Disclaimer: Nothing belongs to me. The rabbit and J K Rowling own it all. Though I DO wish (very often) that Sirius and Remus belonged to me.

Warnings: This is GRAPHIC SLASH (meaning male-on-male interaction of the sexual kind) Please don't read it if you don't like it and then flame me. I'll just laugh, because I have warned you. It'll only show how stupid you are if you do.

Notes: This takes place just after the Marauders have left Hogwarts. I like happy endings so I'll just ignore what it says in the books and make them all impossible anyway.

Chapter 2 - I'll Never Leave You

Remus leaned over to Sirius so he could kiss his cheek. Sirius muttered something, but slept on. Remus smiled, sliding out of Sirius' arms and getting out of bed. He picked Sirius' dressing gown up off the floor and pulled it on before tucking the covers more neatly around Sirius. After taking a shower, he went downstairs and opened the fridge. Remus shoved the yoghurts into the bin, disgusted, and tried to find something decent to eat. Suddenly, he heard Sirius yelp upstairs.

He ran all the way to the bedroom and opened the door. "What's the matter?"

Sirius' eyes were wide, almost terrified. "Remus …"

He reached out to Remus, eyes shining. The werewolf walked over, smiling kindly, and pulled him into a hug. "I thought … I thought it was a dream - I've dreamt that so many times … I thought you weren't here … I love you …"

"I love you too, Sirius. And I will never leave you."

"Promise?"

"I promise. I love you. And the sex is far too good for me to leave," Remus murmured, kissing the top of Sirius' head. Sirius snorted with laughted but when he looked up, his eyes were shining with tears.He whispered, "Kiss me …"

Remus did so, gently. Nevertheless, it turned Sirius on painfully and made him groan. "How come even when you just kiss me it makes me feel like this?"

Remus grinned. "I don't know; it appears it's just one of those things. I love you."

Sirius closed his eyes at the sound of those words, his body trembling, needing comfort. Remus glanced down, smiling. He stroked Sirius' cheek gently. "Relax, Sirius."

"I don't think I can. I think … I think I need - "

"I know what you need."

Remus smiled and pushed Sirius back so he was lying on the bed. Then he moved slowly down Sirius' body, kissing him gently as he went. Sirius' eyes closed in rapture. Remus was the only person who could make him feel like this, the only person who could ease the pain of such physical desire. The only one who Sirius would ever let this close.

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"You know what?" Sirius asked, sliding an arm around Remus' waist. They were in the kitchen and Remus was trying to make two cups of tea.

"No, do tell?"

Sirius grinned and kissed his cheek. "I'm the only one who knows you're here, apart from your mam."

"No, you are the only one. I didn't really have time to tell her where I was going. Uh - you didn't really get the whole story last night. I didn't really have much choice. He - uh - well, he was firing curses at me - "

Sirius spun Remus around and grabbed his shoulders, eyes blazing. "Watch it, you nearly got hot teal all down you!"

"He was what?"

"Sirius ..."

"He was firing curses at you?"

"Oh, well done, your hearing is as good as ever!"

"Yes, I heard! I'll kill him -!"

"You'll do no such thing, Sirius Black! I'm OK, aren't I? And if he hadn't been, I wouldn't be here, so I'd probably still be sitting in my room, starving," Remus replied, pulling out of Sirius' grip and passing him his tea. "Can we please try to act like normal human beings?"

Sirius sat down at the table opposite Remus. "You know, if I ever get my hands on him …"

"Oh, leave it. Drink your tea. Can you call my mum later and tell - " Remus began, but he never finished, as there was glow of green in the fireplace and Mrs Lupin appeared. "Remus! You're all right! Thank you, Sirius, for looking after him."

"No trouble, Mrs Lupin. Pleasure, really," Sirius grinned. She smiled back and walked over to Remus to give him a hug.

"Sorry, Mum."

"You're all right, aren't you?"

Remus nodded, picking up a handful of grapes from the fruit bowl Sirius had put on the table and starting on them. "I see you're eating, now - won't eat a thing for his own mother, but he will for you. You should be honoured, Sirius."

Sirius smiled and reached over to nick one of the grapes. "Oh, I am."

"I don't suppose you'll want to come home then. I'll cancel your ticket to Russia when I get back, if you like."

"Please. Thanks, mum. You're an angel. I'll come home after and get my stuff," Remus replied, eating another grape. Mrs Lupin looked around. She went to the fridge and opened it. Remus called, "I wouldn't do that if I were you. It's like a battlefield between the mould on the cheese and something else that I don't really want to ask about."

"Sirius, do you ever check the sell-by dates on food?" Mrs Lupin asked with a smile. Sirius tried to look innocent. "Remus, are you sure you don't want to come home?"

"Mum, I'll be fine. Look, I'm not going to die of food poisoning. Sirius has been eating this for months and he's fine."

"Yeah, but I'm not normal am I?" Sirius replied, grinning. Mrs Lupin smiled, shaking her head at him. "I've suspected as much for a very long time. But you'll both be fine. Remus, please clean this place up before you turn into something like him."

"Oh, I shouldn't worry about that. There'll never be another person like me - or at least, for the sake of humanity, I hope there'll never be another person like me!" Sirius laughed. Mrs Lupin walked back to the fireplace.

"All right. I'll go now and let you get one with whatever it is you do all day when unsupervised. See you soon. Bye."

With that she took a pinch of floo powder and threw it in the fireplace. Once she had disappeared, Sirius remarked, "Lovely woman, your mam."

(Boring, boring, boring … and short … I had writer's block and I just rattled this off to alleviate it. Promise the next one's not so bad.)