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“Do you have any idea what it was like finding out you’d sneaked off?!” Sirius shouted. Remus raised an eyebrow at him.

Sirius blinked, and stepped back, slightly, looking down. “For all of us, I mean.”

“I can imagine.” Remus said, “And I’m sorry, but please can I just go to bed? You can have a go at me in the morning.”

“Remus?” Christopher said.

“Yeah?”

“I’m glad… er, I’m glad that if there was anyone else who… knew… then I’m glad it’s you.”

God. Remus thought, why’d you have to be so bloody sweet?

te amo christopher 🥹

“Are you really going back to bed?”

Sirius raised an eyebrow.

“Yeah. Want to come?”

For the first time in days, Remus laughed.

“Ok.” Remus pretended to go reluctantly. Secretly he was thrilled that:

Sirius was worried about him, and;
Sirius wanted to spend time alone with him without waking up James.

The breakfast hall was buzzing with the news; owls were flying back and forth. Lily sat deliberately next to Remus and squeezed his hand under the table. He squeezed back, gratefully, and thought how easy it would be to fall in love with her if he was that type of man.

He wasn’t brave enough just yet. Just now, every song he heard reminded him of Sirius; every soppy sentence in every novel. Maybe he wasn’t quite ready to give it all up.

“Yeah, cheers for the gloves, Evans,” James waved his own wool covered hands.

Lily blushed deeply, and mumbled something about not wanting to leave anyone out.

YESSSS FINALLYYYYY