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"i thought i saw your face today but i just turned my head away, your face against the trees but i just see the memories as they come..."
-"i thought i saw your face today" by she & him
REMUS POV
Remus liked his life. it was simple. He woke up, drank his coffee, went to work, came home, slept and then did it all over again. And as much as he enjoyed his quiet, stable life, it always felt like there was something missing. A hole in his life that wouldn't close no matter how he tried to fill it. And believe me had he tried. He tried reading, but no book could fill the hole, he tried painting, but no artwork seemed to fit either, heck! He had even bought a cat for christ sake. But nothing fit.
That was until one day, a Tuesday, where the rain hit the glass and made being inside feel like a cabin, where the outside was cold and harsh but the inside was warm and welcoming. And on this day, a man with pale white skin and long black hair stumbled into his cafe, shaking his hair quickly as he continued the conversation he was having on his phone. He was stunning. The type of guys you see in movies, Remus' face flushed a shade of red as he looked the man up and down. Black combat boots, skinny jeans, a bowie shirt and a leather jacket… ‘oh god. This man is hot,’ Remus thought silently to himself. There was no denying it, he was Remus’ perfect type!
“Once sec prongs lemme order really quick” he said to whoever was on the other end of his call as he approached remus. “Hello!” Remus said, a little too enthusiastic. “What can I get for ya?” He recovered quickly, regaining his composure as his welsh accent became more intense the more nervous he got. The man in front of him smiled one of those classic movie smirks and said in a thick French accent “could I get one iced coffee?” The blush was already creeping up his neck. Remus stared at him, then out the window, then back to him.
“In THIS weather?” He exclaimed, bewildered at how someone could drink an iced coffee in 5 degree weather.
“ I can get something else then if it pleases the court” the man said slyly, chuckling at remus’ face. remus snapped back to attention
“Wait! No- I didn’t mean It like that! You can get want!” His face somehow managing to go even more red. He laughed even louder this time, cackling at the situation. “It’s okay love, I know what you meant” remus’ heart did a somersault.
Love.
This man just called him love. Why did he say that! And why did remus like it.. “okay,” remus said with a shaky voice “will that be all?” he muttered looking down at the register avoiding eye contact with the man. “Hmm I dont know, what food to you recommend?” Remus mumbled about some of the muffin flavours and other baked items while still looking down at the register, “hm maybe not today” the man said to him self before turning back to face remus. “What’s the name for the order?” Remus asked, finally looking up at the man after what had felt like days. “Sirius.” He responded. “Like the star” remus thought out loud, snapping his mouth shut when he’d realised what he said. sirius giggled a bit before walking to a table and taking a seat, just out of ear shot of remus.
SIRIUS POV
Pads- James holy shit
Pads- the barista. He is so fucking adorable
Pads- hes literally a puppy
Pads- like you dont understand I want to eat him up.
Prongs- Jesus mate its been like five minutes since you walked in there dont wanna scare the poor guy
Pads- I dont care!! Should I ask for his number??
Pads- fuckkk what if he says no! Or even worse what if hes straight
Prongs- js ask for his number u twat youre going to anyways
Sirius looked up from his phone, his right leg bouncing with excitement. This man was gorgeous, he had brown hair and eyes and was tall, and he had scars across his cheek and nose. HOT. Sirius has never felt more attracted to someone then when he had seen him, everything about him.. he was just sirius’ type!
Sirius fiddled with his hands before grabbing a napkin off the table and slowly pulling a pen out of his pocket. He wrote his phone number carefully with the classic “text me XD” which was quite cringy but it was funny so he decided to go for it. “Sirius!” The man called out and sirius walked over to collect his coffee, nerves skyrocketing as his “fuck-boy“ persona started to falter. the tall man behind the counter handed him his drink, brown eyes meeting blue as they looked at each other.
Sirius passed him the napkin, quickly thrusting It into his hand as he mumbled about grabbing dinner or going out sometime. The tall boys eyes softened as he said in a calm voice “id love that” and sirius turned a dark red colour, before quickly walking out of the cafe and back into the rain. “Holy fuck..” He said out loud “holy fuck.” He laughed loudly, proud of himself for doing that, but just ahead came the worst part. The waiting. Nobody likes waiting for someone to text you, especially when you will probably never see them ever again.
TIME SKIP 3 MONTHS
Sirius as remus had a few conversations, mainly about work etc. they never really lead to anything and eventually sirius gave up. As much as he was attracted to this man, he hated waiting. He always had, and always would. And no body was an exception to that, he had really thought that that was the end, and that he would have to move on with his life, so thats what he was doing. James was taking him to a gay club a few streets over from their flat with his girlfriend, it had great reviews and James had gushed about how great the vibe was too many times, so finally sirius was actually going to go. He had put on his classic clubbing outfit. A black button up top with a red corset underneath, black trousers and various rings and necklaces. He ALWAYS scored when wearing this outfit
He strutted into the club, showing his id to the bouncer and then immediately going towards the bar, not wanting to third wheel the happy couple and started ordering beer for himself, he was already a couple drinks in when he noticed a good-looking man sitting alone at the end of the bar. He looked familiar, sirius just couldn’t figure out where from, but he did know that he was extremely good looking, a very good hookup option. The man was also clearly a few drinks in as well. Sirius moved closer towards him, sitting on the stool beside him.
“Can I help you?” He said with a deep voice that rang a bell in sirius’ mind. Where did he know this man from! It was driving him mental. “Actually you could..” Sirius slurred his words, the alcohol starting to fog his brain. “Oh really… is that so” he replied, a smile tugging at his lips. “Mhm” sirius was putting a show on now. Batting his eyelashes, twirling his hair, leaning slightly too close. “Meet me outside the bathroom in 5” he whispered, so only the man could hear. He chuckled and sirius took that as a yes, so he got up from his chair and walked towards the bathrooms, looking behind every so often to see the other man staring him down. Like hunter and prey.
He stood outside the door for a minute when he felt a hand brush against his own . He turned around quickly and there the man was, he had beautiful eyes, his face obscured by the flashing coloured lights and the alchol coursing through his veins. Sirius wrapped his arms around the mans neck ready to kiss him,
“ah ah ah.. shouldn’t you know my name first?” the man said smiling down at him, his eyes burning with desire. Sirius nodded quickly “my name is remus.” He said softly before grabbing sirius by the waist and pulling him into a kiss. He could taste the whiskey on remus’ tongue and hey.. he wasn’t complaining. The guy knew how to kiss. WELL. Sirius groaned into the other mans mouth as the kiss got more heated before remus reluctantly pulled away, “my flat isn’t that far.. wanna go there?” Sirius nodded excitedly, quickly going to say goodbye to James and lily who were both having the time of their life before before joining remus again and walking back to his flat. The cold was harsh against their skin turning both their cheeks pink. “Surely you must be cold” remus said, his voice warm and calming, before promptly taking off his jacket and putting it on sirius, making his heart do flips. They arrived back at remus’ flat after around 5 minutes of walking, the warmth comforting as they headed towards the bedroom
TIMESKIP- THE NEXT DAY
REMUS POV
Holy fuck.
He had just woken up in his bed with a horrific hangover and a black haired boy beside him, oh good god what had drunk him been thinking!. hooking up with strangers had never been his thing. One minute Remus was hanging out with his friends Barty and Evan, and the next there is a boy in his bed (a very good looking boy, mind you) this was very bad. just as he was thinking, the boy groaned before rolling over and looking up at him. His jaw dropped. ‘Oh. My. God” he said stunlocked in place. “ITS YOU?” It all came rushing back to him now. This was the boy from the cafe. The one who he was too scared to actually ask out because he didn’t know if thats what the other wanted. but apparently it was. “Fuck me…” remus muttered and sirius laughed “seems like I already did!” The joke failing to ease the tension.
Remus turned to sirius “do you want to go out with me. Like properly. Fancy restraunt, whatever you want. What do you say?” He looked into sirius’ eyes searching for emotions. Sirius nodded quickly, grinning at the idea of getting to go on a date with this man. They laughed and held eachother, clinging on for a while
both just glad that the universe decided to let them meet again.
And hey, the universe is never wrong.