Remus Lupin was 15 years old when he realized he liked Sirius Black. He was 16 when he fell in love with him. Remus was 17 when he kissed Sirius.
Sirius Black was 16 years old when he realized he liked Remus Lupin. He was still 16 when he was head over heels for that man. Sirius was 17 when he kissed Remus back without hesitation.
The first kiss they shared wasn’t soft or innocent. They kissed like their lips were magnets, needing to have the other pole touching them. Their kiss was full of need and wanting. It was passionate and driven by love.
The problem is that they both haven't come out to the rest. They know that their friends would support the fuck out of their relationship, but that doesn’t erase the fear. Remus and Sirius are both not ready to go public just yet, but they are working up to it. And that is all that counts, they try and they take it slow and are very happy.
Their relationship exists out of secret kisses and sweet whispers, soft touches and meaningful looks. Sneaking in the other his bed at night for some privacy, having deep conversations and cuddling all night. Sometimes they even sneak out and just go walking through the halls of Hogwarts holding hands. Sometimes during the lesson change they go into an empty classroom, desperately in need of each other. Sometimes they go snogging in a broom closet. That’s the thing with them, they don’t care where they are, or at what time they do something, Sirius and Remus care for each other. If they have each other then everything is fine, all is fixed. Remus is the glue to the broken pieces of Sirius and Sirius is the bandage to all of Remus’s pain.
Regulus Black has liked James Potter since the moment he saw him. Big brown eyes staring at him through long gorgeous eyelashes. Regulus knows the exact moment he fell in love with James. He was just reading in the library minding his own business when Potter and his friends came in. The tall boy, one of his best friends now, said something about gathering information for a new project and that they have to split up for and do research on. James came into his direction with Sirius. His brother was talking to James and James was listening and adding little things into the rambling of Sirius, until he catched Regulus’s eyes. James stopped talking, stopped walking, and it looked like him and Regulus stopped breathing.
James Potter quite literally skipped the whole liking stage. He went from barely knowing who Regulus was, to falling in love with him. For him there wasn’t an exact moment where he fell in love, maybe it was over time due to Sirius’s stories, maybe it was catching glimpses of him through the years, or maybe it was already love from the moment he heard Regulus’s name for the first time.
But James can’t date Regulus because he is Sirius’s little brother. And Regulus can’t date Potter because he is a Gryffindor. And yet…
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I stand up out of my bed quietly walking out the dorms. I grab the marauders map out of my pocket to see where Reg is.
“I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.”
Regulus already is in the place where we decided to meet up, the astronomy tower. He likes astronomy very much and loves to stargaze. He can stare at the night sky forever and never get bored, it’s so cute.
After a bit of walking I also arrive, “Hey love!”
Regulus is sitting on the ground, “Hello Jamie,” he stands up and gives me a little kiss.
“How was your day?” he asks.
“It was amazing! The prank we were working on for months is finally ready to be used! We just need to practice the spell a bit more, but we expect to have it by the end of the week!”
“That’s great,” He grabs my hand and we go sit down.
“How was your day, Reg?”
“Well, nothing interesting happened. Dorcas pinning over Marlene at the practice game, Barty mindlessly and shamelessly flirting with Evan, Pandora talking about how pretty Lily is but still not admitting that she has a crush on her, nothing new.”
“I pity Pandora and Lily, they can be such a cute couple if they would just admit that they like each other.”
“Yeah, same goes to Evan and Barty, what a bunch of dumbasses. It’s all so obvious, and yet they still miss it!”
I play with Regulus’s rings, “Luckly we found each other.”
He looks at me with his beautiful ocean blue eyes, “I’m very glad we did, James.”
“It does suck that we can’t be together in the daytime.”
“I know I’m sorry, I wish things were different. One day this will change,” He lifts up his hand and gently brushes it through my hair, “One day we will have our little home in a small town, the house will have a cute garden with colorful flowers in it. You will cook the most delicious meals, and I’ll tell you that I love it every single time we eat. We will have a little library in the house and a place for my journals. After a long day of work I’ll go sit there to read and you will follow me and you will cuddle up against me and we will be relaxed and warm against each other. We will have all the time we want, daytime, nighttime, whatever you want baby, it’s all yours.”
“I can picture it all so well. I really want that, Regulus.”
“I want that too, so we will fight for that, and for us. Someday we are gonna be ready, just not yet I’m sorry.”
My hand cups his cheeks, “Don’t be sorry, it’s okay. It’s just like you said, we just need time.”
“Do you know where the star Regulus lays?”
“No.” I feel his cheeks getting hot under my palms.
“In the heart of the lion.”
I just need to kiss him for that. He makes a surprising sound, “What is that for?” He says.
“You can’t expect me not to snog you for that, Reg! You are so gorgeous, your soul is pretty and your mind is glorious.” He kiss me good this time, his hand is on my hip and the other one on my arm, softly sliding up and down. His tongue meets mine and it feels like falling in love all over again. Regulus moves closer and basically goes sitting in my lap, “Do you know where my star is tonight?”
I shake my head.
He lifts his hand off my arm and points at the sky, though I am not looking at the star Regulus. I am looking at my star, Regulus.
“Why aren’t you looking?” He asks while laughing a bit.
“I am looking, I’m stargazing.”
“You are just looking at me.”
“Yes.”
His pupils get bigger with the realization and his face gets once again a beautiful pink glow.
“You flirty idiot,” He kisses me harder and we fall on the ground.
“That’s my second name,” I wink at him. I can see the small smile forming in the corner of his mouth, I kiss it.
“I really like you, Reg.”
He stares at me for a long time, he looks angelistic, “I really really like you too, Potter.”
Now it’s him who kisses me first, it's soft and loving one, but it gets brutally interrupted by footsteps and 1 very big gasp.
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“Pst, Moony?” I am standing next to his bed, shaking him a little. “Moony? Are you awake?”
He groans and turns to me with closed eyes, “Now I am. What’s wrong sweetheart?”
I grab his hand and pull him up, “Just come with me, I have a little surprise for you.”
We walk in the halls with our pinkies interlocked, “Where are we going, Pads?”
“It’s not a surprise if I tell you now is it, mon amour?”
I feel his gaze over me, “I really missed you.”
“I missed you too,” I kiss him on his cheek.
“I was thinking about telling Prongs, Wormtail and Regulus, Sirius. If you don’t want that I tell them about us that’s totally fine, but I would like them to know about me, at least.” He looks at me.
“I was actually thinking the same thing because they deserve to know, they know us for almost our whole lives so it makes sense that they would support us.”
“Are we gonna tell them?”
“If you are ready, then yes we are love.”
He squeezes my finger, “I love you.”
We stop walking and I look into his gorgeous eyes, “I love you even more.”
“How is that even possible, Sirius?” He laughs.
“I’ll show you.” I kiss him hard, in return his mouth opens almost immediately to give more space. My hand is on his shoulder and the other one is on the curve of his neck.
“Oh is that so?”
I feel his grin on my lips. His hands slide into my hair and I make an embarrassing sound that I didn’t even know I could do.
My lips erase themselves of Remus for just a moment before they are back on him again. I kiss him on his jaw, on his neck. I bite him a few times, leaving marks here and there. It’s not like we have to make an excuse now anyway since Pete and James are gonna know soon. I go a bit lower, but his jumper is in the way.
“No, don’t stop, why did you stop?” Remus asks desperately.
“If you want to lose your clothes here then I’m willing to go on, but if you don’t want that then follow me.” I grab his hand and we run to the location.
“Sirius, slow down, I can’t breathe, how can you run that fast?!”
“Am I that breathtaking then love? Come on!”
I pull him with me until we are standing in the dark doorway of the astronomy tower.
Remus kisses me as we stumble into the stargazing platform. But I see 2 shadows in the corner of my eye. I pull away and stare, seeing that those 2 shadows are familiar.
Remus seems to catch up on that and does exactly the same, he is in the same state as I am.
“Prongs?!” “Reggie?!” Remus and I say at the same time.
They turn their head and look at us with wide eyes, mostly looking at our locked hands, “Wait Moony?! Padfoot?! What- How did?! What the fuck what how did that even-” James says in awe.
“My brother, Remus? Really? Out of all the boys you could pick, you chose my brother?” Regulus says.
“You are practically liking of James so you can’t really say much since he is one of my best friends.”
"Okay, fair."
“No no wait why, Prongs, why?! How what I what the fuck? That’s my baby brother you are eating!”
“And that’s Moony you were making out with!”
“Okay hold on,” Regulus says, “So Sirius and Remus are a thing now?”
“Yeah, we are. So are you and James a thing now?” Remus asks.
"Yeah, we are."
After a minute of awkward silence the realization hits that James was laying on top of Regulus. My best friend was laying on top of my baby brother.
“Wait what were you guys even doing here?!” I ask them.
“We were on a date, Sirius.” Regulus says.
“But do you too even like each other?”
Regulus looks at me, “Are you fucking serious?”
I see a huge grin form on James’s face, “No, but Remus apparently is.”
“I’m not joking, James you are gonna treat my brother well, right?”
“Of course mate!”
“And Regulus, you are gonna care for James no matter what, understand?”
“Yes Sirius oh my god don’t be so dramatic.”
“It’s just that my little brother and my best friend are dating and I don't want anything to happen to the both of you.”
“Aww, how sweet!” James says.
“Yeah well I won’t be sweet if one of you hurts the other.”
“I promise that’s not gonna happen, Pads. But same goes to you too, Remus don’t you dare hurt him and Sirius do not even think about causing him any pain.” Prongs says strictly.
“Don’t worry James, that’s not the case. I promise.”
And they all kept their promise. In 1981 Remus and Sirius got married. James as Sirius his best man and Regulus as Remus’s. It was the most beautifulest wedding that ever existed. Remus drunkenly sang ‘Prettiest Star’ from Bowie to Sirius, and Sirius made the sappiest wedding vow ever with a billion moon references.
Not even a year later James proposed to Regulus on their roof while stargazing. They got their little home in a small town with a garden full of flowers. They got their perfect meals and their cozy library. They got their happy ending.