Sirius was lying in bed, wishing he was asleep. There was work in the morning and it was already 2:30, sleep was a long ways away. He readjusted his arm, thrown across Remus's chest. His chest, toned as ever, was quite a bit tanner. Sirius grinned—he took full credit for that.

"Sirius, we are on a beach. A public place, anyone has access to!" Remus slowly pushed Sirius out of his arms and even with the sun shining down into his eyes, Sirius could tell Remus was blushing.

"Come on, it is a beach. You need to take your shirt off, anything else and you will stand out!"

"Sirius, I don't exactly care to advertise my scars."

"Three things wrong with that. One, darling Remus I know you are wonderful and adorable, but really—no one else is looking at you but me. Two, I've seen the scars so the sharing is certainly on par with our normal interactions. Three, your shirt is still own and if you want me to try taking it off with my teeth I will."

The shirt came off. And has the beach cleared of people and the night set in and the far off lights of the village went on, more clothes came off. Sirius had been restless throughout the day, attempting to share 'intimate moments' with his former professor all over the place. That's what they were here for, he figured. At the very least, there was intense snuggling on the beach. Remus cared about who saw, but the kind of discretion on this particular trip had been arranged by Remus very carefully. He'd made sure the Muggle village had a habit of hosting gay couples, partly because they themselves were gay and so it obviously applied…and partly because he figured discretion worked well if anything Wizard-ly came up.

However, Sirius was pleased to note the only wizardly thing coming up were their wands—no, even for Sirius that pun hurt. Remus was warming up to the idea of getting things on at the beach. They had been tanning the entire day and resting together, Sirius was quite warm and soaring high with the thrill of being there with Remus.

"We need to do something sexual, dear." Sirius whispered into Remus's ear.

"Mmm, wait. What?" Remus started to sit up. "What the hell do you think you are doing?"

"I need to do wonderful things to you. I'd like you to participate, I really would, but you seem less than willing to let me make sweet love to you in public, not subtle and sneaky enough. So I'll just blow you until you aren't aware that people are within a mile."

Yes, that was definitely a good night. Actually, it lasted until the morning—so the morning was pretty good too. And then there was a quick nap, and then a shower. Damn good shower. Remus had his mouth sucking the life out of Sirius's cock and his fingers firmly inside his arse and Sirius was blinded by the lust of not knowing which way to go. Good vacation all the way around.

As for now, Sirius was horny thinking about the memories and lying next to the subject of the fantasies. It felt a shame to waste the opportunity.

"Remus…wake up." Sirius shook his hand slightly where it rested on his boyfriend's chest.

"Urgh…mhhhk." Unintelligible noises slowly came from Remus as he came into consciousness. "Time for work? Don't want to…"

"No, it's sex time."

Remus rolled around a little and groaned as he opened his eyes. "Really? I have to be at work at 0800. Can't this happen…later?"

"God, you really are the wife in this, aren't you?"

"Just the practical one, Sirius." Remus said patiently as he tried to burrow back under the blankets.

"But I want you."

"But I want sleep."

"Do you remember when I told you I was hit by my dad?"

That got his attention. Remus sat up and nodded slowly, his face settling into the calm 'you-can-tell-me-anything' expression that Sirius loved. "Of course, I remember. Did you want to talk about it?"

"Only if we fuck first."

Remus rolled his eyes and collapsed back on the bed, "oh really, Sirius!"

"Or during!"

"I'm going back to bed."

"I love you!"

"I love sleeping. You rank second tonight, Mr. Black."

"Hey, Professor Remus?"

"I've not been your professor for about 3 months."

"You'll always be a professor to me." Sirius said sweetly.

"I'm currently a researcher."

"In the Ministry of Magic's Library of Historical Artifiacts! My boyfriend, sneaking through the government to bring werewolves closer to running this thing: one artifact at a time."

"Yes, that's my primary goal. Now, let's sleep."

Sirius nodded and then gave Remus a very serious look. "But first I must know…can we snuggle?"

"Yes, yes, yes. The question is: can you snuggle quietly?"

"I only talk about it because I want you to know how much I appreciate it."

"I appreciate quiet."

"Ah-ha! The real reason you work in a library is revealed!"

"Sleep. Now."

"Love you."

Remus opened one eye and lifted his head a little to look more closely at Sirius. "That love is so mutual it is scary, Sirius."

Sirius immediately kissed him. "Good kind of scary, I hope?"

"Absolutely, dear student of mine."

"Student? You want to play that game again?"

"I am already awake."

"Excellent! Let me get my old Hogwarts robes! Now, where'd you put that really nice gold tie, it is my favourite on you, brings attention to those sexy, intellectual eyes of yours…"

A/N: Alright. That's it. The end of my story. I reread the whole thing today, actually not too bad. Some obvious flaws—grammar, tweaks in the plot, ect. But I'm generally happy, I hope you are too. Please let me know. I realized that this has taken almost 3 years to finish, so some serious thanks are in order.

Psycho Hippy: For the occasional beta and general support with life and Scotland.

Evil Jenyus: For being an awesome theatre geek who doesn't mind slow responses from yours truly. A fantastic friendship has been formed, started by fangirl madness. I'm proud of that. I will forever be jealous you live in a place where gay marriage is legal.

Liz (I'd write her ff account name but it is embarrassingly empty because someone is too busy to write. Pft): For betas and friendship and having secret conversation via eyebrow-raising with me about our slash love whilst we were in public with our more normal friends.

MinervaEvenstar, Dark Angel's Blue Fire, koorimechick, MagicalWinry, buggie21, blackrose1993, Ali-chan et Vani-chan, TheyCallMeCyclone, ravenclawroyalty, gwennygrail, VintageOppression, EdwardsLily, Artemis Rampant: For reviewing nearly every chapter. You diehards kept this going, cyberthanks aren't enough! (probably a few others so sorry for forgetting you!)

My mom: I'm not sure why, I suppose everything. I know for a fact she will NEVER read this. I make it my goal to see she won't. But you know, that seems like the kind of person you'd thank at a time like this.

REVIEW. Much love, SK