Chapter 9 Together

"Happy Anniversary!" Jack said as he walked into the kitchen at Grimmauld Place.

"What anniversary?" Sirius asked standing up from the table and walking towards Jack.

"It's our three month anniversary – I'm just ignoring the three week 'break' we took." Jack said before Sirius kissed him.

"Break. That's such a nice way to say it."

"And it's shorter than 'that time when you became a total prat and broke up with me for my own good.'" Jack smiled.

"Hmm. Yeah, even an acronym for that would be long." Sirius said dryly.

'TTWYBATPABUWMFMOG. Yeah, way too long. But fun to say, nonetheless.' James said cheerily. 'TTWYBATPABUWMFMOG!'

"So do we have special anniversary plans?" Sirius asked, trying to ignore the fact that James and Lily were now making up a funky modern dance to go along with the acronym James was chanting.

"I thought dinner and sex. How's that?"

"Sounds great to me." Sirius tightened his arms around Jack. Jack rubbed up against Sirius and James and Lily faded away. "Could we reverse the order?"

"Sex then dinner?" Jack sounded shocked as Sirius stuck his tongue in his ear. "You are such a rebel."

"I have a reputation to protect." Sirius unbuttoned Jack's robe revealing bare skin. "You're naked."

"Glad you noticed, it was a bit chilly on the walk over." Jack said as Sirius's hand moved down to his groin.

"I'll warm you up." Sirius grinned as he grabbed Jack's hand and dragged him upstairs.

An hour later, Sirius laid spooned up behind Jack, sweaty and sated. His hand drew a pattern on Jack's flat stomach. Jack shifted and Sirius flattened his hand, pressing Jack back against him to sustain their connection.

"Let me stay." He whispered against the back of Jack's ear.

"All right." Jack whispered. "Sirius?"

"What?"

"Are you whispering or have I finally gone deaf?"

Sirius laughed, tightening his arms around his boyfriend. His boyfriend. Sirius sighed contentedly before kissing Jack's neck. "I'm whispering. And for the fifth time, I'm not that loud."

"Sure." Jack rocked his hips back against Sirius drawing out a low moan. "I'm just teasing anyway, I like that you're loud – even though you say you're not."

"Good. I like that you make me be loud. And you're not so quiet yourself." Sirius bit softly at Jack's earlobe.

"Never said I was." Jack's hips had started a slow rhythm that Sirius's hips were moving counter to.

"How about sex and sex and sex then dinner?" Sirius's hand slid down to curl around Jack.

"Sounds like a brilliant plan."

"There's just something special about the Spring Solstice." Sirius said as he stretched out under the stars on the lawn at Windy Corner. "Magic is thick in the air."

"Mmm..." Jack laid down next to him, resting his head on his arms, looking up at the sky. "The moon is beautiful too." The full moon was so bright that there were shadows across the yard.

Cassius walked out of the house with a large wolf right beside him. "Here's another blanket. I don't know why you want to camp out here." He wrinkled his nose as he gazed over at the tent. "And in a muggle tent, without any warming spells."

"Because I haven't camped in forever and there's something romantic about it." Sirius said, taking the blanket from his cousin. "Don't worry about us. We'll be able to keep each other warm."

Remus the Wolf gave a yodeling howl as Cassius snorted. "Just use a silencing spell, all right? We don't want to be kept up."

"You're such an old married couple." Sirius laughed. "Or are you just jealous because you can't get any action until the morning?"

"Not for lack of trying." Cassius laughed as Remus growled at him. "He knows I'm kidding." Remus huffed and narrowed his eyes at his mate. "I won't mention you get aroused during belly rubs." Remus knocked his head against Cassius's leg hard and growled again, low and menacingly. Sirius could feel Jack tense next to him. Cassius's fingers sunk into the fur around Remus's shoulders. "We'll say good night then."

See you in the morning." Sirius said as Cassius turned and walked back towards the house. Remus ran in circles around him, trying to trip him. "He shouldn't bait Moony like that – it'd serve him right if he got bit." Sirius laughed.

"Cassius Malfoy laughing and teasing a werewolf – I think Windy Corner is in an alternative universe from work." Jack moved closer to Sirius. "So…how are you going to keep me warm?"

"I thought I would kiss you all over and then make love to you under the stars. And then we'd move into the tent and I'd do it again."

"But, Remus and-"

"Their room is on the other side of the house." Sirius said as he kissed Jack's jaw down to his neck.

"Oh." Jack gasped as Sirius's hand trailed down his stomach.

"See, we can triple date and stuff." Cassius said happily as Clara and Stevens arrived at Windy Corner.

"Stop it." Remus hissed as he pulled the pizza from the oven.

"What?" Cassius blinked innocently.

"We all know you had a hand in getting Jack and Sirius together, I hear about it daily, just leave it." Remus's stern voice was tempered by the smile that flitted in the corner of his mouth.

"I was just saying-"

"Once Tabby and Moody are together, we can quadruple date." Remus teased as he put the pizza on the table.

"Now you're just being mean." Cassius scowled as he walked into the pantry for a bottle of wine.

"I think double dating is fun, Moony and I used to do it with Lily and James." Sirius said from the table where he was sitting next to Jack.

"We still double date with Lily and James, don't we?" Jack kissed Sirius's cheek.

"Not as much lately." Sirius ducked his head.

Remus watched as Sirius moved closer to Jack. He was very glad Jack was helping Sirius to heal after the mental trauma of Azkaban. Remus had feared Sirius would never recover at all, especially after finding out that Sirius heard voices in his head. Jack was a comforting, solid presence for Sirius to lean on, Remus was thankful Cassius had fixed them up.

"Having other people around is essential in order to have logical conversations with these two." Clara laughed as Cassius and Stevens started arguing about something. She rescued the bottle of wine right as Stevens got Cassius in a headlock.

"Puddlemere is not the best Quidditch team in the country."

"They've got the best record. Ow! OW!! Stop pulling my hair! Ow! Fuck, son of a-"

"Insult my mum and someone's nose is going to be broken." Stevens growled.

"Remus!" Cassius yelped as Stevens started tickling him.

"Stop it, Stevens." Remus said calmly, setting the bowl of salad on the table. Sirius had just finished setting the table.

"Take it back!" Stevens yelled, ignoring Remus, as Cassius giggled helplessly. Jack was watching wide eyes.

"It's weird, isn't it?" Sirius asked.

"He's said more words in the last twenty minutes than I've heard him say at work all month." Jack said in amazement.

"You remember you have your appointment with Sam tomorrow?" Clara asked Remus as she opened the wine.

"Yes. You're still able to meet me there, right?" Remus asked as he sat down. Clara nodded and sat next to Remus.

"What appointment?" Sirius asked.

"Puddlemere sucks. Your team's the best." Cassius whimpered from the floor where Stevens was still pinning him.

"My healer just wants to run some tests, make sure of something, I don't know what. But he said I should bring someone with me in case I get dizzy."

Cassius walked over and sat down next to Remus.

"Glad you came to your senses." Stevens said as he sat next to Sirius, across from Clara. "I'm starving."

"I think he broke my arm." Cassius held out his arm to Remus.

"I'm sure he didn't." Remus said, feeling Cassius's forearm anyway.

Everyone grabbed a piece of pizza and started to eat.

"So, when are you going to tell Harry about you two?" Stevens asked.

"When he comes home for the summer in a couple months," Sirius answered. "Dumbledore says he'll have to spend a couple weeks with the Dursleys and then he can live at Grimmauld Place with me, us."

"Why does Harry still have to go to there?" Clara asked. "He has you now."

Sirius's mouth was full so Cassius answered. "There's a blood protection charm in place, because Petunia Dursley is Lily's sister."

"How do you know that?" Remus turned to his mate with surprise.

"I asked Dumbledore why he kept sending Harry back there after you told me how they treated him." Cassius answered smoothly

"Oh." Remus took a bite, still watching Cassius.

"It'll be great to have Harry. We'll be a family." Sirius grinned.

"He needs adult guidance, not just fun and games all the time." Remus looked over at Jack who nodded in agreement.

"Well, Jack was a prefect so he'll be in charge of the rules." Sirius shrugged.

"I get to be the bad guy, is that it?" Jack laughed.

"You're just so much better with rules and stuff than me." Sirius grinned at Jack.

"Everyone is better with rules than you, Padfoot."

"Sod off, Moony."

"I'm going to repaint the whole house. It can't be gloomy for Harry." Sirius said as he and Jack settled on the sofa in the sitting room at Grimmauld Place. They'd left Windy Corner after dessert even though the other four were going to watch a movie.

"You and Harry will have a great time together." Jack asked.

"And you too."

"Sure, I'd like to spend time with Harry. I've never met him."

"No…you'll be living here too. You said yes."

"Yes to what?" Jack looked at Sirius blankly.

'Stop it now!' Lily shrieked. 'You didn't propose! You dreamed it. And you're ruining the proposal!'

"I…oh…right…" Sirius shook his head. "James told me I ought to make an honest wizard of you, but being a fugitive kind of puts a damper on getting married legally. So I thought…we could just have a ceremony here."

'Just ask him to marry you!' Lily grabbed James's hands in hers and started jumping up and down.

"Jack." Sirius knelt down in front of where Jack was sitting staring at Sirius. "Would you marry me?"

"What?"

"Marry me, Jack, please."

"Oh, Sirius." Jack flung his arms around Sirius and kissed all over his face. "Yes."

Sirius kissed Jack deeply, fingers fumbling at his shirt and pants as James and Lily whooped and yelled inside his head. Sirius sighed as his skin rubbed against Jack's. He made love to Jack slowly, wishing he could make it last forever. After they were both sweaty and satisfied, Jack and Sirius laid on rug in front of fire entwined in each other's arms.

"I love you so much." Jack breathed against Sirius's mouth.

"I love you." Sirius kissed Jack softly. "I'll always love you."

The End

As Schmendrick the Magician says in the movie The Last Unicorn: "There are no happy endings because nothing ends." Nevertheless, this is the happy ending for Sirius and Jack.

There are a few more scenes with Sirius, Jack and the rest of the gang that I will post in my "Finding Love Interludes" story in the next couple weeks. They didn't fit in the story arc but I like them so…

And Chapter 10, an epilogue, will be posted if you want to read what happens after certain events in OOTP.