𝙰 𝚆𝚘𝚕𝚏𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛 𝚈𝚞𝚕𝚎 𝙱𝚊𝚕𝚕

☾ Remus ☽

Remus twists and turns as he lays in bed with the curtains drawn around him. All he can think about is the date Sirius was thinking about. All he can feel is the graze of Sirius' leg on his. He gets butterflies from the memory of his touch.

He is about to give up and switch the light on when the door opens softly and a pair of familiar feet shuffle into the room. He lays there, closing his eyes and breathing as calmly as possible as they move towards-

Towards his bed?

Remus' heart pounds as they get closer and he stays completely still.

He hears his bed curtain being pulled back and feels eyes burn into the back of his head. Then Remus can feel Sirius freeze. Just drinking up the look of him like he did earlier. He doesn't feel uncomfortable though - he rather likes the attention for once. He's only ever liked attention if it's from Sirius.

Eventually, Sirius shuffles to his own bed and he hears the bed curtains close then a sigh and a whispered, "oh Moons... if only you knew..."

Remus feels his face go hot and he pulls his pillow over his head.

✩ ☽

The next morning Remus drags himself out of bed early, wanting to get a couple of hours of reading done before breakfast. He completely forgot James and Sirius had quidditch practice so when the bathroom door opens and Remus is standing with nothing more on than a towel around his waist, Sirius, once again, freezes.

"Oh- er- morning Sirius," he says and folds his arms over his chest, embarrassed.

Sirius just stands there, mouth open and eyes wide.

Remus looks down and chews on his lip, wishing he had more than a towel on. Sirius just continues to stare as Remus takes quick strides to get out of the bathroom and into the dorm, careful not to brush his elbow against the smaller boy's arm. He quickly pulls on a jumper and trousers then grabs a book and goes to leave the room.

"Oi Remu! You not gonna watch our practice?" James says pulling on his Quidditch jersey.

"You know how much I don't like or understand it James - and please don't call me Remu."

James smirks, "nope- so, you don't even want to watch Sirius?" He says with a look of knowing in his eyes which makes Remus' insides turn over.

"What!?" He walks up to James, glancing to the door of the bathroom then to a sleeping Peter then back to James, coming level with his face. "What do you know?" He mutters.

James just shrugs and shakes his head.

Remus groans in response and straightens up, turning back to the door. "Guess I'll have to work it out myself then." He says and walks out, not looking back to see James' face.

He wonders down to the common room and waits for Lily to meet him. Not that they planned to of course but Lily always gets up early.

No sooner does she come down the stairs with a giggling Marlene dressed in her Quidditch gear.

Great, Remus thinks, so now Sirius is about to come down too.

"...and then," Marlene is saying to Lily, "she just asked me!"

"No! Really!?" Lily giggles and leans on her. "It's about time!"