Falling for the Unexpected (wolfstar)

Moonlight

The noise was deafening, the smell of dust was sickening. The floor trembled so much that, if Remus didn't know what was going on, he would think it was an earthquake.

He tightened his arms around Lily as she yelped once more, trying to pass some security to her, even if he himself wasn't feeling any.

(TWO HOURS EARLIER...)

A week had passed since the disaster at the Great Hall when it happened.

It was an apparently normal morning and Remus was calmly drying some dishes when Lily suddenly appeared behind him, a knowing smirk on her face.

"What's with the lovesick look, Lupin?"

"Damn, Lily! You almost made me break the plate!"

Clearly amused, she started laughing and shoved him slightly while grabbing some bowls to help him on the job.

"Someone was daydreaming again, huh?"

Remus wasn't going to admit that, but she wasn't wrong. Lately, the task of taking a certain someone out of his head had been proving to be more and more difficult for him. At that point, it had become simply impossible.

What had started as admiration and friendship had quickly turned into something way stronger and deeper. Remus was afraid to admit it to himself, but he knew exactly what is was. Love.

During the day, his mind was always filled with thoughts of Sirius. He would get lost in thinking about his long black hair, his kind and beautiful smile and his grey eyes. But most importantly, he thought about how he desperately wanted to be that 'someone' in Sirius' life.

During the nights, when Remus would finally surrender to his tiredness and fall asleep, he dreamed of Sirius.

Remus sighed and took a few seconds to think of what to say. He desperately wanted to tell Lily everything, get it all out of his chest. It would feel good talking to a friend.

But he couldn't do that. He really didn't think Lily was the type of person to judge someone for being gay, but how would he explain to her that he had given his heart to no one other than the freaking prince?

Anyway, it wasn't as if he actually had a chance with him, right? Sirius was royalty. Sirius was gorgeous. Sirius was amazing. Even if he actually liked guys (which definitely was not the case) he would never like Remus. And if that wasn't enough, Sirius even had a whole bunch of beautiful young women to choose from.

"And what about you, Miss Evans? Are you really sure you hate that Potter guy that much?"

He knew he had succeeded in swiftly changing the subject when she blushed and tried to avoid eye contact.

"I-I don't know what you're talking about."

It was his time to let out an amused laughter and give her a knowing look. Lily was an incredibly stubborn person, but he himself was very observant. He had noticed the way she looked at James Potter, despite her constant efforts to make it seam like she couldn't stand him.

"Uh-huh, sure."

"I certainly don't know what you are insinuating, Remus Lupin. James Potter is nothing more than an annoyingly persistent idiot."

Remus rolled his eyes a little at that, but decided to give in. He didn't want to push her too much.

"Whatever you say, Lils."

A few minutes passed and they were almost done drying everything when they suddenly heard it.

A terrifyingly loud noise that seemed like a big explosion coming from outside. Remus almost jumped out of his skin and his heart began thumping so fast that he thought he would pass out. What the hell had just happened?