moon-bound ♤ wolfstar

chapter//nine

i know the timeline is a bit fucked up, don't worry about it. also lol so i can't seem to write scenes w/o sirius in the near future, i tried like 38 different approaches and i can't fucking do it i tried so hARD I'M SORRY

also, don't get me wrong, i love marlene but i hate her in this lol

art by lulusketches on tumblr! lots of jily art bc it's cute so

p.s. i wrote this at like 3 in the morning and it's so fucking unrealistic and rushed but i don't wanna change it

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They left the Smoky Mountains a week later, they had stayed longer than originally anticipated, but the distance did better for all four of them, and for their friendship. They had all felt a little bit more empty since Sirius left, none of them had expected it to end so abruptly, nor the way it did. Remus always thought that Sirius would meet some biker and marry him, join some gang or something, he certainly did not think the head-strong man would get whisked off by some prissy girl who didn't know what the word 'no' meant.

He also noticed how they had all attuned to his needs, they were careful with their words as if they were scared he was going to break. He's already broken, he didn't know how it could get much worse, but he never did call them out on it, he just let them tiptoe around him. Well, only James and Peter did that, Lily was still the same old Lily. Remus had thought it weird for a while, but one day a couple days after they'd joined the living world again, an old couple had asked if they were together. Lily had simply laughed and told them he was his brother.

Remus hadn't felt that happy in months.

"Brother?" He'd asked her. He had to make sure she wasn't just saying it to fool the old couple or to get them off her back or anything like that. She'd laughed at him and slung a freckled arm across his shoulders, ruffling up his mop of hair.

"Of course. I've always wanted a brother and you're the only one who I can protect and who can protect me in return. We're practically twins!" Remus hadn't felt awkward around Lily since that day. He was as gay as gay could be, but at points, he'd wondered if she possibly liked him, but after that he had no more doubts.

They were in the middle of Illinois, Effingham, specifically, when Lily popped the question. Well, not the question, but a very important one. James had insisted they all go to lunch at the infamous Denny's, a food chain that had yet to arrive in their home country. Peter was almost as excited as James was to eat there, claiming it was the best breakfast food in America. Lily disagreed almost instantly, claiming it had to be Waffle House.

It was one of many domestic arguments they all had while on the road. They debated which fast food joint had the most unhealthy foods, or the most healthy. If a jaguar or a panther would win in a fight, and other small debates like that. Remus almost turned to Sirius numerous times for support in his side before he realized that his first love and best friend was no longer with them, he wondered if he'd ever get used to the idea. No, he knew he wouldn't. Sirius was such a big part of his, of all their lives, none of them would ever really get used to the fact he was gone.

While they were eating at that Denny's in Effingham, Illinois, Lily had pulled Remus aside, away from James and Peter, and asked him if he'd do her the honor of being the baby's godfather. Remus had broken down into tears, he hadn't expected Lily to ask that, not in a million years would he have expected that. He nodded rapidly, assuring Lily over and over that he'd be the best godfather he could possibly to her baby boy once he was born.