Fifty Shades of Sirius Black

Shade Eight: Vampire!Sirius


Remus was the first one to notice the change in Sirius Black; maybe the only one to notice.

It was the scent that Remus had always loved that gave it away at first. The scent had drastically changed over the summer. Sirius wouldn't meet their eyes, refused to head outside with them in the nice weather and turned down Hogsmeade weekends when the sun was out.

When the sun wasn't out, Sirius would 'decide to meet them after all'. Remus was the only one who noticed that he smelt like the tunnel that led down from the school.

It was obvious to him that Sirius avoided the sunny walk, preferring to come through the tunnels and stick to the shadows.

But what bothered him the most was that Sirius seemed to be avoiding him. He barely looked in Remus' direction, not even meeting Remus' eyes.

He just knew it had nothing to do with the kiss they had shared before the holidays, or the sweet words in the letters Sirius had sent him for the first part of the Summer.

He knew it was to do with the Ancient-Law between their species. It was a widespread fact that a Vampire and a Werewolf couldn't be friends, let alone in love.

It was forbidden.

Personally, Remus didn't care much for the rule, and he would have assumed that Sirius would have been the same. After all, Sirius had become an illegal Animagus and had broken most of the school rules already.

Remus had tried giving him his space and time to realise that Remus was still there, but Sirius didn't seem to be getting it. He decided he would need to explain to Sirius that he wasn't going anywhere.

...oOo...

Remus waited until the next weekend. James had dragged Peter down to the lake, slightly sulky that Sirius wouldn't go with him and that Remus was studying in the library. But he hadn't wanted to cancel, knowing Lily was down there.

Remus waited for a few minutes before heading back up to the dorm, as silently as possible, before pushing the door open. Sirius hadn't expected to see him, and the blood-pop he had been enjoying was quickly hidden from sight.

"How?" Remus whispered.

Sirius' gaze moved everywhere except in the direction of his friend. "I don't understand the question, Moony," Sirius said, his voice just that little bit too cheerful and fake for Sirius' liking.

Remus watched Sirius wince at the reminder of Remus' Lycanthropy. "So... Remus," he began, seeming to find it easier to use Remus' actual name. "Why aren't you in the Library or outside?"

Remus wasn't going to be distracted. "I asked how it happened," he demanded, in his 'take no crap' voice that he usually saved for when James and Sirius planned something that could potentially hospitalize other students.

Remus watched Sirius carefully, and if he could, Sirius would have paled further under the intense stare he was getting. Sirius struggled to meet his gaze.

Remus sat down on the bed next to Sirius, ignoring the way his friend flinched when their arms brushed.

"Sensitive?" Remus asked, his voice softer.

Sirius nodded, letting out a tired sigh. "Everything is," he admitted. "I'm just so thirsty all the time."

"Do you need... blood," Remus asked. "Is there somewhere I can get you some?"

Sirius shook his head. "The school is supplying me with some," Sirius said. "It's just urges. I can control them, it's just... I don't like being like this."

"Sirius, I need you to tell me who did this to you," Remus whispered.

"Why?" Sirius demanded, looking at Remus.

Remus ignored the red ring around Sirius' grey eyes. "Because you're my friend, Sirius, and someone hurt you. I need to know who I'm going to rip to shreds."

"You can't..." Sirius said. "He... there are bonds, it's complicated. Wait - you said friend? But the laws..."

Remus snorted. "Isn't there a law against either of us being in this dorm-room right now? If you're concerned about laws, you're clearly a poor imposter of my friend. Yes, we are friends and that's not going to change."

"But, we're not supposed to be friends. Werewolves and Vampires can't be friends. They can't love each other. Can we really do this?"

Remus stared at him. "Do what? Be in love? Are we in love, Sirius?"

Pained grey eyes met his again. "We're not allowed to be."

Remus moved closer. "Were we allowed before?"

"There's no laws about humans and Werewolves," Sirius replied.

"There are if you look deep enough. Society says we need to stick to our own."

"But you don't feel like that? So, where do we go from here?" Sirius asked, hope filling his voice.

"We finish this year," Remus began, taking Sirius' hand. "We fight the war and we stay loyal to our side."

"After that?" Sirius whispered.

Remus climbed onto Sirius' bed, staring up at the ceiling. After a brief hesitation, Sirius lay down next to him.

"For us?" Sirius prompted.

"For there to be an us, we'd have to leave the Wizarding World," Remus finally said. "We'd want to go somewhere both secluded for my transformations and dark enough for you."

"Your parents old cottage?" Sirius suggested. "The one that's falling down?"

"Perfect," Remus said. "Sirius, I don't care that you're a vampire. It changes nothing at all. It certainly doesn't change how I feel about you. It just makes me angry that I wasn't able to protect you."

"You couldn't have," Sirius said. "I refused the dark-mark and this was the punishment."

"James and Peter won't care," Remus murmured. "They'll accept you just as well as they accepted me."

"I know," Sirius admitted. "It was you that I was scared about - in case you didn't want to know me anymore. But can we keep this between ourselves, I don't know if I'm ready to tell them yet."

"Of course," Remus replied softly. "Anything for you."

"Anything includes breaking an ancient law?" Sirius said.

"I thought that's what being a Marauder was all about, breaking laws and stuff," Remus stated. "Like you say - rules don't apply to us."


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