Written for:
Hogwarts - Pairing Drabble challenge: James Potter
Hogwarts - Social Work Month - Write about someone working to help others.
Based on the diet coke advert:
Look online for diet coke advert - lift.
Going Down...
"It's time," Remus murmured, stopping next to James' desk. James nodded and grabbed his packet of cigarettes and his phone from the side and shoved them into his pocket before following Remus.
The lifts were empty around three o'clock, just how the pair liked it. It was like an unspoken rule that even if anyone needed the lift, they get in the next available one. After all, everyone knew that lift two would turn itself off at two minutes past three every day like clockwork.
That didn't stop James or Remus though. They stepped into the lift and pressed the button for the ground floor. The doors slid shut behind them.
The lift moved from the seventh floor down with the men silently watching the number. As the lift moved between the third and second floor, Remus stepped forward, pressing the alarm button and causing the lift to freeze. James grinned eagerly, whilst Remus' eyes moved upwards, waiting for something to happen.
They didn't have to wait long. They heard the song playing before they even heard the thump on the top of the elevator. James shifted closer to Remus against the edge of the elevator and glanced up too.
The top opened and a man lowered himself down. His tight t-shirt riding up as he dangled from the hatch at the top of the lift, until he dropped down. The music played loudly from the phone in his pocket.
Remus' eyes followed the wonderful sight of his revealed skin as the man turned. "Busted again?" he asked over the sound of 'I Just Wanna Make Love to You,' by Etta James. Remus couldn't only stare. The words to the song were so right for what he wanted that he couldn't even think straight.
James mock-sighed. "We seem to be jinxed," he replied, his gaze moving greedily across the dark-haired man's clothed chest for a moment. "Every day at the same time!"
The man nodded, his gaze slowly moving to Remus and examining his cardigan briefly. "Well, I'm always here to help," he insisted before turning around and turning off the alarm. The lift started up again with ease.
"It just shut down again," Remus blurted out. James shot him a look to get him to be quiet. A nervous Remus was a talkative Remus. "But luckily for us—"
"Yup, we're lucky," James interrupted, making the man grin at them. The lift reached the ground floor and the doors opened.
"Same time tomorrow?" the man said with a wink.
Remus smiled shyly. "If the lift decides to break down again," he said. "Maybe you should get that looked into."
"Or maybe I enjoy climbing down and being in the lift with you two," he murmured. "It's been three weeks now. I'm Sirius Black."
"I'm James and he's Remus," James replied.
"James and Remus," Sirius replied seductively.
James licked his dry lips. He couldn't work out if the man was intentionally sounding seductive or if he was imagining it. Trying not to read too much into it (considering the song of the day), he grabbed Remus' arm and pulled him from the lift. "See you around, Sirius."
When the pair turned to look back, Sirius was leaning against the side of the lift and staring at their arses appreciatively.
The music followed them out of the building and James wondered what song would be playing tomorrow.
Review Please :)
Thanks to my friends at Hogwarts who gave me this prompt (the advert) and sorry I didn't use Remus as the guy climbing into the lift...
and thanks to Lizzy for betaing :D