Countdown to Christmas - Advent Calendar: Preliminary Round.

If I make it through, there will be an a Christmas Drabble every day in December up until Christmas Eve. They'll work as a story, and able to read alone at the same time :D

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It was cold outside of the bed. Freezing actually, Remus decided as he pulled the covers even more tightly around himself, making a cocoon with his duvet, saving the heat inside the covers. He was roasting, just how he liked it.

He vaguely registered his name being called, but ignored Sirius' voice. Answering Sirius would mean that Sirius would know Remus was awake, and then Remus would have to pull the covers from over his head and have a conversation.

Then the precious heat would get out, and he'll be cold, and -

"Fuck," Remus said, as the covers vanished from around him, leaving him only in his boxers. He quickly pulled his knees to his chest, trying to hide the scars on his body. "Why do you hate me?"

"You were ignoring me," Sirius replied. His gaze moved over Remus' curled up body. "You only wear boxers to bed?"

"Well now I'm not sharing a dorm with three other guys, I thought it'd be safe to sleep like this," Remus grumbled. "I only wore pyjama's at Hogwarts so you lot wouldn't see me practically naked. Also, it's freezing, how could you do this to me?"

Sirius grinned widely at him.

"Well, I was asking a very important question, and you weren't answering so I had no choice."

"And what may I ask was that?" Remus replied, holding his knees to his chest and waiting for Sirius to stop watching him.

"Do you want to build a Snowman?" Sirius asked.

"Please tell me this is a joke," Remus said. "I was woken up, I had my covers stolen when I was lovely and warm just because you wanted to build a snowman?"

"I know you love playing in the snow, Remus. I thought I'd help you get out of bed. I've got a chocolate bar in the living room if you get up."

"Chocolate? Oh, goody, you just made my day."

"Was that sarcasm?" Sirius asked.

"If you have to ask I didn't use it well enough," Remus retorted.

"Look, it's almost Christmas, and snowmen are Christmassy," Sirius replied. "We should spend the day in the snow, then we can come back inside and warm up and drink hot chocolate, and you can sulk later. It's either a snowman or Ice-skating, I could get you some Ice-skates if you'd prefer?"

"Or I could wrap myself up in my covers, go back asleep and have a hot chocolate later, whilst the covers are wrapped around me on the sofa," Remus replied, grumpily.

"If you were so cold in here, why not cast a warming charm?" Sirius asked. "You wouldn't need the covers then."

"I did before bed. It wore off and casting another one would mean moving from under my blankets to get my wand and that would mean leaving my toasty spot," Remus told him. "Look, are you going to turn around so I can get a t-shirt?"

Sirius shook his head, and Remus hesitantly stretched out, standing and rushing to his drawers to get something to wear. He could feel Sirius' eyes on him and was glad that he was wearing new boxers at least. He pulled a t-shirt over his head and his pyjama bottoms on and turned back to Sirius who was gaping at him.

"I know, the scars are -"

"Hot," Sirius blurted out. "Fuck Moony, you're fit."

"I... what?"

"I mean, I've only ever seen you topless after a transformation and I'm not really looking at how nice your body is... why haven't... fuck."

"What?"

"Nothing," Sirius replied quickly.

"Really what?"

"It isn't a big deal, honest. Just brush your hair, it's all messy," Sirius said, his eyes fixed on Remus' 'just shagged' hairstyle. "Now, let's wrap up warm, wouldn't want you to get ill after all. Cover up that nice... fuck, what was I saying?" Sirius shook his head, trying to get his thoughts back to snow and snowmen.

"You were telling me to cover up," Remus suggested, slightly confused.

Sirius nodded. "Put on one of your jumpers and something warm and we'll go build that snowman. We don't want you to get ill."

"Right, and stealing my quilt won't make me ill at all."

"You're the one standing around in the cold. It's like you want me to bring you soup and chocolate whilst you're all snotty and tucked up in bed."

"At least I'd be tucked up nice and warm with my blankets," Remus grumbled. "Get out so I can get ready."

Sirius' eyes darted across Remus' form again before he left the room. He needed to owl James so James could knock some sense into him. He didn't fancy Moony. It was just the shock of him in his boxers and looking attractive with the 'just shagged' hairstyle. He just wasn't used to seeing Remus like that.

Yes, that was it, he told himself as he went into the living room of their shared flat. He was just thrown by it, nothing more.

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Countdown to Christmas - Advent Calendar: Preliminary Round.

The Pokémon Journey Challenge

The Disney Character Challenge -Olaf - Prompt: Ice Skates

The Lottery Competition - (12) "Why do you hate me?" (13) "It really isn't a big deal, Honest." (14) "Do you want to build a Snowman?" (17) "Oh, goody, you just made my day." "Was that sarcasm?" "If you have to ask I didn't use it well enough." (46) Brush