Remus woke up to the sound of his phone buzzing against his nightstand. He woke up with a groan, untangling one of his arms from Sirius and picked up his phone. He squinted at the caller ID, and seeing James he picked up.
“James?” Remus asked groggily.
“SNOW DAY!” James yelled through the phone, causing Remus to jump.
“What?” Remus asked bitterly, much more awake now.
“ITS SNOWING! WELL, IT WAS SNOWING, BUT THAT COUNTS. WE’RE HAVING A SNOW DAY, SO COME OVER! I ALREADY CALLED DORCAS, MARLENE, AND PETER AND THEY SAID THEY’D BE HERE BY NOON.” James continued to yell, as Remus held the phone a safe distance from his ear.
“James? Who are you yelling at?” Remus heard someone ask from the other side of the phone.
“Only Remus, sugarlily.” Remus heard James respond.
“Again, the nickname sugarlily makes no sense.” Lily sighed.
“That’s what you say, sugarlily. ANYWAY, REMUS YOU AND SIRIUS BE HERE BY NOON WE’LL HAVE LUNCH AND ALSO HARRY WOULD LOVE TO SEE HIS TWO FAVORITE UNCLES!” James continued to yell.
“We’re his only uncles. Minus Pete” Remus responded crossly.
“YEAH, YEAH, WHATEVER. GET YOUR ASS AND SIRIUS’S ASS OVER HERE BY NOON!” Remus grumbled, checking to make sure James had ended the call before looking outside.
Through their window he could see snow coating the trees outside and the bit of roof they could see. Remus smiled and moved to get up but was stopped.
Sirius muttered, his arms wrapped around Remus’s waist, not letting go.
“Sirius, wake up.” Remus said softly, running his fingers through Sirius’s hair. Sirius only grumbled some more, but scooched up further in the bed so he could nuzzle his face into Remus’s neck. “Babe, c’mon.” Remus asked again.
“No. Never getting up.” Sirius muttered sleepily as he draped his arm across Remus’s chest.
“Prongs and Lily are having a snow day, whatever that means. Marle, Dorcas, and Peter will be there too, along with Harry.” Remus brought his face to Sirius’s hair and gave him a quick kiss on the head.
“No. Stay here forever.” Sirius yawned, but tilted his head up so he met Remus’s eyes.
“James seems very insistent we get there before 12, and it’s around 10:30 now.” Remus smiles down at Sirius. Sirius scooted up further in the bed, so he and Remus are level. He leaned forward and kisses him softly on the lips. Remus returns the kiss, letting his mouth lead the way as he wrapped one of his arms around Sirius and pulled him closer.
Soon their kisses turned more aggressive, and they rolled slightly so Remus was above Sirius, pushing him further in the bed, their tongues exploring each other’s mouths. Eventually, Remus pulled back, briefly forgetting that he needed air. They both were still for a moment, panting, before Remus brushed a piece of Sirius’s hair out of his face with his hand.
“Who needs coffee when I have you?” Sirius gave a mischievous smile, before giving Remus one more quick peck and then sliding out from under his hold and standing up. “So, James said snow day?” Sirius yawned.
“Yeah. He just said, “be there by noon, Dorcas, Marlene, and Peter are coming over, and there’s lunch.” Other than that, I don’t know anything else.” Remus shrugged, also getting up and moving towards their dresser. He pulled out a pair of brown pants and a green turtleneck.
Sirius moved over to where he was, also grabbing a pair of pants and one of Remus’s David Bowie t-shirts.
Remus felt Sirius’s lips quickly press on his bare back before Sirius took off his PJ shirt and threw on Remus’s. Remus quickly put on his turtleneck, and threw on the pants over his boxers. When he’d finished getting dressed, Sirius was already in the bathroom, looking through the earring options.
“OY REM! SHOULD I WEAR THE STAR EARINGS, THE MOON EARINGS, OR JUST THE PLAIN STUDS?” Sirius yelled from the bathroom.
“You don’t have to yell, Padfoot. You should do one star and one moon. Be on brand for us.” Remus responded, walking into the bathroom as well and pulling out his toothbrush. Once Sirius had finished putting in his earrings, he also pulled out his toothbrush and started brushing his teeth.
Finally, they were ready to go. Sirius pulled out two coats from the closet, Remus taking one of the coats and putting it on, Sirius following suit.
“How do I look?” Sirius asked, pulling his hair from out of the coat.
“Breathtaking. What about me?” Remus asked.
“Gorgeous. Shall we go then, love?” Sirius asked, as Remus nodded, and hand in hand they opened the door.
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Remus was about to knock on the door, but the second he moved his fist close to the wood, the door sprang open.
“Welcome to our humble abode, kind gentlemen.” James grinned as both Remus and Sirius entered, Remus with a smile and Sirius doing his handshake with James, grinning broadly.
“Rem! Siri! You guys made it!” Lily busted in from another room and threw her arms around Remus.
“That’s my boyfriend.” Sirius grumbled, crossing his arms quite dramatically.
“Yes, yes, you can hug him all you want later, but right now its Lily’s turn.” Lily pulled back and wrapped one of her arms around James’s waist, causing him to squeak in surprise.
“Is anyone else here yet?” Sirius asked, taking off his coat and hanging it on the coat rack, extending his hand so he could grab Sirius’s as well.
“Nope. You guys are right on time, Dorcas and Marlene are picking up Peter, and I wouldn’t be surprised if they showed up at 12am instead.” Lily sighed, as Remus handed Sirius his coat.
“Could Reg not come?” Sirius asked.
“Nope. Said he was drowning in work and couldn’t get away. Poor Regie.” James shook his head sadly. At that moment, the doorbell rang as Lily sprinted to the door and opened it, revealing a very bundled up Dorcas, Peter standing there awkwardly, and Marlene wearing something that would be acceptable in summer and cheering, raising a bottle of champagne.
“ALCHOHAL FOR ALLLLL!” Marlene shouted, wrapping her arms around Lily before moving inside.
“What’s up, my favorite gay couple that isn’t me and Cascas.” Marlene attempted to do finger guns at Sirius and Remus, but almost dropped the champagne.
“Marls, I’d prefer if you didn’t cover the floor in glass and champagne, seeing as we have a toddler.” James sighed, rubbing his temple.
“Merlin James, you’re really becoming a dad. School James would’ve smashed the bottle on the ground.” Marlene tsked but set the champagne down on a nearby counter.
Dorcas and Peter were already inside as Lily closed the door, and Dorcas was struggling to get one of her two scarves off.
“Bloody hell Cassie, you’re doing to strangle yourself.” Sirius sighed, moving over to help pull one of the scarves off her neck.
“Always knew I would die young.” Dorcas flashed a playful smile as Sirius took one of the scarves off her. “Oooh, Sirius Black taking a scarf off me! Scandalous.”
“Maybe if I wasn’t gay and there wasn’t anyone else left in the world. Still then, probably not.” Sirius sighed, finally managing to get the scarf off of Dorcas.
“I’m deeply hurt.” Dorcas fake sobbed and put a hand to her chest.
“Sorry, but you’re just not Moony.” Sirius walked back over to Remus and gave him a kiss on the cheek, causing Remus to turn a bright shade of red.
“No kissing in this household.” Lily waggled her finger disapprovingly.
“You probably conceived Harry in this house, Lils. That’s way more than kissing.” Sirius wrapped his arms around Remus.
“Let’s change the topic.” James said quickly, his face turning pink.
“Yes, lets leave James and Lily’s bedroom life out of this conversation, otherwise I think I may actually vomit.” Dorcas shook her head.
“Agreed.” Peter responded.
“Where is Harry anyway?” Remus looked towards the stairs expectingly.
“Asleep, the little tyke sleeps through anything. The house could crumble down around him, and he’d still be dreaming of whatever the hell babies dream of.” James responded, looking a mix of proudness and endearing.
“Well, we all know that we just came for the food, so can you lead us to the kitchen?” Marlene, having finally got the last of her winter gear off rubbed her hands together expectingly.
“Yes, all you hungry snobs let go eat.” Lily sighed and led the way to the kitchen.
They all ate the sandwiches James had prepared, and chatted the whole time, catching up on each other’s lives. They also drank the champagne, though it was mainly Dorcas, who notoriously took a lot of alcohol for her to get drunk, but most people assumed she was drunk on a day-to-day basis.
“How is Andrea?” Lily asked Peter as he blushed and put down his sandwich.
“Good. We’re talking about moving in together.” Peter responded sheepishly.
“Ooooh, tell us if you do!” Dorcas clapped her hands together, looking very excited.
“Are we all done eating?” Remus asked, looking around at his friends and his partner.
“Almost, Moons.” Sirius responded, shoving the rest of the sandwich in his mouth, making him look vaguely like a chipmunk. “All done” Sirius attempted to say, but it came out as more of a “Ah donef.”
“Shall we go outside?” Peter asked, looking wistfully at the fresh snow in James and Lily’s backyard.
“Yes!” Shrieked Marlene, sprinting out of her seat, but stopped as she struggled to open the door. “God fucking damnit!” Marlene sighed, jiggling the handle as Dorcas went back to the door to get her many layers.
“Shall I get your coat?” Remus asked Sirius as he nodded, finally swallowing his food.
“GRAB MINE TOO, REMREM!” James yelled, as he was finally able to unjam the door.
“Yeah, yeah prongs.” Remus rolled his eyes, but got James’s coat anyway, along with Lily’s. Once Remus and Dorcas had returned and everybody was bundled up, they all walked outside. Dorcas, Sirius, Marlene, and James all ran and faceplanted into the snow, causing Peter, Remus and Lily to laugh. Peter slowly stepped into the snow and joined the others who were all laughing and throwing bits of snow at each other.
Lily had sat down on a bench, and pulled out a small speaker, pulling out her wand and pointing it at the box, muttering a few words.
“What’s that for?” Remus asked, taking a seat beside Lily and pointing at the box.
“Baby monitor. It’s programed to play an alarm if Harry wakes up or is in danger.” Lily grinned, turning back to the others.
“That’s sweet.” Remus responded, also looking out on everyone. James and Sirius were having a snowball fight, and Peter, Dorcas and Marlene were attempting to make a snowman. “I can stay here and listen if you want to go out and join them.” Remus suggested.
“I’m good, but thanks for asking. James stayed up way too late singing to the radio. I don’t want to tell him to quiet down, because its so adorable, but I can’t sleep with it.” Lily grinned, staring at James who had now dramatically flopped on the ground as Sirius pelted him with snowballs.
“If I told 2nd year Lily Evans that she would be calling James Potter adorable, she would never believe me.” Remus grinned as Lily rolled her eyes.
“If you told 2nd year me that you and Sirius were dating, I wouldn’t believe you.”
“Touche.” Remus observed the snowman attempt the others were doing, which looked more like a few lumps of snow rather than a snowman so far. They both sat there in silence, looking out at the others. Suddenly Sirius came running to the deck and collapsed on Remus’s lap. Sirius’s hair was covered in snow, and his nose was red from the cold.
“Did you see I beat James?” Sirius said excitedly, smiling wildly.
“Yeah, good job Pads.” Remus wrapped his arms around Sirius.
“You’re so warm.” Sirius whispered.
“I’ll still be warm tonight. So warm in fact you might need to remove some of my layers.” Remus responded to Sirius, causing Sirius to fall off of Remus’s lap in surprise and start to cough violently.
“I’m right here.” Lily sighed.
“Sorry Lils.” Remus grinned, Sirius still coughing.
“Merlin Remus give me a warning.” Sirius muttered, before getting up and moving back to sit next to Remus. “I will though, thanks for the invite.” He winked.
“I’m still here.” Lily groaned. James sprinted up to the deck, his hair completely coated in snow.
“SIRIUS COME BACK HERE YOU LITTLE BASTARD IM NOT DONE WITH YOU!” James screamed, jumping on Sirius and tackling him to the ground. Sirius laughed and continued to roll across the wood with James.
“Dog pile?” Dorcas asked, running into the pile, having finished her snowman.
“Why did I marry him again?” Lily turned and asked Marlene, who shrugged. Lily jumped slightly as an alarm played from the speaker. Sirius, James, and Dorcas suddenly stopped scuffling as Lily tapped the speaker once with her arm and then went to leave. “I’m going to get Harry. Please behave.”
“Harry!” Marlene and Peter squealed as James suddenly stood up and brushed off his coat.
“It’s your son, not a job interview.” Sirius said, but Remus saw him do the same exact thing. Soon Lily came out of the house, Harry slowly walking behind her.
“Harry!” Sirius barked, bending down to pick up his godson as he spun him around.
“Uncle Padfoot!” Harry giggled.
“Alright Siri I think its time to hand him over.” Dorcas stretched out her arms as Sirius, pouting his lip deposited Harry in them, as he then walked over to Remus and pulled him up, resting his head on Remus’s shoulder and looking lovingly at Harry.
“How are you doing, mini-James?” Marlene asked, booping him on the nose.
“He has my eyes.” Lily piped up.
“Who bets he’s going to act like Lily though?” Peter asked. Nobody raised their hands.
“Yeah, you’re right. I can already tell he’s going to be a mini-James.” Lily sighed. After Harry had gone around to everyone else, Lily handed Harry to Remus, who held Harry as if he was fragile and could be easily broken.
“Uncle Moony!” Harry exclaimed, giving Remus a hug. Remus bit back tears as he squeezed Harry. “You smell like chocolate.” Harry looked up at his uncle.
“That I do.” Remus laughed, as he kissed Harry on the head and then handed him back to James.
“Who wants to make snow angels?” James asked excitedly, placing Harry on the ground.
“HELL YEAH!” Marlene cried.
“Marls! The child!” Dorcas slapped a hand over Marlene's mouth which she quickly removed, Marlene having licked it.
They all went out to make snow angels, Lily and Harry making two next to each other, Peter and James making two that were fighting, and Dorcas and Marlene making there’s both kicking James. Remus and Sirius walked a little bit away from the group and laid down, both clutching each other’s hands.
“I love it when its like this.” Sirius whispered, looking up at the falling snow as he squeezed Remus’s hand.
“Yeah, I do too.” Remus responded gruffly, staring up at the open sky above them. They both started making their snow angels, hands still clutched together. Once they’d finished and had gotten up, they looked down at their snow angels, with only one full arm due to their intertwined fingers.
“I think they’re perfect.” Sirius smiled, kissing Remus. Remus was like a drug that Sirius could never get enough of, he was always high kissing Remus. Remus felt the same way.
They both stood there, arms wrapped around each other.
“Hey lovebirds!” James yelled as Sirius, still clutching onto Remus, flipped him off. “Unnecessary.” James grumbled.
“Stop making out and come inside, Harry’s cold!” Marlene called, and at that both Sirius and Remus went back to the house. The sun was starting to set, and the sky was painted in beautiful pinks and oranges.
“Its our colours.” Dorcas looked lovingly up at the sky before kissing her girlfriend. They all sat in front of the fire, warming up after their adventures outside.
“Dorcas and I should probably get going soon. We wanted to go watch the sunset before we go home.” Marlene said, pulling up Dorcas by the hand, then turning to Peter. “Should we drop you off at Andrea’s on the way back?” Peter nodded and stood up too, going over to get his coat. Harry waddled over and hugged one of Dorcas’s legs.
“Bye bye Aunt Dorcas! Bye bye Aunt Marlene! Bye bye Uncle Peter!” Harry mumbled happily.
“Goodbye to you too Harry!” Marlene pat Harry once on the head before leaving to get her coat.
“Bye Hare-bear!” Dorcas waved as Harry let go of her leg.
“Take care Harry!” Peter smiled, as the three of them left, Dorcas and Marlene singing a very dramatic version of “So long, farewell.” From the Sound of Music.
“We should probably leave too.” Sirius sighed, standing up. “I want to take Remus up on his previous offer.” Sirius winked at Lily, who looked very done with Sirius, and he smirked at James who looked very confused. Lily, James, and Harry all waited by the door as they bundled themselves up once more.
“I love you Harry James Potter.” Sirius gave Harry a quick kiss on the check, before turning to James and Lily. “See you soon Jamie. You too Lils” He gave them both a quick hug before turning to Remus.
“Thanks for everything, you two. Next time James, learn to talk at a normal volume on the phone though.” Remus also gave them both quick hugs as well. “I’ll see you later, Harry.” Harry laughed as Remus tussled his hair. Then, hand in hand, they left the house, both smiling, the snow gleaming in the setting sun and streetlights.
Hard times may come, but for now they had each other, and in the end, that’s what really matters.