Remus Lupin One Shots ☾

Midnight

I tried this for the first time. This one shot is written from his pov. Hope you'll like it.

Lupin's pov:

Finally it's 1:20 am.

Glancing down at my wrist watch, I let out a relieved breath and stretch my neck to lessen the tingling pain in my muscles. 40 more minutes of patrolling and I'll be able to pass it on to Severus and catch up on some sleep.

All I had done yesterday was taking a short snooze after I had finished grading exams of second years. Not exactly grading though. I don't even remember keeping my whole focus on any of those papers.

That's a shame.

I shake my head and slow down my pace as I get closer to darker parts of the castle.

Back to the exams, I remember that my eyes could read the words, but my mind had an excuse to be somewhere else and well... Think about someone else. To be honest, I didn't mind. Tomorrow is Saturday, so the tests can wait for one more day.

The silvery moonlight is illuminating the cold floor as the sound of my steps echos through the deserted corridors. I should consider that It's not an excellent idea to read my favorite book while I have to do a midnight stroll around the castle to make sure everything is settled safely.

But at least it gives me a reason to stop myself from constantly thinking about her.

Fortunately, first night hasn't been eventful and long stone-flagged passages that lead to different directions are all empty. At least until now. There's no sign of dementors trying to suck out someone's soul or a murderer attempting to get inside the dorms or even some students breaking the rules and sneaking out after curfew. The only other sounds come from wandering ghosts and noisy snores of portraits as I pass by them.

Speaking of students, I haven't been able to see her properly for so long by now. She's always occupied with endless essays or studying for exams. Other than our usual classes, I don't see her around like before. She's been acting weird recently and I don't know why.

At first, I thought it was only in my class, so I vaguely asked some questions from some other teachers about her recent grades and appearance in their classes. They had mentioned the sudden change too.

She's a bright witch and it's worrying me so much to see her like that.

Besides, I miss her.
I miss her smile, I miss her voice, I miss-

'Oh shut it Remus. Turn to next page.'

Thank god I haven't quit the habit of reading or else I would go insane from the amount of thoughts I'm carrying around. I've tried countless times to banish the image of her out of my mind, but all those efforts are proved to be useless.

Does she know I fancy her? Does she need to know I can't stop thinking about her and the way her face could glow with a smile whenever our eyes meet? She's really attractive, so much that it has to be considered illegal.