Names and skating
James thinks he’s never seen Sirius so happy, he is running around everywhere when they get to the school.
There’s only one time he’s seen him this happy, it was when the tall pretty bloke talked to him, and that was only like an hour ago. Sirius got his name and talked to him finally, his name was Remus. James had never met anyone named Remus, it was a unique name.
“Prongs look at this!” Sirius screamed pointing to the sign that said ‘karaoke nights on weekends!’ James laughed at him. Him and Sirius loved karaoke mainly when they got to sing ABBA or Queen.
While James is looking around he spots a boy with short curly black hair, it falls around his face as he laughs, he has a perfect smile too. He’s gorgeous, wait. He’s not pretty what is James saying. He loves Lily. James shakes his head and looks away and thinks, oh but he is pretty… James thinks he’s the prettiest person he’s ever seen. He blinks fast as he sees Sirius standing in front of him with a concerned look.
“What did you say pads?” James asks, suddenly coming into clear vision.
“I asked if you were alright mate? You zoned out a bit” Sirius says, patting his shoulder.
James looks back to where the pretty boy was. He was gone, James felt disappointed. He feels that he could look at that boy forever.
When James opens the door to his dorm room, he’s shocked at how plain it is. His mouth hangs open at the sight of empty walls and nothing but a bed, carpet and a desk with a small chair.
“Oh this… nice” he says to the girl who showed Sirius and James the dorm.
“I know it’s plain and shit, but that bed is awesome, it’s really good for sex” the girl says. James is shocked that she said that, but also not shocked. The girl has a blonde wolf cut with a bid of faded pink in her hair, she’s wearing a gray crop top with brown pants with stars on them, and a silver cross sitting in her neck, to match her multiple pricings.
“Well you two have fun I’ll be off” she says strutting out of there room in her adidas sambas.
James gos and sits on his bed and looks at Sirius. “We have to go shopping for this room” he says, running his hands through his hair.
“I know, this is just bloody unacceptable.” James responds with a smirk.
James and Sirius spend the car drive singing there lungs off to ‘good old fashioned lover boy’ by Queen.
James practically jumped out of the car and ran into the store, Sirius ran right after him.
Sirius and him left the store with many bags and little money, it was a successful shopping trip.
Suddenly James got a call from Effie, he obviously picked up with a smile.
“Hey mum, how are you?” James said putting the phone on speaker so Sirius could hear and talk to her too.
“Hey darling, how’s school so far? Me and you dad loved the photos you sent” you could hear the big smile in her face from her tone.
“It’s so awesome here! Me and Sirius just went shopping for stuff for our dorm” James says Sirius butts into the conversation very fast.
“there karaoke here mum!” Sirius yells. James knew Effie loved it when Sirius calls her mum, Sirius never had the best mother. So when Sirius moved in with them, he just started calling Effie mum. James liked it too, it made more sense because James has always seen Sirius as a brother.
Sirius and Effie kept talking, but eventually they had to end the call.
When they got back to their room, they looked at each other with knowing smirks, it was almost like they could have secret conversations with just their eyes. Now their room was now full of fairy lights, posters, little decorations for the desks and many many blankets.
Finally James could go to the rink after waiting all day.
He cucked on his gear and carried his skates down the stairs of the hallway and opened the big door to the rink. It was beautiful, James thought it was the nicest rink he had ever seen, it had a perfect layer of ice and posters hanging down from the ceiling. James had a massive smirk on his face and started walking over to the benches to lace up his skates.
REGULUS POV
Regulus loved skating, he felt free and cold. When he lived with his parents, they never let him skate. Said it was ‘girly’ and ‘not acceptable’ , well screw them.
The second he left that house he skated more than he ever could have, and Remus was there right there watching him. And though he would never admit it, Remus is his best friend. Remus has been there for him always. ever since year 4, he was 14. Remus had no friends either, they somehow just found each other. Him and Remus had the same kind of humor, and I guess that’s why they clicked. When they first came out to each other, it was weird for a bit. Probably for the first year they had some kind of sexual tension between them. So they did what everyone would do, they made out, and then and there they decided that they were better off as friends.
But this time Remus was not there watching regulus skate, he was playing basketball in the new court.
Regulus knew that Remus was bloody brilliant at basketball but that’s not why he’s there. Regulus also knew that the bloke he fancy’s is around the court, and Remus went to see him. Regulus still didn’t know who this mysterious man was, but he made Remus happy and flushed, so unless it’s a murder, or it’s one of his relatives.
He huffed a laugh at that thought, it would be hilarious if Remus got with one of his relatives, like imagine if it was Bella, or even worse Sirius. If it was Sirius that would be horrible. suddenly the thought of his brother made him feel bad, he felt like he was being stabbed right in the gut.
His thoughts got pulled away when he saw a hockey player enter the rink. Now he was not alone. Regulus rolled his eyes and continued slaking, but he couldn’t shake the thought of someone watching him.
Regulus was just skating around the rink and doing a few turns when someone ran right into him. It was the hockey player.
“Sorry!” He said with an extremely warming smile, it made it hard to hate him.
“It’s fine. Can you move?” Regulus asked with a stern face. The boy just kept staring, his mouth was parted just a little bit but enough to tell.
“Hell-“ regulus was cut off
“what’s your name?” The boy said and then smiled. Oh my god, he had dimples. Fuck. Regulus’s jaw clenched and hoped that his face wouldn’t heat up.
“Regulus” he told the boy, his heart beat had calmed down now but it wasn’t helping how the boy was still looking down on him.
“Regulus,” the boy mumbled, “I’m James,” he had said, holding out his hand, expecting Regulus to shake it.
Regulus just skated right past him and continued to do so. James had skated with him, but on the other side of the rink. James didn’t leave the rink until regulus did. He knew that when regulus packed up his stuff James also packed up just 5 minutes later. Regulus acted like he didn’t notice James following him out of the rink but he did.
JAMES POV
James was watching Regulus, he felt a stalker. But how could he resist? James loved his eyes, those grey eyes.
Wait. He has to stop.
He just wanted to be Regulus's friend. Right?
“Oi! Prongs what are you doing out here?” Sirius scared him when he walked over.
James had been hiding behind a pole. “Oh nothing,” James replied.
He knew he was bad at lying, but it can’t be that obvious.
“Then why were you behind a pole?” Sirius looked at James and raised an eyebrow. James quickly changed the subject
“so.. how’s the basketball guy going?” James said, smirking so high his smile probably touched his ears. A faint blush bloomed on Sirius’s face
“he’s good, it’s good.” Sirius says, biting his lower lip.
“Oh come on, It has to be better than just good! Did you snog?” James tilts his head a bit, and Sirius smiles.
“Ok yes we songged, but I wasn’t like that I don’t fancy him” Sirius is completely red at this point, he has gone from just a little flushed to a cherry tomato in seconds.
The thing about Sirius was that he was incredibly delusional when it came to fancying someone, it took Sirius 7 months just to tell the boy he fancied that he fancied him.
But Remus was definitely different, he made Sirius happy in the way that he never knew could happen. Well he knew Sirius would one day meet his soulmate, but obviously not now.
James tried to keep thinking about Sirius but somehow he kept thinking about Regulus, regulus and his pretty eyes. Him and Sirius almost had the same eyes, but regulus were more cold toned, like a ship in a storm. Sirius looked warm like the storm's aftermath. There was something familiar about the two of them. Even though they have never met before, they're sort of similar.