Chapter Title: Golden Slumbers Fill Your Eyes
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The sunlight filtered in through the windows, shining on the two young boys who were laying in the floor. Said light caught the red strands in Remus' hair, reflecting off of them. And all of the boys looked so innocent there, laying in the light, dust visibly swirling.
Sirius stretched with a groan, looking like a cat instead of a dog. Although instead of his usual nude self, he found that he was wearing black silky pajama pants slung low on his waist with a white t-shirt. He groggily looked about the room, not able to move his head due to a heavy weight on his neck, before he realized where he was at exactly. His eyes scanned the room as far as they could and found himself and Remus on one transfigured bed, James on another, and Peter on a chair curled around himself.
"Moony?" He rasped out, his voice hoarse from not using it.
Remus didn't answer, only nuzzled his cold nose into the warm crook of Sirius' neck. Sirius shivered from both the cold and the touch. He picked up Remus' scratched up hand, caressing it gently before calling out Remus' name.
"Remus." He whispered his breath moving both golden brown and inky black hair.
But still the Animagus received no answer.
"Remus!" he half whispered, his voice rasping out in the middle of the name.
Remus sat up rubbing his eyes groggily.
"Whaddya need Paddy?"
"C'mon it's time to get up, gotta get you up to the Infirmary."
Remus practically whined as he stood up. He positively hated going up to the Infirmary after full moons. He flattened the wrinkles out of his brown pajama pants, which ironically, he thought matched Sirius' black ones.
Starting to take a step towards his shoes, Remus' bloody knee gave out, almost causing him to tumble to the ground. In a flash, Sirius was there, offering himself as a pillar of support, helping the werewolf into a coat and his shoes. In turn, Remus looked up at Sirius, blushing at his 'weakness' and the nearness of Sirius.
"Oh c'mon now." he hissed through clenched teeth. "I can make it on my own Padfoot!" The protest Remus let out was weak.
Sirius looked at Remus stubbornly. Remus had been looking at the floor until he felt Sirius' gaze on him. He met Sirius' eyes and the dark haired boy noticed tears welling up from the pain. He silently berated himself. He had started to let go, had started to tell Remus to do whatever the hell he wanted to because it obviously didn't matter what Sirius thought, he had started to let the weak boy fend for himself this time.
"Sure you can wolf boy, sure you can." he replied as he sat Remus down in an empty chair and put his own coat on.
When Sirius sat him down, Remus thought for sure that he was leaving him. The werewolf shut his eyes so he wouldn't have to watch Sirius walk out the door. Soon though, Remus felt a persistent licking on his face. Eyelids fluttered open, at first revealing amber flecks and then the entire forest green orbs before they were shut again.
"Alright, I didn't really want to go alone anyway."
A small rustling of clothes as Sirius put his pajama pants and coat back on and instead of a majestic, shaggy, black dog there stood a majestically handsome, long haired Sirius Black. Sirius smirked at his victory before once again becoming a pillar of strength for Remus. Remus smiled back, albeit faintly. The two canines set out, leaving the other two Marauders snoozing in the shack.
"Sirius?" Remus asked quietly has they both trudged up a hill, Remus still having more trouble than Sirius, even though he was hardly supporting himself.
"Yeah?"
"I'm going to ask you a question, but you have to answer truthfully."
Sirius nodded his agreement slowly. A moment later, Sirius wasn't exactly sure if agreeing had been the best option, but he couldn't back out now.
"Do you like Cheryl?" Remus asked in a tried voice.
And at first Sirius noticed that this conversation seemed very familiar. He wasn't sure on what to say, how to respond. But he was tired, oh so tired of playing games that he just had to answer truthfully.
"No."
Remus released a long sigh, a sigh that he had been holding in, along with his breath, without even knowing. He winced in pain as a dip in the ground jarred his leg. Sirius cast him a concerned look and tried to pay more attention to the way the Grounds of Hogwarts were shaped.
They both kept silent until they came through the hall to the Infirmary.
"Why'd you go on a date with her then?"
"Because I thought you were dating Lil--" Sirius started, but his voice was drowned out by Madam Pomfrey's.
"Mr. Lupin? Mr. Black? Is that you?" she asked as she scurried out of the doors.
"Of course it is!" Sirius answered loudly, aggravated that the School Healer had ruined his confession.
"Well, let's get you in here then, yeah?"
Sirius frowned to himself, before helping Remus through the doors.
"Yes! Let's do!" he mumbled in a mocking tone.
Madam Pomfrey practically pushed both Sirius and Remus on a bed, made them take off their coats, and immediately started the healing process. She, of course, didn't ask why Sirius was scratched up. She just healed him and moved on to Remus. Although the perfume that Poppy was wearing made Remus scrunch up his nose and squint his eyes before sneezing loudly.
Madam Pomfrey looked at him guiltily and apologized profusely for forgetting not to wear her lavender perfume that day, all the while still rubbing salve on scratches and sore places. Remus shook his head gently and told her not to worry about it, before grabbing on to the tissue that Sirius held out to him.
"Now Remus, drink this, this, and rub this on your temples for the headaches." Madam Pomfrey said holding out two potions, one a Dreamless Sleep and the other to help stop the bleeding, in her hands and pointing to a jar of salve on the bedside table.
Remus murmured his agreement as the two potions were poured down his throat. Remus was out like a light, his head laying against the headboard of the bed. Madam Pomfrey enlisted Sirius' help by having him gently move Remus into a comfortable laying position. Sirius smoothed Remus' hair away from the werewolf's nose and kissed the pale forehead.
"Sirius?" Madam Pomfrey called out questioningly.
Sirius turned towards her, blushing a nice, bright red. He met her warm amethyst eyes and answered with a quiet "Yes m'am?" Madam Pomfrey looked at him warmly, as a mother would her child, and nodded back towards Remus.
"Do me a favor and put that salve on his head, he'll wake up with a nagging headache if you don't."
"Sure thing Madam P. Sure thing." He replied grabbing the jar of magical salve. "Thank you." He whispered quietly as she turned her back.
"Think nothing of it dear, think nothing of it."
And so Sirius gently propped the sleeping boy up and slipped up on the bed behind him before allowing Remus to lay back down. Sirius pushed the hair back once again, fanning it out on to his own firm chest and then set to open the jar. Sirius dipped his fingers into the ointment and massaged it in circles on Remus' temples. He was practically daring the headache to come.
But soon the circles came but without salve this time. He was just massaging lazily and loving the feeling of Remus' weight on him. He covered Remus up with a blanket, pulling it all the way up the brown haired boy's chin. Sirius ran his fingers through the golden brown strands for most of the morning before dozing off, sliding down and wrapping himself around Remus gently.
A/N: Also if youcan guess the TITLE and ARTIST of the song from which the chapter gets it's name, you'll get a sneak peak! wOOt!