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Remus had a habit, whenever he was stressed baking usually calmed him down. Whether it was OWLs.. or NEWTs, Sirius or James.. or life all together. The only thing he did to calm himself down was always the method he used. He would push everything down. Before full moons the others would find him in the kitchen. He would always have an apron with some type of stain on while whisking a batter.. Sometimes it'd be chocolate cakes, sometimes lemon pies, and sometimes just a plain muffin. He would add too much of whatever flavoring it was, the others chalked it up to him having a heavy hand when it came to baking.. but Sirius would always study his expression watching as he took bites of the chocolate cake. While others celebrated a Gryffindor quidditch win with chocolate cake, Remus ate it swallowing down something.. Chocolate can kill dogs, ya know? So can lemons. Its almost like with everything he bakes he's slowly poisoning the wolf inside.. or rather himself?
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"Pads, can you pass me the cacao please?" Remus said measuring the ingredients. Sirius looked up from whatever was distracting him and stood up moving away from the kitchen and into the pantry. Looking around before pausing, "Wait what am I looking for again?". Remus looked up and smiled "Cacao, pads". Sirius shifted back into the pantry and looked around before grabbing the small box and walking out. He moved behind Remus putting the box to the side of Remus and gently held him from behind kissing the back of his neck, softly whispering "What are you stressed about, Moony?" Remus sighed and shook his head measuring out the cacao before leaning to one side, pouring the dry ingredients into one bowl and leaning his head slightly to the side as slender pale man behind him pressed soft kisses to his neck and shoulders. "Stress? Pads you just assume that I'm stressed because I'm baking?" Sirius paused from pressing kisses "Yes, i do. Can you answer the question now, love?" Remus sighed and paused pushing the dry ingredients forward and flipping around to meet the raven haired ones eyes, gently pressing a kiss to his forehead before softly smiling and kissing his forehead. "No" Remus said before flipping back around and going back to working on the baking, slowly mixing the wet with dry ingredients making a batter. After a few minutes Sirius shook his head before sighing and leaning in to whisper, "Is it the same reason why you only make things that are known to kill animals? Like wolves." Remus flinched.. not a lot but a visible flinch.. the word alone didn't affect him, it was the thought of his lycanthropy. The very thing that haunted his thoughts constantly. Drifting in his mind, hiding in the shadows. Sirius looked up and nodded to himself, "There it is. I knew something was.. 'haunting' you". Remus shook his head and quickly shifted to his other foot before biting his lip. Sirius slowly eased off of him, pulling his hands away from Remus' waist. "Moony?" Sirius said looking just barley down. Remus didn't look up, instead facing his gaze towards the batter and pouring it into the pan. "Remus.. please?" The tanner boy looked up after pouring it into the pan and pushed his tongue to his cheek and meeting Sirius' gaze. "Am I correct with my accusation?" Remus stayed quiet but looked down at the batter as he sighed and nodded. Sirius nodded and went to go sit down Infront of him watching as he baked the cake, right as the Remus pushed the chocolate into the oven, Sirius came up behind him and hugged him slightly pulling him, as he pulled they walked into the common room.. seeing as Lily and James were cuddling on the couch they opted for one of their rooms. Before they went to cuddle Remus set an alarm on the alarm clock for how long to bake it for. He yelped as he got pulled onto the bed murmuring something about how he still had to take his apron off and hang it before they went down. Sirius groaned in response though he was holding a large smile on his face. "C'mon moony! we don't have all day" He teased rubbing his eyes before opening them again to see Remus standing Infront of him.
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-Timeskip-
It was barely 8 am.. Sirius was still laying in bed asleep hugging a pillow tight thinking of his husband as he did so.. though remus wasn't in the room. He was in the kitchen, doing what? Baking of course. Harry had gotten a fever and remus was worried like a mother hen for her chick. though in this case it must be a father wolf worried for his cub who in this case was asleep in his room with a damp washcloth stuck to his forehead as he softly snored who as it turned out wasn't even sick anymore. Remus looked down at his dough he had been feeding for weeks and hummed sighing as he started the method of stretch and folds.. Slowly making his way around the dough before he paused hearing a small creak. Looking over he smiled as his eyes met bright sage coloured eyes peeking around a wall.. He squinted his eyes and took off his gloves dumping them in the bin before crouching down slightly and tossing a ran over his shoulder. "Yes, little cub? Are you looking for something?" He watched as the small boy shifted over and pointed at a cookie jar. Remus looked over and bit his cheek as he smiled. "Cookies?" The naive little boy nodded quickly and smiled watching as the wiser got up and grabbed the cookie jar and walked to the kitchen table.. which was small enough that remus could pull it over and grabbed a chair for harry to sit at. The young boy quickly ran over and sat down watching the cookie with bright eyes as it was handed to him, he rubbed his eyes before grabbing it and humming.. Mornings like these were easy for remus.. Harry wasn't very talkative in the mornings usually opting for actions rather than words. The sun was shining through the windows and the golden hour was at its peak.. Remus hummed stretching the dough out and folding it over itself before slowly adding chocolate chips pausing as he heard a small sound from Harry. he looked over and paused seeing him holding a hand out, as if asking for some.. He smiled and placed a few in his hand and continued with inclusions in the dough.. After enough stretch and folds he grabbed plastic wrap and put it on top before leaving it alone and sighed before slowly starting to clean up the flower.. Remus pausing before humming as he felt an arm snake around his waist while the other rested on his hip, with a kiss to his shoulder.. He heard a low gruff voice that he could recognize from miles away. "Still baking that dough are you?".. "I haven't baked it. it's still in the process of stretch and folds." Although Remus couldn't see his face he knew Sirius was rolling his eyes and sighing before kissing remus's cheek and going over to Harry and smiling.. "You know, Harry's 7th birthday is coming up. We need to celebrate in some way" Remus said humming as he leaned against the counters crossing his arms looking down at harry and Sirius messing around. Sirius nodded and smiled, "I mean I can't deny that if you make those delicious cakes. And I don't mean the ones-" Remus quickly threw the towel that was tossed over his shoulder to Sirius' face muffling whatever he was going to say. " There's a child in the room Sirius!" Sirius sighed and paused looking. defeated for a moment before signing and smiling "Alright! I understand.." after Sirius murmured that he turned to Harry and smiled "You seeing this Harry? you see how moony treats me" Harry giggled and smiled before pausing and looking at remus. " What do you think Harry? do you think me, moony is being silly or do you think Pads is?" Harry paused before smiling and quickly pointed at the raven haired man.. " Atta boy, cub" Remus said smiling and gently ruffling his hair. " And that's why moony is his favorite. Ain't that right Pads? " Sirius sat defeated and shaking his head. "Harry! how could you do this to me?!" he said teasingly looking down at harry as he met his gaze through the glasses and smiled giggling as he got up out of the chair and ran past remus into his bedroom.. Sirius watched as he quickly ran off into his room and sighed shaking his head. I can't believe he chose you over me. His own godfather?" Sirius said shaking his head before getting up and grabbing remus' waist and sighing. "I guess it's okay though. I mean.. now that he's in his room that means I can do this" Sirius said gently pressing a soft kiss to remus' lips and smiled pulling away gently holding remus closer.. Chest to chest and smiling. "without him judging that is." They paused hearing a crash from Harry's room but a quick " I'm okay!" in response to their worries and they smiled before remus looked at Sirius. " I don't think he's very sick anymore. do you?" sirius shook his head and smiled before pressing a kiss to remus' forehead " No. I think he's all good now.".. and although that last sentence was aimed towards Harry.. something in remus felt a bit healed.. like the baking itself was an okay coping mechanism.. but realizing that harry was okay, they'd be okay.. that their life, maybe not in the future. but right now, in this very second.. is stable. Stable enough for Remus to be comforted by it. Stable enough for Remus to smile and let out a breath he didn't fully know he was holding.. He hummed and pressed a kiss to sirius' lips and smiled.. maybe he could get used to the domestic life..