Chapter 3
As their afternoon meeting took significantly longer than usual, Sirius couldn’t help but be annoyed. He had a great view of Remus’ profile and could stare at him freely, as nobody paid attention to the interns viewing from the sides.
Honestly, he was feeling a bit annoyed right now, but not about the meeting. It was because Chad’s bony elbow had drawn him away from his drooling.
“I know that look, bro.”
Sirius blinked, ‘Bro?’
He looked over at Chad and so very eloquently responded
“Huh?”
“That look on your face, I know that one. Let me tell you right now, bruh. Bro-to Bro: nothing good can come of it, so just get over your little crush by getting under someone else.”
“I’m sorry, but what are we talking about?”
“We’re talking about the fact that you’ve been staring at our boss, barely blinking, ever since we stopped taking notes on the Boseman Project.”
“Oh, right. Well, it’s just a little crush.” Sirius could feel the beginnings of a flush,
Chad nodded, “Totally bruh. If anything were to happen, Remus could lose his job, and he doesn’t have the bone structure to pull off looking poor.”
Now, Sirius completely disagreed with that. Remus was gorgeous to pull off any look. He could probably even make frat bros that overuse the term “bro” look attractive. But Chad did have a point. If Sirius wasn’t more careful, Remus could lose his job. Fuck.
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When the meeting first started, Sirius had walked in slightly cock drunk and just a little unsteady on his feet. On the other hand, Remus looked wholly refreshed with a bright smile on his face, and their two seconds of eye contact after finding their seats had been all Sirius needed to get refocused. Life was so good, and he had to keep riding this wave.
He and Remus had finally gotten together a little after that business trip to Colorado, and it had been nothing short of amazing. It wasn’t always easy, considering they were both a little damaged, thanks to Sirius’ difficult childhood and Remus’ confidence issues stemming from an accident he had been involved in while at university, but it had been really good.
Sirius sat back when the meeting began and found himself half paying attention to the information being shared and half thinking about his life at this moment. His life had changed entirely at 15 when his parents almost killed him. He had been lucky to have his uncle’s support, as terrible as his experience with a parent’s love had been. He’d learned love, support, and acceptance at his uncle’s house. His Uncle Alphard and his partner patiently and quietly loved Sirius and helped him grow into the man he is today. Sirius had no idea anything good could be found in this world beyond escaping his birth parents and finding another family that loved him unconditionally until he met Remus.
When it came to Remus, life just grew into something that felt impossibly beautiful. Something where the more he gave, the more he received in return. He learned how lucky he was to have found a deep romantic love and was so fortunate to be deeply loved by Remus in return. Just sharing space with Remus felt like a blessing, and it was so strange when he’d return to the countryside to see his uncles. Being away from Remus for two days felt like he was missing a limb. He’s so glad Remus was coming with him for his next trip home.
Sirius shook his head, trying to clear his head from the Remus-induced fog. It seemed happy to remain in so he could think clearly. Was it this obvious that he was head over heels for his man?
Usually, he and Remus would look at each other after a meeting, quickly communicating only with their eyes on whether they should meet immediately or wait a bit to figure out dinner plans, but today, Sirius hurried out. He needed to think. He could feel Remus’ eyes following him out, but he needed to go to his little shared office and message his Uncle Alphard. There was nobody else to talk to about this; he was in a relationship with his boss and needed a new strategy to ensure survival.
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enter typical wolfstar miscommunication bc Sirius is ridiculous and acts before he thinks and doesn't realize that this will mess with Remus' self-esteem
this will lead to making up and hot office sex, I mean the kind that makes us remember why Remus is DADDY
to one of them deciding to leave corporate life to pursue dreams (or something or whatever you want, really the only thing that we all need to agree on is the fact that we know Remus Lupin is hung and can FUUUUUUUUUUUUCK)
anyways, story story story they continue a ridiculously hot sex life, get married and leave us pining for them forever bc they're going to have a HEA