[RL with Remus]

[why_so_me]

Remus was acting weird. He was sure of that much. He'd been avoiding Sirius as much as he possibly could ever since the full moon, and tried to keep away from talking to him or making eye contact as much as possible. Sirius had thought Remus was okay with how things had happened during the full moon -- he'd seemed okay with it, anyhow, after his

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[lycanthropy_101]

Remus came into the Common Room on his study break, knowing that his friends or more importantly, Sirius would be in a class, so he'd have a little while to relax. He didn't even look around to see who else was in the common rooms before he went straight to a sofa by the fireplace and collapsed into it. Remus was tired. Tired and confused and ashamed and frightened and in love with his best friend. And as such avoiding him like the plague.

He'd figured it out a few days after that full moon they had together. He'd been sitting watching Sirius and James banter on together, thinking about how nice it had been that they'd done this for him. How nice it was to have Sirius nearby when he needed support. How nice it was when Sirius was around to be there for him in general. How nice it was to have Sirius around in general. How nice Sirius was. Something had twisted in his stomach, tight and floaty feeling all at the same time, and that's when he'd realized it. He loved him. Not just as a friend, not some silly little crush that he'd just

[why_so_me]

Sirius looked up when he heard the portrait hole swing open, watched Moony as he plopped himself onto the sofa. Good. Remus was here, and even better, they were by themselves.

He got up from where he was sitting, walking over to the sofa with his hands stuffed into his pockets. "Moony."

[lycanthropy_101]

Remus, who had been contemplating taking a nap, since he wasn't getting all that much sleep when he was in the dorms, too busy staying up late and waking up early to avoid Sirius, even going so far as to shut his eyes as he sat there on the sofa, startled. Shit! Sirius wasn't supposed to be here, he was supposed to be in class--what was he doing here?!

Remus tried to hide the fact that he was a hairs breadth away from running for the hills. "Hey," he said, as nonchalantly as he could manage in that moment. Which wasn't very nonchalant at all, unfortunately.

[why_so_me]

"Hey," Sirius said, noting immediately that Remus looked startled and awkward. Which wasn't usual, not around him, not unless something had happened. "I wanted to talk to you. You have a minute?"