Authors note: thank you to everyone who has reviewed, your encouragement means a lot to me and inspires me to keep writing! Hope you like this chapter, it's the longest and my favourite so far. I have a thing for writing about Remus and Sirius sleeping so I hope you'll forgive me if I do it excessively. Also be proud of me! I managed to successfully write a chapter with no angsting! (I think) Anyway please review!
Chapter 4
Sirius remained oblivious to Remus's speedy exit and continued to whisper stupid things into the girl's ear but as he buried his face in her golden curls he closed his eyes and thought of Moony. He tried to block out the high pitched giggle which grated at him and imagined it was Moony's hot breath on his cheek and Moony's hand fiddling with his collar. But it was no use, those hands were too soft to be Remus's, this waist too small, the hair too long as it tickled his chest.
Sirius had to get away from this soft-handed, small-waisted, long-haired girl as soon as possible, everything she did only reminded him she was not Moony. "Right", he announced, "I'm off to bed". She looked slightly put out but he patted her on the bum and flashed her one of his famous grins as he set up off the stairs to the dormitory and she rushed giggling and breathy over to her friends.
Sirius entered the dormitory to find Remus sitting on his bed reading. Sirius hesitated slightly before going and sitting down next to him. "I'm trying to read Padfoot", Remus's voice was curt. "I know" said Sirius softly "But would you mind if I just… sat here with you…for a little while." Remus looked suspiciously at Sirius but he was staring down at his hands, fiddling nervously with his sleeve. "Alright" said Remus, shifting over and lying down and resuming his reading. Sirius settled himself on the pillows and curled up in the warm blankets the smelled like Remus. He rested his cheek against Remus's stomach and before long Remus had forgotten he was angry and was absentmindedly stroking Sirius's hair. Sirius felt like purring, he looked up at Remus, "You've been reading that page for 10 minutes" he stated, "Shhh" said Remus as he listened to the sound of Sirius's breathing and stared at the same sentence he had been reading half an hour ago.
James and Peter came up to the dormitory after a game of exploding snap that left James with a large hole in the front of his jumper and Peter with only one eyebrow. They found Sirius and Remus in a tangle of limbs and sheets, both sleeping soundly with a book lying disregarded next to the pillow. Remus still had his fingers twined in Sirius's hair, Sirius had his arm slung across Remus's hips and held a fistful of his shirt. James and Peter looked at each other with raised eyebrows before slinking off silently to their own beds trying to make sense of what they had just seen.
Remus woke up the next morning with sunlight streaming across his face and a strange heavy weight on his chest. He opened his eyes, squinting in the light, and saw Sirius sprawled across him. He smiled to himself, Sirius was beautiful when he slept, he looked so calm. He was sure Sirius was deeply asleep so he ducked his head and dropped a quick kiss at the corner of his mouth. He felt deeply content lying there with Sirius and the feeling increased as he felt Sirius smile into his shoulder and snuggle closer to him. Remus wrapped his arms around the dark haired boy and before long he was asleep again.
When the two boys awoke again it was 11 o clock and they had missed breakfast. They glanced hesitantly at each other and grinned sheepishly. "Oops" said Sirius, not sounding as though he meant it at all, Remus grinned "Must have err, dozed off I suppose" he stated matter-of-factly.
"Are you still tired?" asked Sirius, his smile changing swiftly to an expression of concern, "its full moon tonight, do you want to go back to sleep?"
"No I'm alright, that was the best nights sleep I've had for ages", this comment made Sirius smirk and Remus blushed, realizing the implications of what he had just said.
"Well, I'm going to go and shower", Sirius grabbed a towel and sauntered off to the bathroom.
He got into the shower and leaned into the warm jet of water, sighing. Moony's words echoes in his mind; "That was the best nights sleep I've had for ages", the same was true for him. He couldn't remember ever waking up feeling so comfortable. He smiled as he remembered earlier, as he drifted somewhere between being asleep and awake, he had felt soft lips brush his own, only for a second and Remus's arms pull him closer. He knew it was only a dream but still, it was a nice one. He thought longingly of the bare patch of skin at the crook of Remus's neck where he had unbuttoned the top of his shirt, and where Sirius had nestled so comfortably. He pressed his hot face against the cool tiles of the shower stall and groaned to himself; "Christ. Even his neck does it for me, this is ridiculous".
Once all four Marauders were in the common room Peter and James turned to Remus and Sirius who blushed and stared at the floor. James started, choosing his words carefully.
"So. This is the second time you two have slept in the same bed this week. Is there something you want to tell us?" his expression was searching but not angry or demanding. Sirius mumbled something and continued to stare resolutely at the floor, luckily Remus managed to pull himself together and say "We were talking quite late and we fell asleep, that's all" he said, his gaze was steady, daring them to contradict him. James and Peter exchanged knowing looks that said they were aware there was more to it than that, but said nothing.
James yawned at stretched out in his chair, "I can't be arsed to go to Hogsmeade, fancy sitting out by the lake?" the other three nodded their agreement and they made their way to their favourite spot under the huge oak on the bank and sank down in the shade smiling happily as they prepared to spend the rest of the day in the dappled sunlight, talking and joking and generally feeling at peace with the world.