Author's Notes: Megan Andres: I'm glad you like Jack, I do too. Don't worry, I have happy plans for him. Destiny Bunny: I'm glad you liked the chapter, I aim to please! :-)

Chapter 4 Falling

Jack came over that night after work.

"Liam says I was grinning like an idiot all day." Jack smiled as Sirius pulled him into a kiss as soon as he was inside the door.

"Remus said I was too."

"Cassie will be thrilled to find out we had a second date."

"He wasn't at work?" Sirius asked.

"No, he's been in Nepal the past couple days. You're supposedly there." Jack grinned, tangling his hands in Sirius's hair and kissing him again.

"Sirius, Cass just got home so I'm going to go." Remus called up from the kitchen. "Tabby sent over some food for you."

"Thanks!" Sirius said. "Have fun."

"You too." Remus smirked. "Bye Jack!"

"So…" Jack said softly, slipping his hand under Sirius's shirt.

"So?" Sirius trailed his hand down Jack's arm.

"Want to eat now?" Jack's breath hitched as Sirius kissed his neck.

"Yeah."

"Oh."

"Mmm."

"I did mean food, actually."

"Sure." Sirius drew away from Jack slowly. "I wonder what Tabby sent over."

They walked down to the kitchen. There was a pasta casserole on the table with a bowl of salad.

"Smells delicious." Jack said.

"Yeah, thank Merlin for Tabby and her cooking. Although it's a battle to keep my figure." Sirius laughed.

Jack just arched his eyebrow and didn't say a word as his eyes raked down Sirius's thin body. He looked uncannily like Remus. Sirius shook his head and reached for the serving spoon, serving them both some of the pasta while Jack served them salad.

"Were you…never mind."

"What?"

"Nothing." Sirius said quickly, taking a bite of food.

"It can't be nothing, you're blushing."

"I am not." Sirius protested, hoping his mother's portrait hadn't overheard that. Blacks weren't supposed to blush. She'd been really good about not screaming lately and he didn't want her to start now.

"You are, it's cute."

"I just was concerned about you today."

"Why? All I had were meetings all day, which are actually very boring and not in the least dangerous…unless you count the committee I'm on with Cassie. He has a tendency to set the agenda on fire when he gets angry."

"What committee is that?" Sirius asked, laughing.

"The Auror Recruitment Committee. But we didn't meet today."

"Oh." Sirius took another bite of food.

"So, why were you concerned about me?"

"Just…I just wanted to know if you were all right, after last night."

"Better than all right." Jack smiled warmly, showing off his dimples. Sirius smiled back, feeling a curl of arousal start in his belly.

"So you weren't…" Sirius finally spit it out, "sore?"

"Sore?" Jack echoed.

"You know," Sirius waved his hand weakly, "sore?"

"Oh, well, yeah, a little." Jack shrugged. "It's a good kind of sore."

"I'm sorry, I didn't know that would happen."

"You…didn't?"

"No, because, I'd never…" Sirius knew he was blushing again because his face was getting hot.

"Really?" Jack's brows knit together. "So, I made you sore?" He asked with concern.

"We really don't need to talk about this anymore." Sirius said firmly.

"I think we do. Communication is important in a relationship." Jack responded, equally firmly.

"Shit. Really?" Sirius heard the whine in his voice.

"Of course it is! Didn't you and Remus talk?"

"Well, yeah, but we didn't talk about sex."

"Never?"

"No, except when he told me I could have sex with other people."

"And you did?" Jack sounded scandalized.

"Well, of course I did! I didn't know he didn't mean it!" Sirius said defensively. "You knew I had sex with other people."

"I know, I just…I thought it must have been after you and Remus had broken up." Jack pushed the last bite of pasta around on his plate. "I don't want you to have sex with other people."

"It's not like I have people banging down my door wanting to have sex with me, I don't think you need to worry." Sirius said sarcastically.

"That's not the point! I don't want you to have sex with other people because I don't want you to have sex with other people, not because there's no one else who wants to have sex with you."

"All right." Sirius was startled by the emotion in Jack's voice.

"Good." Jack set his fork down next to his empty plate.

"Would you want to play chess or something?" Sirius asked, his plate empty now also.

"I can't stay. I took Liam's shift tonight, it's one of his kids' birthdays." Jack frowned slightly.

"Oh." Sirius felt disappointed.

"I could come over tomorrow and stay. If you wanted." Jack said softly, looking at the fire.

"Yes, " Sirius reached across the table and took Jack's hand, "I want that. I like to spend time with you."

Jack smiled and a moment later Sirius found himself with an armful of auror as Jack sat on his lap.

"See?" Jack hugged Sirius tightly. "Communication is good."

"Sure." Sirius said gruffly, pressing a kiss into Jack's hair.

A week later, Sirius woke up with a start as the door to his room banged open. Jack was standing there with his wand gripped tightly in his hand.

"Hi." Sirius said, feeling tears sliding down his face. He quickly brushed them away, hoping Jack hadn't noticed.

"I heard you shout just after I flooed here." Jack scanned the room quickly.

"Sorry…I…" Sirius took a deep shuddery breath. "Nightmare…Dementors."

"Oh." Jack looked a little relieved as he put his wand back in his robe. "Remus isn't here?"

"I am, you raced right by me in the hall." Remus said calmly from behind Jack. He leaned around to look at Sirius. "If you're ok, Sirius?" Sirius nodded. "I'll go back to bed."

"Good night, Remus." Jack closed the door and pulled off his clothes and climbed into bed beside Sirius. "I didn't know you had nightmares…you seemed so well-adjusted even after so many years in Azkaban."

"You keep them away." Sirius mumbled, pulling Jack in tight against his body.

"Do I?"

"Like my own personal corporeal Patronus." Sirius squirmed as Jack's rough chin rubbed against his collarbone. "And I'm not well-adjusted."

"You're not?" Jack laughed.

"No…I get really mad at small things…and Remus thinks I'm depressed and…I have people inside my head." Sirius said fuzzily, the warmth from Jack's body was soothing him. He was almost back asleep when Jack's voice roused him slightly

"What sort of people?" Jack asked softly.

"James and Lily." Jack shifted slightly and Sirius tightened his arms. He was on the very edge of sleep now. "When I was in Azkaban, it was so lonely, so…empty and then one day James and Lily were there. And they weren't angry with me at all. They helped me to get through the days, because they were with me, talking with me, keeping the loneliness away."

Jack caressed his hip lightly. "So, James and Lily are still with you, now?"

"Yeah." Sirius murmured as his eyes fluttered shut.

"Do they like me?"

"Yeah. Lily really likes it when you kiss me. James likes you too, only he teases me because I get girly around you." Sirius snuggled a bit closer to Jack and then fell asleep.

"Morning." Jack said softly as Sirius's gray eyes fluttered open.

"When'd you get here?"

"Late last night, I came over when my shift was over at the Ministry. You woke up from a nightmare just as I got here."

"Oh." Sirius thought about that. He didn't remember Jack arriving.

"You were still half-asleep." Jack smiled, running his hand through Sirius's hair.

"I didn't say anything weird, did I? I always used to say weird things when I was half-asleep at school."

"You told me about James and Lily."

"That's not weird."

"The James and Lily that are with you in here." Jack's finger tapped Sirius's forehead.

"Oh." Sirius blinked, trying to think of a good way to deny what he'd said.

'Crap, you really were half-asleep if you told him about us.' James groaned. 'Where were we?'

'Sleeping. And don't panic, he stayed the night, didn't he?' Lily piped up.

"I'm glad you told me. It doesn't change how I feel about you. I'm glad they help you. Although I think James should stop teasing you about being girly."

'Hey!' James exclaimed indignantly.

"Um…do I not remember anything else?"

"That's it."

"Um…and…."

Jack reached over and pulled Sirius into a hard kiss. Sirius was quickly lost in a haze of desire as Jack's hands moved to his hips and he started to rub against him. Jack rolled and pulled Sirius on top of him.

"Fuck me."

"Yeah." Sirius breathed.

"Well, take your pajamas off then, I'm already naked." Jack's fingers skimmed along Sirius's ribs, tickling as they went.

Sirius sat up quickly and fumbled at the buttons on his pajama top.

'Hurry up, slow poke!' James jumped up and down impatiently.

Finally his shirt was off. He scrambled off Jack and pulled his pajama bottoms off. Sirius made a mental note to start sleeping naked from now on. While he'd been waging war with his clothes, Jack had accio-ed a tube of lube from his robe. Sirius took it with shaking hands.

"I…I really like you." Sirius looked down at Jack from where he was kneeling between his legs. They'd spent every night together since their first date. Sirius was falling in love with Jack. He was scared by how quickly his feelings had grown for the auror who could talk a mile a minute and had a wicked sense of humor. He hadn't even known Jack a month ago and now he couldn't imagine his life without him.

"I know." Jack said, his dimples appearing as he smiled. He leaned up on an elbow and opened the tube. He squeezed out some lube and smoothed it on to Sirius. Sirius gasped and reached for the tube and prepared Jack slowly and thoroughly. He couldn't get his hands to stop trembling.

Jack's hand closed around his wrist gently. "Baby, I'm ready. Come here."

Jack's hands guided Sirius's hips closer. Sirius was almost fully sheathed in Jack before Jack spoke again.

"So…James and Lily are in there watching when we have sex?"

"No." Sirius panted, his forehead pressing against Jack's shoulder. "Mgh…Oh…" Sirius pressed all the way in. "Just us."

"Oh!" Jack's fingers dug into Sirius's back. "Good. Mmm. Merlin. Faster, please, Sirius."

Sirius ignored Jack's pleas and slowly slid in and out. "You're so beautiful."

"You're torturing me." Jack groaned, trying unsuccessfully to speed Sirius up.

"And I've only just begun." Sirius smirked as he leaned over, capturing Jack's mouth.

Next Chapter will be up on Thursday.