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There were 3 well known facts about the Marauders.
1. They were rarely sighted without one another. (If spotted alone please return to Minerva I. McGonagall)
2. If you catch them scheming, just run. (In this case, do NOT inform McGonagall or the chances of you being the next prank victim is very high)
and finally 3. The Maruaders know every bit of information about one another, down to the most random facts.
But that all changed on the morning of the 17th of April 1977.
Sirius and James had a bit of a lay-in that morning, it was the Easter Holidays and therefore no classes.
It felt like a gift from god to lay in on a Monday morning.
They were awake, just lounging, chatting.
Remus’ canopy bed’s curtains drawn.
Which is why when they heard the sink running in their shared bathroom they looked at eachother.
Peter had gone home for the week, meaning that it was just them and Remus in the dorm.
"I’m not the only one confused right?" James whispered to Sirius.
Sirius shook his head.
They glanced at the bed once more and Sirius stood up, walking over to it, quietly.
As he peeled back the curtains, James saw the look change on Sirius’ face and automatically got up to see what caused it.
In Remus’ bed lay a woman.
A shirtless woman.
No, a fully nude woman.
"Sirius! You moved my meds again! Where’d you put them" Remus announced from the bathroom, making the other two boys jump.
"Top left of the left cupboard" Sirius said, his voice hoarse.
They looked back at the woman, her neck shroud in hickeys and bites, no way that was Remus.
"Can’t of been him.." James gawked.
"Only other explanation is that he had a three way, I doubt that.." Sirius whispered.
As they whispered, Remus came out of the bathroom, just a towel round his waist, fresh from the shower and the two boys jumped away from the bed.
Remus looked them up and down and raised an eyebrow.
"You good?"
The other two boys nodded as Remus grabbed a shirt, jeans, socks and underwear and headed back to the bathroom.
James looked back at Sirius who was a bright red.
"You good?"
"What would you say if I said I may be a teeny bit gay.." Sirius whispered
James laughed.
"I’m being serious" Sirius said, blatantly.
"Dude I’m dating your brother, IM pan I don’t care, glad you’ve figured it out though."
The girl in Remus’ bed stirred, waking up and Sirius and James rushed out of the room, they were SO scolding their prude of a best friend later.
And they did, later that evening they’d chosen the perfect time.
As the three were settling in their dorm Sirius spoke.
"So Remus."
Remus looked up and Sirius seemed to lose his voice.
"Spit it out Pads I have things to do."
"You.. uh.."
"You had a girl in your bed." James smirked, "judging but the state of her torso you had fun with her."
"Vulgar. And so what? I can’t sleep with people?" Remus said, closing his book and looking at the others.
"We thought you were a virgin." James said.
Remus was quiet for a few moments.
"How?! You’ve literally seen me bring people up here, MANY times."
"Studying!!" James said causing a big sigh from Remus, "we thought you were studying with people!"
"Mae fy mywyd troi’n uffern." Remus mumbled, the Welsh sounding rougher than usual on his tounge.
Sirius stood up and left the room, making the other boys stop and watch him leave, confused.
James soon followed and found Sirius sat on the floor outside the common room, knees to his face and his face in his knees.
"You good?" James asked, hanging onto the doorframe.
Sirius looked up, his face as flushed as the Gryffindor banners on the quidditch pitch.
"Damn, this because of-"
"Remus? Yep. Fuck dude." Sirius groaned.
Remus’ head popped out of the doorframe above of James’.
"Heard my na- shit what’s wrong with you Black?" Remus looked genuinely concerned for his mate.
Remus sat against the opposite wall in-front of Sirius.
"Wanna talk about anything? I’m here."
Now THIS was the Remus they knew.
"Sirius has a crushhhhh" James singsonged.
Sirius slammed his fist down on James’ toe, causing him to start hopping.
"Fuck dude! I get it, I’ll go."
James hopped back into their dorm and Sirius looked at Remus.
Those chocolate brown eyes, them shining silver scars cutting through his gorgeous freckles.
He couldn’t do this.