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For my friends and fellow R/S-lovers over on BlackLupin.

Chapter 1: Memories and Plans

"Sirius! S-stop. I can't t-take any-anymore," Remus gasped through laughter. His boyfriend's skillful fingers were currently attacking him.

"I c-can't breath."

"Well. If you put it that way. Let's see if you can laugh as loud as you moan," Sirius said with a mischievous grin, and continued relentlessly tickling the smaller boy.

Sirius and Remus were sitting on Sirius's bed. Well Sirius was. Remus was squirming and writhing beneath him. Sirius stopped suddenly and looked down at his breathless lover, and started thinking. He was always in awe that Remus could love someone like him. A prankster and so-called charmer. And on top of that, he had completely forgiven him for the incident with Snape. Though the months preceding the acceptance were, decisively, the worse he'd ever experienced.

And then there were the differences between them. Remus was the shy bookworm that nobody could not love. And then there was Sirius, the womanizer and smooth-talker of Gryffindor Tower. Well, he was the object of almost ever girl (and later discovered, many males) in Hogwarts until he made known his interest for the sandy-haired teen he had shared a dorm with for the last five years. And the past three months had been the best of his life.

As Sirius stared into amber eyes, he thought on what it had been like when the other pair of Marauders had found out about his and Remus' relationship.

"Potter!"

James swung around to see Lily Evans storming towards the Marauders' spot at the table in the Great Hall.

"Yes, Lily dear?" he asked with a mischievous smirk.

"What did you do to Peter?"

"What ever do you mean?"

"Don't play smart with me, Potter. It doesn't flatter you. You know what I'm talking about."

Her whole face was reddened with anger, warring violently with her auburn hair. It didn't phase James a bit. He just looked at her with that awed expression he reserved for the girl before him.

"Wormtail was playing a very important role in our research for revenge against the Snakes."

"His body is covered in bubotuber pus-filled boils!" she shrieked.

The Gryffindors around them flinched, either in sympathy for the injured boy or the astronomically high pitch she had hit. Remus and Sirius simultaneously clapped their hands to their ears.

"Lily, please," the lycanthrope whimpered.

Lily's face dropped into a look of compassion.

"Oh, Remus. I'm sorry. I forgot."

"S'kay," he softly responded.

She whirled back to James and sharply pointed a finger at him.

"Stop putting Peter up to such things. He cares too much for you as a friend. And the way you treat him sometimes is despicable."

James had the grace not to argue, and instead looked ashamed.

"Yes, Lily," he said solemnly.

She turned and headed down the table to sit next to Marlene McKinnon.

It was when James turned back to look at his friends across the table that he noticed the interaction between the two. Sirius was slightly rubbing Remus' ears in a soothing manner. And if that wasn't enough to catch his attention, then the way Remus looked at him in return did. A look of pure adoration and…was that love?

James cleared his throat and the boys jumped apart.

"So, is there anything you two would like to let me in on?"

At this, his best friends exchanged a look. And then all the little things he had noticed lately about the two seemed to fall into place.

The subtle, lingering touches as they passed parchment or books to each other. The internal conversations they seemed to have. The awkward glances.

James could almost hear the proverbial Click.

"Oh, Merlin," he breathed. Remus and Sirius looked at him with fearful anticipation.

"How long?" James asked after he caught his breath.

Sirius looked at Remus, who nodded.

"Only a few weeks. We just realized it ourselves."

James contemplated this for a moment. He noticed that the two barely breathed. Then he firmly set his face, his thoughts concluded. He looked straight at Sirius.

"If you ever hurt Remus, I will hunt you down. Brother or no brother."

There was such an unusual seriousness to his voice that it took Sirius a second to respond. But then he grabbed Remus' hand on top of the table.

"Wouldn't dream of it."

James turned to Remus, his face softening.

"You sure about this?" Remus smiled.

"Yes, James. I love him."

James' face split into a huge grin. He reached across the table and bumped Sirius playfully on the arm.

"Well. Congratulations then, mates!"

Sirius let out a breath of relief.

It had shocked Peter beyond imagination when he had found out later that evening. But he had accepted their relationship rather quickly and the Marauders' conversations had turned to the norm—pranking the Slytherins.

Sirius came out of his reverie and smiled down at the werewolf.

"You are so bloody gorgeous," he said, making Remus' blush darken.

Sirius lowered himself onto Remus and captured the smaller boy's lips with his. He licked along the bottom lip, pressing his tongue, pleading for entrance. Remus parted his lips, and Sirius started twirling his tongue around the other, massaging. This earned him a moan, making all of his blood rush to his groin. He pushed his hips down further, grinding into Remus'.

"I want you," Sirius breathed against the lycan's lips, eliciting another moan. Remus looked up warningly.

"Now, Sirius. We've had this discussion before. Werewolves mate for life. I don't want your hormones taking over and keeping you from thinking rationally."

"But my dear Moony, you're the only rational one in this relationship," said Sirius, grinning.

"Good try. But, I'm remaining firm on this."

"Yes, you are," Sirius said seductively, punctuating the statement with a rough thrust.

"Oh Merlin. You have a one-track mind, Sirius Black!"

"Only for you, love."

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"So, Remmy. Ready for the Hols?" asked James.

The four of them were sitting in the Common Room by the fire. Exams had just ended, and everyone was excited about the summer that was slowly making itself known around Hogwarts castle.

"I guess. Don't really have anything going on," Remus replied.

"I'd rather be not doing anything at your house then going back to Grimmauld Place. Merlin I do hate that house," Sirius said sulkily.

Remus turned to him.

"I've already told you that you can spend the holidays with me."

"I don't believe that would be a good idea, Moony. Your parents like me as Sirius, your best friend. But, Sirius as your boyfriend might be a bit much."

"We have to tell them eventually."

"And we will. But, let's wait until the end of the summer when we all end up at the Potters' as we usually do," Sirius said, grabbing him around the waist and pulling him to sit between his legs. Remus leaned back on Sirius' chest with a sigh.

"Will we tell your parents, too?"

Sirius smirked humorlessly.

"I highly doubt that they'd care. Seeing as they've practically made Regulus the heir to the Noble House of Black," Sirius sneered the name.

"Toujours Pur. Such ignorant, close-minded bunch of codswallop!" James interjected.

"Thanks, mate," said Sirius with a small smile.

"So, Peter, what are you going to be up to?" inquired Remus, trying to relieve the tension by returning to the previous conversation. Which in turn earned him an appreciative kiss below his left ear.

"Mum, Dad, and I are going to Egypt. Apparently, we have family there. A bit of a reunion."

"Just be careful over there, Wormtail. I hear they worship cats," said Sirius, grinning wickedly.

Peter squeaked, but joined in on the chuckling with the others. He looked at James.

"How about you, Prongs?"

"Same as Remus. Just hanging around Godric's Hallow. I think I might be going over to Lily's sometime throughout the summer. That is if that horse-faced, nosy sister of hers doesn't go ballistic. 'Mum, it's one of them,'" he said, imitating Petunia Evans.

"Now, Potter. Tuney's not that bad," said Lily as she walked up.

She sat down beside James and leaned over, giving him a peck on the lips. James glowed where he sat. Lily had finally succumbed to James' attentions only a few weeks back. She claims he somehow slipped a potion into her pumpkin juice one morning. But, James and the others knew that she was actually quite smitten for the Gryffindor chaser.

"Yes, she is and you know it, Lils. And I thought we'd gotten past this 'Potter' business."

"Sorry, darling. Old habits die hard."

"You're certainly right about that, Evans," replied Sirius. The other boys hadn't missed that he had said her name without the usual mockery.

"Well, whatever we're doing, we've got to promise to write each other," Remus said.

"Yes, you all must give me ways to shake up ole Reg. I'm running low on ideas of how to prank the slimy bastard," sneered Sirius.

James reached into his pocket and pulled out one of the pair of two-way mirrors that he and Sirius had created.

"Oh, there are ways," he said slyly.

Sirius chuckled darkly.

"Oh yes, my dear Prongs. Yes, there sure are."

The others noticed the almost evil looks passing between the partners-in-crime. Remus put his head in his hands and groaned.

"It's going to be a long summer."