Teddy was an excellent sulker, he prided himself on his ability to brood, and right now, sitting in the front seat of Sirius's suspiciously cool Mercedes. He was trying and epically failing at ignoring Sirius. Seriously, do you know how hard it is to sulk when The Cure is being blasted out of the coolest car stereo of all time?! He really had tried hard to hate Sirius, Teddy knew what had happened between him and Da, he's very aware of their past, but damn , this guy is just so damn likeable. Teddy ran a hand down the side of the car seat, the leather buttery under his freshly bitten nails.

He was already calculating what he was going to say to Da. They almost never fight, well, seriously fight. Teddy doubted that having a wrestle over the last ice lolly was what most fathers and sons considered to be a fight. Sirius had moved on from The Cure , now he was belting out I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend by the Ramones, which was another one of Teddy's favourites, so now he had to make an extra effort to not sing along. In fact, in all of his efforts to try to sulk, Teddy hadn't noticed that the car was now parked outside of Asda .

"Last time I checked, I don't live in an Asda," Teddy grumbled as Sirius stopped the car, the voices from the stereo fading. To his surprise, Sirius barked out a laugh, shaking his head. "There's that Lupin sarcasm," Sirius said fondly, unbuckling his seatbelt.
"Must be hereditary," Teddy mumbled, his arms crossed defensively. Sirius chuckled again, flipping open the glove box, retrieving his wallet and grabbing his keys.
"Not to be that guy, but do you have to do your weekly shop right now? Da's gonna be pissed if he has to stay up later than 12." Teddy remarked, but he unclipped his seatbelt, copying Sirius.

Sirius looked over to Teddy and smiled, his perfectly crooked grin showing. "That's exactly why we're going to go into Asda and buy the biggest, most expensive box of chocolates in the shop." Teddy wanted to hug Sirius for his genius, and he realised just how well Sirius probably knew his dad.

Then why did he just leave?

Teddy mentally shook the thought away and jumped out of the car, liking Sirius more and more every minute.


16 years earlier

Sirius rapped on the door of their shared dorm, tactfully ignoring the handwritten sign on the door that read:

Do not enter this dorm if you are Sirius Black, you are a complete and utter wank. However, if you are James or Peter - I welcome you with open arms.
- R.J.L

"Can you read, Black?" Remus called from within the room, and Sirius rolled his eyes.
"How'd you know it was me?" Asked Sirius from the other side.
"Nobody else in the world knocks to the tune of We Will Rock You," Remus grumbled. Sirius grinned and took out the box of chocolates from under his arm and shook them.

"Would you let me in if I told you I had chocolate?" Sirius teased, shaking the box loud enough so that Remus could definitely hear it. For a moment Sirius thought that Remus was genuinely going to ignore him, however when he heard the lock sliding on the other side and saw Remus crack open the door, only one of his eyes showing - Sirius smiled again.

"What kind?" Remus asked, looking down at the box.

"Hazelnut," Sirius said, smiling softly. Clearly, this had impressed Remus as he opened the door and smiled back.
"You may enter," Remus said, ripping the note from the door. Sirius shook his head and wondered just how lucky he was that he got to be Remus Lupin's boyfriend.


Remus looked at the clock on the wall again, it was nearing 12 am, this only made him angrier because A) He wants to go to bed, B) Teddy had lied to him, and C), Sirius Black was bringing him back. He wished that James and Lily could've stayed, he needed to bitch and moan, and moaning to Lily was the best, because she would just listen, maybe occasionally nod and always agree with you - even if you're in the wrong.

Remus looked at his phone again, he wondered if he should phone Dora. His fingers hovered over the contact for a moment before he clicked on the call button, bringing the phone to his ear, willing her to pick it up.

"Remus?" Her sleep worn voice said Remus forgot about the time difference, feeling stupid.

"Oh shit, I forgot that you were an hour ahead, go back to sleep." Remus apologized, going quite red in the face.

"Huh? What are you doing up at nearly 12 am? Isn't it past your bedtime?" Dora jokes, whispering through the phone - Remus heard a click of a door behind her, and she spoke up. "Okay, I'm out on the balcony - what's up?"

"It's Teddy." Remus shakily said, running a hand through his hair, he wanted a cigarette, but he knew that he had already finished his last pack. Remus felt Tonks stiffen, a long sigh coming from her mouth.

"I know about it, Mum already told me." She confessed and Remus couldn't help but chuckle.

"Of course she did." He said, hearing the flick of a lighter and the sound of her drawing from a cig. "Oh come on, I'm dying for a smoke!" Remus moaned.

Tonks tutted gently, and Remus knew she was shaking her head. "Is he home, did Dad drive him?" She asked, ignoring Remus's childish plea for cigarettes. Remus felt his boiling rage return.

"No, he's not home - you'll never fucking guess who's taking him back." Remus spat out.

"Umm…. James?" Dora said sceptically.

"No, your bastard of a cousin is." Remus huffed, getting up off the sofa to look out the window, trying to spot Sirius and his Mercedes wank-mobile. Remus didn't want to think about how many times he had snogged Sirius in that car.

"No way, Sirius is taking him home?" Dora exclaimed, and Remus couldn't figure out whether her tone was happy or angry.

"Yes, which means I'll have to speak to him, and he's probably corrupted Teddy - No, what am I saying?! Teddy hates him. Good then, It's his punishment - four hours in a car with Sirius." Remus said, half speaking to himself, half speaking to Tonks.

"Rem, remember us at that age, Teddy's not even a quarter as bad as we were!" Dora laughed, snubbing out her cig with her foot. Remus scoffed. "There's a reason he's nothing like us, I've made sure he's nothing like us!"

Tonks hummed tunelessly, sighing slightly. Remus knew it was because she felt guilty.

"I'm sorry you have to deal with this on your own, soon I'll be living fifteen minutes away so that we both have to deal with this shite." Remus laughed, already wishing she was here - he hadn't really let himself miss her before. "It's ol'rite" Remus mumbled, his welsh accent popping out unintentionally. Remus knew that Dora was gearing up for a long speech when he heard the slam of Sirius's car door.

"Oh shit, Sorry Dora I've got to- Shit. They're here." Remus said, trying and failing not to panic. She laughed, "Alright Rem, speak to you tomorrow?" Remus mumbled Sure and went to hang up, but she began speaking again. "Wait, Remus?"

"What is it Dora, I think they're on their way up - oh fuck." he whined immaturely.

"One sec, Rem - give Pads a chance, would you?" She sounded so earnest that Remus stopped completely in his tracks, and found himself saying " Okay ." A chance? Why would Dora ever… Before Remus could take it back, she had hung up - and there was a knock at the door.

A chance? Why the hell should I give him a chance? He questioned, but a strong part of him knew he was going to do it anyway, he was always so powerless when it came to Sirius.


Teddy had bragged about having never been grounded as a child, his sense of pride over never being reprimanded or having a fight with his father was immense, however now, he realised just how screwed he was. Sirius stole a glance at Teddy, worry in his eyes obvious, Teddy hoped that Sirius didn't see just how nervous he truly was. Teddy hoped the Lindor chocolates weren't melting, he was gripping them pretty hard. Remus opened the door, his arms crossed, looking extremely pissed off. Teddy wanted to hide behind Sirius's legs, he wanted to run away all over again. After his anger at his father had worn off, he realised he was already halfway over to his Grandma Andie's house, and that's when the dread set in. He hadn't meant to go as far as he did, but then again why shouldn't he be able to stay at his girlfriend's house? Well, fake girlfriend - but that's not the point.

"Hey Da" Teddy croaked, lamely handing out the red box. "I bought you chocolates." Remus raised a brow but grabbed the box, holding it to his chest. It was then that Teddy realised that he had no idea how to ground Teddy, like how Teddy had no idea how to be grounded.

He mumbled thanks, clearly happy about them but being too pissed off to voice it.
"Thanks for bringing him back," Remus mumbled, now inspecting the box like it was the most important thing ever. "No problem Moon-" Sirius started, stopping himself mid-sentence, Remus's head shot up, finally looking at Sirius. "No problem," Sirius repeated.

Remus gave a brief nod, and opened the door, beckoning Teddy to step in. Teddy did so, turning to give Sirius a weak wave, wishing that he could save him from his fate.
"Edward, thank Sirius," Remus said, crossing his arms now. "Thanks, Sirius, I'll pay you back for the chocolates," Teddy said and Sirius shook his head. "No probs Teddy, really. Well, best be off." Remus furrowed his brows. "Surely you're not driving back?" Remus said, and Sirius stopped in his tracks, turning around immediately. "Yeah, it's not too bad and it's-"

"It's pitch black, and it's four hours away, at least comes in for a coffee? red bull? a smoke?." Remus said, momentarily forgetting his contempt towards Sirius. Teddy could feel his own eyes widening, last time he heard, his father hated Sirius's guts. He looked over to Sirius, who was clearly just as shocked as Teddy, just nodded and followed the two into the flat.

"Pop the kettle on Edward," Remus said sternly to Teddy, meeting his bewildered eyes and shaking his head towards their kitchen. Teddy lamely stalked over to the kitchen, grabbing three mugs out of the cabinet and flipping the kettle to boil.

"Two mugs, you're going straight to bed," Remus called from the living room, where Sirius was awkwardly shedding his leather jacket. "Da, it's Saturday-" Teddy protested, but Remus's icy stare stopped him in his tracks, he turned back around and put one mug away, giving Sirius a mug that said Best Aunt Ever! The Lupins didn't have any normal mugs, something that they had once thought was the peak of comedy, with Remus's favourite one saying, World's most mediocre entrepreneur! The lump in Teddy's throat was still there, he felt rather sick - he knew his father was torturing him in his own way because Sirius was still here. However, he wished that he would just scream at him to get it over with.

If Teddy was honest, he had never understood why his dad had been so hung up on Sirius, until now, as he watched the two laughing in their living room - and he swore he could see his dad's eyes sparkling. Teddy couldn't help but smirk to himself as he brought the mugs over.