This is back to the present; Sirius and Remus are in Lilly's flat, in Lilly's bed. Just where they shouldn't be, in fact. (Not actually with Lilly, though, because she's with James, somewhere in the rest of the flat.) Don't want to think about what they happen to be doing.

/…/ Sirius/Remus talking through their mental bond.

'…' Thoughts (generally)

"…" Speech

Chapter 6 – ENOUGH!

Remus sighed, snuggling close to Sirius. He was so comfortable, lying with his head on Sirius' shoulder, their legs still twined together and snarled in the covers. He could hear Sirius' heartbeat, faster than it normally was, and his breathing was heavy. Sirius murmured, "Remus, how come you can be so good for so long?"

Remus shrugged. He gently kissed Sirius' cheek and sat up. "What're you doing?"

"Getting up. Lilly's probably doing her nut."

"Yeah …"

Sirius untangled his legs from the blankets and crawled across to his side of the bed, gently starting to rub his shoulders in an all too provocative manner. Remus tried to protest, but Sirius was now gently trailing kisses up and down his neck, one hand straying over his shoulder to play with his nipples. "Stop it …"

"Like you really want me to …" Sirius purred seductively.

"Stop it, or I'll let the wolf at you."

"Right. Definitely not going to stop, now."

"Get knotted!"

"Oh, now why couldn't you have said something like, 'screw you' like you usually do? You always spoil my fun!"

"Sirius …" Remus growled playfully. "If you're not flat out on your back when I turn around in a second, then I'm afraid I'll have to refrain from fucking you senseless. Again."

Sirius leapt backwards. Remus turned around. Sirius gave him a playful, pleading look. "You're such a good puppy …"

Remus leapt onto Sirius, kissing him passionately, his tongue exploring the familiar territory of Sirius' mouth. Sirius shuddered as Remus ground their hips together, feeling wonderfully powerless. Remus growled, his eyes turning more wolfish as he pulled back and his eyes took in every inch of Sirius. Sirius smiled up at him, opening their mind-to-mind bond. He didn't want to break the intense moment by speaking out loud, but he could tell Remus anything through their mental link without making a sound.

/I love you/ Sirius told Remus. /I love you so much …/

/I know, love/ Remus replied, his mind-voice a cross between a good-natured growl of possession and a contented purr. It sent shivers chasing each other down Sirius' spine.

/Remus, I need you to touch me/

Remus leant over Sirius' body and brushed his lips against his cheek. Sirius reached out to touch his lover, running feather-light touches over his body. Remus straddled Sirius' hips, making him gasp, and bent to gently nibble at his earlobe. Sirius ran his hands over Remus' back, making small noises of satisfaction as Remus' tongue decided to explore his ear further.

"THAT'S QUITE ENOUGH, YOU TWO! GET OUT OF MY BEDROOM! NOW!"

Remus leapt back as though burned as Lilly started hammering on the door. Sirius moaned in protest and made an extremely rude gesture in the direction of the door. Outside, they could hear what sounded like James trying to calm Lilly down. "Like they haven't been shagging on the sofa!"

"Sirius Black!"

"She's just jealous because we got the better location."

"Sirius…"

"At least we didn't break the bed."

"Sirius, just get dressed so we don't piss her off any more."

"Oh, such language! You shock me, Moony!" Sirius said in mock surprise. Remus grinned over his shoulder while pulling on his clothes.

"I don't think I could do anything or say anything to shock you, Padfoot. You've seen or heard it all before. Most of the time, you were probably the one doing or saying it!"

Sirius shut up and got out of the bed, pulling on his jeans. Sirius straightened the mussed bed sheets with a flick of his wand, while Remus unlocked the door, standing well back from it. Lilly stormed in and pointed at the door. Sheepishly, though not regretting it in the least, the pair of them left. She slammed the door behind her. James stared at them disapprovingly, his hands on his hips. Remus jerked his head in Sirius' direction, meaning 'talk to him about it' and went into the living room. Sirius clapped James on the shoulder. "James, I've finally worked out what you see in Lilly. It's the fact that she's almost as gorgeous as Remus when she's angry, isn't it? Well, you always used to see her when she was in a bad mood – with you, nearly always – so that must be where the attraction stems from! Wow. I worked it out – I understand you now – oh, what a horrible thought! Understanding James Potter!"

Sirius shuddered. James blushed furiously, following Remus into the living room and sitting in one of the armchairs. Sirius, grinning like a maniac, walked in too and punched the air triumphantly. "Yes! I'm just so good, aren't I?"

"You can say that again," Remus growled, grabbing his arm and pulling him down onto his lap. Sirius leaned back into Remus' arms, snuggling up to him. Remus trailed kisses down his neck, locking his arms around his mate. James sighed deeply. "Can't you keep your hands off each other for even a second?"

Sirius swivelled around to look at Remus. They looked into each other's eyes and said together, "No."

"How the hell can you have the energy?" James asked incredulously, glaring at his two best friends.

Sirius shrugged. "Lilly got worked up about it, did she?"

"No, Sirius, she was fine … of course she bloody well got bloody worked up!"

"Don't look at me: it wasn't my idea – no, really! It wasn't!"

"For the first time ever," Remus muttered in his ear. Sirius snorted and opened his mouth to reply. However, before he could, Remus clapped a hand over his mouth and said, "You know, we should go."

"No! We invited you over for today, too. Lilly's arranged dinner tonight. And Peter said he could come today, even if not last night."

"Can't we meet you?"

"No! It's our treat, and you're staying here."

Sirius wrestled out of Remus' grip and asked, "What're going to do today, then?"

James just grinned mysteriously.

Sirius fell into bed that night, exhausted. Remus collapsed beside him without even bothering take off his shoes. There wasn't much reason for their tiredness but for the fact that they had been up late the night before and it was now about eleven post-meridian. He said softly, "I wish James could see us now."

"Why?"

"He said we're bundles of energy."

"Yeah, if we have the right motivation. Which I don't have at the moment 'coz I think I'd pass out. Then again, right now I think I'd pass out if I try to move."

"Very true, Sirius, very true."

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Sirius kicked off his trainers and swung his legs up onto the bed. Remus sat up and took his off more carefully. He lay back again, snuggling up to Sirius' chest, bare now that he had had time to take off his shirt, and whispered, "I love you."

"I love you too. 'Specially when you're embarrassed."

"That WASN'T FUNNY!"

"It was, Remus. They honestly thought you were interested! If I hadn't dragged you away and started snogging you against the wall, you'd have been in one of their beds being stripped naked and raped by now."

"Don't." Remus muttered. Sirius slid his arm around him, pulling him closer. Remus buried his face in Sirius' chest, and the animagus cuddled him gently. "Shh, it's OK, mate. I won't let anyone ever do that to you."

/I love it when you call me that./ Remus said through their mental connection. Sirius grinned and kissed the top of Remus' head. /I'll make a point of doing it more often, then, my gorgeous/ kiss /handsome/ kiss /sexy/ kiss /wonderful/ really hard kiss /mate/.

/G'night, Siri .../

/Goodnight, love./

The day had been busy if not particularly productive. They had headed down to London, where they had spent the first of January wandering down Diagon Alley. Sirius had tried to beg Remus into going down Knockturn Alley with him, but Remus had refused point-blank. With very good reason. Sirius, despite knowing his mate was right, had gone into a sulk until Lilly bought them all lunch at a very superior café on the north side of the Thames an hour later. Peter had met them for lunch, but had left again after eating very little, saying he had to meet someone else. He had apologised for being unable to see them the night before, saying that had intended to come but he had been detained by 'buisness'.

Once he had gone, scurrying to his meeting, they went on to one of London's many parks and walked around the oasis of peace in the centre of the capital for half an hour or so. Then Sirius got bored, turned into his animagus form and wouldn't stop jumping up at them all, licking faces, until they played fetch with him ad infinitum. When they left, finally, they headed back to Diagon Alley for a 'surprise'. The 'surprise' was Ludo Bagman, welcoming the Stonewall Stormers – a Canadian Quidditch team that just happened to be Remus' favourite – to Britain and ushering them into Flourish and Blotts to sign their special 50th Anniversary 'History of the Stonewall Stormers'.

Once they had picked up their signed copies, after waiting for a very long time in a queue that extended out of the shop, they had walked to the restaurant James had booked a table at. Unfortunately it was growing dark, and the denizens of nighttime London were coming out on the prowl. Apart from the muggers, car thieves and drug dealers, all of which any of them could have dealt with quite calmly, there were prostitutes of the clingiest sort.

Two had picked out Remus from the other end of a street and pushed into the group, cornering him. Their 'bodyguards', lurking at the other end of the street, had put James and Lilly off leaping to the rescue of their friend, and Sirius was finding it far too funny to intervene. Eventually, after watching his mate squirm for a few minutes, Sirius wandered over and prized the women off him. "'Scuse me, ladies, sorry to interrupt but this one's mine."

He said it so forcefully that they jumped back as though stung. Sirius took Remus' arm and led the unresisting werewolf away. However, the women started to follow again. Sirius sighed and pushed Remus against the wall, kissing him forcefully. Seeing that Remus was more than happy about this, the women gave up.

The rest of the evening passed without much fuss. They had dinner in the restaurant and went back to the Potters' house for wine, coffee and a lot of small talk. Then Remus and Sirius had gone home and straight to bed.

(A/N: Sorry it was so horrendously boring and short! I'm sorry! Forgive me! It will get better. I do have a plot, for once, and I am going to use it mercilessly … probably in the next two or three chapters. So it will get better, I promise. If it doesn't, you can send me flames!

Anyhow, review please, and I'll give you cookies. Whatever shape you like – Sirius, Remus, James, Lilly, Snape, Harry, Ron, Hermione, Neville … I don't care! Sorry again for the intense non-event crisis here! See y'all soon!)