Chapter 15

Entering Lily's shop with his list of flowers, Sirius was struck with nerves. Was this something Remus would like? What if he hated the flowers?

It was too late to back out though, as Lily glanced up from the bouquet she was arranging and caught sight of Sirius. Smiling she called out "Hi Siri, what brings you in?"

Sirius smiled; he loved the fact Lily wasn't one of those florists who made annoying assumptions. The last time he went into another florist the woman behind the counter had asked what he'd done that he had to apologise for, which was just rude.

"I've got a list of flowers I was hoping you could make a bouquet of for me" Sirius replied, walking up to the counter and taking in the rainbow creation Lily was currently working on.

"Sure. Feel free to go make us both a coffee out back and I'll join you soon. I should be done with this soon."

Sirius happily entered the staff room and started making them coffees; this would be an easier conversation to have in private. Adding the milk to Lily's cup, Sirius screwed up his nose, her and James both liked their coffee to be at least half milk which was just disgusting, it made it cold and ruined the taste.

Lily came in just as Sirius was sitting down at the small table and flopped into the other chair with a sigh. Grabbing her cup and taking a long sip, her shoulders fell dropping evident tension.

"I've put up a sign saying I'm on lunch, so you've got my undivided attention. Fuck knows I don't need another Karen coming in and shouting about her flowers wilted because she didn't put them in water."

"Oh hell, what did you do?" The sigh when Lily had come in suddenly making sense.

"Explained to her she was an idiot and told her she was on our banned list and had to leave the premises."

"You have a banned list?!" Sirius was genuinely surprised.
Lily's mouth slowly quirked upwards "Nope, but she doesn't know that."

The two sat and laughed about bad customers they'd had for several minutes before Lily put down her cup, redid her ponytail and announced it was time for them to work on the bouquet. Once Sirius passed over the list of flowers Lily's eyebrows raised. "Why am I not surprised."

Sirius felt himself blush. Of course, Lily knew the language of flowers – she was a fucking florist. Maybe he should have gone to a random florist after all.

"Right" She said, getting up and going into the cold room "I can do the mauve carnations, the white dittany, Spanish jasmine, vine, and corianders but I don't have any African violets."

She set to work and started making a gorgeous white and mauve bouquet, grabbing different flowers and arranging them artistically. After around 10 minutes of silent and business-like movement, Lily froze and looked up.

"Sirius... are you sure you want to add the baby's breath?" She bit her lip looking at him. "It looks quite good without it, and it means-"

"I know and it needs it" Sirius cut her off.

Lily finished off the bouquet and wrapped it in dark purple and black paper. Despite what Lily had said the flowers looked stunning.

"Right, whoever they are, I hope they're worth it. If not, come back. I know how to tell them how to go fuck themselves in flowers too."

Leaving the shop, Sirius quietly prayed to the universe that he wouldn't need to learn those flowers.

Chapter 16

Chapter Notes
Drunken times ahead

See the end of the chapter for more notes
As Sirius walked home, he heard his phone chime several times in quick succession. Pulling it out

of his pocket he smiled as he saw it was Remus messaging him.

That's not my name*

Romulus: They're going to publish it
Romulus: The article I submitted to Psychology Today Romulus: I'm going to be a published author
Serious: OMG!! Congrats!
Serious: I'll grab some drinks. Tonight we celebrate!

Turning left, Sirius detoured to the liquor store. Flowers and champagne were romantic right? He'd grab some whiskey too just in case Remus didn't like it.

Beaming as he placed the drinks on the counter, Sirius noticed the clerk eyeing the flowers he was holding.

"Celebrating?" She asked, running a hand through her blonde hair.

"Yep" Sirius couldn't help his smile growing wider. "The man I'm in love with is not only gorgeous but a genius who's about to be published."

"Lucky you" The clerk teased and grabbed a black ribbon that matched the one around the flowers. "Bow is on the house" she smiled as she added it to the bottle.

By the time Remus opened the door, Sirius had put the flowers in a vase (determined to not make the same mistakes as Lily's Karen of the day) and had the champagne and glasses on the table, next to a pizza he'd ordered.

Looking at the table and then Sirius, Remus' face broke out into a grin as he crossed the room in three long strides and picked Sirius up, spinning him around in a hug. Laughing Sirius half- heartedly hit his arm "Put me down you twat".

"I did it" Remus said breathlessly as he put Sirius down "I actually am getting published." Sirius

immediately missed the warm hardness of his body against his.
"Of course, you are. You're incredibly smart and a talented writer".

Sirius handed over a glass of champagne, feeling equal parts proud and enamoured by Remus' excitement. The man was always attractive but when he smiled his canines showed and Sirius felt weak in his knees. Was it normal to be fascinated with someone's teeth? To imagine them biting into your flesh?

"To you, Moon-love, the smarty pants who's not only going to have a doctorate but be published before he's 30."

Laughing and taking a drink, Remus looked at the pizza box and bottle of whiskey also on the table. "Not a normal combination that"

"Yes, well we wouldn't want you to forget your roots" Sirius smirked and flicked the lid of the box open, showing a meat lover with added spring onion.

"You know me too well."

As the night went on, they finished the champagne and started the whiskey, moving from tipsy into decidedly drunk.

Both sprawled out on the couch, Sirius looked over at Remus appreciating the long lines of his body. The way his Adam's apple bobbed as he swallowed. The way his sinewy hand held his whiskey, his long thick fingers curled around the glass. Merlin, he wanted those hands on him. He wanted to feel them tangled up in his hair. He wanted them around his throat like a collar, claiming him as his. He wanted them in his pants touching and stroking. Pushing inside him, bringing him to ecstasy.

Thinking about all the things he wanted those hands to do, he wondered if Remus had done them before. He'd mentioned sleeping with men briefly the night he'd caught Sirius in the shower, but he wasn't sure if that was purely theoretical or not. Thinking about Remus with another man stirred a sense of jealously along with an odd illicit thrill. Later he'd blame the whiskey for what came out of his mouth next.

"Have you ever had shagged a bloke?"
Remus nearly choked on his drink "Fuck Pads, warn a man before you try to kill him"

Sirius looked down at the floor, awkwardly playing with glass in his hands and mumbled an apology.

"Hey" he heard Remus soothe, as he felt a hand playfully shove at his shoulder "No harm, no foul. Just caught me by surprise"

Looking up Sirius smiled "Don't mind me I've just got no filter"

"A fact I accepted long ago" Remus laughed "And yeah, a few. Why?"

Sirius felt his face warm but forced himself to maintain eye contact "I haven't. Want to but might be useless. Fuck knows why I'm stressed, I haven't gotten any in months, I've probably forgotten how to shag a bird too."

Remus' head tipped back as he barked out a laugh. "Mate, if that's how it works then I'm well and truly screwed. I haven't had any in over a year."

"Yeah?" Sirius couldn't quite believe it. Remus was always dragged out with Mary and Lily. He'd just assumed some of those nights when he didn't come home, he'd been in a stranger's bed. What blind idiots weren't trying to pull the man.

"Yeah" he smiled and bit his lip before adding "at this point I'd kill to get a leg over."

Fuck it, Sirius thought to himself and found himself crawling into Remus' lap "Is that right?"

"Mm, is that a problem?" He questioned back, his eyes growing dark.

No, it was a dream come true, Sirius thought as he took Remus' glass and put it down on the table next to them.

"No problems, Moons. Only solutions." Leaning forward he met Remus' lips with his. Chapter End Notes

Drop your descriptions of sexy hands in the comments because I've learnt it's incredibly hard to put hand thirst into words.

Chapter 17

Chapter Notes
Here there be smut

Merlin, this was perfect. Sirius would think he was in a dream if it wasn't for the firmness of Remus' body under him.

Sirius wove his fingers through Remus' hair as he kissed him. Revelling in finally being able to do so. He felt the soft strands slip between his fingers and tightened his grip, pulling slightly. Remus moaned, his lips parting. Taking the opportunity, Sirius darted his tongue into his mouth and couldn't help the moan that escaped his own lips at the taste, whiskey and something uniquely Remus.

Pulling back, he sat straddled on Remus' lap, taking in how the man looked, checking for any signs this was unwelcome. Remus looked debauched, his bottom lip wet, his hair messy, and his cheeks flushed. "Fuck, you're sexy" Sirius found himself saying in a reverent tone.

Remus let out a slight choked sound and seemed to remember his hands which had been at his sides, grabbing Sirius and pulling him back in for another kiss. Flicking his tongue out this time, seeking Sirius', he moved one hand to his hair mimicking Sirius' earlier movement and pulling slightly. Sirius practically keened.

The two continued for what could have been seconds or hours, as Sirius lost all sense of time focused solely on the taste of Remus and the perfect agony of having his hair pulled. Then he felt Remus' other hand slide down his back, coming to rest just above his arse and pulling him impossibly closer as his hips ground upward. Sirius suddenly became very aware of other parts of himself as he felt his cock twitch.

Groaning he started moving his hips, grinding his arse down onto Remus savouring the hardness he could feel under him. His lips moved to Remus' jaw, teeth grazing against the stubble as he kissed and nipped his way along it to his neck. Remus' heavy breathing becoming ragged, as his hands tightened on Sirius.

Sirius reached between them, grabbing the edge of Remus' top and pulling it up. They were wearing too many clothes and he needed to feel Remus' skin on his. Remus seemed to be of the same mind as he quickly shrugged out of the offending garment, his hands then falling to Sirius' shirt and returning the favour.

It wasn't the first time Sirius had seen Remus shirtless but being allowed to touch the hard planes and tight pink buds of his nipples was new. He stroked and scratched, taking his fill of the flesh before him before his hand strayed downward, following the trail of hair that made his mouth water.

As his hand reached Remus' zipper a strong hand suddenly caught his, holding his wrist. Looking up in concern Sirius met Remus' gaze. Did he not want this? Looking at Remus he certainly seemed to.

"Bedroom. I'm not fucking you on the couch" Remus choked out before reaching under Sirius' arse and lifting him as he stood. Sirius squeaked and wrapped his arms around Remus' neck and his legs around his hips. Being manhandled like this shouldn't be so hot but he couldn't deny the thrum of arousal that ran through his body.

Sirius noted distantly that Remus had carried him to his own bedroom, as he was dropped onto the bed. Standing back, Remus looked him up and down before pausing and asking, "Are you sure?"

"Shut up and fuck me" Sirius found himself biting back, surprising even himself with how demanding he sounded. Apparently, it was the right thing to say though as Remus began striping off his jeans and pants. Sirius rushed to get his own off too.

Looking up once he'd managed to get his pants off, Sirius saw the heavy length lying between Remus' thighs and gulped. Remus was fucking hung and looked to be about the same size as his purple dildo. Merlin, was he a size queen? He though he might be based on the bead of precum that escaped his dick from just looking at Remus'.

Reaching across to his bedside drawer, Sirius grabbed his lube and a packet of condoms, his hands clumsy as frantic need coursed through him.

He felt the bed dip as Remus climbed on next to him and when he turned around Remus was lying on his side next to him. Without thinking Sirius reached over and pushed Remus onto his back, before once again straddling him. Leaning down he kissed him again, before biting softly as Remus' lower lip.

Grabbing the lube, he squirted some on his fingers before reaching behind himself. Remus' eyes going even darker as he watched, a soft "Oh, fuck" escaping his lips before he resumed kissing Sirius with vigour, his hands stroking up and down Sirius' back whilst he prepped himself.

Sirius was so lost to the feeling of Remus' hard dick rubbing against his own, and the lips attacking his, he didn't even register the hand traveling down his back. Remus' questing hand at his rim came as a surprise, reverently touching where he was stretching himself. "May I?"

Sirius was beyond words at this point and just nodded, withdrawing his fingers and allowing Remus to take over, sliding two fingers in. His fingers were thicker and longer, causing a slight burn as he continued to stretch him, his fingers searching for that bundle of nerves and finding it on the third stroke. Sirius found his voice again with a shock, arching into Remus and keening out a "Fuck".

Remus continued to fuck him with his fingers, paying attention to that spot as he stretched him and eventually added a third finger, reducing Sirius to a whining mess. "Yes, fuck. Please. Fuck me. Please, fuck me." Remus eventually deeming him ready as he withdrew his fingers and put on the condom.

"Just go slow" Remus said, his voice low as he angled his cock toward Sirius and guided the other man back with his hand of his hips. Sirius bit his lip, holding back a retort that this wasn't his first time with something up his arse, he knew not to just shove it in.

A groan escaped his lips as Remus' tip breached his hole. Okay, fuck, maybe Remus was slightly bigger than his toy. Breathing through his nose he held himself still as he adjusted, faintly aware of Remus moaning his name. Once the burn had eased, he continued to bear down, slowly taking more.

Once he was sitting against Remus, he took a moment to breathe and just enjoy how incredibly full

he felt. He didn't know if he was a size queen or just a Remus queen, but the thought that he was currently full of Remus' gorgeous dick was enough to make him close to coming as it was. Well, all the fantastic finger fucking probably had a bit to do with it too, but he was counting that towards the Remus category.

Smiling down at Remus, Sirius tensed his thighs and rose up before slamming back down. Merlin that felt great and judging from the noises Remus was making, he was a fan too. He knew it could feel even better though and angled himself slightly different for each thrust until he found it, as Remus' hands stroked up and down his hips and thighs.

"Remus" he practically screamed, as he saw fireworks when he finally found the perfect angle. That seemed to be the straw that finally broke Remus as a low growl tore from his throat and he grabbed Sirius' hips, thrusting up into him roughly, nailing that spot perfectly each time. Sirius' moans became incoherent as he became a mess of breaths and whines, cut off words escaping him occasionally.

He felt his pleasure start to build, hurtling towards release. The absolute pleasure tingling through every nerve in his body and Sirius simultaneously wished he could live in this moment forever and for his peak to come, the feelings almost too strong to bear. He heard himself hoarsely call Remus' name again and then he was coming, streams of cum painting Remus' chest from a dick he belatedly realised hadn't even been touched yet. Remus watched, an expression of awe on his face before he joined him, hips jerking as he emptied himself deep into Sirius.

Flopping forward Sirius nuzzled into Remus' chest. That was everything he could have imagined and more. Remus' hand came up to his back and gently stroked him, lips gently kissing his ear before saying "Well, I think it's safe to say you're not useless at that".

Chapter 18

Sirius slowly woke to the ray of sun falling across his face, taking in the fact he'd forgotten to close her curtains last night obviously. Right, of course he had because he'd been busy having his brains shagged out.

Rolling over he felt the burn in his thighs and arse but any complaint about it quickly died as he noticed Remus was no longer next to him. He knew he'd fallen asleep here, he'd woken up a couple of times in the night to the other man up against him. Maybe he'd just gotten up to make breakfast?

Gingerly getting out of bed, Sirius made his way into their kitchen but there was no sign of Remus. Their apartment was tellingly silent and the door to Remus' room was open, showing his perfectly made bed.

Starting to feel panic rising in his chest, Sirius returned to his room to fish his phone out of his jeans pocket. Taking a deep breath before he texted, he told himself to calm down; maybe he was blowing this out of proportion.

That's not my name*
Serious: Morning
Romulus: Morning sleeping beauty. I assumed you'd be dead to the world for at least another hour Serious: Mm some idiot didn't close my curtains last night
Romulus: That never worked in school. Maybe I'll start opening them before I leave for uni Serious: Is that where you ran off to?
Romulus: Yeah I have that class I'm tutoring. You okay?
Serious: Yep just half asleep
Serious: Don't fret over it lol

Well, that was promising. Remus hadn't fled the apartment and he'd even called Sirius sleeping beauty. Sirius sighed and flopped back onto the bed, he really didn't need this to ruin his friendship with Remus, or any opportunity for a more permanent entanglement.

Wincing slightly, he reached over to grab his notebook. Okay, no more flopping carelessly today, he was still tender from last night; pleasantly so, but still. Time to update the plan he'd made with Dorcus.

Flirt blushes

Take out – café movies
Buy something bought dinner and drinks. complains when I try buy anything else Flowers ?? Tell him in flower language, shows you are romantic not just sexy success Make his favourite dinner (get fav recipe from James)
Tell him you love him
Take him to bed out of order but success

Dorcus was apparently far better at this than Marlene. He made a mental note to send her a thank you text later. Hell, maybe he'd send her a thank you bunch of flowers – Lily would probably love being asked how to thank someone for getting them laid via flowers.

Dreamily, Sirius went about the rest of his day, every now and then finding himself clenching just to feel that burn and remind himself this was real. He'd managed to not only take Remus to bed but also to be quite good at it if Remus' pillow talk was to be believed.

When he knew James would be on his lunch, he called him and asked for his help executing the final part of his plan. James' excitement over his request to be talked through making the meal would have been funny if Sirius wasn't so anxious about getting this right. Picking up on his nerves James eventually offered to just video call Sirius after work and walk him through it step by step, ending the call once he was sure Sirius had the list of ingredients to go get beforehand.

Sirius was thankful one of them had paid attention to Euphemia's cooking lessons, and that his brother was overly invested in Sirius' love life enough to take the time to make sure he didn't fuck this up. Which was how he came to be talking to James on his tablet, pulling a chicken and leek pie out of the oven as Remus entered the apartment.

"Got to go Prongs!" He quickly called before hanging up on him.

Chapter 19

Chapter Notes
See the end of the chapter for notes

Remus had had a rollercoaster of a day. It'd started with him waking to a naked Sirius half draped over himself, which had quickly devolved into him trying to talk himself down from having a panic attack. He'd slept with his best friend. His best friend who he was in love with. His best friend who he was in love with, who had clearly vocalised he just wanted to try having sex with a man; not that he liked Remus back.

After carefully extracting himself from the bed, he'd had to get ready in a rush to make it on time for the course he was tutoring, which had meant he'd left behind his notes for the day. The mad rush and run to the bus had then been in vain, as he'd been stopped by the professor outside his classroom to congratulate him, which had made him late anyway.

He'd nearly had a heart attack when his phone went off part way through the lesson, with Sirius' profile picture popping up. The man had sent him 'Morning' which was fine, but then had mentioned Remus running off which made it sound like he was mad. He'd said he was just tired but that was a standard when he was upset or felt awkward over something.

Remus had then spent the remainder of his lesson distracted by the thought Sirius might feel awkward about what had happened or regret it. It was no surprise his head was a mess for the rest of the day, with him getting hardly any work done between moments of panic and the occasional flashback to the night before, which kept leaving him uncomfortably hard. How could he have been so stupid to sleep with Sirius?

All of these thoughts were at the forefront of his mind when he opened the door to their apartment and walked in to find Sirius quickly hanging up on James, whilst pulling out a chicken and leek pie.

Well shit, the only time he'd ever witnessed Sirius put effort into cooking before was when he'd had to apologise to Marlene for making things awkward with her sister. He obviously felt bad about starting things last night, even though Remus had been a more than willing participant.

Taking a deep breath, Remus decided to nip this in the bud before the man he loved could apologise for shagging him (a truly depressing scenario). "Before you say anything, this doesn't have to be awkward unless we make it awkward, right?"

Sirius froze, looking at Remus confused he asked "What?"

Merlin's balls, Sirius expected something worse than awkward clearly. "Look I'm not mad about last night, so there's no need for an apology dinner – not that it isn't appreciated. Mates shag all the time without it being a big deal. Doesn't have to mean anything"

Sirius looked at Remus disbelievingly and repeated back "Doesn't mean anything. Right so there were no feelings involved at all?"

Remus felt his stomach drop. Sirius had figured out that he liked him. Sirius knew he liked him and was apologising for screwing around with him when he didn't feel the same. Letting out a choked sound he continued "Even if one friend likes another and they shag it doesn't have to change anything. If two people don't feel the same, I think friendship should come first. Come on Pads,

you're my best mate".

Sirius gave him an odd smile and simply said "Well, glad we cleared that up. Pies still yours if you want it" before putting the pie down on the counter and walking past Remus. Stopping at the door he turned and said "Look I don't want to make things awkward as you said, but I've got to go. Promised Marlene I'd have a drink with her."

Remus walked over to the pie and served himself some in a daze. Sirius knew he liked him. He knew and he'd made his favourite meal to apologise he didn't feel the same. He'd even organized a drink with Marlene for afterwards, apparently, clearly thinking he'd need one after dealing with Remus. Fucking hell, could his life get more pathetic?

Chapter End Notes
And we're back to angst

Chapter 20

Sirius made it out of the apartment with his head held high. He made it down the stairs to the street without thinking. He made it two blocks in the direction of Marlene's apartment before it all hit him, and he found himself struggling to breathe. It felt like he had a lump in his throat, and he was distantly aware that his vision had blurred with tears.

He'd been an idiot. He'd actually thought Remus might like him for something more than a shag. He'd clearly found Sirius attractive, and must have liked him somewhat to call him a best friend, and really isn't that what people look for in a partner? But no, clearly, he'd been wrong. He'd shown he cared, he'd taken him out, he'd bought him flowers, and even slept with the man and still been found lacking. There was something fundamentally unlovable about him.

It shouldn't have come as a surprise to him, he thought as he continued walking. He'd always been broken in unnamable ways, ever since he was a kid. It's why his mother had hated him, why his brother didn't keep in touch, why none of his relationships lasted. For years after he'd escaped his mother's house, he'd been waiting for the other shoe to drop, always expecting to wake up one day and find out the Potters had realised he wasn't worth their time. It was just, even in his worst nightmares he hadn't seen himself losing Remus. And surely, he had now, the man knew he liked him and wanted to just be friends and based on how much that hurt, Sirius honestly didn't know if it was a possibility.

Realising he was outside Marlene's door, he took a deep breath and knocked. As the door opened, he saw Marlene's face quickly switch from happy, to confused, to worried. "Siri, what's happened?"

He couldn't find the words when he tried to speak, a broken noise escaping instead, and found himself collapsing in on her for a hug, ugly sniffling into her shoulder.

"It's okay. I'm here, babes" she comforted, stroking his hair until he finally released her with a shudder "Come on through, it's cold out." He realised he was shivering; he'd left in just his t-shirt and jeans, not bothering to stop and grab a jacket.

As he made his way into the apartment he noticed the two glasses of wine on the table, along with a candle which was burning low. Shit, he'd interrupted Marlene's date obviously. He choked out and apology and made to leave, only to have Marlene grab his arm and force him to the couch.

Sitting there, he slowly started talking and opening up about the whole mess, his voice breaking often. "And I th- thought... I thought he might want me too" he managed to get out, as he felt the couch dip on his other side. Looking over he saw Dorcus wearing one of Marlene's sweaters, looking at him softly before she pulled him into a hug.

Leaving him to with Dorcus, Marlene got up from the couch with her phone. Returning a while later with a large cup of hot chocolate, with marshmallows on top. Sniffing, Sirius reached out gratefully for it, asking how she knew it was his comfort drink.

Without hesitation Marlene shrugged "I asked James just now. You two are practically married so I figured he'd know what you needed."

Sirius couldn't help the snort that escaped at that. Trust Marlene to be unapologetic about telling someone what was going on. He really did love how upfront and honest she was with everything she did. "Did he have a magic solution or do you?"

"No. I think you're just going to have to give yourself some space from Remus and let yourself hurt to be honest. I don't know, how'd you get over it when I dumped you and told you I was a lesbian?"

Sirius snorted again "We were 15, Marls."

Gasping she grabbed her chest "Are you telling me I wasn't the great love of your life or the heartbreak to inspire all future creative endeavours?"

"God you're impossible."

"Maybe, but I've stopped you crying and being a snot fest, haven't I?" Huh, he had stopped crying he realised; when had that happened?

"Come on bitch" she said, hopping up from the couch "We're watching movies in bed like we used to at school".

Sirius allowed himself to be dragged to the bedroom and watched in awe as Marlene found several blankets to pile on top of him. Even through the crushing pain in his chest from tonight, he managed to feel a small light of gratitude. How did he still have people who were so nice to him?

Chapter 21

The next morning Sirius woke to Marlene getting ready for her shift at the café. He'd fallen asleep in her bed watching movies and she clearly hadn't found the need to wake him and make him move or go home. Thank merlin for saints like Marlene, who was currently swearing as she rummaged through her drawers. Pulling out a strappy black top she turned and saw Sirius was awake, holding up the top she quipped "Do you think the boss will care if I have to wear my clubbing top to work?"

Yawning, he stretched and lazily replied "Nah, I heard the bloke's a pushover who only put a dress code in the employee agreement at his business partners insistence"

"Mm she sounds super hot and smart" Marlene smirked back, before stripping off her pjs to put on the top. Sirius squeaked and covered his eyes.

"Prude" she snickered "Not like you didn't see it when we were dating". She grabbed her keys from the dresser and blew a kiss to Sirius as she left, calling out to lock up when he left.

Sirius rolled onto his back and let out a deep sigh. He was going to have to go back to grab some clothes at the very least and it did feel somewhat cowardly to be avoiding Remus. At the thought of spending time with the man his stomach churned. Okay, he bargained with himself, he'd go home and show his face before grabbing some clothes to stay elsewhere for the night.

Unexpected cat lovers*

Star: Hey Wormy favour to ask

Petros: It's too early for favours. Who did you kill?

Star: Why is everyone's first assumption that I killed someone

Petros: Because you're always threatening to disembowel people who upset us?

Star: You're right. I am a great friend

Petros: Not what I said but you aren't wrong

Petros: So what did you need amigo?

Star: Had a fight with Moony that I'd rather not go into. Need somewhere to crash tonight whilst I get over it

Petros: Me casa you casa. I'll make brownies Star: Thanks mate

By the time Sirius entered their apartment he'd built solid walls around his emotions and was wearing what he termed 'the black armour' that was so common in his family, a carefully disdainful look on his face, head held high, and walk confident. He hated his childhood but some

of the skills he'd learnt during that time really were invaluable.

Seeing Remus as the table working on his laptop, he tossed him a casual greeting before making himself a coffee and retreating to his room. He'd shown face, made sure he looked unaffected, but he knew he wouldn't be able to keep it up.

Settling down on his bed he caught sight of his notebook. Opening it to the page with what he now saw was a ludicrous plan, he scoffed. He'd been an idiot. Did he really think making dinner would show him as someone worthy of dating? Remus had lived with him for years; the man knew he hardly ever cooked and was a slob.

A frown creased his forehead as he thought about the dinner. He'd stupidly brought James into his plan and now would need to do damage control. Sighing, he picked up his phone.

Incoming call Siriusly mad*

"Hey lover-boy, surprised it's taken you this long to call with the dirty details" "Uhh about that-"
"It's okay Pads I can take it. How great was the dicking?"
"It was a one-time thing."

"What?! His dick is that bad? Mate, you can't drop Moony over that. Maybe he just needs practice-"

"God no, his dick is amazing. It's just not going to happen, okay?"
"Wait his dick was amazing but you don't want it again?"
"No. He's just not on the same page and let me know."
"HE SHAGGED YOU AND THEN SAID NO THANKS?! I'M GOING TO FUCKING KILL-" "No! James Fleamont Potter don't you dare say anything-"

"But he-"
"I jumped him the night before dinner. It was ME who started stuff before talking about feelings." "Unless I've been doing it wrong, sex takes more than one person Pads."
"Yeah, but he didn't know I loved him. He just thought we were mates messing around-"
"You love him?"
"I... yeah, I do"
"Oh Pads... Listen I can't come down during the week, but I'll be there on the weekend, okay?" "Yeah, thanks Prongs"

"Wait! Is this why Marls was asking me what cheers you up last night? I thought she'd just forgot to log off the company twitter again! Why didn't you call me?"

"Wasn't up for talking about it. To be honest I'm not now either, can we talk about something else?"

Chapter 22

Chapter Notes
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"Okay, you're my guineapig for my new caramel and triple chocolate brownies" Peter happily called out from the kitchen as Sirius let himself in. Sirius took a moment to appreciate the close friendship he had with the marauders, they may have left school and become adults but were as close as ever.

Well, they all were. Sirius wasn't sure how the events of the last couple of days would affect the group and he suddenly felt a knot of guilt form in his chest. What if he's made it awkward for everyone? They'd survived so much together, and he might have thrown a landmine amongst them all; why hadn't he thought of James and Peter before going down this track?

Peter entered the room holding a tray of brownies and frowned as he took in how Sirius looked. "Brownie?"

Sirius waved him off, letting him know he wasn't hungry, which only seemed to deepen the frown on his friend's face. Hoping to distract him he suggested watching a horror, which seemed to perk Peter up.

Sirius sat on the couch staring unseeingly at the tv, feeling slightly numb. The thought he might have ruined the marauders had made the reality of the situation truly sink in. His daze was only broken when he felt his phone vibrate.

Marley and Me*

Marls: Stop sulking
Marley the dog: Who says I'm sulking?
Marls: Peters been messaging Mary worried about you

Sirius looked up at Peter and saw, sure enough, the man had his phone out and was furiously typing away talking to someone.

Marley the dog: And Mary found it necessary to tell you?
Marls: Obviously. I've seen the horror that is you naked which means I care about you and am best

equipped to deal with your dramatics
Marley the dog: I think there was a compliment in there somewhere Marls: Shut up
Marls: Do you want to do a girly night tomorrow? I'll paint your nails

Marley the dog: Maybe next week? James is coming down tomorrow night Marls: Oh thank fuck. I thought he'd left me to deal with this as a solo parent Marley the dog: I resent those implications
Marls: I expect a mother's day card this year

Marley the dog: There's a joke about me being a mother fucker somewhere in there Marls: Mommy kink
Marley the dog: And you win. Please stop
Marls: Happily. Mary said Peter said you laughed

Marley the dog: Gossips the lot of you

Putting his phone away, Sirius looked over to where Peter was smiling at his phone. Half of him wanted to warn the man not to fall for a friend but he guessed that ship had sailed. Merlin they were an incestuous group with their crushes; James hung up on Lily, Peter liking Mary, and Marlene and Dorcus appeared to have something going on. If only him and Remus had been on the same page, he would've joked they were all pairing up.

Chapter End Notes
Bit of a shorter chapter as we lead up to the next bit :)

Chapter 23

Chapter Notes
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The three days after sleeping with Sirius passed in a blur for Remus as he numbly continued working on his thesis, occasionally seeing Sirius around the apartment. He honestly couldn't say whether his roommate was home most of the time, unsure whether he'd gone out whilst Remus was shut in his room, or if he was similarly hiding in his room. He hadn't spoken to anyone, other than that awkwardly stilted conversation with Sirius when he did encounter him in the kitchen.

This meant it came as quite a surprise when he heard loud banging on their front door, followed by the clearly identifiable sounds of Lily shouting profanities and telling him to open the door.

Trudging to the door in his pjs, Remus wondered what he could have done now.

Upon opening the door, a whirl wind of red hair flew at him, embracing him in a tight hug whilst screeching "REMUS MOTHER FUCKING LUPIN. WHAT. THE. FUCK".

Confused by the anger in her voice diametrically opposed to the suffocating hug, Remus managed to squeak out a hello.

"Don't you fucking 'hello' me! Three days Remus. Three. Fucking. Days." She snapped, emphasising each word emphasised by a squeeze. This was definitely the angriest hug he'd ever experienced.

"You haven't replied to my texts or calls. No one has heard from you. All I can get out of Dorcus is she isn't happy with you, and you just say 'hello'? Why are you ignoring me?"

Remus noticed tears in her eyes as her voice broke on the last question and felt a rush of concern. "I'm not ignoring you Lils, I haven't received any calls"

"Bullshit I've called like 20 times! Where's your phone" Lily demanded, finally releasing his from the bone crushing hug. Looking him over she sniffed and announced "You look like shit. What happened with Dorcus?"

"Thanks, just what I wanted to hear. And nothing happened with Dor, I fucked up in an entirely different way" he replied, turning away to go and get his phone.

Upon finding his phone – on his bedside table dead – Remus returned to find a stunned Lily looking at the bouquet of flowers Sirius had given him to celebrate getting published. Snapping her head up to him as he cleared his throat, Lily looked at him with wide eyes "I think you better explain what happened, Re."

Snuggled up with Lily on the two-seater Remus walked her through everything; from his long-time crush on Sirius, to the discussion they had in the kitchen; including a heavily censored version of the shower incident. Lily sat listening in silence, her eyes getting bigger as he spoke, until he finally finished with "and that's how we get here with my phone dead – see".

Ignoring the phone in Remus' outstretched hand, Lily looked him dead in the eyes and asked, "Are you a fucking idiot?"

And, well, yes, he was an idiot for falling for his roommate but that felt unnecessarily harsh. "Look I didn't ask to fall in love with a man who doesn't want me"

Letting out an angry screech again Lily picked up a couch pillow and started hitting him softly, emphasising each word with a thwack "Remus. John. Lupin. You are a fucking idiot. The flowers!"

Defending himself half-heartedly with raised arms Remus managed to look at the flowers and back at Lily "He got me those because I got published."

"You are the dumbest genius I know. I know you know flower language from helping me find a way to tell Petunia I disapproved of her wedding. I fucking made that bouquet from flowers HE PICKED".

Looking over at the flowers again Remus bit his lip and searched his brain. "Carnations are disappointment and rejection, right?"

Sighing Lily rubbed her temples before answering "Yes, yellow ones are. Mauve is lust." "Oh... and the dittany?"
"Passion. As is the Jasmine. Coriander means hidden feelings."
Gulping Remus looked back at her "And the Baby's Breath?"

"Undying love. It's why they use it in weddings" "Oh... I think I fucked up Lily".

Chapter End Notes
Remus has so many missed texts from everyone

Chapter 24

Chapter Notes
A look at Remus' phone

14 missed calls* *25 unread messages*

Superheroes*

Flowergirl: Did you see the latest episode of Bake Off?
Flowergirl: Okay, I think I like him
Flowergirl: Remus??
Flowergirl: Why aren't you picking up? I'm having feelings here and need you Flowergirl: Okay it's been 48 hours Remus are you dead?

Flowergirl: Hellooooooo?
Flowergirl: Just talk to me
Flowergirl: Dor said you aren't dead but seems mad. What happened? Flowergirl: Have you seen the massive hickey on Marlene's neck? Flowergirl: Don't make me full name you
Flowergirl: Remus John Lupin answer your phone
Flowergirl: Now I'm getting mad
Flowergirl: PICK. UP. YOUR. PHONE
Flowergirl: Okay fuck this I'm coming over

Brains and brawn*

Not the brains: Not saying I know anything, but you have to tell me if his pie tasted as good as mine

Not the brains: Mate WTF

Nerds in crime*
Dorks: I think you have some explaining to do

NPCs*

The town baker: Are you and Sirius okay?
The town baker: He's not eating the brownies I made

Blondes have more fun*

Marilyn Monroe: What the FUCK did you do
Marilyn Monroe:
Marilyn Monroe: If you keep hurting him I'll hurt you. Marilyn Monroe: Fix it.

Chapter 25

Sirius sighed as he made his way up the stairs to their apartment. He had stayed away for three days and really needed to either learn to live with the pain of seeing Remus or find somewhere new to live; he couldn't keep crashing at his friends forever no matter how tempting that was.

Opening the front door, he froze. The lights were off, and the house was lit up by what seemed like hundreds of candles. Had they had a power cut?

Walking through the apartment carefully in the dim lighting, he called out hesitantly to Remus.

"Through here" he heard the other man replied from the lounge. Making his way there, he noticed that strings of fairy lights had also been strung across the doorways. No power cut then... what the fuck was going on?

The first thing he noticed upon entering the lounge was bunches of ivy and baby's breath around the room, followed quickly by the picnic blanket spread out on the ground with a pizza box and bottle of whiskey next to it. Hearing Remus clear his throat, he turned to see the man standing in the corner wearing tight jeans and a white button up, with the sleeves rolled up. "Huh?" He managed to say, cursing himself for sounding so inarticulate.

"I may have incorrectly thought you didn't like me back and was hoping I might get a do over" Remus said, nerves clearly showing on his face.

"You thought I didn't like you?" he heard himself saying, his head still spinning with the surreal situation he'd found himself in.

"I've been told I'm especially dumb for a genius"

Walking over to Remus without thinking, Sirius found himself almost pressed up against the man as he looked into his eyes, searching for any hint this wasn't what it seemed. "I've been flirting with you for weeks"

"Yes, well I thought you were just being friendly" "I gave you flowers"
"Promotion?"
"I fucked you"

"Only available person in vicinity?" Remus flinched.

Sirius took a step back and looked at him critically "You think I'd fuck someone just because they're the only one in the vicinity at the time?"

Remus made a choked off sound and quickly interjected "No, just... I've been an idiot, okay?"

Taking another step back, Sirius glanced around again before taking a deep breath and sitting on the picnic blanket "Right, well I guess you better explain why you've been an idiot"

And so, they sat, Remus explaining what he'd thought had been going on, often stopping to apologise and joke about how blind he'd been. After explaining how Lily had finally set him straight, he paused before softly adding "So... I was hoping I might get a second chance. If I've

fucked it up and you just want to be friends I underst-"

"Merlin, you're still a fucking idiot aren't you" Sirius interrupted, before lunging forward and grabbing Remus by his shirt collar, pulling him in for a kiss.

Chapter 26

Chapter Notes
Pure smut. If you're not here for this you can skip this chapter

Sirius was vaguely aware of Remus pushing the pizza out of the way as he moaned against his lips. He was still reeling from everything Remus had said, but all his brain kept coming back to was he could have this. He could have Remus, and oh fuck did he want him.

His grip on Remus' shirt tightened as pulled, urging him closer. Remus awkwardly got to his knees and shuffled closer whilst trying to maintain the kiss, knee catching on the blanket and causing him to fall into Sirius, who happily caught him. Using the momentum, he started leaning back, continuing to pull Remus with him. He needed to feel his weight against him, needed to know this was really happening.

"Nnghh" was all Remus managed as he went with Sirius, crawling over his body and continuing to needily kiss him.

The kiss quickly devolving into gasped breaths and teeth, both too wrapped up in the other to think about stopping for air. Sirius was awash with sensations, from the hand stroking the side of his face, to the teeth biting his bottom lip, to the hardness in Remus' jeans pressing against him. He felt like his body was on fire, tingles radiating outward from his core, his dick rock hard and leaking precum. More. He needed more, and he needed it now.

He unclenched his hands from the front of Remus' shirt and started unbuttoning it with shaky fingers, which caused Remus to stop kissing him and move back slightly, making the job easier. Sirius would have complained if not for the way Remus was looking at him now, holding himself up and taking in Sirius with a look of pure hunger. He lifted one of his hands, and stroked down the side of Sirius' face again, and really that was something to file away for later – Remus could quite comfortably hold himself up with one arm.

Releasing a pleased sigh, Sirius finally managed to undo the final button. Remus continued holding himself up for a moment, staring down before slowly lowering himself and kissing Sirius' cheek where his hand had been stroking. Sirius closed his eyes and felt gentle kisses reign down over his face as Remus softly pressed his lips to each feature, murmuring between each touch "You're beautiful you know? So beautiful. I'm sorry. You deserve so much. You're fucking perfect."

Sirius didn't know what to do with such gentle affection. He'd never been on the receiving end of something like this. Feeling his eyes moisten he stroked his hands over Remus' chest and shoulders, and then through his hair as the man moved lower, slowly undressing Sirius. His kisses turning to licks and soft scrapes of his teeth when he reached Sirius' nipples, causing jolts of pleasure to course through him. "More. I need more."

Remus hummed against him and stroked his side, "Shh, I've got you". His lips continued their slow path downwards, his tongue flicking out into his belly button, teeth nipping at the trail of hair leading downwards whilst he undid his jeans. Sirius found himself holding his breath as Remus slowly started pushing down his jeans and pants together, only to have it escape in a whine as Remus ignored his aching cock to continue kissing down his legs. When his clothing was finally

off, he started kissing back up and Sirius could hear his own shuddered breaths loudly, as he felt the anticipation build as those lips grew closer to where he wanted.

A soft whimper echoed through the room as he watched Remus' tongue dart out, licking softly at the head of his dick. Looking up and meeting Sirius' eyes, Remus hoarsely admitted "You have no idea how long I've wanted to taste you" before taking Sirius' dick in his hand and swiftly swallowing down in one go. Sirius' patience snapped and his hands flew to Remus' hair as he threw his head back, groaning loudly as his hips thrust upwards. A strong arm came down over his hips, holding him to the ground as Remus devoured him, tongue working against him as he repeatedly swallowed him down.

"Remus. Remus, stop. I'm going to come" Sirius forced out and Remus slowly pulled off with a pop. Sirius looked down to see lust blown eyes taking him in, and realised Remus was saying something. "How long before you can go again?"

Sirius let out a choked laugh. Merlin and Morgana, Remus was going to be a death of him. "Uh 20 minutes give or take" he finally said, knowing how Remus would take that, and sure enough he smiled before replying "Good. Because as I said, I want to taste you." And weren't those just the hottest words Sirius had ever heard? He groaned, pulling Remus' head back down to his pulsing dick.

Remus happily returned to sucking him, humming happily which sent thrums of vibration down his shaft. Lifting his head up again with a pop he looked at Sirius before firmly stating "I'm going to remove my arm from your hips now, be good and stay still" and Sirius felt like coming from those words alone. He determinedly fought the urge to thrust upwards as Remus swallowed him back down, his now free hand moving to cup his balls.

Just when Sirius didn't think it could get any better, Remus adjusted himself and slowly took him deeper. Sirius could feel the muscles of Remus' throat fluttering around him and then a tightness as he swallowed. "Fuck. Shit. Fuck. Close. Remus." Remus just hummed happily and tugged softly at his balls, and he couldn't hold off anymore. His orgasm rushed through his body with force, back arching off the ground, his fingers and toes curling as ecstasy lit every nerve on fire.

Dropping back to the ground, panting he released his tight grip on Remus' hair and threw an arm over his eyes. If this was what a blow job with Remus was like, fucking him whilst sober was going to destroy him.

Chapter 27

Chapter Notes
Just your friendly neighbourhood smut dealer

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Sirius lay on the picnic blanket in complete bliss, his arm covering his eyes as he felt Remus kiss and nip his was back up his body before his lips found his. Sirius hummed happily, tasting himself on Remus' tongue and finding it unexpectedly arousing – his spent dick giving a small jerk.

"I'll be right back" he heard him say, before feeling the warm body leave, and still refused to move his arm. He felt like he was floating and didn't want to come back down to earth just yet.

Only moments later he heard something softly drop near him and felt Remus lie down next to him again. Finally removing his arm and looking at the other man he smiled "Realised you forgot to snuggle me before leaving?"

Remus let out a snort and pulled Sirius against him, wrapping his arm firmly around Sirius and huffing against his hair "Getting lube and condoms, you berk" before suddenly stilling. Reacting instinctively Sirius froze too, anxiously asking "Everything okay?". Fuck, he didn't think he could handle it if Remus changed his mind again.

"We um, probably should have talked before I did that" he said quietly, his arm tightening around Sirius again. "I haven't been with anyone but you since the last time I got checked though." Sirius couldn't help the laugh the escaped him "Way to freak me out, fucker. And um... same. All negative two months ago".

"Sorry" Remus muttered against him as he started kissing his neck "I get so caught up in you I forget to communicate like an adult". Fuck, how did he make even apologizing do things for Sirius?

Sirius allowed himself to be rolled onto his side, so Remus was pressed up behind him kissing the back of his neck as his hardness slid against his arse. Arching back into it, he felt him press between his cheeks, gliding along his crack. "Mmm, I think I owe you an orgasm"

Remus kissed down his neck to the juncture at his shoulder, and breathily replied "This is good. I'm close." And whilst Sirius really wanted to get his mouth around that gorgeous dick, he wasn't going to complain, his limbs still feeling like jelly. That wasn't to say he didn't put his all into what they were doing though, rolling his hips back against Remus in a steady rhythm. Remus groaned, his breath becoming erratic as he continued to kiss and suck at Sirius' neck, before he suddenly bit down, hips speeding up. Sirius moaned at the perfect combination of pleasure and pain as he felt Remus' spend hit his lower back, his dick twitching valiantly as he felt another wave of arousal course through him at the thought of being marked by Remus' cum.

Remus released his neck with shuddery breaths, kissing the mark and muttering how good Sirius was for him, before starting to kiss and lick down his body again, this time focusing his soft touches along his spine. Sirius arched into the touch, soft whines escaping him every time Remus spoke "So good. You make me feel so good. You're perfect. Being so good for me". And fuck,

Sirius felt like Remus was speaking magic into his soul, he wanted to be good for him, wanted to be perfect for his Moony. He was so caught up in what he was hearing it took him a moment to realise whilst Remus was licking and kissing at the bottom of his back, he was cleaning his own spend up with his tongue. A loud groan escaped him at the thought, oh Merlin that was so fucking hot.

As he felt Remus finish licking up the mess on his lower back he went to shift over on to his back, expecting Remus to continue his ministrations on his dick again, but he felt a hand firmly grip his hip, holding him still. "Can I eat you out?" he heard the words, but his brain took a couple of seconds to process them, surprised this was on the table. Well, Remus certainly appeared to have a bit of an oral fixation, but he'd be lying if he said the thought didn't excite him. "Yeah. Yes. Please." He quickly replied, moving onto his knees as he felt his dick start to thicken – definitely showing interest in what was about to happen.

He felt Remus' hands pull his cheeks apart and heard an appreciative groan behind him "Circe, you're fucking gorgeous". He barely had time to process that Remus was apparently complimenting his arsehole before he felt a soft lick over it. Oh shit, that felt better than expected. He keened and pressed his himself backwards against Remus who simply groaned louder, his tongue continuing to swipe around the tight furl.

When Sirius had started becoming accustomed to the sensation and was mentally checking off rimming in his head as something he was into, he felt the tongue at his entrance start pressing in. "Remus. Fuck. Yes. Fuck." He continued to keen, his arms collapsing under him and his face pressing into the blanket. Remus continued, licking deeper into him and flicking at the rim as he pulled out, slowly stretching him out.

Eventually, after what felt like an eon, Remus pulled back nipping at his arse cheek. He felt lubed fingers start to press at his entrance, testing how stretched he was, before three slowly pushed in. "Fuck me. Moons. Please, fuck me now. Hurry up or I'm going to come like this" Sirius found himself begging but couldn't help his whine at the loss when Remus pulled his fingers out.

He heard Remus fumbling with a condom and was hit with a wave of disappointment at the thought of anything separating them - a thought he'd unpack later. "Stop. Please" he heard himself whine and Remus stilled, looking over at him and placing the condom down, before answering "Okay. We don't have to do anything else" a concerned lilt to his voice.

"No" Sirius found himself trying to pour every bit of meaning into his gaze as he looked over his shoulder "I meant don't use it. We're both negative for everything right?" Remus' concerned look faded from his face as understanding dawned. He cleared his throat before asking if Sirius was sure. "Yes. I want to feel you dripping out of me" Sirius replied, internally cursing how he sounded like was from a bad porno but apparently that worked for Remus, as the other man growled and moved back behind him.

As he felt Remus sink into him, he continued to speak, lust filled sentences falling out of his mouth as he egged him to fuck him hard and let him feel it. Remus seemed happy to oblige and quickly set a punishing pace, fingers digging into Sirius' hips as he pulled him back to meet each harsh thrust. Sirius quickly felt his peak approach and reached between his leg to tug at his cock, choking out that he was close. Remus' pace picked up as he leaned forward, chest pressing against his back, his lips ghosting over his ear "That's it. Come for me" and Sirius couldn't stop himself if he tried, coming with a loud shout. Remus' rhythm breaking as he followed quickly after, Sirius feeling him pulse deep inside.

"Going to clean that one up with your tongue too?" Sirius couldn't help himself from joking and

heard Remus' soft groan behind him "If you'll let me" and couldn't help his responding whine. Fucking hell, he was never letting Remus go.

Chapter End Notes

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Chapter 28

Chapter Notes
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"Merlin's fucking sake" Sirius heard, followed by a loud crash and snaps his head up, feeling the delicious warmth of Remus' mouth leave his backside at the same time. Standing in the lounge doorway with a hand covering his eyes is a very awkward looking James. Fucking hell.

"Wasn't expecting you" Remus offered from behind him, and James makes a choked sound before bursting out "Which room haven't you fucked in?". Sirius can't help the laughter the bubbles out of his throat as he replies "Remus'". Honestly, if people could just stop walking in on him with things up his arse that would be great.

James quickly leaves, fleeing to Remus' room, slamming the door behind him. After half a second Sirius hears it open again before James' voice booms through the house "This better mean you two have figured out you love each other" before the door is slammed again. He only has a moment to panic that James has given away that he's madly in love with Remus before he hears the door open again "I expect an apology breakfast in the morning, and you can fucking pay for the bleach I'll have to pour in my eyes". He can feel Remus laughing too now, his forehead pressed into his lower back.

Taking a deep breath, he finds a resolve he didn't know he had before saying "He's not wrong you know" and Remus pauses behind before pressing a kiss to his back. "If you're saying the first bit then yes, me too. If you're saying we owe him breakfast instead I guess I'll concede we probably do, but I'm not paying for the bleach". Sirius snorts, of course their declaration of love would be this way – when had they ever done things normally?

"Come on then Mooncheeks, to the bedroom. I'm not done with you yet." Glancing over his shoulder as he gets up, he can't help the grin spreading across his face as he looks at a thoroughly debauched Remus. "And I can't wait to hear you tell me just how much you love me when I get my mouth on you"

Walking away confidently he hears Remus scramble to follow and feels something settle in himself. The plan might not have worked perfectly, and okay he'd done it all out of order, but he'd managed to say he loved Remus and here he was, happily following him to his room. He really ought to send every one of his friends a thank you. How did one say I just had great sex in flowers?