OT3 Challenge - Sharing

Lucky Duck Challenge - "This wasn't supposed to happen."

Bad Movie Tuesday - (word) Circle

Cinema Challenge - Mean Girls: Write about trying to fit in somewhere.

Emotion Challenge - Lonely

Chocolate Frog Challenge - (Bronze) Orsino Thrushton - Challenge: Write about someone feeling left out.

Pokemon Trading Card Challenge - Skiddo - Task: Write about someone sensing that another character is feeling down or low.

Sharing

Remus took a deep breath, looking around the room. It was very unorganised, with chairs set up in a circle in the middle. It was for people with issues, both magical and non-magical.

He wondered if he'd be told not to return after the meeting. It had happened in the last two groups, but he was still hopeful that he could find someone to talk to. Even if it was a group of strangers.

"I'm Remus," he began, resisting the urge to play with the cuff of his sleeve. "I'm here to talk about... I have Lycanthropy."

As expected, the people next to him shifted their chairs away, and he sighed, debating to either sit down or leave. It was during his hesitation that something strange happened.

"Oi, you can't catch it you know," a man with glasses snapped, glaring around.

"Too right," a man in the next seat said. "He's just a bloke, I mean, look at the dorky-hot cardigan. I can't imagine him hurting anyone. It's not a full moon for…"

"Eight days," Remus offered, unable to help the shy smile that appeared. "I've been a Lycanthrope since I was five and I'm just here, hoping to find some sort of support. It seems that there are no support groups strictly for Werewolves. I guess, uh, that's it."

He sat down and the two men started clapping, with a few others joining in.

"Well, thank you for sharing with us, Remus," a bubbly girl—Alice if Remus remembered the introduction correctly—said. "Who wants to go next?"

...oOo...

Hearing footsteps, Remus expected it to be someone to tell him it was time to leave. He nervously turned, his eyes widening at the sight of the two men who had stood up for him.

"Remus, right? I'm James, this is Sirius."

"Hi," he replied shyly.

"You look on edge, are you alright?" Sirius asked.

"Yeah… I'm…" he began, struggling to get the words out. His eyes widened in panic as Alice approached, looking between the trio.

"Is everything alright?" she asked brightly. Not waiting for an answer, she continued: "Remus, these are some old friends of mine from school; Sirius and James. They're good guys. So, how did you find it here?"

"So far, it's better than the last few places I've come to," Remus replied.

"Oh? Why's that?" James asked.

"Well, you haven't asked me to leave yet," Remus stated. "That's usually happened by now. Though, if that's why you've come over, you're more polite than the others."

"People really ask you to leave?" James asked, with a frown. "But this is a support group?"

"Oh, apparently animals—"

"Don't finish that sentence," Sirius muttered. "My parents would say something like that and I… no. We're not going to ask you to leave here. If people have a problem with you, then fuck them, right?"

Remus couldn't help but smile, and Sirius let out a soft sigh. "Jamie, please?" he murmured.

James rolled his eyes but grinned. "Remus, are you single? Into blokes?"

Remus looked between the pair, his eyes stopping on Sirius, who was giving him a smouldering look. "Yeah, it's safe to say… yeah," he whispered. He looked back at James, staring into soft amber eyes and wondered which of the pair were interested in him.

"Great! It's a date. We'll pick you up tomorrow at eight," James decided.

"Wear another cardigan, they're hot," Sirius added.

"We'll?" Remus echoed.

"Yeah. We're together, but… we've been a triad before and Sirius hasn't been able to keep his eyes off you since you walked in. I can't say I blame him either. Where can we pick you up from?"

"Uh… the train station?" Remus said. "Are you sure that—"

Sirius moved out of James' hold, crowding into Remus' personal space. "Extremely sure," he murmured, his eyes moving from Remus' eyes down to his lips. "Can I?"

Remus was about to nod, when Sirius was pulled away. "Hey, how comes you get to kiss him first?"

"Because I'm man enough to make that move," Sirius retorted.

James glared at him. "I'll play you for first kiss?"

Remus watched in horror as the pair began to play rock, paper, scissors, both determined to win. After a minute, James let out a shout of joy, turning to Remus with a wide smile.

Sirius crossed his arms and glared at James. "This wasn't supposed to happen," he muttered as James moved closer to Remus.

"Now or after the date?" James asked, already leaning in for his prize.

"Do you think I'm that easy?" Remus teased, blushing deeply at the close contact and the hand that was lightly trailing down his face. "I'll see you tomorrow at eight."

With that, he slipped out of James' grasp, winked at Sirius, and walked out.

Thanks to Dina for betaing :)

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