DISCLAIMER: Harry Potter belongs to JK Rowling.

~ Dryer Lint ~

"Stop reading," Sirius whined.

He was sitting on the edge of the bed, several feet away from where Remus was sprawled out with a book in front of his face. He had learned not to get close to the werewolf if he decided to bother him while he was reading. Remus had a tendency to flail when startled.

"Mooooooooony," Sirius whined, dragging out the O until it almost sounded more like his second form's howl than human speech.

Not glancing away from the pages for even a split second, Remus said in a frosty tone, "Sirius, if you would just stop interrupting me while I'm reading, I would be able to finish my book sooner."

"But I want to DO something," Sirius protested.

"Then go do things and leave me alone for a while," Remus suggested, quirking one eyebrow at his boyfriend.

"But I want to do something with you." Sirius's tone implied that further attempts to banish him from the room would only result in more whining.

Remus sighed heavily. "Just let me finish this book, and then I'll walk you to the park and throw tennis balls for you to fetch, or whatever. I only have two chapters left."

"How long will that take you?"

"Longer if you don't leave me alone!"

"Remus..." Back to whining now. "Why are you always trying to make me go away?"

"Because you won't leave me alone while I'm trying to read!" Remus replied, his exasperation obvious.

All pretense of playfulness dropped, Sirius plucked the book from the werewolf's hands, forcing Remus to look at him while he told him, "You know, it kind of hurts my feelings being told to go away all the time. Like you would rather have this book for a boyfriend than me. And you'd rather cuddle this book than me."

Finally, the metaphorical light metaphorically went on over Remus's head and he facepalmed.

"Sirius... if you wanted to cuddle, why didn't you just say so?"

"Because you wouldn't stop reading long enough!"

"I can hold the book in one hand, you know."

And from that day forth there were no more arguments about the amount of time Remus spent reading, because reading-time doubled as snuggle-time.

~oOo~

A/N: The title is "dryer lint" because I tried to write fluff and it turned out more like dryer lint...