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Remus woke up to a light whining between his legs, and for a second he forgot where he was, the Hogwarts express. He looked down and smiled at the black dog laying at his feet.
it has been over a month since Sirius had shown up to his doorstep looking.. well not like himself, his hair was tangled to the state he would have never let it get to if it was up to him,
his clothes had been ripped and his face looked sick and pale.
Remus had just heard about the escaped prisoner and as you could expect was absolutely terrified, when the person in question was staring up at him.
the man he had loved and adored. was now unrecognisable.
Remus had just stared at him in shock when he told him everything. first not believing his story.
but after enough crying and yelling he was convinced.
It had been weird at first, having your ex lover living in your living room,
and sometimes Sirius had even cuddled up to him in bed. as padfoot of course.
The compartment door slides open as three young teens step in,
one girl, with tanned skin and bushy hair and two boys, one with flaming red hair and one… the last boy was James potter.. wait no his eyes were a familiar shade of green.
The boy was harry. they were identical really, both with skin the exact same shade of brown and the soft dark curls of hair.
Padfoot perked up staring at the boy, with round eyes and started whining loudly.
Remus grabbed him by the collar and pulled him back.
The girl looked spooked by padfoots sudden movement and eyed him carefully.
“don't worry he doesn't bite,” Remus assured.
“Sorry we can find an empty spot if you'd like”. Harry said.
“No it's fine, sit, sit,
They sat in the seat opposite him, after the kids had settled down and ordered some sweets,
the red haired boy asked “So who are you exactly, because usually the staff doesn't travel by train?”
“ron come on don't be so rude” the girl grumbled
“Hermione please, in what world was that rude” the boy complained.
Ron and Hermione, Remus thought. He now realised he had met Ron before,
one time, years ago when Molly had come to visit James and Lily and brought her new baby with her.
before Remus could give an answer to the question the train slowed down to a halt.
and suddenly everything went cold.
Padfoot whimpered and inched closer to Remus until he was pressed against the man,
Hermione looked around and let out a small gasp as a dark wrinkled hand opened the door.
padfoot was now under the seat as ron and hermione pressed close to each other
Harry on the other hand was frozen still looking pale and staring straight at the dementor as it
entered the compartment.
suddenly Remus realised why it was here, it was obvious really, it was looking for Sirius, His Sirius,
and he was up, wand pointing straight at its face “expecto patronum!”
A huge silver wolf shot from his wand as the words left his mouth.
The dementor retreated out and the warmth came back.
He looked to the seat the kids were sitting at, and saw Hermione supporting a clearly unconscious Harry, and Ron snapping his fingers in Harry`s face.
Remus moved forwards and mumbled “move aside, let me see”.
He looked at Harry carefully and suddenly he was awake.
the boy was gasping and looking around
“it's okay, it's gone now” hermione assured gently as she helped Harry sit on his own again
“What the bloody hell was that?” Ron asked quietly.
“That was a dementor, they guard the Azkaban prison,”
a pause
“you know what Azkaban is right” Remus asked when no one replied.
“Yes” ron and hermione said and at the same time harry replied a quiet “no”
“Well I'm sure your friends can explain, now i have to talk to the driver” “oh and Harry” the boy turned around. “Eat this, you'll feel better,”
Remus said as he tossed a bar of chocolate to the boy.
Then he took Padfoot by his leash and walked out the compartment.
Remus shoved himself and Padfoot into the tiny train bathroom and waited till the man transformed back to his human form
“Di.. did you see him, did you see james!” Sirius half yelled.
“shh” Remus shushed him and slapped his hand to sirius’ mouth.
“Yes i saw him but that was harry, his eyes are green and even you could see the scar”
Suddenly he could see angry tears in the eyes looking back at him.
“Of course I know it isn't him, James is dead! Even I know that much! But they are absolutely identical!”
Remus flinched at the man's harsh tone, and suddenly sirius’ anger was gone.
“I’m sorry” he muttered as he lowered his eyes to his feet. “I’m sorry, I didn't mean to scare you”
Sirius had been overly gentle with Remus since he moved back to their flat, as if scared that every little argument would lead to
Sirius being kicked out to the streets.
But Remus would probably not let him leave even if Sirius wanted to.
Partly because Remus was absolutely in love with this man, even if they weren't together anymore.
they hadn't really talked about it. but they certainly hadn't shagged or even shared a single kiss, so Remus was sure Sirius just didn't love him like that anymore.
Sirius had returned more or less to his old self in the past month. He didn’t joke as much as he used to, and as mentioned before, was more gentle.
Sirius wiped eyes and Remus looked away
There was a moment of silence until Remus broke it.
“Do you think they know you're here?” “The dementors I mean”. he continued when Sirius looked confused.
“I highly doubt it. I mean, unless you've finally gotten sick of me and snitched”.
There was a glimmer in the man’s eyes as he joked.
“Don’t even joke. You know I wouldn't.” Remus was serious, even though he knew Sirius was joking.
“oh, come on Remy, take a joke”
Remus froze as he heard the stupid old nickname that used to make him blush like an idiot.
Sirius hadn’t used any nicknames besides Moony since his imprisonment.
“sorry, i didn't mean to say that” he awkwardly apologized.
“no, no you can use it:”. Remus quickly rambled “i was just a bit surprised”
Remus was shocked when he saw a blush creeping up the other man’s neck,
and now he was blushing too. Merlin, what a nightmare.
“right” sirius half whispered as the train slowed down again.
Sirius looked pale again and Remus fought against the urge to place a soothing hand to his shoulder.
“Don't worry, I think we’re there now”.
Sirius seemed to relax a little but his voice was shaky as he replied “Right. I knew that”
Now in place of the man there was a huge black dog, looking up at him with those silver eyes.
They exited the bathroom and began walking through the now almost empty train.