the_debt_of_time

"But you had sex with him," James bluntly pointed out, thankfully avoiding using
the word maidenhead in his statement.
"Yes."
"And the Pack Bond?" James asked.
"Is still unsealed," Mia answered.
"You told me werewolves seal the bonds through mating," he continued, ignoring
the uncomfortable look Remus was giving him and the irritated huffing that Lily was doing
in the corner as she likely tried to grasp the conversation that was over her head.
"Yes, but then they have to bite you!" Mia snapped.
"While having sex with you?" James asked.
"I am so uncomfortable right now," Remus groaned, sitting down and putting his
head in his hands.
"Yes, Jamie!" Mia shrieked.
"And you never... ?" He turned to Remus and raised an eyebrow. When Remus
just stared at him, James dramatically chopped his teeth together and said, "Grr."
"No!" Remus gaped wide-eyed at his friend. "And can we not openly discuss mine
and Mia's previous sex life and the implied werewolf complications of it?"
"No biting during sex? That sounds boring," Sirius said with a short chuckle to try
and diffuse the tension in the room. Only Mia joined him in quiet laughter.
"Does someone want to clue me in on anything that's happening right now?" Lily
finally broke, her voice reaching new octaves. "What the hell is a Soul Bond? Why would
Remus bite Mia? What's with the pack talk?"
Reluctantly, and with Lily needling them and making threats, they confessed
everything.
They told Lily all about discovering Remus's lycanthropy and how they were
desperate to help him. How Sirius had figured out that if they all became Animagi, Remus
would not have to be alone. When Lily refused to believe them, James shifted into his stag
form, and Lily sat back on the sofa for several minutes in shock, shushing anyone who
tried to speak until she had grasped the situation entirely. When Sirius and Mia offered to
show her their forms, she politely declined. She insisted that baby steps might be necessary,
considering she just found out her boyfriend was "Bambi's dad." James took offence until
Mia explained the Muggle reference.