Every Breath You Take

by M3535

After being disowned by his family for being gay, Regulus travels to the United States to visit his brother, who has lived there since running away from home at 16. But Regulus leaves more than his family problems behind. It is not easy for him to adapt to his new surroundings and to resist a certain tawny-haired young man. Non-magical AU. Lots of SMUT!

7. What Happened to the -

Chapter 7 - What Happened to the Even-Tempered Southerner?

The next day Regulus didn't come out from his room until eleven when he had heard people leave and the apartment was quiet. On his way to the bathroom he was surprised to run into Remus sitting in the living room with a cup of coffee and his laptop on the table.

"Oh," Regulus said. "Um... I didn't think anyone was home."

"I don't have classes today," smiled Remus and took a sip from his mug. "Plenty of studying, though." He typed a few lines on his laptop and when Regulus kept standing there, he stopped and looked up at him. "How are you? I got a little worried when you ran away yesterday and stayed out all night."

"I'm all right. Just needed a break from Sirius," said Regulus, before heading to the bathroom. He took a long shower and put on a blue V-neck and a pair of thin linen shorts. Then he fixed himself some breakfast and took it to the living room to sit near Remus.

Remus typed on his computer, occasionally sneaking peeks at Regulus. He was so beautiful it was nearly painful looking at him, because Regulus clearly wasn't interested in Remus, but Remus couldn't help himself. He was – if possible – even more attracted to the boy after having had a taste of him.

Regulus went into the kitchen to get some more tea. "We're almost out of milk," he said, returning to the living room. "I should probably go to the store." He sat down again, closer to Remus this time, watching him curiously as he worked.

"Want me to go with you?" Remus asked and turned his head to look at Regulus, a little startled at how close their faces suddenly were. "I… I could use a break from writing."

"I suppose," Regulus said, looking into Remus' eyes. He liked Remus' eyes. They were a lovely shade of amber. "But later. I'm not up for it right now."

"O-okay," said Remus, feeling his mouth go dry. He couldn't look away; Regulus had him completely under his spell.

Regulus lay down on the couch without breaking eye contact. "Still a bit tired," he explained and placed one of his lower legs across Remus' lap. "Didn't get much sleep."

Remus stared down at the leg and gulped. Slowly he built up the courage to let a hand travel along Regulus' calf. "Maybe you should rest a bit?"

"Yeah... Yeah, I think I'll just lie here for a bit," said Regulus, feeling his skin shiver under the touch. "If it doesn't disturb you, that is."

"It doesn't. I like your company," Remus said and stroked Regulus' leg again. He yearned to join him on the couch, touch him everywhere and kiss him until they were both out of breath.

Regulus closed his eyes, enjoying Remus' touch. When it disappeared a moment later he said, "Don't stop. It's feels good."

Remus smiled and touched him again, this time daring to let his hand travel up to the knee. He had such flawless skin. Flawless, like the rest of his body. Remus wished he would just let him know where he stood with him, instead of sending all these mixed signals.

Regulus hummed in content. "Don't you need a rest?" he asked, opening his eyes to look up at Remus. "There's plenty of space. You have a wide sofa."

"I might could use a break, yeah," Remus smiled and gratefully lay down on his side next to Regulus so they were facing each other. Remus felt his heart skip a beat as he looked into that pretty face, so close he could feel the younger boy's breath fanning over his lips. When Regulus reached out to gently push a tawny lock away from his face, Remus couldn't stand it any longer. He moved a hand up to cup Regulus' cheek and closed the gap between them in a gentle kiss, his heart hammering in his chest as he waited for Regulus' reaction. Would he push him away or had he had time to think and decided that last weekend's tryst had not been a mistake, after all? Remus prayed for the latter.

Regulus kissed back, a little insecurely at first. He had only ever kissed Barty. Remus felt different. Yes, he had already kissed him last week but that had been in a lust-driven frenzy. Now they were sober and calm. Feeling Remus' tongue become a little more persistent Regulus tilted his head for a better angle and opened up to him, while his hand started roaming Remus' hip. Soon it ventured further up and slipped under his T-shirt.

Without breaking the kiss, Remus pushed Regulus onto his back and crawled in over him, careful not to put all his weight onto him. He felt goosebumps rise in the wake of Regulus' touch and returned the favor by moving a hand up under his shirt as well and letting his fingers dance around on the warm skin. The more he touched, the more he wanted him. The young Brit moaned softly as Remus moved his lips down his jaw to his neck, a hand still roaming under Regulus' shirt. It found its way to a nipple and started rolling it between his fingertips. "You feel so good," he sighed.

"Oh," gasped Regulus, feeling the skin under Remus' fingers shiver. "Y-you too." His hand slid down Remus' spine and dipped under the shorts to squeeze a firm buttock, raising his hips a bit without thinking about it.

Remus responded by rolling his hips down to meet Regulus'. Then he remembered where they were, thinking that where things were heading, they couldn't just stay in the living room where any of the others could walk in and catch them going at it. "Wanna go to my room?" he asked and gave Regulus' ear a nip.

Regulus nodded. "When are the others coming home?"

"In a few hours," said Remus and got up, pulling Regulus with him. "But just in case… Besides, we have an agreement not to have sex on the couch. A rule we had to make after this one time when Sirius -"

"Yuk," said Regulus, pulling a face and jumping up from the couch as if afraid he had been lying on some of his brother's 'remains'. "Typical. I really hope you cleaned it properly or bought a new sofa."

Remus just chuckled as he gave Regulus a gentle push in the direction of his room.

As soon as the door was locked, Remus pulled Regulus' shirt over his head while backing him up towards the bed. They went back to kissing and feeling each other up, much slower and more exploratively than last time where they had been driven by desperate need and not paid much attention to details. In the daylight it was also easier to see each other properly.

Toppling onto the bed, Remus kissed Regulus' neck and let a hand feel its way around his chest. He wasn't sure if Regulus wanted to go as far as the last time. He seemed almost a little shy now, letting Remus take the lead. Slowly Remus kissed down his neck and onto his chest, licking the warm skin, drawing a soft whimper from the younger boy.

"Yes," breathed Regulus, canting his hips, hoping Remus would go lower. He buried his fingers in tawny locks, massaging the scalp lightly.

Remus smiled and kissed his way further down until he reached Regulus' shorts. He looked up at him and gave a light tug at the waistband. Regulus lifted his bottom so that Remus could pull both shorts and briefs off. Without hesitation, Remus took a hold of the growing erection and licked a long stripe up the underside of the shaft and then swirled his tongue around the head while looking up at Regulus, wanting to see his reaction.

Regulus let out a gasp and raised his hips as an encouragement, sighing in pleasure when Remus took all of him in his mouth, flattening his tongue against the shaft and starting to bob his head up and down at a slow pace. Regulus closed his eyes and enjoyed Remus' ministrations, running his fingers lazily through his hair. When he felt himself suddenly rushing towards completion he pushed Remus off just in time to prevent it. "It's no good leaving you behind," he explained. "Lose the trousers."

Remus licked his lips and sat up, pulling off his pants. He didn't know what Regulus had in mind but he was dying to find out. When Regulus quickly dipped his head, Remus let out a surprised gasp and tilted his head back, his fingers digging into silky black locks. He had imagined those luscious lips wrapped around him so many times and now that it was finally happening it didn't take more than a minute for him to climax.

Regulus wiped his mouth and bit his lip. He had only planned to bring Remus to the brink of completion and then move on to something else. Well, change of plans. He moved up to kiss Remus' mouth, pressing himself against him to remind him that he was still hard.

Remus could see that he was a little disappointed. "Gimme ten minutes and I'll be ready again," he said and pushed Regulus onto his back. "Until then, I'm gonna make you feel real good." He took a hold of his member and started stroking it slowly. He lay down between his legs and kissed his thigh while his hand did its work.

"Mmm," hummed Regulus, resting his head on the pillow. "And what do you plan on doing when you're ready in ten minutes?"

"I plan on having my way with you, if you don't mind too much," said Remus and gave the other boy's inner thigh a gentle nip.

"Oh?" said Regulus, getting even more aroused. "And what would your way be?"

"I would take you right here on my bed. Fuck you right into the mattress," said Remus, a little shocked at himself for talking dirty like this, but he could tell it was turning Regulus on, so he was going to keep at it.

"Ah," said Regulus, swallowing thickly. It sounded so hot when Remus talked like that. Barty had never been like this. He had been more passive for the most part, and Regulus found that he really liked how Remus took control. Liked that he was experienced and confident. "How would you want me? On my back? From behind? Something else?"

"So many choices…" said Remus and let go of Regulus' cock. "How 'bout sitting on me? Mmm… yeah, I could get a real good look at that gorgeous body of yours while you ride me."

"Yes," breathed Regulus, feeling his cock jerk at the thought. "Well, don't waste any time - lube me up!"

Remus didn't hesitate. He fetched lube in the drawer and quickly prepared Regulus. After a bit he found a condom, opened it with his teeth, and rolled it on. Ready, he lay down on his back and looked up at Regulus. "What you waiting for, darlin'?" he asked when Regulus didn't react immediately.

"Impatient, are we?" smirked Regulus, enticingly winding a long lock around a finger. "What happened to the even-tempered Southerner?"

"You happened. Now get up here," said Remus, clapping his thighs.

Regulus climbed on and slowly slid down onto Remus' length, looking him in the eye the whole time. He sat for a minute, breathing through his nose, and then began rocking slowly back and forth.

Remus bit his lip, resting his hands on Regulus' hips for support, feeling heat spread through his body. He was glad that he had already had one orgasm, or he thought he would have come before they had barely started. "Oh... God..." he choked, his eyes running up and down the naked boy on top of him. "You're… you look so hot sitting up there."

Regulus did a toss with his hair and licked his lips, all meant to entice Remus. Even though Remus had said that looks meant nothing to him, it was obvious from the start that he was completely taken with Regulus' beauty, and Regulus knew how to play on that. Remembering Remus' comment about him being so quiet last time Regulus started moaning at every thrust, remembering that since they were alone in the apartment there was no reason to keep it down. He felt Remus' reaction immediately, as he swore under his breath and bucked his hips more vigorously. Regulus made a mental note on the fact that being vocal was clearly a turn-on for the American.

"Fuck, you feel so good," said Remus, leaning his head back on the pillow and closing his eyes for a second before looking up at the other boy again.

"Is that so?" said Regulus, smirking down at Remus. "Why don't you make me feel how much you're enjoying it?"

Remus smirked back and placed both feet on the mattress, and taking a firm hold on Regulus' hips he made a few forceful jerks upwards with his lower body.

Regulus let out a surprised gasp. Then he smirked. "Trying to tell me to go faster?"

"Mm," smiled Remus and felt sweat start to form on his forehead. He did another roll with his hips and gasped at the pleasure it sent through his body.

"Why don't you make me?" said Regulus, eying Remus challengingly.

Remus licked his lips and held onto Regulus' hips' firmly as he bucked his hips with as much force as he could muster. Once. Then twice.

Regulus gasped both times but then collected himself, regaining his balance. "That all you got?"

Remus jerked upwards again but this time he did not stop. He pulled Regulus toward him by the hips as he jerked upwards, gasping as he went.

Regulus moaned, finally satisfied with Remus' determination. He picked up his pace as well and closed his hand around his erection, starting to jerk himself off. "Tell me how good it is," he moaned.

"Really good," panted Remus. He felt himself getting close but didn't want to finish before Regulus.

"That's it? Just really good?" said Regulus and gasped in pleasure when Remus hit just the right spot.

"Fucking amazing," said Remus. "You make me lose my mind here." He leaned his head back into the pillow and gasped when Regulus rotated his hips while making an obscene sound. "Oh God, you're amazing, Regulus!"

Regulus gave it all he had, speeding up and moaning as every thrust Remus sent sparks through his body until he came spurting over Remus' stomach. It only took a few more thrusts for Remus to come as well and he sank back into the mattress. Regulus was leaning in over him, breathing heavily, their foreheads almost touching. Both were dripping with sweat.

"We forgot the air conditioning again," smiled Remus, resting his hands on Regulus' waist.

"Yeah," panted Regulus. "Bloody climate. Now we need a shower."

"Yeah," smiled Remus. "A nice cold one seems awful tempting right about now." He moved his face up to kiss Regulus softly on the lips.

A few minutes later Regulus climbed out of the bed. "Want to come? "

Remus looked a little surprised. "Sure," he beamed and got up.

"You could finish that thing you started earlier," said Regulus. He went to the door and peeked out. The apartment was quiet, so he picked up his clothes and went down to the bathroom, Remus following.

"Finish?" asked Remus, locking the bathroom door behind them. "What do you mean?"

"You know..." said Regulus, pointing to Remus' mouth.

"Oh," smiled Remus. He put his arms around Regulus and walked him backwards into the shower stall where he turned on the water. It felt wonderful; tepid water running down their bodies, washing away the sweat. Remus slowly sank to his knees, kissing his way down Regulus' chest and stomach until he reached a hip.

Regulus leaned his head back against the tiles, feeling himself quickly growing to full mast. He ran his fingers through Remus' wet hair, hoping he would soon get down to business instead of treating his hip bones as if they were made of candy. When Remus finally took mercy on him, Regulus groaned and closed his eyes, intensely feeling Remus' mouth setting to work. Oh, but he was good at this. With Barty Regulus had had nothing to compare it to, but now it was clear that he hadn't been particularly good. To be fair, Remus had more experience than Barty, who had only had Regulus, and Regulus suspected that he himself wasn't any better than Barty. The two of them had only had each other to experimented with, not daring to talk to anybody for advice. "So good," he mumbled. He could feel Remus smiling and chuckle around his cock, sending vibrations through it. Regulus swore under his breath and couldn't help thrusting forward into the soft, wet heat. Remus put his hands on Regulus' hips to control the movements although not stopping them altogether. This was almost too good: Remus' delicious mouth, his hands on him, the water splashing down his body. When he was nearly there he pulled Remus up by a gentle tug on his hair. "Not yet," he said, seeing Remus' puzzled face. "Give it a break. I don't want it to end so soon."

They kissed for a minute until Regulus asked Remus to go down on him again. He had cooled off a bit and would last a while longer.

Remus used his tongue more this time, varying his movements as he sucked eagerly. A violent orgasm struck Regulus suddenly and he let out a loud moan as his hips jerked forward a couple of times of their own accord. Remus pulled away after a moment and smiled up at Regulus as he got to his feet. He ran a hand though his wet hair, enjoying the view of the exhausted boy sagging against the wall.

"Bloody hell..." mumbled Regulus.

"That good, huh?" grinned Remus and rested his forehead against Regulus'.

"Not bad," mumbled Regulus. Now that he was back to himself he didn't see a point in giving Remus too much praise. He might just think Regulus adored him.

They took their time showering, washing each other's hair and scrubbing each other's backs. At some point Regulus noticed Remus had gone half-hard and he felt his own member stir in renewed interest. He smirked at Remus and looked pointedly at his member. "Feeling neglected?"

"Might be…" said Remus, a smile tugging at the corner of his lips.

"Perhaps I should remedy that," said Regulus, getting down on his knees. "Since you were so good to me earlier."

"God, Reg, you look gorgeous down there," groaned Remus, watching the boy's big dark eyes looking up at him through thick lashes as he slowly closed his mouth around the tip of Remus' cock and slowly slid down, taking in as much as he could take. Remus marveled at what a quick study the young Brit was, doing his best to copy the techniques Remus had just used on him. The first blowjob of the day had made him come quickly simply because of his fantasy of feeling the boy's lips around him became reality, but this time the performance was upped a considerable notch. Remus opened his eyes and sucked in a quick breath at seeing Regulus stroking himself quickly in time with his movement on Remus. "Look at you go," he purred and dug his hands into the younger boy's hair, twisting long locks around his fingers. "Sucking my cock turns you on, huh?" Regulus responded by humming and picking up the pace of both his mouth and hand. "Oh, fuck, I'm gonna come, Reg," moaned Remus. "Gonna come!"

Regulus groaned in the back of his throat as he spilled himself over his hand mere moments before Remus followed hot and thick down his throat.

Regulus got to his feet and after catching their breaths Remus gave him a lazy kiss. "Wow..." he smiled, pushing the wet hair out of his eyes. He looked at the boy in front of him and felt an intense need to be close to him always and forever, ask him to be his, but he didn't dare bring up the boyfriend subject again.

o0o0o

James was the first person home. "Alright there, Remus? You look worn-out."

Remus looked up from his laptop and nodded. "Yeah, I'm alright," he said and tried to act normal. He was tired from having used all his energy on Regulus but there was nothing for it; he had to finish his homework. "Yeah... this assignment is stressing me out," he said and leaned back on the couch. He ran a hand though his hair and sighed. He had a hard time focusing on it at all. All his brain wanted to think about was Regulus.

"Well, we might should get some take-out tonight, then. It's your turn to cook and if you're busy... I got a lot of stuff too, and Sirius too, 'cause we have this big lab-report to finish. So unless Regulus volunteers… no, by the way – I need some proper food today. He's a catastrophe in a kitchen when he doesn't get help from you."

"He's actually gotten pretty good when he follows a recipe," said Remus, trying to defend Regulus. He knew Regulus was sick of take-out so maybe he would like a chance to cook instead. "We could ask if he's up for the challenge?"

o0o0o

"Not again," groaned Regulus when James suggested take-away for dinner. He was not a fan of the unhealthy junk food the others mostly decided on. It was also more expensive than cooking at home and Regulus' funds were limited. It wouldn't be long before it became a problem.

"Well, would you cook then? " asked James. "Remus is busy since he gotta finish that assignment, so he won't be able to help you out. I said you couldn't do it on your own, but he insisted that you've improved your skills."

"Well, I have," Regulus stated. "Okay, I'll do it, but I won't hear any complaints!"

He walked down to Food Lion to find something easy to cook. He sighed when he spotted a curly-haired employee arranging some cans on the soft drink isle. Her name was Nancy and she always hit on him, apparently unable to understand a no. Why did she have to be here always? Did she never have time off? He considered diving out of sight, but she had already seen him.

She beamed at him and discretely arranged her shirt before walking over to him. "Hi!" she smiled and fluttered her eyelashes. "Anything I can help you with today? "

"I can do my own shopping like everybody else, thank you," he said, not stopping.

As he had predicted, she just followed him. "Hey, Regulus, why in such a hurry?"

Regulus regretted telling her his name. It had obviously made her think she had a chance with him. "I have to get home and cook before my roommates complain about starving."

"I could come help you out! I get off in half an hour. I'm sure my boss won't mind me leaving early if I ask nice, and I'm a pretty good cook."

"No!" Regulus said quickly. "I told you I'm not interested in going on a date with you."

"Well, technically it wouldn't be a date. "

"I'm still not interested."

"Come on," she insisted. "It'll be super fun! We could just hang out as friends for a start."

"I have friends enough," said Regulus, trying to look busy searching for groceries on the shelves.

"You can't never have too many friends," she said. "Come on, Regulus. Please gimme a chance. I promise you won't regret it."

"I said no!" said Regulus, starting to lose his patience.

"Hey, Nancy!" sounded the voice of one of the older employees. "You ain't paid to stand and chat with your friends!"

The girl turned her attention towards the other employee and sighed. Then she looked at Regulus. "Well, if you change your mind you know where to find me." She gently touched his shoulder and left to finish stacking the shelves she had been working on.

Regulus settled on some frozen tv-dinners that just had to be heated. He was not in the mood for cooking. This were not the most nutritious food in the world, but it was cheaper than take-away.

o0o0o

Sirius walked into the kitchen just as Regulus was putting the first TV dinner in the microwave. "And you didn't want to order out? You do know you could have just ordered a salad, right?"

"Well..." said Regulus irritably. "I just thought we spend too much money on take-out. Not everybody has plenty of money, you know. Think of Remus. And he's too nice to say it."

Sirius scratched the back of his head. He couldn't argue with that. "Well, you have plenty of money so you could have treated us to something nice for once." He flashed his brother a smile.

"Well, I thought these looked good, alright?" snapped Regulus. "Now get out of the kitchen and let me cook in peace!"

"Alright, alright," said Sirius and walked out.

Remus shut down his laptop and leaned back on the couch when Sirius came back in.

"Gordon Ramsey threw me out of the kitchen," announced Sirius.

"What are we having? Canned food?" asked James.

"Tv-dinners. So at least we know it's edible," said Sirius and sat down, flipping open a can of Coke.

"What? If he ain't gonna cook anyways he might as well have let us order take-out."

"He said this was cheaper. I dunno when he became such a cheapskate. He never used to be. And he's by far the riches one of us."

"Yeah, your family owns like half of England," said Peter. "What was it their company did? I forgot."

"Real estate. They've sold about half the posh houses in England. Castles too. Big money."

"Right. And the little prince is the sole heir now?"

Sirius nodded. "But I don't mind. I want to make my own money."

"Not millions like he's gonna," said James. "Unless you become a super chemist who invents free fuel or something."

The conversation was cut short when Regulus' yelled from the kitchen, "First meal is ready! Come get it, whoever wants it!"

James and Sirius caught each other's eye and then both scrambled towards the door, each determined to make it into the kitchen first.

Remus got to his feet, deciding to go keep Regulus company while he waited for the rest of the food.

Sirius had managed to get the first tray and happily loped into the living room, followed by a moping James.

Remus leaned against the counter and watched Regulus fondly. His slender body. His perfect face. He just wanted to wrap his arms around him and kiss him silly.

Regulus stopped after a minute, turning his attention towards Remus. "Did you want something?"

"What? No, I just... well... Can't I just be near you?"

"You can be near me. As long as you don't think we're all lovey-dovey now just because we shagged a few times."

Remus swallowed a lump and felt stupid for thinking that Regulus sleeping with him again meant that he had feelings for him. "Okay..."

"We're just friends," said Regulus, his back to Remus. "Isn't that enough?"

"I... I reckon," mumbled Remus. "Friends with benefits, it would seem." He went to sit down in the living room, not looking at anyone. He felt used. Mostly he just wanted to go to bed but he didn't want to cause suspicion so he just sat there pretending to watch TV.

Sirius had finished his meal when everybody had gotten theirs, and he eyed Regulus' tray hungrily.

"No! said Regulus, slapping away his hand when he reached out for chicken on his plate. "This is my food. If you're still hungry, you can go find something in the fridge."

"But you're so small. You don't need as much food as me."

"I'll only get smaller if you keep stealing my food! Go to the fridge - there's plenty of junk."

Sirius stuck out his chin but got up and shuffled to the kitchen.

Remus was pushing around his food on his plate, thinking about his situation with Regulus. Was he okay with just being his fuck buddy? He knew in his heart that the answer was no. He didn't just desire Regulus. He was in love with him.

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A/N: I hope we aren't disappointing you with our smut ;)

Zayhad has made another piece of art for this one - the shower scene - (I don't know what got into her - seems that smut is all she wants to draw these days...) Go to her deviantart account in the folder named "Every Breath You Take" at the very bottom (left).