Disclaimer: Harry Potter does not belong to me and I do not own it and it is not mine okay.
"Uh, Remus?" Peter was whispering as he tugged at Remus's sleeve. "Why do you have a necklace?" He held the chain in front of his eyes, squinting at it.
"It- It's a lucky charm. I bought it when I was younger." Remus scooped it in his hand, and Peter laid it gently in his palm. Peter blinked, sucking his lips in. He nodded slowly.
Remus clasped it tightly in his palm and the cool metal jabbed at his hand. He smiled at Peter. "Sirius and James would make fun of me for that, wouldn't they?"
"Yup," Peter said, picking up the bread roll that had sat next to him and taking a large bite. "But they laugh at anything. I still don't know what was half so funny about my towel…"
Remus said nothing.
"I still haven't got that back," Peter said.
Remus half smiled sympathetically. "I'll ask Sirius if you want. I'll try and get him to give it back."
Peter laughed a little. "He's not gonna listen to you. You aren't very scary, at all."
Remus wasn't sure; at home, he always found grown-ups listened to him quite a bit. "Well, I could try-" he started, just slightly indignant.
"No!" Peter said. "I don't want them to…" He trailed off.
Remus didn't now quite what to do then. He thought his mother would have put his arm around him, but that didn't seem right somehow. So he just nodded instead. He seemed to nod a lot, since coming here.
"Just…don't mention it to them, alright?" Peter said.
Remus blinked. "Okay," he answered flatly.
He noticed that his lucky charm was still resting in his hand, warm now from his skin.
Peter was looking down at it; he closed his hand, and Peter watched his face, confused.
"James! What are you doing? That is my scarf! And you cannot take my scarf. It is sacred. It's a sacred scarf and you are unworthy. So give it back!" The voice reached them, up from the stairs and into their dorm. Peter smiled.
Remus squeezed his hand tighter. "I'm putting this away…" he said, as Sirius fell into the room.
Author's Note: I'm sorry, I don't know what this is or why it exists or why anybody would want to read it. Yeah.
I basically ended up writing this because I wanted Remus to comfort someone about something when he had only been at Hogwarts for a very short amount of time. I also wanted Peter to want to seem impressive to James and Sirius. But if I start on misery and confusion, I go on and on and on forever until I'm just left with page after page of nonsense. So I kept it under 400 words. But yeah basically I thought that when Remus had only just started at Hogwarts he had only really spoken to adults and wasn't used to people his own age. Also used to people always being pretty nice to him. This is me trying and failing to express that. I might try again somewhen.
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