Speak Now
James wasn't crying. James was very tough and not crying. That being said, the toughest guys cry when they're marrying their two best friends.
"Dudes, Duddettes and Dudon'ts" Remus stomped on his foot and glared slightly as if to say really James. James smiled slightly, the corners of his mouth curling up as he continued "We are gathered here today to witness the marriage of Remus John Lupin and Sirius" James wished that Sirius had told him his last name so that this could be slightly more professional but that wasn't important "two men dear in our hearts who have made these last few years a little sweeter with their tooth rotting romance"
Remus and Sirius smiled at each other and James smiled at them before continuing "My name is James Potter and I would like to say that I've never done this before and that the only reason I am is because these two couldn't pick who's best man I would be" another stomp on his foot from Remus accompanied by a pointed look to 'stop being an idiot and get on with it'. James rolled his eyes fondly but continued "So I know that you have prepared your own vows, you can read them now starting with" James stopped and started swinging his finger between the two while softly mumbling eeny meeny miney mo under his breath. I t landed on Sirius "Sirius, go ahead"
Sirius fished into his pocket and pulled out a small stack of notecards that James had helped him write a few nights before. He breathed in before starting to read "Remus Lupin, Everyday I'm with you makes me sure of so many things. I'm sure that everytime I hear a love song I think of you. I'm sure that when we kiss I never want it to end. I'm sure that I'll have to make three lattes everyday for you alone" everyone in the room giggled softly and James felt the first tear overflow "Remus I'm sure that I'll love you forever. I'm sure that in every life we'll find each other. We found each other in this life from an invisible string and that string of gold will follow us into every life time after this. Remus I will get you any book or sweater you ever want or need" another wave of giggles and another soft tear rolled down James' face "Remus John Lupin, I love you more than even I know and I'm taking your last name to preve it to the world"
Every single person in the small audience aw'd and two more tear fell down James' face who quickly moved to dab them off before Remus started his vows. After James finished up he motioned toward Remus who didn't need to pull out any notecards because of course he had it memorized.
"Sirius" Remus' voice cracked as he started to cry "Sirius my boyfriend, my fiance, and now my husband. You are everything I've ever needed and everything I'll ever need. Everything felt wrong until I met you. My star in the sky. The brightest presence in my heart. You are a magnetic force of a man and from the day that we met I took you to be my lover to have and to hold until we run out of time. Loving you has made me better, it's made me cheesier, and it's made me beyond happy. I wish for you to be happy Sirius and nothing more but I'll never be able to explain how happy it makes me that I'm what makes you happy and not someone else." a wave of giggles went over the audience and a tear fell down Sirius and James' cheeks this time "Sirius my love follows where you go and it grows around you. Your sweet nothings are everything to me and I never want to lose them. Your eyes hold your heart and they outshine any horizon line. Baby I'm yours and I'll be yours until the stars fall from the sky" Sirius laughed brittley through tears as Remus quoted his favorite song "YOurs until the rivers run dry, yours until the poets run out of rhyme. At the end of the day, week, month, year, decade, century whatever it may be you'll still be mine no matter how hard you try to hide it under leather jackets, I know that when we get home you'll wear my sweater. I love you Forever and Always Sirius Lupin"
Remus smiled, James was about to scream, Sirius was red and had tears streaming down his face "Oh my god kiss for the love of god kiss" James urged as he practically pushed the two together.
As the two broke away from the kiss a glittering green arc came through the open doors of the farmhouse and before James could realize what was happening he was on the floor, struggling for breath. He tried to look around but he quickly found that he couldn't. As he lay there on the steps of the platform, he decided it best to give it's body what it wanted: to sleep.
5 months later
James woke up in a hospital bed the first thing he noticed was the fluorescent lighting clearly trying to kill him. the second was the steady beeping to his left. Everything was white and it all looked like it was begging for James to throw paintballs around. A nurse walked in, interrupting his train of thought,
"James?" she asked him "James Potter?"
"Yea that's me"
"Ok, your friends are waiting out side and we have to deliver some news to you. Would you prefer them to come in or for us to tell you alone?"
It sounded serious and scary whatever she needed to tell him "You can let them in"
The nurse left and not two minutes later Sirius barged into the room. He practically flopped himself on top of James before Remus forcibly pulled him off when he walked in.
"JAMES! YOU'RE AWAKE"
"Sirius can you keep it down please" Remus sounded more annoyed than usual and that was never a good sign
"Mr. Potter" the nurse had come back in "We do have some news to share with you"
"Go ahead, and you can call me James"
"Alright James, you've been in a coma for the last 5 months"
what
"I'm sorry?"
"You've been-"
"No I heard you but how did that happen?"
"Well you were hit with some radiation, as was everyone else at the wedding, you're just the last one to wake up"
James didn't know how to react his whole body felt lifeless "When can I leave?" his mouth spoke before talking to him so it was good that he hadn't changed too much
"Your vitals seem normal so if you'd like you could leave today"
"I think I'd like to do that"
"Alright I'll get the discharge paperwork"
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Remus and Sirius brought him clothes and explained everything that happened after the wedding. Everyone got knocked out by whatever those rays were: Marlene, Dorcas, Mary, Lily, Remus, Sirius, and himself. Even Peter had gotten himself knocked out and he wasn't even there, he had gone home early because he had felt sick.
"Yeah and ever since then some assholes in suits have been running around robbing a fuckton of places" Remus sounded pissed, like he'd already had this conversation a million times
"What do you mean?" James looked at Remus expectantly
"Ever since the wedding some douchebags have been running around robbing places and calling themselves The Snakes. And they have all these freakish powers but they use them for some pretty shitty things"
"So they're, what, supervillains?" James suppressed a laugh
"Yeah pretty much"
They spent the rest of the travelling time back to James' flat in silence. When they reached his door they all said their good byes and promised to see each other tomorrow. James walked into his apartment, but when he tried to let go of the doorknob his hand stuck. James pulled and pulled at his hand and it would not come off. James took a steadying breath and thought that maybe he could like mind control it off. He breathed in and was finally able to pull his hand off.
He breathed out a sigh of relief and went to kick the door to close it this time. He walked into his apartment and couldn’t believe that it had been 5 months since he had step foot in here. He passed by the mirror, froze and stepped back. His muscles had stayed almost exactly the same. He looked at himself in confusion. He had a very extensive medical background (he’s seen grey’s anatomy twice) so he knew that his muscles should be going away and breaking down not staying the same or getting bigger.
He walked over to his kitchen to grab a glass of water. He reached into the cabinet and grabbed a glass. When he went to put it down on the counter it stuck to his hand.
He gave up, he was just going to ask Remus and Sirius about it tomorrow and see how that goes.