Written for NeonDomino for winning Day 13 of the Drabble Ship Challenge.
Remus Lupin/Sirius Black
For You, Always
I'm always here for you, when you wake in the night.
When you're tossing and turning, mumbling incoherent sentences and clinging to the pillow that is under your head. Your curly dark hair matted with sweat, and beads of perspiration glistening on your forehead. You shoot up into a sitting position, your dark eyes wide and wild and full of fear, your tattooed chest rising and falling sporadically.
It takes a few moments before you notice me, sitting beside you. The fear in your eyes quells slightly, and you lock your gaze with mine. "R...Remus..." you murmur, your bottom lip wobbling.
I pull you into my embrace, burying my face in your damp neck and patting your wet hair as you cry silently, your skin trembling. I know that your dreams are still plagued with Dementors and Azkaban and the screams of those twelve Muggles that our best friend blew up.
But it doesn't make me love you any less.