My Everything

3

It's been almost two months since the spell was cast.

Remus sat at a table in the library, staring at the ceiling with his robes set on the chair beside him and his tie loose around his neck.

It's been almost two months, just a few days before the deadline and James hasn't made any headway with Snape.

Severus Snape was difficult. He's always been difficult but now he just seemed so much worse than he was before. Remus couldn't blame him, they haven't been on the best of terms with the raven haired Slytherin so some resistance was expected. But sweet Merlin they could have never guessed that it would be this difficult. James wasn't exactly helping the situation.

Remus told him to stay away from Snape, but James wouldn't listen. If he wasn't reacting to Snape spending time with Lily it was because he saw Diggory practically drooling all over Snape in the courtyard, James' words not Remus'. Remus told James to stop, James did stop. Only to start stalking Snape around every corner of every corridor day in and day out a few days later. And when he wasn't trailing after Snape he was constantly droning on and on about him.

He's so brilliant.

He's such a prat.

Stupid greasy bat doesn't fucking listen.

What does he even see in Diggory anyway?

Evans doesn't even really seem like his type.

Does Severus even like girls? I don't think so. You'd be able to tell right?

Just on and on and on all day every day. It was getting on all their nerves. To the point where they just gave up and let James go stalk Snape, if only so they could get a moment of peace. It wasn't till later that they found out about the letters and gifts. James insisted that it was going fine, that they were all innocent and absolutely harmless and honestly Remus didn't think it was that bad of an idea.

Maybe if Snape softened up towards his secret admirer, he'd be able to soften up to James at least a tiny bit. Of course, there was always the chance of that entire plan backfiring, resulting in Snape somehow taking the gifts the wrong way and therefore laying all their work to waste.

Sirius was a constant bundle of nerves, partly because he felt guilty about the spell he cast and partly because the longer the spell stayed in effect the less restrained James' anger towards the Animagus became. He learned to stay out of James' way while trying to help Remus think of a plan to fix his mess. They didn't really get much done because again.

Snape was difficult.

Impossibly difficult.

They're just a few days away from the deadline now. James has been oddly quiet. He didn't ramble on and on about Snape, he didn't react to Sirius, he didn't do much of anything really. Considering his behaviour since the spell was cast, James suddenly being so restrained was a bad sign. You know what they say about the quiet before the storm.

He went to the library that day intending on going through the book to see if he couldn't find any answers about James' recent behaviour. He didn't find anything, just a vague reference to suggestibility and a loss of restraint.

Remus let out a sigh, rubbed his eyes and decided to call it a day. He grabbed the book and put it back in its place in the Restricted section before going back to the table to collect his things. As he packed up his bag, he thought to his friends.

James was stalking Severus again, he didn't say so but Remus caught sight of him slipping out into the hallway just after catching sight of the Slytherin out in the courtyard. It was a risk letting him out on his own, especially since he was behaving so oddly, but Remus thought he'd be O.K.