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Remus Lupin watched as Sirius stumbled through the portrait hole.
"Glad to see you join us," Remus teased.
Sirius whirled around to face the smirking werewolf sitting in front of the fire.
"Don't scare me like that!"
"You're lucky I didn't feel like getting up. I should beat the piss out of you for treating James so badly."
"What are you talking about? I haven't done anything to him."
"So, fighting with him and then running off for 24 hours is nothing?" Remus asked, clearly not amused.
"What James and I argued about is none of your concern."
"It is when it leaves him to cry himself to sleep!"
Sirius's eyes widened and his breath caught.
"Wha-what are you talking about?"
"When I went up there about an hour after you stormed out," Remus sighed, "James was asleep…with fresh tear tracks on his face."
Sirius threw himself onto the couch beside his longtime friend.
"Why would he cry over me?"
"Sirius, you are his boyfriend. He obviously cares for you. All those little glances…"
"He was glaring at me for waking him up that morning."
"…the touches…"
"The little bugger pinched the shit out of me for teasing him."
"Damn it, Sirius!"
Sirius stared at Remus in shock. Never before had he ever heard the mild-mannered boy swear.
"Now, I know you think you are never going to fall in love, that no one will ever see anything in you worth loving, but James has! He spent all day yesterday looking for you! He wanted to apologize for making you mad! Merlin knows it should be the other way around, though! You should've told him what was wrong instead of blowing up at him!"
"How do you know I blew up at him?" Sirius demanded.
"Because I've been friends with you since second year and you have yet to change."
They were silent for a moment, staring into the fire dancing in the hearth.
"I should go apologize, shouldn't I?"
Remus nodded and Sirius started up the stairs.
"Do you really think he could love me?"
"Yes, Sirius. Now, go save face with your boyfriend."
"If only it were real," Sirius muttered, low enough to keep even the werewolf's sensitive ears from hearing.
Sirius pulled back the hangings from around James's bed, apology ready on his lips, only to stop and stare at the beautiful image before him.
James was sound asleep, one hand on the pillow next to him and the other hidden somewhere beneath the sheets with the rest of his body. His tousled hair was even messier than before, a stark contrast between the black silk strands and the red pillows. Any traces of stress lines were gone, evened out in his peaceful dreams.
Slowly, as though entranced by the beauty of it all, Sirius threw caution to the wind and carefully climbed in beside James. He gently moved James's hand aside, smiling as James frowned a bit in his sleep, and, after removing his shoes and jeans, made his way under the covers as well.
Sirius smiled as James reached out for him and gently moved until he was mere inches away from the other boy's side. James curled into Sirius's warmth, snuggling into the willing arms, his head moving to lay on Sirius's chest.
Sighing, Sirius tightened his arms around James and decided his apology could wait until tomorrow morning.
