the_debt_of_time

"The aftermath, however, is a little.. ." Sirius looked like he was struggling for the
words as the chuckle all but disappeared from his voice. "Jarring."
Remus looked down at the witch in Sirius's protective embrace. He smiled fondly
at her, and then at the couple in general, before he glanced back to his friend. "I still can't
believe you were willing to seal the Pack Bond before your Soul Bond."
Sirius raised a brow. "We both had sex with Mia last night, at the same time, and
what you can't believe is that she and I haven't sealed our Soul Bond?"
"You're supposed to be with her," Remus said with a smile, once again grazing the
curves of Mia's face with his fingers.
Sirius leant over, watching closely as though he were trying to see if Mia reacted in
her sleep to Remus's touch. When she did not, he sighed in relief. "Well, if we had sealed
our Soul Bond you'd probably still be lying in bed all sickly grey and dying, wouldn't you?"
Remus shook his head. "She still would have sealed the Pack Bond." He did not
return his gaze to Sirius, whom he knew was probably questioning the truth of the
statement. Remus knew Mia. She was his best friend and would sacrifice anything for him.
Even if she had not wanted to save Remus, she would have sealed the Pack Bond to secure
the future. "Last night wasn't about sex."
Sirius chuckled. "Sure felt like sex to me."
"Bonds are all about intentions, Sirius. You know that. She came to me with the
intention of sealing the bond, cementing the pack. If it had been about signing a document
or sacrificing a chicken, she would have done it."
Remus's focus settled on the healing wound on Mia's shoulder. When he had
imagined this moment, he had worried so often that he would see that mark and feel
disgusted with himself. But now, looking at the wound, he felt possessive, powerful, and
an all-consuming responsibility not just for her, but for everyone connected to the pack.
Sirius, James, and Lily—not to mention the few glimpses of the future Mia had allowed
him to be privy to—his own future mate, and Harry.
"It just so happens that sealing the Pack Bond involved sex. Wish Soul Bond sealing
was that easy."
Remus shrugged his shoulders. "Werewolves, mate."
"Yeah, bloody werewolves." Sirius chuckled.