𝙰 𝚆𝚘𝚕𝚏𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛 𝚈𝚞𝚕𝚎 𝙱𝚊𝚕𝚕

☾ Remus ☽

Looking up the stairs Remus sees Sirius' nervous face. He looks amazing. He holds his pale pink dress up, revealing shiny black Docs, as he steps down, hand in hand with Marlene.

Remus gets butterflies and suddenly doesn't know what to think. What to do.

Lily stands with James, clutching his elbow, watching the pair.

"Crazy..." she says.

Remus continues to stare, biting his lip and wringing his hands together in front of him, slightly nervous. He suddenly feels conscious of all the eyes that keep flicking between him and Sirius and heat rises up his cheeks.

After what feels like a slow-motion walk, Sirius and Marlene reach the bottom. The students part to let them through. Marlene lets go of Sirius' hand and she pushes her way to Dorcas, flinging her arms around her and kissing her with obvious passion.

Sirius stands at the foot of the stairs, just gazing at Remus. Remus' heart flutters and James nudges his arm, grinning at him.

Slowly Sirius takes a step toward the taller boy and Remus' breath catches in his chest.

Someone wolf whistles, making Remus cringe, not only at the sound but at the name too. At the same time, Sirius' face finally becomes one of less shock and more happiness.

Finally, they are close enough to touch.

"You... you look... incredible," Remus says and reaches out to take Sirius' hand.

He smiles and gives it to him, "and so do you."

Remus bites his lip but their moment is shattered by McGonagall's voice echoing around the hall.

"Please line up in the way I told you to in practice," she says.

Remus cringes at the memory of having to dance with a girl, Sirius messing his steps up and tripping over because he was staring at Remus. He shakes the thought away and he is pulled by Sirius into the line behind James and Lily.

James turns around and flashes Sirius a grin. "Knew you could do it mate."

Sirius nods and squeezes Remus' hand. Remus looks at him then leans down and kisses his temple.

Sirius smiles brightly up at him as the line moves forward and into the Great Hall.

It's unrecognizable. All the tables are pushed to the edges of the room making way for a large dance floor.

"You're so beautiful," Sirius whispers in his ear, making Remus blush.

✩ ☽

After some drinks, the music starts. Remus is still holding onto Sirius and he looks down at him knowing he'll want to dance.

"Would you like to dance?" He asks though he knows he will make mistakes and step on Sirius' toes.

Sirius nods, beaming up at him and puts his half-finished drink down and pulls Remus onto the dance floor, turning to face him, holding both his hands.

"Am I leading?" Remus asks, uncertain if that is a good idea.

"Please...?" The boy in the dress says and bites his lip, causing a swarm of butterflies to flutter in Remus' stomach.

"Then don't moan when I step on your toes," he says and puts his hand on Sirius' waist.

"I'll be moaning for a different reason later I hope," Sirius whispers in Remus' ear, leaning up to him so he can be heard by only Remus.