Chapter 4: What I wish for
Remus John Lupin stared up at the rising sun. He was curled up, shielding his naked form against the damp of the morning. The sky was beautifully rose tinted and he marvelled how wonderful the sight was. His body hurt like it always did after a transformation and he started to get a bit too old to fall asleep outside. He was only 33 years old but his body had taken too much damage of the monthly changes and made him look older, feel older.
'I remember this' the voice that now sounded exactly like his said. The voice hadn't talked to him for several years now, but he knew that it didn't mean him any harm. Except that one time when Remus had been piss drunk and told Peter that he was a traitor, Severus that he was a murderer, James and Lily that they were dead and Sirius that he was in prison. That hadn't been popular.
Strangely enough Remus also had a feeling he remembered this, like it was a memory from years back.
'It's the night after we caught Wormtail' The voice continued. 'You turned into a werewolf in front of the kids, risking their life'
Remus shook his head, that wasn't what had happened the night before.
He remembered that he had cherished the feel of the grass under his paws, the wind in his fur. He had been alone but with the potion he could control himself, being more of a man than a wolf and never had to fear to bite anyone. Life was so much easier now when he had the Wolfbane potion, the Potion that Snape created for him, even though he often told him that he never would do it again but did anyway through grunts and curses.
Remus stretched out in the grass, still staring up at the sun, when he heard footsteps behind him. Footsteps he knew so well that he didn't have to look behind him.
"There you are wolf" the low voice travelled towards him. "Did you expect me to search the whole bloody forest for you"
"Didn't expect you to search after me at all" Remus said, now laying in the grass looking up at the man that stood above him.
Severus was wearing his usual black robe, his glossy hair fell down around his face when he was looking down at the man in front of his feet. Remus could see how Severus eyes travelled down from his face and over his body and it made his naked member start to fill with blood and slowly rise from it's previous position. Severus smirked at that sight.
"Did you plan to walk into the castle like that?" he asked and dropped a folded robe down on Remus' chest. "You would scare the children"
Remus laughed and pulled himself up, wincing at the pain. He got help from Severus to stand up and get dressed, and then they slowly started to walk back to the castle.
"I told you to stay inside, I don't understand why I do this potion for you when you just decided to run outside like you still was a teenager. Lunatic"
"Because you love me" Remus said sleepily and leaned against Severus.
"And those bloody idiotic kids, they wanted to see the werewolf, like you are some kind of circus freak"
"What kids?" Remus asked while they passed the huge door and got inside the castle. It was so early that no students where out yet. No other teachers either, just the Potions professor that had his arm tightly around the Professor of Defence Against the Dark Arts.
"What kids do you think" Severus spit looking furiously.
"Potter, Weasley, Black and Pettigrew?" Remus gave a weak laugh.
"Obviously. They came in Potters old invisibility cloak, but I heard them and snatched it from them"
"How long detention did they get?"
"Two weeks"
Remus looked up at the dark haired man. "Isn't that a little harsh, I mean Pettigrew is just in his first year and Black is in his second. You know that it is Harry and Ron that tricked them into it."
"Indeed it was, but that does not make it any less off a violation to the curfew. I can't believe I have to deal with a whole new generations of Marauders."
"And their children after that" Remus smiled.
They were down in the dungeons now, stepping into their shared bedroom and Severus helped Remus get undressed again and down into the bed. They curled up next to each other and Remus felt the love coming from his partner since 18 years back and he nuzzled close to his chest. Just before he slipped into his sleep he heard, for the last time in his life, the voice saying
'I got everything I wished for.'