Crash.
"I can't wait to marry you" Sirius whispered, his voice thick with sleep.
"yeah?" Remus replied, stroking a hand over Sirius' hair.
The two had a half-day off afterall and they didn't need to be at the rink until 12:30,so here they layed at 11 in the morning, Sirius' head resting on Remus' chest, his fingers playing with the ring on Remus' left hand.
"yeah" Sirius nodded softly, twisting Remus' engagement band between his fingers.
"probably gonna piss a lot of fans off if you change your last name. Imagine all the jerseys" Remus joked lightly and Sirius smiled to himself."Yeah well,sod them.I can't wait to be Sirius Lupin" Sirius whispered, tilting his head to press a soft kiss to Remus' jaw, laughing against his skin.
The hadn't really talked too much about it.Remus knew Sirius didn't have a good family, so he would understand if Sirius wanted to take Remus' name.However, he also knew Sirius had been unsure about it, not that he had spoken to Remus about it. But Remus was observant, even more so when it came to Sirius and he saw the way his eyes would go distant, his brows furrowing every once in a while. So Remus always gave him the option saying "if you change your name" instead of "when you change your name" because for all Sirius knew Remus didn't want to change his name and wanted to stay a Lupin, Remus also wanted to make sure that he knew he could do the same, that he didn't have to change his name if he didnt want to.
"can we stay here forever? i'm too tired and your like my own personal hot water bottle" Sirius spoke in a soothing tone and Remus laughed, sitting up pulling Sirius with him.
"come on,i'll make you pancakes" Remus smiled, standing up and holding a hand out to Sirius.
"oh you must really love me" Sirius smirked taking Remus' hand and climbing out of the bed, following him closely down the stairs.
Although the thrill of the game was like no other, Sirius just loved training days, just him and his team on the ice together, doing drills and practices, under no pressure at all.
Another thing he liked about training days was the fact that he could leave his ring on. There was no cameras, and if there was, Remus knew to take the ring from Sirius and keep it safe in his jeans pocket while he took photos and the only people in the rink were the team, the coach and Remus.
Sirius skated out onto the ice, quickly shoving the last piece of his granola bar into his mouth and began with skating slow circles around the outside of the ice.
Sirius' eyes were focused,his gaze on the ice infront of him as he skated slowly along the edge. Which is the main reason why he didn't see the figure getting closer and closer to him.
A body crashed into his, a strong pair of arms wrapping around his body, trapping his arms by his sides as they slid backwards on the ice.
Sirius let out an "oof" at the impact,his arms squeezed by his sides.
He looked up to see the familiar mop of hair and gold rimmed glasses that could only belong to none other than James Potter.
"what the fuck" Sirius half groaned, half laughed as James skidded to a stop infront of him, now having let go of Sirius."Morning" James beamed and Sirius swatted at his face, narrowly missing.
"yeah,Morning arse" Sirius grumbled,though his smile gave him away. James winked at him before a body slammed into his side, making him skid sideways, just as they had before.
"HA HA! take that jamie-pie" Blake smirked, standing beside Sirius, slightly out of breath."i've got your back captain" he smiled as he slapped a hand onto Sirius' shoulder.
“ah thanks Flasher, what would i do without you?” Sirius laughed, wrapping an arm around his shoulders as they all skated to where the coach stood off the side.
“be bored, have no bestfriend-”
“rude!”
“Shush James i’m having a moment with my bestfriend. Maybe have no handsome man to save you from idiots” He finished, pointedly looking at James.
“Think i’ve got the handsome man part covered, thanks tho Flash” Sirius joked and watched as Blake barked a laugh.
“right, drills.Last game was good, gotta get some promo to follow that so i want you to try your best, the harder the worker the better the photos and all that” Fleumont laughed, the boys following along.
“that might just be our amazing photographer” Sirius joked, winking at Remus who stood off the ice.
“yes well,you can give said photographer that lovely ring and we can get started” Monty clapped a hand onto Sirius’ shoulder who whined jokingly.
“Not my ring!” He gasped dramatically, skating towards where Remus stood at the enterance to the ice,his hand out ready.
“there you go, my love” Sirius smiled, pressing a kiss to Remus’ cheek before skating towards the team.
“oh if only everyone saw this side of you, Sirius Black” Remus chuckled to himself, watching as Sirius purposely slammed into James, making the pair skid back slightly, their heads threw back while laughing.
Remus took a few photos of the drills, some action goal shots of both Blake stopping Goals as the goalie and the others shooting them.
He got a few others of the boys skating, hitting the puck and just practicing before making his way to his office.
Remus loved his office, he got the biggest one so there was enough room for all of his camera equipment aswell as his medical stuff for physio or any injuries he deals with.
There was a knock at the door, slightly startling Remus who was working on downloading promo photos onto his laptop.
“come in” he called.
The door opened and James came into view,his cheeks a rosy pink.
“Dad wants to see you.We’ve had a crash” James spoke quickly shooting Remus an out of breathe smile before leading him to the rink.
“i tell you i leave for a few seconds” Remus joked as he walked up to the rink with James.
“i suppose thats what you get for being our physio and our photographer” James replied and Remus caught a glimpse of one of the boys layed on the ice, Monty knelt beside him.
Remus had been on the team for 2 years.He had grown up with ice hockey, being on his own team and making it far.
Or atleast until he was involved in a hit that took away his career in seconds.A hit that was technically clean according to the rules and to the audiences eyes but what the public didn’t know was the motivation that brewed behind the hit. The way Remus was targeted.
He knew he couldn’t play again, after having two surgerys on his knee, he knew it was over.And so he took a course on physiotherapy, figuring that if he couldn’t help himself maybe he could help others.
And so here he is, Engaged to the love of his life and working with a team a part of the nhl.
Remus walked onto the ice with James,James’ hand resting on Remus’ elbow to help him across in his trainers.
He got to the other side and walked around to kneel on Blake’s otherside.
“what’s up Flash, Tell me what it is” Remus asked, watching as Blake pointed briefly to his ankle before placing the palm of his hands onto his eyes.
“alright, Help me get him up?” Remus looked up at Sirius and James who nodded and hooked their hands under blake’s arms.
“up we go,blakey” James spoke as they stood him up, Blake keeping his foot up before gently putting it down.
“Keep it up, Flash.I gotta check it out” Remus ordered and walked beside the boys as they skated slowly towards the exit of the rink, Remus holding Sirius' arm as he walked beside him in his trainers.
“i’m fine. I’m okay, just a shock thats all” Blake insisted but Remus just gave him a look, making Blake huff and sit down on the bench.
Remus gently took his skate off and gave his ankle a check, checking for any strains or serious injuries. He checked his mobility and asked for his pain scale, nodding at the 4.
“Okay, ice it. Stay benched for the rest of today, i’ll strap it up once we’re done, okay?” Remus stood up, adjusting his glasses.
“Okay. I’m good for the game tomorrow though, yes?” Blake asked, his eyes widened slightly and Remus sighed.
“i don’t see any serious injury so theoretically yes, i can let you play.If you promise to tell me if its worse and please be careful” Remus crossed his arms looking down at Blake who stayed sat on the bench, nodding at Remus.
“be right back” Remus told him before walking towards where James and Sirius stood at the boards.
“he’s alright, nothing too serious just a bit jarred i think. Tell Monty i’ve benched him for today but told him he should be good for the game provided it doesnt get any worse” Remus told them, watching as they both nodded.
“Thanks, Loops” James smiled before skating towards Monty.
“Thanks, babe” Sirius shot over his shoulder as he skated after James.
Remus shook his head with a soft laugh, making his way to his office to grab an ice pack for Blake, which he took back to him at the bench.
Remus chose to sit with Blake for the rest of the session, giving him atleast some company while he watched, being able to snap some more promo pictures of the boys and Monty.
“you truly are a star, Loops” Blake grinned, his skates in his hands as he walked, albeit rather slowly towards the locker room with the others.
“see you tomorrow, Flash” Remus replied, walking towards his office, the now melted ice pack in his hands.
“give me twenty and i’ll be ready” Sirius smiled as he fell into step with him.Remus nodded, accepting the kiss Sirius leant into and the pair split their seperate ways, Sirius going to the locker room and showers, Remus heading to his office to pack up.