Sirius' eyes flew open, his breath rapid. He took in the drawn scarlet curtains around him and the four-poster bed that he was lying in, quickly realising what had happened. “'s just a dream,” he muttered to himself trying to steady his heaving chest. It had happened again, that same dream, the same horrible nightmare. He tried to clear his head and go back to sleep but it was impossible. Every time he closed his eyes it was the same picture, the same feeling, the same pain.
With sleep denying him a moment’s worth of peace, Sirius crawled to the edge of his bed, cracking open the curtains. The window curtains opposite the side of his bed were slightly open showing the Hogwarts grounds underneath the black starry night sky. He creeped out of his bed and into the marauder's dorm room. Usually, when this happened he'd go to James but he hated waking him up despite James' reassurance that it was fine, but this time he had someone else he could go to and give James a break - Remus.
Although he didn't want to wake Remus up, it was kinda his job to be there for Sirius, as his boyfriend. Tiptoeing over to Remus' bed he ever so slightly opened the curtains.
Remus' wolf hearing picked up Sirius' footsteps so when Sirius whispered “Moony. you up?” He casually replied with “Yeah, you ok?”
Sirius hummed objectively “Can I come in?”
“Yeah,” Remus moved over to the side of his bed “Can't sleep?” He rubbed his eyes sleepily
“Nightmare” Sirius replied dismissively climbing into the bed
“Oh, are you ok?” Remus asked, full of worry. He'd heard of Sirius' nightmares, like how at one point, when it had gotten really bad, James had to use a silencing spell on him to stop screaming so loud.
“‘m fine, just a little shaken I guess,” Sirius yawned lying down, his back facing Remus' chest.
“We can talk about it... If you want” Yes Remus knew that he and Sirius were together but it still caught him a little off guard how comfortable Sirius was with him.
“Mmm,” Sirius replied uncertainly. He reached out his hand in search of Remus’ finding it and pulling it over his torso. Even though he was struggling with sleep just minutes ago Sirius was tired and something about Remus pulled what little guard he had down. Remus made him feel safe. so safe that he felt he could brave the nightmares of his sleep, as long as Remus was there with him
Remus' hands found its way to Sirius' dark hair, playing with it peacefully, being careful not to tug too hard or make him uncomfortable. Though he was nervous to be so close to Sirius Black in all his beauty, he felt secure, like that if he were lying like this with his arms wrapped around Sirius and his hand in his hair forever that they would be absolutely and undoubtedly fine, that nothing could or would harm them.
After a few minutes, Sirius drifted off into sleep and not long after Remus followed suit. It was the best sleep the two of them had gotten in a good while, so good in fact that they both slept right through the night and nearly into breakfast, despite it being a late breakfast for the weekend.
In the morning when James woke up, pleased to think that Sirius had not woken up from a nightmare, he went to check in on his friend. However, he grew confused as his eyes set upon Sirius' empty bed, until he heard quiet snores coming from Remus’ bed. Too loud to be just one person, James cracked open the curtains to find Remus and Sirius entangled in each other's arms, content and asleep, as he smiled to himself - they had both been looking for the other for so long, and now they had found each other.