January
Christmas Eve
Prompt: Naughty
Warnings: NSFW
Major tags: Established relationship, teenagers
Remus is standing at the bottom of the stairs, taking in the scene. A Christmas tree in the middle of the living room, a row of stockings by the fireplace where only ambers are left at this late hour. Tomorrow is Christmas Day. He was overjoyed when he got invited to spend the break with the Potters. Not primarily because it meant spending time with James, or the most lavish Christmas festivities he had ever experienced, but because that’s where Sirius would be, now that he has run away from home permanently.
Remus hears Sirius’ steps on the stairs. And soon enough a hand brushes over his back, lands on his butt and grabs it playfully.
"Careful there. Naughty boys get charcoal for presents," he jokes, as he softly leans into the warm body beside him.
"I already see a present with my name on it."
"What if it's filled with charcoal?"
"Then it doesn't matter anymore, does it?"
Sirius grabs his butt again. Remus spins around, and lets his hands move up Sirius’ back.
The sound of someone approaching makes them detangle and hurriedly try to find natural poses.
“Good night lads. Don’t stay up too late.”
“Good night, Mr. Potter.”
Exchanging a guilty look, they walk up the stairs towards their shared room. They can still hear Mr Potter roaming about, but it's dark and it's the risk that makes it fun. Remus grabs Sirius’ butt with a wanting sigh and then lets one finger after the other stroke its way in under the hem of the trousers. Sirius closes his eyes and answers with that pleasantly familiar groan in the back of his throat, before asking with a smirk:
"Wait! What if you’re getting charcoal for presents?"
"I'll take my chances."
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As brave as they come
Prompt: Brave
No warnings
Major tags: Pining Sirius, teenagers, Hogwarts
"I'm not scared!" Sirius stomps into the dorm and throws himself on his bed, sending books and other objects flying. A bottle of ink bonces dangerously on the floor but holds.
"If you say so," James chuckles and sits on the edge of his own bed, close to Sirius.
Sirius pulls out a badly bent quill from under his elbow and starts ripping the fawn from it.
"I jumped from the highest cliff into the lake. No one else dared to.”
He starts breaking the quill into small pieces.
“I beat up Mulciber that time he made fun of Moony’s scars. I rescued you from the claws of McGonagall after the prank last week, remember?"
"Not to mention the way you stand up to your family." James adds, all sincere now, "I agree with you, Sirius."
"Yeah. I'm a Gryffindor, after all." Sirius shows a small smile, still plucking away at the remains of the quill.
"Glad we've established you're as brave as they come. Then surely, going back to the party and asking Moony for one dance with you won't be a problem, right?"
Sirius' hands become still. Slowly he brings his forehead down to rest on them, hiding his face against the bedding.
"What if he thinks it’s silly?”
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Sirius thought he knew
Prompt: Kiss
No warnings
Major tags: First kiss, teenagers
Of course, Sirius knows what it's like to kiss. He has kissed girls before. Made himself quite a reputation as well.
Only it didn't feel like this at all.
Instead of reaching down, he is on his tiptoes.
Instead of perfume and lipstick, he smells wood, chocolate and a slight breath of whiskey.
Instead of plump sticky lips, he feels the softest lips contrasted by rough stubble brushing against his own chin. Tongues exploring playfully in sync with each other.
Instead of soft touches or sometimes scraping nails, he feels strong hands holding him close. The steady grip on his neck and arm making him feel secure, treasured, loved.
Instead of feeling in control and sure of himself, he feels desperately uncertain. He has no next step planned out. The world is whirling around him. And for once he has no urge to try to steady himself. He just lets himself fall blindly into whatever is coming. Trusting the man of his dreams to catch him.
Sirius thought he knew what it was like to kiss. Turned out he didn't. Not until he kissed Remus.
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Before the guests arrive
Prompt: Before
Warnings: NSFW
Major tags: Established relationship, adults
Sirius is preparing panna cottas for dessert while Remus is unpacking the last-minute shopping round he just came home from. They are having guests over tonight. Sirius feels Remus behind him and moves to let him reach the sink, but he moves again, still behind him.
"What are you looking for?"
"Only you."
Sirius feels a hand brush over his back and land on his butt. Remus's warm body leans gently against him and plants a kiss on his cheek.
"It's all you ever care about, huh? My body?" He jokes with pretend hurt.
"You caught me, darling." Remus jokes back.
With the unpacking done, Remus disappears to the living room, only to return a moment later and put a glass on the counter before Sirius.
"Whiskey?"
Sirius smirks. "Oh, I see right through your schemes. You're trying to drink me pliable and take advantage, aren’t you?"
Remus laughs. "If you want a quickie before they arrive, just say so."
"If you so very much insist."
Remus rolls his eyes, "Oh, you poor thing, must be hard having such a demanding boyfriend."
"You know what else is hard?", Sirius grins, pressing himself against Remus's back on their way to the bedroom.
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Night at the Potters
Prompt: Night
No warnings
Major tags: Secret relationship, teenagers
Remus crept through the dark corridor. He had chosen to not turn on any light as to not wake anyone up. That turned out to be a mistake when he tripped on a metal drying rack which fell with him to the floor with a big clatter and made even more noise when he hurriedly tried to detangle himself.
"Oh, good heavens! Are you hurt?"
Mrs Potter in a nightgown helped him to his feet.
"No, no. Sorry to wake you up. I'll go back to my room now."
"You couldn't sleep? Poor dear. Should I make you some tea? Do you need another blanket?"
Remus eventually convinced Mrs Potter he was fine and was left alone only to jump at something moving in the shadows. James appeared with a sly smile.
"Couldn't sleep, huh? Just happened to wander away to Sirius' room?"
"Well... I wanted to... see if he was up too."
"So - only looking for company?"
"Yes... exactly." Remus exhaled again.
"Well, I'm up for a nighttime stroll."
"Eh... well..." He had no way of getting out of this, did he? "Sure. Thank you."
James shook his head laughing. "I'm messing with you. Go crawl down beside him."
"Y-you know?"
"You think I never noticed Sirius getting into your bed at school?"
A burst of laughter broke out from behind Sirius' door. "Damn, I thought I was so sneaky."
"Sneakier than this, I'll give you that."
The door flew open. Sirius swept Remus in his arms and kissed him. After a moment of resistance - they were right in front of James - Remus kissed back. When Sirius with a look on James started to exaggeratedly moan and squirm James rolled his eyes and turned towards his own room.
"Goodnight lovebirds. Don't wake me again until morning."
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Playing rough
Prompt: Rough
No warnings
Major tags: Mutual pining, teenagers, Hogwarts
The warm sun had drawn students of all ages out on the field. Remus had removed his shoes and socks to sit with his feet in the water, insisting it was not cold at all. Sirius was sticking straws of grass, small sticks, and other things between the toes of Remus' bare feet. The tenth or so time Remus splashed ice-cold water on Sirius' arm.
Naturally, Sirius replied by splashing back, only to get more water splashed on him. Soon they were wrestling in the shallow shoreline, eyes glistening with fighting spirit. Until Sirius got an involuntary gulp of water and couldn’t breathe. He didn’t have time to cough before Remus pulled him to his feet.
“Sorry! You ok?”
“Yeah”, he assured between coughs, “I’m fine.”
The look of guilt on Remus' face was unfamiliar. They used to play rough like this all the time, he’d taken far worse. But it had been a while. In the last months, there had been something holding Sirius back.
He didn’t want to hurt Remus, of course, but that was not new. He had not become weaker than before, quite the contrary. Lanky as ever, no one could deny that the muscles displayed under his wet shirt had become more toned. The image made his mind wander in a direction he’d been trying to avoid. A direction that would make things way too complicated.
"I’m freezing. Let’s go get these clothes off." Remus suggested.
Yes please, let me take your clothes off. Sirius thought despite all his efforts.
The way Remus blushed and looked down, he could have said it out loud. But no, the only way Remus could have heard it was if he were reading minds. Because he couldn’t possibly have had a similar thought himself, could he?
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Spinning the bottle
Prompt: Simple
No warnings
Major tags: First kiss, teenagers, Hogwarts
It was a simple dare. Spin the bottle and kiss the one it points to. It was pure chance. Maybe Remus shifted a little to the right and maybe Lily dodged a little bit out of the way, but when the bottle Sirius had spun came to rest it was clearly pointing at Remus.
Sirius' eyes widened. Remus held his breath. It was pure chance, he reminded himself. No one was going to get to know how he felt just because he followed the rules of the game.
Remus' heart beat fast as he watched Sirius cross the circle on all fours. He had to remind himself this was only a game. The yearning in those entrancing pearl-grey eyes was only his imagination.
Sirius moved closer, shut his eyes at the last moment, and kissed him softly on the lips. It was over too soon. As Sirius was still backing away, Remus just had to close the gap between them and put another soft kiss on those wonderful lips. And when Sirius froze in motion, another, even smaller.
With a sharp inhale Sirius pressed closer again, the kiss harder, lips parted a little. Remus' hands on his back pulled him closer. Soon Remus felt Sirius' hands in his hair, on his neck. Only when the weight of Sirius' body almost tripped them over and Remus had to put a hand down behind himself to regain balance, they broke away. Sirius was panting, mouth open in disbelief. Remus was smiling just as astonished.
“Are you done yet?” Peter teased.
“No”, Remus shook his head, “Not at all.”
He rose and pulled Sirius to his feet. Still holding hands, he dragged the readily following Sirius towards the dorm.
“You guys continue without us.”
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Friday night
Prompt: Weak
No warnings
Major tags: First meet, flirting, adults
As Lily disappeared to great someone else, Remus found himself abandoned at the bar with a hastily introduced acquaintance of hers. A pair of pearl-grey eyes wandered him up and down in a not-so-subtle way before the man took a long sip from the straw of his drink without looking away.
Two things told Remus the man was only playing with him. Firstly, he was way out of his league. Gorgeous raven hair, an alluring smile that would do in any commercial, and a seemingly effortless air of extravagance.
Secondly, every Monday Lily had some new gossip to share about the flirt Sirius Black, leaving people heartbroken wherever he went, men and women alike. Remus had no wish to become a part of that gossip.
“Remus, was it?”
“Yes.”
How silly was he to be thrilled by someone remembering his name?
Sirius' smile widened.
“You look good tonight.”
Remus felt his cheeks heat and his stomach flutter like a middle schooler. How could he fall so easily for simple flatter?
“Let me buy you a drink?”
Remus should know better than to let himself get fooled by beautiful eyes and unspoken promises. But apparently, Remus John Lupin was a weak and simple man. Because he heard himself breathe:
“Yes, please. I’d love that.”