Remus Lupin x Reader

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Title: Look at me

House: Hufflepuff

"(Y/N), I can't do this" Remus spoke staring into your eyes, his words struck your heart with a dagger as you stared at him in shock. You had been dating in secret throughout your last year, he was the best person in your life, someone you trusted with all your feelings. Sitting down on a trunk in the room you held your head in your hands, your head rushed with thoughts wondering why he would suddenly want to break up. "Why Remus..." you spoke, your voice only just loud enough for him to hear as you felt your heart tear apart. You hadn't expected this to happen, the two of you were perfect for each other, or at least in your eyes you always were. "One of these days, I'm going to turn and you're going to get hurt. (Y/N), I'm a werewolf. What if one time I don't take my potion and I end up hurting you?-" he continued ranting on, though after a while your thoughts drowned him out. "I'm leaving," you murmured rushing out of his cluttered office, running as fast as you could.

It had taken you a while to finally calm down, staring up at the stars in the astronomy tower. No matter what time of day it was the sky always calmed you down, it was a reminder that you were just a small speck in the universe, you could do anything you ever wanted and most likely you wouldn't change the world alone. Everything was peaceful in moments like these, breathing was easy, life wasn't a struggle you had to face. Finally, you found the nerve to look down from the sky, back to yourself. Staring down at your soft (S/C) hands you smiled gently, 'everything is going to be fine, just because we broke up doesn't mean the world is over' you thought as you gained the courage to stand on your feet. Leaving the tower you took one look back inside at where you were sitting, a sigh of relief leaving you as you continued down to the Gryffindor common room.

A month had passed since Remus had broken up with you, you were embracing the feeling of being single. You were able to flirt with anyone in the corridor, make mistakes you were meant to as a last year in school, kiss people you didn't know too well. Though everything during the day seemed perfect you had found yourself at the astronomy tower more times than you would like to admit, some nights you couldn't find the energy to even go to the tower you loved so much as you stayed stranded in bed just from the memories you had with him. You missed the way he held you, he had paid little to no attention to you since you had left his office, it hurt but you knew it was for the better. He didn't want you anymore, it wasn't healthy for him. Even if you craved his kiss or gaze you knew it wouldn't be good for him, that was all you cared about.

Just as you did every Tuesday afternoon you stepped into his classroom for Defence Against The Dark Arts, hoping deep down in your heart that you'd catch his stormy gaze like you used to. As expected you didn't again, he looked down the second you entered the room just as he always did. 'He can't even look at me' you sat in your regular seat, placing your notebook on the desk as you pulled the thick workbook closer to you, waiting for the class to begin. Students chatted amongst themselves happily as you sat in silence, flipping through your notes to find a blank page. Glancing up once more at the professor you felt your heart skip a beat as you saw his eyes staring into yours, your breath hitched as your face reddened. Even though you thought you were ready to speak with him again you couldn't, every memory ran through your brain of the two of you together.

Tightly grasping the bottoms of your sleeves you turned to the Hufflepuff sat next to you, "Hey... can you tell professor Lupin that I feel ill? thank you" you spoke quickly, standing up soon after making an exit as soon as possible. 'Why did I do that' you silently lectured yourself as you walked through the halls at a fast pace, suddenly you felt yourself being pulled into a near broom cupboard. A small squeak left you but before you could make any other sound a hand covered your mouth. The cupboard was dark, probably only having the capacity to hold two or three people at most if it needed to. Your breathing increased out of fear of what was to come next until it once again was stopped by a familiar voice speaking.

"Lumos" Remus cast the spell in a gentle tone, his grey eyes held so much pain as he looked into your (E/C) ones. "(Y/N) before you scream, before you tell me how good you've been doing without me please hear me out" he pleaded as he carefully removed his warm hand from your mouth, you let out a breath you didn't know you were holding in. "O-okay" you stuttered out, you didn't know how to feel at all. Noticing him visibly relax he shifted his gaze away from your eyes, staring off into the abyss of the damp cupboard. "I didn't mean for this to happen, I don't know how I'm able to function without you. I find myself up late at night more than usual when I'm trying to sleep, the memories we had are haunting me. I can't help but feel like I've made a mistake-" you swiftly cut him off with hope in your heart "I've been dealing with the same Remus" you let out an awkward breathy laugh. You were so happy you could be this close to him again, you found yourself playing with the bottom of his tweed jacket for comfort. His free hand gently caressed your cheek, "I'm so sorry I ended things can we maybe... start again?" he looked at you as if he was staring into your heart.

Pulling him closer to you, you wrapped your arms around his neck as you held him in a hug. Feeling him wrap his arms around your body you felt a shock wave of electricity run through you, it always did when he held you. You felt so alive when you were close to him, resting your head against his chest you heard his heartbeat rapidly the way it always did before it slowly calmed down when he fell asleep. "I'll never deny a restart with the most perfect person alive" you muttered as you kissed the place on his chest that held his heart captive, looking into his eyes you smiled. Happy tears ran down his cheeks as he pulled you in for another hug, placing a kiss on your head "I'm the luckiest man alive" he laughed softly giving you a tight squeeze as if he let go you would disappear. 'I'm the luckiest girl alive' you thought happily to yourself as you savoured every moment of the embrace.

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I FUCKING LOVE FLUFF OKAY, this romantic cute shit, yes this is it sir, this is the shit that makes me so very happy <3
I hope you enjoyed this one shot. It gave me a fuzzy feeling while writing it haha :)

EDIT 2022


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