the_debt_of_time

nauseam, had not been on Remus's timetable. "I think Sirius is incapable of lying when
drunk."
There had been some very awkward nights following a bottle of firewhisky, when
Sirius had let loose knowledge none of them could ever unhear—including a few
confessions such as how he had once had a dream about sharing Mia with Remus, and
that, if well plied with firewhisky, he could probably do it for real. That had earned Sirius
an awkward silent treatment from Remus, and a black eye from James, who was then
informed that Sirius could never sleep with James and Lily, but only because Lily was more
like a sister to him. Sirius was uncomfortably honest when properly pissed.
Shaking Sirius's drunken confessions from his mind, Remus said, "Not only that,
but if he were sleeping with a girl, he'd be bragging about it. Hell, it had been less than a
week after sleeping with you that he'd told me."
"He bragged about me?" Mia snapped.
Remus searched for the correct wording, hoping to calm her down. "Less bragged
and more... confessed. He might have wanted my forgiveness or something even though it
was completely unnecessary at the time. I think he was already trying to get us back together
and didn't want there to be any secrets."
Mia nervously bit her lip. "I don't want your friendship with him ruined over this."
Remus raked his hands back through his hair and sighed. "He's one of my best
friends, and I don't take that lightly. Not only that, but you're both Pack, and that means
more to me than anything. Family."
He frowned, watching as she stifled a sob. They had all lost too much family over
the summer. They needed one another, especially Remus who had no family left to return
to.
"I'm just having trouble trying to figure out if what I'm currently feeling is how I
actually feel, or how I think I'm supposed to feel."
"How do you think you should feel?" she asked.
"I'm supposed to feel pissed off that my girlfriend moaned another wizard's name
in her sleep. Then again, I suppose it could be worse. You could have said Sirius's name
while we were having sex." He smirked until he realised something, and a disappointed
frown fell across his face. "Oh."
"No more sex."