𝖍𝖊𝖆𝖛𝖊𝖓𝖘 𝖔𝖓 𝖋𝖎𝖗𝖊

11

The rest of the night was a complete disaster. James had begun sobbing uncontrollably, happy that he finally has a chance with Lily. Peter was constantly flitting from comforting him and cheering on Sirius. Hogwart's resident heartbreaker hadn't even had the chance to sneak off with a girl as he had drank so much he was tucked up in bed by 1 o'clock in the morning. Circe, who had also had more than her fair share of drinks, spent a lot of the night laughing at her two friends drunken antics- the two of them had made complete fools of themselves. 

The party goers are finally retreating to their dorms, leaving a blackout drunk Circe drifting off to sleep on the couch and Remus, who has only had a couple of beers. "Alright sleepyhead, I think its time to take you to bed." Remus tells her softly, trying to help her up. 

She groans, not having enough control of her limbs to walk all the way back to the Hufflepuff dorms. "Just leave me here." The girls slurs as she is tugged to her feet. 

Remus shakes his head at her, used to being the one taking care of his drunk friends. If it was any of the other marauders, he would have left them there without a second thought, but he isn't going to leave the brunette here in her state. There's no telling what could happen. "You can sleep in my bed." He decides, guiding her stumbling steps towards the stairs to the boys' dormitory.

"If you insist pretty boy." Circe smirks, even drunk she knows full well he doesn't mean anything by his statement. She reaches her arms out, so that she has a hand on each wall to help her keep her balance.

Remus is a few steps behind her, his hands firmly holding her up as her body almost crumples to the floor with each step she takes. "Its this one." He says, opening the door.

"Merlin this place is a bombsite." The girl laughs, seeing the clothes and pieces of parchment flung all over the place. One bed, at the far corner of the room, is far tidier than the others. The bed is made and all of the clothes are neatly away in the large chest of drawers. "I presume that one's yours?"

He chuckles. "Is it that obvious?"

"You like taking care of what's yours." She tells him, flopping onto the bed. Circe kicks her legs up in the air and begins shaking her feet. The boy walks over and carefully unzips the black boots on her feet, struggling a little as he pulls them off. "Plus this is the only one with books on the bedside table. I've been here a week now and I don't think I've seen any of the others crack open a book once, even in lessons." She stands back up and begins unzipping her jeans.

"Woah, woah." He pulls her hands away, his face turning crimson. "What are you doing?"

Circe laughs at his flustered actions. "I can't sleep in this, don't worry I didn't go commando or anything." She tries to pull her hands out of his strong grasp but his large hands keep steady despite her resistance.

"Just hold on a minute." He says, letting go and walking over to his drawers and pulls out a knitted jumper. "Put this on." Remus orders. The boy turns around and patiently waits for her to change.

The brunette's whole body shivers when hearing his commanding tone. "Yes sir."  She strips down, relieved that she wouldn't have to sleep in her bra, but keeps her knickers on. "I'm done."

Remus turns to face her, unable to stop his eyes from looking her up and down. The jumper looks enormous on her small frame, her hands aren't even visible because of the long leaves and the bottom of it almost reaches her knees. His calloused hands reach out and he rolls up the sleeves before walking over to the bathroom. He returns a few moments later with a glass of water and a small potion- presumably for the raging hangover she would have- and places them by his bed. "Is there anything else you need?" She shakes her head and stumbles over to the bed and Remus swiftly follows behind, ready to catch her in case she trips over the junk scattered all across the floor. Circe rips up the sheets and slides in, not even bothering to pull them over her. The boy chuckles as he tucks her in, a sleepy smile appearing on her face as he does so. "Night."