lewis capaldi sentence starters / accepting.
remus is quiet at first , his gaze not quite straying to meet James's . carrying such a heavy secret within him had not been easy and having to lie to his friends about it , making up such a ridiculous lie about his mother also hadn't been easy. of course , he thought about eventually telling them about his affliction but the thought of running james , sirius or peter off terrified him. they were his friends. he never had many of those. “ i didn't want you guys to think i'm ... a monster. “ he whispered , finally gathering the courage to peer over at him. he sighs , thankful that at least for now he still has a friend within the other boy. “ you're still here , “ he pondered out loud , a little stunned , but appreciative.
“ 'm sorry i didn't tell you lot sooner , that you had t'figure it out on your own. “ his brows were now pulled together. “ 'm just glad.. i didn’t hurt you. “
he’d heard so much about werewolves . nighttime stories told to scare kids into going to bed early, ministry laws about keeping them in control, scientific discussions about how to cure lycanthropy . but none of it seemed to apply to remus . he’d thought his idea of him would change, but he looked at remus and saw him the same as ever . not a horror story, or a problem to be solved
❝ you’re not a monster you just ... have a furry little problem ❞ the words had been grasped out of the air, but they felt right as soon as he said them. remus’ furry little problem, that was all . another problem they could work around, for the sake of the friendship .
head shakes, james might have wished he had, they were friends. but he also understood, the heaviness of it, the way people thought of werewolves, and why he would have kept it to himself . ❝ don’t worry about it mate, was just a bit of a surprise it all ❞ a small smile, that suddenly widens as he reaches to shove remus ❝ and here I was thinking how sorry I was about your mum . this is loads better ❞