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#15 The Gardener (Part Two)

Thank you for being sooo patient <3

Sirius and Remus sat opposite each other at the dining table, half listening to Effie and James talk as the plates were passed around for dinner.

Remus politely spoke as Effie asked him questions but his gaze was fixed on Sirius who had his head leaning on his hand, tilting his head and smiling at Remus.

The night continued on with a wild amount of sexual tension between the two men, an uncomfortable amount of obliviousness from James and a healthy ratio of dinner and dessert from Effie.

Effie looked out the window at the sky, noticing it was already dark despite the summer heat, "Remus honey, would you like to stay the night? It's already dark and the idea of you walking out at night alone isn't exactly pleasant"

Remus looked at the sky, thankfully it wasn't a full moon but he did still feel uncomfortable walking alone even if he could take on pretty much anyone.

"I don't want to intrude"

"Nonsense! James is leaving early tomorrow morning anyway so someone will need to keep an eye on Sirius"

Effie smugly smiled at Sirius who rolled his eyes and poked his tongue out at her, "very funny"

James was still laughing and Effie had started picking up the plates, James remembered he did have a big day tomorrow though, he'd be meeting his mentor Regulus for work, and gods forbid he did not want to be late for that.

"Sirius you alright sharing a room? I'll bring the mattress in" James whispered to Sirius just to make sure he was comfortable with the idea.

"Oh yes, absolutely and don't worry about the mattress. We'll work something out, you just get ready for tomorrow"

James got up and Remus went to the kitchen to hand the last of the dishes over to Effie before following Sirius up some stairs. They got to the top and Remus realised they were in the roof, what should've been an attic was fashioned into a small room for Sirius to use, the circular window at the front having cushions tucked into it like a cute book nook.

"This is your room?"

"Yeah...the Potter's weren't exactly expecting me when I came so they made this for me last minute. I love it though"

"No, it's really cozy, I didn't mean that in a bad way"

"Well I'd rather be climbing down from an attic than up from a basement..." Sirius' eyes darkened for a moment but quickly shook it off and tried looking at Remus confidently.

Remus looked at him softly, "yeah I'd rather be climbing down from an attic than out of a forest" Remus held his sleeve which he'd rolled up earlier, exposing the slash mark that went from the tips of his fingers all the way to his shoulder blade.

"You were subjected to punishment too?"

Remus laughed lightly, "not of my own accord but yeah you could say that"

"I've been around enough evil to know that, that.." Sirius gestured to Remus' arm, "wasn't caused by a person..."

"I mean, it was a person at one point" Remus shrugged, Effie knew, not just because he had told her but because she worked at the Ministry, she had already seen his case file so he figured Sirius was bound to find out eventually.

"Transformation?"

Remus nodded, "you're almost there"

"Not an animagus I'm guessing"

"Let's just say I didn't get a choice in what my animagus looked like"

Sirius stood back, "werewolf".