Nowhere Boy (Wolfstar)

In the Flesh

August, 1976

Remus stood over the record player watching the vinyl spinning in circles as a woman's voice rang out singing,

"I can't wait to touch you in the flesh

Darlin' darlin' darlin'

I can't wait to hear you

Remembering your love

Is nothing without you in the flesh"

Sirius came up behind him and slithered his hands around his waist and held him close, slowly moving their hips from side to side in time with the music. Resting his chin on Remus' shoulder he whispered, "Come back to bed."

"In a minute," he muttered in response.

Sirius began to peel his boyfriend's boxers down passed his slim hips, but Remus laid his hand on top of Sirius' to stop him.

"In a minute," he repeated more sternly. Sirius sighed and let his hands fall to his sides.

It had been a tumultuous year since Remus and Sirius' first kiss; they kept their relationship low-key, only confiding in James and Lily months later to which both voiced their support for them, although neither had seemed surprised by the news.

Life at Grimmauld Place had gradually deteriorated for Sirius – his relationship with his parents had become increasingly strained and he had even grown distant from his brother. Sirius blamed Snape for this estrangement, but Remus privately thought there was more to it than Snape's meddling; Regulus had become increasingly vocal about his views on pureblood supremacy, views which Sirius was quick to dismantle and chastise his brother for. The result being that they now barely spoke to one another, even at school.

Consequently, Sirius had begun spending an increasing amount of his time staying at James' house. Remus didn't want to admit that it made him a little jealous that Sirius chose to stay at the Potter's cottage instead of his home, but Sirius reasoned that the Potter's had a lot more room than Remus did, and Mr. and Mrs. Potter had been the first to offer their home to him. While the reasoning was sound, it still didn't abate Remus' suspicions that Sirius would rather spend more time in James' company than his own.

Things between the two had become increasingly unsettled after events at the end of term when Sirius had played a prank on Snape that had nearly ended his life. Remus hadn't spoken to Sirius in two weeks, ignoring his owls and floo calls. He'd only agreed to come over to Grimmauld Place on the condition that they talked things through, but they had ended up in bed before they had even said hello to one another. Now Remus was as annoyed at himself as much as he was with Sirius, who now stood behind him with his arms crossed and a bemused expression.

"You're still angry at me," he stated.

"I thought that much was obvious," replied Remus flatly.

Sirius glared, "Then why did you agree to come here if you were just going to mope about the whole time?"

"Because I wanted to talk to you about what happened," explained Remus, then added. "And you know I can't say no to you."

Sirius sighed and sat down on the bed the edge of the bed, "I've already apologised about what happened with Snivellus. I admit it was bang out of order on my part, but it's his own fault for being such a slimy, nosey git."

"I could have killed him, Sirius!" shouted Remus, "Or worse."

"Then you would have done the world a favour," drawled Sirius maliciously.

"This isn't a joke!" yelled Remus. "I could have really hurt him!"

"But you didn't, so what's the problem?" shrugged Sirius nonchalantly.