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I DO NOT OWN HARRY POTTER OR THE MARAUDERS!

"Remus, are you sure you're okay getting home? I mean it's gotten rather late..." Lily asked for what Remus swore was the millionth time.

"Yes Lily! I'll be fine!" Remus sighed dramatically, earning a small giggle from Lily.

Although if Remus was being honest, it had gotten rather late. Much later than he had expected, but he supposed that was because he was at Lily's house for longer than he intended to be. He arrived a little after two in the afternoon, shortly after his parents left for work.

It was already 10:45 at night.

After dropping Lily off back at her house and bidding each other goodnight, Remus wandered around for a bit, thinking.

It was already so late and the only mode of transport was long since shut down for the night.

Should he head back to Lily's? No. He didn't want to impose.

Perhaps find a nice park bench to sleep on? No, that wouldn't work either. He didn't know the area too well.

So either wandering around until he can find a way home or waiting until morning seemed like the best choice.

BAM!

"...ouch..."

Remus laid scrawled out like a starfish on the pavement.

He must've walked into somebody... Or they rammed into him...

Scrambling up, Remus immediately turned and grabbed the person's elbow to help them up, "I'm terribly sorry! I wasn't exactly paying much attention, are you alri-"

Remus froze.

He was staring down at the one and only Severus Snape.

Remus's eyes darted to the long gash on Snape's forehead and he dropped to his knees, and used his sleeve to try and stem the bleeding.

Snape flinched back.

But Remus pressed forward.

"I'm sorry Snape, how do you feel? Any lightheadedness? Nausea? Blurred vision? Any-"

"...M'fine...not your...fault..." Snape quickly cut Remus off.

Remus than noticed the bruises on Snape's arms and neck, along with a few scraps on his palms.

"SEVERUS!"

Both boys heads snapped up and watched as a man, clearly drunk, came stumbling down the street.

Remus's eyes snapped from the pale, slightly trembling boy next to him back to the drunkard who was carrying a broken beer bottle in his hand, which thanks to Remus's sharp sense of smell, had Snape's blood dotted along the sharp edges.

"SEVERUS!"

The man had clearly spotted them and started to run towards them.

"Come on!" Remus yelled, yanking Snape up and dashing away from, that street, that man, and hopefully the cause of the fear he smelled radiating off of Snape.

After a few minutes, Remus finally slowed down and collapsed in between a few thick bushes and a fence, while pulling Snape down with him.

Snape gave no protest as he all but collapsed into Remus's lap, panting heavily.

"...you okay...?" Remus whispered after a not really awkward but tense silence.

"WHAT. ARE. YOU. DOING. HERE?!" Snape gritted his teeth in both pain and annoyance as he leaned back away from Remus.

"...I was visiting Lily..." Remus chose to ignore the sudden anger in Snape's eyes, "...but I have no way of getting home now, at least not until morning so I wandered around for a bit...than I bumped into you... I didn't know you live here...that man...is he the one who hurt you? Why? Who is he?"

Remus but his lip, fearing he may have pushed a little too much with his curiosity.

"What the hell does it matter to you?!" Snape snapped bitterly.

"Why shouldn't I?! HE HURT YOU!" Remus snapped back.

"As if you care! Nobody cares! Certainly not you, Potter, Black or what's his face!" Snape screamed, bolting to his feet, he turned and took off running.

Instead of feeling insulted at Snape's clear disgust of him and his friends, Remus simply felt ashamed and horrified because Snape had every right to feel how he felt about them, but he shouldn't think nobody cared for him.

With a renewed determination Remus stood and chased after Snape's retreating figure.

"Snape!" Remus called out, but was ignored.

"Snape!"

"Severus?!"

"GOD DAMN-IT! SEVERUS SNAPE WOULD YOU FUCKING STOP RUNNING ALREADY?!"

And Snape did stop, but mostly because he was getting tired quick and he had never heard Remus yell like that or curse at someone before.

"I'm sorry! Sorry for not succeeding in stopping the others from bullying you, I'm sorry for all their pranks, insults and everything else they did too you. I'm sorry that you don't think I or anyone else would care about you when clearly that's a lie. I'm just sorry! Please let me help you!" Remus spoke quietly but quickly in fear Snape would start running away from him again.

"...Why..."

"Huh?" Remus blinked stupidly before hastily adding, "Why shouldn't I?"

"Because you hate me."

"Wha-? No! No I don't!" Remus said firmly, "I...I never stopped them after the first few times because I was scared they'd leave me behind. They're my only friends. My first friends actually. I was terrified that they'd leave me all alone if I went against them...I know that's no excuse, and I hate bullies. That's why I never took part in anything they did to you."

"..."

Remus sighed and gestured for Snape to follow him.

Remus led the both of them too the nearest park, where they stayed for the rest of the night in silence with Remus trying to treat the worst of Snape's wounds.

Come morning Remus was hesitant to head back home and wouldn't have if it wasn't for Snape's insisting that he does as so not to worry his parents.

With a swear to return either later today or tomorrow to check up on him, Remus left Snape alone in the park.

And Snape began his trek from the park back to his house. Back to... him.

Alright and there's the first chapter of this story! I hope you liked it and please review!