𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤. ʀ. ʟᴜᴘɪɴ

twenty-three

Remus stared down at Evangeline's sleeping form feeling torn. 

He desperately wanted to wake her, but he loved how peaceful she looked. He laid back down on his side facing her, tracing a finger down her arm. 

He decided to be a little selfish. 

"Evangeline, darling," he whispered. 

She stirred lightly, groaning as she turned away from him. 

"Love," he said a little louder, "come on, wake up."

"Remus, it's the weekend, we can sleep in," she mumbled into the pillow. 

He smiled apologetically even though she couldn't see him, "I know I know. Remember when we were talking about the Patronus charm and how you can't cast it?" he asked, earning a groan from her that he took as a yes, "well I thought I could teach you to cast it today."

"Today. As in we have all day. Meaning... shut the fuck up and let me sleep a little longer."

He found himself chuckling at her words that had no real malice, "come on, this might take all day."

"If it does then you might want to think about a different profession."

"You can have my position if I can't teach you it."

She slowly turned her head towards him, peaking an eye open through the hair covering her face, "really?"

"No, Evangeline, you can't have my job."

She turned her head away from him again, "we can do it later."

"Now."

"Remus."

"Evangeline."

He poked her side, "come on..."

"I like you a lot after full moons. You know why? You sleep in with me. You don't care to do much, you appreciate the finer things in life. Those finer things being lazying about and pretending like we have no responsibility."

"Somebody has woken up on the wrong side of the bed."

"Remus if you don't let me sleep I will hex you into oblivion."

He placed the back of his hand on her forehead, "are you feeling alright?" he asked a little more seriously, "you're not typically so..."

"Bitchy?"

"I wasn't going to use such a harsh term but if you say it..."

"Remus, I'd love for you to teach me the Patronus charm, but I'd also love for you to let me sleep a little longer. Come on, I'm tired. It's been a long week," she said as he crawled on top of her, his hands supporting himself on either side of her head. 

He looked down at her, "you look pretty awake to me."

She tugged him down, sighing at his bodyweight on hers. She wrapped her arms around him tightly, her legs tangling up with hers. She smiled contently, closing her eyes. 

"Cheap move," he grumbled, allowing her to cuddle him. 

He found himself dozing off again with Evangeline. Nearly two hours later long past breakfast, the two gently woke up again. 

"so..." he whispered. 

"I'd love for you to teach me," Evangeline said, "did you really wake me up earlier just because you got excited about it?"

He smiled shyly, "yeah... I know I shouldn't have woken you but I've been wanting to teach you for a while and we finally have a day to ourselves. I just wanted to make the most of it."