Chapter Two Only For You

Remus flinched as Sirius pushed into him once more, being as rough as possible. Teaching him a 'lesson'. Snatching his wrists, pulling his hand, putting finger prints on his hips. And every time he resisted, Sirius only had to breathe Severus's name to quite him back into submission.

This was hell! This was horrible! He felt tears forming behind his tightly shut eyelids-

Remus sat up in his bed, panting, feeling cold all over. He shook slightly and looked down at the crescent moons in his palms from his fingernails. A reminder to him that the moon was beginning to wax again.

He wished it had been just a dream, but the pain in his bottom and the bruises on his skin let him know it wasn't. It had been three days, and Remus had to endure Sirius proclaiming they were in love; him sneaking kisses in the hallways, and angry girls giving him dirty looks. But that was nothing compared to trying to sit in a hard chair for a whole class, or walk without limping.

Remus shifted his covers off, feeling suddenly over heated when he had been cold only moments ago. He stood, and snuck out of the dorm quietly, breathing a soft sigh when he had the door closed. He walked down to the common room, but his feet carried him past the comfortable chair in front of the dieing fire and out the portrait hole. He began to walk the corridors, completely forgetting he could easily be caught and punished without the map. It was dark, but the stars outside were bright, and helped him see.

Remus walked all the way down to the Slytherin common room before he realized where his feet had taken him. Stupid feet, they should know better then to bring him to the last place he needed to be right now. He turned to leave, but something stopped him. He would have called it magic, almost, but that was silly. No one could do that sort of magic in the middle of the night without getting caught, could they? And why was his heart racing so fast?

And it was then he heard the portrait open behind him, and he could do nothing but turn around slowly, waiting to face some grumpy Slytherin just looking for a Gryffindor to torture.

Snape appeared and they both blinked at each other in surprise for a moment before Remus shuffled awkwardly, clearing his throat. He muttered "Sorry I was just…" and quickly turned to run off when he heard a soft voice say, "Please don't go."

Remus froze once more, and Severus walked over to him, blushing slightly. Remus looked at him like he was crazy and from the way Snape was shifting, he felt crazy too.

"Do you always walk around at night?" He asked and Remus shook his head yes, even though this was only the second time in the whole time he had spent at Hogwarts. After all, he was normally a very good student, trying to be at his best so no one would feel the need to kick him out. "Me too." Severus said. "But this is only the second time I've seen you."

"Well…it's only been an all the time thing….recently." Remus said dumbly, and Severus nodded, as if what he had said made any sense at all.

"Is something bothering you?" He would have thought being the boyfriend of one of the most sought after guys in school would be a good thing.

"Yeah, my 'boyfriend'-" Severus watched Remus make a hand motion of air quotes when he said this word, "-is a giant arse."

"What?" Severus knew Sirius was a jerk, but he had thought he would at least be nice to his boyfriend.

"He's been trying to date me, and I kept saying no, so he's using you to keep me from fighting him back." Remus said, and Severus had to fight to keep his jaw from dropping.

"What? Why are you doing anything for me? Fighting him back? What?" Severus was bewildered.

"I don't want him hex you anymore. So I've agreed to 'date' him, and let him rape me and-"

"Wait, what? He rapes you?" Severus' mouth was hanging open now.

"Well, sex is sort of something boyfriends typically do together." Remus muttered.

"You can't let him do that to you, Lupin! I've been hexed by him for seven years! I can take it. Why are you doing this for me?"

"I-I don't know." Remus said, looking away. He crossed his arms over his chest, feeling self-conscious. "I don't want him to hurt you anymore, is all. I wish I could say it was for some noble reason, but I really don't know why I feel the need to…protect you."

"I don't need you to protect me, Lupin. Stop acting so much like a bloody Gryffindor." Severus snorted, frowning at Remus.

"Well I was obviously placed in the right house, Snape!" Remus shouted suddenly. "Let me do what I want." He turned and hurried off and Snape turned away, laying his forehead against the stone wall of the corridor.

This was so insane. Sirius had reacted badly when he had seen Severus and Remus talking together, so maybe if he avoided Remus, Sirius might be nicer to him. It was worth a try, since Lupin wouldn't listen to reason. It was all he could do.

Severus walked back into the common room, determined to keep Remus from getting hurt anymore.

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Remus felt horrible. He had been so rude to Severus last night, and had decided he was going to apologize for it. But first he had to slip away from Sirius long enough to find Snape and do so.

He saw Severus heading towards potions, and was grateful Sirius had done so poorly on his potions exam, suddenly, though he had scolded him for it originally. He walked up to the other boy and opened his mouth to speak, but Snape walked right past him, even though Remus was sure Severus had seen him. Remus watched the other boy walk away and go into the potions class.

Severus ignored him again while they were both getting ingredients, and he had quickly hurried out of the room when class was over.

Remus spent the rest of the day being dodged by Severus, but when he saw the other boy leave early from dinner, he knew he had him. Sirius and James had often followed him when he disappeared early from dinner, and most often he went out onto the grounds.

Remus got up, making the excuse that he had to return a book, and hurried out of the great hall.

He found Severus out by the lake and walked over to him slowly. The stars were again so bright that it was easy to spot him. He sat down next to the other boy, and was relieved when he saw Snape didn't jump up and run away from him.

"Listen, I know I insulted you last night, and I'm really sorry, Severus. Please, forgive me?" He looked over at Snape, and found the other boy staring at him open mouthed.

"You called me by my first name." He said, and Remus smiled, shrugging and Severus snapped himself out of it. "You have nothing to apologize for, Lupin. Kindly leave me alone now." He said and stood, walking away.

Remus sighed. Great, brushed off again. At least he had been able to say it. It seemed Snape really didn't want anything to do with him.

His thoughts were cut short, however, when Sirius jumped on him, and Remus knew right away Sirius' intentions weren't friendly.

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Severus felt bad, but he knew he had to stay away from Remus. And it wasn't just about Sirius anymore, he thought as he headed towards his dorm room. No, it was because he was fairly sure he was starting to fall for Remus.