Sirius was in a pretty good mood. He had suggested they go down to the pub for dinner tonight, and had offered to buy the first round while Remus found them somewhere to sit, which is why he went directly to the bar to grab a pair of pints. To no one's surprise, however, he got distracted from his mission by the incredibly fit bloke sitting at the bar. He looked the man over from head to toe and gave him a warm, inviting smile out of sheer habit. He wasn't going to pull while he was out with Remus, honest. ...Not again anyway. Probably. Possibly. Hell, Moony would understand if he did, right?
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Date: 2016-07-27 07:07 am (UTC)From:It wouldn't kill him to pull if he could.
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Date: 2016-07-27 07:16 am (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2016-07-27 07:24 am (UTC)From:"Just Hex is fine," he replied, smiling in return. His hand snaked out and found the man's waist. He touched as naturally as he breathed, both equally unconscious.
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Date: 2016-07-27 08:06 am (UTC)From:Finally deciding to chuck it in and go in search, he arrived just in time to see Sirius greet the other man with a 'gorgeous' and Hex respond with the easy, unpracticed intimacy he remembered. "Yes," he murmured, taking a deep breath, and placing a warm hand on Sirius' other shoulder, a mix of protectiveness, reassurance and amusement fluttering for control in his chest. "Yes, he is rather gorgeous, aren't you Hex?" He continued, peering past Sirius to greet the man on the other side with a toothy grin.
"Sirius, this is Hex. I told you about him, remember?"
Eyeing the pints in front of Sirius he took one and had a sip, staking territory as much as ensuring his beer didn't get traded away. And well, it wasn't like he hadn't come across Sirius making a conquest before, it just...normally hadn't involved someone Remus had been interested in too. "Doing well then?" he asked as he swallowed, chugging half the pint, the size of the glass covering most of his face besides curious eyes and raised eyebrows.
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Date: 2016-07-27 09:39 am (UTC)From:"Ah, Remus. Yes, of course I remember." He tilted his head and regarded Hex with an expression almost as if he was sizing up the competition--which in a way he was. "Lovely to have a face to go with the name." He gave Hex a nod and picked up his own pint, taking a swig as he leaned into Remus a bit--an offering of support and comfort, of course, nothing more than that.
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Date: 2016-07-30 11:18 am (UTC)From:"So good to see you, mate!" he said cheerfully and moved in fast, elbowing Sirius out of the way so he could wrap his arms around the man to give him a hug...then lifting one hand to hold his face and give him a more-than-friends kiss on the mouth. It was brief and casual, but spoke to the fact that Hex knew Remus well and was quite comfortable with kissing him in public.
"And this is your mate Sirius. Lovely. Lovely to meet you," he smiled, letting go of Remus to offer Sirius a hand to shake.
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Date: 2016-07-30 10:46 pm (UTC)From:However brief and casual, Remus wasn't casual in return: that eyebrow was still poised and demanding as he pulled back from the kiss as quickly as he could, something almost like bemusement on his face that didn't quite bleed into actual offence. The bloke had dumped him for the other bloke he'd been in love with while they were dating, and now he kissed Remus in bars? 21st century people were weird.
Or maybe it was just Hex.
Without having to see, Remus knew that Sirius would be steaming, and so disentangled himself politely enough, keeping his features affable, and laid a hand on Sirius' shoulder - again, as some instinctive combination of reassurance and warning. He didn't want Sirius to lay the first punch. "...Well, seeing as Sirius here has already got our drinks," Remus explained, perfectly affable, "we should probably be heading back to our table. But it was nice to see you again. C'mon, Sirius." He was already turning to go.
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Date: 2016-07-31 12:37 am (UTC)From:"Really. Is it?" he asked as he looked at the outstretched hand and back to the man's face without touching him, his smile completely gone now, eyes sparkling dangerously with anger and something else; jealousy, a jealousy that was churning in his gut, hot and restless, making him likely to do something rash and stupid to give it an outlet. He was supposed to be dead, and Remus was supposed to be dumped, and here was this bloke all smiles and hugs and--and kisses that he was not bloody entitled to.
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Date: 2016-07-31 12:43 am (UTC)From:Hex sized up the situation, but fast. Remus was uncomfortable and perturbed. Sirius was bloody jealous and angry. Hex knew he'd overstepped.
"Oh, I see," he said softly. "I'm sorry. I thought you two were just mates. I didn't realize you were together. I'm sorry."
To him it was clear as day. They were so much more than mates, that much was obvious. Never mind that Sirius had been pulling him, and willingly. It wasn't Hex's place to pass judgment on what sort of relationship they had. Maybe it was open, though it didn't seem to him to be that way. Not at all.
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Date: 2016-07-31 02:26 am (UTC)From:"...We're not together," Remus murmured, feeling spent all of a sudden, and too drained to be anything but honest. "But we might be, one day," he agreed, looking at Sirius with a sort of wistful longing, and tugging gently at Sirius' arm. "Come along." he said to his sort-of-better-than-friend, firm but not mean about it, even if his tone was enough to make a first year feel very guilty. "Thank you, Hex."
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Date: 2016-08-01 09:10 am (UTC)From:He grabbed the remaining pint from the bar and nodded curtly at Hex without meeting his eyes, following Remus obediently toward their table as his mind raced, trying to find something safe to say once they were settled.
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Date: 2016-08-01 09:17 am (UTC)From:"...Sorry about that," Remus started, before shaking his head. He wasn't entirely sure what he was sorry for. "He can be a bit of a pillock. Thick head." Taking a deep breath, he made himself look in Sirius' eyes, and smiled. "Not nearly as pretty as yours, Pads."
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Date: 2016-08-01 09:30 am (UTC)From:He looked up at the apology and shook his head. "Wasn't your fault. He didn't--" but he didn't know how to finish that sentence, so he trailed off and took a gulp of beer. When Remus caught his gaze and said that, simple and sincere, without the teasing or sarcasm he usually couched his compliments in, he felt himself actually flush, his heart rate speeding both from fear and anticipation. God, he hoped it was loud enough in here that Remus couldn't hear it.
He took a deep breath and forced a smirk that lacked its usual cockiness. "Obviously not," he agreed before the pressure of meeting Remus' gaze became too much and he glanced away, toward the bar, just for somewhere else to look.
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Date: 2016-08-01 09:40 am (UTC)From:"...Leave your drink," he suggested, but it was at least half of an instruction. "Let's head home. I don't know about you, but I don't feel much like a drink now." Remus was already getting up out of his chair, all gangly, easy movement, determined to give Sirius a cue to make him follow as he bundled himself out onto the street.
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Date: 2016-08-01 09:47 am (UTC)From:He shoved his hands into his pockets (a tight fit, but a move he was well versed in) as he fell into step next to Remus. "...So that was Hex," he remarked, anything to fill the silence before Remus could, because he was afraid of what else his friend might say.
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Date: 2016-08-01 10:13 am (UTC)From:"Yes. Yes it was," he replied, chewing thoughtfully on the inside of his cheek. What to say, what to say?
"You do know I'd cut off my right arm rather than hurt you, don't you Pads?" Remus sounded vaguely curious as he asked it, eyes piercing as he glanced across to the man striding down the street next to him. "Because I would, you know. Up to the elbow at least."
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Date: 2016-08-01 10:36 am (UTC)From:"Mates don't do this," he pointed out quietly. "Mates don't get jealous, and Merlin knows I've been catty enough about some of your conquests. Mates..."
He trailed off with a sigh, and squeezed Sirius' hand. "This is the only thing that makes sense. Of either of us. Of both of us, and it just us now. You can tell me I've read this completely wrong, but I would like to ask you out." He paused, and dropped Sirius' hand to reach up and snake his arm around Sirius' shoulders, bringing him in to murmur close and loving in the other man's ear. "Will you please be my date, Sirius Black?"
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Date: 2016-08-01 10:44 am (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2016-08-02 02:39 am (UTC)From:So he used his arm to hug Sirius closer, almost cramming him against his side as they walked along together, something in him rising to the moment. "I've got you, Pads," he said, and kissed his hair. "Always have, always will." It was more than just a promise. "I know you're worried. I know you're scared. But I've got you." He wasn't about to abandon his best friend-and-more now. "Everything will be all right."
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Date: 2016-08-02 11:03 am (UTC)From:He'd already lost one--two, if you counted that traitorous rat--and he only had the one left. Without Remus...well, he wasn't sure what he would do. The stakes had never been higher, really.
He exhaled a heavy sigh that trembled a little with the emotion clutching at his chest and murmured, "Can we talk about this at home?" He was far too sober to be able to deal with all of this.
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Date: 2016-08-02 10:37 pm (UTC)From:"Do you want to Apparate home, then?" He asked quietly. They did still have a tube station to get to, a train to catch...the Ministry might have put them up in one of the newest parts of London, but Canary Wharf wasn't the most accessible - but then London in some ways always was and would be a maze.
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Date: 2016-08-02 10:43 pm (UTC)From:"Yeah, probably best," he said with a faint nod, reluctantly moving away from the warmth of Remus' side and scanning their vicinity for a dark alley they could duck down to get away from muggle view.