All right! Companions!!
Here is the Sirius companion to the below fic!
Title: Allowing (Sirius)
Length: about 300 words
Pairing: implied Remus/Sirius
Rating: Again, PG/borderline PG-13
Disclaimer: I do not on anything associated with Harry Potter except slightly battered copies of the books. No characters, no nothing.
Sirius allows himself to be caught and Remus allows himself to let go. Sirius allows himself to be held and Remus allows himself the knowledge that he needs to be free.
Sirius hates being touched. As a boy, the only touches he got were those of a hard nature, and across the face. He couldn’t stand having people touch him.
Until Remus.
Remus, with his golden tawny hair and eyes like sunshine in summer. Remus, who always smelt of chocolate and cinnamon and cookies. Remus, who made everything right again.
Remus, who shared the memory of scars.
But sometimes, Sirius finds, it is too much. He will wake nights, panicked. Who is touching me, who is it? He stiffens and can’t breathe, then feels the familiarity of rough skin and warm hands.
He tells himself it’s good for Remus, to learn how to let him go. He tells himself that Remus will always be there to catch him.
But making himself leave is hard. He doesn’t want to leave, with all his friends, being greedy and keeping Remus all to himself. He knows it is unfair, but when he comes back…
When he comes back all he can think taste touch feel want is RemusRemusRemus, and the intensity of it overwhelms them both.
So, Sirius thinks, he has to let go. He knows there will be a time when it isn’t RemusandSirius, but just Sirius.
Just Remus.
However much it pains him, he knows that one day, they will be no more. And so he teaches himself to let go. And he trains Remus to get used to it.
And he tells himself that it’s for the better.
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