the_debt_of_time

She sat up quickly, her heart pounding in her chest. How could she have done that?
It was not her fault that she had dreamt of another man, especially when it was really more
memory than dream, but she had sank into the feel of the memories, yearned to relive them,
yearned for... for him. For Sirius. And she had apparently been stupid enough to say his
bloody name while sleeping on top of her boyfriend!
"Remus, I am so sorry―"
He held up a hand and sat up straight.
She watched carefully, biting her lower lip as he rubbed his face with his hands,
elbows resting on his knee. While Remus sat in silence, Mia looked around the common
room and noticed that several blankets had been tossed casually over armchairs and sofas
where other seventh year Gryffindors slept soundly. They clearly had not been the only
ones to fall asleep outside of their dorm rooms, but—so far—they were the only ones
awake.
"Let's go for a walk," he said, standing up and holding his hand out to her.
She stared at his palm for several seconds, her gaze lingering on the small scar that
crossed over his wrist from the first moon after their mothers died. Moony had been
difficult to control, and it had taken both Padfoot and Prongs to secure the werewolf
behind the wards erected in the Potter Manor orchards. Remus bore a scar from a fox bite
Moony had received when he attempted to attack Padfoot in a rage. Thankfully, the
following moon had come with an entire week of a strictly enforced schedule of Wolfsbane
Potion as well as strengthened wards.
After grabbing their winter cloaks, the pair left Gryffindor Tower and made their
way toward the Black Lake, where Remus transfigured his House scarf into a blanket. The
couple sat down together, looking out over the water as the sunrise reflected off of it.
"I need you to be honest with me," Remus broke the silence, his eyes pleading. "I
have several questions I'd like answered so I can try and come out of this with some dignity
intact. Please, don't take offence or think that I don't trust you, but I just need... verbal
confirmation."
Mia felt her chest tighten as she nodded. "I understand."
"Have you been with Sirius since we started courting exclusively?"
Mia gasped loudly, surprised by the question despite his lead up. "No! I've only been
with you. I would never―"