Author's Notes: Thanks to Beth5572 (thanks for your review!), MoonyPadfootJr (thanks for your input on Jack/Corbin, I will be including their storyline), and HecateDeMort. This scene made me laugh. I don't think it's too graphic but let me know – I don't want to get kicked off chapter will be up in about a week!

Chapter 10 A Nighttime Conversation

"So, I was thinking, "Cassius stroked his hand through Remus's hair as they settled in their bed, "do you have any fantasies you haven't told me? Because we could do them. Anything you wanted…except I don't know I'd have sex with you as a wolf. Well, if you really wanted me to, I would. Would you want me to? "

Remus blinked once then again. Then he reached out and pinched Cassius's arm hard.

"Ow! Motherfucker! Remus, that hurt!"

"Sorry. I just had to check that it's really you. Are you feeling all right?"

"Yes, except for my arm. That really hurt." Cassius muttered again, rubbing his injured shoulder.

"Sorry." Remus moved closer and kissed the reddened spot, licking over it with his tongue. "You just shocked me, asking me that."

"So…do you have a fantasy? That we haven't done?"

"I don't know – we've done most things…I…"

"What?"

"I've always wanted to have sex outside under the full moon – as a human."

"We could do that – only…it'd have to be almost full."

"But then it's not really my fantasy." Remus said lightly.

"I suppose not. Nothing else? Nothing…kinky?"

"No, we do everything I like." Remus smiled, "Why?"

"Just wondering." Cassius pulled Remus closer, bumping their noses together.

"And why are you wondering?"

"Just…we've been together, "Cassius slid his hand down Remus's hips, lending the word extra meaning, "a while – "

"Married twelve years today." Remus interrupted fondly, smoothing his fingers over the bite mark.

"And we've got a good sex life, we're comfortable with each other, we share our needs and I just thought we should discuss fantasies and…Remus, don't look at me like that."

"Why does it sound like you've been researching about sexual relationships?" Remus asked suspiciously. Research and Ravenclaws was always a scary combination.

"If I wanted you to…I don't know…tie me up, would you?" Cassius asked casually, as if he were asking Remus if he wanted a cup of tea.

"Would you want me to?"

"I asked you first."

"If you wanted me to tie you up…what would I do with you once you were tied up?" Remus teased, tickling Cassius's ribs.

Cassius squirmed and giggled as Remus found an especially ticklish spot. "You'd have sex with me! Not tickle me – not, Remus!" Cassius squirmed again.

"Ah." Remus nodded earnestly, as he flattened his hand against Cassius's side. "Right. Um…well, if you wanted me to tie you up and make love to you, yes, I would."

"Do you think it's still making love when one person is tied up?"

"I think that's semantics."

"Right."

"May I ask again why you are doing research?"

"Stevens and I are matchmaking."

"And who are you trying to get together now?"

"Corbin and Jack. It was Stevens's idea."

"But they're already together."

"Stevens says their relationship is Doomed because Corbin is a kinky bugger and he won't tell Jack and Stevens wants to tell Corbin if Jack really loved him Jack would be willing to tie him up and…" Cassius waved his hand in a vague gesture.

"Make love to him?" suggested Remus.

"Well - yes, plus some other stuff."

"Other stuff? Like what?"

"I have a list. So, you would tie me up?"

"Yes, if you wanted me to."

"Could I ask you about the other stuff? Ground rules are whether you'd be willing to do it to or with someone you love."

"Yes, all right." Remus nodded.

Cassius reached over to his bedside table, picking up a scroll and a quill. Remus watched with growing nervousness as Cassius's eyes scanned the first few rows. He felt like he was taking the N.E.W.T.s all over again. Cassius cleared his throat.

"Would you be willing to whip me, spank me or otherwise beat me, with the proper use of a safe word?"

Remus stared for a long moment before being able to reply. "I…er…if you'd like it, I suppose. I'd feel uncomfortable though."

"Fair enough. How do you feel about fisting?"

"Pardon?"

"Remus, this is all in a good cause. Just answer."

Remus looked down at his hand. "I…if you liked it…I guess."

"Hot candle wax?"

"Is there any order to this list?"

"No, I wrote it during the Aesthetic Standards Committee Meeting today. You're right though, I should have alphabetized it." Cassius looked at the list critically. "I could-"

"It's all right." Remus said quickly, before Cassius could get fixated on revising the list, "Yes – to the wax."

"Rimming."

Remus raised an eyebrow causing Cassius to grin. Remus felt a giddy warmth crash over him and he flung his arms around Cassius, kissing him wildly. Cassius made a soft hum of pleasure as he threaded his hand through Remus's hair. Tugging slightly, he broke the kiss.

"So, a resounding yes to that one." Cassius grinned again. Smiling back, Remus settled cross-legged on the bed, taking Cassius's left hand in both of his. "All right." Cassius looked down at the list again. "Water sports?"

"Ew!" Remus grimaced.

"Remus, remember you love me a lot."

"Not that much." Remus shook his head adamantly.

"Interesting." Cassius made a few notes on the scroll. "Blood play?"

"No." Remus's transformations had made blood a definite turn-off.

"Master/servant role playing?"

"Um…all right."

"Which role?"

"Both?" Remus said hesitantly. "I mean…I like it when I get to be alpha…"

"Understatement, that, wife of mine."

"And I like when you're dominant. I like that too." Remus inched closer to Cassius.

"Be patient." Cassius winked at him before looking back down at the scroll. "Double Penetration."

"I don't share." Remus shook his head.

"Cross-dressing."

"Robes are already fairly unisex."

"Muggle clothing cross-dressing then."

"Maybe."

"Really?"

"James and Peter dressed up like girls one Halloween, it was kind of hot."

"Huh."

"Is that the list?"

"Yeah."

"So...Corbindoes all that? Or is that just all the kinky things you could think of that he might do?"

"They're the kinky things I could think of, during the meeting. And it's unproven just how many he likes."

"I see. What's the next step in this plan?"

"We have to see if Corbin likes to do things not on the list. Then we'll have a full list. And then we interrogate Jack. I mean…ask him in a vague and roundabout way so he has no idea what we're really doing."

"I think the first option would work better. You and Stevens aren't the most subtle."

"Jack's a Gryffindor."

"If you are insinuating that he's thick enough not to notice your scheme, I - on behalf of all Gryffindors – am insulted."

Cassius's mature response was to roll his eyes as he put the scroll and quill back on his nightstand.

"Which further means that you will not be getting sex tonight – and certainly nothing on that list."

"It's our anniversary! You…you wouldn't! We always…I get to…you."

"Better apologize then." Remus unbuttoned his pajama top slowly. "Because I already had decided the order I wanted."

"I'm sorry." Cassius tackled Remus, kissing him passionately. "Sorry."

"I accept your apology." Remus tangled his hands in Cassius's hair, losing himself in another kiss.

They separated, tugging clothes off before reaching for one another again.

"Cass?"

"What?" Cassius looked up from where he'd been kissing Remus's stomach.

"That list…do you like any of that stuff?"

Cassius arched an eyebrow at Remus.

"I mean, other than that. Would you really want me to tie you up? Or hurt you?"

"No."

"Good." Remus sighed with relief.

Cassius rolled them over so Remus was on top. Remus sat up and straddled Cassius's hips. Remus's thin fingers reached for the gold Lupin ring on Cassius's chest, tugging on it gently.

"I should add nipple stimulation to the list." Cassius said thoughtfully.

"You can add it later." Remus leaned down to kiss Cassius softly. "As well as biting." He nipped at Cassius's jaw then slowly moved down Cassius's chest.

"You…" Cassius gasped as Remus slid his tongue in and out of the ring before moving across his chest to lick the other nipple. "What do you want?"

"Fingers, tongue, you."

"I love you." Cassius rolled them over again.

"Wait – " Remus gripped Cassius's shoulders as Cassius's hand moved down towards his hips.

"What?"

"Do you have any fantasies that you haven't shared with me?"

"No."

"None?"

"None. You already give me everything I dream about."

Remus blinked up at Cassius, breathless. "I love you too."