black coffee | remus lupin [2]

44. prolonging it

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TO WAKE UP IN REMUS' ARMS, in a struggle break free from him, fall off the bed and injure herself, quickly toss on one of his sweaters, quietly conceal the Dark Mark that was on full on display and then crawl back into the bed and into his arms was the last few things Claudia had believed she would do the the following morning.

But it was exactly what she did, and it was for one reason and one reason only.

She had just the night, well, morning before had, well, bloody sex with Remus!

Twice!

The second time better than the first!

The second better than all the other times ever before!

Merlin, she had messed up big time.

Big. Time.

However, she also honestly didn't care that much as she watched his sleepy self slowly wake up. For the first time in so long, Claudia felt properly close to him. She had missed that so much, and since he wasn't properly awake it wasn't exactly awful of her to stay there with him and allow him to hold her so close.

She didn't want it to end. Honestly, she was dreading it.

But as soon as she knew it, Remus was fully awake, which caused her to distance herself from him a little. But, she still stayed right there in his bed and allowed him to take ahold of her hand under the covers as he watched her with sleepy yet joyful eyes.

She didn't want to acknowledge the fact that she was letting him do so, especially since they had decided that as soon as they woke up the next day, they would be back to being strictly friends.

But they had already failed with that, and she knew it. They had failed with it the moment they opened their eyes and smiled at the sight of one another.

"How about we prolong this whole thing?" Remus asked softly with a hopeful look in his eyes.

"What do you mean?"

"How about...we'll be strictly just friends again in an hour?"

"An hour?"

"Yeah."

"What time is it?"

"Well, it's two in the afternoon," he chuckled as he took a look at his watch on the nightstand. "So, how about it? How do you feel about one more hour?"

"Remus..." Claudia warned, but she only received a grin on response from him.

"This is your choice. I'm just making a suggestion. You have every right in the world to tell me that I'm a pig."

"Which you are," said Claudia with a small little smile. "Honestly, I can't believe I actually gave in last night. You were acting like a complete dick!"