local empty can of coke

there is a long tense silence before sirius narrows his eyes. “you listen to them?”

remus scoffs. “obviously.”

“yeah?”

“yeah.”

another pause. then, with all the gravity of a man defending his doctoral thesis: “okay. name five songs. and you can’t use the most popular one.”

remus looks personally offended. “that’s your test?”

“if you’re wearing the shirt, i need to know you’re not a poser.”

“you shop at thrift stores wearing leather pants.”

“answer the question.”

so remus does. immediately. all five songs. release years included. sirius is visibly startled.

“okay, fine,” he says. “name the original bassist.”

“before or after the lineup change in ’78?”

sirius’s eye twitches. they spend the next twenty minutes escalating. favorite deep cuts. best live performances. which album was unfairly overlooked. neither of them actually believes half the things they’re saying anymore. they’re just trying to win.

eventually the cashier walks over and goes, “is anyone actually planning on buying the shirt?”

without breaking eye contact, sirius says, “that depends on whether he can name the producer.”

remus says, “that depends on whether he can name the producer.”

Remus barely notices.

And what if I say that when he ran away and stayed with the Potters, when he got together with Remus he felt comfortable and gained some weight.

What if I say that after feeling comfortable in himself, he got a little chub on his stomach and hips, and his thighs grew bigger.

remus lupin who has matching bracelets w/ sirius and wears them daily

remus lupin who loves just lazing about in bed n smoking w/ sirius, just getting high n making out

remus lupin who tries to keep the relationship secret but fails miserably because he can’t stop kissing sirius in front of their friends

remus lupin who slow dances with sirius at night when everyone else is asleep

remus lupin who braids sirius’s hair before they play a show w/ their band