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he had messed up his hair for volume, flipped it over one shoulder to show off his new gold earring, stood with his legs apart like a guitarist, hands in his pockets, big black bovver boots,

“Muggle insight,” he grinned at Remus, putting a cigarette between his teeth, “How do I look?”

“Like a twat.” James said.

“Like a rock star.” Remus said, groaning inwardly. He was doomed.

However, Remus was more than just a werewolf with reading problems and a gargantuan crush on his best friend. Above all things, he was a marauder; and nothing was impossible to a marauder.

He was still Sirius, but he was somehow… other. As if Remus was seeing him through new eyes. The heat of desire flared up in his chest out of nowhere, settling in his cheeks as a heavy blush. He looked away, quickly, before anyone noticed.

He wished they would invite him, just once. He wished he wasn’t always the one left out, he wished he knew how it felt to have a friend as close as James. More than ever, he wanted someone to talk to.
Suddenly overwhelmed, Remus quickly cast his own spell, so the others wouldn’t hear him crying.

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“I won’t take long! Just treat is as penance for waking me up.”
“You threw a shoe at me, this morning.”
“Did I hit you?”
“No.”
“Well then.”