Hope being amazing for the last 200 words or so

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Sirius grabbed Remus' hand as he stood from the compartment bench, "You ready for this?"
     Remus squeezed his hand in response. They walked out onto the platform and Sirius ran to Euphemia once they saw her.  She engulfed him into her arms and moments later she did the same to Remus.
     "It's so nice to finally meet you, Remus. Of course Sirius has told me all about you," Sirius blushed, "but it's truly nice to meet the young man that's stolen their heart." She explained.
      Remus let out a breathy laugh, "It's nice to meet you too. James has been raving about the holiday since November and I've been excited to see what all the fuss is about; and besides Sirius speaks so highly of you, and Regulus does too."
Euphemia patted his shoulder and laughed, "Oh they flatter me. Your parents are joining us for Christmas, aren't they dear?"
     Remus nodded and with that the rather large group grabbed their trunks and headed towards the platform's floo portal.
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      Remus had heard many things about Potter manor, but none of them had prepared him for when he actually saw it. It was absolutely beautiful, the old bricks had ivy growing on the corners, and the windows radiated a dim yellow glow. It was picturesque.
      Sirius wrapped their arm around his waste and pecked his cheek, "I was in awe of it the first time I saw it too, Grimmauld is nothing like this and I was stunned that a home could feel so...well homey," he pulled Remus toward the door, "c'mon I can't wait to show you around."
      Sirius guided him around the house and the gardens. The kitchen contained a very busy house elf, Mitsy, and Mrs. Potter working away at Treacle Tarts, the library was almost as large as the one at Hogwarts and Sirius had joked that Remus would be spending all of his time there instead of with his partner. The gardens had been covered in snow but the greenhouse was left uncovered by the thick powder. Inside were numerous plants they had learned about in Herbology and a few that Remus didn't quite recognize. Sirius had explained that Regulus had taken it upon himself to nurture the dead plants back to life.
     Once they had gotten back into the house, Sirius led him to the living room. The inside reminded him a bit of the Gryffindor common room. The walls were covered in a maroon wallpaper with portraits of the Potter family through the years decorating the wall, the most recent included Sirius and Regulus as well.
     Sirius caught him appreciating them and whispered into his ear, "Maybe we'll have one of our own someday." Remus turned around as wrapped his arms around them.
      "I think I'd quite like that." He said before kissing his partner.
     James and Regulus entered the living room and Regulus mimed gagging, "Get a room you too." he joked.
     Sirius snickered, "Oh we have one, and I fully intend to use it."
     James laughed and Regulus made a disgusted noise, "Absolutely disgusting, never in my life have I been so revolted." Remus laughed at Regulus' muttered comments and Sirius made a show of kissing him again.
     "Now now Reginald, I remember someone said they were quite eager to be alone with James in a place that wasn't a shared dorm room with their brother." Remus tutted.
       Regulus flushed and Sirius' smirk fell. James chuckled awkwardly and the room resonated in silence before Euphemia came in.
       "Dinner will be done shortly, my loves." She announced before leaving the room.
      James clapped his hands, "Right well, we should go wash up and then, yay!!! Food!!"
      James and Regulus left the room and Remus fell into laughter.
      "I hope you know that I absolutely hate you for making that comment." Sirius said.
      "Oh you love me, really." Remus joked.
       "Well fuck me, I really do." Sirius said before pulling their boyfriend in for another kiss.
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     The rest days leading up to Christmas day were spent mostly lounging in the Potter's living room watching older muggle movies. Occasionally James and Sirius would drag Remus and Regulus outside to build a snow man or have a snow ball fight, but the latter two mostly tried to ignore their hyper partners and so their school work instead.
     Remus was anxious for Christmas day, as his parents would be visiting and meeting Sirius. He had no reason to believe that his parents wouldn't be accepting of them, but it was still incredibly scary to think that they were taking such a big step in their relationship. But before he knew it Christmas day arrived and his parents were hopping out of the potter's floo.
"Remus!!" Remus lifted his head up from reading a page in a book and saw his mother stumbling out of the fire place.
"Mom!" Remus tossed the book on the floor and almost tackled her into a hug.
Hope cupped her son's jaw and brushed over his cheek, "My darling boy, so handsome. I've missed you!"
Remus flushed at the compliment and then kissed her cheek, "I missed you too mom." he assured her.
Lyall stepped out of the fireplace shortly after and clapped Remus shoulder, "Good to see you Rem." Hope released him from the embrace but she was replaced by Lyall shortly after.
" 'Missed you dad." Remus spoke into his shoulder.
There was a cough from the door way and Lyall let go of his son. Remus turned his head to see Sirius leaning against the doorframe, with a smile plastered on his face.
Remus motioned for Sirius to join them and Sirius hesitantly entered the room, "Mom, Dad, this is Sirius, my partner."
Sirius reached their hand out, "Pleasure to meet you Mr. and Mrs. Lupin."
Hope looked down at his hand and shook her head slightly. Sirius' smile fell but Hope quickly hugged them, "Oh don't be silly, call me Hope...or Mom."
Sirius flushed as Remus called out, "Mom!" Hope chuckled as Lyall clapped Sirius on the shoulder, "Hurt my boy and I'll show you hexes you've never even heard about. Though with your family, you probably have."
Sirius cringed at the mention of his biological parents, "I don't think I physically could, sir. As for the in-laws, I think Remus has already gotten on well with Ephie and Monty."
Lyall nodded, "Good," he started to walk out of the living, "and Sirius, call me Lyall."

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AN: jesus i am so sorry i've been gone, christ. Thought i'd post this in honor of Remu's birthday, gotta love him <3. As for my life? Shits been crazy. if you want you can check out my twitter (siriuslyinhell), or my tumblr (letsbatheinthemoonlight). If you've read this, I love you.

-your loving author <3

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