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Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry - Charms - Write about someone who feels stuck figuratively or literally. Either he/she should search for a way out, or he/she must accept their circumstances. (Prompt) word: endure


Fifty Shades of Remus Lupin

Shade Five: ChocolateAddict!Remus


Remus hit the vending machine. He had put his last change in the machine for the last bar of chocolate, and the bar hadn't fallen out.

"Stupid... twisty thing," he muttered in annoyance, hitting the machine again. He needed the chocolate - it calmed him, de-stressed him.

It was 2am and he just wanted his chocolate. At that rate, he would give his comfortable pillow from his bed for the chocolate, but it was being stubborn and refusing to fall.

He hit the machine a third time, but nothing happened.

Remus checked his pockets, but only had sixteen pence left. He would have to go to the cash-point to have anything other money.

If it hadn't been 2am, Remus could have called someone to retrieve his chocolate. If it hadn't been 2am, Remus wouldn't have needed it so much.

So Remus did what any sleep deprived student who was in desperate need of some chocolate would do. He dropped down to his knees, and pushed his hand up inside the machine. His fingers reached the bar like he worked out they would, and he managed to retrieve the bar from the machine.

But as he tried to take his arm out, he found out he was stuck!

...oOo...

Remus dropped the chocolate bar to the side, and used his other hand to awkwardly reach inside and grab it. Setting it beside him, he slowly twisted, turning his arm at the same time.

He reasoned that if he was on his side, it may be easier to bring his arm down, and edge it out.

But it wasn't as easy as he pictured it.

After a while of trying, Remus sighed and used his other hand to reach for the chocolate. After holding the bar between his legs, he managed to get it open and broke a piece off.

He could endure having his arm stuck in a machine, as long as he had his chocolate.

"What's going on in here?" came an amused voice from the door.

Sirius looked up from his chocolate to see two men with dark hair, watching him.

"The machine got hungry," Remus replied, not in the mood for drunken Uni students bothering him.

"Looks like you're stuck," the one with glasses said. "How long you been there?"

"What's the time?" Remus asked.

Glasses guy looked at his watch. "Just after half-past two."

"Half an hour," Remus replied. "I'm not stealing, I put money in and this stupid machine taunted me with the chocolate, but it didn't give me it. I knew I could reach it, and I was right... but I didn't quite think about getting my arm out."

"I'll see if I can find help," he said, disappearing.

"You know, there's a trick to it," the other man said, and Remus looked at him. Amused grey eyes focused on him. "You should have stayed on your knees, and pulled your hand back towards your head slightly. Once you do that, you bring your arm around, and start pulling it thought at a slight angle."

"Why can't I do it from this angle?" Remus asked.

"Maybe I just want to see what you look like on your knees," Sirius said, winking at him.

Remus snorted, before shifting back onto his knees, his arm starting to hurt. "Like this?" he asked, doing as the man suggested.

"I'm Sirius by the way," Sirius offered.

"Remus. I'd shake your hand, but it's a bit of a difficult time for me."

"Needed the chocolate that bad, huh?" Sirius asked. "Couldn't you have waited until morning?"

"It's 2am," Remus replied. "And I can't let the machine steal my chocolate. It's not right! What if someone else came and bought it before I could get someone to open the machine and give it to me, that would be - my watch is stuck."

"What?"

"On one of the curly bits - my watch is stuck." Remus attempted to move his arm back, but was unable to untangle his watch.

"Budge up to the end, I'm an expert at this," Sirius said, kneeling down and pulling off his jacket.

"What are you doing?"

"I'll untangle your watch for you, and show you how to get your arm out safely."

With that, Sirius edged his arm into the machine.

...oOo...

James walked back into the room, only to see Sirius kissing the stranger that had been stuck in the machine. For a second, he wanted to tell Sirius off for taking advantage when the guy was stuck, until he noticed that Sirius' arm was stuck in the machine.

"Sirius, what have I told you about putting your arm in the machine?" James asked.

Sirius used his free arm to wave James away, not once removing his lips from Remus'.

James sighed. He had spent an hour searching for someone to help a stranger (with no luck), and this was his repayment? Being waved out of the room.

Someone he had asked had told him that there was a phone number on the front of the machine, and if Sirius wanted him to leave, how was James supposed to get that number?

"Sirius, I just need one moment, the number is on -"

"James, get out," Sirius said, pulling away from the slightly dazed looking guy next to him. Sirius glared at him until James walked out.

If Sirius wasn't willing to listen... well, James' bed was calling him.


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