Disclaimer: Not mine unfortunately, You –know- where Sirius would be if they were!

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Chapter 28 – Divinity

The one thing I am grateful for this time round, Harry, is that we had you to warn us about the Death Eaters. Obviously though, back then we all assumed it was simply mindless Pureblood intimidation acts...

...Merlin we would suffer for that assumption.

Sirius though was always there with the right words...and the right touches.

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(1976)

"Rain...on a sunny day? But it's September!" Peter said as he slumped into the Gryffindor common room sofa with a sigh.

"Wormtail...it's England. What do you expect?" Sirius said as he folded his hands behind his head and placed his feet up on the little coffee table situated in the sitting area of the room.

"Is a little sunshine too much to ask?"

"Sunshine? What's that? Oh you mean that big yellow orb that likes to light up our bleak and dreary skies when it feels like it?" James said as he threw down his quill in retaliation against the potion essay.

"Oh so –that's- what that thing was! I thought some large woman in yellow knickers had bent over...terrified the hell outta me I'll tell you!" Sirius said as he winked at his best mate as James laughed loudly.

"You'll all end up in St Mungo's talking like that." Remus said as he stepped through the porthole, returning from a Prefect meeting as he rubbed tiredly at his molten gold eyes. Sirius chuckled and grabbed his wrist to pull him down into his lap where he promptly placed a kiss on the underside of the werewolf's chin.

"I'm going there anyway, I intend to live to be a mad senile man with lots of cats that children will go 'Quick run! It's the cat man!'" Sirius said conversationally.

The three other Marauders stared at him for a moment before James slipped his quill back into his bag slowly.

"I'm just going to put away anything with a sharp edge."

They all laughed happily, Remus snuggling further into his boyfriend until the comfortable silence was broken when a third year came charging into the room brandishing a newspaper.

"There's been another attack, there's been another attack!" He cried and everyone, including the Marauders, jumped up to crowd round the table where the boy had slammed the paper down.

"Where?" Sirius said casting a worried look over to his boyfriend who always seemed to fret when he heard something about the attacks.

"In Derby, it was a muggle-born wizard but he was supposed to be very good at hexes, got away but just barely."

"Why are they doing this?" A little first year girl asked and Remus looked down at her kindly with a gentle smile.

"Because some people think they are better then others." He said solemnly and the girl looked up at him with such confused eyes that he felt sorry for her.

"But I think I'm better then my stupid brother but I don't want anyone hurt...or dead."

The werewolf wasn't sure what to say to that but luckily Sirius leaned over to rest his chin on the tawny boy's shoulder and looked down at the girl.

"Because not everyone is nice like the Gryffindors, sometimes Slytherins are giving free reign."

The girl giggled but Remus frowned at him...but only slightly.

"That's a little biased isn't it?" He said adopting a look that most parents wear when scolding a bad child.

"Hey I would've said the same had mother had her way and I was sorted into the snake pit. Only then I wouldn't have a wonderfully sexy boyfriend." To emphasise the point he gave the werewolf a scorcher of a kiss, which served its purpose as the smaller male melted into him with a happy moan.

"Will you two stop?" Lily said as she pulled the paper closer to her, "Look, the Minister has finally spoken out."

'DEATH EATER ATTACKS: MINISTER FUDGE SPEAKS

Today the Minister of Magic Cornelious Fudge held a press conference on the uprising attacks falling on muggle-born magic folk, muggles and even pure/half blood wizards who have been known to defend the lesser magic community.

'The Magic community will not stand for such brutal behaviour on one of our own. I assure everyone that these culprits bringing such fear to our daily lives –will- be caught and punished for these hideous crimes.'

For the time being though several pamphlets are being sent to all wizarding homes on basic defence and practical protection charms to place on the everyday home...'

"It carries on like that." Lily said as she shoved it away from her again where a group of seventh years promptly picked it up and began reading it eagerly.

"You know they're treating it like it's a group of kids doing this but it's not, -adults- are out there killing those that don't have 'pure' family lines!" James said angrily as he frowned at the paper in the seventh year's possession.

"Please, as if anyone will accept the fact that hard-working adults are capable of this. Teenagers seem to be the best scape goat for situations like these." Sirius said as the group plus Lily (who hadn't seemed to realise she was following the group yet) moved back towards the sitting area.

"It's definitely more then just reckless vandalism, this is bad guys." Peter said and with a heavy sigh he leant back into his chair as everyone lapped into thoughtful silence.

"Do you think Dumbledore knows?" Remus asked suddenly making the group look over at him.

"Knows what?" Lily asked as she settled herself onto the arm of the chair beside James (again, something she failed to notice she had done).

"That it might be more then just anti-social behaviour...that it might be another version of the KKK?" The werewolf said emphasising the point.

"I bet he does, Dumbledore has a strange way of knowing more then he lets on." James said leaning back, pressing his palms into his eyes to shake off any weariness in them.

"What's the KKK?" Peter asked and James sighed at him.

"You're about a sentence behind us there Pete." He muttered and despite herself, Lily giggled...It was then that James noted she was there and wisely opted to remain quiet to see how long she would stay there before leaping back in horror at the prospect of sitting beside him.

"The KKK were known as the Ku Klux Klan and were an underground terrorist group against the civil rights movement that freed the slaves after the American civil war. They prosecuted mainly black people but they also were against Jews, foreigners, Roman Catholics, communists, Homosexuals and organised labour. The thing is in reality they are nothing short but cowardly murderers who hid beneath white sheets much like these Death Eaters are doing behind their masks and black cloaks." Remus said, his words being spat out as he reached the end.

Sirius rubbed Remus's hand in his own as a slight tremble began to run throughout the smaller teen's body.

"Nobody should have the right to decide what is a 'right' person and what is a 'wrong' person. People can't help who they are...-what- they are and should not be punished for something out of their control." Remus finished shakily and Sirius pulled the boy towards him to press the werewolf's back against his chest.

"It's disgusting what they are doing," Lily said as she watched the scene before her with curiosity, "Remus is right, Pureblood or not that doesn't make them better then others."

James watched his Lycan friend sadly for a minute before he turned his gaze to the red haired girl beside him. How many times had she had to endure being called a 'Mudblood' since her first day or have others look down at her because her parents didn't know how to use magick?

"You alright?" He asked her quietly as he noticed a slight trembling running throughout her body and she looked down at him as though she didn't recognise the soothing clarity in his voice.

He made to reach forwards to place a hand on hers but something inside him pulled him to screeching halt, the side that slowly was developing and deflating his ego to a reasonable size, and he pulled his hand back into his lap looking downcast.

Lily watched his movements carefully and when she noticed the truly 'punished puppy' look in his face she placed a hand softly on his shoulder causing him to look up.

"Yeah...yeah I'm ok...Is Remus?" She whispered and together they looked over at the tawny boy curled up in Sirius's arms where the darker teen was whispering gently into his ear and kissing him on the cheek reassuringly.

"I think so...prejudice acts get to him what with him...I mean his mother being a muggle born." He finished quickly and prayed that Lily wouldn't use her renowned intelligence to work out their friend's secret.

"Understandable." She said and with a final squeeze of James's shoulder and a brief flashing smile she left the group of boys to find her own friends.

James's jaw dropped.

"Hey Prongs, I'm not entirely sure but did I...did I just see you have a civilised conversation with Evans AND see her willingly touch you?" Sirius said and looking over the Stag animagus noted that both male lovers were watching him.

"Please tell me you did because if it's not that then my fantasies seem to materialising in front of you guys too."

"Cool, free porn." Peter said and everyone (minus James) laughed.

"Fuck you." He said but he was chuckling slightly.

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Remus sat on the windowsill in the boy's dormitories with his knees drawn up to his chin and his arms wrapped tightly around them. He gazed unseeingly out to the scenery surrounding Hogwarts castle as dusk began to settle into the sky painting it with mixtures of pastel pink and blue merging together like an oil painting.

He didn't hear when the door opened or when footsteps made their way over to him but he did feel a hand drop onto his shoulder making him jump as he turned to face his attacker.

Sirius looked at him silently before reaching to embrace his boyfriend tightly who in turn did not resist but instead turned so his legs dangled over the side of the sill and his arms rested loosely around Sirius's waist.

"You ok Moony?" Sirius asked and Remus nodded slightly making his hair bunch up slightly against the animagi's chest where his face was buried.

"Oh yes, how silly of me because your happiness is both obvious and contagious." Sirius said dryly and grinned a little when a light chuckle came from the boy against his chest.

"I'm fine." Remus said as he pulled back to look up at his mate smiling gently.

"Is it about your mum...or is it about the whole prejudice talk we had downstairs?"

"I'm not sure...maybe a bit of both but I'm just being silly." The werewolf said and sighing Sirius moved to sit beside his lover on the windowsill.

"You're not, you have every right to be scared for your family, everyone does. As for the whole werewolf thing I won't lie, people are going to hate you without reason for it no matter how kind you are..."

Remus looked down sadly but Sirius placed callused fingers under his chin to look up into his face again.

"But there will be so many more who will love you for –you-. You are wonderful Remus, people who can't see that aren't worth your time love."

Gently pulling him forward the animagus covered Remus's velvety ones with his own as he lightly trailed his finger tips down the side of the werewolf's face. Remus moaned as he reached up to trace the beautifully chiselled features of his lover. But when he pulled away there was still a slightly pained look on his face.

"You can't know that Sirius, just because you and the guys accept me doesn't mean anyone else will."

"That's not true! Come on, think about. Anyone that James and Peter end up with will love you because you know they won't abandon you for a girl who had werewolf issues, their children will defend you meaning that anyone they befriend will be ok with werewolves..."

"This is all in future tense Sirius, what about now?"

Sirius watched as Remus lowered his head sadly and it filled him with such hatred at the rest of the world, at these Death Eaters, that such people were allowed to call the shots on kind people like Remus Lupin.

Remus continued to look down when he felt a hand curve protectively round his cheek making his face turn towards Sirius's where he was greeted with the sight of the sapphire eyes burning passionately.

"Now you have me."

Sirius closed his mouth over Remus's as he tentatively lowered himself to rest on his back on the windowsill with Remus on top of him. He kissed his way down the werewolf's jaw, whispering words between each placement of lips to warm flesh.

"I've seen you laugh..."

They slowly rolled over reversing their positions as Sirius trailed down the smaller teen's body.

"...I've seen you cry..."

Slowly, carefully Sirius stood bringing the werewolf with him to move towards the bed closest as he continued with his kisses down the lean throat of his lover.

"...I've been held close to your beating heart..."

He lowered Remus down onto the bed, unbuttoning his shirt as he revealed inch by inch the pale chest of the lightly panting boy.

"...And it's no different from mine, only in the fact the life it beats is more beautiful..."

Sirius lost his own shirt then lay chest to chest on top of his mate whose eye's seemed glassier in appearance as he continued with his husky confession, the rest of their clothes stripped away almost sub-consciously.

"...And no one is going to make me believe that you are beneath them because, Remus...."

Sirius braced himself up onto his arms, palms flat either side of Remus's now flushed face waiting to finish before he would begin to make love to his mate.

"...You, to me, are heavenly and those that are divine are feared."

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AN: You know, realistically Sex doesn't consist of heart felt confessions like that...but we can dream huh Lol!

Thanks to:

Happo, Gup and Panda: ...You're all a bunch of bleeding nutter's lol! Barmy, the lot of you but that's how we like them. In answer to Panda's review (But Happo's question) in 'Stand up' I'm afraid I don't have the time to upload a chapter every day anymore, but I do try and keep it at least close packed (I never let three days pass without a chapter upload), due to trying to get a place into University (cringes) wish me luck people!

Legolas19: Seriously, if you get the chance GO! I had to go all the way to Cardiff Arena to see them but OH MY GOD they were worth it. Plus it was nice to just travel up there by train with two of my best friend'' without parents fretting over me.

Sicka: Thank you, that's just how I imagined them though, especially after the Quidditch World Cup in book four because what they were doing to those muggles was nothing but common thuggery (hanging them upside down)! No, without Voldermort with them I believe they would go about in a less calculated manner and simply act like bullies! And I LOVE the fact that you called your cat Sirius, I intended to call mine Lupin lol!

Passionflower: I KNOW! WHAT THE HELL WAS BECKHAM DOING??????? I mean a little off is forgivable but JESUS he was aiming for the sky wasn't he! I'm not a huge fan but I'm rather patriotic (God bless Harry Potter for being English, it makes us look cool for at least one thing LMAO...I mean, obviously our footie skills ain't getting us no where)! And it would seem you have adopted a 'I fancy you so I'll pull your pig tails' boy there lol!

Jenna: Lol glad to hear you liked the little Potter-Faolan interval we had there, and the ending too (Hope this one was sappy enough Lmao).

Sidhelady: Ah good, I was hoping to take it somewhere a little darker but I won't frighten you with how dark I can go (maybe I'll do a one shot some time about that but I warn you, I can get rather...'Poetically morbid'). But like you said, this is light romance, which I kinda need to do to get all this 'fantastical love' out of my blood stream lol. And you have my good wishes, try to stay on their good side lol. Don't worry, how can I forget eyeliner and leather? That is a little scary though because then it will look awfully like me when I'm having a poetic day lol!

Super Yam: A lot of you are worried about Remus's mum...unfortunately I have no words of comfort, there is something planned but I'm not saying what.

Hp-Azn: Thank you and aye, I think I'll go hug Rem for a while!

Kynny: Ah hello newbie, and lol at the revision thing...I was just as bad! It's good to hear you're enjoying the fic, I'm really getting into it now that we've reached the Death Eater part (not that I wasn't into it before but I've been looking forward to writing this dramatic part of their life). About the Remus thing sounds good, how about two hours each then we switch?

Adhara1: Like I said before, something will happen but I won't say what, not yet anyway. Plus paint covered Sirius, you know what's more appealing then that? Chocolate covered Sirius (falls into happy place).

Callista Silverheart: Lmao, you're all really worried about his mum aren't you? I feel almost cruel...almost (grins). How nice of you too, about your friend I mean. Usually my friends call me up straight away...which I don't mind but I am nackered afterwards lol.

Yaoi-is-gay-13: Lol, thought I might ass that bit in as a little humour.

Marauder: Why thank you and seriously, you and Hp-Azn should hook up lol! Angst fiends lol!

Elrohir Lover: Oh poor you, I hope it isn't serious. That's cool, here's a chapter for when you get back.

Akuma Malick: Lol, oh yes no one tell you? Paint is full of Vitamin E...nah, just kidding lol! And yep, 'sweet sixteen and never been kissed'...only they have...and snogged...and shagged...oh dear lol!

Angelcrawler: Of course I'll read it, you'll have to give me the name so I can go nosey lol! I have you all on your guard about Mrs Lupin don't I? Oh goodie (rubs hands mockingly).

Hyperactive Snow-white owl: Lmao, ah another nutter, why not I have all of them (Just kidding ;-). Good for you seems I had better cheer for someone (except Portugal) seeing as us English Lions are out (pouts). And lol at the mum comment, I know the feeling mate lol!

Tigerseye1: Ok firstly I love the name because that is my favourite gem (so beautiful and offers courage woohoo). Secondly, glad to hear you're enjoying yourself and I was particularly proud of that line! Very Musketeer like!

Obviously Oblivious: Lol will do!