“James, do you think I could…y’know, stay with you tonight?”
James looks up and smiles at Regulus before saying, “Of course. Remus you’re back with Sirius.”
“I’m not complaining,” Sirius says with a grin directed at Remus.
Remus smirks in that way Sirius always forgets he can, “You will when I’m done with you.”
——
*with Sirius and Remus*
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Remus enters the room, his hair is damp from the shower, “Pads.”
“Hi,” Sirius feels weak in the knees at the other’s tone.
Remus walks over to Sirius pulling him into his lap as he sits down on the bed. Sirius drapes his arms around his boyfriend's neck and gets pulled into a kiss. The kiss is fiery and passionate. Sirius can’t lie, he was missing Remus, he was missing that quality time with the other, and clearly Remus felt the same way. Quickly both shirts were shed and so were their pants. Remus ran his eyes up and down Sirius’ body, “Merlin you’re beautiful, I can’t believe you’re mine.”
“I’m yours, all yours,” Sirius loves the adoration in Remus’ eyes, he wants more, “Please.”
“Shhhh, don’t worry it’s almost time pup,” Remus shifts so that instead of straddling his lap Sirius is just straddling one leg. “Now pup, if you want it, take it,” Remus practically growled the words and hoped Sirius would understand what he meant. Sirius understood immediately what Remus wanted him to do and so he started rutting into the taller’s thigh. “Good boy, just like that.” Sirius couldn’t hold back his moans and Remus had to put up a silencing spell.
Soon, neither could hold back, their climaxes rushed over them almost in sync. Sirius collapsed against Remus who started to kiss his temples and pet his hair. He grabbed his wand and cast a quick cleaning spell before pulling Sirius under the covers with him. They cuddled together and, after a few more gentle kisses, fell asleep.
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*with James and Regulus*
James and Regulus stand in the bathroom each brushing their teeth. The lights are dimly lit and Regulus is leaning against James. James smiles at him before they both head off to James’s room. James pushes open his bedroom door allowing Regulus to step in.
James' bedroom has white wall with red lights ringing around the upper side of his wall, which is strangely comforting. His bed is somewhat neatly made with a stuffed animal lion sitting next to his pillow. Regulus glances around the room in wonder. He never realized that someone's bedroom could feel so comforting. In the middle of the dark hardwood floors is a soft and fluffy scarlet carpet. And by the window his desk scattered with pens and pencils.
Regulus wanders over to James' desk when he sees something that catches his eye. Sitting on the center of the desk is an intricate and realistic portrait of Regulus mid laugh. James comes up beside him, clearly embarrassed. “I hope you don’t mind. It's just that your face when you laugh is so adorable and I needed to preserve it forever.”
Regulus deeply blushes and stares at it for a moment longer before turning to look up at James. “You’re such an amazing artist.” It was James' turn to blush. He runs his hand through his boyfriend's hair. Wraps his arms around James neck and pulls him into a kiss. It is a picturesque moment. James can’t help but think that this moment would be the next thing that he needs to draw. The brilliant sunset with a few stars twinkling in the sky and of course, his beautiful and perfect boyfriend.
They rest their foreheads against each other, both of them smiling gently at one another. James reaches up and brushes his thumb against Regulus' cheek. Regulus touches his hand before kissing him again. “Come on, let's go to bed,” Regulus quietly murmurs against James' lips.
James takes Regulus hand and they gently crawl into James bed. James wraps his arms around Regulus and Regulus hugs him back. And they both fall asleep in each other's arms.
——
Effie and Monty wake up early the next morning, they quietly talk as they make breakfast. They lay it out on the table before deciding that they should wake the boys. They climb the stairs, “Monty, why don’t you go wake James and Remus, I’ll go wake the brothers.”
*with Monty*
Monty opens the door slowly, “Good morning boys,” he says cheerily.
James picks his head up and yawns, “Morning dad!”
“Hmm? Was goin’ on?” Regulus picks his head up trying to blink the sleep out of his eyes but he fails and turns to rest his head against James’ chest before drifting back to sleep.
Monty stares blankly at the other boy he hadn’t realized was there, “C-come down for breakfast soon,” he says before swiftly leaving the room and shutting the door behind himself.
*with Effie*
Effie softly opens the door and walks toward the bed, she can tell there are two people and assumes the boys wanted some brother time. She takes a step closer and reaches out to wake them up, but instead of seeing two dark haired brothers her chocolate colored eyes meet amber ones.
“Effie! Uh, good morning.”
“Remus? Why are you here? Where’s Regulus?” Motherly panic spikes in her heart.
Sirius stirs and slurs, “With James” before rolling over and falling asleep once more.
Effie processes what that means, but she needs to talk to Monty before commenting on it. “Well breakfast is ready.”
“Awesome, and don’t worry I’ll make sure he gets up.”
“I’m not worried, you know what you’re doing,” Effie shares a small smile with Remus, she hadn’t necessarily expected this but she could no longer imagine a world where him and Sirius weren’t like this.
——
Sitting at the breakfast table, James, Sirius, and Remus all act perfectly normal, but Regulus on the other hand is super awkward. James had explained to him what happened with Monty and he regrets living just in general he regrets being alive.
Once they all finish eating they collectively help clean up before wandering into the living room. Effie is sitting in one of the armchairs closest to the fireplace. While James is lounging on the couch his feet propped up on the coffee table while Regulus sits like a statue next to him. Remus is on the other end of the couch leaning back with Sirius sitting on the floor between his legs. Remus subconsciously run his hands through Sirius’ hair every so often.
Meanwhile Monty is humming to himself in the kitchen while he cuts fresh flowers and gently places them strategically into a vase. Monty carries the vase and places it onto the center of the coffee table before he sits he grabs a tray with tea balanced on it, once he puts it down he cuddles up next to wife.
Effie turns to her husband and playfully nudges him and says to him, “Oh why can’t you just sit in your own chair.”
“Because no chair is comfortable when you’re not in it my love,” Monty gives a big cheesy smile and Regulus is starting to understand why James is the way he is.
“Now, James,” Effie’s face switches up real quick and she gives James a very stern look, “You better treat Regulus like the sun shines out of his ass and you have a vitamin D deficiency.”
Regulus never thought that anyone could be as embarrassed as he is right now. His will to live was completely gone. But, James just smiles and rolls his eyes, “Mum, I love him, you don’t need to worry.”
Regulus turns to face his boyfriend so fast he almost gives himself whiplash. He gawks at him in utter shock. He’s at a loss for words. The word love wasn’t often used in the Black house and hearing James’ declaration was startling. “Wait, what did you just say?”
“Did I not say that last night?”
Regulus didn’t know what to say. “No, you did not say that yesterday.”
“I think maybe I dreamed that,” James says this more to himself than the others, “But it’s still true, I do love you.”
Regulus is once again lost for words. He’s never heard anyone say they loved him before. He is terrified James will use his words against him, something that has been done too many times. He really wants to, but he can’t force himself to. Instead he forces a smile before turning to stare down at the floor, embarrassed that he cannot say it back.
Effie smiles at Remus and Sirius, gently saying, “Take care of each other, will you? Don’t get into too much trouble.”
Remus looks down at Sirius, who stares back up at him, “We’ll make no promises.”