Operation Remus

Setting - Space!AU - Hogwarts is spaceship school.

Sirius glanced down at the plans he had made for that evening. The list he had made months ago, but not had the courage to go ahead with before that day.

'Operation Remus.

1) Wake Remus up

2) Lead Remus to star-desk. Possibly hold his hand on the way. (Just to guide him there of course).

3) Make sure Remus sees the chocolate.

4) Open deck to watch stars

5) Confess undying love for Remus.

6) Snog Remus

7) Go to bed with Remus.'

"So, tonight?" James whispered, frowning as Sirius pulled the list away from him.

"Yeah," Sirius muttered in return. "I have no idea how to do this, Prongs."

"Just be yourself," James replied. "Wait until Midnight, as the prefects will be in bed."

Sirius nodded. "Only Filch to worry about," he murmured, his thoughts on his plan.

...oOo...

"Remus," Sirius said, shaking his friend by the shoulders. Remus tried to push him away before the sandy haired teen cuddled his pillow once more.

"Hey Remus," Sirius said, trying to wake Remus up.

Remus let out a grunt in reply.

"I need you to help me," Sirius said, trying to pull Remus from the bed.

"Sleeping," Remus muttered.

"But it's urgent."

"How?" Remus asked, still clutching his pillow tightly.

"I just need to show you something."

"Show Potter."

"No, it's just for you," Sirius argued. "I've planned this just for you."

Remus rolled out of bed, his eyes barely open. "This had better be good."

"It is," Sirius replied.

"Just know I'm doing this because I love you," Remus muttered, his eyes struggling to stay open.

Sirius nodded his head. "Hurry up," he said, grabbing Remus' hand and leading him from the room.

The pair left the dorms deck and went through the Common room, Remus very off balance due to having just woken up and Sirius contemplated diverting from the plan.

"We're never going to get there if you keep walking sideways," Sirius said, watching Remus almost walk into a wall as he rubbed his eyes.

"Where are we going?" Remus asked, reaching out for the wall to steady himself and tried to focus on Sirius as they snuck through the ship.

Sirius smiled, slipping am arm around Remus' waist. He mentally added point 2.5 to the list.

'If Remus couldn't walk, wrap arm around him and lead him to deck.'

"Come on, otherwise it'll be morning by the time we get there."

"Or you could have shown me in the morning," Remus grumbled.

"Trust me, it's worth it," Sirius said, pulling Remus along.

...oOo...

The door to the Star-Deck opened and Sirius led the way in.

Remus looked around, his eyes falling on the blanket against the wall.

"I know you like looking at the stars and planets, so I thought... I brought chocolate," Sirius said, guiding Remus to the blanket.

Remus dropped down onto the blanket and looked up at the ceiling as Sirius pushed the button to open the screen, showing the stars around them. He lay down on the blanket next to Remus and they stared up at the sky for a while as Sirius worked up the courage to tell Remus how he felt.

He glanced at Remus, seeing his friends hands resting on his chest, and rolled over to face Remus.

"It's beautiful out there, isn't it?" Sirius asked.

Remus smiled at him. "It is," he agreed. "I can see Earth, I can see your planet too, Sirius. I still can't believe your family live on your own planet."

"Yeah, but it's not as nice as Earth," Sirius replied. "It's dark and cold there. I'd much rather share a planet than have my own..." he cleared his throat. "That brings me to why I brought you here."

"Why's that?"

"I just wanted to talk to you about a few things," Sirius said, letting his hand find Remus', holding it tightly.

"You know now much you mean to me, right?" Sirius began.

"I do, and you mean so much to me too," Remus replied, his voice softening.

"Well..." Sirius paused, struggling to find the words to tell Remus he loved him. "We're leaving Hogwarts in a few months now, and I've been thinking. I want to get my own place, but on Earth. James has asked me to move in with him."

"Okay..." Remus said, waiting for Sirius to get to the reason he had dragged Remus out of bed.

"But I said no," Sirius continued. "He was going to ask you too, but I said no."

"Why not?" Remus asked. "Don't you want me to live with you?"

"It's not that," Sirius quickly said. "I was just hoping it could be me and you."

"Without James?" Remus checked.

"Yes, without James," Sirius said. "Just us... together."

"I think I'm missing something important," Remus answered, frowning slightly as he tried to figure it out. He was still quite tired and his thoughts weren't making much sense. It almost sounded like Sirius meant together as in a couple, but that wasn't it, right?

"I want us to date," Sirius admitted. "I want you to be my boyfriend and I want us to have our own place and share a bed and kiss, and say 'I love you' to each other and do stuff like in that magazine under my mattress -"

"Wait - where did this come from?" Remus asked, sitting up and dislodging Sirius' hand. "You love me?" There was no mistaking the words now.

"I do," Sirius said softly. "I have for a long time. I don't expect you to love me straight away, I'm happy to take things slow, but I want to be in a relationship with you and it's taken my so long to get the courage together to tell you these things."

"Sirius," Remus said, standing up quickly. "Are you sure of what you're saying?"

"You know I'd never lie to you about something like this," Sirius muttered. This wasn't going as he had expected. "I'd do anything for you. I love you. Remus. Remus - I'm in love with you." He stood up from the floor, facing his friend, hoping for something - anything to show that Remus felt something too. "I love you." It felt a relief to be able to say the words.

He watched Remus, hoping that he would have something positive to say in return.

"I heard James ask you to share a flat with him," Remus began, breaking the silence. "I didn't realise you said no. I... I've got my own place now. My parents have lined a small flat up for me. It's small and it's only got one bedroom."

"Oh," Sirius whispered, turning towards the glass, looking out at the stars. He should have known Remus wouldn't want to live together, plus Remus was ignoring his love declaration.

"Can we still be friends?" Sirius asked, hopefully. "I don't want to lose you, James is like my brother and Pete is my friend, but you're more than that. You're everything. I can't lose you."

"Do you really think that? That you'd lose me?" Remus asked, softly. "There is nothing you could ever do to ruin what we have. You're everything to me too. I... I love you."

"You do?" Sirius replied, his voice full of hope.

"I do, and maybe if this goes well... if you don't mind living in a tiny flat..."

"No, I don't mind. That sounds excellent," Sirius said.

Sirius smiled as he reached for Remus' hand. There were two more steps left. Snogging Remus and going to bed together, and he was quite confident that he'd be able to tick them both off his list very soon.

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