the_debt_of_time

Mia and Remus had little desire to get close to the band; they were perfectly content
in the dark corner of the large room, the sound of heady rock music thrumming around
them and the scent of firewhisky between them.
Dancing to the music, Mia turned and pressed her back into Remus's chest, enjoying
the feel of warmth as his hands wound themselves around her waist. He buried his nose
into the mess of curls at her neck, breathing her in.
She watched with amusement as James sweetly offered Lily what was very clearly a
Shirley Temple. To Mia's great surprise, Lily actually laughed and accepted the glass with a
nod of thanks before allowing him to sit down beside her and Peter. Mia scanned the large
room for Sirius and grinned when she saw him in the middle of the crowd, his wild mess
of black hair soaked with sweat as he jumped and danced in time to the music, singing
along with the band.
"I'm just a man, and I am what I am. Nobody will ever change my ways. I don't need money, and
I don't need no lies. I only need to live for today!"
Mia chuckled to herself. Well, that's appropriate.
She felt a vibration against her back and realised it was Remus growling. She grinned
at the feel, knowing that it was his inner wolf's way of saying that he wanted her full
attention. So she turned on the spot and grinned up at him, gazing into his eyes as the
green began to ever so slowly shift to gold.
"You understand me, woman," the band sang in the background. "You give me time. But I
don't need no sympathy. Still, I wonder what it's like to be loved. Instead of hiding in myself."
"Would you be terribly upset if we left early?" Remus asked against the shell of her
ear, nipping her lobe lightly before pulling away.
"Why? Are you okay?" Mia asked, worried as she searched his face for signs of pain,
automatically assuming that the volume or crowd had become too much for him. "Is the
noise making things hard for you?"
"That skirt of yours is making things hard for me," he said, staring down at her
hungrily.
She felt her cheeks grow hot under the intensity of his gaze. "What's gotten into
you?"