Hello all! Welcome to the third installment. I'm so wonderfully happy with all the reviews I've been getting, so do keep them coming! This thing was literally banged out in a few hours and it's given me a horrid headache, I hope you enjoy it. If only I was so enthused about the summer assignments I have…
And, as usual -- the disclaimers. If I owned Harry Potter or any of its characters thereof, I wouldn't be sitting here writing my interpretation of my own book. And yes, this is slash, so there's gay/bisexual guys in here doing gay/bisexual things. If you no like, turn back and don't flame me. Because I have lesbian wrath, yes I do.
Remus had found himself stuck between a wall and a hard place. That hard place being, namely, Severus Snape. Remus had been walking alone to Gryffindor Tower from the potions office when he noticed that the greasy character was following him. A more foolhardy wizard would have whipped right around, wand out, but Remus knew that was just what Snivelly was expecting him to do. So just as Snape seemed like he was about to curse him from a good three feet away, Remus turned calmly on his heels to surprise him. He did NOT expect to be pushed into a wall and have his lips collide full-on with Snape's. The Fat Lady was sleeping and Remus prayed that she wouldn't wake up and make a scene. Severus drew back and gave him a disgusted look.
"You dirty, half-breed pouf. I bet you liked that." Remus kept eye contact with him but said nothing. "I bet you'd give me a blow job if I asked you to. Nasty werewolf, you'd better hope your filthy blood-traitor boyfriend comes to save you."
Remus kept his expression calm and relaxed, but his eyes were steely. "If you asked me to go down on you, Severus, that would make you the pouf, wouldn't it?"
Snape looked thunderstruck for a moment, and then proceeded to punch Remus in the jaw. "How dare you say something like that to me! Like I would ever be one of your kind." His lip curled in a hideous sneer. "Lycanthropic pansies are truly rare… If you don't do this for me, I could tell the whole school about you…"
Sirius awoke at 11 pm to find Remus's bed empty. Madam Pince kicked students out of the library at 9, so he must have either gone to see a professor about homework or had been held up by something. A little worried, Sirius grabbed a bit of parchment off of his bedside table and whispered, "I solemnly swear I am up to no good." He tapped the paper with his wand and began scouring the map for Remus.
"He… he's right outside the portrait hole? And who's that just in front of him? …Snivelly? What in Hell is going on down there?" He grabbed his dressing robe and had it halfway on by the time he got to the door of the room. He whispered "lumos," running down the staircase at top speed.
Remus matched Snape's gaze, his eyes severe and cold. "You and I both know that you'd be expelled if you were to mention my condition to anyone. And I'm sure the other students would be hardly shocked to know that someone who repeatedly snogs other boys in the hallway is a homosexual." He was extremely frightened of Severus, but he knew he had the upper hand. All he had to do was act calm. "I'm not going to be performing anything on you tonight, nor any night after this. If you would kindly let me go…"
With those words, Snape held him down more tightly. He managed to hold on to him with one hand and grab his wand with the other, pointing it under Remus's chin and licking his lips. Severus was sweaty and slimy and breathing hard – and something malicious and strangely frightened was dancing in his cold black eyes. "I don't know how much you value your life, werewolf, but I do not in the least. You'd better be crawling down to your worthless knees in five… four… thr—"
"Levicorpus!" Sirius's gruff voice barked suddenly from behind Snape, and it was music to Remus's ears. Severus was suddenly suspended by an ankle in front of him.
"P-Padfoot!" Now that the situation was in control, his emotions tumbled out and he ran over to bury his face in Sirius's shoulder, wrapping an arm around him.
"You're bleeding, Moony…" Remus flushed and put a hand to his throbbing jaw, not surprised to find hot blood beneath his fingers.
"Snivellus wears a ring when he punches." He dismissed it; a little cut was the least of his problems. "How did you find me? H-he was about to make me…" Remus trailed off and shuddered, hugging Sirius closer.
Sirius put an arm around him comfortingly. "I woke up and you weren't there, so I checked the map… and I know what that slimy repressed maniac wanted from you." Snape grunted and muttered curses at them when he heard this, to which Sirius replied: "Oy! Shut up, you filthy, sniveling bastard! You've got no right to be alive, trying to pull shit like that." He raised his wand threateningly, but Remus gently lowered it.
"Padfoot, disarm him and let him go." He added rather quietly, "I don't want to be reporting this, it's much better if you don't give him anything to report about you."
Sirius looked at him incredulously. "Not report it! He just tried to… y-you can't just let him get away with it!"
"It's not exactly the type of thing I would like to call attention to, and… d'you honestly think that a professor would believe a story like that? Not from the 'brilliant Severus Snape.'" Sirius opened his mouth to say something, but Remus quickly answered his un-asked question. "No, Padfoot. You can't punish him for it yourself, because he'll turn you in."
Sirius sighed and disarmed Severus. "I'm going to toss this thing real far down the hall, and you're going to follow it. You try anything funny and Remus and I will hex the brains out of you." Remus nodded resolutely at Snape.
Severus sneered "nasty poufs" at them as he was let down, and then made a cowardly dash down the hallway.
Remus folded into Sirius's arms and let him lead Remus back to the dormitory, shaking slightly. Sirius gently pulled Remus into his own bed and gave him a few reassuring kisses. "This is the second time I've seen you cry since we've met, Moony, and the first time was just yesterday."
"Just been a rough week, I guess…" Remus wiped at his eyes and curled himself under Sirius, falling asleep instantly.
Aww! I'm so mean to Remus. I'm sorry. Can you guys ever forgive me? Maybe my next chapter will be more fluffy and less dramatic, like the first chapter. Just to give you guys a drama break. Would you like that? Tell me!