 10 minutes before it turned the right colour. So off they went, first set of ingredients went in and then the stirring began. Remus and James took turn stirring while the other prepared the ingredients for the next step. After 8 minutes the potion had thickened up so much that it was becoming hard to keep it going continuously, finally it turned purple and they could stop.
The second set of ingredients were put in and as James started the second bout of stirring Remus noticed they had run out of beetlewood seeds so went to the storeroom. As Remus made his way across the room he realised that he was being stalked, entering the cupboard he was closely followed by Sirius.
"Yes?" Remus enquired arching his eyebrow as Sirius stepped close to him.
"Talk to James about our offer" Sirius replied, "He will listen to you" Remus frowned
"You want me to ask James to have a threesome in the middle of potions?" Sirius found his tone rather condescending.
"No I mean after"
"What? How? You will-" Sirius kissed him swiftly, grabbed a dried frogs tongue from the shelf and started to leave.
"Just do it" Sirius hissed over his shoulder. Remus didn't know how he could make it look inconspicuous with Peter there, but he shrugged, located the seeds he needed and returned to the room to take over stirring.
Out of the corner of his eye, Remus could see Peter stirring as Sirius did the prep. Wormtail turned and squinted at the board, Remus then saw Sirius' hand flutter towards the potion before ripples covered the surface. Remus frowned what did he just do? You aren't supposed to be putting anything in while stirring! Remus was just about to tell him so when James interrupted him.
"Moony? Its gone green you can stop stirring now" he put a hand on Remus arm halting his movement.
"Oh sorry, right. Next step?" he asked as he looked back over to Sirius and Peter, where the latter was peering into the cauldron, right before an almighty bang filled the air. Everything went into slow motion; Sirius dived out of the way as the potion shot up 5 feet and sloshed back down covering Peters head. Remus and James scrambled around the desk to get to Peter, he turned looking shaken and dripping, his hair plastered to his forehead.
"You alright mate?" James asked, his hand hovering, wanting to comfort his friend but not sure whether the potion has any effect. Peter slowly nodded, then suddenly his throat started to swell like a bullfrog and his face puffed out like a blowfish with a mop of sandy hair. He opened and closed his mouth, clutching his throat.
"Oh dear, Pettigrew! Hospital wing for you I think" Slughorn suggested wringing his hands with a nervous smile "don't worry everyone back to your potions, it's perfectly harmless" he tried to reassure them, with a shaky laugh.
"Harmless?" cried James "look at him" pointing at Peters reddening face.
"I will take him professor" Sirius piped up, grabbing Peters' wrist and pulling him towards the exit.
"That's a boy Black, take some initiative" Slughorn beamed.
"But what happened?" James asked, looking warily at their own potion as the classroom door slammed. Realisation dawned on Remus, what was he thinking? Who knows what kind of affect that would have on Peter, all for the sake of getting James and Remus alone. Remus sighed at his boyfriend thoughtless ideas.
"It's ok James I am sure it won't happen to ours" Remus said, hoping James didn't want him to elaborate, he couldn't tell him Sirius had sabotaged it, because then he would have to explain why and he did not want to have that conversation with so many people in earshot.
The class continued with no more mishap, James kept glancing at the door, obviously worried about Wormtail. At the end of the session the boys cleared up, collected the still absent marauders bags as well and exited potions. Remus pulled James aside out of the throng of people.
"Can we talk?" he asked before guiding him into an empty classroom.
"Shouldn't we go check on Wormtail?" James asked as Remus closed the door behind them.
"He will be ok, Sirius is there" Remus reassured him "besides I wanted a quick word" Remus perched himself on one of the desks, James looked curiously at his friend and dropping his bag, sitting on the desk next to him. "I uh, I just wanted to apologise for Sirius' behaviour the last couple of days" Remus started, looking down at his swinging feet. A faint blush coloured James' cheeks.
"Oh…Uh, its fine…. Just forget it yeah?" James ran a hand through his hair and forced a laugh, glancing over at Remus, who continued to stare at the floor.
"I just wanted to make sure you're not uncomfortable with our relationship because of all this. I understand why you declined the offer, I know Sirius isn't the most tactful person in the world, but he could have gone about that better." Remus smiled slightly. James averted his eyes.
"It's ok Moony, I know what Sirius is like" James lent forward to rest his forearms on his knees "he is always joking about things like that, it doesn't matter" Remus looked up at that.
"You think he was joking?" Remus asked quietly. James met his gaze and swallowed hard at the glint in is eyes. "No, he was defiantly sincere about the offer." Remus assured him, before looking away and muttering to himself "Just wish he'd checked with me first"
James caught the last bit and looked down biting his lip. After a few minutes of silence he mumbled, "So you uh… didn't know? Didn't want to?" Remus snorted lightly and let a small smile play across his lips. Is that disappointment I hear? He wondered.
"I didn't say that" He replied, James opened his mouth to say something, closing it again sharply he looked up at his friend. Remus smirked "In fact I think it could be very- uh… interesting"
"How so" James asked, praying he sounded nonchalant.
"Well" Remus replied looking over at James "I'm just saying it would be good experience. Don't you think?" James slid off of the desk.
"I suppose it might be" He replied uncertainly, as he started pacing across the front of the room. Remus watched him, admiring the flex and pull of the well toned muscles under his shirt as he went. After his fifth lap past, Remus grabbed his shoulder from behind and hopped of the desk, standing behind James he let his hands gently rub soothing circles over stiff shoulders. James relaxed after a moment of hesitation, letting Remus' hands sooth him as his mind reeled with the possibility that this could be happening. That Remus and Sirius would want him to be with them, would let him be a part of their little world.
"James?" Remus questioned, his breath ghosting over the shell of James' ear, sending a shiver down his spine, "Tell me what you want. You're single, but I'm sure it wont be long until Lily finally admits that she loves you and says 'yes', so this might be your only chance to have this." Remus hands trailed down James biceps then came to rest on his hips. "You know where Sirius and I stand on this, we want you." Remus' lips just barely brushed James' neck as his right hand descended further, fingers splayed on James' thigh, James' breath hitches as his head fell back onto Remus shoulder. "Tell me you don't want this. Tell me to stop" Remus stated as his fingers stroked his friends inner thigh. James let out a small whimper.
"Please" he gasped as he thrust his hips forward, seeking Remus' touch. Remus quickly complied, firmly cupping James' clothed erection. "Yes" James gasped as Remus gently squeezed him, long thin fingers rubbing along the length. Remus couldn't help himself; he pressed his own hardness against James, bringing his chest flush with James back, pulling him closer with an arm wrapped around his waist. James pushed back, almost hesitantly against him, as if asking for permission. The involuntary groan that Remus couldn't contain was answer enough it seemed, James started moving with increased vigour.
"We …shouldn't …be…" James panted as he tried desperately to stop himself grinding against Remus He really did try, but it was Remus who managed to disentangle them and pull himself away, moving back to give James space. Both boys were panting and flushed holding themselves back.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to go that far" Remus apologised
"It's ok" James reassured him; not quite meeting his eye "I wanted it… but… Sirius"
"I know. We can't …without him" Remus straightened himself out and tried to look presentable. "Let's go find him, eh?" Remus suggested "and see how Peters doing" James whirled around from where he was picking up his bag,
"Shit Pete, I almost forgot" He exclaimed guiltily "let's go"
They met Sirius halfway down the last staircase before the hospital wing. He told them he would fill them in, during history of magic. Once they entered the stuffy classroom they rushed to the back to settle down, pushing their desks together so they could talk easily.
"So? How is he?" James asked eagerly
"He seems fine, just coughing a lot" Sirius explained, as Binns started reciting some war or another not even noticing that half the students hadn't turned up yet "it will take about 48 hours for the swelling to go down completely"
"So where is he? Surely he can wait it out in the dorms" James looked around as if Peter would miraculously appear beside Sirius.
"Well thing is" Sirius rubbed the back of his neck "it seems that he contagious and has been quarantined for the time being. We can't go back in there."
"What? Contagious?" James glanced at Remus for an answer, who just shrugged "How? What is there to catch? You can't catch swelling?" James scoffed
"Look I don't know exactly, she put a mask over her mouth and practically threw me out of the room, saying something about airborne spores… maybe that's what the coughing was" Sirius added as an afterthought.
"Damn… poor Pete, what did he do to that potion?" James wondered allowed. Over James' shoulder, Remus sent a frustrated glare Sirius' way who pointedly avoided his eye, pretending to have not noticed.
By the end of the day all three boys were tired of having to explain where Peter was and why. They spent a mere five minutes in the common room, before escaping to the safety of their empty dormitory.
Sirius collapsed; face first, onto Remus' bed. Remus climbed on next to him and sat cross legged against the headboard. Sirius looked up and glared at the knee which was digging into his head then shuffled over to rest it on said knee, smiling he closed his eyes and let out a contented sigh. Remus looked down at him in amusement, before his eyes were drawn to James standing awkwardly in the middle of the room looking slightly lost.
Remus jerked his head, gesturing for James to join them. He walked over and perched on the edge of the bed; Sirius peered up at Remus, and then glanced back to James, who was fidgeting with the sleeve of his shirt. He quirked his eyebrow questioningly, Remus grinned and lent forward to place a hand on James shoulder.
"So, I think it's time to gave Padfoot an answer" Remus suggested, smiling reassuringly at him.
"Oh yes… an answer to what exactly" Sirius feigned innocence. James bit his lip and looked down at his hands.
"I think… Well when you … the other day-" Sirius chuckled, James looked up in surprise and then frustration.
"Its ok prongs" Sirius laughed "a simple yes or no will do" James face relaxed and he glanced at Remus then back to Sirius, meeting his eyes he answered firmly,
"Yes"
Sirius grinned and bounded across the bed, taking James face between his hands and kissing his hard. It was a quick firm press of lips and no more, still James looked a little dazed when Sirius pulled back grinning. Straddling Remus thighs Sirius kissed him more thoroughly.
"Ready to show prongs what he has been missing?" Sirius asked as he pulled back, reluctantly Remus opened his eyes, locking them with his lovers and smiled.
"Definitely"
Scooting across the bed Sirius lay on his side propping himself up on one elbow and patted the space next to him.
"Come here" he whispered to James, whose eyes widened. Glancing at Remus, he took the small smile as permission, and laid himself rather self-consciously next to Sirius. Remus chuckled quietly as he laid the other side of his friend. Sirius leaned in slowly, his hand resting on James jaw, and touched their lips together softly. Sirius kept it slow, just a light caress of lips before daring to slip his tongue out. James' gasp of surprise, as he felt the wet muscle slide across his lip, had Sirius grinning. He pulled his tongue back in and pressed his lips more firmly before drawing back.
Remus gaze was hot as it zoned in on Sirius mouth, leaning across James Remus captured Sirius lips in a searing kiss, the gentle flick of Remus tongue had Sirius opening up for more. After a few minutes of losing himself in the whirl-wind of pleasure, Remus wrenched himself away, breathing heavy and looked down at a wide eyed James.
"You like that?" Sirius asked James in that low seductive voice that made Remus spine tingle in anticipation. James' small nod was all it took for Sirius to be diving in and kissing James more thoroughly. James moaned at Sirius dominated the kiss, letting their tongues slide together. Remus didn't think he had ever witness something so erotic. Grinding his palm into his rapidly bugling crotch he gritted his teeth and suppressed a moan of his own.
Remus needed to do something, he carefully climbed over James to kneel over Sirius, and reaching round his body he began deftly unfastening Sirius shirt buttons. Once open he tried to pry it off of the other boys' shoulders, only to be hindered by the forgotten tie still fastened around the collar. Sirius' laugh bubble over as he and James parted. Sitting up Sirius looked down at himself, then over his shoulder a Remus.
"Need a little help love?" Remus blushed lightly and whimpered. Sirius yanked the tie over his head and peeled the shirt off. Remus instinctively reached out, his hands smoothing over familiar planes and angles of Sirius tanned chest. Sirius pulled Remus' sweater vest over his head and then practically ripped his shirt and tie off together. Remus grinned at Sirius haste.
"Aren't we forgetting something?" Remus whispered as Sirius started sucking on his neck.
"Hmm?" was the only reply. Remus gripped a handful of Sirius long hair and pulled him away gently; Sirius huffed and looked up at him like a kicked puppy. Remus kissed the tip of his nose
"In a minute pup" he assured, and moved next to James, urging him to sit up. Remus undid the loose tie and buttons, gently kissing down James' neck as his did so. There was a shuffle and a clank of a heavy belt hitting the hard-wood floor, then Sirius was back on the bed completely naked. James made a startled sound and looked away. Sirius pulled his chin back.
"Look at me James" Sirius stared into those deep brown eyes "There is nothing to be ashamed of, you need to be comfortable with us naked if we are going to go through with this. Besides you've seen me naked before"
"I... I know" James croaked out "It's just … different" Remus had finished with his shirt and was getting off the bed to remove his own trousers.
Sirius winked at him and James swallowed audible ad Sirius hands reached for his fly. Falling back into the bed James let Sirius lift his hips and undress him. The bed dipped and suddenly two pairs of hands were only his legs pulling his trousers off, and then skimming back up to pull at the waistband of his underwear.
James looked down at his two canine friends feeling so much more conscious of his body's reaction to their naked skin. He hissed as the cool dormitory air hit his erection. All three boys were excited anticipating who would make the next move. Sirius knew Remus had too much restraint and James was too nervous to think, so it would be up to him to push them along. He confidently gripped Remus hard length stroking a groan out of him, before leaning across and taking James in his other hand.
Gasping he arched into the touch, not so different from his own, but much more unpredictable. Although he took pleasure in the act, touching himself was very much the same, he knew what he liked and stuck to it. Sirius experimental pulls and changes of pace, discovering James reaction was so much more exciting he didn't think he could take it.
Being able to hear Remus' panting moans and whispered encouragement made it impossible to focus. James let himself go he didn't care how little time has passed or how loud he moaned he couldn't stop. Sirius hand faltered only for a second as James spurted over his wrist, before continuing to milk his orgasm out.
His head felt fuzzy as he looked up through half misted glasses just in time to watch Remus silently arch back and fingers digging into Sirius shoulders angling himself to drip over Sirius impossibly hard, twitching member. Whimpering Sirius squeezed his eyes closed. James only just caught the whispered "Remus please" before the werewolf was on all fours expertly sucking down the thick shaft.
James sat himself against the headboard to watch pale cheeks hollow around red engorged flesh. Sirius groaned, gripping Remus hair he set a fast pace, thrusting back as Remus pulled him all the way in, nuzzling the course hair at his pelvis. Before long Sirius threw his head back, calling Remus name, his hips stuttering as Remus greedily swallowed him down.
Sirius flopped sideways once he was released, the mattress creaked in protest and Remus chuckled, crawling over Sirius to look down at him.
"You ok?" Sirius' face split into a lazy grin
"Better than ok" he replied tilting his head up for a kiss, Remus' lips descended, Sirius wrapped his arms around Remus neck and proceeded to kiss him slowly and rather sloppily in his satiated state.
After a few minutes they parted and both turned to find James watching them. There was a predatory gleam in Sirius eye as he rolled himself over and wriggled out from beneath Remus. Laying on James right side they kissed eagerly, exploring new territory. Remus pulled James jaw, breaking him away form Sirius to take his lips himself. Remus was softer, James noted, yet he used his teeth more, gently nibbling and pulling at his bottom lip. Warm hands caressed down his chest, over his ribs, across his abdomen to curl in dark hair. Sirius' hand cupped his tightening balls and he let a small moan escape as Remus hand circled his hardness.
Closing his eyes he leaned his head back against the wall, letting them pleasure him. There was a shuffle of manoeuvring bodies and suddenly heat. His breath whooshed out of his lungs and his eyes snapped open to look down at Sirius kiss-swollen lips tightly encasing the head, gently suckling.
"gah… Sirius" was all he managed before Remus tongue was sliding up the throbbing vein on the underside. He swore and let his head clunk against the wall. His muscles all tensed as both tongues stroked, gentle scrapes of teeth and long vibrating moans as lips slid down to the base and pulled back up, all worked him into a frenzy of tightly drawn nerves ready to explode. His hips were bucking and rolling on their own; searching for the heat and pleasure his friends were providing.
Sirius' hand moved up his body and stroked gently over one hardened nipple, teasing it between his thumb and finger James wantonly arched into his touch. He couldn't breath, his lungs were heaving as he felt himself nearing the end a shudder wracked through his body and before he could utter a warning he was spilling out, Sirius hastily attached his lips and sucked hard. James seized handfuls of hair holding him in place as he thrust faster and faster until the friction was too much to bear.
Sirius let James spent cock slip from between his lips once he was released and was practically pounced on by Remus who kissed his fiercely, tongue plundering Sirius willing mouth, needing to taste James on his tongue. After he was sufficiently satisfied Remus let Sirius up and found James leaning over the end of the bed.
"What are you doing?" Remus questioned. Sirius lent over the bed next to him, slapping him on the arse as he went. James gave a squeak of surprise and Remus settled himself by the pillows admiring the two sets of firm globes on display.
"Finding my underwear" James muttered as he heaving himself up, and then pulling his boxers on. Sirius righted himself and crawled next to Remus yawning widely before nuzzling into the werewolf's neck.
James lay next to Sirius as Remus pulled the mussed bed covers over them. James placed his glasses on the nightstand just before Remus uttered the spell to put the candles out.
TBC
A/N: And so the fun begins! Reviews are adored!