so we all know remus and sirius were both bookish nerds.

and one day they were quietly reading back to back on moony’s bed and it was really really nice. but then hogwart’s bells rang and it was dinner time. remus stood up, but sirius didn’t, eyes still focused on his book.

with a sweet smile, remus tried to get his boyfriend’s attention. “hey pads, it’s dinner time.”

sirius looked at him, rather confused about why he was suddenly in the common room instead of the countryside he and the book characters were just moments ago. then his sense of reality came back to him. “oh. no i’m not going.”

“pads,” remus sighed “you need to eat, remember ? basic human needs, all that ?”

sirius rolled his eyes and pouted, which he always did when he played annoyed. remus found it extremely adorable. “but moony, i can’t just leave the book !”

remus tried to hide his grin, and failed. “come on love, we’ll eat really fast so we can go back to this as soon as possible.”

“no moony you don’t understand !” sirius whined. “the book… it’s really sad !”

remus raised an eyebrow. “what’s your point ?”

“well if i stop reading” sirius explained as if it was obvious, “the characters will keep being in pain until i get back. i have to read until the next happy moment, and then i will be able to close the book and eat. but for now…”

and he got back to his book. remus was a blushing mess. damn that boy was still more surprising everyday.

“alright” he whispered. he sat on his bed so sirius could lean on his torso, then wrapped his arms around the small boy’s waist and kissed his forehead. sirius sighed happily and turned his page.

neither of the boys went to dinner that night.